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Expanding access to shelter HOMELESSNESS » Plan to expand outreach in downtown Santa Rosa By PAULINA PINEDA THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Catholic Charities is expanding its street outreach efforts in downtown Santa Rosa with the addition of two dedicated workers who will provide a permanent presence in the city center. Santa Rosa City Hall

administrators and officials with the nonproﬁt homelessness services provider say the workers will be able to better engage with unsheltered residents and connect them with services. Officials also hope the team can better coordinate with downtown merchants and property owners, who have raised concerns that homelessness, among other issues, has contributed to challenges attracting customers and retaining workers, to address their concerns.

Catholic Charities’ Homeless Outreach Services Team, or HOST, already provides services downtown as part of its citywide outreach work but is often called away to other parts of the city. Growing the team has been a goal of both agencies. “This is something that we’ve dreamed about, both Catholic Charities and the city, for some time,” Catholic Charities CEO Jennielynn Holmes said. “The existing team already works

closely in the downtown core, but these two dedicated outreach workers will provide an ongoing presence that we hope will enhance the work that’s already going on.” The Santa Rosa City Council in late October approved designating $100,000 in federal pandemic aid to hire the two workers. Plans call for the pair to focus outreach efforts from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays in the area around Old Courthouse Square,

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Railroad Square, the West End and St. Rose neighborhoods, as well as in downtown parks. There’s no detailed accounting of how many unsheltered residents are in those areas, but a handful or so people who Catholic Charities regularly engages with stay downtown, Holmes said. The city is ﬁnalizing its contract with the nonproﬁt, and Holmes said the outreach TURN TO OUTREACH » PAGE A2

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TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday pushed back against growing U.S. pressure for a “humanitarian pause” in the nearly month-old war to protect civilians and allow more aid into Gaza, insisting there would be no temporary cease-ﬁre until the roughly 240 hostages held by Hamas are released. U.S. Secretary of State TURN TO ISRAEL » PAGE A10

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ocal bar and nightclub Whiskey Tip — known for its late hours, live music, karaoke nights and Edgy Open Mic events — has closed after almost 10 years of business. The owner, Josh Porter, said the building that houses the bar on Sebastopol Road in Santa Rosa needs lots of repairs due to its age and sales have gone down about 33% since coming out of the height of the pandemic. Whiskey Tip’s ﬁnal day was Thursday with one more karaoke night serving as

last call. Porter had spent most of his adult life after college in Monterey in a corporate environment with a passion for hospitality. He found a listing for Whiskey Tip when he was looking for places around the Bay Area to buy. He bought it, becoming the owner in 2017. Porter brought multiple entertainment ventures to the local hangout such as North Bay Cabaret, Edgy Open Mic and karaoke nights. Jake Ward, director of the North Bay Cabaret, has held events at Whiskey Tip since it opened in 2014. It became one of the main spaces he held events in, up to 15

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Cannabis use ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ coming soon By SUSAN WOOD THE NORTH BAY BUSINESS JOURNAL

Come Jan. 1, 2024, California employers are barred from asking job applicants about cannabis use — a practice some employers used to ﬁlter out applicants according to North Bay cannabis advocates and recruitment specialists. California Senate Bill 700,

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unlawful for a prospective employer to request information from an applicant relating to the prior use of cannabis. Longtime cannabis advocates, in particular those who endorse its use for medicinal purposes, support the new law, claiming the discrimination exists. “We’re making progress,” said Lynnette Shaw, founder of Marin Alliance CBC in Fairfax,

the ﬁrst medicinal cannabis dispensary in the state. Nonetheless, Shaw showed a crack in the door that still exists for employers who want to ﬁnd out whether job applicants use. SB 700 does not preempt state or federal laws requiring an applicant to be tested for controlled substances. Also, an

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a year. Ward loved that the bar was so event driven and will miss having it in the Roseland neighborhood. “ (Whiskey Tip’s) openness to all different types of events was a really unique asset to the community so it’s a bummer,” Ward said. “I think it was more accessible to the community than other bars or clubs so that’s the reason why unique things happened there.” One of those community happenings included a 2017 beneﬁt with proceeds donated to the Redwood Credit Union Fire

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The confounding, merciless and decadeslong Vietnam War changed our nation in ways we are still attempting to understand. More than 100 military personnel from the North Bay — Sonoma, Napa, Lake and Mendocino counties — died in the Vietnam War, having served alongside some 2.7 million American men and women. In total, 58,000 of them paid the ultimate price. On Sunday, about 50 years since the U.S. ended its participation in the war, The Press Democrat honors the local individuals lost and the countless lives forever changed. Ten men and women from the North Bay share their stories, some for the ﬁrst time. Their words are moving, and in some cases their memories are hard to stomach. But it is vital for us to understand their experiences because, as the philosopher said: those who do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it.

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“We ... should feel supported by our district, and we should be able to support our family and live in the place where we work.” GABRIEL RIVERA, who has taught ﬁfth grade at Loma Vista in Petaluma for seven years. Read more on Page A3.

