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State’s hospitals predict Covid admissions to peak in 4-6 weeks By Kristen Hwang CALMATTERS

SACRAMENTO — California’s hospital system is in danger of collapse as skyrocketing Covid-19 cases, severely ill patients and sick staff push hospitals past their capabilities, the California Hospital Association warned last week. Hospitals are expecting Covid19-positive patients to triple by the end of the month, with admissions peaking in the next four to six weeks. The surge in infections and hospitalizations is expected to last until the end of February. “We find ourselves on the precipice of the most challenging time to date for California’s health

care system,” California Hospital Association CEO Carmela Coyle said. “Our capabilities may soon be eclipsed.” The state health department’sprojections indicate the surge in California will peak at 40% more Covid-19 hospitalizations than last winter, bringing the daily total number of hospitalized patients to well over 70,000 by the end of January, Coyle said. Last year, 54,000 people were hospitalized in California during the peak, about 40% of whom had Covid. State projections also indicate 7,000 patients will require ICU hospitalization, nearly twice as many as last year. While major cities like New York, Boston and Chicago are

beginning to seeinfection numbers stabilize, California’s infection and hospitalization numbers are still climbing. The strain on the system is compounded by staffing shortages.National estimates indicate 20% of the health workforce have left during the pandemic, and omicron has resulted in hundreds of workers calling out sick. More than a third of hospitals in California reported “critical staffing shortages” last week, a number that continues to grow. One hospital in the state told the association that more than half of its staff was out sick due to Covid-19 illness or exposure. See Hospitals, Page A7

SACRAMENTO — Labor unions and their Democratic allies in the Legislature want to bring back extra paid sick leave for Covid-19. Gov. Gavin Newsom is also proposing to revive supplemental leave in his budget. But as with so much else in the pandemic, it’s not a simple proposition. There’s opposition from powerful business groups. And key details of the leave still must be worked out, including whether companies would get any help to offset their costs. Under the state law in effect from last March until Newsom and the Legislature let it expire Sept. 30, any employer with more than 25 workers was required to offer as much as 80 hours of leave for quarantines or vaccine side effects. Employees received as much as $511 a day, or a maximum of $5,110 total, with hours accrued retroactive to Jan. 1, 2021. The California Labor Federation made clear Thursday it wants a oneyear extension of the additional paid leave, which would be three months longer than it was in effect in 2021. The supplemental

leave last year – on top of the minimum three days of paid sick leave a year that all employees get – was funded by a federal tax credit equal to a worker’s paid time off, including any health care costs. That credit also expired Sept. 30. The state law didn’t contain a provision to reimburse businesses – and it’s not in Newsom’s proposed budget, or in his emergency $1.4 billion request for Covid response. Ashley Hoffman, a policy advocate at the California Chamber of Commerce, said her group continues to have concerns about the costs to business – and raised the argument that paid sick leave encourages workers not to get vaccinated. “Businesses are already doing a lot to help fight the pandemic. There’s been a lot of mandates through Cal/ OSHA,” she told CalMatters. “There’s this general issue of: How much does the business community have to continue to subsidize those workers who are choosing to continue to be unvaccinated? That seems to cut against the state’s message to get vaccinated.” The governor’s office said it would not See State, Page A7

Free tests? As Covid-19 surges in state, rapid results cost up to $300 By Ana B. Ibarra CALMATTERS

SACRAMENTO — When Rebecca Santucci of Lakewood learned that her sister, Stacy, may have been exposed to Covid-19, she set out to look for a rapid test. She needed to know quickly whether their 88-year-old father was at risk. Pharmacies had been wiped out

of home test kits, and testing clinics were booked solid for at least two weeks. On Amazon, she found a set of two at-home tests for $38, but they wouldn’t arrive until next month. And anything that required waiting hours in line wouldn’t work for her sister, who has Down syndrome and anxiety. Eventually she found a slot for

a rapid antigen test at a private drive-thru clinic on the city of Lakewood’s website. But it was five days after Stacy learned of her potential exposure. The price tag for the test: $129. “We ended up paying the money but it killed me to do it,” Rebecca said. Stacy tested negative, so at See Tests, Page A7

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FAIRFIELD — A special education teacher at Fairfield High School is the Fairfield-Suisun School District’s teacher of the year. The district announced Christopher Romo as its 2021-22 honoree during a School Board meeting Thursday. “Mr. Romo is very deserving of this recognition,” Superintendent Kris Corey said in a prepared statement. “Mr. Romo’s focus is always on what

is best for his students. He builds strong, meaningful relationships with his students and helps them achieve their full potential.” Corey described Romo in the state- ROMO ment as “a gifted educator” and said the district “is blessed to have him in our organization.” Romo has been teaching for almost 20 years. He has dedicated his career to serving students with special needs. In addition to teaching

in the classroom, Romo has shared his talents as a consulting teacher and program specialist. “Teaching is about revisiting the past, reviewing the current state and looking into the future,” Romo said in the prepared statement about his teaching philosophy. “But at our core, we often value the same elements that steered us into this profession: a passion and love for serving students, their

families and this community. It isn’t about being your best, it’s about the constant forward motion of surpassing your best.” Romo has taken this passion and steered it toward addressing the holistic needs of students. He expressed how important it is to not only meet their educational needs, but their social-emotional needs as well. “Addressing SocialEmotional Learning (SEL) requires a whole school approach and the conversations that have been happening in the past

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can feel snooty and superior to those who like movies that involve stilted dialogue, terrible acting, incomprehensible plots and rely too much on massive amounts of CGI, car chases, explosions and other desperate attempts to capture viewers’ attention. I can also binge-watch old Godzilla movies for hours – you know, the ones featuring guys in rubber suits fighting. I can post a Tony Wade picture of an absoThe last laugh lutely delicious looking Dave’s Giant Hamburger as the cover photo in the I Grew Up In Fairfield Too Facebook group. I can also know that the only thing I would eat off it now would be the lettuce, tomato and grilled onions. I can love my Chiweenie Chunky Tiberius Wade with all my heart and know that his unconditional love helped get me through a really rough time a number of years ago. I can also wait until he is deep asleep and make a sudden startling sound like clapping my hands or snapping a large book shut just to see the incredulous, hilarious look on his face when he wakes up and his tongue is half stuck outta his mouf. I can get ticked off at a driver who does something stupid like cut me off. I can then seconds later do the exact same thing to someone else and feel zero shame. I can finish reading a deep and profound book on how to handle and deal with deep-seated emotional issues using proven modalities that invite readers to do really strenuous, probing and transformative inner work that can change their lives and those around them forever. I can then chase it with an Avengers graphic novel I got from Waterfront Comics in Suisun City. I can stare at a blank document in Microsoft Word for over an hour trying to think of something to write for a column when the deadline is looming. I can also then subsequently write a column where one

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Godzilla about to be busted for jaywalking. of the things I mention is staring at a blank document in Microsoft Word for over an hour trying to think of something to write. I can be an old dog, I turned 58 on Jan. 2, and be set in my ways and think there is nothing else I need to learn. I can also hear from my friend Scot Babot that perhaps I have a condition called misophonia where everyday noises like the sound of chewing can cause irritation, rage or panic. That may explain why when I am at the movie theater the thing that annoys me way more than anyone on their phone is someone chewing their popcorn like a goat, crinkling their candy wrappers or making squeak, squoink, squonk sounds with the straws in their sodas. I can look down my nose and feel superior when I get an email from the Solano County Library informing me of the new DVDs they have in stock and think “DVDs? What is this, 2011?” I can also see they have several ones of recent films I have

not seen that are available like “No Time to Die,” “The Many Saints of Newark” and “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” and hurry up and place holds on all of them. I can celebrate the birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today by reflecting on the fight that he and so many others went through so that I can enjoy the changes, advances and progress that have been made since the start of the Civil Rights movement. I can also know that we have a long way to go to seeing his dream fulfilled. I can play a game in my head called “Who Is Wearing Pajama Bottoms On This Zoom Meeting?” I can also . . . well, you know the rest. Fairfield freelance humor columnist and accidental local historian Tony Wade writes two weekly columns: “The Last Laugh” on Mondays and “Back in the Day” on Fridays. Wade is also the author of The History Press book “Growing Up In Fairfield, California.”

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Around one-quarter of the 400 national parks, historical sites, monuments, trails, forests and more that are managed by the U.S. National Parks Service charge fees for entry, but there are a few days each year when these incredible areas are opened to the public for free. The 2022 free days are as follows: n Monday: Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. n April 16: First day of National Park Week n Aug. 4: Anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act n Sept. 24: National Public Lands Day n Nov. 11: Veterans Day Last year, there were six free days. The extra free day was in honor of the National Park Service’s 105th anniversary. Individuals and families looking to explore more national parks in

the new year can also purchase an America the Beautiful annual pass, which grants free access for all NPS-managed sites in the country for $80 a year. There are also discounts on the pass for people with disabilities, veterans or active military members and seniors. National parks became so popular this past year that the most popular, like Acadia, Yosemite and Glacier National Park, began taking reservations and limiting the numbers of visitors daily. Arches National Park in Utah became the second national park in the state to begin a new timed entry ticket program in mid-December, as they look to decrease crowds and more evenly distribute park visitors day by day. For more information about the free National Park days, visit the National Park Service website at nps.gov.

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SUISUN CITY — The Solano Land Trust offers a pair of outdoor activities this weekend for those who wish to spend some time close to nature. Lynch Canyon Open Space will host a nature hike from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday. The hike will take visitors westward along Middle Valley Trail leading to Prairie Ridge. Expect about a 5-mile hike at a moderate, but even pace over uneven ground. Muddy spots will have cattle prints. There are steep climbs over several hills with the longest at Prairie Ridge. There’s a trail crew opportunity from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Patwino Worrtla Kodoi Dihi Open Space Park. Registration is required for both events. For details, including each activity’s meeting location, directions and registration information, visit the events calendar at solanolandtrust.org/events. For additional questions, call 707-420-1041.

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Garden Club to hear talk on air plants Nathanael Miller, owner of Air Plant Hub in Vacaville, will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of the Fairfield Garden Club to talk about air plants, aka Tillandsias. These tropical plants don’t need potting soil and require minimal care. They are perfect for small living spaces: Tuck them into shells, driftwood, glass baubles and wire baskets. Miller will cover the care, feeding and housing of these plants. He will also have plants for sale. These plants might not need soil, but they do need some attention to thrive. They are easy to care for once you know how to do so. The meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Fairfield Adult Recreation Center,

1200 Civic Center Drive. All are welcome. For more information, call Mary Colridge at 707-330-9920.

Local gov’ts post week’s agendas A variety of government meetings will occur this week. They include: n Solano County Board of Supervisors, 9 a.m. Tuesday, County Government Center, 675 Texas St. Info: co.solano.ca.us. n Fairfield City Council, 6 p.m. Tuesday, City Council chamber, 1000 Webster St. Info: www.fairfield.ca.gov/gov/ city_council. n Rio Vista City Council, 6 p.m. Tuesday, City Council Chamber, City Hall, 1 Main St. Info: www.riovistacity.com/ city-council. n Solano Irrigation District, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Lake Berryessa Room, 810 Vaca Valley Parkway, Vacaville. Info: ca-sid. civicplus.com. n Vacaville Planning Commission, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Council Chamber, Vacaville City Hall, 650 Merchant St.. Info: www.ci.vacaville.ca.us.

FBI identifies hostage-taker in Texas as a British citizen Tribune Content Agency FORT WORTH, Texas — The FBI has identified the hostagetaker in Saturday’s standoff at Colleyville synagogue as Malik Faisal Akram, a 44-year-old British citizen. “The FBI’s Evidence Response Team (ERT) will continue processing evidence at the synagogue,” the FBI said in a news release. “At this time, there is no indication that other individuals are involved. The FBI’s North Texas Joint Terrorism Task Force (NTJTTF), which includes member agencies from across the region, will continue to follow investigative leads. An FBI Shooting Incident Review Team (SIRT) will conduct a thorough, factual, and objective investigation of the events.” The United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office said Sunday it was “aware of the death of a British man in Texas and are in contact with the local authorities.” Central Synagogue in New York said in a

message to its congregation that Senior Rabbi Angel Buchdahl was contacted by the hostage-taker, though she had no connection with him. “Rabbi Buchdahl immediately contacted law enforcement and followed their directions,” according to the statement, signed by President Shonni J. Silverberg and

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy defended the Biden administration’s response to the surge of Covid infections caused by the omicron variant, but conceded that health officials need to “close that gap” in the severe shortage of testing. “We have more to do,” Murthy said on ABC’s “This Week,” adding that the spike in infections outstripped what he said was an eightfold increase in testing over the last month. President Joe Biden and his top health officials are coming under increasing criticism, from the lack of tests to overcrowded hospitals around the nation. A new CBS News poll shows that a majority of Americans find coronavirus information from health officials confusing, with changing guidelines on masking and isolation periods for those who are infected. “The White House needs to get its messaging discipline together,” Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, said on “Fox News Sunday.” “It would be enormously helpful to the American people if that messaging was more consistent.” Biden was also dealt a blow from the Supreme Court, which last week blocked the centerpiece of his push to get more people vaccinated, rejecting an Occupational Safety and Health Administration rule that

would have required 80 million workers to get shots or periodic tests. Glenn Youngkin, the new Republican governor of Virginia, said he was disappointed the Court let a separate rule take effect requiring shots for workers in nursing homes, hospitals and other facilities that receive Medicare and Medicaid payments from the federal government. “The Supreme Court has ruled and so we’re going to have to go to work to make sure that we don’t have a further depletion of the resources that are in our hospital system,” Youngkin said on Fox. Reflecting the position of many Republican governors, Youngkin on his first day in office on Saturday reversed a vaccine mandate for state employees and allowed parents to decide whether children should mask in schools. Murthy called the court’s decision “very disappointing” but said “there is nothing that stops workplaces from voluntarily putting these requirements in place. In fact, many have done so already.” Murthy and Jha agreed that the omicron surge will get worse, even as it shows signs of peaking in New York and other parts of the Northeast. “The problem is we’re running out of health care workforce,” Jha said. “We just don’t have the staffing. That is going to be a challenge for many weeks ahead.”

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Here are some excerpts from MLK’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech Dear Readers: in a nation where they Happy Martin Luther will not be judged by King Jr. Day! In honor the color of their skin of this great man, I but by the content of have attached some of their character. I have the best excerpts from a dream . . . I have a his famous “I Have a dream that one day Dream” speech. The down in Alabama, with words today still ring its vicious racists, with true – that we should be Annie Lane its governor having drinking from the cup his lips dripping with Dear Annie of truth, love and kindthe words of interposiness, and not the cup of hatred tion and nullification, one day and division. right there in Alabama little “I say to you today, my Black boys and Black girls will friends, even though we face be able to join hands with little the difficulties of today and white boys and white girls as tomorrow, I still have a dream. sisters and brothers. It is a dream deeply rooted in “I have a dream today . . . the American dream. I have a I have a dream that one day, dream that one day this nation every valley shall be exalted, will rise up and live out the true every hill and mountain shall meaning of its creed: ‘We hold be made low. The rough places these truths to be self-evident, will be made plain, and the that all men are created equal.’ crooked places will be made “I have a dream that one day straight. And the glory of the on the red hills of Georgia, the Lord shall be revealed, and all sons of former slaves and the flesh shall see it together.” sons of former slave owners “Now is the time to make will be able to sit down together real the promises of democracy. at the table of brotherhood. Now is the time to rise from the I have a dream that one day dark and desolate valley of segeven the state of Mississippi, a regation to the sunlit path of state sweltering with the heat racial justice. Now is the time to of injustice, sweltering with lift our nation from the quickthe heat of oppression, will be sands of racial injustice to the transformed into an oasis of solid rock of brotherhood.” freedom and justice. “In the process of gaining “I have a dream that my four our rightful place, we must not little children will one day live be guilty of wrongful deeds.

