Daily Republic: Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Land Trust adds nearly 1,100 more acres into ag easements

ToDD r. H AnSen THANSEN@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

WINTERS — Russ Lester was about 5 years old, maybe 6, when he climbed up into a tree fort nested in an apple tree growing on the family farm in Santa Clara County.

From there he could see the agri cultural expanse of the orchard-rich valley, and despite his age, he could also see his father’s vision for a future that would be quite different; a place where silicon chips would be grown instead of cherries and apricots and almonds.

It was in that tree fort where Lester vowed to join his father’s fight to preserve agricul ture as the “highest and best use” of prime farmland.

Some 60 years later, Lester became quite emotional as he paid tribute to his father’s efforts to stem the evolutionary wave that crashed onto California ag land, washing over fertile soil with houses and fac tories and pavement.

Lester, on Monday, joined the Solano Land Trust and state con servation officials in celebrating the end of a nearly six-year journey to place his 913-acre Dixon Ridge Farms into a lifetime easement.

“It’s a lifetime dream come true,” Lester said.

The Winters-area walnut grower will be paid $4.075 million to keep his farm in agricultural produc tion, protecting what is described as “prime farmland,” from this time forward.

The easement funds come from the state Sustainable Agricultural Land Conservation Program.

“It’s a tribute to our history and also planting our seeds for the future,” said Lynne von KochLiebert, executive director of the California Strategic Growth Council, which runs the program.

David Shabazian, director of the state Department of Conservation, said that with climate change and other pressures on agriculture, the time has come to consider farm land the “highest and best use” in order to feed the state, the nation and the world.

He noted the other benefits of

Lester also contributed $1.375 million to the project with the potential of some tax bene fits. Solano Land Trust received $50,000 as the easement holder and for other administrative charges.

The total project is $5.5 million.

“We all know we are losing (farm land) faster than we’re keeping it, so these project are huge,” Nicole Braddock, the executive direc tor of the Solano Land Trust, said at the event held in one of Lester’s walnut orchards. Some of the trees

planned attacks on others

Pelosi, prosecutors allege

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Prosecutors say David DePape, who was charged with attempted murder and other crimes in con nection with a violent attack against Paul Pelosi, was on a suicide mission and had other targets in mind when he broke into the Pelosis’ San Francisco home last week.

DePape, 42, appeared briefly in court Tuesday afternoon and pleaded not guilty to a host of charges in connection with Fri day’s hammer attack on Pelosi. Federal authorities

said DePape had plotted to take Pelosi’s wife, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, hostage and break her kneecaps.

Before his court appearance, where he wore a sling to support his arm, DePape was trans ferred to the county jail system from a hospital.

Adam Lipson, a veteran deputy public defender, said DePape suffered a dislocated shoulder during his arrest at the Pelosis’ Pacific Heights home. Lipson said he has yet to see the police reports.

“We are going to look into Mr. DePape’s mental state,” said Lipson, who added that he has not examined the prosecu tion’s motion to deny bail and said it was moot as there is also federal hold on him.

Besides attempted murder, DePape has been charged with residen tial burglary, assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse, false imprison ment of an elder and threats to a public official and their family. He faces

Rodriguez water polo gets edged out by Sonora

Fairfield PD releases name of man killed in weekend stabbing

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FAIRFIELD — Police released the name Tuesday of a man who was stabbed to death Satur day in the city.

Roderick Darnell Harris, 48, of Suisun City, was critically injured in a stabbing reported at approx imately 2:45 p.m. Saturday on the 300 block of Jefferson Street.

Harris was transported to a local hospital and died as a result of his injuries, police report. His name had been withheld pending notification of his family.

Police, it appeared Tuesday, were continuing their search for a person of interest in the case, iden tified as Milton O’Neal, 40.

Police in a press release Saturday said they believe O’Neal and the victim knew one another and that the incident was isolated, with no additional threat to the community.

O’Neal, whose city of residence was unknown, goes by the nickname “Porkchop,” police report.

Police spokeswoman Jennifer Brantley, in a response Tuesday to a request for updated infor mation about the case, said no other information was being released, to include whether O’Neal had been found. The DR has also requested a physical description and a photo of O’Neal.

The death of Harris is the city’s eighth reported homicide of 2022 and the first since late September.

Anyone with information about the stabbing Sat urday or about O’Neal’s whereabouts is asked to call police investigators at 707-428-7600.

Supes set federal, state legislative priorities for 2023

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FAIRFIELD — Solano County supervisors on Tuesday approved the 2023 federal and state legis lative platforms.

The Legislative Committee endorsed the platforms.

The board, prior to the platform votes, was told that legislation that would prohibit the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to issue a permit for a Delta tunnel project has been introduced.

Supervisor Monica Brown went beyond the plat form boundaries by asking if there is any likelihood the U.S. will stop support of Ukraine, especially with a new Congress in January. She was told it is a hot topic in Washington, D.C., but there is no clear answer at this time.

Supervisor Erin Hannigan wanted to know if funding for in-home support services is likely to get additional federal funding, and the answer was there has been no discussion on that.

“I found it interesting that our congressmen are asking the state for more money,” Hannigan said.

On the state level, the board was told there will be change in the Legislature and there is a fight ongoing about who will be the next Assembly speaker.

The platforms specify the issues the Board of Supervisors want followed and addressed.

The federal priorities are funding for key water infrastructure projects; health and human services; as well as housing, economic develop ment and transportation programs. Additionally, military presence, public safety, emergency pre paredness and response, and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Suisun Marsh are listed platform

In the state platform, the priorities are contin uation of expanded MediCal for the uninsured; children, youth and families; county revenue sources and authority; the county strategic plan;

Well said. Well

Suisun Halloween Parade marks its 69th year

conserving ag land: wildlife habitat and groundwater recharge among the listed items.

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Russ Lester speaks at an event celebrating

near Winters, Monday. A perpetual conservation easement was conveyed on the 913-acre farm to the Solano Land Trust.

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A walnut orchard is seen on the Lester family property near Winters, Monday.

Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images/ TNS file (2021) U.S. Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, left, and her husband Paul Pelosi, pose for the media in London, Sept. 16, 2021.

Editor’s note: Sharon Randall is on vacation. This column first pub lished in 2015.

I n every marriage, there comes a test, a battle of wills, that often ends with a question: Are we going to get over this, or not?

For some couples, the test happens so often they start to wish they lived in a state where “The fool needed killing” is justifiable homicide. Others, however, seem to sail through thick and thin bumping heads on occasion, but always finding the grace to “get over it.”

Marriage takes a lot of getting over it. That’s something you learn, if you’re lucky, on the rocky road of life before “I do” becomes “I don’t think so.”

My husband and I con sider ourselves lucky. We met at work. He was my editor.

We were just friends for nine years, dated for five, and have been married almost two decades.

We’ve had our share of differences. He can be, well, a bit bullheaded. And he has a tendency to correct me, whether I am wrong or not, which I often am, but still. I’m just saying.

For the record, I am far from perfect. You might not believe that, but it’s true. I could recite a long list of my shortcomings, but, whatever, let’s move on.

I want to be clear about this: Seldom do we end up, my beloved and I, snarling at each other. Today was an exception.

Recently we decided it was time to replace his old, ugly “marshmallow” recliner with two good chairs, one for him and one for me, so I’d no longer need to prop myself up with pillows

on the couch like a trauma patient in traction.

The decision, though mutual, raised considerable debate over which chairs, what color, and how much to pay for them. The fact that we reached agreement at all says a lot, I think, about our compatibility and willing ness to compromise, and maybe our aching backs.

The chairs we chose had to be ordered. Then the order was delayed because we ordered the wrong ones. Duh. Finally, the right ones arrived today and we began rearranging the living room trying to make them fit.

What is it about moving fur niture that can turn civilized people into foaming-at-the mouth attack dogs?

“It won’t look right there!”

“Yes, it will!”

“Move that chair to the left!”

“It needs to move right!”

“Two inches is all I’m saying!”

“Two inches is too much!”

“Just try it!”

“OK, fine! How’s that?”

“Wait, that’s too far!”

Funny, isn’t it? When you love someone, you can’t imagine living without them. But there are days when you’d like to try.

Marriage is a constant give and take, rearranging the pieces of two distinctly separate lives and minds and hearts and souls to fit together magically as one.

I once asked a woman happily married for 50 years how she and her husband made it work.

“It’s simple,” she said. “Twice a week we go out for a romantic dinner at our favorite restaurant and take a long, lei surely walk in the moonlight. It’s lovely. He goes Tuesdays, I go Thursdays.”

I liked that woman a lot.

My husband and I finally got so tired of moving furni ture we each gave an inch and

shook hands on a compromise. It wasn’t pretty, but it was done. Then we collapsed in our new chairs to watch an old favor ite movie, Christopher Guest’s classic, “Best in Show.”

If you need a good laugh, I highly recommend it. Both the movie and the laughter. We laughed so hard we cried.

When it was over, my husband left to play music, and I stayed home to write a column. After he left, yes, I moved the chairs. Just a little. Not a lot. I doubt he’ll notice. If he does, we’ll get over it and get on with being one, just the two of us.

Despite our differences – and often because of them – being one is what we do best.

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.

Apply education research to instructional practice

I wrote last year about the reasons why scholarly research often gets a bad rap among educators. I will talk a bit more in this column about the relationship between academic research and classroom instruction.

There is a huge difference in the profes sional skills of a teacher with 30 years of expe rience and a teacher with one year of experi ence repeated 30 times. Without question, main taining professional competence requires ongoing professional growth. Keeping current with trends and develop ments in the research is an essential part of that process. Ah, but for many teachers this is easier said than done.

What follows is a brief discussion of four common problems with how research is accessed and used by teachers.

First, there is an abun dance of published research on virtually every topic related to edu cation. These days, what passes as “research” can

vary from rig orously applied peer reviewed sta tistical analyses to sophisticated descriptive studies and (unfortunately) to non-empiri cal narratives cobbled together from unreliable sources like Wikipedia. Knowing how to assess the attributes and quali ties of scholarly literature can be daunting. Too many “good” ideas can be tainted by an author’s per sonal bias, inappropriate generalizations of results, bad investigative methods and weak analysis.

However, given the chal lenging demands of the job, keeping current with research is often several pegs down most teachers’ priority lists.

Second, from a typical school teacher’s per spective, much of the hard-core research lit erature in education is impractical, narrowly focused, too theoretical or irrelevant. Instead, most teachers prefer “action research” (i.e., “inquiry for decision-making”).

Its primary purpose is to guide action, not to gener

research most often occurs in small settings, like a classroom, and can be fluid, contextual and adaptive (as class room circumstances and dynamics unfold). Finally, it makes no claims of effectiveness beyond the particular classroom(s) being studied. Unlike many rigorously devised research studies, action research is easy to grasp, directly related to the teacher’s work and imme diately useful.

Third, most teachers know there are no “silver bullets” in education. What appears to work in one school setting may not work in another setting. Given the vast complex ities of social scientific problems (like those relating to teaching and learning), finding clearcut “cause and effect” relationships between instructional interventions and student outcomes are rare. More often than not, teachers choose researchbased teaching strategies that are not perfect, but good enough. Accord ing to Stanford education professor David Labaree, teachers typically “choose reasonable strategies and then get the ball rolling.

tions as they go along.”

Fourth, what really turns teachers off about rigorous academic research is the way in which policymakers fre quently “hijack” findings to advance political aims. For example, advocates of large scale reform efforts (pick any one) have been known to cherry pick or spin research findings that support their political agendas. Such politically driven dynamics can be extremely frustrating to teachers who understand ably resist “top-down” policymaking processes. The reality is, bridging the gap between serious social scientific research and classroom practice

has historically been quite challenging.

So, the research world is complicated and often frustrating to many teachers. However, when examined care fully (and with a skeptic’s eye) credible research and well-crafted schol arly literature contains an abundance of interest ing and useful materials relating to teaching and learning (and other edu cational topics). For teachers, the idea is not to look for irrefutable answers or one-sizefits-all solutions, but to become harvesters of good ideas.

Finally, it’s important to note that non-empirical

professional literature can be quite thoughtful and well written. There are good ideas out there that may not be the product of rigorous research but that can still help teach ers shape how they pursue more effective instruction.

In my next column I will share some exam ples of recently published research-based arti cles in education that are both credible and poten tially useful.

Stephen Davis is a career educator who writes a column that publishes every other Wednesday in the Daily Republic. Reach him by email at stephen davis71@gmail.com.

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Suisun City Halloween Parade marks its 69th year with a stroll

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SUISUN CITY — The traditional Suisun City Halloween Parade took over the downtown streets for a couple hours Monday with witches, vampires and even a few Vikings.

One family had an unusual costume this year: “The Prices Right” winners. The family of four women – Elizabeth Murphy of Vacaville along with Marcie Azzopardi of Suisun City, Phyllis Cleaver of Suisun City and Michelle Cleaver of Suisun City originally didn’t agree to the idea of contestants from the popular game show.

