Daily Republic: Wednesday, November 16, 2022

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So after a week of tallying ballots, it will likely take all votes to be counted before the final winners in races for the Fairfield and Suisun City councils will be determined.

Jenalee Dawson did extend her lead in the Suisun council race ever so slightly, going from a three-vote lead to 11 with 2,253 votes (19.77%) compared to the 2,242 votes (19.68%) collected by Charles Lee Jr. Incumbent Jane Day sits another 29 votes back with 2,213 (19.42%), the Solano County Registrar of Voters Office reported on Tuesday.

Princess Washington has seem ingly secured the top spot with 2,659 votes (23.33% votes).

George Kennedy had 1,628 votes (27.91%) in the District 1 Fairfield contest.

Measure S, the $249.6 million facilities bond put on the ballot by the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District, also remains up in the air, but it’s passage got closer after Tuesday’s tally.

Voters in favor of the measure represented 54.95% of the votes counted, just shy of the 55% supermajority needed. It was at 54.86% after Monday. The vote count is 19,294 in favor to 15,816 opposed, the Election Office reported.

While there were only about 310 mail-in ballots left to count at the start of Tuesday – 250 left over from Monday, 12 coming in the Tuesday’s mail and about 50 Solano ballots from arriving from other counties – the count is

slowed by the physical condition of some of those.

Solano sent about 400 ballots it received to other counties.

Additionally, there are some ballots the county is trying to verify with the voters, and 1,670 provisional ballots left to tally as well.

Tuesday was the last day for the county to accept ballots through the mail.

The Registrar of Voters Office expects to certify the elec tion by Nov. 30. The state deadline is Dec. 5.

Williams begins orientation to become next 3rd District supervisor

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SUISUN CITY — Wanda Williams, as the apparent supervisorelect for the 3rd District seat on the Board of Supervisors, was spend ing this week in Anaheim learning what the job will entail.

After Tuesday’s vote count from the Regis trar of Voters Office, Williams held an 11,626 (58.7%) to 8,179 (41.3%) lead over Chuck Timm, a lead far exceeding the number of ballots left to count.

“He said con gratulations on Veterans Day,” Williams said of Timm.

Timm said the county will be in good hands.

“I think she will do just fine,” said Timm, who said he plans to relax, play a little golf and “be a grandpa.”

The end of 2022 also marks an end to a long career of public service

for Timm, who served 31 years on the Fairfield Police Department and a total of 12 years on the City Council. He is still involved with several nonprofits.

“I’m still a citizen here and you never know what opportuni ties will pop up,” said Timm, who added, however, he is not actively seeking to stay in politics.

Williams had served one four-year term on the Suisun City council when she challenged for the county post. The first issue to catch her attention at the California State Association of Counties

Moy overwhelmed by election win, but eager to take reins

FAIRFIELD — Catherine Moy said she promised change is coming to the city, and she fully intends to make that happen.

But first the unof ficial mayor-elect of Fairfield is headed to Harvard.

She said for those homeless residents not willing to be helped, the city’s reaction to that is about to get tougher.

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PALM BEACH, Fla. — Donald Trump, the twice-impeached former president who refused to concede defeat and inspired a failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election culminat ing in a deadly attack on the Capitol, officially declared on Tuesday night that he is running to retake the White House in 2024.

The announcement at his Florida Mara-Lago Club came in a moment of political vulnerability for Trump as voters resoundingly rejected his endorsed candidates in last week’s midterm elections. Since then, elected Republi cans have been unusually forthright in blaming Trump for the party’s underperformance and potential rivals are

already openly plotting challenging Trump for the nomination.

Trump has been eager to reclaim the spotlight and pressure Republi cans to line up behind him, inviting prominent party leaders to his launch event and keeping track of who attended. Advisers spent much of the year lobbying Trump to hold off announcing until after the midterms, arguing that he might motivate Democratic voters or get drowned out by election news. He finally agreed to promise a “very big announce ment” for Tuesday, and stuck with that plan despite further efforts to convince him to wait until after next month’s runoff for a Georgia Senate seat.

“This comeback starts right now,” Trump said Tuesday night at his Mar-

Moy is one of 15 new mayors to receive a schol arship to go to Harvard for an intense seminar on governance. When she returns, she said her focus will be on homelessness, cleaning up the city and crime.

“I’m going to get a hard count about how many people we have here and the state they are in,” said Moy, specif ically noting how many are considered chroni cally homeless. “And that is important because it (affects) how you deal with this. What is certain is we can’t keep doing the same thing over and over because it is only getting worse.”

Moy said it is also important for Fairfield to start sprucing up and looking cleaner, and to address the crime rate head on. She said resi dents will likely see police offi cers on bicycles for patrols, espe cially in the North Texas Street cor ridor, providing a greater presence in an area of need. After Tues day’s vote count update from the Regis trar of Voters office, Moy held an 11,949 (43.04%) to 11,135 (40.11%) lead over four-time incum bent Harry Price.

Chauncey Banks has 4,678 votes (16.85%).

“I’m going to be honest, it’s a little over whelming,” Moy said of her unofficial victory. She will be the second woman to serve as mayor in Fairfield.

“The mayor and I

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FAIRFIELD — Nora Dizon and K. Patrice Williams are dead even in the race for the District 1 seat on the Fairfield City Council – each with 2,102 votes – and the battle for the final seat on the Suisun City council also is undecided.

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Good weddings can teach us a lot about life

Years ago, when I met Sam and his brother Joe, I had no idea what lay ahead. Do we ever know where life will lead us?

Sam was 11. Joe was 13. I was a grown woman who should’ve known better than to let them talk me into jumping off the roof of a boat house into a lake.

I hit the water like a breached whale, torpedoed to the bottom and nearly lost my swimsuit. They thought it was hilarious. When I finally surfaced, they were laugh ing, snorting water out their noses. And I thought, “Those two little toads could make life interesting.”

Five years later, I married their dad and we combined all our toads (his two, my three.)

Four of the five married and gave us nine grandtoads, who make life truly interesting.

Our fifth and last to tie the knot is Sam. He recently (and wisely) married Ellen, a lovely soul who is, in all the best of ways, Sam’s perfect match. Together, their lives will be not only interesting, but happy.

Their wedding in the Rose Garden of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park included only their immediate families.

We’d met the evening before at a dinner hosted by Ellen’s parents. At the ceremony, we joined hands in a circle –two families coming together to stand with Sam and Ellen as they spoke their vows. We laughed and cried at the truth in each vow. It was a gift to hear them profess their love and to see it shine in their eyes.

Then, in an age-old miracle that is new every time, they were married. And somehow,

before our very eyes, the two became one. They kissed, we cheered and the parties began. We planned to walk to several locations to celebrate (over tacos, wine and homemade wedding cake) with some of Sam and Ellen’s closest friends.

Have you ever walked in San Francisco? I’d bought boots for the occasion, but didn’t want to end up limping barefoot for blocks. So I wore sneakers. It was not a good look. But I wasn’t alone. After a few blocks, the mother of the groom ran in a store, bought a pair of clogs and threw her fancy shoes in the trash. I like that woman a lot.

The parties (and after-par ties) were great fun. I loved talking with young people who made me feel they liked talking to me, too. But I also liked not talking, just watching the celebration.

The bride and groom moved through the room, greeting

each guest, introducing them to others, delighting in one and all.

Groups of friends talked and laughed as good friends like to do, happy for Sam and Ellen. And people who had never met came out of their comfort zones to get to know one another.

Like every good wedding, Sam and Ellen’s was filled with family, friends, joy and laugh ter, and most of all, with love.

Weddings can teach us a lot about life. For example:

n Be yourself. If you like who you are, others will usually like you, too. If you don’t like who you are, be someone else – the kind of person you want to be.

n Be happy – as happy as you can possibly be. Smile every chance you get. You deserve it. And others need to see it.

n Be committed to someone or something. Commitment changes the world. It brings out the best in us and each other.

n Try to remember that not

everything is about you. One reason Sam and Ellen’s wedding was such a pleasure is everyone seemed to agree it was all about Sam and Ellen.

n Surround yourself with people who will make you laugh, hold you when you cry and maybe even bake your wedding cake.

n Dress for the occasion, but wear sensible shoes.

n Fall in love with someone who loves you, who’ll be your perfect match and best friend forever.

Finally, remember this: Things don’t always go as you plan. Life is full of surprises. Sometimes a toad turns out to be a treasure.

Sharon Randall is the author of “The World and Then Some.” She can be reached at P.O. Box 922, Carmel Valley, CA 93924 or www.sharon randall.com.

Useful research supports project-based learning

In my previous column I wrote about the challenges of bridging the gap between academic research and public school classroom instruction.

All-too-often, rigorously devised research studies are simply too obtuse and/ or narrowly focused to satisfy the day-to-day needs and interests of classroom teachers. Nev ertheless, there are several resources avail able to teachers (and parents) that provide easily digestible summa ries of academic research anchored in theory and relevant to class room practice.

One example is the George Lucas Educa tional Foundation and its affiliate publication, Edu topia. A quick search of its website offers an expan sive menu of topics and resources related to teach ing and learning. What I especially like about the George Lucas Educa tional Foundation is the

general public.

A recent article in Eduto pia touched on a topic near and dear to me, proj ect-based learning.

For the better part of my career in higher educa tion I designed my courses, instruc tion and research agenda around the principles and strategies affiliated with project-based learning. To be clear, projectbased learning is not a new idea. Its origins are more than 100 years old. However, its emergence as an instructional strat egy in public schools is fairly recent.

According to Stan ford researchers, project-based learning is an interdisciplinary approach to teaching that is student centered, inquiry based and that is designed to “enhance students’ curiosity about the natural world, pique their interest in prob lems that have relevance to their lives, and support them as they solve realworld problems.” When

to other contexts.

Project-based learn ing instruction can be used in multiple disci plines (e.g., math, science, social studies, English, fine arts, etc.). The fact is, “real-world” problems and applications can be found in every academic discipline.

In a typical projectbased learning activity, students are organized in small groups of four to six. While students may accomplish some learn ing tasks individually, they operate primary as a learning collabor ative through sharing, discourse and discovery. Unlike traditional instruc tion, the teacher works more like “a guide on the side” rather than “a sage on the stage.” By design, student outcomes are not predetermined. With most project-based learning activities there is no onesize-fits-all solution to the problem at hand. Instead, project-based learning is a process of informed discovery and critical reflection. Final projects are presented to the class as a whole. The presen

will guide learning by:

n Helping students identify a real-world need or problem (for example, the emergence of a public health emergency or a way to count and organize complex numbers).

n Providing instruc tional materials and resources that will inform and expand their knowl edge about the problem.

n Guiding students through the process of developing a prob lem-solving strategy or designing a project.

n Guiding students through the imple mentation of their strategy or design.

n Helping students

reflect upon and eval uate the outcomes of their efforts.

OK, back to the Edu topia article mentioned above. It is important because it described a recent large-scale, and very rigorous, research project involv ing 6,000 public school students exposed to project-based learning instruction. Researchers found that most students taught by project-based learning scored better on a variety of academic performance indicators (including standard ized tests) than students who did not receive project-based learning

instruction. This phe nomenon transcended academic subjects, grade levels and student socioeconomic backgrounds.

While project-based learning instruction takes a great deal of preparation and effort, the research is clear that when done well, it is a very effective teach ing tool (I should note that project-based learn ing is one of many useful instructional strategies).

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

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Former Vanden High student – turned general – tells students, ‘Go Army!’

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FAIRFIELD — Vanden

High senior Marissa Jelardi was thinking about joining the Air Force after graduation, but after lis tening to U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Michael J. Talley on Monday, she may see her career path looking a bit more green.

Jelardi, a Vacaville res ident, said she has been interested in becoming an emergency technician of some kind since she was in middle school writing about her future. Maybe that was because her stepmother was an EMT, turned dispatcher, but whatever the spark, she likes the idea of being directly involved in emer gency response.

Going to school so close to Travis certainly made the possibility of being an Air Force medic an option.

“But the Army seems to give you more . . . career chances,” Jelardi said as Talley continued to speak to members of the Vanden High Junior ROTC and students, who like Jelardi, are involved in the medical science-focused Patient Care Pathway at the school.

Mya Perez, also a Vanden senior from Vacaville, has now added the Army to her list of considerations, but she is keeping all options open.

Perez, influenced by the television program “Grey’s Anatomy” and the excitement of the air shows at Travis Air Force Base, wants to be a cardiothoracic surgeon. The military, she said, was high on her list of career options.

Talley said that because there are national shortages in physicians and nurses in the U.S., the same is true in the military, so the armed ser vices are offering financial incentives to join.

Perez said her grand parents, both veterans, want her to speak to some people they know before

she makes up her mind.

What resonated with the gathering of Vanden seniors is Talley’s message that they could get where they want to be faster through the Army than through the Air Force and other branches of the service – at least in the medical fields.

The fact he is the 46th commanding general and commandant of the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence in San Antonio, Texas, a post he assumed June 23, cer tainly added weight to the recruitment message.

It is ironic then that Talley opted out of his assignment to recruit er’s school to become an officer in the Army – some thing he never envisioned for his own career path. He went in thinking three years and done.

In fact, when Talley left Vanden High after his junior year, following his career Air Force father’s latest assignment to Wash ington, D.C., his only real focus was on athletics.