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The Wednesday night Whiskey Tip karaoke crowd jams the bar Oct. 25 in Roseland.

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Relief Fund for victims of the Tubbs Fire. "So many of our regulars are mostly from the surrounding Roseland area and they all walk to the bar and it’s sad for them because there’s no other bar on Sebastopol Road for them to go to,“ Porter said. ”It’s sad to be closing.“ The bar endured its bit of notoriety as well, when it was thrust into the spotlight Sept. 25, 2021, following a fatal shooting that occurred in the club’s parking lot. While Santa Rosa says goodbye, the same can’t be said for Porter as he plans to open another business

sometime in the future. Details are still being ﬁnalized and he hopes to be able to announce those plans soon. He wants to hire and bring as much of his current staff to the new venture with as well. “(I’ll miss) getting to know the regulars,” Porter said. “That’s what I liked the most is getting to know the people who come in here every day.” “They’ve become friends,” he added. “It’s been a good relationship the locals. That’s probably what I’ve enjoyed the most.” You can reach Staff Writer Sara Edwards at 707-5215487 or sara.edwards@ pressdemocrat. com. On Twitter @sedwards380 and Threads @sara_edwards380.

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Nothing beats family game night My family’s had me playing games as soon as I could sit at the table and manipulate the pieces — although, in my early years, they would oftentimes end up in my mouth. These days, we’ll host the occasional family game night at our Santa Rosa home— we’ll open up one of the huge cabinets in the den and pick one of the dozens of game we have stockpiled over the years. To me and my family, nothing beats game night. A board game is the perfect backdrop for conversation, and they give people opportunities to create memories together and form or strengthen bonds. So next time you’re dreading a family gathering, bring a board game. You might end up with a night to remember. — Owen Ruderman The Press Democrat

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workers will hit downtown streets as soon as the positions are ﬁlled. The Homeless Outreach Services Team has served as the city’s dedicated outreach provider for eight years and the city currently funds four outreach positions, said Kelli Kuykendall, the city’s homelessness services manager. Outreach workers fan out across downtown two times a week to meet with unhoused individuals and offer services. The city’s inRESPONSE crisis team, which includes an outreach specialist from Catholic Charities, also regularly responds to calls downtown. The downtown outreach team will allow Catholic Charities, which opened a revamped homeless services center at Morgan and Sixth streets just over a year ago, to have a more active presence in the city center and in surrounding neighborhoods. Holmes said the team will proactively patrol downtown, engaging with unhoused individuals and checking in with businesses. The team will also be available to respond to any emergencies involving unsheltered individuals in the area, she said. The expansion comes as downtown stakeholders call on the city to take greater action to stem a perceived uptick in homelessness in the core and as the city increases enforcement efforts to curb camping in the area. The City Council

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Persistence pays off for Catholic Charities outreach worker Noel Rodriguez July 7, as she celebrates an agreement for an intake for services while making the rounds in downtown Santa Rosa. included funding in this year’s budget to hire two additional officers in the Santa Rosa Police Department’s downtown enforcement team. And in August, the City Council approved an ordinance prohibiting camping in city parks, sidewalks and other public spaces. City officials said both will help better manage unsanctioned camps and mitigate health and safety impacts. Holmes said her team has not seen homelessness rise to the levels of a few years ago, when Santa Rosa authorities cleared several large encampments that cropped up at Highway 101 underpasses between Third Street and College Avenue. And the number of people experiencing homelessness in Santa Rosa decreased 30% from 1,658 in 2022 to 1,160 this year,

according to a January count. Still, Holmes said she understands businesses are concerned. “That’s why this is such a critical resource,” she said. Outreach workers are expected to regularly meet with Nexstreet, an organization that contracts with the Downtown Action Organization to provide maintenance and other services in Courthouse Square, and coordinate outreach with the police’s downtown enforcement team. Holmes said having familiar faces downtown will help build stronger relationships with individuals experiencing homelessness, which can in turn help outreach workers better understand their needs, engage with them longterm and connect them with proper resources.

It can also help strengthen relationships with businesses and get a better understanding of some of the challenges they’re facing and how the team and others working downtown can collaborate, she said. Catholic Charities will be required to submit quarterly reports detailing the number of people the team has engaged with and the outcomes of those engagements, such as how many people were placed in a shelter or received other services. The new downtown team will help the city meet a goal of growing the number of outreach workers citywide to 10 workers. The city received a $3.9 million state grant earlier this summer to hire an additional four workers, two case managers and purchase an outreach vehicle to provide a suite of wraparound social services in southeast and southwest Santa Rosa. Kuykendall said it’s critical that as the city steps up enforcement it also increases investments in services and other programs to address root causes of homelessness. “The city’s approach to homelessness is leading with services and this expansion is part of that bigger strategy,” she said. “If we’re stepping up downtown enforcement team efforts and putting in new camping rules then we need to meet that with expanded outreach efforts.” You can reach Staff Writer Paulina Pineda at 707-5215268 or paulina.pineda@ pressdemocrat.com. On Twitter @paulinapineda22.

