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The Travis Air Force Base honor guard marches down Texas Street during the Veterans Day Parade, Nov. 11, 2021.

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FAIRFIELD — Veterans will be honored once again next month with a parade and ceremony in downtown Fairfield. This year’s theme is “Serving with Honor.” A commemoration concert will begin at 10 a.m. Friday at the Downtown Theatre, 1035 Texas St. The parade will begin at 12:30 p.m. with a fly over from Travis Air Force Base. The parade route will travel down Kentucky Street to Great Jones Street, then turn up Texas Street to Washington Street. Admission is free and open to the public. Contact Special Events Coor-

dinator Andrea Azurdia at aazurdia@fairfield.ca.gov or 707399-4101 with any questions or with more information. If you’re interested in volunteering, contact Karen Rees at krees@fairfield.ca.gov or call 707-428-7767.

Veterans honor Marine Corps birthday in Suisun VFW Post 2333 will host a Marine Corps Birthday Bash on Thursday at its hall in Suisun City, and on the next day, the post is putting on a Veterans Day celebration at the waterfront. The Veterans Day event, cosponsored by the Suisun City Youth Commission, will include

members of the celebrated Tuskegee Airmen. The Marine Corps Birthday Bash will start at 6 p.m. Thursday. Meals from the Southern Smokehouse, across the street from the VFW hall, 427 Main St., can be ordered three days in advance. It is a “bring your own beverage” event as well. Water will be provided. “All veterans, families and friends are invited to come out and join in celebrating the (247th) birthday of the United States Marine Corps,” organizers said. The Veterans Day event runs from 2 p.m. to dusk and includes See Veteran, Page A8

Just another midterm election? Or does a November surprise await? Tribune Content Agency In one sense, the fundamentals of this election season have remained remarkably consistent. President Joe Biden’s approval ratings languish in the low 40s. High inflation stubbornly persists. And odds have stayed stacked against the sitting president’s party. In another sense, nothing about this moment feels predict-

able. The cycle has been bookended by two acts of political violence – the Jan. 6, 2021, siege of the U.S. Capitol and the assault on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband – that underscore the country’s jittery mood. The Supreme Court reversed nationwide protections for abortion rights that had remained in place for nearly 50 years. A See Election, Page A8

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FAIRFIELD — Author Melissa Larsen remembers her first book, “The Ghost’s Dinner,” as being terrifying. “The characters turn into the textures of what they eat at this dinner party,” she said. “That scared me. I guess you probably could track that to my writing today.” Larsen’s debut novel, “Shutter,” came out at the start of the pandemic; she remembers editing it and getting it to the publisher. It quickly caught the attention of readers who fell in love with her writing.

The NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study graduate is working on a new novel. This one is a murder mystery set in Iceland. “I was in Iceland, when I hurt my knee on the ice,” she said. Larsen had surgery and is recovered from her adventure on the ice, but the experience fed her imagination, giving her fuel for a new story. She is one of the authors invited to the 22nd Annual Authors Luncheon. Larsen was joined by Diane Power Zimmerman; Danise Payne; See Local, Page A8

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Author Melissa Larsen talks with one of her fans at the 22nd Annual Solano County Library Foundation Authors Luncheon in Fairfield, Sunday.

COP27 talks begin with deal to discuss climate reparations Tribune Content Agency U.N. climate talks began in Egypt Sunday with a deal to discuss how rich countries can help pay for the damages caused by global warming elsewhere. The breakthrough, reported in advance by Bloomberg, will allow diplomats to officially debate so-called “loss and damage” for the first time during the two week conference in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh resort. Developing countries have been demanding a discussion on climate reparations since Confer-

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ence of Parties, or COP, meetings started in the early 1990s. But industrialized nations that have prospered for two centuries at the expense of the planet repeatedly blocked efforts to add it to the agenda, fearing it would open up demands for billions of dollars in compensation from poorer countries. Recent climate disasters, such as the floods in Pakistan, had put the issue back into focus. Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry See Climate, Page A8

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We all can use a dose of whimsy every day

ou know what I think doctors need to prescribe more of? Adding a little bit of whimsy to your life. Whimsy is defined as “playfully quaint or fanciful behavior or humor.” I try to get my fill of whimsy each day and it isn’t hard to add some to your life. It can be as easy as driving past strangers walking on the sidewalk and honking and waving frantically, leaving them wondering just who the heck that was all day. Tony Wade Local metal sculptor The last laugh Phillip Glashoff literally turned whimsy into an art form. I challenge anyone to visit the Glashoff Sculpture Ranch and not feel the magical pull of whimsy that pervades his numerous brightly-colored creations. You know what popped in my mind when I thought of someone getting a daily dose of whimsy? A gentleman who used to work at the Fairfield Church of Christ named Don Clark. We knew the Clark family in Virginia and then they moved to the Golden State. Shortly thereafter my dad, a Navy man, was given orders to move out west as well. The Clarks are the reason we came to Fairfield. Anyway, he was the handyman around the church and the school it runs and sometimes he would not only be whistling a happy tune, but be skipping down the hallways. I mean, who skips anymore? Small children barely do much less middle-age men. I can’t say for certain, but if kids still played hopscotch and Mr. Clark happened to be walking down the sidewalk, he would probably happily hop through all the squares. My late mom had a heart full of whimsy. I remember in the 1990s we would be sitting in church and during the sermon she would pass me a note about something. I would reply and pass it back. Then she would respond and pass it back to me. I would then write, “Stop passing notes and pay attention” and she would stick her tongue out at me right there in church and we would both have to struggle not to laugh aloud. I have only been to Disneyland once in my life and it was about 12 years ago or so. I had gotten pretty jaded when it came to amusement parks. I mean, I became the guy who held people’s jackets when they went on rides because I was just kind of over that whole thing. Not at Disneyland. I fully embraced my inner child who had wanted to go to the Magic Kingdom forever and always missed “The Wonderful World of Disney” because I was at church on Sunday nights. I was supposed to be one of the responsible adults in our group that went, but filled with the intoxicating whimsy built into the very soul of Disneyland, I sprinted from ride to ride like I was trying to ditch the party I came with or something. When my daughter Kaci was a baby, I once moved her Winnie the Pooh doll like it was walking toward her and she laughed for the first time ever. It was the most incredible thing I had ever heard in my life (edging out the Beatles 1969 album “Abbey Road”).

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I made Pooh walk again. She cracked up again. Over and over I did the Pooh walk and she responded with peals of that life-affirming baby laugh. When Beth came home from work, I nearly pounced on her. “Honey! Watch this!” I said excitedly. I sat Kaci in the exact same spot she had been in, picked up the Pooh doll and made him do his evidently hysterical little walk. Nothing from Kaci. I did it again. No reaction. Over and over I tried until I got desperate and even made Pooh moonwalk, Macarena and I would’ve made him twerk if that had been a thing back then. Kaci either was not amused because I had done it one too many times earlier or she didn’t think she should be seen as merely an object of amusement for her parents (which in fact she was). She didn’t laugh again until three long weeks later. That day I jumped out from the hallway and evidently that tickled her growing baby funny bone and Beth got to experience the incredibly fulfilling sound of her own baby’s laughter. I did it a bunch of times and Kaci laughed every time. Then we switched off and Beth did the jumping out and got big laughs for her performance as well. We did it until we were all tired. I am writing this on Friday, Nov. 4, which happens (or in your case in the future reading this) happened to be the day that “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” premiered. I have not seen it yet, but listened to the soundtrack. I have been a Weird Al fan for four decades now and a lover of parody/novelty tunes for longer than that. While Al rightly gets praised for his humorous reimagining of songs by others, I also love many of his whimsical originals, like one about an oft overlooked body part, “My Pancreas,” one about a make believe holiday, “Weasel Stomping Day” and “CNR,” a White Stripes sounding ode to what a bad--- Charles Nelson Reilly was. Now I do get and give weekly doses of whimsy by writing this column. I like when I can think of something that actually even makes people do a literal LOL. But sometimes like today, I am tired, my feet hurt and all I really want to do is go to bed. But a looming deadline forces my whimsicality. Just when I wrote that last sentence, I thought of the old Wesson Oil commercials with Florence Henderson and a parody popped in my head. I saw her in my mind’s eye singing “Rubber chicken’s got a certain whimsicality.” I think Weird Al is safe though. Fairfield freelance humor columnist and accidental local historian Tony Wade writes two weekly columns: “The Last Laugh” on Mondays and “Back in the Day” on Fridays. Wade is also the author of The History Press books “Growing Up In Fairfield, California” and “Lost Restaurants of Fairfield, California.”

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A cipher disk frames visitors, who are also reflected by a monitor inside the National Security Agency’s National Cryptologic Museum, Oct. 12.

National Cryptologic Museum a spymaster’s delight Newly declassified artifacts on display Tribune Content Agency BALTIMORE — The newly renovated and reopened National Cryptologic Museum, run by the National Security Agency and located near the spy agency’s headquarters at Fort Meade, deals a fatal blow to one of the most enduring myths of the Cold War: There is no “red phone” linking the Oval Office to the Kremlin. Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin do indeed communicate, but there is no crimson handset that the two leaders can pick up during a global crisis to be immediately connected. “The red phone? That’s Hollywood,” museum director Vincent Houghton said. What’s actually on display might be even better. Most of the artifacts – 85% says Houghton – are either the first of their kind, were used by a key person or are the only ones left. In other words, the museum, closed for two years during the Covid-19 pandemic and then rebuilt from the studs up, is a geeky, spymaster’s delight. It’s fair to assume that any technology pertaining to national security on display in a public museum is obsolete and has been replaced by something more sophisticated, including the technology Biden’s and Putin’s predecessors would have used in the past. The museum is more than happy to show visitors how earlier U.S. and Russian leaders conversed. (Hint: Take a look at the teletype machine with Cyrillic letters on the keyboard.) But they’re not giving away any current confidences. “We at the National Security Agency are not in the business of talking about anything we’re not supposed to talk about,” said Houghton, who has a doctorate in intelligence history and helped design the popular International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C. “You can extrapolate from that and say that if I’m showing you this stuff here, we’re way, way ahead of that now,” he said. There’s a reason, after all, that insiders joke that NSA stands for “No Such Agency.” The cryptologic museum, which reopened to the public Oct. 8, seeks to tell the history of American code-breaking and code-making from the nation’s earliest days through the Cold War. It takes visitors from the Nuclear Age into the dawn of computers (developed to help the war effort by breaking ciphers) with

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From left, Craig Holcomb, a docent, explains how the Germans encrypted messages during World War II as Lillian Buschman, 9, tries it out and her father, Frank Buschman, of Pittsburgh, watches. a few really cool ancient artifacts thrown in, such as the “Polygraphia,” a 1518 manuscript by the German monk Johannes Trithemius that is considered the first book about cryptography. Members of the public can try to pick out messages written in invisible ink. They can turn the disks on a cipher wheel that might have been used by Thomas Jefferson and puzzle over the sole surviving Enigma machine, the type of device that delivered Adolf Hitler’s orders to members of the Nazi high command. There’s even a “red phone” of sorts – a scarlet-colored, encrypted car phone emblazoned with the presidential seal. It was installed in former U.S. President Ronald Reagan’s limousine in 1984. It just wasn’t used to call Moscow. As visitors wander among pieces of old equipment, they will find stories replete with sleight of hand or derring-do, stories that helped shape the world we live in today. There’s the 20-rotor cyber machine known as a SIGABA used by former U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt to communicate with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill during World War II. There are the sealed container cards known as

“biscuits” that are locked inside safes in submarines and missile silos and that could be used to start – or avert – World War III. There is an 1806 letter signed by French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte to his son, Prince Eugene, instructing him to keep writing his letters in code. “Napoleon talks about how critical the information coming out of the Prussians was to aiding the French war effort,” Houghton said. “They actually broke the cipher used by the other side’s archbishop. Cryptology was key to Napoleon’s success.” Or consider this famous example from the Battle of Midway in June 1942: On view in the museum is the largest surviving piece of the “Purple Machine” on which the Japanese typed out an unbelievably complicated book-based encryption code. “Cryptology played a vital role in winning the Battle of Midway,” Houghton said. “We were able to break the Japanese code JN-25 that let us know what was coming, how it was coming and what direction it was coming from.” The only thing the Americans didn’t know was the target, which See Museum, Page A7

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Lionel Henry Brown

Aug. 5, 1934 — Oct. 29, 2022

repair, gardening, A very dearly and enjoyed being a beloved father and general handyman. husband, Lionel During his military Henry Brown, 88, passed away in ARMY VETERAN service and after Sacramento, California, on retirement, he traveled to the morning of Oct. 29, many states and countries. Lionel was unforgetta2022. Lionel was born at home to Marie and Henry ble for his unique sense Brown on Aug. 5, 1934, in of humor, his genuine and frank communication style, Wenona, Maryland. Lionel served 21 years along with his generosin the United States mili- ity, trustworthiness, honesty tary until he retired from the and integrity. He is survived by his wife, United States Army in 1974. He served two tours in the Victoria Brown; son, Robert Vietnam War. His first tour Brown; and many nieces was with the 1st Infantry Divi- and nephews. Lionel was predeceased sion and the second tour with the 101st Airborne Divi- by his son, Dzhon Athanc; sion. He was awarded several sister, Margaret Bozman; and brother, Albert Brown. medals for his service. A Mass will be held for Lionel then worked on nuclear submarines at Mare Lionel at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Island Naval Shipyard for Nov. 7, 2022, at Our Lady 17 years before retiring. of Mount Carmel Church, After studying account- 2700 Dover Ave., Fairfield, ing, he operated a tax California. Lionel will be preparation business from interred with full military home while working full honors at the Sacramento time. He had many inter- Valley National Cemetery in ests and hobbies includ- Dixon, California. The date is ing: locksmithing, computer yet to be determined.