It is why after gradu ating from high school, he attended Division II Slip pery Rock University of Pennsylvania. It was with hopes of continuing his athletic endeavors.

Instead, he married his longtime girlfriend, Lori, and joined the U.S. Army – decisions he

Toy giveaway returns Christmas Eve to Suisun City

SUISUN CITY — Christmas Eve will get a little more magical for children this year in Suisun City with a toy giveaway in the morning for city residents.

The nonprofit Com munity Elevate will host the second annual Com munity Outreach Toy Giveaway from 9 to 11 a.m. Dec. 24 at Crystal Middle School, 400 Whis pering Bay Lane. The event will give children the opportunity to get pic tures with Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus along with the toys – while they last – and sip on some hot cocoa.

For more infor mation, visit https:// communityelevate.com/ and send a message.

Family plans cancer awareness walk

FAIRFIELD — The Tony’s Tigers PanCan 5K pancreatic cancer aware ness walk will take place Saturday – a first for the community.

Everyone is welcome to come out and walk for a cause.

Tony Araya, 61, was a longtime Solano County resident who died in 2018 from pancreatic cancer. His family formed Tony’s Tigers, a walking

team for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network walks in Sacramento. The team earned second place two years in a row for the event.

This year they plan to have a local walk at 9 a.m. at Laurel Creek Park at 2986 Gulf Drive. They will have pizza afterward at Straw Hat Pizza. The goal

did not tell his parents about until after the deeds were done.

That, too, seemed to resonate with students attending his appear ance inside the Vanden High library.

Talley told the group there are more medical field options with quicker career paths, faster pro motion opportunities, financial incentives and the honor of serving people and their country if they opted to join the Army.

But he also told them they could end up serving on a Navy hospital ship, or in the back of an Air Force plane or in a Marine Corps camp.

That, too, seemed to resonate with some students.

When Talley’s staff contacted the Solano County Office of Educa tion about visiting some area high schools, Super intendent of Schools Lisette Estrella-Hender son and her staff were eager to make it happen. As a former Viking, Talley wanted Vanden to be one of those schools; the other turned out to be Fairfield High.

He also wanted to speak specifically about career opportunities in the medical field, and in the Army.

“We have very

of the event is to bring awareness to the disease and remind people that this is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.

The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network works toward advanc ing research to eradicate this cancer.

For more informa tion about the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and regional walks sched uled in April 2023, visit https://pancan.org/.

robust career pathways in Solano County,” said Estella-Henderson, a selfdescribed “Air Force brat” who landed in Solano County when her father was stationed at Travis Air Force Base.

She said the high schools do a great job introducing the career pathway students to dif ferent opportunities, and when her office gets a chance to help, it cer tainly does.

Estrella-Henderson noted some students will be going to visit the trades in Benicia next week, while others soon will be visiting the Coast Guard, Kaiser Perman ente and still more are part of a work readi ness certification program involving area chambers of commerce. In the spring, students go out to Travis and are introduced to the Phoenix Spark program designed to find innovative solutions for operational efficiency.

Pam Conklin, the superintendent of Travis School District, said Talley certainly had the students’ attention.

“I’m always impressed with our students and how engaged they are, but it is pretty heart-felt to see when they are so engaged with out mili tary,” Conklin said.

Fairfield Housing Authority expects to fetch $1M for surplus properties

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FAIRFIELD — The City Council, sitting as the Housing Author ity board, on Tuesday declared three proper ties as surplus with the intent to sell the land.

The Fairfield Housing Authority properties are located a 133 Empire St., 730 Great Jones St. and vacant property at Penn sylvania Avenue and Highway 12, city docu ments state.

Nora Dizon, a can didate for the council, asked that the matter be tabled and to have the properties included as part of the General Plan study for the improvement of the downtown area.

Staff projects the sale of the properties will generate an estimated $1 million.

In other action, the council: n Approved submis sion of an application for $465,872 in Housing and Community Devel opment Permanent Local Housing Alloca tion Program funding, an amendment to an early application for $293,000. The funds would be used for emergency shelter beds for an additional 14 months, through June 2023, and to increase the number of emergency shelter beds available from 10 to 15 beds each month.

n Approved the annexation of Logisti

Center at Fairfield into the Fairfield Land scaping and Lighting Maintenance District No. 17 (Chadbourne-BeckCordelia) and set the fees to provide funding for the ongoing maintenance of the landscaping, light ing and certain facilities within the district. The 49.19 acres is located north of Cordelia Road, south of the Southern Pacific Railroad, east of Beck Avenue and west of Ledgewood Creek. The property also was annexed into Commu nity Facilities District No. 2012-2 to provide funding for public safety services, open space operations and park maintenance.

n Confirmed the boundaries of the Smith Ranch Assessment District and set the 2022-23 assessments at $0 due to a sufficient revenue balance.

n Agreed to rezone 19.44 acres at 300 Chadbourne Road from Regional Commer cial District to Limited Industrial District for a planned industrial development.

n Approved a sup plemental agreement to the fiscal agent agree ment with Community Facilities District No. 3 (North Cordelia) to provide for the deposit of special tax revenues into a special fund held by the fiscal agent.

Robinson Kuntz/Daily Republic Maj. Gen. Michael J. Talley speaks to students in Vanden High School’s library, Monday.

Obituaries

June 2, 1933 — Oct. 25, 2022

Merritt DeWitt Griffith of Fairfield, California, died on Oct. 25, 2022, at the age of 89 years.

He was born June 2, 1933, in Glen dale, California, to Meritt Orison Griffith and Mercie Laverne (Goldsbrough) Griffith. His father was a furniture sales man and interior designer, and also a veteran of WWI. Before becoming a homemaker, his mother played the violin for the Los Angeles symphony and also played in the orches tra pit for the silent movies. Later, Mercie became a bookkeeper.

In 1939, Grif’s sister Suzanne was born. Grif’s father died shortly thereafter when Grif was seven years old. Grif, his mother and sister moved in with family in Nephi, Utah, and later moved to Seattle.

In his youth, ‘De’, as they called him back then, having studied piano since the age of nine, became a classi cal pianist playing for KING Radio Station in Seattle, Washington. In 1956, he graduated from Washing ton State University with a degree in political science, after which he joined the army and became an officer while stationed in Barstow, California.

During this time, he met and married his first wife, Peggy Van Tussenbrock, on Nov. 9, 1957. They had two daughters, Adrienne Eliz abeth and Stephanie Jane. After military service, the family moved to Santa Rosa, California, where Grif began a 30-year career as an insur ance investigator, which ulti mately brought the family to Fairfield, California. As a family they enjoyed many years of camping and water skiing with friends. Grif and Peggy divorced in 1979.

Grif met his second wife, Ilona Elvrum, at Johnson’s Bakery in downtown Fair field. They were married on Feb. 27, 1982. He became the stepfather of Kevin and Linda. Tragically, traveling through Mendocino County to celebrate their 10th anni versary, Ilona was killed in an auto accident involving an impaired driver. This was a traumatic experience for all. However, Grif remained in close contact with Kevin and Linda over the years, enjoy ing personal relationships with both of them.

Grif was a longtime and active member of the Community United Meth odist Church of Fairfield, serving on several commit tees. He especially enjoyed

his time as lay liturgist. He had a great speaking voice. At one time he wanted to be a radio announcer, but due to a stutter was discour aged from pursing the profession. Later, the stutter disappeared.

Grif met his third wife, Bonnie Burroughs, through his affil iation with CUMC. They were married on Jan. 1, 2003. Grif then became the stepdad of Jon, Joel, Jenny and Jacy Burroughs. Life for Grif was never shy of family activ ity. Bonnie’s three older chil dren were married that same year, and Grif was a sup porter of Jacy’s high school and college endeavors and musical talent.

Grif welcomed every one with open arms. He had many dear friends through out his life. He was warm, compassionate, kind and loved a good joke. He was a punster himself. Grif was also a wonderful writer. He loved music, being in and on the water, golfing and above all, his family.

Over the years, Grif has played grandpa to his own two grandchildren by daugh ter, Adrienne, David and Sarah Sax, as well as the children of Kevin and Laura Elvrum, Otto, Owen and Olivia. Grif was also the proud stepgrandfather to Emily and Ethan, the children of Jon Burroughs, Michael, the son of Joel and Maria Burroughs, Jessica, Xander, and Kate, the chil dren of Andrew and Jenny Burroughs, and Ben George, the son of Matt and Jacy George. Family life was always so important to Grif, and he took pride in hearing of all their activities.

Grif is preceded in death by his daughter, Adrienne Elizabeth Griffith; sister, Suzanne Elizabeth Reiter; and his parents, Meritt and Mercie Griffith.

A memorial service to celebrate the life of Merritt “Grif” Dewitt Griffith will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022, at the Community United Methodist Church, 1875 Fairfield Ave., Fairfield, with a light lunch reception in the social hall following the service. Arrangements have been made through The Neptune Society of Northern California for his ashes to be scattered at sea.

In lieu of flowers, con tributions in memory of Grif may be made to the Fund for Young People’s and Family Coordinator and/or the United Methodist Com mittee on Relief (UMCOR).

Betty J. Talbot

July 9, 1934 - May 30, 2022

Betty J. Talbot, aged 87, passed away in May of 2022.

She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 71 years, Ronald J. Talbot, in March of 2022.

Betty led a full and event ful life. She was born in 1934, in Birmingham, Alabama, and lived near there with her extended family on a 160 acre farm. Her parents moved to the east Bay Area, California in the mid 1940’s.

She met her lifelong soul mate, Ron, at the swimming pool in Benicia when she was 14–they were married in 1951.

She started a career with Lucky Stores as a meat wrapper in the early 60’s,

and went on to become a full journeyman butcher-one of the first women to break into the field.

Betty was also quite active throughout her life. Over the years, she and her family enjoyed bowling, tennis, golf, water skiing, backpacking, downhill skiing, bike riding, walking, and gardening—in her later years she loved taking vis itors around her garden talking about the flowers and shrubs she had growing in their yard.

She is survived by her four children; 13 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Armed robbers hit Stiiizy cannabis shop in Suisun

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SUISUN CITY — Police have turned to the community for help as they investigate a latenight robbery in the city that saw four armed men rob a shop employee at gunpoint.

The robbery was reported at approximately 10:55 p.m. Sunday at the Stiiizy cannabis dispen sary on the 500 block of Railroad Avenue.

Police were notified that a vehicle had crashed into a fence at the busi ness and that an armed robbery was potentially in progress. Officers arrived at the scene minutes later, but the suspects had already fled.

The investigation revealed four armed men approached an employee to gain access to the store, police report. The men held the employ

ees at gunpoint and stole merchandise and cur rency from the store, police report.

Officers searched the scene for evidence and witnesses, police report.

A description of the vehicle was not provided

by police. A description of the suspects was also not provided, but police did release a photo of the robbery as it was in prog ress that shows three of the suspects, all of whom were wearing masks and two of whom were shown

holding handguns. The investigation remains ongoing. Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call the Suisun City Police Depart ment Investigations Unit at 707-421-7373.

4 Caltrans workers receive Medal of Valor for heroic actions

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FAIRFIELD — Four California Department of Transportation workers on Tuesday were awarded the State Employee Medal of Valor for their heroic actions.

n Equipment Opera tor Travis Sutton earned the Medal of Valor for his actions to save the life of a woman after her vehicle went over a snow-covered embank ment in Butte County in March 2021, performing

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a dangerous rescue down steep terrain in extremely cold weather.

n Maintenance Lead worker Matthew Piña received the Medal of Valor for saving a man’s life by dissuading him from jumping off the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in January 2021.

n Maintenance Worker Ryan Aguirre earned the Medal of Valor for saving his co-worker when an errant vehicle was speed ing out of control toward them in November 2020.

dead, 2 hospitalized,

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VALLEJO — One person was shot and killed early Sunday during an attack that left one other person and an elderly man hospitalized, one with a critical gunshot wound and one with a critical stab wound, police report.

A person suspected in the attack was arrested near the scene.

Police were sent shortly before 7:25 a.m. to investigate a report of a man being attacked on the 600 block of Third Street. An 80-year-old Vallejo man was found at the scene. Police report he had been stabbed at least once. He was taken to a local hospital where police report Monday night he was in critical condition.

Officers searched the scene and report finding two other people injured: a 31-year-old transgender Vallejo resident who had been shot at least once, and a 27-year-old trans gender Albany resident

Aguirre risked his own safety by pulling his coworker out from under their maintenance truck just before the crash occurred and, after the collision, offered aid to those injured. The loca tion of the incident was not provided.

n Equipment Oper ator James Burkhouse received the Medal of Valor for his efforts while off duty to save a man’s life when he came across a head-on collision that had occurred in rural

San Bernardino County in April 2020. Burkhouse used his experience as a former paramedic to assist the injured driver.

The State Employee Medal of Valor award is the highest honor Califor nia bestows on its public employees. Gov. Edmund G. Brown Sr. presented the first awards in 1959. Since then, more than 700 state employees have earned that honor.

Gov. Gavin Newsom presented the recent awards.

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who had also been shot at least once.

The Vallejo resident died at the scene, police report. The Albany resi dent was taken to a local hospital and was in crit ical condition Monday, police report. The names of all of those who were shot or stabbed were not released.