Horoscopes ARIES (March 21-April 19). Confusing communication is an opportunity to sleuth your way to the truth, or something close to it. The story is an argument, and the argument is a story. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You are duty-bound, though this is a loyalty of your own making. You decided what was required, and you will fulfill it. An independent mission such as this is the stuff of vitality. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Your choices are clear. You can either fall back asleep to dream another dream, or you can get out the pen and paper and start hashing out the original dream. Start with a to-do list. CANCER (June 22-July 22). In a good relationship, there is no such thing as a winner and a loser. If one person is losing, you both are. You have to be on the same team or it won’t work. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Not everyone is bound to a civic calendar. You’ll have to work out scheduling, and the ins and outs of school and business will be considered. You’ll find a way to fit in what’s important to you. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Persistence often wins out. Though tenacity is the hallmark of many successful people, most successful people also know when to back off and let the other person come forward. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You know how to make yourself

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Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.” “There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, ‘When will you be satisfied!’ . . . We are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.” “This will be the day when all of God’s children will be able to sing with new meaning. ‘My country, ‘tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim’s pride, from every mountain side, let freedom ring.’ And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true . . . “When we allow freedom ring – when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, Black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, ‘Free at last, Free at last, Great God almighty, We are free at last.’” Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

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Today’s birthday It’s one of your luckiest years. You will put something in the world that didn’t exist before. You’ll turn up the heat on your physical fitness goals. Strength training that works your body and mind will get you ready for the opportunities ahead. You’ll take achievement over comfort and stretch into a new role. Scorpio and Taurus adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 2, 24, 30, 1 and 6.

useful, but if you make this your default, you’ll only get, well . . . used! You’re a person, too. You deserve pleasure as much as anyone. Your No. 1 responsibility is to enjoy yourself. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’ve been considering a move, and you’ll make it very soon. Get ready. There’s an element of self-discipline involved in the ramp-up. You have it in you. Get in motion and you’ll find it. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). Decisiveness is attractive. Vacillation makes people nervous. Sometimes you want people to be nervous, but not now. You’ll decide one way or the other and take action; this carries you into a happy mood.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). You have a passion for understanding. This will not be shared by 90% of the people you know, yet you won’t be lonely in it. Your curiosity is mighty fine company. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). Maybe it’s better not to ask people what they meant by something after the fact. So much life goes by every hour. Memory fails. Instead, be very present in the moment of discernment, which is to say now, always now. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You can pretend to be someone you’d like to be, but who you really are is lovelier to the right crowd. The right crowd should include yourself. Selfacceptance is the supporter of all change. CELEBRITY PROFILES: Attorney, author and former First Lady Michelle Obama is a Capricorn who well understands the sacrifices necessary to achieve a dream. Capricorns are famously ambitious, hardworking and in tune to matters of power and position. An intuitive Pisces moon and Venus in Pisces as well indicates that Obama has a strong spiritual connection with her loved ones and a highly developed sixth sense.

Bridge

LET THEM FIND HER FOR YOU Ambrose Bierce defined a reporter as “a writer who guesses his way to the truth and dispels it with a tempest of words.” In a bridge column, the scribe shouldn’t be guessing at the right line of play or defense. However, he might use a torrent of words.

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by Phillip Alder In this deal, South is in six spades. How should he play after West leads the diamond queen? North responded with the Jacoby Forcing Raise. South’s three-club rebid showed a singleton or void in that suit. Then, after North made a three-heart control-bid expressing slam interest, South used Blackwood. (Note that if you employ Roman Key Card Blackwood, North should answer five spades, two key cards and the trump queen, because he knows of at least a 10-card fit.) If you do not wish to use the textbook Jacoby rebids, keep it simple with natural. Here, South would rebid three spades, showing extra values but no side suit. North would control-bid four clubs, and again South would ask for aces or key cards. With the trump ace to lose, apparently South must guess who holds the heart queen. But, instead, he can get the opponent with the spade ace to help him out. Declarer wins with the diamond ace, plays a club to dummy’s ace, ruffs the club two in his hand, crosses to the diamond king, trumps the last diamond and casts adrift with a spade. What can East do? If he shifts to a heart, that solves South’s problem. Alternatively, if East returns a minor-suit card, declarer ruffs in one hand and sluffs a heart from the other. COPYRIGHT: 2022, UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE

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Opinion A6 Monday, January 17, 2022 — DAILY REPUBLIC

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Time for US to drop hubris, accept reality

n a fateful meeting in Alaska in January 2021, our Secretary of State was jolted into reality. “You are not negotiating from a position of strength,” scolded the Chinese spokesman. How painfully true. In foreign policy, there is a spectrum of conduct between Idealism and Reality. We were given a dose of Reality. “We are the last great superpower on Earth” we’re fond of bragging, and indeed, we have the strongest military in the world. But nobody seems to realize that our military is spread thinly throughout the world. There’s no reason why lesser powers cannot organize a military force in places where we are weak and then challenge Jack Batson us there. And that’s exactly what’s happening. In both the Taiwan area and in Ukraine, we are weaker than China and Russia. Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping know it and our military and our leaders (hopefully) know it. The American public needs to learn it before they push us into disaster. We need to back down in both places. Putin and Xi both would love to humiliate us in response to our perceived humiliations of them. They are in positions where they both can do that. Both are giving us one more chance – China near Taiwan, and Russia with a treaty blueprint for Ukraine. China has declared repeatedly that it will take Taiwan whether we or the Taiwanese like it or not. It’s part of “one China” and national unification. Putin has declared repeatedly that Ukraine and Russia are indivisible, but seems to be satisfied if it doesn’t join NATO. The U.S. is blindly backing both Taiwan (not officially, but we’re clearly leaning that way) and Ukraine. Both are idealistically seen as spunky little democracies that we should protect from big neighbors. But realistically, we can’t protect them. The consequences for their “aggression” would be dire for both Putin and Xi, but they may well be willing to suffer in exchange for national unity. Russia has accumulated a huge war chest to get it through boycotts, and China can survive because the world must eventually have its products. I discussed in my previous column an accommodation we could make with Putin. Here is what we may do with Xi. Suggest that Taiwan declare that both parties agree that the One China goal means that Big China is the one and that Taiwan is a state. Have Big China agree that the Chinese State of Taiwan may have a viable, independent military for 30 years. Allow Taiwan’s parliament to be in charge of “internal security” and local police. Insist that Taiwanese industry remain privately owned. (This will satisfy the world’s need to buy Taiwanese computer chips without “back doors” in them, a real security concern.) Then Taiwan must accept some controls on elections and speech that make for “friendly relations” toward the mainland. No talk about “independence” will be tolerated. Taiwan must fly the People’s Republic of China flag and issue Chinese passports. Let’s discuss humiliations. Putin thinks NATO expansion to the east was both unnecessary, provocative and insulting. I agree. He believes Russia’s contribution to the world has never properly been recognized. Again, I agree. Russia should be complimented for attempting communism and finding it oppressive and unworkable. Everyone now knows the promise of communism is false. It should be recognized for “tearing the guts out of the Nazi war machine,” as Winston Churchill stated, and suffering terribly in the process. It should be complimented for its space accomplishments and having a world-class list of musical composers, authors and poets. China feels humiliated by the West for its 19th-century interventions that kept it weak and powerless from stopping, for instance, opium importation and other humiliations. More recently, it had to back down when President Bill Clinton sent aircraft carriers to the Taiwan Strait. It needs to be recognized as one of the world’s great civilizations. This reversal would be humiliating to us in that we would be seen as failing to back allies as we did in Afghanistan and the Kurds in Syria. That’s the price for a recklessly idealistic foreign policy. Jack Batson is a former member of the Fairfield City Council. Reach him by email at jsbatson@ prodigy.net.

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Covid mandates versus personal choice

recently spoke with two though nurses pay monthly local Kaiser Permanunion dues under California ente hospital nurses. They labor laws. each had a story to tell. And who is harmed? HosWhen Covid-19 first prepitals are causing harm sented itself within the U.S., to themselves. Hospital these nurses were employed employee shortages are less at Kaiser Permanente Vacavabout a shortage of qualiille Medical Center and were fied employees, and more long-term employees. They Karen Powers about the hospital’s eliminacomplied with safety protocols tion of their own highly skilled although they were not vaccinated. and trained employees, terminatThese nurses are hardworking, ing the unvaccinated with punitive responsible health care providers. intent for having the audacity to Under the Trump administration, make a personal choice not to vaccivaccines were not required for hosnate. Thus, patient care might also be pital employees. People could make adversely affected. their own choices to be vaccinated. And, hospital staff themselves Rules related to vaccinations for are harmed, personally injured, health care workers have changed as it were. under President Joe Biden. He chose After the medical staff vaccine to mandate them. The U.S. Supreme exemptions are denied, their jobs Court this week sided with the Biden are lost; those affected employadministration. ees suffer the loss of income, loss These nurses tell me that if a hosof benefits, loss of an opportunity to pital employee applies for a vaccine retire, and loss of dignity to provide exemption, for various reasons for themselves and for their famiincluding religious objections, the lies. This financial injury is coupled exemptions are being denied – with the emotional deprivation of without an alternative testing option being separated from a professional by Kaiser Permanente administracareer that some spent years prepartion and probably others. Hospital ing for through extremely expensive employees, nurses and others – once college classes, residencies and spedeemed “heroes” in Kaiser’s own cialized training courses. The denial words for their tireless dedication of vaccine exemptions becomes an when the Covid-19 virus arrived – are administrative tool used to terminow being disposed of by hospinate non-vaccinated employees. This tal administrators, “as if putting out behavior is enabled by the Biden the trash.” The nurses’ written subadministration’s policy, which continmissions for religious or medical ues to extend emergency powers, thus exemptions are questioned by the extending the legislative and adminadministration in such a manner as istrative mischief that accompanies to “harass and belittle” the employee, such powers. instead of being taken seriously. Covid-19 in some form is here to Labor unions have provided “no legal stay. Under the Biden regime, so the or personal support” to the hospital vaccine mandates will remain for employees seeking exemptions, even organizations that receive federal

support, i.e. most hospitals (per the U.S. Supreme Court ruling). Tyranny sometimes can find footing when “emergency powers” are declared. It is a tenuous relationship because there will always be a seeming emergency that conveniently arises. It is essential that U.S. citizens remain vigilant against overreaching leaders. They will make policies and laws to retain and extend their power base, often at a cost of citizens’ liberties and freedom. This is why the dominance that accompanies one-party rule in the political arena is dangerous. It will lead to tyranny. This is why your vote in our upcoming 2022 midterms matters. Voting is a nonviolent tool that can change the course of a nation and state for the better. Conservatives must encourage and convince centrists and independents to vote for conservative and Republican candidates. The continued liberty and personal freedom of each American citizen literally depend on the upcoming election results in November 2022. Get out the vote as if your freedom and our constitutional republic depend on it, because they do. Karen Powers is a 30-year resident of Solano County. She is retired from working within the California Superior Courts of both Solano and Contra Costa counties. She is a Republican, currently serves as a California GOP delegate, and serves as president of the Solano Republican Women Federated. She has an associate degree from the College of Sequoias in Visalia and a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of California at Irvine. She can be reached at karenpowers7@icloud.com.

CALMATTERS COMMENTARY

Our policies lead, but where is state going?

oliticians, particularly Proposition 13 co-author Paul Gov. Gavin Newsom, Gann, and ran for president are fond of touting Calin 1980 advocating federal ifornia policies and spending reduction. programs as the nation’s California’s Republifirst and/or foremost. cans also exploited another The latest example is Newissue: crime. They persuaded som’s proposal to extend voters to reinstate the death Medi-Cal, the state’s program penalty and pushed lawmakof medical care for the poor, Dan Walters ers to enact new lock ‘em to all undocumented immiup laws, culminating in the grants, which “makes California the state’s landmark three strikes senfirst state in the nation to achieve uni- tencing law mandating life terms for versal health care coverage.” repeat felons. Newsom’s braggadocio on this California’s politics began to turn and other matters is, however, not leftward in the late 1990s for demoa recent phenomenon. It’s been graphic and cultural reasons and ingrained in California politics for have now come full circle. Once a decades, even though the particular dependably red state, particularly in policies that politicians tout as origipresidential politics, it is now one of nal and unique have changed mightily the nation’s bluest states, dominated over the decades. by Democrats and becoming more so From the late 1970s and into the with every election. 1990s, when California was a fairly Thus, the first-in-the-nation red state, Republicans were crowing mantra that Republicans once about leading the nation. It began chanted is now a Democratic Party when the state’s voters passed Proptheme, with current politicians boastosition 13 in 1978, which slashed ing of having the nation’s toughest property taxes and made raising gun control laws, its most aggresother taxes more difficult, igniting sive climate change policies, its most what was dubbed a “tax revolt” that advanced LBGTQ and immigrant reverberated nationally. rights, and now, potentially, universal Proposition 13 was so gamemedical care coverage. changing that the governor of the A key piece of California’s new era, Democrat Jerry Brown, did a political order is dismantling the 180-degree flip. He had denounced nation-leading policies that conserProposition 13 as a “ripoff” but after vatives and Republicans enacted in its passage declared himself a “bornprevious decades. again tax cutter” and sponsored a That’s particularly evident in state income tax reduction. the realm of criminal justice. Jerry Brown also called a special elecBrown, who embraced the toughtion in 1979 to pass the “Gann on-crime attitudes of the 1970s and Limit” on state spending, named for 1980s, became a born-again crimi-

nal justice reformer after returning to the governorship in 2011, sponsoring legislation and a ballot measure that largely undid the tough sentencing laws of the previous era. The eightfold increase in state prison inmates from the earlier policies is being unwound, due to both changed political attitudes and federal court decrees on prison overcrowding. Newsom is now proposing to shut down some of the state’s older prisons. Instead of cutting taxes, California is now increasing them incrementally. Brown, who cut income taxes in the 1970s, sponsored income and sales tax increases and later a hefty increase in fuel taxes. Judicial decisions have removed barriers to new taxes at the local level. Although voters have rebuffed efforts to partially repeal Proposition 13’s property tax limits, the measure’s two-thirds vote requirement for state tax increases in the Legislature is under attack. A proposed constitutional amendment to finance single-payer health care – the holy grail of those on the political left – would not only enact a wide array of new taxes but repeal the two-thirds vote requirement for any future medical care taxes. California’s politics, like its climate, are ever-mutating. CalMatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters. For more columns by Dan Walters, go to calmatters.org/commentary.