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The North Coast Suspect sought in woman’s killing SANTA ROSA » Police say man ﬂed home with relative’s severed head By ANDREW GRAHAM THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

The Santa Rosa Police Department is searching for a man suspected of decapitating his female relative in west Santa Rosa and leaving the home with her severed head Thursday.

Police suspect Luis Gustavo Aroyo-Lopez, 24, of Santa Rosa, of killing his relative, a woman who a department spokesperson said was in her sixties. The home was in the 2500 block of Pomo Trail, a neighborhood just west of the Coddingtown Shopping Center. Police described Aroyo-Lopez as a Hispanic adult male around 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing about 150 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He was

last seen wearing a black long-sleeve, hooded sweatshirt or jacket, black pants and white shoes. A r o yo - L o p e z has a large tatLuis Gustavo too of “420,” Aroyo-Lopez with a marijuana leaf on the left side of his head. Police believe Aroyo-Lopez

left the residence and walked south on Iroquois Street. He is considered armed and dangerous, according to the news release. Police said people should not approach him if he is seen and should call the police. Detectives “strongly believe he left the residence with the head in his possession,” spokesperson Sgt. Patricia Seffens told The Press Democrat on Friday. Seffens declined to disclose what led detectives to that be-

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lief, saying she wanted to avoid compromising the ongoing investigation. She also declined, for the moment, to give the dead woman’s precise age or relation to the suspect, other than to say the two were related. But, two neighborhood residents who were on the scene when the body was discovered said Friday that Aroyo-Lopez was the dead woman’s grandTURN TO KILLING » PAGE A4

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rganizers of this year’s Winterblast, the Santa Rosa Arts District street party, are promising the biggest party yet. Highlights of the Saturday event always include the electric sofa parades. One of the creations this year includes a Mrs. Roper-decorated sofa, featuring one of the characters from the late ’70s sitcom “Three’s Company.” From left,

John Macken and son, Jim, on Friday attach a giant head of Mrs. Roper to the back of a couch with attached legs and hands playing on the recent Roper Romp Pub Crawl. The event includes music and food and runs rain or shine from 3-8:30 p.m. in the South of A Arts District. Studios are open from 3-5 p.m. The sofa parades are scheduled for 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.

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Teachers, parents and students at Loma Vista Immersion Academy Elementary Charter School in Petaluma made a show of solidarity Thursday as they lined Maria Drive in the morning and again in the afternoon, sporting red shirts, chanting and waving signs with messages like “No contract no peace.” The protesters, who limited their actions to before and after class that day at all ﬁve district schools, were letting the community know that unionized teachers in the Old Adobe Union School District have vowed to strike if ongoing negotiations between the teachers and

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Jessica Quirt, a teacher at Loma Vista Immersion Academy, leads picketers in front of the eastside Petaluma campus during student drop-off Thursday.

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district fail to produce a contract. The Old Adobe Teachers Association, representing the unionized teachers, announced the pending strike Thursday, Nov. 2 as they began a fact-finding session with the district, according to a news release. “I hope that we don’t have to go into strike, because that affects student learning. Students are first,” said Gabriel Rivera, who has taught fifth grade at Loma Vista for seven years. However, he said, “We also should feel supported by our district, and we should be able to support our family and live in the place where we work.” Rivera, who has a child with medical needs, said his current salary and benefits simply aren’t enough. In a news release, the Old Adobe Teachers Association elaborated on that point,

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The Petaluma Police Department on Wednesday arrested an Army veteran, who is accused of making online threats to kill staff at a military facility, just days after a multiagency manhunt in Mendocino County. Police arrested Christian Beyer, 41, at his father’s house in Petaluma on a federal warrant for charges of interstate threats. He was also accused of threatening two residents with a knife and trying to run one over with his car Monday in Ukiah. He surfaced on foot the same day in Hopland, where he eluded authorities, including a California Highway Patrol airplane, after running through a vineyard. Petaluma police made the arrest sometime Wednesday. A spokesperson from the police department did not respond to a request for comment, but a news release from the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office stated that office learned of the arrest at 2 p.m. Thursday. The federal arrest warrant carried an affidavit from Sarah Weddle, a special agent with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service assigned to the FBI’s Los Angeles Joint Terrorism Task Force. Beyer, who was said to live in Petaluma, posted a video to YouTube on Monday in which he threatened to kill multiple military people at Fort Irwin, an installation in the Southern California desert, Weddle wrote. The video followed other postings reported Sept. 20, when Fort Irwin staff provided the FBI with a number of videos Beyer had posted to his Facebook account about staff on the base. Beyer was arrested at Fort Irwin by its military police in April 2021. Though the charges weren’t clear and he was arrested and prosecuted by the military, Beyer is accused of pushing his wife and barricading himself in his home with an unregistered ﬁrearm, according