Monday’s Powerball jackpot grows to record $1.9B Tribune Content Agency There were no winners in Saturday night’s drawing for a $1.6 billion jackpot, which rolls the prize up to $1.9 billion with a cash option of $929 million. The winning numbers were: 69, 53, 45, 56, 28 and red Powerball 20. Saturday’s jackpot reached a record-breaking $1.6 billion – the world’s largest lottery prize, with an estimated cash value of $782.4 million, surpassing the $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot claimed by winners in California, Florida and Tennessee in January 2016. “On average, players have been buying about 277,513 tickets at retailers per hour today,” Michigan Lottery officials said. Saturday’s drawing was the 40th Powerball drawing since the jackpot was last won on Aug. 3 in Pennsylvania, according to Powerball. “We are witnessing history in the making with this $1.6 billion jackpot. What’s also exciting is that this run has already created millions of winners, including nearly 100 players who have won prizes worth $1 million or more,” said Drew Svitko, Powerball product group chair and Pennsylvania Lottery executive director. Powerball officials said with no winner named in Saturday’s drawing, the current jackpot ties the record for the number of consecutive drawings without a grand prize winner. The longest jackpot run in Power-

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Customers buy lottery tickets at a 7-Eleven in Chino Hills, Oct. 31. ball history ended on Oct. 4, 2021, when a winner in California claimed the $699.8 million jackpot on the 41st drawing. Your odds of matching all five numbers plus the red Powerball are approximately 1 in 292.2 million. Powerball tickets are $2 per play. Tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. More than half of all proceeds from the sale of a Powerball ticket remain in the jurisdiction where the ticket was sold, according to Powerball. Jackpot winners can either receive their prize as an annuity, paid in 30 graduated payments over 29 years, or a lump sum payment. All options are subject to federal and jurisdictional taxes. Powerball numbers are drawn on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 7:59 p.m. The next Powerball drawing will be Monday.

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A view at the Patwino Worrtla Kodoi Dihi open space, which is managed by the Solano Land Trust.

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ROCKVILLE — The Solano Land Trust will open up its open space in Rockville to the community for a pair of activities Saturday. Those who tale part in the nature hike at the Patwino Worrtla Kodoi Dihi Open Space Park explore the hills between Suisun Valley and Green Valley and see sweeping views of Solano County and beyond. Scenic blue and live oaks, native wildflowers and fascinating geology make this a truly special hike, the land trust reports. The hike, scheduled from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., is designated as moderately strenuous and covers 4 to 6 miles. Rain or extreme weather will cancel the hike. A mountain bike tour of the Patwino Worrtla Kodoi Dihi Open Space Park is also scheduled from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. The ride covers 5 to 7 miles with approximately 1,500 feet of climbing. The ride will span most of the trails at the site with scenic views and several interpretive stops. Class 1 electric bikes are welcome. Protocols to prevent the spread of Covid-19 will be in place for all participants. Registration is required for both the walking hike and the mountain bike tour. Those who register will meet at the big red “Ice House” building at the corner of Rockville and Suisun Valley roads. To register, visit https://solanolandtrust. org/events and select either the hike or the mountain bike tour. Once there, select the link embedded with words “Registration Required.”

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Native plant sale set at brewery in Dixon Solano Resource Conservation District’s annual fall native plant sale returns Saturday at the Ruhstaller Farm and Brewery. California native and drought tolerant plants will be available for purchase, organizers said in a statement. Informational booths with Solano Resource Conservation District partners will be available, and Morningsun Herb Farm will be selling various herbs and other pollinator plants. Solano Resource Conservation District staff will be selling Monarch Habitat Kits. Each kit features native milkweed plants and various nectar plants – enough for someone to create their own monarch waystation, according to the statement. “Monarch waystations are crucial to the survival of monarch butterflies, providing critical resources necessary for their migration,” organizers said in the statement. “The kits will also include planting design ideas, basic care instructions, and how to generally attract and support butterflies and other pollinators.” A workshop on how to plant the garden will begin at 1 and 3 p.m. The event will take place from noon to 5 p.m. The farm and brewery is located at 6686 Sievers Road in rural Dixon. Forms of payment accepted for the plant sale include card, cash or check. Food and beverages will be available to

purchase separately from Ruhstaller Farm. For more information, visit solanorcd.org, call 707-678-1655, ext. 3 or send an email to info@ solanorcd.org.

Vallejo offers free dumping day City residents have a one-day opportunity next month to clear their homes and properties of unwanted items during a free fall dump day. The events is an effort by the city to take a bite out of the tons and tons of trash and debris that people dump illegally each year in the city. City officials estimate the Vallejo Maintenance Department disposes of more than 150 tons of illegally dumped material each year, the city reports. That’s equal to the weight of the Statue of Liberty, minus the base; nine-tenths as heavy as a house or 20 times as heavy as an elephant. The city is working with Recology VallejoAmerican Canyon and Caltrans Bay Area District 4 to host the free dump day from 7 a.m. to noon Saturday at 100 Solano St. Participants will need to enter from the north side of Sonoma Boulevard. This free dump day is open to Vallejo residents only, with proof of residency required to participate. Acceptable items include tires; furniture, to include mattresses; general garbage; yard waste; all appliances, to include refrigerators; e-waste, which is essentially anything with a plug; and metal objects. Unacceptable items include household hazardous waste, chemicals, propane tanks, sharps (needles) or medical waste, and construction and demolition debris. Residents will be allowed to make multi-

ple trips throughout the course of the event.

Groups prep to host bingo fundraiser The Saturday Club of Vacaville and On Stage Vacaville will co-host a Bingo Bonanza to support performing artists in the community. The event will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at The Saturday Club, 125 W. Kendal St. This fundraiser features an afternoon of bingo with treats, wine and prizes. Tickets are $25 each and include one bingo card for one game and a chance to win bingo prizes. Libations and treats will be served. A total of seven bingo games will be played during the event. Additional bingo cards may be purchased for $5 each or six cards for $25. Proceeds will benefit both The Saturday Club and On Stage Vacaville. Tickets are available at www.SaturdayClubVacaville.com. Street parking will be available on the blocks surrounding the event. A free public parking lot is located two blocks away on the corner of Main and Cernon streets, in front of Maximum Fitness. For more information on Saturday Club membership, call 707761-7108 or visit the club’s website. For more information about On Stage Vacaville, including ways to donate, visit onstagevacaville.org.

Government meetings dot week’s calendar FAIRFIELD — Government meetings this week are all open to the public. Some are online and in-person. Check the websites of each agency for specifics. The meetings include: See Week, Page A7

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I wish I’d been able to see my sister before she died lived. I would have Dear Annie: Three been driving home by weeks ago, my oldest myself at 11 or 12 at sister passed away. night, and I did not think Her passing was that was wise. not expected. I gave a memoHer children told me she had a fall several rial in his name, and months ago. She fracshe received a note making her aware of the tured a disc in her back and had been in a great Annie Lane memorial. She sent a thank-you note. deal of pain. A week Dear Annie I called her several before she passed away, she woke up very confused and times a week checking on her. I continued to call at least once a was not making sense. They week. She was very short with called an ambulance and took me. Several times, she told me her to the hospital. She had a she was busy. Then she told her urinary tract infection. When son to tell me she was not there. she was discharged, she was I knew something was wrong, sent home with hospice care but I had no idea she was angry and passed away a week later. Had I known she was not well, I with me. Finally, this spring she mentioned to me that none of would have gone to see her. our family members attended My family and I went for her husband’s memorial her service. She stated that service. I explained why. She she wanted a closed casket. said I could have stayed with Evidently, she had lost a her. I told her she did not invite great deal of weight. It was a me to stay with her. She ended sweet service. the conversation. When my sister’s husband I continued to call at least passed away several years ago, once a month to say hello. I could not attend his service. We always remembered He was cremated. She origieach other’s birthdays with a nally planned for his service card and a call. This year, she to be held on a Saturday. My did not remember my birthday. family and I made plans to On her birthday, I called, but attend. She changed her plans she did not answer her phone. and moved the service to a I left a message on her answernight service held in a city about an hour from where they ing machine. I also sent a card.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). It’s not always necessary to reveal your intentions; sometimes it ruins the game. Pull back and do what’s fun for everyone and what benefits you. This is something of a show. Consider the dramatic payoff. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Relationships enter a sensitive phase. Loved ones are more touchy than normal, so don’t kid them and refrain from comment on any sensitive areas. Also, romantic decisions can wait. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’re smart to pick your battles and even smarter to realize to opt out of fighting altogether. Is the current thing worth fighting for? You’ll know when you see all the options. CANCER (June 22-July 22). The closer a relationship, the more potential it has to alter the course of your life. This is why you are careful to set boundaries and stay aware of everyone’s expectations. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). In the way people alter their discourse for children or the elderly, you will find yourself managing how you present yourself to a certain someone. You might be surprised by what people bring out in you. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It’s easy for you to focus on others without a worry as to

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She did call and thank me for the card. I feel badly that I did not get to see her before she passed away. She had told her children not to tell me about her fall. I told my niece I would have come to see her had I known. She said my sister did not want me to see her because she had lost so much weight. Surprisingly, she wrote to her friend who lives in the same city as I do and told her about the fall and also that my nephew had prostate cancer. I find it odd that she shared with her but kept it from me. Could I have done anything to make things better between us? — Sad Sister Dear Sad Sister: I am very sorry for your loss. And having regrets about your relationship when someone has passed away is really difficult. Try to focus on all the happy memories you had with your sister when you were younger and the good times. Also, try to make amends and repair the relationship with her children. What you can do now is enjoy each day and stop beating yourself up for something that cannot be changed. Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

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Today’s birthday Wonderful adventures spring from your spirit of trust, receptivity and optimism. A relationship feels preordained, featuring pleasingly fateful events. Professional goals move swiftly along. More highlights: near-perfect travel days, fun and games leading to inventive ideas and the secure joy of being able to protect and promote loved ones. Cancer and Virgo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 3, 33, 35, 1 and 12.

your own gain from the situation. You have the simple desire to make another person feel special, which is the very essence of charm, and in this you will succeed. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Life supports work; work supports life. There’s a confluence and continuity happening. Confront mistakes. It doesn’t always get better on the first try, but keep at it. Even errors that seem ingrained can be overcome. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Feel the tone of relationships, of places, of experiences. Not all sound is music and not all music is sound. Look for

rhythm in other parts of your life. Your poetic heart will get what it needs. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). There’s always another way to look at it. So, if the current way isn’t doing you any favors, change it up. The beauty of it all: You don’t have to commit. You can try on a perspective and put it back if it doesn’t fit. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). You will feel events coming together and know a happening before you witness it or can explain it. A hunch is not a magic visitor from the land of intuition so much as a converging combination of different kinds of intelligence. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). It’s not enough to get it done, hit the marks, cover the bases. You want to put your stamp on it, too. This is not about approval or applause, rather it’s a matter of learning your style. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Investing time and attention into your care and development is a different kind of spending than simply buying things. It’s not indulgence so much as believing your potential. Enjoy how it feels to be full of promise.