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Hospitals: Worry From Page One And in Fresno County – which was pummeled by last year’s surge – more than 300 hospital workers were out sick two weeks ago, Emergency Medical Services Director Dan Lynch said. The county has secured emergency staff resources from the state through the end of February, Lynch said, andreinstated instructions to EMTs to only transport the most critically ill patients in ambulances. “We have far more people that are in need of care and fewer people to provide that care,” Coyle said. The California Department of Public Health last week quietly put out guidance allowing asymptomatic Covid-positive staff to return to work without isolation or additional testing. The guidance, although voluntary, sparked outrage among labor groups like the California Nurses Association and SEIU-United Healthcare Workers. Coyle said hospitals have also expressed concern about the guidance and most have indicated they do not intend to implement it. In Lynwood, south of Los Angeles, veteran nurse Ana Bergeron said her hospital is severely understaffed and already implemented the asymptomatic policy. The

emergency department, which typically staffs 15 nurses, had only five working several days ago. Bergeron’s floor, which usually assigns a maximum of four patients to each nurse, had each nurse caring for nine patients. “There’s not one department in my hospital that is absolutely fully staffed,” Bergeron said. Bergeron said, despite the severe shortages, that the asymptomatic policy andshortened quarantines for symptomatic workers are not the solution. Sick colleagues who have come back after five days are “exhausted and unfocused,” she said. “We have just thrown any kind of common sense out the door,” Bergeron said. “How do you isolate yourself from the rest of us when you’re doing close proximity work with patients and their nurses and other technicians?” Many hospitals have already beguncanceling elective procedures to alleviate the strain, and the state health department is considering an order to hospitals that would postpone many procedures, according to one high-ranking state official who spoke to county health officers at a public meeting the week before last. Kristen Hwang reports on health care and policy for CalMatters.

Tests: Grow costly From Page One least they finally got some peace of mind. With the explosion of the highly transmissible omicron variant, more Californians find themselves seeking tests wherever they can find them. State and local testing sites offer free Covid-19 tests but they are swamped, forcing people to seek private pop-up clinics. Quick results often come with hefty upfront costs: Some clinics charge nearly $300 for a rapid PCR test. Although state and federal regulations require Covid tests to be free or covered by health insurance, people often have to pay upfront, and the amount is unaffordable for many Californians. Those who can’t afford to pay will often have to wait hours in line at local and state free testing sites, and then sometimes wait days for the lab results. “There is a requirement that testing be free, but there is no requirement of how fast those test results need to be returned,” said Shira Shafir, a UCLA professor of epidemiology. “With this omicron surge, some people are again waiting four to five days for those lab results and at that point those results are essentially useless.” Adding to the demand for quick results is that certain places demand proof of testing within a time frame of 24 to 72 hours. People need them to visit nursing and senior homes, return to daycare programs or board flights to Hawaii or overseas. Pop-up sites at California’s international

airports charge upfront. At San Francisco International Airport, a rapid test is $275. At Los Angeles International Airport, a rapid PCR test with results in one hour costs $199. According to one LAX provider, Clarity Mobile Venture, debit or credit card payments are required, although a receipt is provided for insurance reimbursement. At San Diego International Airport, the cost is $135 to $165, and at Long Beach Airport, a test with 1.5hour results costs $250. At the Lakewood clinic where Santucci went, costs range from $129 for a rapid antigen test with one-hour results to $299 for a PCR test with two-hour results. The clinic also advertises a free standard PCR test with results in two or more days. “With rapid tests, what people may be paying for is the guarantee of quick results,” Shafir said. “The test site is not always pitching it that way.” PCR and antigen tests are both used to diagnose Covid-19; antigen tests can yield faster results but PCR tests are more sensitive to detecting the virus so they are considered more accurate. Health experts say getting results quickly is vital to protecting people and avoiding long quarantines, but rapid tests have long been in short supply. Save your receipts Californians have an array of places where they can be tested: a hodgepodge of pharmacies, community clinics, government mass-testing sites and private pop-up sites. Many of these are free, but they are booked for weeks.

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Tennis star loses chance to play Tribune Content Agency Novak Djokovic has left Australia after his anti-vaccination stance cost him a potential payday of A$2.875 million ($2.1 million) and a shot at tennis history. The Serbian boarded a flight from Melbourne Airport late Sunday night, local media reported, after the nation’s Federal Court upheld a decision to revoke his entry permit over fears his presence would strengthen antivaccination sentiment. It wasn’t up to the court to decide on the merits of the decision, only whether it was illogical or legally unreasonable, Chief Justice James Allsop

said Sunday. “I respect the Court’s ruling and I will cooperate with the relevant authorities in relation to my departure from the country,” Djokovic said in an emailed statement. “I will now be taking some time to rest and to recuperate.” It’s a blow to Djokovic’s hopes of winning a record 21st Grand Slam singles title and its sizable prize money. The world’s top-ranked player has won the Australian Open the past three years and notched almost half of his Grand Slam titles at the tournament. The Association of Tennis Professionals said in a statement that Djokovic was one of the sport’s

greatest champions and that his absence from the Australian Open was “a loss for the game”. “We know how turbulent the recent days have been for Novak and how much he wanted to defend his title in Melbourne. We wish him well and look forward to seeing him back on court soon. “ATP continues to strongly recommend vaccination to all players,” the association added. Djokovic is paying a high price for seeking to bypass an entry requirement in one of the world’s most vaccinated countries. Hostcity Melbourne endured strict lockdowns during the pandemic.

State: Will Covid sick leave return? From Page One comment on that argument, or whether any aid for businesses is under consideration. “We’re working with the Legislature to craft a policy that meets the needs of 2022 – which are different than 2021’s, given new and revised information about science and vaccines,” said H.D. Palmer, spokesman for Newsom’s finance department. In voicing his support for renewing the leave, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon suggested he would be open to aiding some employers. “In the absence of new federal funding to assist small businesses with Covid sick leave requirements, I support augmenting the governor’s budget to add state funding for this purpose, and we have already had a productive discussion on this,” Rendon said in a statement. The omicron surge this year – with California now reporting nearly 60,000 coronavirus cases a day – is causing staffing shortages in health care and other essential workplaces. Federal guidelines, endorsed by state health officials, recommend that anyone, regardless of vaccination status, should quarantine for five days if they test positive. On Jan. 8, however, in response to the staffing issues, the state made an exception for some asymptomatic health care workers until Feb. 1. “We believe it’s important to value those workers and provide them sick leave protections,” Newsom said at his budget rollout Jan. 10.

has 700,000 members in 17 local unions, is also amping up the pressure on legislators. “As omicron continues to spread, it is critical that the administration has signaled its commitment to providing workers supplemental paid sick leave that we need to keep ourselves, our colleagues, our families, our clients and patients, and our communities safe,” union President Aaron Rosenblatt/Daily Republic file (2020) Bob Schoonover said in Tina Vo gives Stephen Hull an outdoor haircut at Hair a statement. Place in Fairfield in 2020. In response to the argument Democratic leaders of shortage right now. Why chamber’s the Legislature agree. would people re-enter about paid leave dis“We look forward to the workforce if they’re couraging workers from vaccinated, working out the details told that if they contract getting and reaching early agree- Covid-19 or the variant SEIU interim Execument on this budget of Covid-19, that they’re tive Director Tia Orr said action,” Senate President not going to be paid for employees deserve time Pro Tem Toni Atkins told the time off?” Cortese off, whatever their vacciCalMatters. said. “We’re working nation status. “We used to be called A s s e m b l y w o m a n against our own interWendy Carrillo, a Dem- ests right now in the state heroes and saints. There ocrat from Los Angeles, of California and again, were cartoons of us with said given the budget we need to correct that capes on our backs. Now we’re forced to choose surplus, it was the right immediately.” time to protect workers The governor’s support between our bills being and help struggling small came after months of lob- paid and the state of businesses. bying by unions and public health,” said Rhe“Workers should not public health groups, annon Ramos, a Stater have to make a choice as well as the Work and Brothers employee, on between losing their job Family Coalition, who are Thursday’s call. “As long or taking care of their urging the Legislature to as California is following the CDC guidelines health or the health of a act swiftly, well before on quarantine, workers loved one. And small busi- final approval of the should be paid for the nesses, who are the heart budget in June. days we’re forced to stay of many communities, The United Food and out of our work in order need support as we move Commercial Workers to keep our co-workers forward with pandemic Western States Council, and our customers and and economic recovery which represents our employees and our efforts,” she said in 180,000 employees in Cal- public safe.” a statement Tuesday. ifornia, is demanding an “These efforts are not immediate reinstatement CalMatters health covmutually exclusive, they of the two weeks of Covid erage is supported by are complementary. We leave as a “public health grants from the Blue can do both.” imperative.” Shield of California FounAt a virtual press “Workers currently dation, the California conference Thursday have no safety net if Health Care Foundation organized by the labor they are exposed or sick and the California Wellfederation, Carrillo and with Covid-19 just as the ness Foundation. Sameea Sen. Dave Cortese, a virus is breaking new Kamal covers the state Democrat from San Jose, records,” its president, Capitol and California addressed the urgency of Andrea Zinder, said in politics and is also a prothe request. a statement. duction assistant for “We have a worker SEIU California, which CalMatters.

Teacher: Romo earns honor in district From Page One structure conversations and planning around this important area.” Romo teaches functional life skills to students with moderate to severe disabilities, which often requires student support in the areas of emotional and behavioral needs. The needs of the student drive and frame the instruction in his class. “Teachers have an important role in helping students navigate SEL,” Romo said in the statement. “A system can be created to have layers of individuals to help assist students.” Romo said he believes a holistic system created and built by the school and the surrounding community is the best way to assist students. Romo’s students have worked hand in hand with the community on multiple projects, including a volunteer partnership with the city of Fairfield and the Adopt-a-Park program to do a park clean up at Veterans Memorial Park a few times each school year. The students are honored with a sign at the park

noting their commitment to the project and by the city of Fairfield at a City Council meeting. “I’m extremely proud of the work our students do in the community and the connection we have beyond the boundaries of our school,” Romo said in the statement. “More and more we see the link between the community and our schools. The importance of the community supporting the school, while schools serve the community cannot be emphasized enough. The community supporting our schools and the schools serving the community are one in the same.” The School Board honored 31 site teacher nominees with certificates who competed for the Teacher of the Year award. Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources Ken Whittemore applauded the nominees. “These teachers’ qualities are indicative of the over 1,100 certificated members who serve our children each day,” Whittemore said in the prepared statement. “We are proud of all of our certificated staff.”

The school site teachers of the year are: n Jorge Albarran: Public Safety Academy n Janet Ayris: H. Glenn Richardson n Jennifer Baker: Cordelia Hills Elementary n Alexandra Becker: Dan O. Root Health and Wellness Academy n Sheena Beeson: Armijo High School n Sandra Burke: Nelda Mundy Elementary n Kevin Butt: Tolenas Academy of Music and Media n Brittney Callaway: Mary Bird n Sarah Daly: Suisun Valley School n Michelle Dillman: K.I. Jones Elementary n Sierra Donahue: Grange Middle School n Jackie Farmer: Laurel Creek Elementary n Jennifer Fee: B. Gale Wilson School n Erin Furnary: Dover Academy for International Studies n Janis Gillespie: Anna Kyle Elementary n Marni Henderson: Cleo Gordon Elementary n Christine Hunt: Fairview Elementary n Karron Koehler: Green Valley Middle School

n Amy Love-Fields: Crescent Elementary n Laura Masterpaul: Anna Kyle Elementary n Yolanda MitchellBlacknell: David A. Weir Preparatory Academy n Katherine Molina: Crystal Middle School n Tamara Moroe: Rodriguez High School n Karen Robinson: Suisun Elementary n Christopher Romo: Fairfield High School n Carouzel Sorono: Sheldon Academy of Innovative Learning n Melissa Strain: Fairfield-Suisun Adult School n Kelly “Sunny” Sunseri: Sem Yeto High School n Andrea Taylor WIlliams: Virtual Academy • Mae Valles: Early College High School n Tiffany Vea: Tolenas Academy of Music and Media California began the Teacher of the Year Program in 1972 to honor and recognize the teaching profession. Romo, through his selection, is the Fairfield-Suisun district’s nominee to be named Solano County Teacher of the Year.

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Biden aide stops short of blaming Russia for cyberattack a “disturbing” outcome. “There are some WASHINGTON — The understandings between U.S. is working us,” Peskov said in to determine an interview with who carried out “Fareed Zakaria a cyberattack on GPS” aired Ukrainian govSunday. “But in ernment websites general, in prinand it wouldn’t ciple, we can now be surprissay that we are ing if Russia was staying on difbehind it, Presi- SULLIVAN ferent tracks, on dent Joe Biden’s totally different national security adviser tracks, and this is not good, said Sunday. and this is disturbing.” Ukrainian officials The Biden adminissay “all evidence” points tration said Friday that to Russia, while Russia Russian actors are predenies it was behind paring potential sabotage the hacks. It’s the latest operations against their source of tension after own forces and fabriPresident Vladimir Putin cating provocations in massed 100,000 troops on social media to justify an the Ukrainian border for invasion into Ukraine if what the U.S. says is a pos- diplomacy fails. sible invasion. Russia says it wants “We’re working hard NATO to bar Ukraine on attribution,” national and other ex-Soviet states security adviser Jake Sul- from membership and to livan said on CBS’ “Face roll back its forces to posithe Nation” on Sunday. tions they held in 1997. “This is part of the Sullivan reiterated that Russian playbook, so it the U.S. and its allies have would not surprise me one warned Russia it will face bit if it ended being attrib- “severe economic conuted to Russia.” sequences and a price to “And yes, of course, if pay” if its troops move it turns out that Russia is into Ukraine. pummeling Ukraine with Republican lawmakers cyberattacks and if that called for more forcecontinues over the period ful action now, such as ahead, we will work with a permanent halt to the our allies on the appropri- Nord Stream 2 natural ate response,” he said. gas pipeline from Russia Kremlin spokesman to Germany. Dmitry Peskov told CNN The U.S. should let that last week’s inconclu- Putin know “that Nord sive diplomacy by the U.S. Stream 2 pipeline is not and Europe to head off a going to operate,” Sen. possible Russian military Mitt Romney said on move against Ukraine was NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

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Rep. David Valadao, R-Hanford, shakes hands with a campaign volunteer who is helping him in his race for the 21st Congressional District. Since regaining the seat in

Congress in 2020, and then voting to impeach Donald Trump, he has lost the support of many constituents in his home city of Hanford.

Many Hanford residents feel let down by their GOP leader Tribune Content Agency HANFORD — It’s been a year now, but in this Central Valley farm town, like the nation, the divide has only grown. Todd Cotta was working in his gun shop when a customer came in with the news about David Valadao, the Republican congressman for whom Cotta had campaigned across Kings County and beyond just months before. Bewildered, Cotta turned to his phone and tapped in a text message to a man he considered a friend. “Hey David. Somebody’s spreading a nasty (rumor) that you voted to impeach Trump,” Cotta wrote. “I certainly hope that’s not true.” Within seconds, Valadao responded. “It’s true.” The two haven’t talked since. And, really, neither have the two sides of the country. A year after President Donald Trump was impeached for a historic second time, few places better illustrate America’s lost middle ground.

Historians will look back to Jan. 6, 2021, when Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, as a day of infamy. But in Valadao’s hometown of Hanford, they point to Jan. 13, 2021, when, as local mechanic Joe Flower puts it, the local congressman “not only stabbed the president but stabbed us all in the back.” Valadao was one of just 10 Republican House members – and the only one in California – who voted to impeach Trump for inciting the insurrection. That decision put the 44-year-old dairy farmer and the other reviled Republicans in the crosshairs of Trump himself, who gloated after two of them announced last fall they would not seek re-election: “2 down, 8 to go!” Indeed, a third – Rep. John Katko of New York – announced Friday he too was done with Congress. For Valadao, vilification over the vote – and a redrawn congressional district that cuts out some of his conservative base and adds more Democratic voters – has left him in a political no man’s land. On the nation’s political map, the backlash

in California’s cattle country could also cost the GOP a precious seat as Republicans hope to flip the Democrat-controlled House during the November midterm elections. “Those angry Trump supporters aren’t going to vote for a Democrat in November, but it’s entirely possible that they simply don’t vote at all,” said GOP political consultant Dan Schnur. “This could end up being the greatest challenge to congressional Republicans regaining their majorities.” While Democrats called Valadao’s impeachment vote courageous, there’s no chance they’re crossing party lines to give him their vote. For Republicans, there is no getting past his egregious lapse in loyalty. A year later, who remembers that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, whose district nuzzles against Valadao’s, said at the time “the president bears responsibility for (Jan. 6’s) attack on Congress by mob rioters”? They only remember the impeachment votes. For a moment there, in the days after the Capitol breach, it seemed safe, maybe even smart, for a Republican to condemn Trump.