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Teacher testifies of following student “Did you feel you were in danJuvenile Court. Santa Rosa police said Pien- shows Pulido meeting two people Teen left classroom after ty Pulido, a 15-year-old freshman ta and another 16-year-old boy after leaving school and handing ger?” the attorney asked. stabbing, 2 others walked at the time, continued northeast walked into an art class that was them something. “No,” the teacher said. Hsu also confirmed she did not toward the baseball field as the not theirs and started a fight He did not specifically say he short distance behind two unnamed students kept a with Pulido, who is accused of believed Pulido handed them the see the beginning of the alterca-

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A Montgomery High School teacher testiﬁed Friday she followed a student when he left her classroom after an altercation that left another boy fatally stabbed in March. Stephanie Hsu followed Daniel Pulido after he left her art class in the north-central portion of the high school. They headed east past the basketball courts where Hsu saw two other students running in a similar direction. She shared the sequence of events on her second day of testimony in Pulido’s voluntary manslaughter trial in Sonoma Coun-

short distance from the young man. “They keep walking. They were power walking,” Hsu said, adding it was the last she saw of Pulido before returning to her classroom to check on other students. Pulido is charged in the March 1 death of Jayden Pienta, a 16-year-old junior killed after suffering multiple stab wounds during the classroom confrontation. Hsu began testifying Thursday and was the lone witness on Friday. She spoke softly and was barely audible under her mask to protect against COVID-19, as she recalled the series of events.

using a 4- to 5-inch folding knife to stab Pienta once in his chest and twice in his back. Police found Pulido later that day as he hid in the bed of the Santa Rosa Creek about a mile away from the school. Pulido has pleaded not guilty to two felony charges, having a weapon on campus and voluntary manslaughter. His defense attorney, Jonathan Steele, has previously said the matter involved self-defense. A knife was never recovered in the stabbing, Sonoma County Deputy District Attorney Jason Riehl said Thursday on the ﬁrst day of testimony. But he added that footage from a residential security camera

knife. Nor did Riehl or anyone else on Friday say if the two people are the same ones Hsu saw. For the most part on Friday, Riehl focused on laying out the scene of the altercation and the route Hsu and Pulido used afterward. He presented multiple images of school property for the teacher to verify where she and Pulido went after the stabbing. During his cross examination, Steele sought clariﬁcation and asked Hsu if she correctly recalled the events of March 1, particularly Pulido’s behavior before he left the classroom. “You remember saying he was visibly upset?” Steele asked. “Yes,” Hsu replied.

tion and recalled grabbing the backpack of the 16-year-old boy who accompanied Pienta into the classroom and telling him to “get out.” Final discussion on Friday revolved around whether the 16-year-old boy was visible in cellphone footage of the altercation. Hsu said he was not before she was dismissed. Testimony is scheduled to continue at 1:30 p.m. Monday. The trial is expected to last about two weeks. You can reach Staff Writer Colin Atagi at colin.atagi@pressdemocrat.com. On Twitter @ colin_atagi

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Man, 42, dies after hit by train By ANDREW GRAHAM THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

A 42-year-old man died Thursday night after a Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit train struck him in Rohnert Park, authorities said. The man died on Golf Course Drive near Commerce Boulevard, where there is a SMART train crossing, according to a news release from the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety issued Friday morning. According to Rohnert Park authorities, all the safety equipment at the crossing was functioning when the man was struck. “It appears the crossing gates were down, the red lights were ﬂashing, and the warning bells and train horn were operational and functioning as designed,” the release said.

Investigators from the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office will identify the man once they notify his next of kin. An investigation is ongoing. SMART will also conduct an internal review as it does after every such death, agency spokesperson Matt Stevens told The Press Democrat on Friday morning. There were 14 passengers aboard the northbound train and two crew members, Stevens said. SMART created a “bus bridge” to get passengers to their ﬁnal destination, he said. Since SMART began service in August 2017, there have been 22 incidents where trains have struck people, whether on foot or in vehicles, Stevens said. Those have resulted in 16 fatalities, and eight of those deaths were determined to be suicides.

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Woman arrested in embezzlement By ANDREW GRAHAM THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Santa Rosa police on Tuesday arrested a Petaluma woman on suspicion of embezzling $150,000 from her employer and using the funds to obtain cash advances and make online purchases. A landscape design and construction company’s new bookkeeper noticed a large number of unauthorized credit card transactions and contacted police in July. The Santa Rosa Police Department’s Property Crimes Investigations Team opened an investigation, according to a news release. Detectives served a search warrant Tuesday at the home of Jennifer Sutton, 48, where police said they found evidence of embezzlement. Detectives suspect Sut-

ton of making $150,000 in unapproved charges to the company’s credit card over ﬁve years. The charges were for cash advances, as well as purchases from Google, DoorDash and Amazon, and to pay personal utilities, according to police. The Press Democrat reached out to Sutton for comment Friday. A response came from one of her listed email addresses requesting that she be left alone. Police arrested her on suspicion of two felony charges for embezzlement and aggravated white collar crime. Charges have not yet been ﬁled, but the Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office is reviewing the case, Assistant District Attorney Brian Staebell told The Press Democrat on Friday.