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trying to mislead you with a psychic bid or a false-card, but most of the time you should take his bids and plays at face value. In today’s deal, after North agreed spades, four control-bids and a jump to slam followed. West led the heart king (king from ace-king at the five-level and higher, asking for a count signal from partner) and continued with the ace. Declarer ruffed and cashed two top spades, happy to see the 3-2 break. He had 11 top tricks: five spades, two diamonds and four clubs. The hunt was on for the 12th winner. One possibility was to hope for luck in diamonds, taking the finesse after cashing dummy’s ace. Here, that wouldn’t have worked. South spotted something superior. He played a diamond to dummy’s king, ruffed a heart in hand, led a diamond to dummy’s ace and ruffed dummy’s last heart. Now a club to the king was by the spade jack, declarer’s SHOULD YOU TRUST followed sixth trump trick, on which South AN OPPONENT’S BID? discarded his diamond loser. Three Arthur C. Clarke, who was a famous more club tricks brought the total to 12. science fiction writer, said, “The best West should have believed South’s measure of a man’s honesty isn’t his four-heart control-bid. If West had income tax return. It’s the zero adjust shifted to any other suit at trick two, on his bathroom scale.” South would have finished down one, Sometimes you will wonder about lacking the entries for the dummy the honesty of an opponent. How reversal. strong is the odor of rodent wafting COPYRIGHT: 2022, UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE across the table? Occasionally, he is

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Phonics gains ground in California’s ‘reading wars’

ducators and education academics have argued for decades over the best way to teach young children to read, a conflict dubbed “reading wars.” California has been deeply involved in the debate and its public schools have shifted back and forth several times between phonics and “whole language.” Phonics, now renamed the “science of reading,” stresses fundamental instruction in the letters and letter combinations that make up sounds, thus allowing children to “sound out” words and later whole sentences and passages. “Whole language” assumes reading is a Dan Walters naturally learned skill that will emerge if children are exposed to interesting reading material. The “whole language” approach has dominated reading instruction in California schools recently but its students fare very poorly in tests of reading comprehension. Scarcely 40% of the state’s third-graders are reading at grade level, the most recent tests confirmed. Slowly, but surely, the emphasis is now shifting back to phonics, not only because of those low scores but because scientific research has proven phonics to be the better method and schools that adopted phonics have seen marked improvements in their students’ reading ability. EdSource, an authoritative website devoted to California education, has been charting the increasing acceptance of phonics in a series of articles. Most recently, it noted the new superintendent of Los Angeles’ massive school system heartily embraced phonics while speaking to the state’s annual reading conference. Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho, who emigrated from Portugal as a teenager, declared himself to be a “science devotee” who used phonics to boost reading scores as superintendent of Miami’s school system. “I believe that if we are going to follow the science,” Carvalho said, “then we should really embrace all science, including the science of reading. We cannot afford to be selective in which science we focus on. That includes training kindergarten to third-grade teachers in effective reading practices.” He pointed out what should be apparent to everyone, that teaching children to read is fundamental to all other learning. “It is liberating,” he said. “It is absolutely central to do whatever it takes to improve reading proficiency throughout California.” Having one school district, even one as large as Los Angeles Unified, adopt phonics, is a step in the right direction. But the key to widespread adoption is introducing it in the colleges that train teachers. Three years ago, the Legislature abolished the Reading Instruction Competence Assessment, a test that aspiring teachers had to pass before being certificated. It was aimed at installing phonics but was criticized as being too difficult, particularly for potential teachers of color. In its place, EdSource reports, is a set of new literacy standards and teaching performance expectations, approved by the state’s teacher licensing commission, that will standardize what student teachers are taught about imparting reading skills to their classrooms, with an emphasis on phonics. “I think they (the commission) captured the thing that teachers need to know to teach effectively and, for the first time, put them into the TPE (teaching performance expectations) and literacy standards,” Todd Collins, organizer of the California Reading Coalition, told EdSource. “If certification works the way it is supposed to work, then teachers will have what they need to effectively teach reading in the early grades.” If all goes well, therefore, scientifically proven phonics will eventually become fairly universal in the state’s public schools and we may, therefore, finally see those abysmal scores in reading tests climb to more acceptable levels. It would be a major step toward raising academic performances in all subjects, since reading is so foundational. CalMatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters. For more columns by Dan Walters, go to wcalmatters.org/commentary.

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was astounded recently gravitate to facts relating to by a letter to the editor accountability, confrontation that challenged every and militancy. Liberals and point in my opinion piece conservatives. The hunted and of Oct. 17. Every point. the hunter. War and peace. It was coherent, well orgaOne side tends to be militant nized and clear. Obviously and one prefers negotiation. the writer is intelligent and Now, to this stew let’s add educated. Like another letter outright lies. Right now in writer Oct. 12 from a wellwhich side lies most? Jack Batson America, respected local attorney, both Gentle readers know I tend have entirely opposite world views toward liberal, so I immediately point than I. Who’s right? out Trump’s 30,000 lies in four years. Today, America is riven between Every night you can turn on Sean two poles in an “epistemic” war. Hannity and listen to his claim that “What’s that?” we ask. Based on Russian interference in the 2016 election was a “hoax.” That’s false. one of Socrates’ five areas of philosophy, epistemology, it is the study of From facts (and lies) we form opinhow close we can get to “truth.” ions. One night last week I had to Turns out, truth is elusive. It’s hard endure 20 minutes of Tucker Carlson to determine. Ask a married couple feverishly concluding the Democrats why they’re separating and you’ll were responsible for Paul Pelosi’s come away puzzled. Ask a victor why fractured skull. I had trouble sleeping he won. You’ll get his story but the I was so outraged. (But that’s Fox’s loser has a good story, too. Ask why point, isn’t it?) Donald Trump won in 2016, you’ll Speaking of lies, I will never forget get 20 views. the mailer I got many months ago Turns out, for almost any signiffrom the Heritage Foundation, a wellicant action, there are an infinite respected conservative think tank number of facts. Since we can’t tell founded by the Koch brothers and or write a story/reason using an infiother conservatives. nite number of facts, we must choose Did you know that to liberals “the a smaller number. truth does not matter”? And, “They See the problem? I choose these LIE and they cheat. They pit Amerifacts. You choose those. We get two can against American . . . to divide us probably opposite stories. Raise by race, gender, religion, and wealth the stories to the destruction of . . . . Their lies have taken root and America and things will get hot. they’ve spread . . . via the dishonest mainstream media propaganda “You’re leading us to ruin!” “No, machine . . . . And those lies threaten we’re not! It’s you who’s doing that!” your rights, freedoms and way of life.” Epistemic war. Garbage. Lies. The Heritage Turns out, about half will choose Foundation is condemning half the facts clustering around mercy, peace nation – falsely. and understanding. Another half will

In a remarkable piece in The Washington Post (Nov. 1) the former communications director for the Republican National Committee, Doug Heye, admitted that Republicans are mostly at fault for today’s toxic atmosphere. Heye started a “Fire Pelosi” campaign in 2010 after she engineered passage of the Affordable Care Act. That shames him today – in light of the vicious attack on her husband and the disturbing indifference and even joking by Republican leaders. Heye is sick of what his party has become. In another remarkable WaPo piece titled “America Must Step Out Of This Self-Destructive Zombie Dance,” Amanda Ripley wrote, “We, the public, are being manipulated by conflict mongers” and “conflict entrepreneurs.” She suggests dueling candidates for office should copy what the contenders for Utah governor did – publicly shake hands and agree not to call each other disloyal to America, to refrain from hate speech and to respect the outcome of a fair election. Turns out, our government goes to conflict-riven countries around the world and teaches such methods to deescalate conflict. (Who knew?) The temperature of the epistemic war we’re in now requires that we also implement peaceful methods of deescalation or we may see America break apart. We must adopt ways to reverse the political trend to violence that might destroy our country. Jack Batson is a former member of the Fairfield City Council. Reach him by email at jsbatson@prodigy.net.

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congressional legislation ormer Rep. Tulsi record (http://caucus.mil Gabbard, who is an Army Reserve lieutenant itarytimes.com/speaker/tulsicolonel, has announced gabbard/#.Y0yYAS she is leaving the Democratic 1HahA, https://www.congress. Party; she should not be alone. gov/member/tulsi-gabbard/ “I can no longer remain G000571) that shows how pro in today’s Democratic Party. ductive she was in Congress; It is now under the complete in addition, she co-sponsored control of an elitist cabal of Roger Oberbeck many other bills: warmongers driven by cown Military Justice Improveardly wokeness by radicalizing every ment Act, combating sexual assault in issue and stoking anti-white racism, the military. n Access to Care and Treatment who actively work to undermine our God-given freedoms enshrined in our Now for Veterans Act, to allow veterConstitution.” (https://people.com/ ans to get immediate care they need politics/tulsi-gabbard-announcesfrom non-VA medical providers. leaving-democratic-party/) She n The Veterans Administration accused the Democratic Party “of Bonus Elimination Act to hold VA being contemptuous toward religion officials responsible for ensuring vetand police and driving the country erans get the care and service they closer to nuclear war.” need and are not rewarded for their In her video, Gabbard said, “Dem- malpractice. n Congressional Gold medal Act ocrats are hostile to people of faith, for Filipino veterans of World War II demonize police but protect crimito recognize the services and sacrifice nals, weaponize the national security of more than 200,000 Filipinos. state to attack political opponents n Talia’s Law to prevent child and are driving the country closer to abuse and neglect on military bases. nuclear war.” She called on fellow n National Healthcare Acquired commonsense independent minded Infection and Medical Error Act. Democrats to join her in leaving the n Protect Our Civil Liberties Act. Democratic Party. n Transportation Oriented DevelGabbard represented Hawaii in Congress from 2013 to 2021 and was opment Act of 2020. considered a rising star in Democratic n Remote, Coastal and Small Party politics. She had the support Watersheds Act of 2020. in Congress of organized labor and n Late Term Abortion Ban Act. environmental groups like the Sierra n Protect Women’s Sports Club. She backed Bernie Sanders Act of 2020. over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Demn Protection of Born-Alive Aborocratic presidential primaries. On tion Survivors Act. foreign policy, Gabbard opposed U.S. n Protecting Political Expression interventionism, regime change, and Act of 2020. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq but was n Protect Brave Whistle-blowers a hawk on terrorism, opposed the Iran Act of 2020. nuclear deal and supported sovern Election Fraud Prevention Act. n Equitable Payment for Nursing eignty-violating drone warfare. Facilities Act of 2020. This is a partial list of Gabbard’s

n Small Business and Community Investments Expansion Act of 2020. n E. Cooper Brown Ocean Clean Energy Act of 2019. Gabbard was mistreated and disrespected by the Democratic Party and the media during the 2020 presidential campaign. She was not given the chance to host a one-hour prime-time town hall though lower polling Democratic Party rivals were given that opportunity. Gabbard was not invited to participate in the 2020 Democratic National Convention by speaking or appearing in any programming, even though she was one of seven contenders who had earned delegates during the primary. Gabbard did not religiously toe the party pine. Thus, it is not difficult to understand why the Democratic Party would ignore and ostracize a patriot of Tulsi Gabbard’s background, legislative experience, military experience and talent. But they have, to their loss. It is hoped that like-minded, reasonable, moderate Democrats will follow her and make the same choice. Tulsi Gabbard is now an Independent, which is good for America, as independent women voters are rapidly rising part of the electorate showing a shift to the center-right. These voters are independent critical thinkers who align themselves according to the issues and not merely rubber-stamping partisan positions. Kudos, Tulsi, to your courage and character. Roger Oberbeck is a Navy veteran, electrical engineer, Navy nuclear engineer, author and biotech senior validation engineer. He is a member of the Right Stuff Committee and can be reached at rogeroberbeck @yahoo.com.

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State Dems rally for abortion rights measure Proposition 1 Tribune Content Agency LOS ANGELES — California’s top Democrats rallied in Long Beach on Sunday morning to urge voters to support Proposition 1, a state constitutional amendment that would block the state from passing any measures restricting access to abortion or contraception. Gov. Gavin Newsom told a raucous gathering at Long Beach City College that the fight is part of a larger battle in the state and across the country to sustain not only “reproductive freedom” but also other rights, including voting and free speech. “This is our opportunity to send a powerful message back to people all across America that we have their back,” Newsom said. “That it’s not just about 40 million of us in California; that we have their back. We believe in reproductive freedom. We believe in a woman’s right to choose. We believe in these fundamental freedoms and we are not going to take this moment for granted.” Newsom cited a report from the American Library Association that said attempts to ban books across the country had hit a high in 2022, with a total of 1,651 separate titles targeted as of midSeptember, with more than three months still left in the year. “You can’t make that up,” Newsom said, noting that some of the challenged authors and topics have included Maya Angelou, Nelson Mandela, Cesar Chavez and Mahatma Gandhi, as well as “books that celebrate all of our interesting differences.” He concluded: “We need to wake up to what is going on in America!” Newsom was joined at the event by U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, Attorney General Rob Bonta, Secretary of State Shirley Weber, Rep. Alan Lowenthal and a host of other Democrats. Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California President and CEO Jodi

Museum From Page A2 the Japanese referred to as “AF.” The Allies had a hunch that AF might be Midway, so they sent out a false message saying that the water purification system on the North Pacific island was broken. Two days later, U.S. forces intercepted a message from the Japanese saying that “AF” was running out of drinking water. “We tricked the Japanese into telling us that ‘AF’ was Midway,” Houghton said. “At that point, we could have had a whole fleet waiting when they attacked. The Japanese never recovered, and the Americans went on the offensive. And all because of our ingenuity at breaking codes.” Houghton estimates that about 40% of the artifacts in the museum have never been on view, and he is especially proud of the new gallery dedicated to nuclear command and control. “This is a part of this museum that never existed before because this stuff was still classified until about a year ago,” he said. “We have the unique ability to show them to the public for the very first time ever.”