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NFL continues to fail on Black leadership LZ Granderson LOS ANGELES TIMES

LOS ANGELES — There are three things in life in this country you can always depend on: death, taxes and sports journalists admonishing the NFL for its lack of Black head coaches. With the Houston Texans firing David Culley after just one season, the league is now down to a single Black head coach, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Mike Tomlin. And while

ANALYSIS Tomlin, who has never had a losing season in 15 seasons and was the youngest head coach to win a Super Bowl, is probably sick of being asked to comment on something he has absolutely no control over, he typically doesn’t hold back on the situation when asked. During a segment on HBO’s “Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel” in February 2021, he told Gumbel,

“We just can’t continue to do the same things that we’ve done and think that the outcome is going to change.” And that was when there were three Black coaches in the league. But there’s an aspect to this conversation that is often overlooked when it comes to this annual critique of the NFL’s hiring practices: There are not a lot of areas of American life that have been much different. In August, ESPN

reported that after Dennis Green became the first Black head coach of a Power 5 conference football program in 1981, only 39 Black coaches had been hired by a Power 5 school since. In fact more than half of those schools have never had a Black head football coach period, including the two programs that played in Monday’s national championship game, Georgia and Alabama. Georgia did hire a Black athletic director once in 2004. That’s it.

And that’s still one up on Alabama, which reportedly was one of 24 Power 5 schools to have never hired a Black head coach or athletic director. But it’s not just football. In the same month the conversation between Gumbel and Tomlin aired, Fortune noted since it began publishing its Fortune 500 list in 1955, just 19 of the 1,800 CEOs featured were Black. In 93 years, just six Black men have received Oscar nominations for best

director and none has won. When Kevin Merida was hired in June, he became just the second African American to lead the Los Angeles Times in its 140-year history. Hell, since the U.S. Senate first convened in 1789, there have been only 11 Black senators. So I guess we could spend this time repeating the same tired discussions about the NFL’s shortcomings and the racism tied to See NFL, Page B8

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Dak Prescott (4) of the Cowboys scrambles with the ball on the last play of the game against the 49ers during

the fourth quarter in the NFC Wild Card Playoff game at AT&T Stadium, in Arlington, Texas, Sunday.

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ARLINGTON, Texas — Advancing with a playoff win over the Dallas Cowboys never gets old nor boring for the 49ers. Sunday’s 23-17, wildcard victory came with a hold-your-breath, heartstopping fourth quarter. Next up is a trip to Lambeau Field to face the No. 1-seeded Green Bay Packers, who had the NFC’s lone bye this wildcard weekend. The 49ers, who made it into the playoffs by virtue of an overtime win at the Los Angeles Rams a week ago, sur-

ANALYSIS vived Sunday despite nearly blowing a 16-point, fourth-quarter lead. It wasn’t over until, well, until referee Alex Kemp announced: “That’s the end of the game,” when Dak Prescott ate up the final 14 seconds by scrambling to the 24-yard line and then taking one last chance to spike the ball with no time left. And, so, the 49ers (11-7) emerged with their third playoff win all-time against the Cowboys. Their 1981 and ’94 teams won the NFC Champi-

onship against Dallas en route to Super Bowl championships. Missing from the 49ers defense’s final, straining drives were its premier defenders: Nick Bosa, who left with a concussion just before halftime, and Fred Warner, who staggered off with a fourth-quarter ankle injury. Warner’s injury came shortly after a Cowboys’ interception, on a Jimmy Garoppolo overthrow, spoiling what had been a necessary, turnoverfree outing. Other contributing factors to the Cowboys’

comeback bid: specialteams mistakes, a major flaw this season for the 49ers. They surfaced twice in the second half (roughing the punter; fake-punt conversion), though that led directly to only a Cowboys’ field goal that pulled them within 23-10 with 11:53 left. Would this lead evaporate the way their halftime leads did in road losses to the Seattle Seahawks and Tennessee Titans, not to mention their infamous homeopening defeat in which they surrendered a lead See 49ers, Page B8

MINNEAPOLIS — A flurry of three-pointers determined Golden State's first visit to Target Center this season, but it wasn't record-setting shooter Stephen Curry or the Warriors that did so. Instead, it was Timberwolves guard Malik Beasley's second-half shooting that pushed his team to a 119-99 victory while Curry and Draymond Green were back home in San Francisco injured. Beasley's five threepointers came three days after he went 1-for-7 from distance in a loss at Memphis – and more than a week after he went 1-for-14 combined in consecutive games against Oklahoma City. His three made in the third quarter included two back-to-back that fueled a 12-1 run that ended the quarter. The Warriors ended a four-game trip 2-2 and the Wolves won after losing at New Orleans

Tribune Content Agency TAMPA — As postseason nicknames go, neither Wild Card Ke’Shawn nor January Giovani possess the same ring as Playoff Lenny, but both worked splendidly for one damp, dominant afternoon. With every-down back Leonard Fournette still on injured reserve and Ronald Jones out with an injured ankle, second-year backup Ke’Shawn Vaughn and veteran Giovani Bernard combined for 145 total yards in the Bucs’ 31-15 romp of the Eagles. In the process, they helped prove their team’s coveted cache of skill guys is complemented by a set of reliable spare parts. “Everybody that wasn’t in those roles early in the season, they’re making the most of it now,” receiver Mike Evans said. “So it’s good for us.” Operating behind a bangedup offensive line missing all-pro

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Eagles free safety Anthony Harris (28) attempts to tackle Buccaneers running back Giovani Bernard (25) in the fourth quarter, Sunday. right tackle Tristan Wirfs most of the day, Vaughn ran for 53 yards on 17 carries, including a 1-yard scoring run that gave the Bucs a 14-0 first-quarter lead. Bernard, activated from injured reserve on Saturday, had the game’s first TD on a 2-yard run. Out since sustaining hip and knee injuries in the Dec. 12 home win

against the Bills, he finished with 44 yards on 13 carries, and caught five passes (on seven targets) for 39 yards. “Band-Aids and duct tape, (Bernard) played his ass off,” coach Bruce Arians said. “Ke’Shawn can run, man, and he can catch. He’s a damn good back and he’s making the best of his opportunities, and we’re very, very confident in him.” Not that other viable alternatives existed. Jones, also sidelined for the regular-season finale against the Panthers, was declared out by Arians on Friday. Fournette, on injured reserve with a tweaked hamstring since the Dec. 19 shutout loss to the Saints, was cleared to resume practicing and appeared poised to return, but wasn’t activated. “He tried to hit top speed a couple of times (at practice) and See Bucs, Page B8

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and Memphis. From trailing 80-79 with fewer than five minutes left in the third, the Wolves took a 91-81 lead into the fourth quarter. That's when they stretched their lead to as many as 27 points. Beasley finished with 16 points. Karl-Anthony Towns had 26 points and 11 rebounds and Jaylen Nowell added 17 after he missed Thursday's loss at Memphis injured. Jordan Poole led the depleted Warriors with 20 points and Jonathan Kuminga scored 19. Kevon Looney pulled down 12 rebounds. The Warriors played on without Curry and Green Sunday in just another NBA game this season where coaches have shuffled lineups around because of injuriesorCOVID-19considerations. Curry fell on his right shooting hand in Friday's lopsided victory at Chicago and returned

Jerome Boger and the rest of the officials that worked Saturday night’s Bengals-Raiders game are probably out for the rest of the playoffs, according to an ESPN report Sunday morning. It’s little consolation to Raiders fans after Saturday night’s debacle. And although leaking to Adam Schefter that Boger’s crew is out for the rest of the postseason is a tacit admission that they screwed up, the NFL would not admit wrongdoing on the most egregious blown call of the night. With two minutes left in the first half, Joe Burrow scrambled to the sideline and found a surprisingly open Tyler Boyd in the back of the end zone The reason Boyd was surprisingly open: officials had clearly blown the play dead while

the ball was in the air. Replays make that clear, as you can hear the whistle blow and see the Raiders secondary stop covering before the ball is caught. A whistle during the play means that the ball is dead and the down should be replayed. But NFL officiating honcho Walt Anderson — giving the postgame interview instead of Boger — gave the implausible explanation that the refs thought the whistle was blown after the catch, something that is clearly false. “They did not feel that the whistle was blown before the receiver caught the ball,” Anderson told a pool reporter. Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby, who was the one chasing Burrow to the sideline, said he heard the whistle. “I heard it, and I thought he was out,” Crosby said.

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The secret to a

great vegan mac and cheese isn’t vegan cheese – it’s a clever sauce

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Peanut Butter and Bacon Burgers.

Here’s how to improve a bacon burger: Add peanut butter K ate Krader BLOOMBERG

f there’s one thing that the early days of January inevitably signal, it’s the start of a healthy eating regime. Enough with all that. It’s been a tough two years, so there is no time like the present to indulge in something that will make you feel good, at least emotionally. Like a peanut butter bacon burger. Mason Hereford, chef and owner of the New Orleans sandwich institution Turkey and the Wolf, swears by the dish, which was a staple at the now-shuttered French Quarter dive Yo Mama’s Bar & Grill. “The first time I went to Yo Mama’s was because someone said, ‘They have this burger with peanut burger.’ Having had one, I never strayed from that order,” recalls Hereford. It was, he decrees, “pure comfort.” Indeed, Hereford is such a fan, he put the recipe in his upcoming cookbook, Turkey and the Wolf: Flavor Trippin’ in New Orleans with JJ Goode (Feb. 15; Ten Speed Press; $30). Hereford might be the country’s leading sandwich expert. Turkey and the Wolf was named the Best New Restaurant in America by Bon Appétit magazine in 2017, which is no small title for a corner shop whose specialty is a fried bologna sandwich. The greatest dish on the menu, though, is an incredible triple-decker collard green melt, dripping with pickled pepper dressing-it was one the best things I ate last year. His delightful book unsurprisingly includes recipes for those standards, as well as for a mayo-enriched hummus, topped with chili crunch peas; bagel bites accentuated with a brilliant concoction called pizza cream cheese; and spicy fried chicken salad on roti. In truth, no recipe in this book will fail to deliver a strong dose of comfort – not to mention calories – on a tough day. Which brings us to the peanut butter bacon burger. Hereford believes that burgers follow different rules than sandwiches. Sandwiches can be almost anything within two slices of bread. But with burgers, there’s less room to go crazy. “Because we all grew up on standard burger – how your parents made it, how the fastfood place made it – there is already an area of your mind that a burger is parked in, and you don’t want to stray too far.” It’s all right to get weird, says Hereford, “but less weird.” What makes the peanut butter bacon burger fine, says the chef, is that the topping “is not a novelty, it’s freaking delicious.” Guess what? It is freaking delicious. Key to the success of the burger is that there are minimal ingredients, so they each play a key role. The creamy peanut butter acts almost like a sauce, melting onto the thin, seared burger patties and contrasting with the salty, crunchy, fatty bacon. The red onion adds a sweet crisp hit, and just maybe you’ll consider the ketchup as a savory stand in for jelly. The following recipe is adapted from the upcoming “Turkey and the Wolf: Flavor Trippin’ in New Orleans,” by Mason Hereford with JJ Goode. PEANUT BUTTER BACON BURGERS Makes 2 burgers 10 oz. ground beef, divided into four 2-inch balls 2 tsp. unsalted butter 1 tsp. Lawry’s Seasoned Salt or your favorite seasoned salt 2 potato sandwich rolls 4 bun-size pieces iceberg lettuce Thinly sliced red onion Creamy peanut butter for serving 4 strips bacon, cooked to tast Ketchup Set a medium cast-iron skillet over high heat until it’s pretty hot. While the skillet’s heating up, put the beef balls between waxed paper or plastic wrap and evenly flatten to make four 6-inch patties. Add about 1 tsp. of the butter to the hot pan and swirl it around. Lower the heat to medium, then add 2 patties and season the upside liberally with seasoned salt (¼ tsp. per patty). Cook until the first side gets a little brown (you’re not looking for a crust here), about 45 seconds. Flip the patties and cook for about 45 seconds more. Stack the patties on a plate and wipe the cut sides of one roll in the pan to mop up the buttery drippings, leaving it a few seconds so it gets a little toasty. Keep warm. Cook the other patties the same way (the butter, the Lawry’s); sop up the drippings with the remaining roll. No real rules apply to building the burger, as long as you get it all between the buns: On the bun bottoms, add the lettuce leaf and some onion. Add the patty stack, then some peanut butter (Hereford goes large and uses three tablespoons, but two may be reasonable) and the bacon (break the strips to fit on the burger). Swipe some ketchup on the top bun, cap the burger, and eat.

he best traditional mac and cheese recipes rely on more than just the cheese. They use a bechamel to create a cheese sauce that enrobes the pasta and keeps the dish wonderfully creamy. It follows, then, that the best vegan mac and cheese recipes rely on more than vegan cheese, too. In fact, plenty of them don’t use any vegan cheese at all, instead enlisting cashews to create the sauce and other powerful ingredients (such as nutritional yeast, miso and mustard) to bring nutty, deep and Joe Yonan sharp flavors to the Weeknight party. Some recipes vegetarian add tapioca or potato starch to approximate the stretchiness of cheese, vegan or not. This recipe, which I adapted from the new book by the folks at Goodful (part of BuzzFeed’s Tasty family), brings other nice touches to the standard vegan technique and might just raise the bar. Here, you cook potato, carrot, garlic and onion in a skillet with water and the requisite cashews, then the whole thing gets pureed with the aforementioned flavor boosters to become the sauce. The potato brings that starchiness, the carrot a hint of color. I added a couple of my own touches to the blender. When I first tested this recipe, the only nutritional yeast left in my pantry was one flavored with “nacho” spices, including cayenne pepper and smoked paprika, and I loved the result. So the next time, I tried adding plain “nooch,” plus the separate spices, and again loved the hint of heat and smokiness. One warning about this recipe: It makes a lot, filling a deep 12-inch cast-iron skillet. If your household is small, feel free to eat whatever portion you’d like, refrigerate some for the following few lunches and/or freeze some for even longer. But if you have a ravenous teenager in the house, like my husband and I do now that we welcomed a foster child, the quantity will be welcome. This 13-year-old ate about a quarter of the skillet within the first day – and polished it off the next. VEGAN BROCCOLI MAC AND CHEESE Active time: 35 minutes | Total time: 1 hour 8 to 12 servings