Police report a person they suspect was involved in the attack was found near the scene. The person was arrested and jailed. Police report they were working to determine the person’s true identity. They did not release the person’s gender.

The motive and cir cumstances surrounding the shootings and stabbing remain under investiga tion, police report.

This is Vallejo’s 24th reported homicide of the year. The total includes a deadly police shooting in June in the city involving Solano County sheriff’s deputies who were han dling a call at the request

of Vallejo police. It’s the first homicide in the city since Sept. 28, which was the last of eight deadly shootings and stabbings that month in Vallejo.

Anyone with informa

tion about the shootings and stabbing Sunday is asked to call Detec tive Ken Jackson 707-648-4280 or Detec tive Brian Murphy 707-648-5430.

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Council throws blanket support over Travis base

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FAIRFIELD — The City Council on Tuesday approved the Blanket Intergovernmental Support Agreement with Travis Air Force Base.

It was described in the staff report as “a mile stone event” for the city, the base and the Travis Community Consortium “as it speaks to the level of support and coopera tion between parties.”

The action was taken as part of the council consent agenda, but followed an earlier pre sentation by Col. Ryan Garlow, vice commander of the 60th Air Mobility Wing at Travis.

Travis becomes the third base in the country to have such an agree ment, which Garlow called “monumental.”

Garlow said the rela tionship with the city is critical because of the base itself, with nearly a half-billion dollars in construction underway or planned, and because of the role Travis plays in military readiness, particularly in the tense Pacific region.

The council had endorsed the agree ment in May.

While there is no immediate financial impact, the 10-year agreement has a $15 million threshold to support traffic light main tenance, road repairs and miscellaneous engineer ing services to facilitate larger scale objectives that have strategic value for the base.

“The structure of these types of agree ments are for the $15 million threshold . . . is not a commitment from the city, more akin to standard language. Each task or project will be defined during a separate process; the collective

of these tasks shall not exceed the terms. Also the work is assumed to be on base not neces sarily leading up to the base,” Bill Way, com munications manager for the city, said in an email response to the Daily Republic.

When the agreement is signed by interim City Manager David Gas saway, it kicks in a 90-day notification period to the Air Force Com munity Partnership. A formal signing ceremony is expected to take place early next year.

In other action, the council:

n Adopted changes to the City Council hand book that address such issues as the new sala ries, staff support to the council, Brown Act infor mation to the council members and sets a standing study session the second Tuesday of each month. The study session is can celed if there is no topic to review.

n Approved $164,527 from the Inter governmental Service Fund for Task Order No. 16 with Kimley-Horn & Associates to provide engineering services for a fiber communications asset field investigation.

n Approved a $1.755 million contract with CWS Construc tion Group Inc. of Novato to develop the plans and specifica tions for the North Bay Regional Water Treat ment Plant laboratory, and a $111,829 contract with West Yost Asso ciates, amending Task Order No. 3, to provide construction support ser vices along with the previously approved Architectural and Engi neering Services for the design of the project. The total is $2.04 million from the Water Capital Fund.

NorthBay Health asks retired Davis health group official to help guide financial plan

FAIRFIELD — North Bay Health has hired the recently retired chief financial officer of UC Davis Health as its interim financial officer.

Tim Maurice, 62, will share the office with outgoing CFO Michele Bouit until her depar ture Friday.

“We have several key initiatives underway in which Tim’s experience will be instrumental,” B. Konard Jones, chief exec utive officer and president of North Bay Health, said in a statement.

Among those matters is work on an ongoing “budget recovery plan” to meet what the company describes as “a $100 million goal of imple mentable savings by the end of 2022, with realized savings recorded by the end of June 2023.”

The budget plan was announced in July and thus far has included layoffs and an attempt to access federal pandemic

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Bay Area air district has grants available for EV charger installation

FAIRFIELD — The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has $5 million in grants available to help offset the cost of installing chargers for light-duty electric vehicles.

The funds come from the district’s Charge! program.

“As we work to accel erate electric vehicle

relief money awarded to the county.

The company in midSeptember requested $14.19 million from the county in pandemic relief funds, much of that the result of what the company described as additional costs absorbed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

“This is a one-time ask, not a save NorthBay ask,” Jones said at the time.

Jones told county offi cials NorthBay is working through its plan. Part of that plan included the announcement in July that the company was in the process of eliminat ing 7% of its workforce to help balance its budget. The move translates into nearly 190 full-timeequivalent positions based on a workforce of 2,700 as reported by the company formerly known as North Bay Healthcare.

A full-time-equiva

lent position may be a single person working full time or multiple people working part time whose combined hours represent one fulltime position.

Company offi cials at the time said more cuts may be ahead.

NorthBay Health had pre viously reduced positions through retirements and voluntary departures, according to the health care company.

“It’s not my intent to change the plan, but to execute it,” Maurice said in the statement. “I’ve learned through experi ence that perseverance is the key to success.”

Maurice began his new role Oct. 24. He also has worked for Sutter Health, Dignity Health and Vir ginia Mason Health, and has a background in revenue cycle, managed care, financial recov ery efforts and 340B programs, NorthBay said in a statement.

Section 340B of the Public Health Service Act requires pharmaceutical manufacturers participat ing in Medicaid to sell outpatient drugs at dis counted prices to health care organizations that care for many uninsured and low-income patients, the American Hospital Association reports.

“I’ve been through a lot in my career, most unintentionally, and I’ve weathered a lot of storms with my exec teams,” Maurice said. in the state ment “That experience, I hope, will help me guide NorthBay through this journey, as painful as it is, to get to the other side and build on it.”

Maurice will also help NorthBay establish the criteria to hire his perma nent replacement in 2023.

NorthBay Health oper ates NorthBay Medical Center in Fairfield and Vaca Valley Medical Center in Vallejo as well as a number of specialized and primary care clinics.

adoption, the focus must be on communi ties and residents most impacted by air pollu tion,” Sharon Landers, interim executive officer of the air district, said in a statement. “The Charge! program helps build critical infrastruc ture in communities that need it most so all Bay Area residents may take advantage of the benefits of driving electric.”

The program funds the installation of electric vehicle charg ing stations along transportation corridors,

at multifamily housing facilities, destinations, transit parking locations and workplaces across the Bay Area, the dis trict reported.

The minimum qualify ing grant for each project proposal is $250,000, except for governmentsponsored projects and projects exclusively located at multifamily housing sites, which must qualify for a minimum grant of $10,000.

For additional informa tion, including program guidelines and the online application, go to www. baaqmd.gov/charge.

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Americans expect to be on the move for Thanksgiving

FAIRFIELD —

Nearly 55 million Amer icans – 7.3 million of whom are California res idents – are expected to travel for Thanksgiving.

The national travel forecast is a 1.5% increase over 2021, but still just 98% of the prepandemic number of travelers, AAA Northern California reported.

Still, the return to the roads and sky makes this year’s holiday one of the busiest in history.

“The upcoming holiday is projected to be one of the busiest for travel in the past two decades,” Brian Ng, senior vice presi dent of Membership and Travel Marketing for AAA Northern Califor

nia, said in a statement. “Planning ahead will go a long way toward alleviat ing holiday travel stress.”

Air travel is pre dicted to see the greatest growth. About 4.5 million people will be flying to their Thanksgiving des tination, a nearly 8% increase over 2021. And nearly 49 million people are expected to travel by car, AAA Northern Cali fornia reported.

Here are five Thanksgiving travel tips from AAA:

n Travel during offpeak periods: before 8 a.m. or after 8 p.m., if possible. Road traffic peaks the Wednes day afternoon before Thanksgiving.

n Get a pre-trip inspection to ensure your vehicle is road-

ready. More than 400,000 Thanksgiv ing travelers are expected to call AAA for roadside assistance nationwide, and that is just AAA members.

n Gas prices are nearly 83 cents more per gallon than last year. Try to find the lowest gas prices on your travel route. You may do so with the AAA Mobile App.

n Airport parking lots fill up fast. Reserve a spot ahead of time.

n Expect long Trans portation Security Administration lines; consider not checking a bag for additional flexibility if flights are delayed or rescheduled.

Low pay, rising costs push UC academic workers to the picket line

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In a historic strike of around 48,000 aca demic workers across the University of California system, unionized employ ees are pushing for better compensation and pro tections, as their work stoppage on Tuesday con tinued to cause noticeable disruptions to campus research, teaching and grading.

After the first day of the strike – which has no set end date – uni versity officials Monday evening called for a “neutral private medi ator” to help reach a compromise. Union leaders, however, con tinue to call on UC officials to come back to the table to bargain.

“We really want to get to negotiations as soon

as possible; our teams are ready around the clock,” said Nick Geiser, a bargaining team repre sentative with the Student Researcher Unit – the only one of the four guilds that university officials met with Monday. He said in two hours of bar gaining, they were able to reach tentative agree ments on three priorities about recruiting and edu cating new members – but progress was not made on high-priority demands, like increasing compensa tion or improving support for working parents.

“The biggest stick ing point, both today and in previous sessions, centers on compensa tion,” said Rafael Jaime, a UCLA doctoral candidate and president of United Auto Workers Local

2865, which represents 19,000 teaching assistants, tutors and other academic workers. “The University (of California’s) proposals do not adequately address the affordable housing crisis confronting our members.”

Ryan King, a Univer sity of California system spokesperson, said UC believes its current offers are sufficient.

“These employees make meaningful contri butions to the university’s teaching and research mission in both part-time and full-time roles, and we believe our offers of fair pay, quality health and family-friendly benefits, among other proposals, are fair, reasonable, and responsive to the union’s concerns,” King wrote in a statement.

Council recognizes residents for completing civic academy

Area’s Indigenous roots, small businesses earn recognition

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FAIRFIELD —

Twenty-one residents were recognized Tuesday night by the City Council Tuesday completing the 10-week 101 Civic Academy course.

The participants were Debra Beechtree, Judith Brandes, Frank Brandes; Inga Brere ton, Jennifer Coleman, Janae Davis, Scott Dowd, Dennis Foreman, Marvin Hurn, Marilyn Kilian, Kristina Knobloch, Josie Lake, Arsenia Larson, Heather Robbins, Car olina Sugiharto, Anna Valerio-Lorrimer, Car oline Villarreal, Cora

Williams, Cian Fei Long Wilson, Geoffrey Wilson and Patricia Young.

Fifteen attended the council meeting.

The participants attend 2 1/2-hour sessions that started in September. The sessions gave them firsthand exposure to the inside of city depart ments and the opportunity to discuss current issues with community leaders. It is designed, in part, to get local residents more involved in city government.

The council also adopted a proclamation declaring November as Native American Her itage Month.

“Native American Her itage Month is a time to celebrate rich diverse cultures, traditions and histories, acknowledging the important contribu tions of native people; and . . . it is also important to educate the public about various Native American tribes, to raise awareness about the unique chal lenges native people have faced historically and in the present, and the ways in which tribal cit izens have worked to overcome and conquer these challenges in spite of inequitable systems,” the proclamation states.

“We can most effec tively address the

historical and contin ued challenges of native people through a sus tained effort to effect real change, through historical acknowledgement, honest and accurate education, visibility and inclusion of Indigenous people in our neighborhoods and com munities, including public and private institutions.”

The city recognized that the Suisunes, the “People of the West Wind,” were a Patwin tribe of Wintun people, who lived in the Suisun Bay and Suisun Marsh area for an estimated 4,000 years. Sem Yeto was a leader of the tribe, was bap tized as Francisco Solano and became known as Chief Solano.

The Suisunes’ main

village, Yulyul, is located in the greater Rock ville Park area.

The council also rec ognized Nov. 26 as Small Business Saturday, and were shown a short video on a new “Shop where I live” virtual shopping option that was launched by the Fairfield-Suisun Chamber of Commerce.

“Small businesses employ 47.5% of the employees in the private sector in the United States and 90% of consumers say Small Business Saturday has had a positive impact on their community,” a proclamation adopted by the council states. “Ninetyfive percent of consumers who shopped on Small Business Saturday reported the day makes

them want to shop or eat at small, independently owned businesses all year long, not just during the holiday season.”

A vendor pop-up market will open from noon to 6 p.m. in down town Fairfield. More than 100 vendors are expected.

For more information, visit Fairfield.ca.gov/sbs. To participate in this event as a vendor, fill out the form on the webpage or contact Keisha Mamaril at kma maril@fairfield.ca.gov.

Small Business Sat urday was created in 2010 to encourage people to do their holiday shop ping at locally owned businesses. Those busi nesses are strongly encourage to participate in the event.

Will Assembly speakership deal make any real difference?

Last week, after a six-hour closed-door meeting of the state Assembly’s dom inant Democrats, Speaker Anthony Rendon and Assemblyman Robert Rivas simultaneously issued press releases.

“I’m pleased to retain my colleagues’ support to continue as speaker of the California Assem bly and leader of our Democratic caucus,” Rendon declared.

“I am honored that my Dem ocratic colleagues have instilled their trust in me to lead the Assembly,” Rivas said. Huh?

Those seemingly contra dictory statements reflected a political deal that apparently settled a months-long conflict over who would occupy the Assembly’s top position.

Months earlier, Rivas had declared he had the votes to oust Rendon but the speaker refused to step aside and a power struggle ensued, each man trying to get as many of his supporters elected as possible.