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The home Friday on the 2500 block of Pomo Trail in Santa Rosa, where Santa Rosa Police suspect Luis Gustavo Aroyo-Lopez killed his relative on Thursday. Police say people should not approach the suspect, who is considered armed and dangerous.

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CONTINUED FROM A3 son. Aroyo-Lopez recently was released from state prison, where he served time on assault with a deadly weapon and weapons possession charges for cases unrelated to Thursday’s victim, according to police. The search for Aroyo-Lopez is large in scope, as police do not know where he was going or his means of travel, according to the news release. Police noted that the suspect has relatives in the San Joaquin Valley area, but there was no indication he was traveling there. Seffens declined to say what kind of weapon the suspect used, other than it was a “bladed instrument.” Manuel Calderon and his brother, Gustavo, on Friday afternoon were standing across the street from the home where the homicide occurred. A large van with a medical cleaning company logo on its side was parked

in front of the house. The Calderon brothers told a Press Democrat reporter they knew the dead woman’s husband, and that the couple was a friendly fixture around the neighborhood. Her husband often worked in his garage with the door open, they said. “She was a very good person,” Manuel Calderon said. They often saw the couple spending time together. The killing occurred inside the house, painted a fading green with Luis Gustavo white trim and loAroyo-Lopez cated on a quiet street. Yellow roses and red flowers fronted the street in a well-kept garden. A late model Toyota work truck was parked in the driveway next to a white SUV with a colorful flower frame on the license plate. Manuel Calderon said he was returning to his house just down the street from work Thursday after-

noon when he heard loud screams for help. A woman outside the house was yelling that her sister was dead, he said. Police had not yet arrived. Officers responded to the call about 3:40 p.m., according to police. Twenty-four hours later, it has been hard to shake the sound of the sister’s voice, Manuel Calderon said. Last night, he said, he was unable to sleep and his head hurt thinking about her screams. “If someone sees the person who did this, call the police,” he said. “For family to do this is...” then he trailed off. Santa Rosa police asked anyone with information about the crime to contact the department at 707-5433590 or through an online tip line at srcity.org/crimetips. A reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspect is set at $2,500. You can reach Staff Writer Andrew Graham at 707-526-8667 or andrew. graham@pressdemocrat.com. On Twitter @AndrewGraham88

“If someone sees the person who did this, call the police.” MANUEL CALDERON, neighbor of slain Santa Rosa woman

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room, according to the afﬁdavit. In the YouTube video, Beyer called on unidentiﬁed people to kill military police officers and named several staff before saying “I will f------ come and hunt you,” and that he was going to kill their “whole f----- family if they stay there.” He also said he was going to kill “everyone else in there at Fort Irwin.” When Weddle spoke to staff at Fort Irwin, she was told Beyer knew how to get on the base via “unofficial trails” and would be able to bypass guarded access points. Beyer appeared to have been in Mendocino County when he posted the threatening videos. On Saturday, according to the federal complaint, deputies from the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office arrested him on charges of

disorderly conduct and being under the inﬂuence of drugs. He was released. Then, at 3:39 p.m. Monday, deputies responded to a call of someone brandishing a knife in the El Dorado subdivision of Ukiah, according to the agency’s news release. Beyer had parked his car in the subdivision for several days, according to the reporting parties. When two residents confronted him, he stepped toward one of them brandishing a knife with a 2-inch blade, the residents told deputies. Beyer then got into the car, a red Lexus with Texas plates, made a U-turn and accelerated toward one of the residents, who ran up an embankment to avoid being hit, according to the news release. Beyer than drove away. A police officer soon after spotted Beyer about 16 miles away in Hopland. Officers from several agencies responded but Beyer escaped.

Photographs published by the Mendocino County news website Redheaded Blackbelt show K-9 units and a considerable police presence, including men in tactical equipment with long guns, joined in the pursuit. Beyer was last seen that day running through a vineyard east of town, according to the news release. A federal judge in San Francisco ordered Beyer jailed without bond Friday, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California. In Mendocino County, Beyer will be charged with assault with a deadly weapon, brandishing a weapon and resisting arrest, according to the Sheriff’s Ofﬁce. You can reach Staff Writer Andrew Graham at 707526-8667 or andrew.graham@pressdemocrat.com. On Twitter @AndrewGraham88