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Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a rally endorsing ballot Proposition 1 at Long Beach City College, Sunday. Hicks said California’s aggressive action in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down Roe v. Wade was having a real impact for residents and women from other states. She said the state’s $200 million expenditure will help “to ensure that people can get the reproductive health care – including abortion, including contraception – that they need, no matter where they call home.” Party leaders have cast Proposition 1 as a way of guaranteeing abortion rights, reaffirming protections already spelled out in state law and by the California Supreme Court. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that established a constitutional right to abortion in the U.S. in 1973. Opponents have argued that Proposition 1 is not clear enough about restrictions on late-term abortions and also that the measure is redundant, because of the earlier actions by the Legislature and state Supreme Court. Some advocates of a “No” vote depict Proposition 1 as a measure to push Democratic voters to cast ballots in the election, which ends Tuesday with in-person voting. For instance, this gallery contains the DEC Alpha server that created all the nuclear codes used by the U.S. between 1980 and roughly 2017, and it contains the encryption system pulled out of the wreckage of the doomed space shuttle Challenger. Though the encryption system was dented when Challenger crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in 1986, it still is remarkably intact. Before the museum reopened, researchers went piece by piece through every artifact in the NSA’s collection – and made a discovery that is helping them rewrite American spying history. Boxed in a crate and untouched since 1950, researchers discovered “the Russian Fish” – a machine the Germans built to listen to Soviet communications on the Eastern front during World War II. At the time, the Soviets didn’t encrypt all of their messages, Houghton said. Instead, they split them into nine channels. “If you were listening to a few channels, all you would hear was static,” he said. “The Germans built a machine that allowed them to intercept all nine channels and bring them back together. At the end of World War II, they buried the Russian

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Study: Pfizer’s Paxlovid antiviral drug lowered risk of long Covid symptoms Tribune Content Agency Pfizer Inc.’s blockbuster Paxlovid antiviral that lowers rates of illness and death in people infected with the coronavirus also cuts the risk of some symptoms of disabling long Covid, a study found. Taking the oral medication within five days of testing positive for a SARS-CoV-2 infection was linked to a 26% lower risk of lingering post-viral complications, researchers with the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System said in the study. That equates to 2.3 fewer cases of long Covid within three months of infection for every 100 patients treated, according to the findings released Saturday on the medRxiv server ahead of publication in a peerreviewed journal. The research, based on an analysis of electronic health records in databases maintained by the Department of Veterans Affairs, is the first study to look at Paxlovid’s longer-term effects, said Eric Topol, founder of the Scripps Research Translational Institute in La Jolla, California. It suggests that wider use of the treatment won’t just stave off critical disease during the acute phase of infection, but will limit patients’ likelihood of longer-term problems. “Before this report, the only way we have known to reduce long Covid was to avoid a Covid-19 infection (100% effective!) and some reduction afforded by prior vaccination and boosters, the level of

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Paxlovid, an oral treatment for Covid-19, cuts the risks of long Covid symptoms, according to a new study. that protection mostly in the range of 30 to 50%,” Topol, who wasn’t involved in the study, said in a blog post. The VA study adds a third approach, he said. Long Covid is estimated to afflict almost 150 million people worldwide and predicted to cost $3.7 trillion in the U.S. alone. The condition is of “profound urgency,” according to Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden’s top medical adviser. “This is a very troublesome virus – not only in its acute effects, but in the not-yet-fully appreciated potential long-term effects,” Fauci said Sept. 26 in an interview. No one knows yet what causes the constellation of long-haul symptoms that the U.S. National Institutes of Health calls post-acute sequelae of Covid-19, or PASC. The NIH is funding a late-stage trial in early 2023 that will test whether Paxlovid, given twice a day for 15 days, can relieve long Covid symptoms.

Paxlovid is authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for treatment of acute Covid-19 illness in people with one or more risk factors for progression to severe disease. It’s the top oral treatment for the virus, far outpacing Merck & Co.’s Lagevrio, also called molnupiravir. The latest study analyzed electronic health records of users of the VA network, the largest integrated healthcare system in the U.S. Researchers compared 9,217 Covid-19 patients treated with Paxlovid against 47,123 patients who didn’t get the antiviral or antibody treatment within the first month of a SARS-CoV-2 infection. The Paxlovid study is based on observational findings, which are more prone to bias than a randomized trial, said Bob Wachter, chair of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Even so, “the results are convincing,” he said. The average age of patients in the study was 65. They caught Covid-19 in the second

quarter of 2022 and were followed until Aug. 31. They were mostly white males, which might limit how generalizable the findings are to other groups, the authors said. It’s not yet known whether Paxlovid prevents long Covid in patients younger than 50, and it probably shouldn’t be prescribed in this group since there is no evidence of a benefit on acute outcomes in the younger age group, Wachter said. The researchers found that taking Paxlovid for five days at the start of a SARS-CoV-2 infection reduced the risk of some PASC symptoms, including heartbeat and blood clotting abnormalities, fatigue, muscle pain, neurocognitive impairment and shortness of breath. Not all long Covid symptoms were prevented, and the authors reasoned that different conditions may be driven by different biological mechanisms, including some that are attenuated by antiviral therapy. It’s not yet clear whether a longer course of treatment, a stronger dose, or both, may reduce long Covid risk even more, the authors said. A five-day course was also associated with a 48% lower risk of dying and a 30% decreased risk of being hospitalized 30 to 90 days after a positive Covid-19 test. The benefits were seen across individuals who were unvaccinated, vaccinated, and boosted, and in people who were treated for either a first or subsequent Covid-19 infection.

9 people shot, wounded in Philadelphia Tribune Content Agency PHILADELPHIA — Nine people were wounded, five critically, Saturday night when shooters emerged from a car and fired into a crowd on a busy street in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood, police said. At least 40 shots were fired during the incident, which hap-

pened at 10:42 p.m. near Kensington and Allegheny avenues, said First Deputy Police Commissioner John Stanford. He said that “three or four people” had jumped out of the car, and then shots were fired into a group of people standing on the south side of Allegheny, near the entrance to the MarketFrankford Line. He did not specify how many

people were involved in the actual shooting before the group got back into the car and drove away. Police had not yet established a motive and hadn’t recovered any weapons, Stanford said. Police didn’t provide the make of the vehicle. Officers took the victims to area hospitals, he said. Five were reported in critical condition, police said, the other

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Detail of a U.S. Navy cryptanalytic machine used to solve four-rotor Enigmas used by World War II-era Germany on display inside the National Security Agency’s National Cryptologic Museum, Oct. 12. Fish in the ground. Our troops found it.” The annals of spycraft have long held that the Americans’ ability to eavesdrop on the Soviets ended abruptly on Oct. 29, 1948, when the Russians changed all their codes on a day that became known as “Black Friday.” “Everything you will read about the Cold War will tell you that for a long time after that day, the Americans couldn’t listen to a single Soviet message,” Houghton said. “But the Soviets were still communicating with the same technology that the Russian Fish was designed to intercept. Because we discovered this machine in our warehouse, we are able to rewrite some of

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the history about what the Americans could do during the Cold War. “We can’t reveal the specific messages because they’re still classified,” he added. “But now we can start saying, ‘Hey, we were able to accomplish more than we thought.’”

n Fairfield-Suisun School District Governing Board / Fairfield City Council joint meeting, 5 p.m. Monday, first floor boardroom at the Central Office, 2490 Hilborn Road, Fairfield. Info: https://go. boarddocs.com/ca/fsusd/ Board.nsf/Public. n Suisun-Solano Water Authority, 6 p.m. Monday, 701 Civic Center Blvd., Suisun City. Info: http:// ca-sid.civicplus.com. n Solano County Board of Supervisors, 9 a.m. Tuesday, County Government Center, 675 Texas St., Fairfield. Info: www. solanocounty.com/depts/ bos/meetings/videos.asp. n Solano County Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council, 9 a.m. Tuesday, Solano County Events Center, Conference Room A, 601 Texas St., Fairfield. Info: www.solanocounty. com/depts/probation/jjcc/ default.asp. n Travis School District Governing Board, 5 p.m. Tuesday closed session, 5:30 p.m. open session, Travis Education Center, 2775 De Ronde Drive, Fairfield. Info: ht t ps://si mbl i .eb o a rd solutions.com/SB_Meet ings/SB_MeetingListing. aspx?S=36030187. n Rio Vista Planning Commission, 6 p.m.

four were in stable condition. The victims – eight men and one woman – ranged in age from 23 to 40, police said. The shooting marked a continuation of the city’s gun violence crisis: Already this year, police statistics show, more than 2,000 people have been killed or wounded by bullets, the highest yearto-date tally since at least 2015. Wednesday, City Hall council chamber, 1 Main St. Info: riovistacity.com. n Solano County Board of Education, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Solano County Office of Education, 5100 Business Center Drive, Fairfield. Info: www.solanocoe.net. n Solano Community College Governing Board, special meeting, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Solano Community College Administration Building, Denis Honeychurch Board Room 626, 4000 Suisun Valley Road, rural Fairfield. Info: www.solano. edu/governing _board/ meetings.php. n Solano Consolidated Oversight Board, 9 a.m. Thursday, 675 Texas St., Fairfield. Info: www. solanocounty.com/depts/ auditor/sola no_consol idated_oversight_board. asp. n Fairfield-Suisun School District Governing Board, 6 p.m. Thursday, first floor boardroom at Central Office, 2490 Hilborn Road, Fairfield. Info: https://go. boarddocs.com/ca/fsusd/ Board.nsf/Public. n Solano County Airport Land Use Commission, 7 p.m., Thursday, 675 Texas St., Fairfield. Info: solanocounty.com/ depts/rm/boardscommis sion s/s ol a no _ c ou nt y_ airport_land_use_ commission/agendas.asp.

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Participants gather at the Sharm El Sheikh International Convention Centre, on the first day of the COP27 climate summit, in Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, Sunday.

Climate From Page One said the breakthrough was reached after 48 hours of intense talks concluded with a compromise; the discussion would focus on “cooperation and facilitation” not “liability or compensation.” “Inclusion of this agenda reflects a sense of solidarity and empathy with the suffering of the victims,” Shoukry said after taking up his position as COP27 president Sunday. The delegates would aim to reach a conclusive decision on loss and damage “no later than 2024,” he said. A year of record heat, drought and floods has added urgency to this year’s climate talks. A report issued Sunday by the U.N. World Meteorological Organization said global temperatures are likely to end the year about 1.15C above the pre-industrial average — an acceleration that’s unleashed “climate chaos” across the planet. The world is currently on track to miss its target to limit global warming to 1.5C by the century’s end. With the gathering hosted by an African country that’s warming faster than the rest of the world, climate reparations are expected to be a key focus. Developing countries and small island states contributed a tiny amount to historical emissions of planet-warming gases but have been battered by the impact. They had stepped up in recent weeks demands for the issue to at least be discussed. The smooth adoption of the agenda followed behind-the-scenes negotiations to avoid a skirmish

at the start of the conference, when the order of proceedings is agreed. The opening session was delayed for more than an hour to accommodate final discussions on wording. While Sunday’s agreement counts as a diplomatic success, countries will now have to work out how best to measure loss and damage and how much money will be put on the table by the wealthiest to help the rest. Developing nations have been burned before. A plan announced in 2009 to provide an annual $100 billion of mitigation and adaptation finance has never been met. The Alliance of Small Island States welcomed Sunday’s development but said the issue should have been addressed long ago. Instead, rich countries continued to burn fossil fuels that are threatening the survival of some islands. “We do not want to be treated as though you are doing us a favor by adding an agenda item or creating a voluntary fund,” it said in a statement. This “reflects the floor of what is acceptable; it is our bare minimum.” Egypt already suffers suffocating heat. The flow of the Nile is dwindling and rising sea levels are damaging some of its most fertile farmland. As COP27 opened on Sunday, one official after another called for participants to move from talks to implementation, warning that the window for meaningful action was closing. “A reasonable sum is more than zero,” Saleemul Huq, a professor at the Independent University in Bangladesh, said in an interview. “Right now, they’re offering zero, which is absolutely unacceptable.”

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From Page One former president is facing an unprecedented array of legal troubles, even as he hints at plans to make another White House bid. The tension between these dynamics has played out like a tugof-war, with each side seeming at various times to have more pull. But with Election Day approaching Tuesday, the laws of political gravity appear to have the upper hand over the volatility of a nation on edge. Republicans are favored to flip at least one chamber in Congress, and most Democrats have become increasingly glum about their party’s prospects. “Historical trends are difficult to break, and the fundamentals in this election remain in place: When the economy is struggling, the party (that holds the White House) suffers,” said Nathan Gonzales, editor and publisher of Inside Elections, a nonpartisan campaign analysis newsletter. Still, an air of suspense remains. The GOP advantage has been uneven across 435 House races, 34 Senate contests, 36 gubernatorial elections and scores of other state and local campaigns, according to recent polling and early voting data. That gives some Democrats a glimmer of optimism that they may stave off their worst-case losses in the House and keep their narrow edge in the Senate. And while the abortion issue has receded from the forefront of many people’s minds, experts say even a small number of additional voters galvanized by the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade may be enough to affect tight races. “If you’re in a close race in Georgia, or you’re in a close race in Ohio, and you see an increase of 2% or 3% of new female voters, you can bet those

Veteran From Page One music by The Shuffle Band. Food trucks will be on-site. The event also will include military vehicles and family activities.