“The youngest one has to come up with the ideas,” Michelle Cleaver said.

This year that young ster was Murphy, who thought dressing as contestants was a pretty cool idea.

“No one could come up with a better idea. we ran out of time and had to go with this idea,” Murphy said.

Phyllis Cleaver wore a T-shirt with things to mark off her bucket list. One of those things was to get on “The Prices Right.”

“We do a group costume each year,” she said.

They won the costume contest in 2016, coming as softball players from the movie “A League of Their Own.”

Across from the older contestants were the pre teens, Stevie Ryan, 10, Malena Ryan, 12, with cousins Delilah Peter

son-Hall, 16, along with her sister Saffie Peter son-Hall, 10.

The relatives went with a fantasy/horror theme with Saffie dressed as a people-eating plant and her sister, Delilah, as a mushroom. The other two were magicians, hope fully to help Saffie escape her potted planter with greens that overgrew her and the pot.

“I came up with the idea from Pinterest,” Delilah said. “I made the hat from cardboard.”

The family has come down to the marina area nearly every year for the past 16 years for the Hal loween Parade.

This year marks the 69th parade hosted by the Suisun City Fire Depart ment, which partners with the Suisun City Fire

fighters Association. The parade was canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The parade has age categories from very young – 0 years old – to the 17-plus age group. Winners of the costume contest each year take home trophies and brag ging rights.

It was hard to gauge exactly how many people came out for the evening stroll but it was closer to 60 people this year.

Fire Chief Brad Lopez was getting used to the new responsibility of the Halloween Parade.

“This is my first time here and I am learn ing about everything,” he said. “But I am really excited about the role that the Fire Depart ment is playing in the

community.”

He noted people seemed happy after the pandemic to be out and about doing some thing normal.

“This is a great way for people to connect,” Lopez said.

Bryzaezs Chris tiansen of Suisun City brought her son, Theo dore, 6, dressed as a little vampire. They came out to enjoy the parade and make some memories.

“This will be the first year he will remember it,” Christiansen said. “He has come every year but this is the first time since the pandemic we have been back. It feels so good.”

Early Solano ballot count hints at low November turnout

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FAIRFIELD — Solano

County election offi cials said they were expecting twice as many mail-in ballots to have been turned in than the 35,200 received as of Monday.

“It’s a little bit low, to be honest,” John Gardner, the assistant registrar of voters, said in a phone interview.

“We should be close to twice that.”

He said the number is closer to what the Elec tions Office had received for the 2014 gubernato rial election.

“So maybe there will be a low turnout,” Gardner said.

The election is Nov. 8.

Gardner said with as many local measures that are on the ballot, he would hope there would be interest in the elec tion – not to mention a county supervisor’s seat, city councils, school dis tricts and state and federal runoffs.

“There is definitely a lot of local measures that I would hope (voters) would be inter ested in. That affects their pocketbook, right?” Gardner said.

A number of those measures are seeking increases in sales tax for fire prevention, roads, schools and other com munity needs.

Additionally, there

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are a number of state wide initiatives that have created a great deal of debate, not the least of which have been the dueling online gambling measures: Propositions 26 and 27.

Gardner does not completely dismiss the influence of election poli tics that has engulfed the nation. But he said the Elections Office works closely with groups like the Election Integrity Project and the Republi can Central Committee so they feel comfortable with the results.

And if residents are waiting to cast their ballots, Garden said the county has choices to meet their needs.

Gardner said the county has 68 polling locations, plus a host of drop-off locations and curbside drop-offs to handle an Election Day rush if needed.

“We’re ready,” he said.

For more information about polling locations and drop-off sites, go to https://www.solano county.com/depts/rov/ default.asp.

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Treasure Orosa, 7, center, dressed as a dragon trainer, makes his way through Downtown Suisun City during the Suisun City Fire Department’s Halloween Children’s Costume Parade, Monday. Monday’s parade was the first in Suisun City since 2019.

Harvest Fest 22 offers safe space for children to enjoy Halloween

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FAIRFIELD — Mount Calvary Baptist Church offered an alternative on Halloween to the pagan holiday with its Harvest Fest 22 celebration.

Tony Adams, a division director at the church, described the evening as an opportunity for the commu nity to gather.

“For years churches have closed the doors on Hal loween but we wanted to open them for the community and especially the children,” he said.

The evening had a theme of “Light up the Night” and in that vein had free glow stick necklaces, bracelets and tubes for children to use for the evening.

They had plenty of activities with bounce houses, a mobile video game mobile, hula hoops, board games and more. They also offered plenty of treats like pizza, nachos, cotton candy and popcorn.

Qheem the Redeemed, a gospel rapper, came out to lend his music to the fun. Children and teens could write their own rap songs throughout the event.

He is a native of Vallejo and was raised in the area known as the Country Club Crest.

Qheem got his start in 1996 as a featured artist on the Rompalation. Qheem stayed affiliated with Romp Records (now known as THIZZ ENT) until 2001 when he came to Christ. Since then, Qheem the Redeemed has experienced an enriching – and successful –solo career.

His hits include “SonShine,” “Jesus or Nah” and “Do Dat At.”

“We are excited to share opportunities with the com munity,” said Nursing and Children’s pastor the Rev. Vanessa Magali Oden. “We have done the Harvest Fes tival for years.”

The pandemic has hit families heavily and the church hopes to bring some light to these dark times with a variety of supportive programs.

“We are going out of the four walls of the church into the community,” Magali Oden said.

Romanit Lofton is a parishioner of the church and came dressed as Superwoman, only she said she feels like Supermom fits better. Her daughter, Kennedi Washington, 6, came as the Queen of Hearts.

“I am just so glad that they have done a safe place for kids to run around, and enjoy themselves,” Lofton said. “This is the best way to do it.”

The plan for Halloween was to visit the Harvest Fes tival and then head back to the neighborhood.

“Our neighbors are throwing a few parties,” Lofton said. “We are going to stay in the neighborhood and be back by 7 p.m. After all, it is a work night and tomorrow is school.”

Coroner IDs teen driver who died in crash on Nut Tree Road

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VACAVILLE — The teen driver who died in a Sunday night crash has been identified as Gagan Rai, 18, of Vacaville, the Solano County SheriffCoroner’s Office reported.

Vacaville police reported the incident occurred about 8:10 p.m. on Nut Tree Road and Woodridge Drive. The crash closed Nut Tree in both directions for

several hours.

“Upon arrival, officers found a single vehicle had crashed into a nearby res idential backyard, striking a tree. Vacaville officers and fire personnel quickly provided medical aid to the driver and sole occu pant of the car,” the police posted in a commu nity update.

“At this point, there is no indication alcohol or drugs played a factor,” the police reported.

Residents in the area

said there have been a number of bad crashes in the area, in large part due to speeding.

However, the city reported there have been only 12 crashes over the past 10 years and no other fatalities.

The collision is still under investigation. Anyone with any infor mation about the crash is asked to call Traffic Officer Joe Perkins at 707-690-2240.

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Anthony Robinson, 1, goes down an slide during Harvest Fest 22 at Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Fairfield, Monday.

Revelers dress in Halloween costume during Harvest Fest 22 at Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Fairfield, Monday.

Lebron is dressed as a dragon during Harvest Fest 22 at Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Fairfield, Monday.

David Grant to continue as a locked involuntary detention facility

FAIRFIELD — Solano County supervisors on Tuesday adopted a resolution extending the desig nation of the David Grant Medical Center on Travis Air Force Base as a locked involuntary deten tion facility.

The medical center has been a designated facility for evalua tion and treatment of adults who are experiencing acute psychiatric symptoms for more than a decade.

The action was a three-year extension under the Welfare and Institutions Code. There is not cost to the county.

“Clients admitted to DGMC may be held on a Welfare and Institu tions Code 5150 hold, based upon assessment at a local hospital emer gency department or the county’s Crisis Stabilization Unit,” the staff report states.

The individuals must be related to the military.

In other action, the board:

n Recognized Nanci Finley, Mental Health clinician with the Department of Health and Social Services, Behavioral Health Divi sion, upon her retirement after 16 years with Solano County.

n Recognized Nov. 7-13 as Oper ation Green Light for Veterans in Solano County, a time to salute and honor active, transitioning and retired service members, recog nizing them for their service to the country, for protecting the nation’s freedom and way of life, and for their ongoing contributions to Solano County and the community.

n Recognized November as National Adoption Month in Solano County.

n Recognized November as Native American Heritage Month in

Solano County.

n Recognized November as In-Home Supportive Services Home Care Workers Month in Solano County.

n Appointed Kelli Mahoney and Lloyd McCabe to the Measure L Library Sales Tax Measure Independent Oversight Commit tee for four-year terms to end June 30, 2026.

n Challenged Contra Costa County to participate in the 19th annual Counties Care Holiday Food Fight friendly challenge.

Solano to send letters supporting groundwater plan grant applications

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FAIRFIELD — The Solano County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday agreed to send letters of support for grants to help with implementation of the Groundwater Sustain ability Plan.

The Dixon and Solano Resource Conservation District, along with the Solano Subbasin Ground water Sustainability Agency, are applying as part of other agencies for a $15 million Regional Block Grant with the

California Depart ment of Conservation for Sacramento Valley groundwater plans.

“The department is actively pursuing funding opportunities through coordination with local agencies, to enhance and improve water supply resiliency and reduce flood risks throughout the county,” the staff report states.

A separate grant from the Department of Water Resources Proposition 68 Round 2 Sustainability Ground water Management Act

Grant Program is also being sought.

In other action, the board:

n Approved a $109,230 payment to retain access to Emer gency Rental Assistance Program files for a period of five years to meet federal program requirements.

n Approved a fouryear contract with Shaw/Yoder/Antwih/ Schmelzer & Lange Inc. for Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2026, with an initial $126,744 annual amount for general and

state lobbying services.

n Approved a $332,800 agreement with Facility Results of Plymouth, Michigan, from Jan. 1 through June 1, 2023, to evaluate and assess each electri cal equipment system and to install Arc Flash labels at all currently owned county facilities.

n Approved a $356,786 contract with VFA Inc. of Greenville, South Carolina, from Nov. 1 through Oct. 31, 2023, for Facility Condition Assessments and related support services.

In brief

Take a Thanksgiving Day run at annual Solano Turkey Trot

ROCKVILLE — Thanksgiving would not be the same without the annual Solano Turkey Trot.

Before setting the table and eating a holiday dinner, organizers suggest parents take their children for a run the morning of Nov. 24.

A 10K begins at 8 a.m., a 5K at 8:20 a.m. and a Kids 1 Mile Fun Run at 9:30 a.m. Come in costumes to add some flavor for the run. There will be prizes for best and most creative turkey costumes for adults and children.

The trot will begin at Solano Community College, 4000 Suisun Valley Road in rural Fairfield. The cost for the run is $15 to $45.

Find more information, visit Solano TurkeyTrot.org.

Merriment on Main returns for start of Vaca Christmas season

VACAVILLE — The annual Merriment on Main will once again take place the Tuesday after Thanks giving. The evening of holiday lights, sounds and activities offers fun for the whole family while they wait for the 50-foot Christmas tree to be lit.

Vendors will line the streets offering sweets and goodies. The Travis Air Force Band of the Golden West will entertain from the main stage with a holiday performance.

The event, canceled during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, is scheduled Nov. 29. The Main Stage program starts at 5:30 p.m. with the tree-light ing at 6:30 p.m.

For more information, visit MerrimentOnMain.org.

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David Grant USAF Medical Center.

First significant storm of the season hits state; has winter come early?

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After a week of willthey-won’t-they, the global weather models finally locked in on the track of California’s first substantial storm of the wet season. The storm’s cold front will ride an atmospheric river of mois ture as it sends round after round of heavy rain showers to Humboldt, Del Norte and Mendocino counties. These rains will then turn to snow as they climb the steps of the southern Cascades.

By Tuesday afternoon, the cold front will have swept south and east to bring rain to most of the Bay Area. As for the Sierra, snow showers will roll into the Tahoe area and eventu ally make it as far south as Yosemite. The stage is set for a wintry mix of weather from this upcom ing storm. Its effects will be felt across Northern California Wednesday.

Hazardous weather sets its sights on the Sierra Heavy snow showers will stream into the Sierra Nevada Tuesday and persist through Wednesday.

Tuesday’s totals are forecast by the European weather model to range from trace amounts on

Inaugural Very Merry Craft and Gift Fair set in Vacaville

— Uptown Fox Events will host its inaugural Very Merry Craft and Gift Fair later this month.

This event will feature more than 75 local

the eastern foothills of the Sacramento Valley, to 12 inches at Donner Peak and the rest of the Sierra’s highest summits. Both Kirkwood Moun tain Resort on Highway 88 and Donner Ski Ranch off 1-80 could see almost a foot and a half of snow when all is said and done.