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stating that “The average Old Adobe educator pay remains 13% below the 202122 statewide average of $88,508. Despite the district having significantly more money to afford a raise that keeps up with the cost of living, management is choosing not to invest in its educators.” District co-superintendents Cindy Friberg and Michele Gochberg sent the Argus-Courier a co-signed statement on Friday: “We met in fact-finding all day on Thursday, Nov. 2, and unfortunately, no settlement was reached. We expect the panel’s formal report early next week at which time we will review the document with the Board of Trustees and take their direction regarding next steps. “Throughout this negotiation cycle, we have been committed to offering a salary increase that recognizes the value and importance of our teachers, and that would not require making cuts to our programs and services that support our students. We remain cautiously optimistic that we will reach an agreement with the teachers’ union.” Old Adobe, whose district office is on Crinella Drive next to La Tercera Elementary School in Petaluma, has a total of five elementary schools, more than 1,800 students and 280 employees. Gochberg and Friberg began their shared roles as co-superintendents in August 2022, starting with an annual base salary of $190,346 each. Teachers say the standstill in contract negotiations, which have been ongoing since last year, left them with no choice but to vote to authorize a strike. “Nearly 100% of members of the Old Adobe Teachers' Association”

approved the authorization, the union said, with the vote followed by a “fact-finding hearing” kicking off between both sides on Thursday — “the last step before OATA leadership is authorized to call a strike.” The union expected this last step – a panel discussion between representatives from the union and the district, as well as a neutral party from the state – to take about a week. “The fact finder will make a non-binding oral recommendation and hopefully an agreement will be reached based on the fact finder's recommendation,” said Keith Blascow, Teachers Association spokesperson and a fifth grade teacher at Sonoma Mountain Elementary Charter School. After that, “If an agreement is not reached, the fact finder will have time to write their non-binding report with recommendations for settlement that will then be submitted to both negotiating parties for consideration.” “Ultimately, if no deal is reached, there could be a strike,” Blascow said. Litsa Tanner is a parent of a sixth grade student at Loma Vista who has attended the school since the transitional kindergarten level. She said seeing a lack of progress in getting the teachers a new contract is “frustrating.” “We have some really dedicated teachers who have been at our school for a really long time, some who have been at the school since the beginning of the opening of (Loma Vista),” she said. “I just think we need to be valuing those teachers that are really committed and be able to keep them on staff.” In its 2023-24 adopted budget, the district projected total general fund reve-

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Chelsea Tran, left, leads a group of teachers and supporters Thursday picketing outside Loma Vista Immersion Academy in Petaluma. The teachers are prepared to go on strike if they can’t negotiate higher living wages in a new contract.

“We remain cautiously optimistic that we will reach an agreement with the teachers’ union.” CINDY FRIBERG AND MICHELE GOCHBERG,

co-superintendents of Old Adobe Union School District

nues of about $31.9 million, with about $11.2 million in expenditures on teacher salaries and $7.7 million on employee beneﬁts. It was not immediately clear what the current revenue and available funds are for the district. An emailed request sent to district budget manager Krystle Johnson was not returned.

Diego Garcia, 9, walks in solidarity Thursday with his mom, Gabriela Garcia, left, who is a kindergarten teacher at Loma Vista Immersion Academy in Petaluma. “Our students rely on a permanent, qualiﬁed educator in every classroom. If the district cannot retain its educators, it is a complete disservice to the stu-

dents we are supposed to serve,” said Teachers Association President Diane Wolmuth in a release. Petaluma Argus-Courier

staff photographer Crissy Pascual contributed to this report. Amelia Richardson can be reached at amelia. parreira@arguscourier. com or 707-521-5208.

Feds say milk carton shortage hits schools It’s the packaging, not the beverage that’s the problem By JONEL ALECCIA ASSOCIATED PRESS

The tiny, half-pint cartons of milk served with millions of school lunches nationwide may soon be scarce in some cafeterias, with districts across the country scrambling to ﬁnd alternatives. The problem is not a shortage of milk itself, but the cardboard cartons used to package and serve it, according to dairy industry suppliers and state officials. Pactiv Evergreen of Lake Forest, Illinois, which bills itself as “the leading manufacturer of fresh food and beverage packaging in North America” acknowledged in a statement Friday that it “continues to face signiﬁcantly higher than projected demand” for its milk cartons. The shortage is affecting the company’s ability to “fully supply some school milk orders,” according to Matt Herrick, spokesperson for the International Dairy Foods Association. School officials in New York, Pennsylvania, California and Washington state said they were preparing for the shortage, while the U.S. Department of Agriculture acknowledged that the supply chain problem affects “multiple states.”

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A shortage of half-pint milk cartons is affecting school meals in cafeterias across the U.S. in 2023. School officials from New York to California are scrambling for backup options. In California, state education officials told schools to be flexible with how they offer milk to kids, including limiting milk choices; using boxed, shelf-stable milk; and providing milk using bulk dispensers. The carton shortage — which could also affect milk and juice served in hospitals, nursing homes and prisons — has forced officials across the country to brainstorm backup plans. In Clarence, New York, local school district officials told parents they plan to provide “small bottles of water or cups of milk with lids” if the cartons run out. In Lake Stevens, Washington, 40 miles from Seattle, chocolate milk was missing from this week’s dairy delivery, said Jayme Taylor, director of communications for the local school district.