Big Band Tribute set in Vacaville The Vacaville Jazz Society is putting on a Special Veterans USO Big Band Tribute Show on Veterans Day. The event will be held at Journey Downtown, 308 Main St. Singer Frank Salamone will host the event, which also will feature vocalist Leah Walker and Julie and Arthur Stout. Flamenco dancer Angela Arteritano also will be part of the entertainment. Tickets are $15 in

Local From Page One Dotty Schenk; Penny Warner, author of the “Codebuster’s Club” series and 40-plus other books; and Carolyn Jung, author of “East Bay Cooks,” “The San Francisco Chef’s Table” and “Great Food Finds San Francisco.” Jung shared one of her favorite recipes she found while creating her cookbook: Ensalada de Col, which is a cabbage salad. “A lot of people don’t like cabbage,” she said. “But it is about how the components of the salad come together and it’s crispy and super easy to make.” The luncheon is one of

new female voters are being motivated by that decision. And that’s hard for a pollster to identify,” said John Hudak, a senior fellow of governance studies at the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank. After the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling was handed downin June, Democrats saw tangible evidence of a boost, over-performing in five subsequent special elections and decisively defeating an antiabortion referendum in Kansas. The party hoped the backlash would remain strong enough in November to mobilize those who powered its success in 2018: younger people who leaned Democratic but voted inconsistently. These “surge Democrats,” as pollster Celinda Lake calls them, would be necessary for her party to exceed expectations. “A record number of young Democratic women registered to vote,” Lake said. “But are they going to turn out to vote?” “We need to win women by more than we lose men,” she added. “That’s the key.” Republicans view abortion as a fading factor, and a slew of polls back them up, with inflation emerging as the runaway top issue on voters’ minds. Between the economic troubles and Biden’s lackluster numbers, they bet this year will fall into the pattern of past midterms – a referendum on the occupant of the White House, whose party has lost ground in all but two contests after World War II. “At whose feet would you lay this other than the president?” said Scott Jennings, a Republican strategist. “This election has been about him more than anything. . . . If your party is fully in charge of the government, you are going to get credit or blame for what is happening.” Biden has urged voters

to put another issue at the top of mind: the health of American democracy. He has given two primetime speeches on threats posed by Republicans who deny the outcome of the 2020 election and have cast doubt on their willingness to accept the results of their races if they lose this week. “I know there’s a lot at stake in these midterm elections, from our economy, to the safety of our streets, to our personal freedoms, to the future of healthcare and Social Security, Medicare. It’s all important. . . . But there’s something else at stake: democracy itself,” he said in an address on Friday. Even before the results are in, there is Monday morning quarterbacking about Democrats focusing on a variety of issues, unlike the GOP’s relentless emphasis on the economy and crime. “The attempt by Democrats to make [the election] about something else – that’s a very, very complex thing to try to pull off,” said David Winston, a Republican pollster who advises House and Senate GOP leadership. He likened Democrats’ message to voters as, “No, your No. 1 issue really isn’t the No. 1 issue.” An ominous sign for Democrats, Winston said, is the stark swing away from them by independent voters. A crucial component of Biden’s winning 2020 coalition, many of them now have sour views of his handling of the economy. A substantial number – 40% – have an unfavorable view of both parties, Winston said, and may tune out the increasingly negative messaging of the campaign. “If both sides are attacking each other and [independents] are not getting any new information, they may decide, ‘I’m just unhappy with Biden.’ That’s the one conclusion they’ve managed to get to,” he said. The limits of Dem-

ocrats’ abortion-centric strategy have emerged in blue states, where the party has suddenly found itself on the defensive in areas that Biden handily won in 2020. “There’s been a real bifurcation of the House landscape between red and purple states vs. blue states,” said David Wasserman, who analyzes House races for the nonpartisan Cook Political Report with Amy Walter. “In blue states, where Democrats control both state and federal government, they’re being blamed doubly for high crime and inflation. In purple and red states, Democrats have been more successful in making it more of a choice election since Republicans pushed for abortion bans.” Early vote returns in California have lagged – just 19% of the state’s nearly 22 million registered voters had turned in their ballots as of Saturday, according to election data reviewed by the Democratic consulting firm Political Data Intelligence. That’s particularly troubling for Democrats, who have tended to outpace GOP voters in early balloting in recent elections. At this point in last year’s vote on whether to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom, 35% of ballots had been cast; the Democrat ultimately won handily. Some in the party blame the lack of exciting statewide campaigns. With both Newsom and Sen. Alex Padilla expected to easily win reelection, Democrats fear that there’s not enough to coax their voters to the polls. The lackluster showing in California contrasts with robust turnout in battleground states such as Georgia and Michigan, which shows that the election isn’t following uniform trends nationwide. Party strategist Simon Rosenberg said that was evidence that Democratic campaign efforts could make the difference in key races.

advance, $20 at the door. There will be an allyou-can-eat pizza dinner, which is free to veterans and $10 for non-veterans. Doors open for at 5 p.m. for dinner. The music starts at 7 p.m. For tickets, go to www. journeydowntownvenue. com/wholesaleshop/ veterans-uso-big-bandtribute-show.

in the military, will include carnival games, a free barbecue meal with fixings, a display from the American Armory Museum and a prize drawing for a two-year lease on a 2022 Ford Maverick. Those who purchase tickets for the prize must be present to win. Radio station 95.3 KUIC will broadcast from the event.

Ford Lincoln Fairfield will host a Veterans Day celebration party from 1 to 5 p.m. Friday at the dealership, 3050 Auto Mall Court. Attila Viola & the Bakersfield Boys are scheduled to perform. Their sounds are based on the music of Merle Haggard. The event, designed to honor all who have served

Rebuilding Together Solano County will give away free Disaster Safe At Home kits and food boxes to veterans, active military and other military families on Veterans Day. A drawing for grocery gift cards and raised garden boxes also will occur at the

event that’s scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday in the parking lot behind Vallejo City Hall, 555 Santa Clara St. The kit includes first aid supplies, a hand crank radio, LED flashlight, cellphone charger, a fire extinguisher, plug-in night lights, emergency blanket, glow sticks, emergency whistle, hand sanitizer, hand soap, face masks, a set of trash bags and a disaster backpack with emergency information. There’s a limit of one kit per household. Those who claim kits must show a driver’s license with a Solano County address, and military identification, VA card or a DD-214 discharge document. Learn more about and how to help Rebuilding Together Solano County at www.Rebuilding TogetherSolano County.org.

the biggest fundraisers for the Solano County Library Foundation, according to Jane Stevens, president of foundation’s board of directors. The Solano County Library Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) organization formed in 1994 in response to changes from the state in funding for local libraries. The foundation’s purpose is to help to raise money for various projects for the libraries in the county. They have a theme each year for the day. This year’s theme was “Lighting the Path to Literacy.” The luncheon returned to its roots of an in-person feast at The Clubhouse at Rancho Solano after doing a virtual fundraiser last year. “That was an experi-

ence,” Stevens said. “I am glad we did it. We did have a good time.” Stevens said she felt people were excited to be out again and visiting with friends. Programs that benefit from the fundraiser include Reach Out and Read, a pediatric literacy program that has handed out more than 200,000 books to children in Solano County; Tutor.com, an online homework program that helps adults and youngsters; the library’s Adult Literacy and English as a Second Language program, which provides tutoring for adults to learn to read and master the English language; and Solano Kids Read, which brings free books to classrooms.

The mistress of ceremonies was Suzanne Bruce, who is Fairfield’s poet laureate for the next two years. Tomasa Ibarra was the Literacy Program speaker. She is a learner in the Solano County Library Adult Literacy Program and a Career Online High School student. The day included lunch, which was an artichoke chicken or for the vegans, a curry chickpea with butternut squash and vegetable medley. The side dishes included herb-roasted potatoes, roasted fresh vegetables and rolls. Dessert was a slice of pumpkin vanilla swirl cake. A live auction was held along with a silent auction and a presentation from the authors.

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Logano outlasts Chastain to win NASCAR Cup Series title Tribune Content Agency

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Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Shell Pennzoil Ford, celebrates in victory lane after winning the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona, Sunday.

Joey Logano is a champion again. The driver of the No. 22 car sat on the pole, dominated Stage 1 and never trailed any Championship 4 driver at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday en route to a huge victory and his second NASCAR Cup Series championship. Logano, 32, was

the oldest driver in a young Championship 4 field – and the veteran asserted himself on Sunday. “We did it!” Logano told NBC Sports, championship smoke in the air. “Oh my God, I’m so excited. Thank you to everybody, my team. You guys are amazing. Gave me a good race car, good pit stop there at the end, got us up in front. Boy that was intense there at the end.”

The Team Penske driver, who also won the 2018 Cup Series crown, has now notched three wins at Phoenix Raceway. But clearly the loss at Phoenix in 2020 – the one where Chase Elliott outdueled Logano late to win the 2020 Cup title – was still on Logano’s mind. “It’s all about championships,” Logano continued. “That’s what it’s all about,

and we worked so hard the last couple weeks trying to put ourselves in position. And everything that happened in 2020, I knew we just wanted to have a solid run and do this today.” Sunday’s race didn’t feature a ton of passing, but the drama among the Championship 4 drivers – Logano, Elliott, Ross Chastain, See Logano, Page B8

49ers an inconsistent mess eight games in Can they clean up their act? Michael Silver

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ecause the San Francisco 49ers looked so good in SoCal last week, complete with the emergence of their newly acquired running back as a three-headed monster, it’s tempting to spend their bye weekend daydreaming about grand conquests on the horizon. The Niners are getting healthier. They’ll have a revived Jimmy G. slinging it to Run/ Catch/Throw CMC and Deebo, not to mention BA and Kittle and Juice. They’ll surely go

on a spirited secondhalf run like they did last year, only this time they’ll finish the job, and red and gold confetti will fall on Market Street in mid-February. Alas, it’s time to pull out one of my favorite movie quotes, uttered by Harvey Keitel’s Winston Wolfe during the classic “Pulp Fiction” cleanup scene – and I paraphrase, because this is a family newspaper: “Let’s not start scratching each other’s backs just yet.” The 49ers are 4-4, and if any adjective has characterized their See 49ers, Page B8

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Golden State Warriors’ Draymond Green (23) speaks to Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr during

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Bears quarterback Justin Fields eludes the 49ers defense before throwing a touchdown pass in the third quarter of a game at Soldier Field, Sept. 11.

Lokedi, Chebet of Kenya win NYC Marathon The Washington Post It was a dramatic Sunday morning at the New York City Marathon, where two first-time entrants from Kenya, Sharon Lokedi and Evans Chebet, emerged from a series of twists and lead changes to capture the women’s and men’s races, respectively. In the women’s race, Lokedi made a push in the final minute to claim her crown with a time of 2 hours 23 minutes 23 seconds. Lonah Chemtai Salpeter of Israel placed second, seven seconds behind. The pair was part of a four-person group that separated itself in the back half of the race. It

was a stunning debut performance from the 28-year-old Lokedi, who did not start running competitively until 2015. “I’m out of words,” Lokedi said on the ESPN broadcast after the race with a tone of disbelief. “I’m just so happy that I won.” On the men’s side, Chebet did not emerge as the leader until late. Daniel Do Nascimento of Brazil opened the race with a back-breaking pace and maintained a sizable lead through the halfway point. He ran alone much of the way, with Chebet and a pack of contenders more than 90 seconds behind. But Chebet started See NYC, Page B8

the second quarter of their preseason NBA game at the Chase Center in San Francisco, Oct. 14.

NEW ORLEANS — The Warriors spent the summer relishing in their improbable run back to the top of the NBA. But that championship celebration is long over, and the hangover lingers. Golden State’s abysmal 0-5 road trip, featuring three losses to lowly Eastern Conference teams, should be a loud wake-up call to the reigning champs. The Warriors were the team to beat this season, but the Dubs look nothing like juggernauts, starting the season in an early 3-7 hole – the worst season opening for defending champs since the 2002-03 Los Angeles Lakers. There is a sense of uneasiness growing with the Warriors, who haven’t won any of their six road games. This is only the second

time in the Steve Kerr era the Warriors have been under .500 through 10 games. Last time they were in this position was in 2019 when Klay Thompson was out for the entire season, Stephen Curry got injured four games in and the Warriors finished with the NBA’s worst record. No one wants to repeat that season. Curry is frustrated, noting the Warriors hold themselves to a higher standard of excellence – a standard that is clearly not being met. Draymond Green has been disappointed in the defense. Golden State had one of the league’s best units just a season ago – so far this season, the Warriors have allowed the second most points per possession. But they’re the Warriors, winners of four of the last eight NBA Finals. They deserve some benefit of the doubt, right? Well, some do.

Curry, Green and Thompson have proven time and time again that they know how to win. Kevon Looney is also a three-time champion, and Andrew Wiggins fits in nicely with that grouping to round out the starting unit, which remains arguably the best five-man lineup in the league. But it’s a dramatic drop-off when those guys step off the court. The Warriors’ reserves are a major concern. It doesn’t help that Jordan Poole, the Warriors’ sixth man and anchor of the second unit, has gone cold, as of late. After his most recent poor outing, during which he needed 18 shots to score 20 points, Kerr concluded Poole is trying to do too much. “Jordan is trying too hard to create every play,” Kerr said. “He’s at his best when there’s flow See Warriors, Page B8

Owners retire Breeders’ Cup Classic champ Flightline to stud Tribune Content Agency In the crazy business model of thoroughbred racing, a horse is more valuable not racing than they are on the track. So, with that in mind, the sport’s latest superstar, Flightline, was retired on Sunday, one day after a dominating record-setting win the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland Race Course. It was expected that Flightline would never race again, but the speed with which it was announced by Lane’s End Farm was almost as fast as the undefeated colt ran

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Flightline, with Flavien Prat aboard, wins the 39th running of the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky, Saturday. in his six races. On Saturday, Kosta Hronis, the frontman for the ownership group,

made it sound as if the discussion was yet to be had about the colt’s future. But the Sunday

morning announcement by the breeding farm indicated that the discussion was well underway. “We’ll all get together and discuss it at a later time and decide,” Hronis said at the postrace news conference. “We’ll always do what’s best by the horse, I can promise you that. We’ll . . . just decide together how we want to do this.” Terms of the syndication deal were not announced and it’s expected that the principal owners will still have a large stake in the horse. See Stud, Page B8

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Dutch apple dumplings are big beige blobs bathed in buttery goo that taste luscious, especially after a generous dousing with heavy cream.