This will make for dan gerous driving conditions, especially as snow rates increase to half an inch of snow per hour along sec tions of I-80 and the rural highways that cut past some of the higher peaks –above 4,000 feet. This has prompted winter storm warnings on Tuesday and Wednesday for most of the Sierra Nevada, includ ing Tahoe and several ski resorts above 7,000 feet.

Areas closer to I-80 and heading east toward Reno are also going to be under winter storm watches as the snow line gets closer to 2,000 feet Tuesday night and brings 3 to 6 inches of snow to lower elevations.

A wintry mix of rain and snow will fall around the Mosquito Fire burn scar as the snow line – the boundary between rain and snow in the atmo sphere – wobbles between 2,000 and 4,000 feet. This setup will slightly raise the risk of debris flows – fast-

moving slurries of rock, soil and sediment carried in water – especially for parts of the scar where soils have already been weakened by Septem ber’s rains.

The good news is that despite the mixed bag of precipitation expected today, the risk for wide spread landslides and debris flows remains low.

How will the Bay Area fare?

The cold front will quickly cut through the North Bay and East Bay on Tuesday after noon, reeling in moisture from the atmospheric river up along the Cal ifornia- Oregon border.

The large distances between Northern Califor nia’s border and the San Francisco peninsula –and the natural barriers that the coastal ranges

County – will limit how many rain showers survive.

Tuesday’s totals will run between three-tenths of an inch to half an inch of rain across the Bay Area. Higher totals, up to three-quarters of an inch, are possible right along the Marin County coast

are likely in the Diablo Range and Santa Cruz Mountains.

These rains will grad ually ramp down Tuesday night, but there will be a chance for isolated showers through Wednes

day morning across the mento Valley. As for the rest of the outlook for the week, the cold front will exit Northern California by Wednes day as it continues its journey south toward L.A. and San Diego.

vendors selling hand made gift items and serving treats with holiday themes. Visitors will find live entertainment and more to fit the season.

Times are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 19 and 20 at the Ulatis Cultural Center, 1000 Ulatis Drive. Admis sion is free.

For more information, visit UptownFox.com.

Aaron Rosenblatt/Daily Republic Cars drive down Travis Boulevard in Fairfield amidst a rain storm, Tuesday.

Narcissism is the answer to daughter-in-law’s shenanigans

Dear Annie: In reading the letter from “Bewildered and Heartbroken,” about managing a relationship with a difficult daugh ter-in-law, my reaction was – that could be me. We have had similar experiences with a relative.

Annie Lane Dear Annie

It was a couple of years ago that a lightbulb expe rience happened that broke my heart. I immediately looked up the definition of narcissist, and it described my situa tion verbatim.

They will be charming at first and then gradually, due to wanting power, will create sit uations to distance a loved one away from their friends and family. The behaviors in our case were bizarre and would blindside us. Because we’d lived close by, we didn’t see the forest for the trees.

Then we moved several states away. It took the light bulb experience to finally shine on what had been happening for years and years. It helped to know “the why” of things hap pening and that it wasn’t us. We never could have done enough to live up to expectations.

I don’t have answers for that woman who wrote in except to say –just keep loving your son because he may need you in the future. Try to keep the channels open, and don’t shut him out due to his new wife. Distance is helping us, but in the mean time, we’re praying for healing. – Blessings to Her from One Who Knows.

Dear Blessings: Narcissism is extremely toxic. Oftentimes, the person doing the controlling doesn’t intentionally know that they are being narcissistic, and the one being controlled doesn’t know they are in that relation ship. It can be a challenging and unhappy way to live.

True love is not about being controlled or manipulated to believe that the other person is the most important thing in the world and that they can’t live without them. True love is also not being in a relation ship where you are so insecure that the only way you can keep your partner all to yourself is to convince them that their previ ous life was bad, including their family and friends. No one wins in this type of a relationship. I

Horoscopes by Holiday Mathis

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You appreciate the beauty around you when it’s there. When it isn’t, your talent for transformation emerges. You just can’t let ugly places happen; you’ll work with what’s there and mold it to a beautiful configuration.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Wishing won’t make it so, but it’s certainly a start! In wishing, you will access a pure part of yourself, an unadulterated appetite that has to do with being a human. Act on it to better the situation.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). People who despair will say they are “fine” so as not to worry others. People who feel amazing will also say they are “fine” so as not to make others jealous. For the truth, observe language beyond the verbal.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Your physical travels mirror your mental travels. Your thoughts will take you all over the map. Every time you land someplace new, you’ll recog nize what led you to that spot, and which actions and thoughts inspired the journey.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The rules aren’t written in stone, and neither are the instructions or the terms of use. Every thing is a negotiation. You can start the deal one way and then revisit it later to make sure it’s still working for every one involved.

Today’s birthday

If there’s anything you take seriously, it’s the detrimental impact of too much seriousness. You make fun a priority, but also you often don’t have to because life just brings you cheery people, exciting scenarios and intriguing puzzles to delight you. More highlights: a family addition, a team trip and a heroic move. Gemini and Libra adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 4, 38, 2, 22 and 16.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

Though status, strength, intel ligence and glamour are certainly of interest, the most attractive quality will be play fulness. Everyone wants to get to know the person who’s having fun.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

Giving the wrong amount doesn’t feel good. Too much seems like foolishness, and not enough is embarrassing. Find out what other people are doing. The magic formula is to give what’s expected, plus 10% more.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

You may not always project confidence, but it’s only because you feel like you should have to. You’ve given

wish the couple would wake up and get some professional help.

Dear Annie: I have been deaf from birth and wear hearing aids. I can assure you that I know people with normal hearing who have problems with background music com peting with the voices in films and television shows. I can testify that sometimes it is so bad that I cannot keep up with the voices, even with closed captions, because the back ground music or noise is so overpowering.

When that happens, no matter how bad I wanted to see the content, I just turn it off. It is just mind-numbing, and the people making these shows have no real appreciation of the audience they are playing to, and I really don’t think they care. – Deaf in Illinois

Dear Deaf in Illinois: Thank you for your letter. That must be very frustrating, and I hope some of the people who make movies and TV shows pay attention and find solutions to accommodate the hearingimpaired community.

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

your best to the people around you. It’s up to them to value it. You shouldn’t have to convince those who don’t see it.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You can only come at a relationship from your own point of view, but you acknowledge that others think differently. People will be affected by your interest and moved that you care enough to ask how they see things.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). There are better and worse methods to the goal. You want to accomplish it in a way you can be proud of. That’s more important to you than doing it quickly or cheaply. You’ll follow through on the intention to excellent effect.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 Feb. 18). A foreign environment will be a part of your experi ence. Maybe you wouldn’t have predicted it landing there, but neither are you there by acci dent. It’s where your actions led. Whether you stay or go is also up to you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). To know the limits of your power, you’d have to push things, uncomfortably so, to find out how far you could take them before you lose control. That’s the boundary. How nec essary is it to know where the boundary is?

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Bridge

SIGNALS MUST BE SENT AND DECODED

Nina Bawden was an English novelist who is one of very few who have both served as a Booker judge and made a Booker shortlist as an author. She said, “A writer’s work may be a coded autobiography, but only a very close friend could decipher it.” Making a somewhat obscure segue, an important aspect of World War II was decoding secret messages. Being

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able to intercept and decipher the German Enigma Machine transmissions was pivotal to Allied success.

It is similar at the bridge table. Signals from one defender to the other are being intercepted by the declarer. Although he may make use of the information, more often than not these signals – if sent and interpreted correctly – are vital in the shooting down of a contract.

In today’s deal, how should the defenders defeat four hearts after West leads a low spade?

South might have rebid three no-trump, a contract bound to succeed. West led the spade five: two, ace, four. East cashed the spade king: eight, three, seven. East switched to the club nine. Declarer won, drew trumps and claimed, conceding a diamond.

“Why didn’t you switch to a diamond?” asked West.

“Because you asked me to switch to a club,” replied East.

“How did I do that?”

“By playing the spade three at trick two. When I showed you I had a doubleton spade by playing the ace before the king, you must give me a suit-preference signal to tell me where your entry lies. You dropped your lowest spade, so I switched to a club. You should have played your spade jack under my king. Then I would have led a diamond.”

Sudoku by Wayne Gould

SIGNALS MUST BE SENT AND DECODED

Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 grid contains the digits 1 through 9, with no repeats. That means that no number is repeated in any row, column or box. Solution, tips and computer program at www.sudoku.com

Nina Bawden was an English novelist who is one of very few who have both served as a Booker judge and made a Booker shortlist as an author. She said, “A writer’s work may be a coded autobiography, but only a very close friend could decipher it.”

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Migos rapper Takeoff fatally shot outside Houston bowling alley

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Takeoff, a member of rap group Migos alongside Quavo and Offset, was killed during an early-morn ing shooting outside a Houston bowling alley on Tuesday, according to reports. He was 28.

Police and emer gency officials with the Houston Fire Depart ment responded to 810 Billiards & Bowling around 2:30 a.m., law enforcement sources told TMZ. When they arrived on the scene, they dis covered Takeoff, whose real name is Kirshnik Khari Ball, suffering a gunshot wound to either the head or neck. He was pronounced dead a short time later.

Houston police con firmed an investigation

into the violence was underway, but declined to name the person killed pending family notification.

Witnesses told TMZ that Quavo and Takeoff were playing dice at the Houston hotspot when an altercation broke out that quickly escalated to violence. Another two people were reportedly shot and hospitalized, though their conditions were not clear.

Quavo was not wounded in the gunfire.

Police told KHOU that about 40 to 50 people were at 810 Billiard and Bowling for a private party when the shoot ing occurred.

Just hours before the gunfire, Takeoff shared a selfie on social media outside the Houston bowling alley.

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Pearls Before Swine Stephan Pastis

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Baby Blues Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott

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Crime logs

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SATURDAY, OCT. 29 12:29 a.m. — Trespassing, 2500 block of MARTIN ROAD 2:35 a.m. — Sexual assault, 1700 block of WEST TEXAS STREET 2:41 a.m. — Battery, 1300 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 7:43 a.m. — Indecent exposure, LINEAR PARK PATHWAY 8:10 a.m. — Grand theft, 1700 block of ALFORD DRIVE 8:44 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 1600 block of MICHIGAN STREET 9:30 a.m. — Grand theft, 1300 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 9:34 a.m. — Trespassing, 1500 block of GATEWAY BOULEVARD 9:55 a.m. — Grand theft, 2600 block of VISTA BONITA

12:34 p.m. — Reckless driver, WESTBOUND INTERSTATE 80 2:02 p.m. — Reckless driver, NORTH TEXAS STREET

2:44 p.m. — Assault with a deadly weapon, 300 block of JEFFERSON STREET

3 p.m. — Grand theft, 2100 block of WEST TEXAS STREET

3:07 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 2200 block of CUNNINGHAM DRIVE

3:28 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 1400 block of WEST TEXAS STREET

3:32 p.m. — Trespassing, 2500 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET

3:55 p.m. — Vandalism, 500 block of ALASKA AVENUE

5:26 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 1200 block of WASHINGTON STREET

5:53 p.m. Grand theft, 1400 block of GATEWAY BOULEVARD 6:39 p.m. — Drunken driver, 1000 block of LINDEN AVENUE

6:50 p.m. — Shots fired, 3300 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 6:52 p.m. — Trespassing, 1000 block of TEXAS STREET

6:55 p.m. — Vandalism, 1500 block of MEADOWLARK DRIVE

8:03 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 2400 block of BALTIC DRIVE

8:15 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 1400 block of FARWELL STREET

9:03 p.m. — Drunken driver, 2200 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET

9:18 p.m. — Assault with a deadly weapon, 1200 block of B. GALE WILSON BOULEVARD 10:15 p.m. — Battery, 2500 block of TURRI COURT 11:26 p.m. — Shots fired, 500 block of ALASKA AVENUE

SUNDAY, OCT. 30

12:52 a.m. — Brandishing a weapon, 1900 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET

1:30 a.m. — Reckless driver, OAKBROOK DRIVE

4:26 a.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, PEABODY ROAD 5:53 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, 2800 block of CLARENCE LANE 8:17 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 1900 block of SAN ANSELMO STREET 1:15 p.m. — Reckless driver, WESTBOUND INTERSTATE 80 2:28 p.m. — Grand theft, 1600 block of DOVER AVENUE

2:34 p.m. — Battery, 1300 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD

2:51 p.m. — Vandalism, 700 block of APPALOOSA COURT

3:31 p.m. — Reckless driver, EASTBOUND AIR BASE PARKWAY

3:36 p.m. — Reckless driver, VISTA PALOMAR 3:52 p.m. — Vandalism, 2100 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET

5:18 p.m. — Sexual assault, 300 block of LILY STREET

5:19 p.m. — Brandishing a weapon, 1600 block of PARK LANE

5:35 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 2200 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET

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6:22 p.m. — Battery, 1200 block of B. GALE WILSON BOULEVARD 7:26 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 3300 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 8:02 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 2000 block of SWAN WAY 8 :51 p.m. — Battery, 2700 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 10:24 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 1500 block of GATEWAY BOULEVARD