Ultimately, just two days after the election, a bargain was struck. Rendon, speaker for the past six years, would remain in the position until June 30, after which Rivas would assume it.

Both were winners, in a sense.

Rendon will be forced out of the Legislature by term limits in 2024 and thus, as a practical matter, would have had to relinquish the speak ership sometime next year anyway. He now would leave the office a few months early, but at least would not suffer the ignominy of being forced out.

On the other hand, Rivas will achieve his long-sought goal of becoming speaker with all that entails in terms of power over the internal workings of the California Assembly and their effect on legislation.

Whether the deal or what it brings make any real difference to nearly 40 million Californians is problematic. There are few, if any, ideological differences between the two Latino politicians and the most interesting aspect of moving from Rendon to Rivas is that the latter represents a rural district in the Salinas Valley, interrupting the tendency of legislative leaders to hail from big cities.

A Rivas speakership would be remarkable only if he did something about the ever-grow ing tendency of the Legislature to become more secretive in how it handles the public’s business.

Secrecy was the mode of legislative operation for more than a century, but in the 1970s, pro cedural reform took root. The hitherto opaque process of drafting a state budget was opened up for public and media scrutiny, new laws were passed to shine light on campaign contri butions and lobbying activity, and the public was even granted access to the Legislature’s internal spending.

The reformist era lasted for more than three decades, reaching its zenith when voters took away legislators’ power to redraw their own districts after each census and gave it to an independent commission.

Over the past decade, as Democrats achieved legislative dominance, they clamped down on public access and input.

Legislative hearings on bills have been severely truncated. Pro and con advocates are given only a few minutes to speak and public testimony has been virtually abolished.

Each year, hundreds of bills are shuttled into the “appropriation committees” in both houses and their fates are simply announced with no explanation.

After Democrats persuaded voters to elim inate two-thirds votes for budgets, they began loading up budget “trailer bills” with countless special interest goodies and major changes of policy that bypassed even cursory public input.

Budgets and trailer bills are written com pletely in secret and the public is given only 72 hours to peruse thousands of pages of dense legislative language before they are passed into law – and only then because a 2016 ballot measure requires the 72-hour notice.

If Rivas really wants to make a difference, he would allow some sunshine into the increasingly dark Capitol.

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Breaking up with Trump is hard to do

“We’re going to win so much, you’re going to be sick and tired of winning.”

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Magamaniacs, are you sick and tired of winning yet? Or have you reached that point where you look at your soon-to-be ex, cringe and think, “What was I thinking?”

After the pummeling loss in the 2020 election to Brandon, an embar rassing big lie to cover up for being a loser, inspiring a bloody insurrection against the government and endors ing election deniers (liars) leading to a humiliating midterm defeat, the beer goggles should be off.

No matter how sexy you thought Donald Trump was as he descended that elevator in Trump Tower in 2015 with his plain-spoken, in-yourface bigotry and fictitious origin story, you realize now the relationship you’ve been in is one-sided, narcissis tic and abusive. You’re not winning anymore, if you ever were.

You’ve grown apart. You’ve sud denly realized he cares more about perpetuating his big lie and doesn’t care that with sane non-gaslighting candidates the Republicans could’ve easily swept the House and Senate.

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The red wave could’ve been a real redefining event in 2022 instead of a goodbye wave, where a real conser vative agenda melts away into oblivion.

Owning the libs, the joy of mean tweets and “Let’s go Brandon!” just don’t do it for you anymore. You’re awake in bed and you realize the orange-skinned, straw-haired bloated beast snoring next to you is every bit the narcissistic baby the libs have been telling you he was.

With the Democrats holding the Senate, Biden can appoint cabinet members with ease, appoint more progressive federal judges and should a conservative Supreme Court seat open up, that 6-3 advantage will sud denly become 5-4. All because your loser boyfriend cares more about himself than any of his followers.

The problem is the relationship is worse than you thought. This isn’t like Nixon voters who could pretend they never supported him. You can’t just give your MAGA hat to Goodwill and dig your integrity out of the trash and go on like nothing happened. No. Trump is at Mar-a-Lago clicking a light switch on and off thinking, “I’m not going to be ignored!”

We’re in the Ron DeSanctimo

nious stage of the relationship. That’s the nickname the Donald has given Florida governor and GOP star Ron DeSantis. Trump is furious the GOP is flirting with DeSantis. Trump has worked hard to take over the Republi can Party and he’s not about to let one of his proteges replace him and rule over his QAnon-addled disciples.

This is the crazed stalker period. We’re talking bunny boiling and taking a Louisville slugger to both headlights time. If Republicans think they’re going to move on from Trump and the midterm debacle by courting Ron DeSantis for the 2024 nomina tion, think again. If DeSanctimonious beats Trump, do you think the Donald will concede, congratulate and cam paign for him? C’mon. Trump will say the election was rigged and stolen and undermine DeSantis at every turn, leaving the Republican Party in shambles.

That’s who you chose. Too late for a restraining order. You’re not divorcing him without a fight. If Donald Trump can’t be the GOP’s next president, no one will. You were warned. Peace.

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

Republicans really do have plenty to celebrate

On election night, a lot of Republicans bypassed the champagne for brown-colored liquor, and they’re still feeling surly a few days later. But they shouldn’t wallow in disap pointment. There’s plenty of basis for conservative cheer.

That starts with the record of the Biden administration –really. Yes, conservatives disagree with a great many of the Democrats’ policies, and think some the results, such as higher inflation, have been woeful. But consider all of the items on the Democratic agenda that didn’t pass in two years of unified party control of Congress and the White House. There’s no federal overhaul of voting laws, no expansion of taxpayer funding for abortion and no statutory changes to boost unions.

One might have thought that even a narrow Democratic majority would be able to raise the minimum wage and increase the top income-tax rate. This one hasn’t. Even the corporate tax rate has stayed the same as it was under the Trump administration, although its base has broadened.

The Biden Democrats have made fewer permanent changes to the law than their predecessors in the previ ous two Democratic administrations, those of Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. There’s no big new program such as Obamacare. What the Dem ocrats have done instead is spend a lot of money. That’s not great and restoring spending restraint is never easy. But it’s not nearly as difficult as

undoing a law.

And while Republicans did much worse than they had expected in the elections, they did well enough that Biden won’t be able to enact new liberal legislation in the next two years – not, at least, without giving conservatives something in return.

The legislative picture during the remainder of Biden’s term is going to look much the way it would have if the red wave of Repub lican dreams had materialized. More Republican senators would have meant a slower pace of confirma tion for liberal judges, slightly more moderate appointees and somewhat more Republican-friendly budget deals. Wave or ripple, though, liberal initiatives are going to come via exec utive action. A Republican Senate would have led to more pushback against such moves, but would not have stopped them (any more than it did when Obama faced a Republican Senate in his last two years in office).

Breaking the usual midterm pattern may have a “bankshot” benefit for Republicans. Congressio nal Republicans won big in Clinton’s first midterm, overreached and helped him win re-election two years afterward. The same thing happened, albeit on a smaller scale, under Obama. With narrow control of the House, Republicans won’t be in any position to overreach next year.

And this year’s losses may help them in 2024 in another way, by sobering Republican primary voters.

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They may decide to pick candidates with track records of winning races –and without scandals or a compulsion to defend Donald Trump’s worst behavior. And they can get into this mindset just in time for a year with an unusual number of Democratic Senate seats available to contest.

Most important, they may, just may, finally have had enough of Trump himself. Selecting a differ ent presidential nominee would be in the interests of the country and party. Someone else would have a better chance of winning in 2024, a stronger likelihood of governing effectively and with regard for the party’s fortunes, and eligibility to run again in 2028.

Sometimes election defeats leave the losing party groping in the dark for answers about what went wrong, with different factions offer ing clashing theories. There will be some dispute about the 2022 results –Republicans are arguing about how large a role abortion played – but those results put the party’s chief political problem in neon flashing lights. Moving past Trump (which, incidentally, does not mean simply restoring the pre-Trump party) would be arduous work, but there’s no intel lectual puzzle to be solved.

If Republicans learn and act on the lesson voters have just given them, it will turn out to be just the failure they needed.

Ramesh Ponnuru is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is the editor of National Review and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

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Crime logs FairField

SATURDAY, NOV. 12

3:27 a.m. — Battery, BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE 4:52 a.m. — Reckless driver, EAST TRAVIS BOULEVARD 7:40 a.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, DELAWARE STREET 8:53 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 900 block of DANIEL STREET 9:01 a.m. — Residential burglary, 800 block of OHIO STREET

9:02 a.m. — Battery, 700 block of ISABELLA WAY 9:55 a.m. — Assault with a deadly weapon, 3900 block of BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE 11:57 a.m. — Grand theft, 2200 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 12:08 p.m. — Trespassing, 4400 block of CENTRAL WAY 1:04 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 1600 block of SANDALWOOD COURT

3:03 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 3000 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 3:36 p.m. — Grand theft, 1300 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 3:38 p.m. — Grand theft, 3900 block of BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE

4:44 p.m. — Trespassing, 3300 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 7:17 p.m. — Brandishing a weapon, 2700 block of ALMONDWOOD WAY 7:31 p.m. — Brandishing a weapon, 3000 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 7:32 p.m. — Reckless driver, BECK AVENUE 8:47 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 3300 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 9:11 p.m. — Shots fired, 2500 block of HILBORN ROAD 9:30 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 1100 block of MISSOURI STREET SUNDAY, NOV. 13 6:58 a.m. — Grand theft, 500 block of ALASKA AVENUE 8:04 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 100 block of DEL REY COURT 10:01 a.m. — Vandalism, 2200 block of UNION AVENUE 11:49 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, 2700 block of OWENS STREET 12:01 p.m. Residential burglary, 1900 block of TAMAYO WAY 12:15 p.m. — Reckless driver, WESTBOUND HIGHWAY 12 12:40 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, CLAY BANK ROAD 12:55 p.m. — Reckless driver, 1300 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 1:27 p.m. — Shooting into a dwelling, 700 block of EAST ATLANTIC AVENUE 2:17 p.m. — Reckless driver, GREY FOX LANE 3:16 p.m. — Trespassing, 2400 block of CEMENT HILL ROAD 4:01 p.m. — Sexual assault, 2600 block of DERONDE DRIVE 4:13 p.m. — Grand theft, 1600 block of HOLIDAY LANE 4:16 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 2300

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California reports its first RSV and flu death in a child under 5

California on Monday reported its first death of a child under 5 due to flu and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, this season.

Amid the ongoing coro navirus pandemic, the United States has seen an unusually early and hard flu season alongside a spike in cases of RSV, which causes a cold-like illness in children. Cali fornia saw a rise of RSV infections in October, two months earlier than usual, the California Department of Public Health said in a news release.

block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 4:16 p.m. — Trespassing, 3300 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 4:25 p.m. — Battery, 1300 block of HOLIDAY LANE 4:32 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 2800 block of DOBE LANE 5:36 p.m. — Reckless driver, 2300 block of HUNTINGTON DRIVE 5:38 p.m. — Reckless driver, AIR BASE PARKWAY 10:07 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 700 block of MADISON STREET 10:59 p.m. — Trespassing, 1100 block of UNION AVENUE 11:55 p.m. — Sexual assault, 1600 block of KENTUCKY STREET

MONDAY, NOV. 14 7:29 a.m. — Commercial burglary, 4500 block of BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE 9:48 a.m. — Brandishing a weapon, 2700 block of ALMONDWOOD WAY 9:51 a.m. — Forgery, 3200 block of BROADMOOR LANE 10:05 a.m. — Brandishing a weapon, 700 block of REDWOOD COURT 10:35 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, 300 block of CAMPUS LANE 10:51 a.m. — Forgery, 1500 block of GATEWAY BOULEVARD 11:07 a.m. — Forgery, 2400 block of HEATHER DRIVE 11:17 a.m. — Battery, 300 block of MADISON STREET 11:37 a.m. Grand theft, TABOR AVENUE 12:01 p.m. — Assault with a deadly weapon, 800 block of EAST TRAVIS BOULEVARD 1:17 p.m. — Vandalism, 1000 block of WEBSTER STREET 1:59 p.m. — Battery, 800 block of EAST TRAVIS BOULEVARD 3 p.m. — Grand theft, 500 block of PEAR TREE LANE 3:59 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 2100 block of SANTA ANA DRIVE 4:09 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 1800 block of WOOLNER AVENUE 5:12 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 1900 block of WEST TEXAS STREET 7:30 p.m. — Reckless driver, SAN TOMAS STREET 7:35 p.m. — Grand theft, 1400 block of GATEWAY BOULEVARD

SuiSun City

SATURDAY, NOV. 12 2:05 p.m. — Reckless driver, HIGHWAY 12 / EMPEROR DRIVE SUNDAY, NOV. 13 10:55 p.m. — Robbery, 500 block of RAILROAD AVENUE MONDAY, NOV. 14 5:37 a.m. — Trespassing, MARINA BOULEVARD 10:19 a.m. — Hit-and-run no injury, VILLAGE DRIVE / RAILROAD AVENUE 1:14 p.m. — Reckless driver, HIGHWAY 12 / MARINA BOULEVARD 1:36 p.m. — Assault, 600 block of FRIEDA DRIVE

Vacaville mayor-elect looks to balance city structure to match city growth

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VACAVILLE — John Carli said it is one thing to work with elected officials as the chief of police – a city depart ment head – and an entirely different scope to be the mayor.