These Dutch apple dumplings are delicious, decadent Allison Robicelli THE WASHINGTON POST

pple dumplings are a wonderful exercise in taking something already close to perfect, and turning it into something blissfully, brilliantly, beautifully delectable. Apples are already amazing, aren’t they? The taste, the texture, the va-va-voom curves, and on top of it all, they’re good for you. Do they need to be enhanced by chaotic amounts of butter, brown sugar and heavy cream? No. Should they? Hell yeah they should. Life is ludicrous and messy, and occasionally delicious, so we deserve a dessert to match. Unlike apple pie, which attempts to have some sort of aesthetic appeal, apple dumplings care not for appearances. They are big beige blobs bathed in buttery goo that taste luscious and decadent, especially after a generous dousing with heavy cream. This recipe offers exact measurements that have been weighed out to the gram so you’ll be sure to get solid results, but do you need to worry yourself with precision? Absolutely not. When apple dumplings were invented long ago in the days of yore, measurements were “a palmful” of this, and “a fat glug” of that. This meant that each family could have its own signature apple dumpling recipe based on the size of their palms, and in a way, the world was better for it. Your dumplings should be unique, just like you are. The dough is a shaggy biscuit-style number, and it’s fun to make because you get to use your hands. Remember how much fun playing with Play-Doh was when you were a kid? You didn’t care about making a bit of a mess; you just had a good time turning a big glob of nothing into something beautiful. That’s what you get to do when you make these dumplings! If your dough looks too dry, add a spoonful or two of milk. Too wet; sprinkle in a little more flour. It’s okay if you accidentally get a little on your shirt. It’s easy to lose track of time when you’re having so much fun, but remember to work quickly when mixing the dough so the butter doesn’t melt into mush. You need cold butter if you want to end up with warm, flaky, buttery dumplings. Make

Fill the cored apples with cinnamon and whatever else you like. a game of it; get a stopwatch and see how fast you can go, then try to beat your time the next time you make apple dumplings. (There will most definitely be a next time.) We don’t often get the opportunity to bake off-leash, so grab your kicks where you can. Want to have a little grownup fun? Add a splash or two of booze to your butterscotch when you’re adding the butter. Use any liquor or liqueur you think will taste good. Traditionally, a sprinkling of cinnamon and sugar is added to the cored apple’s center, but it’s okay to go a little wild and crazy by stuffing raisins or nuts (or both!) in their holes. Feel free to dream big, go off-book, and push the limits of the known apple dumpling universe! Add cubes of cream cheese, nubs of Nutella, a mess of mini-marshmallows – trust your imagination and see what happens. Surprises are fun! Don’t worry about making perfect squares when rolling and cutting the dough. The buttery pastry can be pinched and patched as needed. Once the apples are fully wrapped, you can quickly roll them between your palms to gently smooth the outsides, but again, don’t worry. Cracks and craggly bits can become ravines for cold heavy cream, or crispy bits that hold onto their crunch in a sea of butterscotch. The warmth of your hands can do a number on the precious butter flakes in your dough, so popping your stuffed, wrapped dumplings in the freezer while the oven preheats will firm them right back up. If you don’t want to bake them straight away, however, just chill them in the refrigerator. (Do not,

however, freeze them. Frozen apples won’t soften in this recipe’s baking time!) When the apple dumplings are finished baking, you’ll need to wait at least 15 minutes before you can eat them, which is the least fun part of this whole process. Bubbling hot butterscotch is not to be underestimated! It’s a sugary siren that will burn your tongue so fiercely you might lose your ability to taste your dumpling, which would be the cruelest of ironies. Step back. Be patient. Take a walk around the block if you need to. Once they’re cool enough to be eaten without injury, attack your apple dumplings with the ferocity of a kid on Christmas morning. This recipe makes enough to feed you and five other people, or it can feed you six times. Leftover dumplings can be refrigerated for up to four days, so you can eat them for breakfast and dessert for three. DUTCH APPLE DUMPLINGS Active time: 1 hour | Total time: 2 hours 6 servings These rich apple dumplings are baked in hot, bubbling butterscotch syrup, so using a tart baking apple, such as Granny Smith, adds a nice contrast. These are great with heavy cream or vanilla ice cream. Storage Note: Refrigerate leftovers in a lidded container for up to 1 week or freeze for up to 2 months. Defrost completely in the refrigerator. To reheat: Microwave in 1-minute increments until they’re as hot as you’d like them to be. For the dumplings: Generous 3 ¾ cups (475 grams) all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling out dough 1 tablespoon baking powder ½ teaspoon fine salt

Spooning up the butterscotch syrup. 2 ½ sticks (10 ounces/283 grams) cold unsalted butter 1 cup (240 milliliters) whole milk 6 medium-large baking apples, such as Honeycrisp or Granny Smith 1 ⁄3 cup (73 grams) packed light brown sugar 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon For the butterscotch sauce: 2 cups (440 grams) packed light brown sugar 2 ½ cups (600 milliliters) water ½ teaspoon fine salt 1 ½ sticks (6 ounces/170 grams) unsalted butter Heavy cream, for serving Make the dumpling dough: In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. Cut the cold butter into quarters lengthwise, then cut into small cubes and add to the dry ingredients, tossing them until they are evenly coated. Press the butter pieces between your thumbs and forefingers into small, flat pieces. Add the milk, and mix gently with a silicone spatula or wooden spoon until a shaggy, soft dough forms. It shouldn’t look too wet, but it shouldn’t have large clumps of bone-dry ingredients either. Line a large, rimmed baking sheet with a piece of plastic wrap and transfer the dough on top, patting it into a 1-inch-thick rectangle. Wrap well and refrigerate while you make the butterscotch, about 10 minutes. Make the butterscotch syrup: In a medium saucepan over high heat, whisk together the 2 cups of brown sugar, the water and salt. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally to dissolve the sugar, then reduce the heat so the liquid is at a simmer and cook for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the butter until fully melted and the syrup is smooth. Pour into a 9-by-13-inch baking pan and set aside. Peel and core the apples. About halfway through prepping the

apples, remove the dough from the refrigerator and let it soften on the counter, about 5 minutes. Assemble and bake the dumplings: Lightly flour your work surface and roll out the dough into a large rectangle about 1⁄8 -inch thick. Cut the dough once horizontally and twice vertically into six square-ish pieces. (It’s okay if they’re not perfect. The size of the rectangle will depend on the size of your apples.) Place an apple in the center of each dough square. Mix the 1⁄3 cup of brown sugar and the cinnamon together in a small bowl and sprinkle into the hollowed apple. Wrap the apples fully in the pastry, pinching off pieces of dough to patch holes as needed, then briefly roll in your hands while applying a bit of pressure to smooth them out. Transfer to the freezer to firm up the dough, about 10 minutes. Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees. Arrange the apples in the butterscotch syrup in the pan and bake for 45 to 55 minutes, or until you can easily pierce into the doughencased apple. (Place a large, rimmed baking sheet on the rack beneath the apple dumplings to catch any drips.) Remove from the oven and let cool for at least 15 minutes in the pan. Then, using a large spoon, scoop an apple and some of the sauce into each bowl and serve warm, with cold cream for pouring on top. Nutrition information per serving (1 dumpling with ¼ cup sauce) | Calories: 1,012; Total Fat: 53 g; Saturated Fat: 33 g; Cholesterol: 138 mg; Sodium: 524 mg; Carbohydrates: 132 g; Dietary Fiber: 7 g; Sugar: 64 g; Protein: 11 g This analysis is an estimate based on available ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s or nutritionist’s advice. From food writer Allison Robicelli.

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The maximum amount of water coming out of a faucet after a water flow restrictor device was installed during a demonstration at a home in Calabasas, June 2.

Millions of Californians struggle to pay for water AS DROUGHT DRIVES PRICES HIGHER Tribune Content Agency

everal months ago, Rosario Rodriguez faced a financial dilemma that has become all too common for millions of drought-weary Californians – either pay the electric bill, which had skyrocketed to about $300 during a scorching summer in western Fresno County, or pay the $220 combined water, sewer and trash bill. “Our water is expensive, even though we can’t drink it because it’s contaminated,” Rodriguez said in Spanish. In the end, Rodriguez opted not to pay the electric bill from May to July, knowing she could get help from the Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission, a local nonprofit. No such assistance that she knew of was available for water, however. For a family of four living off $25,000 a year, a water bill of more than $200 a month is an economic burden. Now, with 1 in 10 California households falling into arrears on water payments, calls are mounting for the state to step in and help. “If we had a water discount, we’d have a little extra money for food or to buy our daughters clothes, shoes and other things they need for school,” said Rodriguez, whose family rents a home in the rural, unincorporated community of El Porvenir. The Rodriguez family is among an estimated 13 million Californians living in lowincome households who bear the brunt of soaring water costs, experts say. Although the state has declared that all residents have a right to clean, safe and affordable drinking water, officials have yet to make good on that promise. Most recently, Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed Senate Bill 222, legislation that would have required all California community water and wastewater systems to offer rate assistance to residential water customers. In his veto letter, Newsom said that while safe and affordable drinking water was a top priority of this administration, the program lacked a source of funding. “Signing this

policy would result in significant General Fund pressures in the billions of dollars to continuously provide such assistance,” he said. The veto came as a blow to water affordability advocates, who say the governor had vastly overestimated the cost of the program. “This is both an environmental and racial justice issue,” said Michael Claiborne, directing attorney for the Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability. “The state has said a lot of good things in terms of commitment to addressing environmental and racial justice, but I think this is another example where we, as a state, have fallen short and need to do more.” Across the state, water utility prices are escalating faster than other “big ticket” items such as college tuition or medical costs, according to David Mitchell, an economist specializing in water. “Cost containment is going to become an important issue for the sector in the coming years” as climate change worsens drought and water scarcity, he said. The price of water on the Nasdaq Veles California Water Index, which is used primarily for agriculture, hit $1,028.86 for an acre-foot on Oct. 20 – a roughly 40% increase since the start of the year. An acre-foot of water, or approximately 326,000 gallons, is enough to supply three Southern California households for a year. Mitchell said there are short- and long-term factors contributing to rising water costs. Long-term factors include the replacement of aging infrastructure, new treatment standards, and investments in insurance, projects and storage as hedges against drought. In the short term, however, drought restrictions play a significant role. When water use drops, urban water utilities – which mostly have fixed costs – earn less revenue. They adjust their rates to recover that revenue, either during or after the drought. “So it’s not right now a pretty picture,” Mitchell said. As rates climb statewide, water affordability will only

become a bigger challenge for many Californians. Adjusting for inflation, the average family was paying 45% more per month for water in 2015 than in 2007, according to a 2020 report by the California State Water Resources Control Board. It’s a financial burden that disproportionately affects low-income and Black, Latino, Indigenous and other households of color. A recent survey on the Covid-19 financial impact on water systems and customers found that 12% of California households were behind on their water bills, with an average debt of $500 per household. Statewide, Californians owe $1 billion; of that, $600 million was specifically for drinking water. The debt was most acute in Los Angeles. Elizabeth Hicks, a Willowbrook resident, fell behind on her water bills a few years ago. She had lost her job as a banker and was making $300 a month sitting on the board of directors of her local water district. She received financial assistance from the city, and a couple of years later had bounced back. Although her monthly water bill now is fixed at $67.84, Hicks is starting to worry again as water prices continue to rise – not only for herself and her husband, but also for her community. Willowbrook and Compton, its southeastern neighbor, have some of L.A. County’s worst affordability challenges – and a history of receiving discolored, contaminated water. “It’s a disadvantaged community,” Hicks said. “We have senior citizens and certain individuals that cannot afford to pay their bill. . . . I don’t want to see my community go more into debt.” Kelsey Hinton, communications director for the Community Water Center, said that “with everything getting more expensive because of inflation, because of Covid, because of the status quo right now, that is only going to increase as we continue moving forward.” Average water bills vary considerably across the state, with water systems reliant on groundwater tending to have