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This vegan mac and cheese is creamy, rich, satisfying and deeply flavored, while offering some nutritious elements, too. Raw cashews, a star in the vegan pantry, help give the sauce its silky texture, while potatoes add starch for a little sticky stretchiness and carrots offer color. Broccoli, cooked along with the pasta, adds more nourishment. Make Ahead: Assemble and refrigerate for up to 3 days before baking. Storage Notes: Refrigerate for up to 5 days or freeze for up to 3 months. 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 medium white or yellow onion (8 ounces), chopped 1 teaspoon fine salt, divided, plus more to taste 2 garlic cloves, grated or pressed 1 medium russet potato (9 ounces), scrubbed and cut into ½-inch cubes 1 medium carrot (4 ounces), scrubbed and cut into ¼-inch coins 1 cup (4 ¼ ounces) raw cashews 2 cups water, plus more as needed 5 tablespoons nutritional yeast 1 tablespoon white miso 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard ½ teaspoon smoked paprika ¼ teaspoon cayenne 1 large head broccoli (1 ½ pounds) 1 pound elbow macaroni ¾ cup (2 ounces) panko or unseasoned breadcrumbs ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 450 degrees. In a 12-inch cast-iron or other ovenproof skillet over medium heat, heat the oil until it shimmers. Add the onion and 1/2 teaspoon of the salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion is translucent, 4 to 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the potato, carrot, cashews and water, increase the heat to high and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium and

simmer, uncovered, until the potatoes and carrots are very soft, 10 to 15 minutes. (Add hot water as needed to keep the vegetables just barely covered.) Remove from the heat and let cool for a few minutes. Carefully pour the vegetables and liquid into a blender. Add the nutritional yeast, miso, mustard, smoked paprika, cayenne and 1/4 teaspoon of the salt. Blend on high until the sauce is very smooth, 1 to 2 minutes. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. While the water is heating, cut the broccoli stem from the head and use a vegetable peeler to peel the stem’s tough outer layer. Cut the stem in half lengthwise and then into ½-inch half moons. Cut the head into bite-size florets. Once the water is boiling, add the pasta and cook until 2 minutes shy of al dente according to the package directions, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the broccoli and cook for the remaining 2 minutes, or until the broccoli is bright green and the pasta is al dente. Drain the pasta and broccoli and return to the pot. Pour in the sauce and stir to fully coat. Return the mixture to the cast-iron skillet and smooth into an even layer. In a small bowl, toss the panko with the remaining ¼ teaspoon of the salt and the pepper. Sprinkle over the mac and cheese. Bake for 10 to 20 minutes, or until the panko is lightly browned and the sauce starts to bubble. Serve hot. Nutrition information per serving (1 cup), based on 12 | Calories: 291; Total Fat: 8 g; Saturated Fat: 1 g; Cholesterol: 0 mg; Sodium: 234 mg; Carbohydrates: 46 g; Dietary Fiber: 5 g; Sugar: 3 g; Protein: 11 g This analysis is an estimate based on available ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s or nutritionist’s advice. Adapted from “Plant & Planet” by Goodful (Rodale Books, 2021).

This chicken soup recipe brings ginger, turmeric to the classic warming bowl

he chicken soup chickpeas for heartI grew up iness and vegetable eating, the protein, and green Jewish penicillin beans and spinach for more texture, my grandmother color and nutrition. and generations The result is a before her made, is soup that seems such a part of who I the very essence of am, I cook it from deeply ingrained Ellie Krieger healing goodness, comforting, bellymemory, and I Nourish warming and full make it often. But of flavor. With its goldenrecently, while I was starting to whip up a batch, hued broth, bounty of green vegetables and chickpeas, I had the urge to spike it it may bear little resemwith a warming tingle of blance to my grandmother’s ginger instead of the soup, but I’m 100% sure she usual dill. would love it. That tweak opened a wide gate, which ultimately GOLDEN CHICKEN led to this deeply delicious, VEGETABLE SOUP nutritious recipe my grandWITH CHICKPEAS mother would have found Active time: 30 minutes totally unfamiliar. Total time: 1 hour Along with the ginger, 6 servings I added garlic and turThis chicken soup is the very meric to bring both flavor essence of healing goodand additional anti-inflamness: comforting, belly-warmmatory benefits to the ing and full of flavor. The broth usual onion-carrot-celery gets its golden hue from turtrio. I used chicken broth meric, and layers of flavor from and added breast meat, as ginger and garlic, all known for she would have, but you their anti-inflammatory benecould use vegetable broth fits. With green beans, spinach and omit the chicken to and chickpeas, it is chock full make it vegetarian if you of texture and vegetable nutriprefer. Instead of the usual tion, too. To make the soup vegetarian, use vegetable egg noodles, I went in a broth and omit the chicken. healthier direction with Storage Notes: Leftover the add-ins, using a can of

soup can be refrigerated for up to 3 days. 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 medium carrots (5 ounces total), diced 2 stalks celery, diced 1 medium yellow onion (about 8 ounces), diced 1 tablespoon finely grated fresh ginger 2 cloves garlic, minced or finely grated 1 teaspoon fine salt ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper ½ teaspoon ground turmeric 8 cups low-sodium chicken broth 8 ounces boneless, skinless chicken breast One (15-ounce) can no-salt-added chickpeas, drained and rinsed or 1 ½ cups cooked chickpeas 4 ounces green beans, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces (1 cup) 2 cups baby spinach, coarsely chopped In a large soup pot over medium heat, heat the oil until shimmering. Add the carrots, celery and onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables begin to soften, about 5 minutes. Stir in the ginger, garlic, salt, pepper and turmeric and cook for 1 minute more. Add the broth and bring to a boil.

Reduce the heat to medium-low and add the chicken. Simmer, uncovered, until the chicken is cooked through, 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a plate. Add the chickpeas and green beans to the pot, increase the heat to mediumhigh and return the broth to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer, uncovered, until the green beans are tender, about 10 minutes. While the green beans are softening, use two forks to tear the chicken into bite-size pieces. When the green beans are tender, return the chicken, with any accumulated juices, to the pot. Stir in the spinach and cook until wilted, about 1 minute. Remove from the heat, ladle into bowls and serve hot. Nutrition information per serving (scant 2 cups), based on 6 | Calories: 242; Total Fat: 9 g; Saturated Fat: 2 g; Cholesterol: 28 mg; Sodium: 547 mg; Carbohydrates: 24 g; Dietary Fiber: 6 g; Sugar: 6 g; Protein: 20 g This analysis is an estimate based on available ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s or nutritionist’s advice. From cookbook author and registered nutritionist Ellie Krieger.

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Chinatowns are struggling to survive Grace Young is reminding Americans why they matter

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s early as January 2020, some restaurant and shop owners in New York City’s Chinatown were already reporting significant declines in business as a result of fear and rhetoric related to the coronavirus that had been detected in Wuhan, China. Soon, hate crimes against the Asian community were drastically increasing. “People were shunning Chinatown,” recalls cookbook author Grace Young, 65, who lives nearby. “Waiters were just standing around in empty dining rooms, and Asians were afraid to be out after dark.” By the time a citywide shutdown went into effect two months later, Chinatown had become a virtual ghost town, along with similar Asian communities across the United States. Restaurant owners were hanging on by a thread, pivoting to expensive delivery services while struggling to keep up with rent and utilities. Raised in San Francisco’s Chinatown in the 1960s and ’70s, Young spent each Saturday eating dim sum with extended family and frequenting the restaurants where her father, a liquor salesman, was a wellknown community member. “When I walked down Grant Avenue with my dad,” Young says, “everyone knew his name. I grew up with a real smalltown feeling.” But it took a pandemic for Young to realize that she had never truly made the same connection with the Chinatown in New York, the city she’d been living in for some 40 years. “I realized I had taken it for granted,” Young says. “I just took from it when I needed something – to buy groceries or go to a certain restaurant.” Walking around Chinatown’s deserted streets has now made Young fear that this iconic neighborhood could possibly be lost forever. And New York was far from the only Asian community affected: The same empty businesses could be found in Chinatowns – as well as Japantowns, Koreatowns and Little Saigons – across the United States, from San Francisco to Boston. If it seems impossible to imagine the death of such an established and historic community, one need only look to D.C.’s Chinatown, founded in the 19th century and which, just 30 years ago, catered to a significant resident Asian population with large grocery stores, shops and dozens of traditional restaurants. Today, the community is a shadow of its former self, populated with chain restaurants and stores, while just a handful of Chinese restaurants remain, along with far fewer Asian American residents. It’s no coincidence that Lisa Mao, director of the 2021 documentary “A Tale of Three Chinatowns,” refers to it as a “dead Chinatown.” “The immigrant experience is fraught with challenges,” Mao says, “and these were segregated communities where people were forced to live, in what were considered less desirable areas. But once that area becomes popular, it can be hard to hold on against developers.” Indeed, New York Chinatown’s Zip code, which it now shares with trendy SoHo and Tribeca, has created real problems for Asian American business owners: The

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Clockwise from top: Grace Young in the Chinatown neighborhood of New York; people dine outside Nom Wah Tea Parlor in New York;

Mei Chau stands outside Spongies Cafe at the location of her former restaurant Aux Epices.

10013 Zip code is considered to be a high-income neighborhood, preventing struggling restaurants from qualifying for targeted economic injury disaster loans through the Small Business Administration, while other pandemic relief programs seem to benefit national companies. Young points to the multimillion-dollar Paycheck Protection Program loan received by Asian-themed restaurant chain P.F. Chang’s, saying, “Their sales doubled. Meanwhile, restaurants that have been mainstays in Chinatown for decades – Hop Shing, which was 47 years old, Hoy Wong, which had been there for 42 years – they had to close. These were old-style Cantonese restaurants, you’ll never replicate that cooking again.” Again, if that sounds dramatic, it’s not. The restaurants that are still hanging on in Chinatown were already facing an aging workforce before the pandemic; the chefs working the woks at venerable restaurants like Hop Lee on Chinatown’s storied Mott Street are often in their 50s and 60s, and it’s their long years of experience that help bring that flavor of “wok hei” – the umami-rich char that comes from cooking over high heat with a well-seasoned wok – to lo mein, snow peas and much more. Young’s concern led her to begin documenting, via video interviews, what was happening in Chinatown in early

and lobster stir-fried with lemongrass. “I only went home to take a shower and sleep,” Chung says. For his son, Tony, 24, who is studying for a master’s degree in biomedical science with an eye on medical school, the restaurant was always a second home. He points to a corner table where he and his older sister did their homework each afternoon. But it was during the pandemic that the younger Chung gained a deeper appreciation of what his father had built and why it mattered to keep the restaurant alive. “Besides the personal aspect that this restaurant is the sole source of income for our family,” Tony says, “it’s also a source of personal identity.” Tony sees a bowl of pho not just as a collection of meat, vegetables, noodles and broth, but as a representation of the history of Vietnam’s survival of invasion, colonialism and war. “We’re telling a story through our food,” he says. “Three Vietnamese restaurants [in Chinatown] have already closed forever. If all the Vietnamese restaurants here close, then that part of Chinatown simply dies.” Harboring the same fears, Young recently began reaching out to friends in the culinary industry to ask them to take part in a social media campaign dubbed #LoveAAPI, encouraging them to share stories about their favorite Asian restaurants and shops. The first chef to join the campaign was television host and cookbook author Sara Moulton, a New York City native with childhood memories of Chinatown as an enchanted place full of vivid color and flavor. “I’ve always loved Chinatown,” Moulton says, “but I’ve also watched both it and Little Italy shrink over the years, as the neighborhoods around it became more hip.” Walking through the deserted streets of Chinatown at lunchtime on a recent weekday afternoon was a sobering experience for Moulton, where she felt especially concerned about the dramatic rise in hate crimes

Dennis Chung serves food outside Pasteur Grill and Noodles.

March 2020, with the support of the Poster House museum. Young had been collaborating with the museum on an exhibition about Chinese posters. Encouraged by the museum’s director, Julia Knight, and accompanied by videographer Dan Ahn, Young headed out to talk with Chinatown business owners just as the pandemic was really beginning to take hold in New York City. The videos can be viewed at posterhouse.org and at graceyoung.com. Mei Chau, a restaurateur for over 25 years and owner of the charming MalaysianFrench restaurant Aux Epices, was among the first to be documented by Young. On March 15, Chau was smilingly optimistic that the public health crisis would be short-lived; six days later, after a statewide stay-at-home order went into effect, Young returned to find an openly depressed Chau deeply concerned about the impact on her employees, who feared leaving their homes because of rising violent attacks against Asians. By May 2020, after limping along with carryout business coupled with mounting debt and only one remaining employee, Aux Epices became an early pandemic victim, closing its kitchen forever and depriving the community of signature dishes like laksa, a Southeast Asian seafood stew. Now retired and speaking from her home in Chinatown, Chau says: “We were a restaurant run by women, but no one wanted to take the subway to come to work. It was unsafe to be Asian and be a woman traveling alone. It makes you feel very sad because this is a great country, but we are the ones who tear it apart. No one else is doing that.” Among the restaurants still maintaining a foothold in Chinatown is Pasteur Grill and Noodles, just off what used to be a bustling Canal Street. Dennis Chung, 62, has owned the restaurant since 1995, working long hours dishing up traditional Vietnamese food, including a dozen different kinds of pho

against Asian Americans, an issue that became more apparent to her this past August when she invited Young to attend an event in midtown Manhattan. “Grace told me that she would love to come but would also be leaving early, because she didn’t feel safe traveling home after dark,” Moulton says. “We agreed that I’d accompany her home, to make sure she got there safely. And I thought, ‘What is wrong with this picture that someone like me, at 5 feet tall, is acting as a bodyguard?’ “ With the history of Chinatown neighborhoods across the United States directly connected to racist politics of the 19th century that barred Asian immigrants from citizenship and owning property as well as enforced residence in designated areas, issues of exclusion are indelibly imprinted upon these communities. The effect of Covid-19 has made Chinatowns, already dependent on foot traffic and tourism even while trying to preserve traditions dating back thousands of years, more fragile than ever. Bonnie Tsui, author of “American Chinatown: A People’s History of Five Neighborhoods,” sees these neighborhoods as deserving of support from all Americans, regardless of race. “Chinatown has always been characterized by history, culture and vital continuity,” she says. “There’s a nostalgia, a romance to that, for sure, but it’s also very functional and practical. It evolves. This is a place that serves its community – which has become a very diverse community – and those beyond its borders, too.” For Grace Young, there’s not a moment to lose. “When people see a Trader Joe’s open up on Mott Street, they’ll say, ‘Oh no, we had no idea that we could ever lose Chinatown,’ that’s when they’ll realize how important these places are,” she says. “But these businesses are like your grandparents. They’ve always been there and you’ve taken them for granted. Now they need your love and attention.”