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DAVID MITCHELL » 1943–2023

Point Reyes editor exposed corrupt cult Journalist dies at 79; work at tiny weekly helped win Pulitzer By SAM ROBERTS NEW YORK TIMES

David Mitchell, a muckraker whose tiny California newspaper challenged the violent drug rehabilitation cult Synanon and, as a result, became one of only a handful of weeklies to win a Pulitzer Prize, died Oct. 25 at his home in Point Reyes Station, California, in Marin County. He was 79. His wife, Lynn Axelrod Mitchell, said the cause was complications of Parkinson’s disease. A gangly, grizzled former literature teacher, Mitchell also figured in a retaliatory libel suit by Synanon, the results of which advanced the rights of investigative reporters. In 1984, the California Supreme Court ruled that in certain cases they could keep the names of confidential sources secret without forfeiting their defense in libel and other civil cases. Mitchell’s newspaper, the Point Reyes Light, was struggling financially, and the strain of keeping it afloat ultimately cost Mitchell his second marriage; his wife at the time, Catherine Mitchell, was co-publisher with him. But the seven news articles and 13 editorials that earned the Light the Pulitzer gold medal for public service in 1979, for its “pioneering exposé of this quasi-religious corporate cult,” demonstrated the potency of local journalism and drew attention to the paper for its role in a classic David-and-Goliath story. “It is one of those romantic Ben Hecht, Ring Lardner or Horatio Alger stories,” columnist James Reston wrote in The New York Times in 1979. “Young struggling couple out of Stanford University, David and Catherine Mitchell, buy little rag of a paper, defy the powerful interests in the community, and win the

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David Mitchell, the longtime editor of the Point Reyes Light, a weekly newspaper in Point Reyes Station. Mitchell, whose exposé of the violent drug rehabilitation cult Synanon made the Point Reyes Light one of only a handful of weeklies to win a Pulitzer Prize, died at home in Marin County on Oct. 25. He was 79. big prize.” It was said to have been only the fourth time since the prizes were ﬁrst presented in 1917 that a weekly or one of its reporters won a Pulitzer. David Mitchell kept the medal in his office safe. In 1980, when Mitchell published the book “The Light on Synanon: How a Country Weekly Exposed a Corporate Cult — and Won the Pulitzer Prize,” a reviewer for The Christian Science Monitor wrote that it “should be required reading for anyone who thinks a small newspaper can only serve a small purpose or that all the important news is in Washington or abroad.” “By digging in their own backyard, the Mitchells set an example for the entire world,” The Monitor said. The book inspired a CBS-TV movie, “Attack on Fear” (1984), which starred Paul Michael Glaser and Linda Kelsey as the Mitchells. The Light, a 16-page tabloid, had a circulation of about 3,000 and, in its best year, made a proﬁt of about $17,000. It shared space with a shoe repair shop on block-long Main Street in Point Reyes Station, a peninsular town of some 400 people situated about

40 miles north of San Francisco and perched precariously on the San Andreas Fault. In 1973, a grand jury raised questions about ﬁscal improprieties and child abuse by Synanon, which had once been widely respected but had devolved into an authoritarian cult that declared itself a religion — the Church of Synanon — to become tax exempt. Later that year, reporters in San Francisco found that the Synanon drug rehabilitation center in Marshall, California, less than 10 miles from Point Reyes Station, was hoarding what turned out to be $60,000 worth of weapons. Mitchell began his own investigation that same year, joined by his wife; their one reporter, John Maddeen; and Richard J. Ofshe, a sociology professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who had studied Synanon. To them, it was a story in their own backyard that they couldn’t ignore. “It was a local story,” Mitchell told The Associated Press in 1979. “If it hadn’t been, we wouldn’t have written about it. We don’t even cover countywide news. If San Rafael, the county seat, disappeared in a tidal wave,

the only mention would be if someone from West Marin happened to be over there shopping and drowned.” The Mitchells wrote articles and editorials reporting on violence, terrorism and ﬁnancial improprieties at Synanon. There were accounts that its founder, Charles Dederich, had demanded that men enrolled in the program undergo vasectomies and that pregnant women have abortions, and that hundreds of married couples switch partners. In 1980, Dederich pleaded no contest to charges that he and two members of Synanon’s security force had conspired to commit murder by placing a rattlesnake in the mailbox of a lawyer who had sued the organization. Synanon disbanded in 1991. Mitchell edited and published the Light for 27 years, from 1975 to 1981 and again from 1984 to 2005, when he retired. He then began writing a blog, “Sparsely Sage and Timely,” which he continued until this June. While he became famous for his newspaper’s exposé of Synanon, he expressed even greater satisfaction in a series of articles he oversaw for two decades that sought to place the latest inﬂux of newcomers to Marin County in the historical perspective of the waves of foreigners who had settled there since 1850. “Probably the most important thing we’ve done, that I would take the most pride in, is helping the Mexican immigrants here become part of the mainstream,” he told the San Francisco Chronicle in 2005. David Vokes Mitchell was born Nov. 23, 1943, in San Francisco to Edith (Vokes) Mitchell, a Canadian immigrant who sold advertising for The Christian Science Monitor, and Herbert Houston Mitchell, who was vice president of a printing company. The family moved to Berkeley when David was 3. He earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Stanford University in 1965 and a master’s in communications there in 1967.