lower rates, while smaller ones usually have higher costs because system investments are pricier. Every month, families like Rodriguez’s must choose between bills to pay and are left wondering whether they’ll have enough money left over for other household expenses and needs like prescriptions, child care or school supplies. Though state programs exist that offer ongoing support for other utilities and essentials (CalFresh and the California Alternate Rates for Energy, for example), the California Water and Wastewater Arrearage Payment Program, enacted in response to the pandemic, and the Low Income Household Water Assistance Program offer only one-time funding assistance for indebted households. “So even if their debt gets wiped out today, there’s nothing available to keep you from accruing more debt in the future,” Hinton said. Even then, water companies must choose to participate in the arrearage programs; those who don’t exclude their customers from financial aid. But not everyone who can benefit from these programs has access to them. People without legal status are often left out. Lauren Ahkiam, director of the Water Justice L.A. Campaign, said households that have their water shut off because they can’t afford the bill are vulnerable to larger problems: liens can be put on their homes or children can be taken away if there’s no running water in the household. “Even if the water bill isn’t the largest portion of someone’s expenses, the way that it can trigger public health concerns for folks or snowball into other impacts to a family that’s already struggling, that’s really concerning to us as well,” she said. Although water affordability concerns are part of the larger issue of poverty, advocates said that legislation like SB 222 would mitigate the financial burden of rising water prices. “The evidence is overwhelming of the need,” said Gregory Pierce, co-director of the Luskin Center for Innovation at UCLA. Even if the bill lacked funding,

signing it would have been an important step “to get the work started,” he said. But state Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, who introduced SB 222, said he wasn’t surprised it was rejected, given Newsom’s history of vetoing bills without a funding source. “It was one of those bills that me and my fellow legislators passed through both houses that didn’t have funding attached, and we were hoping to get funding attached, but at the 11th hour, with other needs, that funding melted away,” he said. Dodd and a coalition of affordable water advocates said the governor’s office overestimated the program’s annual cost. The water board’s report estimated the program would have cost approximately $200 million a year, not the billions referenced in the veto letter. Even so, many water agencies opposed the legislation, expressing concerns over the program’s proposed enrollment process. Cindy Tuck, deputy executive director for government relations for the Assn. of California Water Agencies, which represents more than 460 public water companies, said the way the program divided state and local responsibilities “would drive up administrative costs unnecessarily and waste money that could be going to help lowincome households.” As the state works to create more resilient water systems, experts said the issue would only get worse, and that delaying solutions would put more people at risk of losing access to water. ACWA, Dodd and affordable water advocates said they would continue to work closely next year with the governor’s office and the state water board to find funding for a long-term water assistance program. “The writing’s on the wall,” Pierce said. “Water prices are going up for the next several decades, so we need some assistance program in place like we have in so many other sectors. Water is pretty much the first service that the government can and should provide.”

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Colin Farrell, left, and Barry Keoghan in “The Banshees of Inisherin.”

‘The Banshees of Inisherin’: When old friendship goes violently awry The Washington Post

he Irish writer-director Martin McDonagh has earned an adoring audience for his ability to find grace amid the grotesque. With films like “In Bruges” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” he’s been rapturously received for his auteurist signatures, which include extravagant profanity, wickedly caustic humor, and a penchant for putting his characters into alternately amusing and excruciating extremes. In other words, McDonagh is a master world builder. Whether you want to live in those worlds for two hours of your only life is purely a matter of individual taste. For some, McDonagh’s soaring vernacular and tightrope balance of cruelty and humanism embody the finest values of the Irish literary tradition. Others (present company included) find the verbal pyrotechnics clever distractions from a facile, supremely ungenerous moral imagination. Put simply, some of us aren’t buying it. “The Banshees of Inisherin,” McDonagh’s latest portrait of human frailty taken to its most perverse lengths, finds the filmmaker in a gentler allegorical space than his previous films; the opening scene features a literal rainbow behind his protagonist’s shoulder. But viewers shouldn’t mistake the story’s fairy-tale-like contours for reassurance. It’s still McDonagh’s world, shot through with rhetorical curlicues, unfettered absurdism, and lashings of sudden, lacerating violence. All those values are on showy display in “The Banshees of Inisherin,” which reunites “In Bruges” stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, this time not on a hit job in Belgium but on the fictional Irish island of Inisherin

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HH (OUT OF FOUR) in 1923. Farrell plays Padraic Suilleabhain, a simple villager who lives with his sister Siobhan (Kerry Condon) and enjoys regular nights at the local pub with his best friend Colm (Gleeson). As “The Banshees of Inisherin” opens, Colm is behaving strangely toward Padraic; if it were the present day, we’d say he was ghosting his former wing man. In 1920s Ireland, with the civil war barely detectable in the distance, the rejection is far less passive-aggressive: Colm would sooner cut off a finger than indulge Padraic’s entreaties of friendship. Literally. Can this bromance be saved? “The Banshees of Inisherin” escalates with hyperbole typical of McDonagh: As Padraic’s irresistible force repeatedly butts up against Colm’s immovable object, only hilarity or tragedy can ensue. Make that hilarity and tragedy, as is McDonagh’s wont, as a number of subplots unfurl to underline the filmmaker’s fundamental themes, including the travails of a slow-witted townsman named Dominic (Barry Keoghan) and the sadistic predations of his abusive father, who happens also to be the local policeman. For the frequent blunt-force meanness and operatic emotion of the story, “The Banshees of Inisherin” looks beautiful: Cinematographer Ben Davis infuses the County Mayo locations with an otherworldliness appropriate to the story’s intimations of mysticism and romance. If Keoghan’s depiction of a developmentally delayed character

veers uncomfortably close to caricature, Farrell, Gleeson and Condon are all sharply compelling as the three main characters, with Condon acquitting herself with particular aplomb as an intelligent woman forced to navigate man feelings writ irrationally, self-importantly large. Presumably, one of McDonagh’s themes is the fatal cost of masculine reserve, as well as the futility of petty squabbles that can so easily metastasize into the fraternal battles that rage beyond Inisherin’s sleepy shores. “The Banshees of Inisherin” is also about artistic ego at its most monstrous and selfishly allconsuming: Colm’s reason for excising Padraic from his life is so that he can spend his final years focusing solely on playing the fiddle and composing (the piece he’s working on is called “The Banshees of Inisherin”). McDonagh sets up a central dynamic that’s seductive in its binary simplicity: What’s more important, to be loved or to be great? To be smart or to be kind? Nice or interesting? The fact that the choice is a false one is but a quibble within the filmmaker’s larger project, which is to put his characters in a purgatory of his own making and prod them while they squirm. It’s possible to see why McDonagh’s fans love his quirks and clever structural feints (the war of wills in “Banshees” often plays out like variations on a theme), as well as his characters’ willingness not to be liked. But what they find at the end of the filmmaker’s rainbow is less likely to be a pot of philosophical gold than prosaic self-satisfaction. “I just like the double ‘sh’ sound,” Colm says, explaining the title of his masterwork. He could just as well be speaking for McDonagh himself.

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Dentist’s Coup in today’s deal? South wasn’t sure what to rebid over two diamonds, which showed that North had some 18-20 points. South might have cue-bid three clubs, but his decision to support diamonds had a numbing effect on West. After taking two club tricks, West, expecting his partner to have at most one diamond, switched to that suit. South won with his queen and continued with the ace and another heart to West’s king. West tried to give his partner a diamond ruff – but to no avail. “Sorry, partner,” said East. “Knowing that I don’t have a singleton diamond, I should drop the club 10 at trick one. Then you will think I have a doubleton and continue with two more rounds of clubs. Declarer will ruff high, play a diamond to the queen and lead a low heart toward dummy’s 10. But now you win with the king and lead a fourth THE DENTIST’S COUP club. Dummy ruffs but I discard my last diamond. Declarer is stranded in the HAS CANINE TEETH dummy.” “That’s possible,” commented South. Evelyn Waugh, a late English “However, I think I can do better. After author, made one of the strangest ruffing the third club high in the remarks ever: “All this fuss about sleeping together. For physical pleasure dummy, I execute a Dentist’s Coup. I can cash the diamond ace before I’d sooner go to my dentist any day.” playing a diamond to my queen. Then Waugh and his son Auberon were keen social bridge players. Would they you can’t strand me in the dummy.” COPYRIGHT: 2022, UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE have drilled their opponents with a

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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, or box. Solution, tips THEcolumn DENTIST’S COUP and computer program at HASwww.sudoku.com CANINE TEETH

Evelyn Waugh, a late English author, made one of the strangest remarks ever: “All this fuss about sleeping together. For physical pleasure I’d sooner go to my dentist any day.”

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FAIRFIELD — The heroes of Wakanda return to local theaters and nationwide this week. The film follows a group of fierce fighters as they work to protect their nation from powers outside the country. Opening nationwide are: “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” which follows Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), M’Baku (Winston Duke), Okoye (Danai Gurira) and the Dora Milaje (Florence Kasumba) as they fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with the help of War Dog Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o) and Everett Ross (Martin Freeman) and forge a new path for the kingdom of Wakanda. The film is rated PG-13. Opening in limited release are: “Dylan and Zoey,” about estranged friends Zoey (Claudia Doumit) and Dylan (Blake Scott Lewis) who reunite for one evening in Los

Angeles to try and bridge the gap that has divided them for so long. Things seem fine until they realize that to truly mend their friendship, hard truths must be examined. This film is not rated. “Sam and Kate,” which follows Sam (Jake Hoffman) as he returns to his small town to care for his ailing father, Bill (Dustin Hoffman), and soon finds himself falling for a local woman, Kate (Schuyler Fisk). Simultaneously, his father begins finding love with Kate’s mother. But both couples must confront their past in order to make their new love work for the future. The film is rated R. For information on Edwards Cinemas in Fairfield, visit www.reg movies.com/theatres/ regal-edwards-fair field-imax. For Vacaville showtimes, visit www. brendentheatres.com. For Vallejo showtimes, check www.cinemark. com/theatres/ca-vallejo. More information about upcoming films is available at www.movie insider.com.

MSNBC parts ways with Tiffany Cross Los Angeles Times NEW YORK — MSNBC has cut ties with Tiffany Cross, an outspoken weekend host who provided a forum for issues important to the Black community. A person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to comment publicly and requested anonymity said the NBCUniversalowned channel decided not to renew the contract of the host of “The Cross Connection.” The production staff for the program was told it will be retained and work on the replacement for the Saturday morning hour. An MSNBC representative declined to comment.

Cross’ Saturday time slot is expected to go to Jonathan Capehart, who currently hosts “The Sunday Show” on MSNBC. The network may also be creating space for former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, who was hired earlier this year. Cross is a political analyst and author who started in television as a producer for CNN and BET. Her appearances as a commentator on Joy Reid’s MSNBC program led to her getting a weekend slot on MSNBC in late 2020. Cross was drawing more than 500,000 viewers a week, according to Nielsen data, making it one of the higher-rated weekend shows on MSNBC.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC LIEN SALE: This notice is given in accordance with the provisions of Section 21700 et seq of the Business & Professions Code of the State of California. Storage Star will sell the following units at public online sale by competitive bidding, pursuant to state law. Auction to be held at 12:45 PM on November 11th 2022 : 170 Bella Vista Rd Vacaville CA 95687 The Items are stored at Storage Star Vacaville: 170 Bella Vista Rd Vacaville CA 95687 Items include but are not limited to: Fernando Galvan-Bags, boxes, books, chairs, clothing, coffee table , dining table , lamp, pictures/paintings, speakers, tables, suitcases toys, bed set Cynthia Archer- Boxes, dishes, bedding, books, chairs, coffee table, desk, dining table, dresser, hutch, mattress, night stand, sofa, bed frame David Andrade- Boxes, chairs, collectibles, dresser, mattress, night stand, pictures/paintings, shelves, totes, bed frame Nancy Carlson- Chairs, tables, military trunks, headboards Deborah Pinon- Bags, boxes, mattress, dishes Elyssa Billeci- Bags, boxes, books, clothing, computer/monitor, pictures/paintings David Andrade- Boxes, chairs, collectibles, dresser, mattress, night stand, pictures/paintings, shelves, totes, bed frame Antoinette Tremayne- Bags, clothing, bed frame Rick Schanke- Boxes, clothing, refrigerator, shelves, sofa, tables, totes, bar, dolly, pool sticks Patty or Howard Robinson- Bags, boxes, chairs, entertainment center, musical instruments, pictures/paintings, refrigerator, shelves, sports equipment, TV, totes, ladders DR#00059012 Published: Nov. 2, 7, 2022 AMENDED NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF MILDRED ELIZABETH ROGERS AKA MILLIE ELIZABETH DAUGHERTY ROGERS AKA MILLIE D. ROGERS CASE NO. P051657 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: MILDRED ELIZABETH ROGERS AKA MILLIE ELIZABETH DAUGHERTY ROGERS AKA MILLIE D. ROGERS A Petition for Probate has been filed by CAMILLA C. ROGERS in the Superior Court of California, County of SOLANO. The Petition for Probate requests that CAMILLA C. ROGERS be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The Petition requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The Petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court on 1/11/2023 at 9:00 A.M. in Dept. 22 Room N/A located at OLD SOLANO COURTHOUSE, 580 TEXAS ST., FAIRFIELD, CA 94533. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: JODI PHILLIPS, VAUGHT & BOUTRIS LLP, 7677 OAKPORT STREET, SUITE 1140, OAKLAND, CA 94621, Telephone: 510-430-1518 11/6, 11/7, 11/13/22 CNS-3641045# THE DAILY REPUBLIC DR#00059150 Published: Nov. 6, 7, 13, 2022