“I’m just totally humbled by the whole thing,” Carli said in a phone interview Tuesday.

He said he has talked to a couple of the council members in recent days, including Jason Roberts, who also ran for mayor, but now settles back as the District 5 represen tative on the council. He has two years left on that term.

Roberts has been

serving a vice mayor, an appointed post that Carli said he will look to the council as a whole to fill.

As of Tuesday’s vote count update from the Registrar of Voters office, Carli had 14,126 votes (49.09%). Roberts had 9,874 votes (34.31%). Joe Green had 4,775 votes (16.59%).

Carli, who retired in the spring of 2021, replaces Ron Rowlett as mayor. Rowlett cited his increased work responsi bilities as the reason for not seeking re-election.

Carli was police chief when the City Council went to districts and said he was involved in that transition. He said one of the pitfalls that has to be avoided is that no

member of the council puts his or her district above the city as a whole.

“I’m not saying that is happen ing,” said Carli, but that it is his job as mayor to keep that from happening.

Carli said the city faces a number of chal lenges, all priorities, but which is the most important may be the one before the council at any given time.

However, he said whatever that issue may be, it is difficult to expect the city to provide the services the residents want without the level of staffing needed to do that work.

“There is no doubt that this city is ready to expand in its economy: it’s business and biotech,” Carli said. When that happens, the city must have all its departments ready to meet the new challenges.

He said staff ing, and specifically staffing in the Police Department, is critical for the city’s response to homelessness, progress he said is threatened by staffing levels.

“I was very proud of the work we were doing as a city,” Carli said.

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a-Lago resort, the site three months ago of an FBI search warrant to recover records he took from the White House, including some that were highly classified.

Trump’s attorneys filed paperwork Tuesday night with the Federal Election Commission for a newly named “Donald J. Trump for President 2024” committee. The filing said the new cam paign would coordinate with an existing Trump Save America Joint Fun draising Committee, allowing him to poten tially raise money at the same time for other politi cal efforts.

Trump’s urgency to announce also comes from wanting to get ahead of a potential indict ment in any of the several ongoing criminal investi gations into his conduct. He and close associates are under multiple crim inal investigations: by the Justice Department for the effort to submit phony electors claiming Trump won key states in the 2020 election and for the mishandling of classi fied documents recovered from Mar-a-Lago; and by an Atlanta-area pros ecutor for pressuring Georgia officials to over turn that state’s election results. His company is also in the middle of a trial for criminal tax fraud and the New York attorney general filed a lawsuit that could freeze the company’s opera tions, already winning the appointment of an inde pendent monitor.

TrumpA defeated former president running for election again while facing potential crim inal indictment is unprecedented in U.S. history. Trump becomes the first former presi dent to run again since Theodore Roosevelt, and the first since Grover Cleveland do so after losing reelection. He is the only president to be impeached twice, and the only one impeached by a bipartisan vote.

Almost two years on, Trump’s divisiveness has remained a defin ing feature of American politics, reshaping the Republican Party in his image as much as he has mobilized Demo crats against him and strained the checks and balances in every branch and level of government.

In exit polls by AP Vote Cast, 54 percent of voters said they had an unfa vorable view of Trump, including 44 percent who were “very unfavorable.”

The same survey found 34 percent of midterm voters said they cast their ballot to express oppo sition to Trump, with 22 percent who said they were voting as an expres sion of support for him and 41 percent who said he wasn’t a factor.

The GOP’s disappoint ing midterm results have heightened efforts within the party to move on from Trump. On Monday, David McIntosh, presi dent of the conservative Club for Growth, said the group’s research showed Trump’s attacks on other Republicans are taking a toll on his support and joined calls for him to delay his announcement until after the Georgia

runoff. Many of the party’s top donors, who were often not Trump’s biggest fans to begin with, have begun private con versations about how best to sideline him for a new generation of leaders, according to people in touch with them.

“He’s doing it from a place of defensiveness, of his own self-opportu nity and weakness,” New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R), fresh from a 16-point win in the first presidential primary state, said in an interview earlier Tuesday outside the Republican Gover nors Association meeting in Orlando. “So he’s announcing he’s going to run for president at a low point in his political career. I don’t know how that’s going to work out, man.”

Trump is plowing ahead amid a broader reckoning for the party’s leadership after last week’s disappointments. In the House, Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) handily won a party lead ership election Tuesday but still needs to line up enough votes for an outright majority of the chamber in January. In the Senate, several Republicans have called for postponing leader ship elections until after the Georgia runoff, and Sen. Rick Scott of Florida announced a challenge to longtime leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. Several challenges have also been floated to Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, though her position appears to remain secure.

Trump’s candidacy also increases the like

lihood that President Biden runs for reelec tion, setting up a rematch of the 2020 campaign, according to the presi dent’s advisers. Trump, born on June 14, 1946, would be the oldest president to enter the White House at the age of 78 and about seven months in January 2025.

Biden, born on Nov. 20, 1942, entered office in January 2021 at the age of 78 and about two months.

Despite his vulnera bilities, Trump’s enters the presidential race with clear advantages. He has amassed a roughly $69 million war chest that he will be legally barred from using to fund his campaign but could route to a super PAC to support his candidacy without direct coordina tion. He can also benefit from the massive data base of donors that his old group built up and he remains the party’s best fundraiser, frequently appearing in solicita tions for other candidates and committees. He is also the party’s biggest draw for rallies, routinely packing events with thou sands of fans, and his endorsements proved decisive in many prima ries, even if many of those candidates went on to lose in November. In the AP VoteCast exit polls, 66 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents said they considered themselves to be supporters of the Make America Great Again movement.

The release did not say where the child lived or where the death occurred, citing patient confidentiality.

“Our hearts go out to the family of this young child,” CDPH Director Tomás Aragón said in a statement. “This tragic event serves as a stark reminder that respira tory viruses can be deadly, especially in very young children and infants.”

The department said young children, especially those who were born pre maturely or who have underlying conditions, are most vulnerable to severe complications from RSV and the flu.

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spoke (Monday) night and we spoke about working together, now and even after (she takes office), about a smooth transition,” Moy said.

She said she also has spoken with Coun cilman Scott Tonnesen, who called for Moy to be censured, Councilwomen Pam Bertani and Dorris Panduro, and briefly with outgoing Council

man Chuck Timm. She said she hopes to set up a time to meet with Rick Vaccaro. The Dis trict 1 representative on the council has not been decided, so she will reach out to that person once the winner is determined.

Moy called the con versations “cordial.” She said Tonnesen reached out to her first.

“I told (Tonnesen) and all the others that we are here to do what we were put here to do,” said Moy, adding that past disputes need to be put aside.

She also said she will

view Tuesday.

not be releasing, as she promised during the cam paign, details on her claims that some of her colleagues “are corrupt.”

She said she has spoken with agencies outside the city, which she said are taking the matter seri ously, but was instructed not to speak about it further. She said when there is a resolution, that will be made public.

Price said he is not the kind of person who can just sit around and do nothing, so he intends to stay active locally through his role on a

to think outside the box.”

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conference – an event she was invited to attend by the county – was water.

“I am learning all the different rules and responsibilities, and one of the things that I learned that was very interesting, because I have Suisun Valley in my district, was about groundwater and water (in general),” Williams said in phone inter

She said it is criti cal for county leaders to understand the issues surrounding water, espe cially as they apply to agriculture. She said much of the discussion was specifically about groundwater.

But she said the conference is also pro viding her a view outside Solano County.

“It is a wonderful opportunity to learn about other counties and to meet other supervisors from other counties,” Wil liams said, “and to learn

She said she must be aware that if the approach Solano County is taking toward an issue is not working well, then the county needs to seek out solutions outside its borders, and the contacts made at the conference will help with that.

Still, Williams will head into the new post with her top priority being homelessness, and the related issues of housing and mental health.

“That’s what’s on everyone’s mind, espe

Travis Regional Armed Forces Committee, as well as his work with Scouting and the Leaven Kids program.

“Protecting Travis is the number-one prior ity, and it should be for all of Northern California,” Price said.

But he also plans to travel, “without an agenda,” and visit family in Hawaii, Oregon, his home state of Pennsylva nia and perhaps visit his brother in Alaska.

“I may even travel some with my grandchil dren,” Price said.

cially in District 3 . . . so my top priority is home lessness,” she said.

Williams said she would like to replace Supervisor Jim Spering on the CAP Solano board, but understands she will have to work with the other supervisors on work and committee assignments.

“But I would like to do that,” she said. The CSAC confer ence continues all week. Williams said there are a host of workshops she will attend.

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Solano nets BVC honors in volleyball

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ROCKVILLE — Sammy Brown earned her second consecutive Most Valuable Player award Sunday in the Bay Valley Conference and Darla Williams was the Coach of the Year as the Solano Community College volleyball team was well represented after its unbeaten season in all-conference voting by coaches.

49ers’ Shanahan gets defensive when it comes to his offense

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SANTA CLARA — The sugges tion that the offense he oversees hasn’t been “clicking” got Kyle Shanahan going.

The San Francisco 49ers’ head coach pushed back on the idea that Sunday’s 22-16 win over the Char gers was just more of the so-so same from his offense, which is in the middle of the NFL pack in scoring despite having a massive amount of skill-position talent.

The evidence to support that stance: The 49ers’ 22 pointsagainst the Chargers matched their season average in their first eight games. Through Sunday, the 49ers ranked 18th in the NFL in scoring.

ALUMNI UPDATE

Shanahan’s curious counter: The 49ers would have scored more – if they’d scored more touchdowns. He mentioned that the 49ers made five trips inside Los Angeles’ 10-yard line – they did so once when they took pos session at the Chargers’ 8 after a failed fourth-down attempt – and reached the end zone only twice while adding field goals of 20, 26 and 20 yards.

“Not clicking? I mean, we got inside the 10-yard line five times and scored touchdowns on two of them,” Shanahan said. “So I believe if we did on those other three, I believe we would have been clicking huge. We would have had over 30 points and things are going pretty good.”

The reason the subject was raised after a victory in which the offense, which gained 387 yards, was at least serviceable?

The 49ers unveiled their full repertoire of skill-position players Sunday for the first time this season. Last season’s leading rusher, Elijah Mitchell, played for the first time since Week 1 and joined recently added All-Pro running back Christian McCaffrey. In addition, All-Pro wide receiver Deebo Samuel and Pro Bowl full back Kyle Juszczyk returned from one-game injury absences. Given Shanahan’s reputation for play-calling, there was plenty of pregame chatter that he’d

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Bailey helps lead unbeaten Hornets into Causeway Classic against Aggies

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FAIRFIELD — Senior linebacker Armon Bailey continues to be one of the big reasons Sacra mento State has surged up the national Foot ball Championship Subdivision rankings and the Causeway Classic is ahead Saturday after noon against UC Davis at Hornet Stadium.

Bailey had six solo tackles, one assist and two sacks for minus-11 yards as the Hornets won at Port land State on Friday night 45-17. Sacramento State is now 10-0 and ranked No. 2 in the nation, 7-0 in the Big Sky Conference.

The Vanden High School graduate has

twice been the Big Sky Defensive Player of the Week this season and has routinely been among the Hornets’ tackle leaders each week. Bailey has a total of 71 tackles (39 solo, 32 assists) with six sacks, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, three quarterback hurries and

four pass breakups. He could be in line for national recognition at the end of the season.

Only the Aggies stand in the way of an unbeaten regular season. The Hornets are likely already a high seed for the postseason tournament.

Here is a look at other alumni student-athletes from the area:

Senior kicker Brandon Talton (Vacaville) was kicking again Satur day night after spending more than a month out of action with a collar bone injury. Talton was good on a 29-year field goal for the Wolf Pack in a 41-3 loss. Nevada is 2-8 with a game against Fresno State up next.

Junior center Jake Levengood (Vacaville) and his line-mates at Oregon State helped the Beavers offense rack up 362 yards and five touch downs in a 38-10 win over Cal. The Beavers are 7-3 overall and will play this week at

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Brown had a total of 427 kills, 384 digs and 59 aces. The Vacaville High School graduate is second in the state in total kills. In the BVC, Brown is No. 1 in kills, No. 1 in hitting percent age, second in kills per set, third in digs and third in total aces. She was the All North Player of the Week in the state in week two, and she was Athlete of the Month in September at the college.

“I could not tell you the last time a player got this recog nition two years in a row, one because I can’t recall a first-year athlete getting the award in my 20 years,” Wil

liams said in an email of Brown. “She earned this award.”

Williams was honored as the Falcons have won 47 consecutive BVC matches and five consecutive conference titles. Williams also has upped her career win total to 529.

Dani Rydjord once again was named to the first team all-con ference. The Vacaville High graduate is fourth in the state in both aces and assists. Rydjord is No. 1 in the BVC for

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Warriors seeking solutions for times when Curry rests

By C.J. HolMes SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

SAN FRANCISCO — Navigating the nonStephen Curry minutes has always been dif ficult for the Golden State Warriors through out Steve Kerr’s tenure as head coach, but this season has clearly pre sented a different kind of challenge.