MONDAY OCT. 31 2:05 a.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 100 block of EAST PACIFIC AVENUE 2:09 a.m. — Hit-and-run erty damage, 300 block of BELL AVENUE 4:55 a.m. — Robbery, 1200 block of TABOR AVENUE 7:31 a.m. — Indecent exposure, 2200 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 7:49 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, 3700 block of LYON ROAD 9:06 a.m. — Vandalism, 1900 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 9:11 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 1900 block of GRANDE CIRCLE 9:40 a.m. Vehicle burglary, 2400 block of COURAGE DRIVE 9:42 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 500 block of DAKOTA STREET 9:49 a.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 2200 block of WOOLNER AVENUE 10:10 a.m. — Forgery, 400 block of LOPES ROAD 10:10 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, 100 block of GROBRIC COURT 10:41 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, 1000 block of WEBSTER STREET 10:49 a.m. — Grand theft, 1900 block of WEST TEXAS STREET 10:56 a.m. — Indecent exposure, 3000 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 11:16 a.m. — Grand theft, 5100 block of BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE 11:31 a.m. — Grand theft, 500 block of TAYLOR STREET 11:45 a.m. — Hit-and-run prop erty damage, 3000 block of PUFFIN CIRCLE 12:40 p.m. — Trespassing, 1000 block of OLIVER ROAD 1:04 p.m. — Forgery, 3100 block of EVERGREEN DRIVE 2:47 p.m. — Vandalism, 2900 block of GULF DRIVE 2:57 p.m. — Trespassing, 2000 block of CARDINAL WAY 3:19 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 5000 block of BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE 3:40 p.m. — Forgery, 3100 block of EVERGREEN DRIVE 3:46 p.m. — Grand theft, 300 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 3:55 p.m. — Vandalism, 200 block of EAST ALASKA AVENUE 3:58 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 800 block of WASHING TON STREET 4 :36 p.m. — Forgery, 1100 block of SECOND STREET 5:02 p.m. — Reckless driver, 100 block of COMMERCE COURT 7:17 p.m. — Hit-and-run with injury, 1500 block of PHOENIX DRIVE 8:58 p.m. — Battery, EAST TRAVIS BOULEVARD 11:08 p.m. — Shots fired, DEL PRADO CIRCLE

SuiSun City

SATURDAY, OCT. 29 5:12 a.m. — Trespassing, MARINA BOULEVARD 5:27 p.m. — Shot fired, 1100 block of KELLOGG STREET SUNDAY, OCT. 30 2:41 a.m. — Shots fired, 1100 block of KELLOGG STREET MONDAY, OCT. 31 2:41 a.m. — Shots fired, 1100 block of KELLOGG STREET

disabled; state realign ment and cost-shifts; and voting and election efficiencies.

Supervisor Jim Spering did not attend the meeting in person. He did, however, call in to participate.

Land

are 125 years old and still producing.

Tracy Ellison, conser vation program manager for the land trust, also announced completion of two other easements: the 79-acre, $434,359 Schro eder Farm North project and the $757,196, 101acre Martin Ranch 3 project – both with 25% local matches funded through Solano Transportation Author ity mitigation dollars required by the Inter state 80 / Interstate 680 / Highway 12 expan sion project.

The land trust was paid $61,305 to handle the two contracts and other administrative duties.

Lester is a long time supporter of the Solano Land Trust con

DePape

13 years to life in prison if convicted of all local charges. He also faces federal assault and kid napping charges.

San Francisco Dis trict Attorney Brooke Jenkins said Monday that prosecutors want to keep DePape in jail because he poses “obvious and severe public safety risks.”

In a motion seeking to deny bail, prose cutors described DePape as being on a suicide mission.

DePape had other targets in mind – includ ing a Bay Area professor and prominent state and federal politicians and their families – when he broke into the Pelosis’ home. He planned to wait for the speaker – who was in Washington, D.C., at the time – to return, those documents say.

Judge Diane North way ordered DePape held without bail pending additional hearings.

According to a federal affidavit filed Monday, DePape was carrying a backpack containing zip ties, a rope and a hammer when he smashed through the glass patio door of the Pelosis’ home. He awakened Paul Pelosi, who was home alone, and demanded, “Where’s Nancy?” The 82-yearold executive was able to surreptitiously call 911 to alert police to the intruder.

When officers arrived,

servation efforts, and has served on the board and other advisory com mittees. There are now 32 conservation agree ments between the Solano Land Trust and local landowners, amounting to 13,765 acres of protected Solano County farmland. Another 11,900 acres have been put into open space contracts. In addition to the

court papers show, DePape and Pelosi were wrestling with a hammer. When DePape gained the upper hand, he attacked Pelosi with the tool, fracturing his skull, pros ecutors said.

DePape later revealed to San Francisco police that he planned to kidnap Nancy Pelosi and break her kneecaps, calling her the “leader of the pack” of lies told by the Democratic Party, authorities said.

In the course of his police interview, DePape told investigators “that by breaking Nancy’s knee caps, she would then have to be wheeled into Congress, which would show other members of Congress there were consequences to actions.” DePape also told police he wanted to use Pelosi to lure another individual to the couple’s San Francisco home, court documents show. That individual was not named.

Paul Pelosi is recov ering from surgery at Zuckerberg San Fran cisco General Hospital “to repair a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hands.” In a statement, his wife’s office said he was improv ing but faced a “long recovery process.”

“I want to say that I’m pleased to hear that Mr. Pelosi is pro gressing well in his recovery, and we cer tainly wish him the best,” Lipson said Tuesday, noting that his office will be conducting “a compre hensive investigation of what happened.”

organic walnut orchards, the farm also produces tomatoes, sun flowers and wheat.

Lester and his family have farmed Chandler and Hartley walnuts organically since 1992.

Dixon Ridge Farms was, at one point, the largest handler of organic walnuts in the United States.

The farm burns walnut

The federal complaint against DePape debunks conspiracy theories that have spread on the inter net, fueling rhetoric in right-wing circles and casting doubt on some of the facts of the attack.

The conspiracy theories have gone from fringe to the mainstream, with members of Congress sharing them.

In the complaint, DePape is charged with one count of assault of an immediate family member of a U.S. official, which carries a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison. DePape also was charged with one count of attempted kidnapping of a federal official, which carries a maximum sen tence of 20 years.

Jenkins said Monday that, based on DePape’s statements and com ments to Paul Pelosi, the attack “was politically motivated.”

“It’s very sad to see that we are once again at the point in history where people believe that it’s OK to express their polit ical sentiments through violence,” Jenkins said. “It demonstrates that we have to calm things down. We have to decide that we’re going to be more respectful as an Ameri can society.”

“Mr. DePape specifi cally targeted the Pelosi home to confront Speaker Pelosi,” Jenkins said Monday in announcing the charges against him. “This house and the speaker herself were specific targets of the defendant.”

The attack stoked heightened concerns over

shells to create energy for its processing oper ation. The byproduct is then spread over the orchard ground to increase soil health and aids in the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

“Congratulations to these landowners and the SALT program,” Ellison said.

politically connected vio lence. On Tuesday, U.S. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger said in a state ment: “We believe today’s political climate calls for more resources to provide additional layers of physical security for members of Congress.”

A Los Angeles Times review of his online accounts showed that DePape has been involved in the world of far-right conspiracies, antisemitism and hate.

In a personal blog DePape maintained, posts include “Manip ulation of History,” “Holohoax” and “It’s OK to be white.” He mentions 4chan, a favorite message board of the far right. He posted videos about conspiracies involving Covid-19 vaccines and the war in Ukraine being a ploy for Jewish people to buy land.

DePape’s screeds include posts about QAnon, an unfounded theory that former Pres ident Trump is at war with a cabal of Satanworshiping Democratic elites who run a child sex ring and control the world. In an Aug. 23 entry titled “Q,” DePape wrote: “Either Q is Trump himself or Q is the deep state moles within Trumps inner circle.”

Lipson, who said he first met DePape on Monday night, said his client’s “vulnerability to misinformation” will be examined as part of his defense.

Suspect in Pelosi attack to appear in court for arraignment

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SAN FRAN CISCO — The man accused of breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home and assaulting her husband with a hammer is sched uled to make his first court appearance

state charges related to what police and prose cutors have described as a “politically moti vated” attack.

David Wayne DePape, 42, is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday after noon in San Francisco County Superior Court where he is facing a litany

of state charges related to the incident, includ ing attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse, residential burglary, false imprisonment and threatening the life or serious bodily harm to a public official.

Prosecutors have

said they will press for DePape to be held without bond, citing the “extreme public safety risk he poses.” DePape did not appear to have legal representation, but was expected to be assigned a public defender during the hearing.

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A walnut orchard is seen near Winters, Monday. The Solano Land Trust, the state and the Lester family have completed the process to preserve 913 acres of the farmland.

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An Alabama man pre tending to be a student at Stanford University was found to have been living in campus dormitories for nearly 10 months, accord ing to university officials.

William Curry, from Birmingham, Ala., was removed from campus on Thursday after a resident assistant for Crothers Hall found the man living in the basement of the dorm, the Stanford Daily reported.

Resident assistants at Crothers Hall told the student newspaper that Curry posed as a sopho more studying pre-med and falsely claimed he was recruited to the Stan ford men’s track and field

team in 2020.

Stanford spokesperson Dee Mostofi told the San Francisco Chronicle that Curry was reportedly on campus “several times” since December 2021 – despite receiving multiple stay-away letters.

However, campus offi cials said they were unable to locate him until Thurs day, after he was accused of stealing a TV from the dorm’s basement.

University administra tors and campus police knew about Curry for months and removed him from various campus build ings at least four times, the Stanford Daily reported.

He was previously accused of breaking into several campus dorm rooms and

harassing multiple stu dents, the newspaper reported, and at one point he allegedly told campus police he was homeless and “trying to escape the rain.”

Students living at the dorm where Curry was caught said he had been living in the building since the second week of the fall semester and was let in regularly by “sympa thetic resident assistants.”

According to the newspa per, dorm RAs frequently requested – but were denied access to – rosters of residents who live in the basement’s rooms, where Curry was found living.

“On several occasions, we’ve asked for a roster of residents living in the base ment and have been told

that the request couldn’t be accommodated because it would be a ‘student privacy violation,’” read a screen shot published by the Stanford Daily. “Without such a roster, we ulti mately can’t verify who should and shouldn’t be in the dorm.”

In a statement, Stanford officials said that although the university has proto cols in place to prevent non-students from enter ing and living in student housing, “the unique aspects of Mr. Curry’s persistence and ability to integrate himself with our student community has made it clear that gaps exist in those protocols.”

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Homer-happy Phillies rout Astros in Game 3

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PHILADELPHIA — Bryce Harper’s last swing at Citizens Bank Park before Tuesday night sent the Phillies to the World Series.

His two-run eighth inning home run gave the Phillies a 4-3 lead and they went on to win National League Cham pionship Series Game 5 and the series four games to one over the San

Diego Padres. Nine days later, Harper took another swing at the cozy ballpark in South Philadelphia in Game 3 of the World Series and the result was the same — a two-run homer that set off a frenzy 45,000-plus at Citizens Bank Park on Tuesday night. His first-inning home run also set off a homerun frenzy as it was the first of five long balls off Astros right-hander Lance

McCullers in a dominating 7-0 victory.

The Phillies took a 2-1 lead in the bestof-7 series and improved to 6-0 at home this post season. McCullers was the first pitcher to give up five home runs in a World Series game, and the Phil lies tied a record with five home runs in a World Series game.

After Harper launched the first pitch he saw into the right-field stands

in the first inning, Alec Bohm and Brandon Marsh added solo home runs in the second inning.

The 24-year-old Marsh became the youngest Phillie to homer in a World Series game.

The Phillies weren’t done though as Kyle Schwarber launched a 443-foot Schwarbomb off the batter’s eye in center field to push the lead to 6-0 in the fifth. Rhys Hoskins followed with a

solo shot to mercifully end McCullers’ night.

The home runs over shadowed a brilliant start by Ranger Suarez, who allowed just three hits and no runs in five innings. He struck out four and did not walk a batter.

Four relievers – none of the Phillies’ high-leverage arms - followed.

The game started with right fielder Nick Castel lanos making his third sliding catch of the post

season on a line drive by Jose Altuve. McCullers gave up a first-pitch home run to Schwarber in a regularseason game in October but didn’t allow another run in six inningsthough he took the loss in a 3-0 Phillies win that clinched their playoff spot. Aaron Nola pitches Game 4 for the Phillies on Wednesday night, opposed by Cristian Javier.

Mustangs’ Chindavong advances to NorCal golf

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FAIRFIELD — Nikki Chindavong of the Rodriguez High School girls golf team fired a 4-under-par 68 Monday at the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters tourna ment at The Reserve at Spanos Park in Stockton.