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No.: LO-52471-ca Loan No. ******9710 APN:0169-083-070 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 12/14/2018. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: Matthew Moreno, unmarried Duly Appointed Trustee: Nationwide Reconveyance, LLC Recorded 1/17/2019 as Instrument No. 201900003241 in book XX, page XX of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Solano County, California, Date of Sale: 11/14/2022 at 9:30 AM Place of Sale:AT THE SANTA CLARA STREET ENTRANCE TO THE CITY HALL AT 555 SANTA CLARA STREET, VALLEJO, CA 94590 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $65,613.77 Street Address or other common designation of real property:819 Warbler Way Fairfield, CA 94533-2342 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (714) 986-9342 or visit this Internet Web sit e www.superiordefault.com, using the file number assigned to this case LO-52471-CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. For sales conducted after January 1, 2021: NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. 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49ers From Page B1 play during the first eight games, it’s inconsistent. They’ve looked very, very good; they’ve looked awful; and they’ve been everywhere in between. They have more impact players at multiple positions than any team in football, but many of those players are older and injury-prone. We can make a lot of excuses for their choppy first half, and try to convince ourselves that the trade for Christian McCaffrey changes everything. At some point, however, we have to confront reality: Teams that muddle their way through a significant part of an NFL season tend to get exposed when it matters. Let’s take a closer look at what the Niners actually have accomplished heading into their bye. For starters, they’ve faced just two opponents who took winning records into Week 9: The Seattle Seahawks, who lead the NFC West at 5-3, and the Kansas City Chiefs. Both of those games took place at Levi’s Stadium, with vastly different results. The 49ers mauled the Seahawks in Week 2, a game best remembered for Trey Lance’s season-ending ankle injury and the triumphant return of Jimmy Garoppolo. In retrospect, that was the Niners’ best win of the first half of the season, by far. Perceived to be in tanking mode after trading Russell Wilson, Pete Carroll’s team

Stud From Page B1 Some had speculated that the horse’s worth could approach $100 million. The breeding season starts sometime in February. A horse’s gestation period is about a year, and you want your horse born as close to the beginning of the year as possible but never in the previous year. Every horse has a racing birthday of Jan. 1. A horse born in December would be considered age 1 at the start of the year, even if they were only one month old. Trainer John Sadler may have tipped the ownership’s hand early Sunday morning when

Logano From Page B1 Christopher Bell – was ever-present nonetheless. There was the end of Stage 2, where Logano and Bell stressed over whether they had the fuel to finish the stage. There was the midStage 3 wreck between Chastain and Elliott, where Chastain got under the No. 9 car and sent him spinning into the wall.

has defied that logic and remade itself. Since being effectively shut out in Santa Clara – Seattle’s only points in that 27-7 decision came on a blocked field-goal try returned for a touchdown – the Seahawks have averaged 31 points per game. That’s really the Niners’ only victory of distinction. Let’s not waste time discussing the road romp over the Panthers, back when McCaffrey still played for them. Yes, the 49ers have swept the Los Angeles Rams in impressive fashion, but the defending Super Bowl champs are a hot mess at the moment. With an oftmanhandled offensive line, an over-reliance on receiver Cooper Kupp and a defense that ranks 18th in points allowed and has forced only eight turnovers, the Rams (3-4) have issues, and reaching the postseason will be a struggle. The vanquishing of San Francisco’s archrivals twice in October might have filled Niners fans with warmth like an Irish coffee at the Buena Vista, but those victories might not age well. There have also been three bad losses, beginning with the clunker in Chicago that opened the season. It’s easy to rationalize those defeats to the Bears (monsoon), Broncos (Garoppolo’s first start after a lost offseason) and Falcons (lots of missing players), but the Niners’ strongest teams of the past – and I’m including the 2012 and 2019 squads that reached the Super Bowl – would not have lost all three. Then there was the

turn 5 next year. “The biggest thing that people don’t understand is the insurance you must buy,” Elliott Walden, of WinStar Farm, told The Times last year. “If you take a horse that’s worth $20 million, your insurance to keep him in training is 4% for mortality. That’s a lot of money to put out and then have to earn back at a rate of 60% of the purse, and that doesn’t even count what you pay jockeys and trainers. “It’s just hard economically to keep those horses in training. Our purse structure is loaded to 3-year-olds [and the Triple Crown.]” Walden’s WinStar Farms was the principal owner of Justify.

If you conservatively estimate Flightline’s value at $60 million, it would cost you $2.4 million in insurance payments with few races that could collectively pay out that amount of money in purses. Saturday’s 8¼-length win by Flightline in the Classic was the largest of any horse in the 39-year history of the event. He went off at 2-5 odds, which was also a record. Also retiring from racing after Saturday’s Classic was Travers winner Epicenter. He suffered lateral condylar fracture of his right front leg during the race. He underwent surgery on Sunday and the outcome was said to be “excellent” for him to go on and be a sire.

Elliott had to go down pit road and got buried a lap down, effectively ending his title hopes. There was the caution with about 40 laps to go, where Logano’s pit crew executed a flawless stop and extended his lead over Bell, who had a disastrous 19.8-second stop. And then, despite a late push from Chastain that closed the lead, there was Logano standing tall. “Thank you thank you thank you!” the future Hall of Famer screamed over the radio right before

celebrating the win by spinning at the startfinish line. Ryan Blaney, Logano’s Team Penske teammate, finished second. Chastain finished third. Bell finished 10th. Elliott finished 28th. Kyle Larson, competing for the owner’s championship, finished seventh. Logano is now one of two active drivers to have multiple Cup championships, joining Kyle Busch. His win helped push Roger Penske to Team

Penske’s third owner Cup championship, too. “I knew going into this thing that we we’re going to win the championship,” Logano said. “I told the guys we were the favorite from Daytona, and we truly believed it, and that’s the difference.” Logano added: “I had a good team with a bunch of confidence, and we had all the reason in the world to be confident. I’ve never been truly this ready for a championship race. And yeah, we did it, man. I can’t believe it.”

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inconsistent state, should be able to procure one of the NFC’s seven playoff spots, and a division title is absolutely within reach. Their rematch with the Seahawks, a Thursday night game in chilly Seattle on Dec. 15, very well might decide the NFC West. If you think the Niners will cruise to victory in that one, McCaffrey or no McCaffrey, you haven’t been paying attention to this rivalry, or to the team the Niners have been this season. On a great day, the 49ers would roll most opponents. However, championship teams are more accurately measured by their ability to flourish under adverse conditions, and slogging through half a season before turning it on and going on a run isn’t a birthright. If the Niners aren’t at their best, teams like the Chargers, Saints, Dolphins, Bucs and even the Commanders could come to Levi’s and prevail, rendering moot the fans’ current wave of enthusiasm. Daydreams can come true, but sometimes, they’re just illusory whims that turn out to be pipe dreams. It’s up to the 49ers to come back from the bye, tighten things up and demonstrate the consistency required to compete for a sixth Lombardi Trophy. What they’ve done to this point, even on a stellar Sunday at SoFi Stadium seven days ago, isn’t good enough. You heard me, just like you heard “The Wolf.” Let’s not start scratching each other’s backs just yet.

he spoke to the Breeders’ Cup notes team. “He is good this morning and he’ll spend a few days here and have a showing at Lane’s End,” Sadler said. No stud fee was announced. A horse can have up to about 150 matings a year, although that number fluctuates. Flightline is not the only horse to retire to stallion duty after so few races. Justify, the second Triple Crown winner for trainer Bob Baffert, also retired after six races. The economics of the game shade against valuable older horses from running when they have stud value. Especially because all the money is in 3-year-olds. Flightline will

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fiasco against the Chiefs just two Sundays ago. It’s tough to reconcile what we saw at Levi’s that day with the burgeoning fantasies of the Niners emerging as a super team come January and February. Yeah, I know, it was Patrick Mahomes, and he embarrasses a lot of opponents. I also know that if the Chiefs – or Bills – come out of the AFC, they’ll be pretty damn confident come Super Sunday, and with good reason. The Chiefs and Bills are complete teams that habitually play at a high level, and when they don’t, their elite quarterbacks often compensate at key moments. The 49ers have a very specific style of play which, in optimal conditions, can allow them to prevail against anyone. Yet doing what they did in January – pulling out two tightly contested road playoff victories against division winners – requires a lot of things to go right, and that’s hard to replicate upon command. First, of course, the Niners have to get to the postseason. They’re well positioned, given that they’re in striking range of the Seahawks and have a favorable geographical schedule (six games at home, two on the road, and one in Mexico City). Oh, and one other thing – how shall we put this? – the NFC is trash. Which NFC team – and yes, I’m including the undefeated Eagles – do you trust to dominate in the postseason? Make the playoffs, and anyone in the conference can dream big. The 49ers, even in their

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CALENDAR TV sports Basketball • NBA, Sacramento at Golden State, NBCSBA (Fairfield and Suisun City), NBCSCA (Vacaville and Rio Vista), 7 p.m. Football • NFL, Baltimore at New Orleans, ESPN, ESPN2, 5 p.m.

Tuesday’s TV sports Hockey • NHL, Edmonton vs. Tampa Bay, TNT, 4:30 p.m. • NHL, Nashville vs.Seattle, TNT, 7 p.m. Soccer • Bundesliga, Bayern Munich vs. Werner Bremen, ESPN2, 11:35 a.m.

Scoreboard FOOTBALL NFL Sunday’s Games L.A. Chargers 20, Atlanta 17 Miami 35, Chicago 32 Cincinnati, 42 , Carolina 21 Detroit 15, Green Bay 9 Jacksonville 27, Las Vegas 20 New England 26, Indianapolis 3 N.Y. Jets 20, Buffalo 17 Minnesota 20, Washington 17 Seattle 31, Arizona 21 Tampa Bay 16, L.A. Rams 13 Tennessee at Kansas City, n Monday’s Game Baltimore at New Orleans, 5:15 p.m.

BASEBALL World Series Friday, Oct. 29 Game 1 Philadelphia 6, Houston 5 Saturday, Oct. 30 Game 2 Houston 5, Philadelphia 2 Tuesday’s Game Game 3

Warriors From Page B1 to the game, he’s playing on and off the ball, getting some catch-andshoot opportunities.” Kerr signaled changes were coming to the rotation after the Warriors failed to beat the shorthanded Orlando Magic on what was a seasonhigh scoring night for Curry, Thompson and Looney, who combined for 83 points. In that game, as has been a troubling trend this season, the Warriors starters finished with positive plus/minus, while the bench – with the exception of two-way guard Ty Jerome, who closed the game for the Dubs – was negative. JaMychal Green finished with a team-worst minus-15. After the loss, Draymond Green was careful not to put sole blame on the younger bench. But the reality is the Warriors are relying on the likes of James Wiseman, Jonathan Kuminga and Moses Moody – ages 21, 20, and 20 – to step into larger roles this season. When Curry, Thompson, Wiggins and Green sat out of Friday’s loss to the New Orleans Pelicans, the door was opened for those young guys to take on larger roles and prove to Kerr and his coaching staff why they deserve to be on the floor. Kuminga, who Kerr hasn’t played by choice in five games this season, started and capitalized on the opportunity. He finished with 19 points on 7-of-12 shooting, four rebounds, two assists and two steals in a careerhigh 38 minutes.

NYC From Page B1 closing the gap around the 20-mile mark, and Do Nascimento eventually fell to the ground with a medical issue. Earlier in the day, course records were set in both the men’s

Philadelphia 7, Houston 0 Wednesday’s Game Game 4 Houston 5, Philadelphia 0 Thursday’s Game Game 5 Houston 3, Philadelphia 2, Hou. leads 3-2 Saturday’s Game Game 6 - FINAL Houston 4, Philadelphia 1, Houston wins championship, 4-2

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Moses Moody has the makings of a dependable two-way wing. And the Warriors’ two-way players, Jerome and Anthony Lamb, turned heads with their play in New Orleans. But Wiseman is still struggling. It’s been ugly, at times, when his slippery hands result in missed buckets and rebounds. Some of those mistakes have noticeably frustrated the former No. 2 overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, who missed all of last season with a knee injury. “He’s really hard on himself,” Kerr said of Wiseman. “I want guys to learn from their mistakes and grow from them . . . I want them to play free and loose but there has to be some structure within that freedom. “When we don’t have structure, it just becomes a pickup game, which has been the case for a lot of the games so far this year. That freedom is abused and it becomes just reckless basketball. So you gotta find that balance.” The Warriors play the Kings – one of only three Western Conference teams with lesser records than them – Monday at Chase Center before a rare, midweek, three-day break. The practices during that break will be vital for Golden State to address these rotation issues and tinker with combinations as it tries to right the ship. “Next week will be a great opportunity for us to put a lot of work on, execution-wise on both ends and work on our rotations,” Kerr said. “This should be a good week for us to get back on track.”

and women’s wheelchair divisions. Defending champion Marcel Hug of Switzerland posted a time of 1:25:26 to win the men’s race for the fifth time in his storied career, while American Susannah Scaroni captured the women’s crown in 1:42:43. Both racers earned a $50,000 bonus for setting the marks.