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ven now, more than half a century after it came out, “Be My Baby” has the power to overwhelm. One of the most intense pop records of all time, the Ronettes’ 1963 girl-group classic is a study in too-much: a quivering, trembling, throbbing little symphony pitched at such a high emotional register that the song made as much sense opening a Martin Scorsese movie about inner-city violence as it did a Patrick Swayze movie about forbidden romance. Tune out the swooning strings and the madly thumping drums, though – focus instead on Ronnie Spector’s lead vocal – and what you hear in “Be My Baby” is something like total control. Yes, Spector, who died of cancer Wednesday at age 78, is singing about giving herself over to love; no, her performance is not uninterested in the ecstasy of abandon. But as captured in the slightly serrated edges and the swaggering forward thrust of her voice, this is a woman who knows what she wants and how to get it. It’s right there in the song’s first couplet: “The night we met I knew I needed you so,” she recalls, landing on that final word with a gymnast’s precision. “And if I had the chance I’d never let you go.” She can already see the relationship with the guy she’s talking to, already imagine folks turning their heads on the street to catch a glimpse of what they’ve got. As Veronica “Ronnie” Bennett lays out her vision – you’d call it a fantasy if her singing didn’t exude such certainty – the music continues to swell, the other Ronettes (older sister Estelle Bennett and cousin Nedra Talley) filling

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in the sound like a couple fills a new home with furniture; eventually, the song crashes to a stop for a second so everybody can regain their bearings. Everybody but Ronnie, that is: She just picks back up after the drum break, keeping her New York subway train of a voice pointed toward eternity. It’s no wonder, given the tune’s lasting popularity, that countless musicians have cribbed the late Hal Blaine’s iconic “Be My Baby” beat over the last few decades. (Among them: Billy Joel in “Say Goodbye to Hollywood,” the Jesus and Mary Chain in “Just Like Honey,” the Beach Boys in “Don’t Worry Baby,” which Brian Wilson wrote with the hope that Spector would perform it.) But really, what choice did her admirers have? No one ever stood a chance of equaling Spector’s blend of yearning and grit. Along with her sexy, streetsmart look, the fortitude in Spector’s singing – in “Be My Baby” and in other mid-’60s Ronettes hits like “Baby, I Love You,” “(The Best Part of) Breakin’ Up” and “Walking in the Rain” – helped carve out space for fresh ideas about women in pop and in society. At a moment when girl groups were largely expected to fulfill conventions of decorum, hers was a voice of freedom that foretold her own liberation from Phil Spector, the producer-turned-husband-turned-tormentor who essentially imprisoned her at their home in Beverly Hills, as she wrote in her groundbreaking 1990 memoir, until she escaped barefoot in 1972. “I can’t help it if I feel this way,” she sings in “Baby, I Love You” – real sorry-notsorry energy in this one – while the best part of “Breakin’ Up” has to be the side-eye you can feel Ronnie Spector giving her boyfriend as she tells him, “It makes no difference who was wrong.” Few vocalists before her wielded switchblade atti-

tude with so much charm. Those who tried in her wake made her influence clear, from Joan Jett (who said Wednesday that Ronnie’s “mark on rock and roll is indelible”) to Amy Winehouse (whose “Back to Black” could’ve passed for a lost Ronettes album). A kind of survivor’s aura took shape around Ronnie that made her a hero to younger women, yet in an ironic twist fixed her image in pop culture in a way distinct from, say, Tina Turner, who’d also recorded with Phil Spector and who famously endured the abuse of her ex-husband, Ike. Turner went on to dabble in various sounds and styles; audiences in the ’80s eagerly accepted her as creature of her own design. Ronnie worked steadily in the studio and on the road after the Ronettes – one overlooked highlight was a gutsy mid-’70s disco single, “You’d Be Good for Me” – but what connected with listeners was music that reaffirmed a familiar impression. There was her cover of “Say Goodbye to Hollywood,” with wailing accompaniment by Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band; there was a scrappy Joey Ramone-produced rendition of “Don’t Worry Baby” that finally realized Wilson’s fanboy dreams. Most notably there was “Take Me Home Tonight,” the glossy and muscular Eddie Money single that brought Ronnie back toward the top of the charts in 1986. It’s about a guy trying to persuade a girl not to leave him; he’s throwing out every line he can think of – he can’t sleep, it’s too dangerous for her to walk home, he knows she wants to stay too – until at last he admits that he’s the one “frightened in all this darkness” and that he needs a “guardian angel” to protect him. That’s when Ronnie swoops in, of course, to deliver her signature lyric as only she could – the sweet, scratchy, soulful voice of authority, still reassuring others even as she keeps herself safe.

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by Phillip Alder In today’s deal, how should South play in four spades after West leads the heart queen? North responded with a splinter bid, which promised game values, four or more spades and a singleton (or void) in clubs. South’s hand had gotten worse, so he signed off in game. South has four potential losers: one in each suit. If he plays a trump at trick two, he should lose those tricks, East winning with his ace and returning a heart. Instead, declarer must do something about that potential heart loser now. He can discard dummy’s third heart on his second club, but he must watch his entries. South takes the first trick in the dummy with the heart king, then calls for its club. West wins with his ace and continues with the heart nine -- first the top of a sequence, then the bottom. Declarer takes the trick with his ace and cashes his club winner, discarding dummy’s last heart. Finally, with North nodding affirmatively, it is time to draw trumps. Maybe you are wondering why anyone would go down in this contract, but many players do not pause for 30 to 60 seconds when the dummy comes down to count losers and winners, and to find a successful line of play. As Paul Simon nearly wrote, “Slow down, you play too fast.” COPYRIGHT: 2022, UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE

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FAIRFIELD — A little romance is coming to theaters this weekend along with a dose of warfare. “Redeeming Love” is the story of a young couple who face the hardships of the Gold Rush in California during the 1850s. The movie stars Abigail Cowen and Tom Lewis. Angel (Cowen) is sold into prostitution as a young child. Her heart grows cold and hard over the years until she meets Michael Hosea (Lewis) who helps her see that love can heal old wounds. The film is based on a novel by Francine Rivers of the same name and is rated PG-13. “The King’s Daughter” follows Louis XIV (Pierce Brosnan), who becomes obsessed with his own mortality and the future of France. He turms to his spiritual adviser, Père La Chaise (William Hurt), who tells him the key to immortality lies with a mermaid (Fan Bingbing). The king’s orphaned daughter, Marie-Josèphe (Kaya Scodelario), returns to court and complicates his plans. Marie-Josèphe finds a bond with the mermaid and tries to stop her father from extracting the creature’s life force. The film is rated PG. “The Tiger Rising” is the tale of reserved 12-year-old Rob Horton lets his imagination run wild as he starts a new life in rural Florida, a contrast to his sad reality of a bullied boy who just lost his mother. One day, however, his reality is met with something more whimsical than his own mind can ever desire: a full-grown Bengal tiger, hidden in the woods and held captive by the meanspirited motel owner, Beauchamp (Dennis Quaid). With the help of a wise and mysterious maid, Willie May (Queen Latifah) and the stubborn new girl in school Sistine (Madalen Mills), Rob must decide whether to set the tiger free and in turn uncage his emotional grief. The film is rated PG.

“Munich: The Edge of War” is based on the international bestseller by Robert Harris. It is Autumn 1938 and Europe stands on the brink of war. Adolf Hitler is preparing to invade Czechoslovakia and Neville Chamberlain’s government desperately seeks a peaceful solution. With the pressure building, Hugh Legat, British civil servant, and Paul von Hartmann, German diplomat, travel to Munich for the emergency conference. As negotiations begin, the two old friends find themselves at the center of a web of political subterfuge and very real danger. With the whole world watching, can war be averted and, if so, at what cost? The film stars Jessica Brown Findlay, Alex Jennings, Christian Schwochow and Jeremy Irons and is rated PG-13. “Warhunt” is set in 1945 and tells a tale of a U.S. military cargo plane that loses control and violently crashes behind enemy lines in the middle of the German black forest. Ruthless Maj. Johnson (Mickey Rourke) sends a squad of his bravest soldiers on a rescue mission to retrieve the top secret material the plane was carrying. Led by Sgt. Brewer (Robert Knepper) and Walsh (Jackson Rathbone), the soldiers venture deep into the forest near the crash site. They soon discover hanged Nazi soldiers and other dead bodies bearing ancient, magical symbols. Suddenly their compasses fail, their perceptions twist. Straying from the group leads to profound horror as they are attacked by a powerful, supernatural force. Fighting for their sanity and struggling to survive, they must uncover the shocking truth behind the force before the Nazis and do everything they can to remove all evidence it ever existed, even at the cost of their own lives. The film is rated R.

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FAIRFIELD-SUISUN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NOTICE INVITING PROPOSALS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that FAIRFIELD-SUISUN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, acting by and through its Board of Education, hereinafter referred to as the District will receive up to, but no later than February 15, 2022 2:00 PM sealed Proposals from qualified Responders for the Request for Proposals (RFP) award of contract for the following: RFP #2134-22 Student Transportation Services Interested Bidders are referred to the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District Purchasing Department website, https://www.fsusd.org/Page/15594, for all communication, instructions, and forms. The RFP packet will be posted by 4:00 pm January 10, 2022. Questions regarding this RFP will be accepted until 4:00 pm on January 20, 2022, and must be submitted in email to: Melissa Iriarte at melissair@fsusd.org – using the subject line of “RFP #2134-22 Questions”. It is the responsibility of the Bidder to check the website for addenda and/or updates. Proposals are due at the Purchasing Office for time and date stamping on or before 2:00 pm PST on February 15, 2022. One original and one electronic version (usb drive) response must be submitted in a sealed, clearly marked envelope. All proposals must be received and time and date stamped in the Purchasing office by the above due date and time. Proposals received after the due date and time will be returned unopened to the Bidder. No exceptions. Faxed or emailed RFPs will not be accepted. All proposals must conform and be responsive to this RFP, and all necessary documents must be enclosed. Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, to waive any informalities or irregularities therein, and to accept the proposal in whole, or portions of the proposal that, in the opinion of the District, is in the best interest of the Fairfield- Suisun Unified School District. No Responder may withdraw their RFP for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for the opening. Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District reserves the right, in its sole discretion and subject to applicable laws, to determine the criteria and process whereby proposals are evaluated and awarded. DR#00052052 Published: Jan. 10, 17, 2022

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The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission is scheduled to hold a public hearing only on February 3, 2022, at 1pm to consider an amendment request by the Suisun Resource Conservation District to amend the Individual Management Plan Component of the Suisun Resource Conservation District’s Suisun Marsh Local Protection Plan. No vote will take place at that time. The vote is tentatively scheduled for the Commission Meeting on February 17, 2022. Prior to the meeting, BCDC shall post on its website (http://www.bcdc.ca.gov) the Commission Meeting Notice including a Zoom link for the meeting, the BCDC staff summary of the amendment, and example Individual Management Plans at http://www.bcdc.ca.gov/cm/cm_mtng.shtml. During the COVID-19 pandemic, BCDC is conducting Commission meetings remotely as we comply with State of California directives and orders for social distancing and staying at home. More information on public participation at virtual Commission Meetings can be found here: https://www.bcdc.ca.gov/virtual-commission-meetings-instructions.html. If you would like more information about the Local Protection Program and its components, please contact Yair Chaver at yair.chaver@bcdc.ca.gov or 415 352 3660 DR#00051569 Published: Jan. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2022

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No.: 129W-019250 Title Order No. 05944362 APN: 0037-401-210 Property Address: 1850 BLOSSOM AVENUE, #120, FAIRFIELD, CA 94533 NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED 注：本文件包含一个信息摘要 참고사항: 본 첨부 문서에 정보 요약서가 있 습니다 NOTA: SE ADJUNTA UN RESUMEN DE LA INFORMACIÓN DE ESTE DOCUMENTO TALA: MAYROONG BUOD NG IMPORMASYON SA DOKUMENTONG ITO NA NAKALAKIP LƯU Ý: KÈM THEO ĐÂY LÀ BẢN TRÌNH BÀY TÓM LƯỢC VỀ THÔNG TIN TRONG TÀI LIỆU NÀY [PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(a), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED TO ABOVE IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED OR PUBLISHED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR.] YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 6/20/2018. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale of the Trustor’s interest will be made to the highest bidder for lawful money of the United States, payable at the time of sale in cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: JOYCE M. WOODS, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN Duly Appointed Trustee: PLM LOAN MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. Recorded 6/22/2018, as Instrument No. 201800041483, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Solano County, California, Date of Sale: 2/7/2022 at 9:30 AM Place of Sale: At the Santa Clara Street entrance to the City Hall at 555 Santa Clara Street, Vallejo, CA. Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $245,240.47 (estimated as of the first publication date) Street Address or other common designation of real property: 1850 BLOSSOM AVENUE, #120 FAIRFIELD, CA 94533 A.P.N.: 0037-401-210 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. The following statements; NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS and NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER are statutory notices for all one to four single family residences and a courtesy notice for all other types of properties. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (916) 939-0772 or visit this Internet Website http://www.nationwideposting.com/, using the file number assigned to this case 129W-019250. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Website. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (916) 939-0772, or visit this internet website http://www.nationwideposting.com/, using the file number assigned to this case 129W-019250 to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. Date: 1/10/2022 PLM LOAN MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC., as Trustee Phone: 408-370-4030 5446 Thornwood Drive, Second Floor San Jose, California 95123 Elizabeth Godbey, Vice President NPP0398186 DR#00052180 Published: Jan. 17, 24, 31, 2022

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NOTICE OF SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on December 16, 2021, the People of the State of California filed a Petition to preserve for subsequent levy or seizure the assets or property in the control of ERIC FAULKS to wit, A 2020 Hyundai Kona Ultimate vehicle license plate number 8PEK232 and a 2008 Lincoln SUV, California license plate number 7NUG401. If you have a legal interest in this property, you must, within thirty (30) days from the date of the first publication of this notice or within thirty (30) days of your receipt of this notice, file a verified claim stating the nature and extent of your interest with the Clerk of the Marin County Superior Court, Hall of Justice, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. An endorsed copy of the verified claim must be served upon the Marin County District Attorney, Hall of Justice, Room 145, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. Use case number SC218149A in any communication with the Court or the District Attorney. If you do file a verified claim, you may also request a hearing to determine whether any temporary restraining order issued with respect to the assets and property listed in this Notice should remain in effect; or whether any other order affecting the real property should be modified in the interest of justice. In order to exercise your right to such a hearing, you should file a Request for Hearing with the Marin County Superior Court and serve a copy of that Request on the Marin County District Attorney's Office. Such a hearing shall be held within ten (10) days of your service of such a Request. If you believe that a hearing is required in less than ten (10) days notice to the District Attorney, you should make an application to the Court for an earlier hearing, which the court, upon a showing of good cause, may shorten to two (2) days after service of your Request. If no verified claim is properly filed, the District Attorney will seek to have the Court issue an order that the property be levied upon to pay fines and restitution. DR#00051708 Published: Dec. 22, 24, 26, 27, 29, 31, 2021, Jan. 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19, 21, 23, 24, 26, 28, 30, 31 Feb. 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 2022 Section 00 1100 - NOTICE TO BIDDERS

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DOCUMENT 00 11 16 NOTICE TO BIDDERS / INVITATION TO BID 1. Notice is hereby given that the governing board (“Board”) of the FAIRFIELD-SUISUN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (“District”) will receive sealed bids for the following project: BID #22F-117 Sullivan New Restroom Building and Campus Remodel 2. To bid on this Project, the Bidder is required to have been prequalified by the District. In addition, if components of the Project will be performed by electrical, mechanical, or plumbing subcontractors performing under the following license classification(s), then each of those subcontractors that intend to bid as a first-tier subcontractor to a general contractor (prime contractor) are required to have been prequalified by the District: C-4, C-7, C-10, C-16, C-20, C-34, C-36, C-38, C-42, C-43, and/or C-46. All prequalification questionnaires will be received until 5:00pm, Wednesday, January 25, 2022, on the District Office website: https://www.fsusd.org/Page/16414 3. Sealed Bids will be received until 2:00 p.m., February 2, 2022 at the office of the Facilities & Construction Department, located at 2490 Hilborn Road, Fairfield, California, after which time the bids will be opened and publicly read aloud, in conference room #102 at 2490 Hilborn Road, Fairfield, CA 94533. Any claim by a bidder of error in its bid must be made in compliance with section 5100 et seq. of the Public Contract Code. Any bid that is submitted after this time shall be non-responsive and returned to the bidder. 4. The Project consists of: Construction of a new restroom building “J”. Conversion of (E) classroom to (N) admin office building “A”. Renovation of existing classrooms and restroom sin buildings “B”, “C” & “F”. Remove and replace various concrete ramps and stairs. Construction of a new playground and installation of owner-supplied equipment. Install owner-supplied shade structure. Site work at both parking lots. 5. All bids shall be on the form provided by the District. Each bid must conform and be responsive to all pertinent Contract Documents, including, but not limited to, the Instructions to Bidders.