Rodriguez girls water polo gets edged out by Sonora in playoffs

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FAIRFIELD — The Rodriguez High School girls water polo team played even Tuesday with visiting Sonora before a late goal with 41 seconds left helped the Wildcats to the 9-8 playoff victory. The teams were meeting in the first round of the Sac-Joa quin Section Division II

playoffs. No. 9 Sonora advanced to a quarter final match Thursday at top-seed Woodcreek. Rodriguez settled for one of its finest seasons, fin ishing 14-7 overall to go with a 7-0 champion ship record in the Golden Empire League.

Kate Frenkel scored four goals for the Mus tangs against Sonora. Natalie Graham had three and Mia LiCausi scored

another. The teams were tied 3-3 at halftime before going on a scoring spree.

Rodriguez stayed right with Sonora until the final goal by the Wildcats put the match away.

“They played really hard,” Rodriguez head coach Michelle Roberts said. “I have a lot of seniors that are going to graduate. They played like a team all season and worked really hard. It

was just a tough game.”

Rodriguez won the GEL banner with the undefeated season that ended with a 15-3 win over Dixon for the title. The Mustangs also won a first-place trophy in the recent Julian Szmidt Memorial Varsity Tour nament, a first such honor, said Roberts, in the 21-year history of the program.

Chindavong was the top individual finisher not on a qualifying team and took third place overall. She earned a berth in the Northern California tournament Monday at the Berke ley Country Club in El Cerrito.

Chindavong was 1-over-par through the front nine and 5-under-par on the back side after scoring four birdies and an eagle.

Rodriguez finished fifth as a team with a solid score of 397. Darla DeLaTorre shot par 72 and was followed by Jody Castillo (74), Coco Trotter (87) and Noelle Concepcion (96). Pleas ant Grove (363), Granite

Bay (374) and Lodi (380) were the teams that advanced.

“I am super proud of the team and their accomplishments,” Rodriguez head coach Tracy Lopez said in an email.

The top individual score at the tournament was the 66 turned in by Ellie Bushnell of Granite Bay. Vacav ille’s Erica Villegas finished with a 73.

Prep Tennis Vanden advances by beating Antelope

FAIRFIELD — The top-ranked Vanden High School girls tennis team swept doubles play Monday and rolled to a 7-2 win over No. 8 Antelope in the SacJoaquin Section Division III playoffs.

The teams of Danali Hardwick-Kaylani Payne, Kalyse Payne-

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FAIRFIELD — Line backer Mykal Walker (Vacaville) had eight solo tackles, three assists and another statistic the NFL calls a stuff for the Atlanta Falcons in Sun day’s 37-34 win over the Carolina Panthers.

For the season, Walker has been involved in 59 tackles (33 solo, 20 assists) with one sack and two stuffs. He also has a forced fumble and returned an interception 21 yards Sept. 18 at SoFi Stadium against the Los Angeles Rams.

The Falcons return to action next weekend for a game against the Los Angeles Chargers. Atlanta currently has a one game lead in the NFC South Division.

College Football

Senior linebacker

Armon Bailey (Vanden) had seven solo tackles, two assists and three sacks for Sacramento State in a 31-28 win over

Idaho for Homecoming. The Hornets improved to 8-0 in the season and are currently ranked No. 2 in the nation in the FCS.

Sophomore linebacker

Zion Booker (St. PatrickSt. Vincent) had four solo tackles, three assists, a forced fumble and a pass breakup for Pacific in

a 56-41 win at Lewis & Clark. The Fairfield res ident helped the Boxers improve to 4-3 overall.

Sophomore defen sive end Emmitt Espino (Armijo) saw action for Minot State in a 51-7 loss to the Univer sity of Minnesota, Duluth. The Beavers fell to 0-9.

Graduate student and defensive end Muhindo Kapapa (Armijo) and senior cornerback Zamir Wallace (De La Salle) contributed to San Diego in a 49-42 loss to St. Thomas. Kapapa had five assist tackles, one for a loss, while Wallace had a hand in six tackles. The Toreros are 3-4 overall.

Junior defensive back Luis Vicino Jr. (Vanden) made two solo tackles for Western Oregon in

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FAIRFIELD — The return to the ring for Alan Sanchez was a success Saturday night as he earned a 10-round unanimous decision at Cache Creek Resort in Brooks against unde feated Saul Bustos of Los Angeles.

The 31-year-old Fair field boxer returned to the ring after a 17-month layoff. He earned the WBA Fede centro Title thanks to the win and improved his record to 22-5-1.

“In the first rounds I felt strong and thought I could knock him out,” Sanchez said. “He responded well to his corner in the later rounds.”

Sanchez said he suf fered a cut above his right eyebrow from a headbutt that required seven stitches. Other wise, he came out in

good shape.

Sanchez wins return bout at Cache CreekVacaville’s Mykal Walker helps spark Atlanta Falcons in victory

“I kept to my plans of trying to win rounds and finish strong,” he said. “My right hand was working well. I kept landing punches with my right hand.”

Bustos came into the fight 15-0-1.

“I was expecting a war,” Sanchez said. “I knew he was unde feated and he didn’t want to lose. He also trains with Freddie Roach, one of the best coaches in the world.”

Sanchez doesn’t know what is next but he said he hopes for something “big,” like another title fight or a bout in Europe.

“I want to continue to put Fairfield on the map,” he said. “In the beginning, I was a little nervous but there was a lot of support from Fair field and that felt great. I saw a lot of people that I didn’t expect to be there. I saw a lot of family and friends.”

Here are other per formances by former area athletes:

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Rodriguez High School’s Mia LiCausi shoots the ball during Tuesday’s girls water polo Sac-Joaquin Section Division

II match against Sonora in Fairfield. Sonora knocked off Rodriguez in a tight 9-8 showdown.

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Falcons linebacker Mykal Walker had a hand in 11 tackles Sunday against the Carolina Panthers.

CALENDAR

Wednesday’s TV sports

Baseball

• MLB, World Series, Houston vs. Philadelphia, 2, 40, 5 p.m.

Basketball

• NBA, Boston vs. Cleveland, ESPN, 4:30 p.m.

• NBA, Sacramento vs. Miami, NBCSCA (Vacaville and Rio Visa), 4:30 p.m.

• NBA, Memphis vs. Portland, ESPN, 7:05 p.m.

Football

• College, Western Michigan vs. Bowling Green, ESPN2, 4 p.m.

Golf

• LPGA, ToTo Japan Classic, GOLF, 8 p.m.

• Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific, GOLF, 11 p.m.

Hockey

• NHL, Pittsburgh vs. Buffalo, TNT, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday’s TV sports Baseball

• MLB, World Series, Houston vs. Philadelphia, 2, 40, 5 p.m.

Basketball

• NBA, Golden State vs. Orlando, NBCSBA (Fairfield and Suisun City), 4 p.m.

Football

• NFL, Philadelphia vs. Houston, Amazon Prime (Live Streaming), 5:15 p.m.

• College, Appalachian State vs. Coastal Carolina, ESPN, 4:30 p.m.

• High School, Jenks (Okla.) vs. Bixby (Okla.), ESPN2, 5 p.m.

Golf

• Rolex Challenge Tour, GOLF, 4 a.m.

• World Wide Technology Championship, GOLF, Noon.

• ToTo Japan Classic, GOLF, 8 p.m.

• Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific, GOLF, 11 p.m.

Scoreboard

Monday’s Game Cleveland 32, Cincinnati 13 Week 9

Thursday’s Game Philadelphia at Houston, 5:15 p.m. Sunday’s Games L.A. Chargers at Atlanta, 10 a.m. Miami at Chicago, 10 a.m. Carolina at Cincinnati, 10 a.m. Green Bay at Detroit, 10 a.m. Las Vegas at Jacksonville, 10 a.m. Indianapolis at New England, 10 a.m. Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m. Minnesota at Washington, 10 a.m. Seattle at Arizona, 1:05 p.m.

BASEBALL

8, Detroit 3 Carolina 3, Washington 2, SO L.A. Kings 5, St. Louis 1

Anaheim at SAN JOSE, 7:30

Tampa Bay 4, Ottawa 3 N.Y. Rangers 1, Philadelphia 0 Vegas 3, Washington 2, OT Minnesota 4, Montreal 1 Boston 6, Pittsburgh 5 N.Y. Islanders 3, Chicago 1 Dallas 5, L.A. Kings

Source: Fox has right knee bone bruise but no structural damage

By Jason a nderson THE SACRAMENTO BEE

The Kings got good news and bad news regarding point guard De’Aaron Fox’s knee injury Tuesday as they prepare to face the Miami Heat on Wednesday at FTX Arena.

49ers deal RB Jeff Wilson Jr. to Dolphins on trade deadline

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SANTA CLARA — As news broke that Jeff Wilson Jr. was getting traded to the Miami Dol phins an hour ahead of today’s trade deadline, the 49ers’ locker room was nearly empty.

Players had already worked out in the morning and headed for their bye week, with a handful headed to an optional meeting to hear 49ers legend Steve Young talk about the venture-capital business.

When cornerback Deommodore Lenoir emerged from the showers and looked at a phone displaying news of Wilson’s trade, Lenoir’s eyes widened and he replied: “It’s crazy.”

Crazy in that Wilson was so beloved in that locker room, having arrived as a 2018 undrafted rookie and stepping into the mix when need to churn out 1,733 yards in 45 career games. Wilson was not seen in the 49ers locker room today. Lenoir’s locker was two down from Wilson, and asked if he was sad about news of the trade, Lenoir replied simply: “For sure.”

The 49ers, a league source confirmed, fetched a 2023 fifthround draft pick from the Dolphins, who, this past offseason, added ex49ers starter Raheem Mostert as their starting running back.

Thing is, 12 days ago, the 49ers beat the trade deadline and added a running back of their own: Christian McCaf frey, who produced three touchdowns (passing, receiving, rushing) in Sunday’s 31-14 win at the Los Angeles Rams. McCaffrey, in the Oct. 20 deal with the Carolina Panthers, cost them four draft picks – second-, thirdand fourth-round picks in 2023 and a fifthrounder in 2024.

Opening starter Elijah Mitchell is projected to return after the bye week, after spending two months recovering from a sprained knee. Also in the crowded backfield are rookies Ty DavisPrice and Jordan Mason, not to mention Deebo Samuel, an All-Pro receiver last year who missed Sunday’s game with a hamstring injury.

Miami ranked 28th in the NFL in rushing at 88.1 yards per game. Mostert is their leading rusher with 452 yards (101 carries), followed by ex- Arizona Cardi nals rusher Edmonds (120 yards).

The Dolphins, who visit the 49ers on Dec. 4, made arguably a bigger move for them selves earlier Tuesday by acquiring Denver Broncos outside line backer Bradley Chubb for a 2023 first-round pick, which Miami acquired from San Fran cisco last season.

An MRI on Fox’s right knee showed a bone bruise, but no structural damage, a league source told The Sacramento Bee, confirming a report from The Athletic’s Shams Charania. Fox sustained the injury in Monday’s 115-108 victory over the Charlotte Hornets.

Fox will miss Wednes day’s game in Miami. His return to competi tion will be based on the resolution of symptoms, the source said, but there is hope he could be back soon. The Kings will visit the Orlando Magic on Saturday before conclud ing a four-game road trip against the Golden State Warriors on Monday.

Fox, 24, is in his sixth season with the Kings, who selected him out of Kentucky with the No. 5 pick in the 2017 NBA draft. He is averaging 24.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.8 assists while shooting 54.8% from the field and 38.7% from 3-point range.

Fox scored 33 points in the season opener against the Portland Trail Blazers and 36 in the

next game against the Los Angeles Clippers.

He had 17 points and a career-high 13 rebounds in a 119-113 victory over the Heat on Saturday in Sacramento, leading the Kings to their first win of the season.

Fox injured the knee in the second quarter of Monday’s game against the Hornets. He limped off the floor after taking a knee to the right leg on a

Fox returned moments later, but only briefly. Clearly hobbled by the injury, Fox left the game again 1:36 later and headed straight to the locker room for treat ment from the team’s medical staff.

Coming out of the half time break, the Kings announced Fox would not return due to right knee soreness. He fin ished with eight points in nine minutes.

Davion Mitchell started the second half in Fox’s place with veteran Matthew Dellavedova coming off the bench. Mitchell had his best game of the season, fin ishing with 23 points on 9-of-11 shooting. Dellavedova made a goahead 3-pointer in the third quarter as the Kings rallied from a 15-point halftime deficit to win their second game in a row.

Jimmy Butler steps up big late as Heat hold off Warriors in Miami

By Ira WInderman SOUTH FLORIDA SUN SENTINEL

MIAMI — The 3s were flowing, the ball was moving, the depth of con tribution was significant.

So, yes, another Golden State Warriors game.

Only in this case it was the opposition inflict ing the damage, with the Miami Heat snapping a two-game losing streak with a 116-109 victory Tuesday night over Stephen Curry & Co.