“They’ve never been that smooth,” Kerr said. “

Draymond Green described the Warriors’ second-unit struggles in an interesting way following the team’s 122-115 loss in Sacra mento on Sunday – yet another game in which the reserves struggled to maintain sizable leads without Curry on the court. He also shared his perspective on how those issues have affect edJordan Poole.

“Coming off the bench we’ve always had an elder statesman, if you will, that will come off the bench, kind of

slow things down, right the ship and it’s differ ent now,” Green said.

“The reality is, the first guy (we) usually come off the bench with is JP and JP is a sixth starter. That’s a different feel.”

In past seasons, the Warriors would com pletely change their offense when Curry came out. They would run simpler sets and steer away from the chemistry-based, readand-react approach in which Curry, Green, Klay Thompson and other longtime starters thrive. However, Poole spearheads the second unit in this iteration and since his style of play can be so similar to Curry’s, Golden State’s second-unit players are essentially forced to play with him as they would with Curry.

The problem? Moses Moody, Jonathan Kuminga and James Wiseman and other rel ative newcomers don’t

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UC regents may vote on blocking UCLA’s move to Big Ten

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LOS ANGELES — In what might go down as one of the most monu mental days in the history of UCLA athletics, the Bruins could learn Thurs day whether their surprise move to the Big Ten Con ference can proceed without interference from the University of Califor nia’s governing body.

After months of assessing the possible benefits and drawbacks of UCLA’s defection from

the Pac-12 to the Big Ten alongside USC in August 2024, the UC Regents could provide clarity during their meeting at UC Mission Bay about whether they intend to block the move or step aside.

The meeting’s agenda was revised Tuesday to add an action item that would allow the regents to intervene or with draw any objections in the event there is a con sensus during the open

session. UCLA chancellor Gene Block and athletic director Martin Jarmond are expected to attend the meeting.

Clarity on the move is critical for UCLA’s ath letic department with football signing day next month and logistics issues needing to be sorted out well in advance of the Bruins playing their first games as members of the Big Ten.

Among the issues that will be discussed by

the regents Thursday are additional spending UCLA has committed to provid ing for its athletes because of the increased travel associated with a coastto-coast conference, as well as the results of a joint survey conducted by UCLA and the UC presi dent’s office.

In a report provided to the regents, UCLA esti mated it would spend between $9.15 million and $10.32 million on new nutrition, travel, academic

support, and mental health services expen ditures related to the move, an amount school officials believe will be more than offset by addi tional revenue.

The 111 UCLA ath letes who responded to the survey made one thing clear: They value being in the same con ference as USC far more than they do California, the other school in the UC system that would be most affected by the

Bruins’ defection to the Big Ten. Among survey respondents, 93% said it was important or very important to keep UCLA in the same conference as USC, while 24% felt the same way about keeping UCLA and Cal in the same conference.

Asked about UCLA’s move to the Big Ten, 35% of respondents said it would be a good idea, 20% said they had no opinion, 38% said they would

Sharks’ Nico Sturm has thrived in his new role

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San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey (23) stiff arms Khalil Mack (52) of the Los Angeles

Chargers in the first quarter of their NFL game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Sunday.

Aaron Rosenblatt/Daily Republic Solano’s Sammy Brown is the two-time MVP of the Bay Valley Conference.

Courtesy of Sacramento State Athletics

Armon Bailey (30) has been one of Sacramento State’s top tacklers as a senior linebacker this season.

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Wednesday’s TV sports

Basketball

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

• College Men, Gonzaga vs. Texas, ESPN2, 6:30 p.m.

• Golden State vs. Phoenix, NBCSBA (Fairfield and Suisun City), 7 p.m.

• Golden State vs. Phoenix, ESPN, 7:05 p.m.

Football

• College, Eastern Michigan vs. Kent State, ESPN2, 3 p.m.

Golf

• DP World Tour Championship, GOLF, 11 p.m.

Hockey

• NHL, St. Louis vs. Chicago, TNT, 4:30 p.m.

• NHL, Los Angeles vs. Edmonton, TNT, 7 p.m.

Thursday’s TV sports

Basketball

• College Men, Old Dominion vs. Virginia Tech, ESPN2, 11 a.m.

• College Men, Murray State vs.Texas A&M, ESPN2, 1 p.m.

• College Men, Legends Classic, consolation game, ESPN2, 4 p.m.

• College Men, Legends Classic, championship game, ESPN2, 6 p.m.

• College Men, Hofstra vs. San JoseState, NBCSBA, 7 p.m.

• NBA, San Antonio vs. Sacramento, NBCSCA (Vacaville and Rio Vista), 7 p.m.

Football

• College, SMU vs.Tulane, ESPN, 4:30 p.m.

• NFL, Tennessee vs. Green Bay, Amazon Prime (Live Streaming), 5:15 p.m.

Golf

• DP World Tour Championship, GOLF, 3 a.m.

• PGA, RSM Classic, GOLF, 9 a.m.

• LPGA. CME Group Tour Championship, GOLF, Noon.

• DP World Tour Championship, GOLF, 11 p.m.

2 Fairfield fighters win amateur belts

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FAIRFIELD — Jose Barbosa and Armando Serrano took three boxers they train out of their Fairfield garage gym this past weekend to Sparks, Nevada for International Boxing Federation amateur bouts and came way with two belts.

Isaiah Serrano, a 17-year-old senior at Vanden High School, won four bouts for a belt. Eddie Gomez, an 18-year-old senior at Armijo High, went 1-1 and earned a belt.

Jahziel Bizco, a 26-year-old boxer from Sacramento, won three fights.

Dirty Knuckles cleans up in Vacaville League

FAIRFIELD — The

Dirty Knuckles base ball team from Fairfield won the Vacaville Com petitive League 11- to 12-year-old division Sat urday at Arlington Park in Vacaville.

They went 7-2-1 over a 10-game season and made it to the champi onship where they came away with a 7-4 victory.

The Dirty Knuckles were the only Fairfield team in a division that featured eight teams.

The team was started by Manager Carlos Diaz along with Coaches Luis Perez, Uber McCrary and Luis Marrero. They held tryouts during the summer for kids in Fairfield, Suisun City and Vacaville.

The team fea tured Nicholas Allen, Mycah Boone, Giselle Diaz, D’Mari Fer reira, Jaime Galvan, Hunter Knobloch, Eli Marrero, Gavin McCray, Luciano Olivarez, San tiago Orozco, Giovanni Perez and Kelsie Unverferth.

FOOTBALL

NFL

American Conference

East W L T Pct. PF PA

Miami 7 3 0 .700 252 241

N.Y. Jets 6 3 0 667 196 176 Buffalo 6 3 0 .667 250 151

New England 5 4 0 556 203 166

North W L T Pct. PF PA Baltimore 6 3 0 .667 235 196 Cincinnati 5 4 0 .556 228 185 Cleveland 3 6 0 .333 217 238 Pittsburgh 3 6 0 .333 140 207

South W L T Pct. PF PA Tennessee 6 3 0 .667 166 168 Indianapolis 4 5 1 .450 157 203 Jacksonville 3 7 0 .300 216 205 Houston 1 7 1 .167 149 207

West W L T Pct. PF PA Kansas City 7 2 0 778 270 206

L.A. Chargers 5 4 0 556 200 228 Denver 3 6 0 .333 131 149 Las Vegas 2 7 0 222 203 226

National Conference East W L T Pct. PF PA Philadelphia 8 1 0 .889 246 167 N.Y. Giants 7 2 0 778 187 173 Dallas 6 3 0 .667 211 164 Washington 5 5 0 .500 191 213 North W L T Pct. PF PA Minnesota 8 1 0 .889 226 191 Green Bay 4 6 0 400 185 216 Detroit 3 6 0 .333 219 264 Chicago 3 7 0 .300 217 247 South W L T Pct. PF PA Tampa Bay 5 5 0 500 183 180 Atlanta 4 6 0 .400 232 250 Carolina 3 7 0 .300 204 243 New Orleans 3 7 0 300 222 247 West W L T Pct. PF PA Seattle 6 4 0 .600 257 241 SAN FRAN 5 4 0 556 198 163 Arizona 4 6 0 .400 230 258 L.A. Rams 3 6 0 333 148 200 Week 10 Thursday’s Game Carolina 25, Atlanta 15 Sunday’s Games SAN FRANCISCO 22, L.A. Chargers 16 Tampa Bay 16, Seattle 21 Minnesota 33, Buffalo 30

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p.m. St. Louis at Chicago, 4:30 p.m. L.A. Kings at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Thursday’s Games Detroit at SAN JOSE, 7:30 p.m. Calgary at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m. Colorado at Carolina, 4 p.m. Dallas at Florida, 4 p.m. Montreal at Columbus, 4 p.m. New Jersey at Toronto, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at Boston, 4 p.m. Anaheim at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Nashville, 5 p.m. Pittsburgh at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Washington at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Arizona at Vegas, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Seattle, 7 p.m.

BASKETBALL

NBA

8 5 615 Memphis 9 6 600 New Orleans 8 6 571 ½ San Antonio 6 8 429 3 Houston 2 12 143 7

Monday’s Games

GOLDEN STATE 132, San Antonio 95 Toronto 115, Detroit 111 Charlotte 112, Orlando 105 Boston 126, Oklahoma City 122 Miami 113, Phoenix 112 L.A. Clippers 122, Houston 106 Atlanta 121, Milwaukee 106

Tuesday’s Games Brooklyn at SACRAMENTO, (N) New Orleans 113, Memphis 102 Dallas 103, L.A. Clippers 101 N.Y. Knicks at Utah, (N) San Antonio at Portland, (N)

Wednesday’s Games GOLDEN STATE at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Indiana at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Orlando, 4 p.m. Oklahoma City at Washington, 4 p.m. Boston at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Miami at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. Cleveland at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Chicago at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Houston at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. N.Y. Knicks at Denver, 7 p.m.

Thursday’s Games San Antonio at SACRAMENTO, 7 p.m. Brooklyn at Portland, 7 p.m. Detroit at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.

Sharks counterman thriving in bigger role, a new environment

By Curtis Pashelka BAY AREA NEWS GROUP

San Jose Sharks forward Nico Sturm stood in the visitor’s locker room at UBS Center in Elmont, N.Y. nearly a month ago and laid things out in unambiguous terms.

“We don’t have a lot of time. The hole’s getting deeper and deeper,” Sturm said on Oct. 18 after the Sharks’ 5-2 loss to the New York Islanders, dropping their record to 0-5-0. “At some point soon, it’s just going to be too late already.”

The Sharks started the long road back to respect ability the next day, and although they’ve lost games in a variety of ways over the last four weeks, have still managed to res urrect their season.

Since that loss to the Islanders, the Sharks are 5-4-3 and entered Monday among a group of Western Conference teams just outside of a playoff spot.

Sturm’s been an important part of the turn around, as his game-tying goal Sunday in what would become a 3-2 shootout win over the Minnesota Wild was his sixth of the season.

But besides an uptick in production and a larger

role with the team, Sturm, it seems, has also become a leader of sorts, thanks to the work ethic he dem onstrates on a daily basis and the gravitas that comes with winning a Stanley Cup.

“Just a real honest hockey player that plays the game the way it needs to be played,” Sharks coach David Quinn said of Sturm after Sunday’s game. “He’s long, he’s rangy, he’s got a second and third effort in all three zones. He’s coachable, and I’m happy for him that he’s getting rewarded sta tistically seems for goals.

“Just really happy for him and happy for us that

we have him.” After back-to-back wins over Dallas and Minnesota, two playoff teams from last season, the Sharks have moved to three points back of the Wild for the second and final wild-card spot in the west.

“We’ve lost some games we were leading, and you scratch your head (and ask), how the hell did that happen?,” Quinn said after Sunday’s 3-2 shoot out win over the Wild.

“If you haven’t watched us, you look at the record and you think that’s what we are. But after an 0-5 start, we’ve played good hockey. I feel good

for our guys and eventu ally, your record evens out to what you deserve to be, and tonight was a big one for us.”

The Sharks now finish off their four-game road trip Tuesday against the Western Conference-lead ing Vegas Golden Knights, feeling much better about themselves than they did that night on Long Island.

“Now we’ve got to start stringing some wins together if we want to push into that next echelon of teams and push for playoff spots,” Sturm said. “And that’s hard, but I think we showed that when we play as we played in second and third (periods) today, we can play with teams like Minnesota.”

Sturm, 27, was perhaps thought to be more of a fourth-line center when the Sharks signed him to a three-year, $6 million deal as a free agent this summer.

That’s what he was through much of his 111 games with the Wild from 2019 to earlier this year before he was traded to Colorado, and that’s mostly the role he filled with the Avalanche on that team’s route to the Stanley Cup.

Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group/TNS file Nico Sturm of the Sharks tries to get the puck past Vegas goaltender Adin Hill (33) at the SAP Center in San Jose, Oct. 25.

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Roberta Flack has ALS, making it ‘impossible to sing,’ manager says

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R&B singer Roberta Flack has been diag nosed with ALS, her manager announced this week, and the disease has “made it impossi ble to sing.”

Flack had three hits top the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1970s. Her first was “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” in 1972, then “Killing Me Softly With His Song” the next year, according to Billboard. “Feel Like Makin’ Love” in 1974 capped that run.