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6. To bid on this Project, the Bidder is required to possess one or more of the following State of California Contractor Licenses:

Section 1.01 Notice is hereby given that the Board of Education of the Vacaville Unified School District of Solano County, hereinafter referred to as "District," will receive sealed Proposals for:

A (General Engineering) or B (General Building) The Bidder's license(s) must be active and in good standing at the time of the bid opening and must remain so throughout the term of the Contract.

Bid Package # 22-01: Vacaville High School Improvements Project

7. As security for its Bid, each bidder shall provide with its Bid form • a bid bond issued by an admitted surety insurer on the form provided by the District, • cash, or • a cashier's check or a certified check, drawn to the order of the FAIRFIELD-SUISUN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total bid price. This bid security shall be a guarantee that the Bidder shall, within seven (7) calendar days after the date of the Notice of Award, enter into a contract with the District for the performance of the services as stipulated in the bid.

• Classroom technology improvements • Exterior lighting control upgrades • Library casework and flooring improvements • Music Classrooms acoustical and flooring upgrades • Legacy displays addition • Accessibility improvements • Construction of Zunino Stadium storage buildings (Increment 2) • Other work as shown in the documents and as required for a complete and operational project Notice is hereby given that the Project is a public works project within the requirements of Division 2, Part 7, Chapter 1 of the California Labor Code, and that each Bidder and all Subcontractors are required to be registered with the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5 at the time of bidding. Failure of the Bidder or a listed Subcontractor to be registered at the time of bidding shall render the Bid nonresponsive and unavailable for award. Notice is hereby given that the Project is subject to the requirements of Public Contract Code section 20111.6 as a project funded under the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 or a project that involves a projected expenditure of one million dollars ($1,000,000) or more and is funded from a state school bond. As such, the District will accept Bids only from Bidders prequalified by the District. In addition, any electrical, mechanical, and plumbing subcontractors (as defined by Public Contract Code section 20111.6(k) and all subcontractors holding a class A or B license that will perform any type of work covered by the specialty licenses listed in section 20111.6(k)) must be prequalified by the District. The type of work for which subcontractors must be prequalified is the work encompassed in the following license classifications: C-4, C-7, C-10, C-16, C20, C-34, C-36, C-38, C-42, C-43 and C-46, whether performed by a contractor with a Class C license or a Class A or B license. A list of prequalified contractors and electrical, mechanical, and plumbing Subcontractors is posted on the District’s website at http://measurea-vusd-ca.schoolloop.com. Contractors and subcontractors that are required to be prequalified are required to submit prequalification packages no later than thirty (30) days prior to bid date or within five (5) days of the last bid advertisement if advertised less than thirty (30) days before bids are due, but no later than ten (10) business days before bids are due. The District will not consider any Bid in which the Bidder, or any Subcontractor that was required to be prequalified, is not actually prequalified within five (5) days before the bid date. The District’s Prequalification Application is available on the District’s website at http://measurea-vusd-ca.schoolloop.com. If the bidder will not perform the mechanical, electrical and/or plumbing (MEP) work itself, then a prequalified MEP subcontractor must be listed on the subcontractor listing form, including specifically identifying mechanical, electrical and/or plumbing in the “portion” of work. Proposals are due: BID INFORMATION Location: Vacaville Unified School District, 401 Nut Tree Road, Vacaville, CA 95687 Contact: District Representative: Patrick J. Neelan, Capital Program Management, Inc. (916) 553-4400 Date: February 17, 2022 Time: No later than 2:00 PM At this time such proposals will be opened and publicly read.

8. The successful Bidder shall be required to furnish a 100% Performance Bond and a 100% Payment Bond if it is awarded the contract for the Project. 9. The successful Bidder may substitute securities for any monies withheld by the District to ensure performance under the Contract, in accordance with the provisions of section 22300 of the Public Contract Code. 10. The successful Bidder and its subcontractors shall pay all workers on the Project not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and the general prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations, State of California, for the type of work performed and the locality in which the work is to be performed within the boundaries of the District, pursuant to sections 1770 et seq. of the California Labor Code. Prevailing wage rates are on file with the District and are available to any interested party on request or at www.dir.ca.gov/oprl/statistics_and_databases.html. Bidders and Bidders’ subcontractors shall comply with the registration and qualification requirements pursuant to sections 1725.5 and 1771.1 of the California Labor Code. 11. A non-mandatory pre-bid conference and site visit will be held on January 18, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at Sullivan School, 2195 Union Ave, Fairfield, California, for the purpose of acquainting bidders with the bid documents and the work site. Please meet in front of the school office. 12. Contract Documents can be downloaded from the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District Website at https://www.fsusd.org/Page/16402 13. The District is implementing a Project Labor Agreement on this Project 14. The District’s Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids and/or waive any irregularity in any bid received. If the District awards the Contract, the security of unsuccessful bidder(s) shall be returned within sixty (60) days from the time the award is made. Unless otherwise required by law, no bidder may withdraw its bid for ninety (90) days after the date of the bid opening. 15. The District shall award the Contract, if it awards it at all, to the lowest responsive responsible bidder based on: The base bid amount DR#00052069 Jan. 10, 17, 2022

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NOTICE INVITING BIDS Bid No. 2133-22 SURVEILLANCE INSTALLATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the GOVERNING BOARD OF THE FAIRFIELDSUISUN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, OF THE COUNTY OF SOLANO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, will receive up to, but not later than, February 17, 2022 at 1:00 p.m., local time, and will then publicly open and read aloud at, Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District, Conference Room #102 at 2490 Hilborn Road, Fairfield, CA 94534, bids for the following Project: BID# 2133-22 Surveillance Installation

Contractor License Classification Required: Class A or B

Sealed Bids will be received before 1:00 p.m., February 17, 2022, at the office of the Purchasing Department, 3rd floor, 2490 Hilborn Road, Fairfield, California. After which time the bids will be opened and publicly read aloud, in conference room #102 at 2490 Hilborn Road, Fairfield, CA 94534. Any claim by a bidder of error in its bid must be made in compliance with section 5100 et seq. of the Public Contract Code. Any bid that is submitted after this time shall be non-responsive and returned to the bidder.

Section 1.02 Mandatory Pre bid conference will be held at:

The Project consists of:

MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE INFORMATION Location: 100 West Monte Vista Ave, Vacaville, CA 95688, under flag poles in front of Admin Office Contact: District Representative: Patrick J. Neelan, Capital Program Management, Inc. (916) 553-4400 Date: January 26, 2022 Time: 2:00 PM

IP surveillance equipment and installation and upgrades as described in the construction documents.

Due to Current COVID-19 Requirements, Bid Proposals will be received at the main entrance to the building between 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM on the day of the bid.

Attendance for duration of meeting is mandatory and each prime contract bidder (referred to as “Bidder” or “Bidders”) shall be required to certify, as part of its Proposal Form, that it attended the entirety of the Pre-Bid conference. Failure to include the certification will render the bid non-responsive. Failure to attend the mandatory, Pre-Bid conference waives the right to submit a bid. For all Pre-Bid visits (other than the Pre-bid conference), Bidder must make an appointment with the District Representative prior to visiting the Site. Appropriate COVID-19 protocols will be required. Section 1.03 Overall coordination of the Project will be the responsibility of the District Representative. All inquiries regarding the bid are to be directed to District Representative, Patrick J. Neelan, PatrickN@CapitalPM.com. Section 1.04 Contracts for construction will be direct prime contracts with the District. All Project procedures and documents are designed to facilitate delivery of the Project through prime construction contracts. The District's forms shall be used for all documents. Bidders shall read and review the Bidding Documents carefully, and shall familiarize themselves thoroughly with all requirements.

All bids shall be on the form provided by the District. Each bid must conform and be responsive to all pertinent Contract Documents, including, but not limited to, the Instructions to Bidders. To bid on this Project, the Bidder is required to possess one or more of the following State of California Contractor Licenses: B (General Building) and/or C-7 (Low Voltage) and/or C-10 (Electrical) The Bidder's license(s) must be active and in good standing at the time of the bid opening and must remain so throughout the term of the Contract. As security for its Bid, each bidder shall provide with its Bid form • a bid bond issued by an admitted surety insurer on the form provided by the District, • cash, or • a cashier's check or a certified check, drawn to the order of the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District, in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total bid price. This bid security shall be a guarantee that the Bidder shall, within seven (7) calendar days after the date of the Notice of Award, enter into a contract with the District for the performance of the services as stipulated in the bid. The successful Bidder shall be required to furnish a 100 % Performance Bond and a 100% Payment Bond if it is awarded the contract for the Work.

Section 1.05 Each bid proposal shall conform to the requirements of the Contract Documents. The bid documents may be obtained at bidder’s expense from Signature Reprographics, (916) 454-0800 or electronically at https:/signaturerepro.com.

The successful Bidder may substitute securities for any monies withheld by the District to ensure performance under the Contract, in accordance with the provisions of section 22300 of the Public Contract Code.

Section 1.06 No bid will be considered unless it is accompanied by Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Bid Bond from a surety authorized to do business in California for ten percent (10%) of the total amount of the Combined Base Bid Amount, including additive Alternate Bids, made payable to the District. The above-mentioned check or bid bond shall be given as a guarantee that the Bidder shall, if selected by the District, execute the Contracts, in conformance with the Contract Documents. For more information, refer to Section 00 2000, Article 1, Section 1.06.

The successful Bidder and its subcontractors shall pay all workers on the Project not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and the general prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations, State of California, for the type of work performed and the locality in which the work is to be performed within the boundaries of the District, pursuant to sections 1770 et seq. of the California Labor Code. Prevailing wage rates are available from the District or on the Internet at: <http://www.dir.ca.gov>. Bidders and Bidders’ subcontractors shall comply with the registration and qualification requirements pursuant to sections 1725.5 and 1771.1 of the California Labor Code.

Section 1.07 Bids shall not expire for a period of 90 days after the date set for the bid opening. Within ten (10) days after notification of the District’s Notice of Intent to Award the Contracts, the successful Bidder will be required to furnish a Labor and Material Bond and a Faithful Performance Bond for each Contract. For further information, refer to Sections 00 6113.13 and 00 6113.16. Section 1.08 The District is an equal opportunity employer. Refer to General Conditions Section 00 7000, Article 7, Section 7.10. The District encourages the participation of DVBE businesses. Refer to Special Provisions Section 00 8000. The District has set an overall goal for this Project that Bidders obtain a minimum of 3% of their bid amount in participation by certified Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises (“DVBE”). The participation may be through work or supply of materials. If a Bidder is unable to obtain the full 3% participation by one or more DVBEs, then the bid may be found responsive only if it establishes “good faith efforts” to meet the goal. The requirements for good faith efforts are set forth in Special Provisions Section 00 8000, Article 4 and the attachments thereto. Section 1.09 The successful Bidder shall be required to pay its workers on this Project a sum not less than the general prevailing rate (applicable at time of bid advertisement date) of per diem wages and not less than the general prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work for work of a similar character in the locality in which the Project is performed, as provided under California Labor Code Sections 1726-1861. Copies of the prevailing rate of per diem wages are on file at the Vacaville Unified School District, 401 Nut Tree Road, Vacaville, CA 95687, and shall be made available to any interested party u p o n re q u e s t . T h e y m a y a l s o b e o b t a i n e d o n t h e i n t e r n e t a t http://www.dir.ca.gov/OPRL/DPreWageDetermination.htm Refer to General Conditions Section 00 7000, Article 7. The Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. Section 1.10 The governing board of the District reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and to waive any irregularity in any proposals received. Section 1.11 At the request and expense of the successful Bidder, eligible securities shall be accepted in lieu of retention payments to insure performance under the Contract, pursuant to California Public Contract Code Section 22300. Refer to Exhibit H and General Conditions Section 00 7000, Article 12, Section 12.05. Said securities shall be deposited prior to the submission of the successful Bidder’s first progress payment application. Section 1.12 The successful Bidder shall have at least one supervising technician on call in the event that the existing fire alarm, security clocks, intercom, telephone and data systems are damaged during the course of construction or the Contract requires relocation of existing devices. The supervising technician is required to be on Site during all aspects of repair, modifications and testing. For fire alarm modifications and repairs the supervising technician is required to have at a minimum NICET LEVEL 2 Certification or equal. The District may consider optional Underwriters Laboratories Certification, factory training or contractor demonstrated equal experience/training with prior approval. The supervising technician must also have a minimum 5 years installation experience. DR#00052190 Published: Jan. 17, 24, 2022

The District, the District’s designee and/or the California Department of Industrial Relations will be operating a labor compliance program on this Project pursuant to Labor Code section 1771, et seq. Due to the size of this project, the District is conducting a Two-day mandatory pre-bid conference and two-day site visit which will be held on January 19, 2022 (Day 1), and January 26, 2022 (Day 2), at 9:00 a.m. at Fairfield- Suisun USD, 2490 Hilborn Road, Fairfield, California, in conference room #102 for the purpose of acquainting bidders with the bid documents and the work site. Qualified bidders must attend both days and must be arrived before 9:00 am. Requests for information must be submitted in writing to Melissa Iriarte at melissair@fsusd.org Bid packets will be posted by 4:00 pm on January 11, 2022 on the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District Website at https://www.fsusd.org/Page/15594. The Governing Board has obtained from the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations the general prevailing rate of per diem wages in the locality in which the work is to be performed for each craft, classifications or type of worker needed to execute the Contract, including employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, apprenticeship and similar purposes. Copies of the prevailing rates are on file at the District office and shall be made available to any interested party upon request. It shall be mandatory upon the Contractor to whom the Contract is awarded, and upon any Subcontractor under the Contractor, to pay not less than the specified rates to all workers employed by them in the execution of the Contract. It is the Contractor's responsibility to determine any rate change, which may have or will occur during the intervening period between each issuance of written rates by the Director of Industrial Relations. The substitution of appropriate securities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments in accordance with Public Contract Code section 22300 is permitted. Performance and Payment bonds will be required of the successful bidder. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for the opening for bids except as provided pursuant to Public Contract Code section 5100, et seq. The District reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any informalities or irregularities in the bidding. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids and/or waive any irregularity in any bid received. If the District awards the Contract, the security of unsuccessful bidder(s) shall be returned within sixty (60) days from the time the award is made. Unless otherwise required by law, no bidder may withdraw its bid for ninety (90) days after the date of the bid opening. The District shall determine the low bid based upon the base bid plus alternate. The District reserves the right to award at its discretion the base bid, with or without any alternate, or to not award at all. DR#00052070 Jan. 10, 17, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS LALO FLORES DBA APPLIED SURFACE TECHNOLOGIES LOCATED AT 306 East Bell Avenue, Fairfield CA 94533 Solano. Mailing Address 306 East Bell Avenue, Fairfield CA 94533. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) Lalo Flores 306 East Bell Avenue Fairfield, 94533. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Lalo Flores IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION Dec. 28, 2026. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: Dec. 29, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021002476 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR#00051974 Published: Jan. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2022 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: MARIA KENNON LAWSON Case Number: P051213 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Maria Kennon Lawson A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Dena Featherston in the Superior Court of California, County of: Solano The Petition for Probate requests that: Dena Featherston be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: DATE: FEB. 14, 2022 TIME: 8:30 a.m. DEPT.: 4 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, County of Solano 600 Union Avenue, Third Floor Fairfield, CA 94533 Probate If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1)four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: Rita A. Holder, Esq. 3100 Oak Road, Suite 100 Walnut Creek, CA 94597 925-482-8910 DR#00052191 Published: Jan. 14, 17, 21, 2022