On a night they fell behind by 10 in the third quarter after losing Tyler Herro for the night in the second period with an eye contusion, the Heat showed the resolve that had been lacking in the 2-5 record they carried into the night.

This time, with Jimmy Butler stepping up with a pair of key late baskets, one that he turned into a three-point play, there finally was a sigh of relief amid these uneven first

two weeks of the season.

Butler filled the box score for Heat with 23 points, eight assists and six rebounds. The Heat also got 24 points from Max Strus, 19 from Bam Adebayo, 17 from Duncan Robinson and 12 from Kyle Lowry.

Curry closed with 23 points, 13 assists and 13 rebounds for the Warriors, supported by 21 points from Andrew

Wiggins and 19 from Klay Thompson.

The Heat led 58-46 at halftime, went down 10 in the third, then clawed back within three before going into the fourth quarter down 94-86.

But 3-pointers by Lowry and Strus got the Heat within one less than a minute into the fourth, with a transition 3-pointer by Rob

inson tying it 100-100 with 7:07 remaining. It eventually got to 109-109 with two minutes to play, before Butler was fouled on a driving layup, converting the three-point play with 1:48 left for a 112-109 Heat lead.

Then, with 1:39 left, Butler was called for a three-shot foul on a Curry 3-point attempt. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra challenged and was suc cessful, giving the Heat possession up three.

Missed 3-pointers by the Heat’s Gabe Vincent and Warriors’ Thompson followed, as did a running jumper by Vincent. That left Golden State with the ball down three with 38.7 seconds to play.

A Thompson missed 3-pointer again fol lowed, putting the Heat in possession with 30 seconds to play.

That’s when Butler again stepped up, a 15-foot leaning jumper giving the Heat a 114-109 lead.

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Jeff Wilson Jr. (22) is tackled against the Atlanta Falcons in the fourth quarter at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, during an NFL game in December 2021.

drive by Hornets center Nick Richards.

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Kings guard De’Aaron Fox (5) attempts a shot as Clippers forward Robert Covington (23) defends during the second half at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, Oct. 22.

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Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat lays up a shot during the first half against the Golden State Warriors at FTX Arena, Tuesday.

Feds demand Colorado River water cutbacks right away

One must wade through a thicket of bureau cratic jargon to find it, but on Friday federal officials issued what appears to be a serious warning to California and other states that use water from the highly stressed Colorado River: If they cannot agree on sharp reductions in diversions of the Colorado’s water, the feds will impose them unilaterally.

It’s the latest wrinkle in decades of interstate squab bling over the river, which has become more heated as the river’s flows continue to decline and conditions in its two major reservoirs, Lake Mead and Lake Powell, reach the crisis stage.

The federal Bureau of Rec lamation wants California, Arizona and Nevada to reduce diversions by at least 2 million acre-feet a year and as much as 4 million, but negotiations have been fruitless. California, which takes the most water from the river, by far, has offered just a 400,000 acre-foot reduction. An acre-foot is 326,000 gallons.

With talks stalemated, the bureau said it will begin planning for unilateral action “to address the serious operational realities facing the system . . .” due to “the likelihood of contin ued low-runoff conditions across the (Colorado River) basin.” It would implement cuts by reducing releases from the two reservoirs.

“The Interior Department continues to pursue a collaborative and consensus-based approach to addressing the drought crisis afflicting the West. At the same time, we are committed to taking prompt and decisive action necessary to protect the Colorado River system and all those who depend on it,” Interior Secre tary Deb Haaland said in a statement.

The Bureau of Reclamation is telling the states “that this is kind of their last opportunity for consensus-building, for voluntary action,” Jaime Garcia, a water fellow at the University of Colorado Law School’s Getches-Wilkinson Center, told the Los Angeles Times.

“The fundamental issue is, whatever solution people come up with is going to hurt,” Garcia said. “The river is overallocated. It’s drying up. And we have to find a way to sort of spread out the pain evenly.”

Because California is the largest user of Col orado River water, cutbacks – either voluntary or imposed – would have their greatest impact on the state. However, while the Colorado is a major source of water for Southern California’s more than 20 million residents, the region has other sources for municipal users.

Rather, about two-thirds of the Colorado’s water diverted into California goes to farming, particularly the Imperial Irrigation District in Imperial County. The district takes more water from the river, at least 2.5 million acrefeet a year, than Nevada and Arizona combined. Therefore, if there are major cutbacks, as the feds demand, the Imperial Irrigation District would have to give up the most.

Imperial gets the most because it was the first entity to tap the Colorado more than a century ago, thus establishing its senior water rights. The Imperial Dam and All-Ameri can Canal allow the Imperial Valley to have a 12-month growing season, making it a major producer of winter produce as well as a source of alfalfa to feed cattle and milk cows.

The Interior Department has $4 billion from the newly enacted Inflation Reduction Act to compensate those who would lose water by flow reductions. But the money and the latest warning may not produce agreement among the affected states.

If the Bureau of Reclamation acts unilater ally to reduce diversions, it will likely result in high-stakes litigation that tests the Impe rial district’s water rights. In a sense what’s happening along the Colorado could be a fore runner of legal showdowns over water rights in other regions of the state, if drought condi tions continue.

CalMatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how Califor nia’s state Capitol works and why it matters. For more columns by Dan Walters, go to calmatters.org/commentary.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

A vote for K. Patrice Williams for City Council

K. Patrice Williams is a trailblazer in business and a Fairfield commu nity activist committed to tackling the problems of affordable housing, homelessness and local economic development. K. Patrice’s goal is to make Fairfield a thriving and diverse hometown where people live, work, play and prosper – not simply a bedroom community.

K. Patrice holds a juris doctor ate degree from San Francisco Law School and bachelor’s degrees in marketing and economics.

As CEO of BrandGOV, Empower Solano, K. Patrice leads a staff of 10. As she knew one day she would, K. Patrice started BrandGOV, her own company in Fairfield, where she worked hand-in-hand with Fairfield organizations and business owners.

K. Patrice founded Hazel’s Tran quility Place, a transitional home she named after her mother. Hazel’s Tranquility Place helps vulnera ble formerly incarcerated women in Solano County reunify in a safe home. Women and children get off the street, find employment and achieve stability so they may thrive.

Because of her ability to build rela tionships and collaborate, K. Patrice has been endorsed by Rep. John Gar amendi, state Sen. Bill Dodd and Assemblywoman Lori D Wilson.

As a former public policy com missioner, K. Patrice supported regional transportation decisions that favorably impact Fairfield seniors, business owners, working fami lies and community members who are disabled.

Learn more about K. Patrice Williams at

OTHER SIDE

www.KPatriceforFairfield.com.

Lakethia Lake-Pascua Fairfield

Support for Mayor Harry Price in Fairfield

After my family moved to Fair field from the Philippines, I knew we settled in a nice town. We grew to love this area of California.

I remember when Harry Price became the mayor of Fairfield. I got to know him through the events he attended, the lives he touched and how he managed Fairfield as mayor. He is a main reason why we decided to raise my family here. He has always portrayed a friendly and cour teous manner when speaking of his city and its people. Harry is proud of Fairfield and displayed his position to others from Sacramento to Wash ington, D.C.

He has worked tirelessly for Fairfield over the years. Attending several events for all ages, giving great speeches and being there as Fairfield’s pillar of support. He would even attend the start of the Turkey Trot to wish all of the partici pants good luck.

Being a mayor is a demanding job, but Harry has done it with such caring and grace. Harry can never be replaced. We will be voting for Harry for mayor.

Susan M. Carrera Fairfield

Vote Yes on Measure S

As a former Fairfield-Suisun School District governing board member and a current member of the

Measure J Citizens’ Oversight Com mittee, I have a positive view of the impact recent school bond measures have had on our school sites. I know we have strict fiscal accountability, annual audits and detailed project lists. I support a “Yes” vote on the proposed school board Measure S.

I am a proud graduate of Armijo High School myself. I have watched my children, grandchildren and even great-grandchildren attend local schools. I have observed the school district grow over the years from just a handful of schools to the 30 schools we have now. What great additions and improvements these local bond measures have provided.

Please join me in voting yes on Measure S on Nov. 8. We are voting for our children who cer tainly deserve the best education we can provide.

Kathleen Marianno Fairfield

We can stop decline in Fairfield via our vote

I arrived in Fairfield in 1974 and I was proud to call Fairfield home.

In the past few years, it’s become unsafe to walk on Texas Street. Trash and homeless people are on every block. Mayor Harry Price deserves some of the blame because his poli cies aren’t working.

Scott Mulvey is a person we can get behind. He is actually doing some thing to address these issues. Scott is running for City Council District 5. Lets’s make a few changes with Cath erine Moy as mayor and Scott Mulvey on the City Council.

Haeng Cha Kim Fairfield

Use your ballots for change, not bullets

The mob that attacked us on Jan. 6, 2021, the man arrested for attempt ing to kill Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the MAGA maniac who attacked the Cincinnati FBI field office, death threats to Jan. 6 com mittee members requir ing them to acquire security and the hammer attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband are just some of the examples of political violence becoming mainstream.

Death threats to election officials and elected officials have risen dra matically in the past couple of years.

Democracy and elections are what keep us from resorting to violence in this country. Attacking and assaulting those we disagree with politically is no way to run a society. Might makes right ends in bloody chaos.

California’s November ballot has a number of propositions that we will resolve with our votes and not our fists or with weapons. I’ve already written about the gambling mea sures. While I don’t like telling people how to vote, there are some who are

looking for whatever guidance they can find. If that’s you, you’ve come to the right place.

Proposition 1 codifies abortion rights in the Califor nia Constitution. California will not become one of those Handmaid’s Tale states as long as you vote YES.

Proposition 28 establishes minimum funding of 1% of state and local education funds for K-12 public schools be devoted to arts and music education. Studies show children benefit from art and music education in increased motor skills, decision-making and improved aca demic performance, even helping children in science and math. I’m voting YES.

Proposition 29 is yet another dial ysis measure. This is the third such measure in the past few years. It’s being pushed by a union and while it’s a positive they want to require a physician or physician’s assistant on site, I worry such requirements may drive some centers out of busi ness. Dialysis is life and death for 80,000 Californians. If the changes

to dialysis clinics are this important, I’d rather the Legislature along with health care professionals make that determination. I’m voting NO.

Proposition 30 would tax those making more than $2 million annu ally to support electric vehicle incentives and infrastructure as well as wildfire prevention. Any time we can soak the rich for do-gooder stuff it sounds good. But this proposition is mainly underwritten by Lyft, who would benefit mightily from this. You don’t often see Gavin Newsom, the California Teachers Association and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Asso ciation on the same side opposing a measure so this is a NO for me.

Proposition 31 upholds a ban on flavored tobacco. If R.J. Reynolds and Phillip Morris are against something, I’m for it. YES.

Vote your conscience. Let your voice be heard. And show the violent, civil war enthusiasts that ballots are more powerful than bullets. Peace.

Kelvin Wade, a writer and former Fairfield resident, lives in Sacra mento. Reach him at kelvinjwade@ outlook.com.

Dan Walters

Kelvin Wade

California’s ‘crazy train’ is still going nowhere fast

Amtrak TV commercials used to depict trains winding through the landscape as a lofty musical tribute to the experi ence played. “There’s something about a train – that’s magic!” a deep voice sang.

There’s something about California’s highspeed passenger train, too, though not in a good way: Originally touted as a sub-three-hour link between San Francisco and Los Angeles, this mega-project has not carried a single passenger in the 14 years since the state committed to building it. It has made a lot of public money disappear, though: more than $10 billion, with the ultimate cost estimated at $113 billion.

That is more than triple the initial $33 billion price tag bandied about during a 2008 referendum campaign to authorize a $9 billion initial bond issue; the public was told to expect completion by 2020. In 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) kept the dream alive, barely, by committing to finish 171 miles between rela tively small cities in the state’s interior, on the apparent thinking that, if the middle part gets done, future state legislators and governors will figure out how to pay for the beginning and the end.

Now, The New York Times reports that some past leaders of the high-speed rail authority concede it “may never work.” Some of these officials, the Times notes, were “speaking candidly on the subject for the first time” – a phrase that should have come with a trigger warning for the many critics who long ago predicted this debacle but were not heeded.

Not looking good in hindsight are two former governors, Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) and Jerry Brown (D), who backed the plan as a way to reduce carbon emissions from cars and planes. Don’t feel too sorry for California voters, though, who brought this mess on themselves –first by approving the 2008 referendum, then by reelecting Brown in 2014 over moderate Republican Neel Kashkari, who campaigned against what he called the “crazy train.” (Kashkari has since become president of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank.)

Looking better are GOP governors of Florida, Ohio and Wisconsin, who in 2010 and 2011 rejected President Barack Obama’s offer of funding for high-speed rail, because, the governors argued, the money would not be enough to cover the whole cost, with their states on the hook for the rest.

As for what caused the train’s woes, the Times’s story called out the many sordid and –given the recent history of U.S. infrastructure delays – eminently foreseeable political manipu lations and legal obstacles that turned this California dream into a costly, complex nightmare.