She won four Grammy awards out of her 14 nominations, accord ing to the Recording Academy’s website. She won the Record of the Year award two years in a row, in 1973 and 1974. She was the first per former to win the award

back to back, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

“Killing Me Softly With His Song” charged back into the music scene when the Fugees covered the song. Their version won the Grammy for best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocal in 1997.

The Recording Acad emy’s National Trustees awarded Flack with its lifetime achievement award in 2020.

Flack was an impor tant voice for Quiet Storm, which was a radio format that started in D.C. and played smooth R&B geared toward Black lis teners. She attended Howard University at age 15 on a music schol arship, according to a Howard alumni website.

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Pearls Before Swine Stephan Pastis

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Baby Blues Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott

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Suicide survivor recommends others seek therapy quickly

Dear Annie: I lost my beloved father to suicide on Oct. 23, 1997, making me a suicide survivor, which means someone who has lost a loved one to suicide. My father was on his second bout of depres sion and post-traumatic stress disorder, and he didn’t leave a note. Most do not. I was desperate for guidance after he died and found much assistance from the sites you recommended to one of your readers who was in a similar situation. The head line for your column in our local paper was “Resources to Help.”

The letter was absolutely correct in saying no one can cause another person to take his/her own life. That action lies solely with the person in pain. While initially I blamed myself as one of the reasons for his suicide, I learned rather quickly that that burden was not mine to bear.

Besides the sites noted in the resources letter, I recommend to anyone who experiences a suicide loss to seek therapy quickly. I started with one-onone counseling, and when my therapist thought I was ready,

he helped me locate a grief support group and a suicide survi vors group. All of these resources were most helpful to me, and I still occasionally see a therapist when mile stone anniversaries roll around. You never get over a suicide death, but you do learn effective ways to cope as time passes.

Besides the aforementioned websites, there were two books that gave me great insight as well as initial coping strategies: “My Son . . . My Son . . .” by Iris Bolton and “No Time to Say Goodbye: Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One” by Carla Fine.

On the anniversary of my father’s suicide, I went to the cemetery where my father is buried along with his best friend. We shared a Coors Light – his favorite – with daddy by drinking ours and pouring his beer at the head of his grave. I know daddy would like that, as it reflects his sense of humor. — Better Now in Bama Dear Better Now in Bama: I am so sorry for your loss. There are no words. Thank you for sharing your experience, and I hope it brings others comfort

Horoscopes

ARIES (March 21-April 19).

You expect challenges – some logistical, some communica tion-related and some inherent to the work at hand. Your sport ing attitude should make this a lot of fun!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Sometimes, as you follow your intuition, you wonder which internal voice is the right one. Note that intuition often comes in the form of curiosity or inter est. Follow that and you’ll be psychically connected.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’re protective of your loved ones and will, in your own calm, controlled way, leap to their defense at the slightest sign that it’s needed. Do the same for yourself. Teach the world how to treat you and yours.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Even though the demands on you are not difficult, they are still abundant. You have to draw the line somewhere. You’re clear about why you’re making efforts. Rule out what goes against your “why” and you’ll be left with the best answers.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll get another chance at a project that didn’t quite work out the first time around. Your creativity is flowing. Don’t worry about how much sense a thing makes. It’s the impractical ventures that lead to exciting and lucrative developments.

by Holiday Mathis

Today’s birthday

You love seeing good things happen for your colleagues and family; it fortifies your belief that it can also happen for you, and so it will. You’re open to the world and its influence and yet you’ve an unchanging core of strength inside you. Among this year’s amazements: a prayer is answered and a wish is delivered, too. Scorpio and Capricorn adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 2, 22, 28, 30 and 14.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

You notice and speak to what you observe in others. Your kind words set you apart. Com pliments like the ones you give are rare. They might catch people off guard, but you can be sure that later they’ll think about what you’ve said.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Sometimes an act of confor mity is the polite thing to do, but if you have to ignore your intuition in the process, it won’t be worth it. You value polite ness, but there are many more important virtues that will come to bear on today’s situation.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Though the broad strokes my seem to be lining up just fine, it’s what you pick up

knowing they are not alone.

Dear Annie: I read the two letters from readers who were concerned about potluck meals and allergies. I’m not a meat eater. When people ask, “What exactly do you mean?” I tell them that I don’t eat any thing that can act on its own volition. Some people laugh; some nod. It usually takes care of people who want me to eat seafood as well.

It’s frustrating, though, to go to family gatherings and be told I can eat chicken because it’s white meat or fish because I guess, somehow, fish is not “meat” in their thinking. I understand the religious back ground on eating fish instead of red meat. Other times there are chips, potatoes, a salad of some sort that can be my meal, I am told. I deal with this by eating in advance and snacking on the side dish. It’s worked for me! —

Nothing With Eyes, Please Dear Nothing with Eyes: Thank you for your letter. Eating in advance and snack ing on a side dish sounds like a good solution.

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

in the small details – your nearly subliminal understand ing of things – that will have the biggest effect on your energy. You can trust your sense of things.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). You don’t believe that anyone’s time is more or less valuable than yours, and you prove this point by being punctual. It will take special planning to pull this off with today’s challenges.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). When being around people is draining, you find energy in other kinds of con nections. For instance, through your special connection with animals, you appreciate nature and praise its beauty.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). Your good taste will be called on as you host or assist a friend in hosting. It is not lost on you that the one who controls details like music and light ing is also controlling the mood, which you’ll manage to do to excellent effect.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Environments matter. It’s easier to study in a clean room or sing in a quiet room. You don’t always have the correct space to do the activities you most enjoy, but you will make moves to remedy this and build a life more to your liking.

Write Holiday Mathis at HolidayMathis.com.

Bridge

by Phillip Alder

one pair reached the borderline six-diamond contract, via the given auction. They held only a combined 23 high-card points, but five heart tricks would be enough to bring home the slam. (Note that if either North has the heart jack extra or South has three spades and two clubs, the slam is almost laydown.)

West led a top club and switched to the spade queen. South won with the ace and ran off six rounds of diamonds. West discarded four clubs and one of his “useless” hearts. Now it was easy for South to play hearts from the top and claim when the jack dropped.

THEY CAN’T WIN TRICKS BUT SERVE A PURPOSE

Occasionally a deal will come along in which you must cling like a barnacle to a collection of low cards in one suit even though you know that none will ever win a trick. Does that sound impossible? Read on!

In an international team event, only

Sudoku

Suppose instead that West defends better, keeping all four of his hearts. Even though the percentage play in hearts is to play off the king, ace and queen, South will probably be aware that West has kept four hearts. If so, there are 10 low doubletons that East could hold and only five jack doubletons. So it is twice as likely that West has jack-fourth than four low cards.

If South thinks this way, he will cash the heart king and play a heart to dummy’s 10, going down with the actual distribution.

When you have length in a suit where an opponent is also long, always consider keeping your holding intact if you can. COPYRIGHT: 2022, UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE

by Wayne Gould

THEY CAN’T WIN TRICKS BUT SERVE A PURPOSE

Occasionally a deal will come along in which you must cling like a barnacle to a collection of low cards in one suit even though you know that none will

Word Sleuth

Annie Lane Dear Annie

to play Prince Charles

Tribune ConTenT AgenCy

In an interview with Variety, actor Dominic West talked about the many ways that Season 5 of “The Crown” has stirred up controversy, including with his por trayal of King Charles III in the 1990s, when he was merely heir to the throne and torment ing Princess Diana with his indifference to her needs and his affair with Camilla Parker Bowles.

West also had some thing to say Variety about how people don’t so much object to his per formance, but that they can’t square him with playing the big-eared and often-stiff Charles. After all, West is an actor who’s built a career on being rakishly handsome and who can legitimately play heavy-duty sex scenes in “The Wire” or “The Affair.”

To West’s fans, he’s “hot.” And, as argued on Twitter, Charles is not.

With Variety, West acknowledged that “The Crown” “has stirred up a lot of controversy” because Queen Elizabeth II died in September.

Notably, Season 5, which dropped Wednesday, portrays the queen and the monarchy as archaic, repressive and cruel to anyone – such as Diana – who possesses a free spirit or star power.

For Charles, Diana, Camilla and the rest of the royal family, West agreed that the season depicts “probably the most tumultuous time of their lives, a time more people remember than ever before.” In the early 1990s, the royal family endured scandal after scandal, especially with the public melt down of Charles and Diana’s long-unhappy

marriage. Details about each spouse’s infidel ity and the future king’s desire to live as “a tampon” in Camilla’s vagina, were blasted across tabloid headlines.

All that said, Variety writer K.J. Rosman said that the main criticism being leveled at West and Olivia Williams, who plays Camilla, is that both actors are “too hot” to play the royal couple. When asked for his response about his “hotness,” West laughed and said, “Well I think there’s something in that you know. I’ve had worse.”

Meanwhile, “The Crown’s” treatment of Charles in Season 5 is a mixed bag. In the first episode, he’s seen trying to get Prime Minis ter John Major to join him in a plot to force the queen to abdicate. In this and other epi sodes, he comes across as duplicitous and selfinvolved. He looks for reasons to ignore Diana on a family vacation, and he rails against her for being too maternal when they go to register their 13-year-old son, Prince William, at Eaton.

At other times, Charles comes across as being the potential mod ernizer the monarchy needs, as well as another victim of “the system,” in that he was unable to marry Camilla, the woman he truly loved.

For many of “The Crown” watchers, the main issue they have with West as Charles is the hotness factor, as they’ve shared on social media. They say that Josh O’Conner, who played Charles in Seasons 3 and 4, better captured Charles’ awkwardness and mannerisms.

Dominic West is fine being told he’s too ‘hot’

Zits Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

Pearls Before Swine Stephan Pastis

Dilbert Scott Adams

Baby Blues Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott

Baldo Hector Cantú and Carlos Castellanos

Keith Bernstein/Netflix/TNS Senan West, left, and Dominic West in Season 5 of “The Crown.”

M ark Meszoros THE NEWS-HERALD, WILLOUGHBY, OHIO

On a dark-and-rainy night, a woman kneels before a gravestone as a menacing cloaked figure towers above her, an unnaturally long, boney finger extended toward her.

She grovels – and complains a little –before sinking into the ground completely.

“Don’t worry about her,” a friendly sound ing narrator tells us. “In a few minutes, she’ll wake up in her bed, dry, rested and, hopefully, a whole new person.”

It is the voice of Will Ferrell, portraying the Ghost of Christmas Present in “Spirited,” a holiday musical comedy already in select theaters that debuts on Apple TV+ this week.

Yes, as a character will admit a bit later, this is yet another adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” that “nobody asked for.”

But here’s the thing: We’re happy to have it.

That’s largely because it stars the appealing duo of Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds, which is every bit as enjoyable as you’d expect.

However, “Spir ited” also benefits from the work of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, the talented songwriting tandem whose credits include “La La Land,” “Dear Evan Hansen” and “The Greatest Showman.” They pack the tale with wellcrafted tunes that work even though the two male performers most responsible for deliver ing them aren’t exactly vocal giants. (Ferrell brings more to the table than Reynolds in this department, not surprising given years of comedy that often involves singing, but the latter holds his own.)

Ferrell’s Present has been in rotten-peo ple-changing business for many a decade, working alongside Past (Sunita Mani of “Mr. Robot”) and Yet to Come (voiced by Tracy Morgan, “Coming 2 America”), who wants a bigger role in their productions – he’s been working on catch

phrases – even though he gets stagefright when he tries to speak on the job.

They have a giant tech-savvy support staff and a boss in Jacob Marley (Patrick Page, “In the Heights”), who needs to find the target for next year’s supernat ural production, the humbuggy guy or gal whose transformation to king-heartedness will have a ripple effect on many others. He likes a mean hotel manager who has hun dreds working below him, but Present isn’t feeling it.

He has his eyes on Reynolds’ Clint Briggs, a media con sultant who admittedly charges “comically enormous fees,” generates disinfor mation, confusion and chaos on behalf of his clients and, perhaps most importantly, believes that people can’t change.

“He’s like the perfect combina tion of Mussolini and Seacrest,” an awed Present quips.

Jacob thinks oth erwise but relents to Present’s wishes to stop another musical number from break ing out. It can be easy to forget “Spir ited” is a musical, so Jacob’s repeated sur prise when a song begins sometimes echoes our own.

We all need to accept it, though, and the elaborate number

“Good Afternoon” –in which Present and Clint visit a longago place where that simple phrase wasn’t so innocuous – features a really fun cameo and may be reason enough to stream “Spirited.” (Speaking of cameos, the woman learning her lesson in the opening scene is played by Rose Byrne, and Jimmy Fallon por trays himself hosting his late-night show.) Ultimately, though, this is a buddy comedy, so while Clint clearly has some lessons to learn, he’ll also have something to teach Present before their shared adventure is over. Present, it turns out, has the option to live life as a real person and has con sidered a simple life with a family, as well as experiencing “one of those new-fangled mouth kisses.”

He shares an imme diate connection with Clint’s assistant, Kimberly (Octavia Spencer, “Thunder Force”), who’s under standably troubled by the most recent task given to her by the boss.

“Spirited” is directed by the dependable Sean Anders (“Horrible

Bosses 2,” “Instant Family”), who cowrote the screenplay with frequent collabo rator John Morris.