Sports

B8 Monday, January 17, 2022 — DAILY REPUBLIC

Scoreboard BASKETBALL Houston

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB 27 15 .643 — 25 17 .595 2 21 19 .525 5 22 21 .512 5½ 22 22 .500 6 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 27 14 .659 — Milwaukee 27 18 .600 2 Cleveland 26 18 .591 2½ Indiana 15 28 .349 13 Detroit 10 32 .238 17½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 27 16 .628 — Charlotte 23 20 .535 4 Washington 22 21 .512 5 Atlanta 17 25 .405 9½ Orlando 8 36 .182 19½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Northwest Division W L Pct GB Utah 29 14 .674 — Denver 22 20 .524 6½ Minnesota 21 22 .488 8 Portland 17 25 .405 11½ Oklahoma City 14 28 .333 14½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB Phoenix 33 9 .786 — GOLDEN STATE 31 12 .721 2½ L.A. Lakers 21 22 .488 12½ L.A. Clippers 21 23 .477 13 SACRAMENTO 18 28 .391 17 Southwest Division W L Pct GB Memphis 30 15 .667 — Dallas 24 19 .558 5 San Antonio 16 27 .372 13 New Orleans 16 27 .372 13 Brooklyn Philadelphia Toronto New York Boston

13 32 .289 17 Sunday’s Games Houston 118, SACRAMENTO 112 Minnesota 119, GOLDEN STATE 99 Phoenix 135, Detroit 108 Utah 125, Denver 102 Monday’s Games New Orleans at Boston, 9:30 p.m. Charlotte at New York, 10 a.m. Philadelphia at Washington, 11 a.m. Brooklyn at Cleveland, noon Chicago at Memphis, 12:30 p.m. Indiana at L.A. Clippers, 12:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Atlanta, 3 p.m. Portland at Orlando, 4 p.m. Toronto at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Phoenix at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Utah at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday’s Games Detroit at GOLDEN STATE, 7 p.m. Minnesota at New York, 4:30 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Detroit at SACRAMENTO, 7 p.m. Orlando at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Brooklyn at Washington, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Charlotte at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Portland at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Cleveland at Chicago, 5 p.m. Memphis at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Toronto at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Houston at Utah, 6 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Denver, 7 p.m. Indiana at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.

HOCKEY NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 39 25 10 4 54 113 96

Carolina Washington Pittsburgh Columbus Philadelphia New Jersey N.Y. Islanders

35 25 8 2 52 119 80 39 21 9 9 51 129 108 37 22 10 5 49 120 97 36 17 18 1 35 116 131 37 13 17 7 33 94 125 37 14 18 5 33 107 129 30 11 13 6 28 67 84 Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 38 26 7 5 57 158 111 Tampa Bay 40 26 9 5 57 135 113 Toronto 36 24 9 3 51 123 93 Boston 35 22 11 2 46 111 90 Detroit 39 17 17 5 39 105 128 Buffalo 37 11 20 6 28 96 130 Ottawa 31 11 18 2 24 89 112 Montreal 36 7 24 5 19 76 131 Western Conference Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Colorado 35 24 8 3 51 152 112 Nashville 39 24 12 3 51 121 107 St. Louis 38 22 11 5 49 133 105 Minnesota 34 22 10 2 46 129 105 Winnipeg 34 17 12 5 39 102 99 Dallas 35 18 15 2 38 99 106 Chicago 38 15 18 5 35 93 123 Arizona 36 8 24 4 20 77 138 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vegas 39 23 14 2 48 138 117 Los Angeles 38 20 13 5 45 109 97 Anaheim 41 19 15 7 45 120 120 SAN JOSE 39 20 17 2 42 106 118 Calgary 34 17 11 6 40 105 87 Edmonton 35 18 15 2 38 117 117 Vancouver 38 17 18 3 37 98 110 Seattle 37 10 23 4 24 99 136 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs. Sunday’s Games Vancouver 4, Washington 2 Edmonton at Winnipeg, ppd. Monday’s Games Los Angeles at SAN JOSE, 1 p.m. Detroit at Buffalo, 10 a.m. Minnesota at Colorado, noon Montreal at Arizona, 1 p.m. Chicago at Seattle, 2 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Islanders, 4:30 p.m. Nashville at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Pittsburgh at Vegas, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Toronto, ppd. Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Islanders at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Carolina at Boston, 4 p.m. Buffalo at Ottawa, 4 p.m.

Winnipeg at Washington, 4 p.m. Vancouver at Nashville, 5 p.m. Montreal at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Florida at Calgary, 6 p.m. Tampa Bay at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Columbus at N.Y. Islanders, ppd. Detroit at Philadelphia, ppd. Wednesday’s Games Arizona at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Toronto at N.Y. Rangers, 4:30 p.m. Colorado at Anaheim, 7 p.m.

FOOTBALL NFL Playoffs Wild Card Round Saturday’s Games Cincinnati 26, Las Vegas 19 Buffalo 47, New England 17 Sunday’s Games Tampa Bay 31, Philadelphia 15 SAN FRANCISCO 23, Dallas 17 Kansas City 42, Pittsburgh 15 Monday’s Game Arizona at L.A. Rams, 5:15 p.m. Divisional Round Saturday, Jan. 22 Cincinnati at Tennessee, 1:30 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO at Green Bay, 5:15 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23 Arizona/L.A. at Tampa Bay, noon Buffalo at Kansas City, 3:30 p.m. Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 30 AFC, teams TBD, noon NFC, teams TBD, 3:30 p.m. Pro Bowl Sunday, Feb. 6 AFC vs. NFC, noon Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 13 Teams TBD, 3:30 p.m.

49ers: Hold off Cowboys in wild finish From Page B1 in the final 37 seconds to the Green Bay Packers? No, and now they get their rematch with the Packers. The 49ers have won their past three playoff matchups with the Packers, including a January 2014 wild-card win in Green Bay (23-20) and the 2019 season’s NFC Championship Game route (37-20) at Levi’s Stadium. The alltime postseason series is tied, 4-4. Look for the 49ers to play the Packers on Saturday, considering the No. 2 Tampa Bay Buccaneeers figure to host a Sunday game against the winner of Monday night’s RamsCardinals game. The 49ers thought too many times they had won before 93,470 at AT&T Stadium until officials finally declared it so. The final minutes saw a fourth-down incompletion by Prescott, followed by a 49ers’ drive that stalled once officials, after lengthy reviews and respotting of the ball, ruled

Deebo Samuel short of a third-down conversion, and although the 49ers were set to go for it on fourth-and-1, Trent Williams’ false-start penalty led to a punt and Dallas’ last drive. The 49ers looked in great shape after a blistering, three-play sequence in 50 seconds gave them a 23-7 lead in the third quarter. First, D.J. Jones sacked Dak Prescott for a 13-yard loss, back at the Cowboys’ 19-yard line. Next came an interception at the 26-yard line by nickel back K’Waun Williams, who missed last game recovering from COVID. Then, suddenly, Samuel weaved his way down the right side for a 26-yard touchdown run. It was his team-leading ninth rushing score this season, giving more credence to his selfdefined position of “wide back” – a wide receiver playing running back. They got to the fourth quarter with that 16-point lead intact. Eight minutes separated them from the divisional round. They

made it. Somehow. After not punting in the first half, the 49ers offense bogged down, scoring on only 1 of 6 possessions and punting four times. Garoppolo, who also had a bad overthrow of an open Brandon Aiyuk in the third quarter, finished 16-of-25 for 172 yards. Samuel, the 49ers’ offensive catalyst, ran for 72 yards (10 carries) and added 38 yards receiving (three catches). Prescott, a week after throwing five touchdown passes, had only one, and that came in the first half on a 20-yard throw to Amari Cooper over K’Waun Williams. The 49ers took a 16-7 lead into halftime, and while that certainly wasn’t commanding, it was made so precarious by Bosa’s exit. He sustained a concussion when he collided with teammate D.J. Jones, after getting pulled down by right tackle La’el Collins, whose holding penalty on Bosa stalled that Cowboys’ drive. That first half started in dominant fashion by both the 49ers’ offense

and defense. First, they zipped down field for an opening-drive touchdown — Elijah Mitchell’s 4-yard, carefree run to the right pylon behind blocks from Kyle Juszczyk and Brandon Aiyuk. Then it was the 49ers’ defense’s turn: Azeez AlShaair pressured Dak Prescott into a first-snap incompletion, Dre Greenlaw stopped Zeke Elliott for a 3-yard loss, and, on an ever-tricky third-andlong, Bosa and Samson Ebukam sacked Prescott. The 49ers’ next three possessions produced Robbie Gould field goals, and a reminder he’s never missed a postseason kick in his career. He made 53-, 40- and 52-yard attempts to make it a 16-7 lead with 3:03 until halftime. They can’t settle for such field goals against Aaron Rodgers. But they’ve got another chance at him, at the NFC crown, at their sixth Lombardi Trophy, 27 years after winning their fifth by downing the Cowboys in the conference finals.

Warriors: Depleted squad falls on road From Page B1 home rather than travel to Minnesota for the final night of a four-game trip that started with losses at Memphis and Milwaukee. Before Sunday's game, the Warriors announced

Green will be re-evaluated in two weeks after he missed his fourth consecutive game because of a sore left calf. He was seen by several specialists over the last week and underwent an MRI of his lower back the

night he was injured. The evaluations linked the calf soreness and tightness to a disc in his lower back, a team release said. Green will receive physical therapy this coming week and will continue to be monitored by

the team's medical and training staff. The Warriors arrived at Target Center with a 31-11 record despite a season in which they haven't yet had Curry, Green and Klay Thompson in a lineup.

Bucs: Run game delivers against Eagles 106 rushing yards, outgaining the Eagles (95), who finished well below their NFL-best regular season average (159.7). “I think they did a great job in coming in, and neither of them (had) played quite a bit,” quarterback Tom Brady said. “(Bernard) had a huge game

From Page B1 he could feel it,” Arians said. “Until he’s full-speed we’re not going to use him.” Enter the understudies. Or in this case, over-achievers. Behind the Vaughn/Bernard tandem, the Bucs finished with

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today for us. Ke’Shawn has taken advantage of his opportunity and has done a great job. When guys go down, other guys have to step in and do the best they can do, and they’re counted on in big moments. And I’m glad we can really count on those guys to do the job with Lenny and RoJo out.”

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CALENDAR Monday’s TV sports Note: Some events may be canceled or moved to different times and/or stations because of Covid-19 considerations

Baseball Puerto Rican League, •Final, FS2, 3 p.m. Basketball College men •Purdue at Illinois, Chs. 2, 40 (KTXL), 9 a.m. •George Mason at George Washington, CBSSN, 11 a.m. •Notre Dame at Howard, Chs. 2, 40 (KTXL), 11 a.m. •Utah at Arizona State, PAC12, 1 p.m. •LaSalle at St. Joseph’s, CBSSN, 1 p.m. •Indiana at Nebraska, BIG TEN, 3 p.m. •Delaware at Northeastern, CBSSN, 4 p.m. •UNLV at San Jose State, CBSSN, 6 p.m. College women •LaSalle at St. Joseph’s, CBSSN, 9 a.m. •UConn at Oregon, ESPN2, 2 p.m. •Georgia at Missouri, SEC, 4 p.m. NBA •Charlotte at New York, NBATV, 10 a.m. •Chicago at Memphis, TNT, 12:30 p.m. •Milwaukee at Atlanta, TNT, 3 p.m. •Utah at L.A. Lakers, NBATV, 7:30 p.m. Football NFL Playoffs •Wild Card round, Arizona at L.A. Rams, Chs. 7, 10, ESPN, ESPN2 (MNF with Peyton and Eli), 5:15 p.m. Gymnastics College women •UCLA at Minnesota, BIG TEN, 10 a.m. Hockey NHL •Los Angeles at San Jose, NBCSCA, 1 p.m. •Montreal at Arizona, HULU, 1 p.m. Soccer Africa Cup of Nations •Burkina Faso vs. Ethiopia, BEIN, 7:50 a.m. •Cape Verde vs. Cameroon, BEIN, noon •Algeria vs. Equatorial Guinea, ,BEIN, 6 p.m. Tennis •Australian Open, ESPN2, 11 a.m. •Australian Open, ESPN2, 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s TV sports Baseball Puerto Rican League •Final, FS2, 3 p.m. Basketball College men •Baylor at West Virginia, ESPN2, 2 p.m. •IUPUI at Ohio State, BIG TEN, 4 p.m. •Butler at UConn, FS1, 4 p.m. •South Carolina at Arkansas, SEC, 4 p.m. •Missouri at Ole Miss, ESPNU, 4 p.m. •North Carolina at Miami, ACC, 4 p.m. •Maryland at Michigan, ESPN2, 4 p.m. •Kansas at Oklahoma, ESPN, 4 p.m. •Duke at Florida State, ESPN, 6 p.m. •Clemson at Syracuse, ACC, 6 p.m. •Iowa State at Texas Tech, ESPNU, 6 p.m. •Tennessee at Vanderbilt, SEC, 6 p.m. •Providence at Seton Hall, FS1, 6 p.m. •Wisconsin at Northwestern, BIG TEN, 6 p.m. Hockey NHL •N.Y. Islanders at Philadelphia, HULU, 4 p.m. Soccer Super Lig •Fatih Karagumruk vs. Besiktas, BEIN, 8:55 a.m. •Fenerbahce vs. Altay, BEIN, 8:55 a.m. (Wednesday) Africa Cup of Nations •Gabon vs. Morocco, BEIN, 10:55 a.m. •Zimbabwe vs. Guinea, BEIN, 2 p.m. (taped) •Ghana vs. Comoros, BEIN, 4 p.m. (taped) •Malawi vs. Senegal, BEIN, 8 p.m. (taped) Tennis •Australian Open, ESPN2, 11 a.m. •Australian Open, ESPN2, 6 p.m.

NFL: Failing From Page B1 it. Or we could look at this topic with a panoramic lens: Black leadership is scarce everywhere. This is not an attempt to give the NFL cover. It has earned the scorn. But NFL teams are owned by NFL owners who spend a great deal of time interacting with other business leaders. They are cognizant of who is in the room making decisions and more importantly, who is not. You don’t think they’ve noticed how few Black CEOs there have been over the half century of Fortune 500 lists? Time and time again we expect a league that infamously resisted Black leadership at the quarterback position for decades, to be somewhere corporate America, Hollywood and the so-called liberal media are not. In September,

Richard Lapchick, a contributor to ESPN, noted that the Sports Media Racial and Gender Report Card found that the industry that likes to ridicule the NFL for having overwhelmingly white and male leaders remains overwhelmingly white and male itself. When I brought this up to my husband, a retail executive who has been in the industry for more than 30 years across six companies, he told me he has never had a Black boss. I’ve had less than a handful myself. How about you? This NFL head coaching conversation is one we can have about many industries and fields in this country. It is not about a lack of qualified candidates. It’s not simply about tweaking the Rooney Rule or updating human resources policies. And it damn sure isn’t happenstance.