Early on, France’s national railroad company ended its bid to help develop the California line and went somewhere with less red tape: Morocco.

Special interests ranging from Silicon Valley’s tech industry to Los Angeles County supervisor Mike Antonovich intervened to change the bullet train’s route through the state, which accordingly ended up in a suboptimal configuration “not based on technical and financial criteria,” as a former official told the Times.

To be sure, there is a case to be made for California high-speed rail – in theory. Its northern and southern population centers are roughly 400 miles apart, within the distance over which bullet trains can have a competitive advantage relative to air travel, according to a 2010 World Bank analysis, assuming “excep tionally high and concentrated travel demand.”

Whether that level of demand would ulti mately materialize depends on fares and variables such as the availability of transporta tion links and other amenities at the system’s major destinations. Those are big question marks in sprawling Los Angeles, which has no city center such as those in Paris and Lyon or other urban pairs that Europe’s bullet trains connect.

The World Bank study admonished that “Any . . . shortfall in ridership or yield, can quickly create financial stress” for high-speed rail. It is an especially pertinent warning, now that zoom is not just a description of what bullet trains do, but also the name of an app rendering many business trips unnecessary.

As it is, many of the world’s bullet trains need operating subsidies, and some, such as the island-length train in Taiwan, have required bailouts.

Full operation of a San Francisco-to-Los Angeles bullet train would cut carbon emissions by the equivalent of 213 million gallons of gasoline per year, according to the state highspeed rail authority’s 2022 annual report. That’s about a week’s worth of California’s fuel consumption in 2021. Surely there is a cheaper, less grandiose way to achieve the same savings.

At this point, the best thing for California might be to cut the project’s losses and abandon it. Yes, this would leave in place several massive concrete structures that have been completed. Passers-by could look on them as monuments to magical thinking about infrastructure.

Charles Lane is an editorial writer for The Wash ington Post specializing in economic and fiscal policy, and a weekly columnist.

Follow the money in Fairfield races

“Follow the money.” A wise saying. Too many politicians have already been “bought” before they ever sit down on the dais.

This election has seen an eye-pop ping flood of money coming in the past two weeks. I can’t recall such sums before.

In Fairfield District 5, incumbent Doriss Panduro has scooped up about $22,000 in the past two weeks out of her $28,000 total. Developers have given her about $9,000 (32%). Fairfield city unions have chipped in $6,500. (Are these folks buying influence?) Especially striking is that she has no small donations – and none from her district.

Her challenger, Scott Mulvey, has raised $8,200 total. No developer or union money – just donations from people who admire his successful drug and alcohol recovery program and his commitment to addressing the local homeless issue.

Mayor Harry Price has raised $43,000, $31,500 in the past two weeks. More than half of his war chest ($24,000) comes from devel opers (56%).

Challenger Catherine Moy hasn’t done badly. She’s taken in $49,000, but only $15,000 from devel opers (30%).

So why does big money come in so late? So it won’t be known to voters before the election – especially when the donors seek influence.

Vote for candidates who have your interests at heart.

Jack Batson Fairfield

District 5 needs more action, less talk

We need more action in Fairfield District 5. We have heard a stack of meaningless promises for the past two years, yet we still have daily crime – sirens blaring, heavy street activities, and continuing litter all over East Tabor Avenue and North Texas Street.

The City Council of Fairfield District 5, repeatedly pats them selves on the backs for things they “talk about,” building more layers of government to placate the homeless.

Want proof?

No housing. No available mental health services. No law and order.

Recently, City Church has been under fierce attack by the city of Fairfield. Scott Mulvey has been the only one taking action in the home less community in Fairfield for the past 13 years without city support or funding. He is successfully taking the homeless off the streets and giving them a way out of the lifestyle and onto productive lives when no one else would or could.

What does the city of Fairfield do to reward Scott Mulvey and City Church? They sent every city of Fairfield agency (about seven) after City Church to find things to write them up for, to threaten them to charge them fines, and find that key thing to shut them down. This is nothing but a political attack.

City Church is not an “emergency shelter” as the city of Fairfield wants to pigeonhole them as. The City Livin’ Center is a drug and alcohol “program” with 35 residents making changes in their lives from their addiction. The live-in program takes 12 to 18 months. Fairfield should praise the 92% success rate of the City Livin’ Program.

City Church is a place that also feeds thousands in the Fairfield

community, providing a daily food bank that distributes healthy groceries, seven days a week from 1 to 4 p.m. proven by the long lines.

So, crime is up, and the homeless are still pooping in the bushes and the parking lots. The city of Fairfield says it wants to do something, but they are still in meetings. It’s time for change in District 5.

Deborah Mulvey Fairfield

Let’s not be shortsighted and forget our past

Headline in local paper, Nov. 15, 1991, said, “District relies on trailers for a fast fix of space problems,” with a picture of what became an eyesore for the growth of the Fairfield-Suisun School District.

Bransford and E. Ruth Sheldon had these trailers where I worked to maintain a bare minimum school library program. I stopped the other day to coax a district maintenance person to take my picture in front of the most wonderful new structure that is the finished replacement. From the street, I am pointing to the library in great big letters. We all should be proud of the major overhaul of facilities that were in dire need of upgrading.

This district melded several rural elementary school districts into the current district, and that unification brought major structural and cosmetic problems for growth issues in the early 1970s and well into 1980s. Within the article, it stated, “Because Proposition 13 cut off the school’s primary source of revenue to build new schools . . . FSUSD must rely on emergency money from the state if it has no money of its own.”

Fortunately, the citizens of our extensive area of enrollment have had the right idea to pass measures that are bringing the district into the 21st century. Elegant new structures along with refurbishment done on older campuses show lots of upgrad ing. New campuses and enhanced buildings do attract would-be homeowners so all of us can be proud because these accomplishments reflect what we do as a community.

Please don’t do anything foolish and “throw the baby out with the bathwater,” as my wise grandmother used to say. Pass Measure S and keep this district on a roll. Drive around and see for yourself. Better yet, visit the facilities with major new improvements such as Suisun Valley and Fairview elementary schools. Thirty years of growth in this district have been challenging so don’t be shortsighted or stingy. S says no new taxes but continues the support that is vital at this time.

We need to stay proud and keep the momentum going to provide our students with the best that we can.

Carol Kalamaras Fairfield

Cat Moy my choice for mayor: Here is why

So I have to share a feel-good story that happened Monday.

I put on a neighborhood parade on Halloween every year since our subdivision was built. Invited the local Corvette enthusiasts to lead off the parade promptly at 3 p.m. every year. I had invited Cat Moy who is running for mayor to come out and meet the neighbors. I called her as a reminder Monday but she was not sure she could make it and here is why. You see, she had received a few concerning phone calls about an

older woman sleeping on the side walk near NorthBay Medical Center and she had been there for a couple of days. Cat decided to go check on this individual and try and find some emergency shelter for her.

Some people have said this was a political move on her part to share her experience with “Sheila.” I beg to differ with them. She sacrificed an afternoon of meeting more than 100 residents to simply touch the life of one. I ask you, where was Harry Price when concerned citizens are calling Cat Moy to help this poor woman?

Thanks, Cat, for being you and trying to make Fairfield a better place.

Joyce Oren Fairfield

My vote is for Cat Moy

Cat Moy has always fought to clean up the streets of Fairfield. She has opposed the go-along to get-along policy of Mayor Harry Price and others on the council.

If we really want change and bring back Fairfield, vote for Cat Moy for mayor on Nov. 8.

Rod Ferroggiaro Fairfield

Don’t be fooled: Vote no on Measure S

Don’t be fooled by slick advertise ments by the Yes on S campaign or the supporters such as the Solano County supervisors or the Demo cratic Central Committee or the teachers union. Read the Solano County Voter information guide.

If Measure S, the $249.6 million bond, is approved, the district will issue general bonds. “The bonds would be repaid through a property tax levied and collected (emphasis added) . . . . The district’s stated best estimate of the average annual tax rate that would need to be levied to fund the proposed bonds is $40 per $100 of the assessed value of the taxable property . . .”

That’s what it says. Bonds cost money to pay back.

Anyone with property, including seniors with the only home they are trying to hold on to in this inflation ary time, will incur another tax on their property tax bill to pay for Measure S. It’s a lie to say Measure S doesn’t increase our taxes. Look at your property tax statement, which we just received. The FF SS USD GOB 2016 Series 2020, also known as Measure J, was passed in 2016.

Measure J provides for the identical items Measure S wants the taxpayer to pay for again: “Upgrade and construct classrooms, science labs and libraries, improve student access to technology, repair leaky roofs and replace outdated electrical and plumbing systems.” But wait, the Covid-19 bills, which were passed without approval by the taxpayer, include paying for “replacing outdated heating, ventilation and air-condition systems.” Further, the infrastructure bill, which the taxpayer is paying for, includes “install energy efficient systems including ‘green’ building projects and sustainable building practices to promote energy efficiency.”

The oversight for our money is reckless to say the least. There are 12 school bonds on our property tax statement. What are they for?

Don’t be fooled. Vote no on Measure S.

Leslie Francis Fairfield

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After being involved in a misunderstanding, Cassie (Ashley Reyes) takes a hard look at her future in “Walker.”

for a really long time and I’ve been planning for ages, and I finally get to tell you I’m going back on tour. The tour is called the ‘Eras’ tour, and it’s a journey through all of my musical eras of my career.”

Swift will launch the tour in U.S. stadiums on March 18, 2023, in Glen dale, Arizona – the same place she kicked off her 2018 Reputation tour. So far, 28 dates have been announced across the country that will take the tour into August when she closes out the first leg with two shows at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Aug. 4 and 5. She will release inter national dates later.

The Grammy winner has also tapped a number of “brilliant opening acts” for the tour, including Para more, beabadoobee, Phoebe Bridgers, girl in red, Muna, Haim, Gayle, Gracie Abrams, and Owenn.

“And really, I’m just so excited that I get to look you guys in the eye and say thank you for everything,” she added.

Prospective concert goers will have to sign up for Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan program to register for presale tickets now through Nov. 9. Once they receive a code, they will be able to purchase tickets on Nov. 15. Those tickets will start at $49 and go up to $449. VIP pack ages start at $199 and go up to $899.

Verified fans from Swift’s Lover Fest tour will also receive preferred access to participate in the Tay lorSwiftTix Presale once registered with the same Ticketmaster account as the previous purchase.

All other public ticket sales begin Nov. 18 at 10 a.m. local venue time.

Swift’s announcement comes more than a week after she released her 10th studio album, “Mid nights,” on Oct. 20. The singer announced the

album back in August during an acceptance speech at the Video Music Awards.

In a statement after the show, she described “Midnights” as a “a col lection of music written in the middle of the night, a journey through terrors and sweet dreams. The floors we pace and the demons we face.”

Leading up to the release, Swift teased fans by trickling details about the album – includ ing writing credits for boyfriend Joe Alwyn and “The Batman” star Zoë Kravitz.

“Midnights” made its grand entrance by briefly crashing Spotify and treating fans to bonus tracks and a compan ion music video for the single “Anti-Hero.”

Times critic Mikael Wood wrote that “Mid nights” “returns to an earlier Swift mode in both sonic and lyrical terms.”

Adding to the excitement around “Mid nights” was the album’s commercial success. Swift’s new album broke records on Spotify last week and on Monday, the singer became the first artist to fully occupy the top 10 spots of the Bill board Hot 100 chart.

“10 out of 10 of the Hot 100??? On my 10th album??? I AM IN SHAMBLES,” Swift tweeted on Monday.

Swift’s upcoming tour comes amid crit ical and commercial hype for “Midnight” and more than four years since her “Reputation” tour in 2018.

Swifties, rise! Taylor Swift is going on the

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Taylor Swift performs at ANZ Stadium on Nov. 2, 2018, in Sydney. The singer announced Tuesday on “Good Morning America” that she will embark on her sixth concert tour.

Great true stories about space exploration don’t come around too often anymore. Our pop cultural representations about NASA’s achievements (or failures) tend to be period pieces and retreads of the greatest hits. But the new documentary “Good Night Oppy,” directed by Ryan White, is an exciting and fresh story about a very recent mission to Mars, one that exceeded all expectations and then some, thanks to hard work, ingenuity, a lot of luck and dogged perseverance.

Produced by, among others, Amazon Studios, Amblin Enter tainment and Industrial Light and Magic, “Good Night Oppy” is a documentary that aims to capture the sense of childlike wonder and expansive, imag inative scope akin to the films for which Amblin and ILM are known. It’s a documentary recounting the amazing story of the Mars Exploration Rover Mission that manages to feel emotionally like “E.T.”, and look like “Star Wars.”

The Mars rovers were the brainchild of geologist and astronomer Steve Squryes, who grew tired of exploring the far thest flung reaches of the earth and dreamed of exploring Mars, imagining that a robotic rover could travel to the red planet in his stead. After years of proposals, NASA finally gave the OK to develop twin rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, which were launched in 2003 to search for evidence of water – evi dence of life – on Mars.