The romp isn’t as tightly constructed as you’d hope and can be a little messy. However, Ferrell (“Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga,” “Anchor man: The Legend of Ron Burgundy”) can make comedic gold out of almost nothing, and he’s been given a lot more than nothing to work with here.

Reynolds (“Free Guy,” “Deadpool”), meanwhile, is so nat urally magnetic that we never really buy Clint being all that bad of a guy – but, to be fair, the movie prob ably wouldn’t work if he were. Mani’s Past certainly is into the handsome bad boy, asking Present at one point to describe the smell of Clint’s hair.

“Spirited” offers a lot of fun little gags that work, along with a few misfires.

It all adds up to an early little holiday gift that, given its avail ability on a major streaming plat form, could keep on giving through to the new year.

THE DECLARER PLAY IS LIKE FANCY DRESS

Moviemakers use music to set the mood for a scene, and we respond accordingly. No one hearing tense, “Jaws”-like music is expecting Dame Julie Andrews to burst through a door singing some gay tune. Only if the movie is by someone like Mel Brooks are we expecting the unexpected.

In bridge, we know how to handle

Sudoku

by Phillip Alder

certain suit combinations. However, occasionally a deal sneaks up and finds us unprepared. Deaf to the warning music, we do the instinctive thing and, if the Fates (suit breaks) are unkind, go down when an unconventional approach would have yielded a more profitable outcome.

Look at today’s spade suit. How would you play it in isolation? What about within the confines of this deal? West starts with three top diamonds against four spades.

Declarer thought he saw 11 easy tricks: five spades, one heart and five clubs. To try to accommodate jackfourth of spades in the East hand, South ruffed the third diamond, cashed the spade king and played a spade to dummy’s ace.

However, when East discarded on the second round of trumps, suddenly the contract perished. Whether South tried the heart finesse or played on clubs, he was down, losing one spade, one heart and two diamonds.

“Sorry, partner,” said South. “I suppose I should have ducked the first trump to East.”

“I don’t think that’s best,” replied North. “Why not cash your two top spades? If they break favorably, claim an overtrick. However, if either opponent discards, play on clubs. The spade ace is the entry to the rest of dummy’s clubs, and you win 10 tricks.”

by Wayne Gould

Bridge

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Ryan Reynolds, left,

Will Ferrell star in “Spirited.”

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Octavia Spender appears in a scene from “Spirited.”

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Arizona State.

Junior receiver Asa Wondeh (Will C. Wood) made five catches for 151 yards and one touch down for Eastern New Mexico in a 38-24 loss to Western New Mexico. His longest catch was for 57 yards and his shortest, for 1 yard, scored the touchdown.

The Greyhounds finished the regular season 3-8.

Sophomore linebacker Zion Booker (St. Pat rick-St. Vincent) finished the regular season at Pacific with two solo tackles, one assist and a 23-yard interception return in an 18-7 win over Pacific Lutheran. The Boxers went 5-4.

Sophomore defen sive end Emmitt Espino (Armijo) saw action and lost his regular season finale with Minot State 19-11 to Concordia. The Beavers went 1-10.

Graduate student and defensive lineman Muhindo Kapapa (Armijo) had three solo tackles, one assist, a tackle for loss and a quarterback hurry for San Diego in a 31-14 win over Davidson. Senior defensive back Amir Wallace (De La Salle) also saw action as the Fair field natives helped the Torero improve to 4-5. San Diego plays this week at Morehead State.

Junior defensive back Luis Vicino Jr. (Vanden) picked up two solo tackles and one assist for Western Oregon in a 48-37 win over Texas A&M, Kingsville. Sophomore defensive lineman Jordan Santos (Vacaville) also saw action as the Wolves improved to 6-5.

Senior defensive back and punter Zach McLel lan (Will C. Wood) made one solo tackle for Adams State while also punting five balls for a total of 184 yards (36.8 average per kick). The Griz zlies finished the regular season 2-9.

Senior defensive lineman Mondo Calde ron (Fairfield) closed out his regular season at Min nesota-Morris with three solo tackles, six assists and one blocked pass. The Cougars finished 5-5 after a 45-23 loss in the finale to Greenville.

Junior defensive back Jackson Troutt (Rodri guez) saw action for the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in a 41-33 win over the Coast Guard. The Mariners went 6-3 in the regular season.

Women’s Volleyball

Junior setter Camille Rivers (Vacaville) had two kills, 17 assists and nine digs as Holy Names closed out its regular season with a 3-0 win over Hawaii Pacific.

Men’s Basketball

Senior guard Jordan Adams (Vacaville, Solano) had six points, three rebounds, one assist and one steal for William Jessup in a 94-88 loss to Southern Oregon. Adams had 11 points, one steal, two assists and five rebounds in an 86-79 win

over Huntington.

Senior guard Braxton Adderly (Rodriguez, Napa Valley) scored 10 points and had four rebounds and three assists for Cal Maritime in a 79-78 loss to Menlo.

Sophomore guard Teiano Hardee (Vanden) pulled down two rebounds for Sacramento State in a 65-55 win over UC San Diego.

Senior forward Jay Nagle (Will C. Wood) scored 12 points and had three blocked shots, two assists and seven rebounds for Idaho State in a 97-56 win over West cliff. He had four points and eight rebounds in a 70-58 loss to Utah.

Junior forward Landon Seaman (Will C. Wood) scored two points and had a rebound for Menlo in the 79-78 win over Cal Maritime.

Sophomore guard Jere miah Jones (Salesian) had one assist in four minutes of action for Stanislaus State in a 73-62 loss to Point Loma. The Vacaville native had five points and a rebound in a 65-57 win over Fresno Pacific.

Senior guard Dunnell Stafford (St. Patrick-St. Vincent, Solano) joined Fort Lewis in a tour nament at Las Vegas. Stafford had six points, four assists and two rebounds in an 84-81 win over Eastern New Mexico, and six points, three assists and four rebounds in a 79-70 win over Angelo State.

Women’s Basketball

Junior guard Ashmeen Sran (St. Patrick-St. Vincent, Solano) had two rebounds for Stanislaus State in a 63-55 loss to Northwest Nazarene and two assists and two steals in an 86-62 loss to Central Washington.

Junior forward Milia Gibson (Rodriguez) joined Mississippi Valley State in going up against two pow erhouses. Gibson had two points, two rebounds and an assist in a 104-47 loss to Mississippi State and four points, one block and four rebounds in a 111-41 loss to LSU.

Senior guard Mylie Martinez (Vanden) scored 15 points and had three rebounds as Chico State lost to Fresno Pacific 59-49 and scored 13 points with two rebounds and an assist in a 68-62 win over Dominican.

Freshman guard Camryn Washington (Rodriguez) had three points, one rebound and one assist for Cal State East Bay in an 84-63 loss to Central Washington. She had two points and an assist in a 73-66 win over Northwest Nazarene.

Professional Football

Linebacker Mykal Walker (Vacaville) had five solo tackles and three assists for the Atlanta Falcons in a 25-15 loss to the Carolina Panthers. Atlanta is 4-6 overall and will play host Sunday to the Chicago Bears.

If you know of an athlete currently playing a winter sport at a four-year university or college, send an email to Sports Editor Matt Miller at mmiller@ dailyrepublic.net to add them to this report.

49ers

deploy his elite players to flummox the Char gers, who arrived ranked 30th in scoring defense (25.8 points) and were allowing a league-high 5.7 yards a carry.

Instead, the 49ers scored 13 points in the first 52 minutes and had 157 yards on 41 carries (3.8 per attempt).

Shanahan suggested the talk of an influx of offensive talent was over blown. He pointed to McCaffrey, the NFL’s highest-paid running back who was acquired in exchange for four draft picks, and oddly pointed

out that the 49ers “lost”

running back Jeff Wilson.

Not mentioned: Wilson was traded to the Dol phins for a fifth-round pick Nov. 1 because he was deemed expend able after the blockbuster trade for McCaffrey and with Mitchell’s immi nent return.

“We added one new running back and we lost our leading-rusher running back,” Shana han said. “So I don’t feel like we’ve added just all these new guys. I know we brought in Christian and we lost Jeff.

“And I’m real excited about having Christian here. But it’s not chang ing up a ton of stuff. We do what we do. And I

thought our guys did at it at a pretty high level last night.”

Meanwhile, Shanahan was far less verbose when asked whether the 49ers could be poised to add yet another Pro Bowl offen sive player.

Free-agent wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. wants to narrow his list of potential teams with which he’d like to sign and join one by the end of the month, ESPN reported Saturday.

The 49ers, Bills, Chiefs, Cowboys and Giants are on Beckham’s list of pre ferred teams.

Is Beckham’s inter est reciprocated by the 49ers?

“We consider every

need more information and 7% said it would be a bad idea.

When it came to their concerns regard ing the move, with multiple answers allowed, 77% identified increased travel times, 66% said increased class time, 48% said travel and competition in colder weather, 43% said the impact on mental health and 38% said the impact on physical health

As for the benefits of the move, 77% said increased national expo sure, 69% said increased resources, 59% said increased TV opportuni ties, 56% said greater NIL opportunities, 53% said enhanced services to stu dent-athletes, 43% said compete at the highest level, 30% said increased

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assists per set (7.84), she is third in aces per set and hitting percentage. Rydjord has 812 assists and 67 aces in 30 matches, serving at 95%.

Kelsey Wall was named to the first team as well. The Vanden High graduate is an outside hitter and usually plays in six rotations. She is third in the BVC in total kills and total points. She is sixth in total digs and

attendance at all games and 28% said maintain the USC rivalry.

The biggest expen diture related to conference realign ment would involve increased travel costs. UCLA estimated that it would have to pay an extra $4.62 million to $5.79 million for addi tional charter flights, though that figure

service aces. Wall has a season total of 264 kills, 276 digs, 21 blocks and 45 aces as a freshman.

Crystal Carroll was also named to the first team. She is the Falcons’ libero and defensive spe cialist. The Will C. Wood graduate is second in the BVC in digs and second in digs per set. She is eighth in aces. Her overall totals this season include 388 digs, 42 assists, 37 aces while serving at 92% as a sophomore.

“I don’t know if I have ever been awarded four first team all-BVC

could be “significantly reduced” through sched uling accommodations such as neutral-site games and shared flights for UCLA and USC teams.

UCLA also has allocated $2.927 million to enhance nutritional support, pro viding breakfast and lunch on weekdays for all teams while expanding snack options throughout

honors,” Williams said. “These girls are all well deserving.”

Hannah Del Rio was awarded second team.

In conference, the Wood graduate was third in total blocks, third in hitting percentage and fourth in block assists.

She has an overall total of 178 kills, 22 solo blocks and 42 assist blocks as a sophomore.

“It is hard to get five players recognized on the first or second team,” Williams said. “I am glad our other conference coaches saw that we had

thing,” Shanahan said. Briefly: The 49ers will travel to Colorado Springs on Tuesday and practice during the week at the Air Force Academy. The 49ers are making the trek to adjust to altitude before they face the Cardinals on Monday night at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, which is 7,280 feet above sea level. ... Shanahan said wide receiver Danny Gray (ankle) is day-today. ... The 49ers put in a waiver claim on former Chargers defensive tackle Jerry Tillery, a 2019 firstround pick. Tillery was signed by the Raiders, who had waiver prior ity over the 49ers and six other teams because of their 2-7 record.

the day and adding two dieticians and 10 parttime student workers to staff a snack station.

Additionally, the school would pay $1.036 million to double the number of learning specialists from three to six, increase full-time “academic excellence” staff to 22 and expand its summer bridge program from 30 to 100 students, allowing half of all new athletes to enroll in summer school while adjusting to their curric ulum. UCLA would also provide a $500 stipend to all athletes to pur chase Wi-Fi, hot spots, headphones and other accessories related to remote learning.

Finally, UCLA would provide $562,800 for two new licensed therapists to join the staff of 3.5 mental health service providers, reducing wait times for appointments .

a strong team and the stu dent-athletes all deserved this recognition for their accomplishments. We played less sets than everyone else because we won 11 matches in only three sets, then our 12th match in four sets.”

The Falcons will learn Thursday where they land in the playoff tourna ment. Williams said she expects a home match Saturday for the first round or a match on the road Nov. 22 for Round Two. The top 16 seeds earn first round byes.

have much experience playing with Curry. So when Poole has played with them this season, his production hasn’t always been the best. And when the second unit’s top scoring threat isn’t in rhythm – those non-Curry minutes become that much harder to navigate.

“We understand the randomness of it,” Green said. “I think that group has to start understanding the randomness of it, but that takes time.”

When Poole started

alongside Curry, Green, Andrew Wiggins and Kevon Looney in Detroit on Oct. 30 with Thomp son resting, he scored a season-high 30 points. The 23-year-old is aver aging 15.6 points on just 41.2% shooting.

“I think the biggest difference is that Steph always has the best defender on him,” Kerr said. “So when Jordan’s out there with Steph, he doesn’t have the best guy on him defensively.

And then because Steph attracts so much attention, there’s just more open looks, there’s more open shots. So that’s just the easy way to look at it.”

Matt Kincaid/Allsport/Getty Images/TNS A general view of a UCLA Bruins helmet during a game against the Stanford Cardinal at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.