The mission was intended to last 90 days (or Martian “sols”), but miraculously went on for 16 years, thanks to unexpected bouts of luck when the rovers reached the planet. White and co-writer Helen Kearns tell

the story through well-curated and edited archival footage and interviews with a group of diverse and engaging NASA scientists and engineers who dedicated almost two decades of their lives to the journey of these rovers.

In every interview with the people who dreamed up, built and guided the rovers along their way, White and Kearns take care to foreground the human stories, about their childhoods and families, their sparks of inspiration. The jargon never gets too technical, and the scientists and engi neers are more than happy to anthropomorphize the rovers, whom they speak about with great affection, often likening the rovers to their children or identifying closely with them. Spirit is “rugged and scrappy,” while Opportunity is “little miss perfect.” The affection and care the humans feel for the robots is clearly part of the secret sauce that made this mission so successful.

When Spirit and Oppor tunity landed, they each set off to collect and analyze samples, photograph the land scape of Mars and explore the planet like little, curious tour ists. Carefully navigated by the humans (or “earthlings” as they refer to themselves) located at the NASA Jet Propulsion

Laboratory in Southern Califor nia, Spirit and Oppy endured dust storms and winter freeze, running into bits of unbe lievable luck and frustrating hang-ups along the way.

One of White’s most effec tive tools in his storytelling arsenal in the story of the Mars Explorer Rover Mission are the “wake up” songs the team at JPL play for the rovers, and for their teammates, working on a brutal schedule to keep the rovers moving. The soundtrack is littered with everything from bops (“Walkin’ on Sunshine”) to ballads (ABBA’s “S.O.S”) that lift the mood or pull at the heartstrings.

White, as a filmmaker, sub sumes his own point-of-view, and the film never takes any critical or contrary stance toward its subject matter. At times, the film feels like an info mercial, or recruitment video, for NASA, helping to demon strate the function of NASA in this modern era while recount ing the unlikely astronomical success of this mission. Much of the filmmaking is focused on making this story accessible and interesting to a wide audi ence, especially to kids, and a storyline about the genera tions of students who watched the launch and later went on to work on the mission is a subtle way to beckon future aero space scientists and engineers into the fold.

Despite the somewhat bland nature of the storytelling – it’s not like this documentary is pushing the boundaries of the form – it’s an incredible true story told with care and skill. It would be shocking if one doesn’t shed a tear or two at the outlandish success of the mission and the sheer triumph of it all, the result of herculean human effort, teamwork, and two cute little robots.

Bridge by Phillip Alder

to recognize a mistake when we’ve made it again.

Experience is helpful at the bridge table, but often you can find the best play by thinking logically – as in today’s deal.

South’s sequence, a strong, forcing and artificial two clubs followed by a jump to three no-trump, showed a balanced 25-27 points.

West led the spade queen, which South ducked. However, when West continued with the spade 10 and East discarded a low diamond, South won with his king.

South has only eight top tricks. Where should he go for the ninth?

Obviously, it must come from the clubs. However, after cashing the club ace and receiving only low cards, should declarer go into the dummy and take the finesse, or should he continue with the king and jack?

SHOULD YOU TURN THIS WAY OR THAT?

What do we learn from experience? David Wolf, who has been to outer space four times, says that idealism precedes experience and cynicism follows it. Is he really cynical about space travel?

Less sardonically, it has been suggested that the trouble with experience as a guide is that the final exam often comes first and the lesson afterwards. Also, experience teaches us

Maybe intuition or experience gives you the answer, but you can analyze the situation. Taking the finesse wins whenever East has the queen. Playing clubs from the top wins whenever the suit is breaking 3-3 or an opponent holds either 10-doubleton or queendoubleton. Clearly, this produces more combinations and makes it the better play.

When the club queen drops on the second round, declarer claims nine tricks.

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An elite training facil ity best known as Kobe Bryant’s destination the night of the fateful heli copter crash in 2019 that killed him, his daughter, Gianna, and seven others is currently a safe space for a dismayed collection of top high school basket ball players.

The Sports Academy – known as the Mamba Academy under Bryant’s ownership before his death – in Thou sand Oaks serves as the classroom, weight room, basketball court for Donda Academy, a prep school whose future is in the balance because of the recent antisemitic rants of its owner, Kanye West.

Donda players have their share of support. Boston Celtics All-Star Jaylen Brown has been an outspoken advocate for players on Twitter even after severing a busi

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ness relationship with West’s Donda Sports mar keting agency.

The team gathered Sunday for a Zoom call with Brown, Celtics team mate Blake Griffin and Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving, who’s made his share of headlines lately after tweeting and then deleting a post linking endorsing an anti semitic film.

“(The NBA players) were just telling us that they were going to have our back, and they were going to help us through the process,” senior guard AJ Johnson said.

When Donda Academy was founded a year ago, it pulled together top talent across the country. The school enticed players with the opportunity to build their brand in the

name, image and like ness (NIL) era under West’s massive image while developing their col legiate and pro potential, according to the father of a player who requested anonymity because he is worried his son would be retaliated against.

Now, though, players are forced to reckon with the possible imprint on their image – and potential opportunity van ishing – as they remain under West’s brand.

“At the end of the day, with the Donda Dove on our chest, we’re basi cally playing for Kanye,” Johnson said. “It’s his school. So having our names tied to him could lead to some things: NIL’s wouldn’t want to do any deals with us or people wouldn’t want to sign us, or anything like that.”

At least four national tournaments dropped Donda Academy last week amid rumors that the

school was closing. In the wake of the fallout, two players transferred – one having difficulty finding a new home, according to a family member.

For those that remain, Monday provided a glimpse of a typical day –even while circumstances swirling around them were anything but typical, and the potential still looms of a mass exodus.

They arrived at the Sports Academy before 10 a.m., spent an hour in the weight room lifting and doing agility drills, tossing a medicine ball off the wall while lip-syncing and bopping their heads to Lil Baby. They then headed upstairs to the classroom for two hours or so of online study sessions. Next came lunch, then practice on one of the four courts on the ground floor.

“We don’t know if it’s a good choice to just stay (at Donda), or is it just good to find somewhere

else where we can go,” said Johnson, perhaps the top player on the roster who has not committed to a college. “But for right now, all of us, we’re just focusing on trying to get better, blocking out all that noise right now until we figure out what we want to do.”

Johnson said he under stood the backlash against West’s hate speech, but still expressed frus tration at tournaments cutting ties.

The Hoophall Classic in Springfield, Mass., the City of Palms Classic in Fort Myers, Fla., The John Wall Holiday Invi tational in Raleigh, N.C., and the Play-by-Play Classic in Minneapolis all dropped Donda.

“I feel like it just doesn’t have anything to do with us. Like, we’re just going to play basket ball. We don’t support the stuff that he’s saying,” Johnson said.

a 26-21 loss to Midwestern State (Texas). The Wolves are 4-5.

Senior defensive lineman Mondo Calderon (Fairfield) made one solo tackle and two assists for Minne sota-Morris in a 31-24 loss to the University of Northwestern (Minne sota). The Cougars are 5-4.

Junior defensive back Jackson Troutt (Rodriguez) saw action for the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in a 27-13 loss to Springfield. The Mariners are 5-3 overall.

Junior wide receiver Asa Wondeh (Will C. Wood) made two catches for 29 yards as Eastern New Mexico lost to UT Permian Basin 24-21. The Greyhounds are 2-7.

Senior defensive back Zach McLellan (Will C. Wood) saw his action as the punter for Adams State. He had four punts and aver aged 32.5 yards a kick, his longest being for 41 yards. The Griz zlies lost to South Dakota Mines 23-20 and are 2-7 overall.

Women’s Volleyball

Junior setter Camille Rivers (Vacaville) had 13 assists and eight digs for Holy Names in a 3-0 loss to Point Loma and 20 assists and 20 digs a 3-1 loss to Concordia.

Junior setter Kayla Somonton

(Vacaville, Solano) played in three matches last week for Simpson. She had 18 assists and seven digs in a 3-0 loss to Embry-Riddle, 11 assists and two digs in a 3-0 loss to Park and 27 assists and two digs in a 3-1 loss to Benedictine.

Senior defensive specialist Angel Gamboa (Will C. Wood) played for Sonoma State in a 3-1 win over Pomona and had three digs in a 3-1 loss to Cal State San Bernardino.

Junior middle blocker Coco Ikpe (Vanden) had five kills and one block for UC Riverside in a 3-0 loss to Hawaii.

Senior middle blocker Lindsey McLaughlin (Rodriguez/Solano) had eight kills and three digs for Cal Poly Humboldt in a 3-0 loss to Cal State San Bernardino and 10 kills and one assist in a 3-0 loss to Pomona.

Junior middle blocker Megan Stanek (Vacaville Christian) played for Linfield and had two kills and 10 blocks in a 3-1 loss to Pacific and three kills and one block in a 3-1 loss to Puget Sound.

Sophomore outside hitter Taylor Whyte (Vanden) had five digs for Chico in a 3-0 loss to San Fran cisco State.

Freshman middle hitter Lauren Whyte (Vanden) saw action for Cal State Dominguez Hills in a 3-1 loss to Cal State East Bay.

Women’s Soccer

Sophomore forward Summer

Baron (DaVinci) and sophomore midfielder Kylie Rolling (Will C. Wood) saw action for the Chico soccer team. Baron played 23 minutes and Rolling 12 minutes in a 1-0 loss to Cal Poly Hum boldt. Baron had a shot on goal and played 70 minutes in the confer ence tournament opener, a 2-1 win over Humboldt.

Senior forward Karla Cardi nal (Vacaville, Solano) and senior defender Brooke Molina (Will C. Wood, Solano) played for Bush nell in a 3-0 loss to Corban. Cardinal played 77 minutes and Molina went the full 90.

Graduate student and defender Abby Wolf (Armijo) played 60 minutes for the University of the Pacific in a 3-1 loss to Portland.

Men’s Basketball

Senior guard Jordan Adams (Vacaville, Solano) got his season started at William Jessup with four points and four rebounds in a 95-76 loss to Oregon Tech and two points, two steals, three rebounds and an assist in a 86-74 win over Simpson.

Junior forward Landon Seaman (Will C. Wood) was at the Cal Mar itime Academy tournament in Vallejo with his Menlo teammates. He had one block and two points in an 87-78 win over Cal Maritime and three rebounds and four points in an 84-59 win over Montana Western.

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Kaitlyn Kang and Kailey Payne-Miley Dial won their matches in straight sets. Hardwick and Payne did so after an opening-set tiebreaker.

Vanden won four of the six singles matches with Sasha Smith, Delaney Ramsell, Camille Arca and Hailey Lam all earning victories.

“Our athletes played well after some initial nerves in the early going,” Vanden head coach Stan Lewis said in an email.

The Vikings advanced to the semifinals for a home match Wednesday against No. 4 Roseville.

Vacaville nets shutout victory

VACAVILLE — Vacaville High School’s girls tennis team over powered Atwater 9-0 Monday in the first round of the Sac-Joa quin Section Division II playoffs.

The Bulldogs are ranked No. 5 in the tournament despite an unbeaten record and a championship in the Monticello Empire League. Vacaville travels Wednesday to Vista del Lago in Folsom for a quarterfinal match.

Nia Macay, Gabri ella Perry, Victoria Silva, Lily Holman, Brook lyn Purcell and Alexis Gormley all won singles matches in straight sets. Vacaville picked up doubles wins with the teams of Paulina Sweeney-Paige Witte, Ayanna Gentry-Reese Hsiao and Ava Shep pard-Ella Aguirre.

Mountain House defeats Rodriguez

FAIRFIELD — The Rodriguez High School girls tennis team earned a berth in the Sac-Joa quin Section Division II playoffs but lost in the first round Monday 8-1 to host Mountain House.

No. 1 singles player Bella Connerley earned the Mustangs’ lone victory. The rest of the team included singles players Hannah Pier leoni, Gianna Anselmo, Taylor Tieu, Brianna Jahner and Madie Bock, and the doubles teams of Maya ShamiehHayden Gilbert, Jay Perry-Samara Angeles and Kenzie MarkGabbie Diaz.

“It was a great experience for seven new players out of 12,” Rodriguez head coach Sebastien Remy said in an email. “We will be back stronger next season.”

College

Solano basketball opens up season

ROCKVILLE — The basketball season gets underway Wednesday for Solano Community College as the men’s and women’s teams hit the road for season openers.

The Solano men open at West Valley in Saratoga. The Falcons are hoping to improve on last season’s 3-24 overall record and 1-15 mark in the Bay Valley Conference.

The Solano women open at San Fran cisco. The Falcons went 18-10 overall last year and 13-3 in the BVC.

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Kanye West attends the WSJ Magazine 2019 Innovator Awards at MOMA on Nov. 6, 2019, in New York City.