After considering a career as an artist, he recalled on his blog, “To my parents’ surprise, as much as my own, I ultimately left Stanford as a budding journalist.” He taught at Marvel Academy in Rye, New York, and later taught speech and literature at Leesburg High School in Leesburg, Florida, where he joined a drive to register Black voters. He went on to teach English literature and journalism at Upper Iowa University in Fayette and later to work as a reporter for newspapers in Iowa and California. Realizing that he was a better journalist than businessman, Mitchell sold the paper, for the ﬁrst time, in 1981, when he was 37. That same year, he and his wife, who was Catherine Casto when they married, divorced, both of them weary from the pressure of keeping the Light more or less solvent as co-publishers. Mitchell’s marriages to Linda Foor, Cynthia Clark and Ana Carolina Monterroso also ended in divorce. In addition to his wife, Lynn, whom he married in 2018, he is survived by three stepdaughters from a previous marriage, Anika Zappa-Pinelo, Kristeli Zappa Monterroso and Shaili Zappa Monterroso; and two step-grandchildren. After he left the Light the ﬁrst time, Mitchell became a reporter for the San Francisco Examiner, covering San Francisco and Central America. He reacquired the weekly in 1983, when it faced default. In 1986, Synanon dropped a libel and defamation suit against the Light and agreed to pay the Mitchells $100,000, which he invested in computers and other office equipment. In 2005, he again sold the Light, this time to Robert I. Plotkin, a former California prosecutor, for $100,000. In his farewell column, Mitchell wrote that in his nearly three decades as publisher the paper won 109 national, regional and state journalism awards.

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Prisoners can earn master’s degrees Program breaks through ceiling for people behind bars By HANNAH WILEY LOS ANGELES TIMES

Decades ago as a little boy growing up in Santa Rosa, Luke Scott made a pledge to his mom that he would graduate from college one day. Despite being sentenced to life in prison for murder without the possibility of parole in 1988, Scott kept his promise. Scott, 60, earned his ﬁrst of eight associate’s degrees from Coastline Community College in 2010 while at Salinas Valley State Prison. His mother kept a copy of his ﬁrst degree hanging on the wall so she could boast of her son’s accomplishments. Twelve years later, long after his mother died in 2011, Scott went on to earn his bachelor’s degree in communications from Sacramento State while at Mule Creek State Prison. He isn’t stopping there. Scott is one of 33 students enrolled in what the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or CDCR, has called a “groundbreaking” twoyear master’s program in humanities, a collaboration with CSU Dominguez Hills that launched in September. “When I got into the bachelor’s program, it was like my ceiling was raised a little bit,” Scott said during an interview in a prison classroom days after courses began. “But when I got into the master’s program, my belief system in the ceiling went away.”

An idea reborn The program is a revamp of a similar humanities degree that dates back to 1974 but was discontinued in the last decade because of declining enrollment. After lobbying by incarcerated students interested in a master’s program, and with help from professor Matthew Luckett, who now serves as the program’s director, the CDCR partnered with CSU Dominguez Hills to restore the degree program this fall. Prison officials have touted the revitalized degree as a pioneering program that could serve as a national model, created exclusively for incarcerated students. While prisoners had the chance to earn a master’s degree before, it was typically at out-ofstate colleges and students most often filed their work and communicated with professors by mail. By contrast, the CDCR’s new program has students using state-issued laptops to take courses online through a portal where they can find and submit assignments and communicate with their professors. Luckett is working on plans for limited in-person instruction starting next year and making online discussion boards more interactive so students can discuss and debate their assignments. Courses include an introduction to graduate humanities and graduate writing, the study of modern Nobel laureates and the history of American punishment and incarceration. “I want us to be groundbreaking. Not just the first, but groundbreaking, and on the cutting edge,” Luckett said. But that takes time. The CDCR regulates inmates’ internet access and has robust safety measures in place, meaning in-person instruction and online debates between students and video livestreams are more difficult to get approved. Then there were the Wi-Fi issues and trouble in the first few weeks getting books and reading materials to students. “We’re trying our best. This is very much a pilot

program,” Luckett said. “We’re kind of feeling our way through the dark right now, trying to see what works and what doesn’t. It’s a process.” Scott said he dedicates about seven or eight hours a day to his studies, on top of his typical rehabilitative programs and group therapy sessions. He looks for a quiet corner where he can put in his earplugs to drown out the prison noises, or he’ll use a near-empty classroom to do his work. He’s looking forward to an upcoming assignment that will have students reviewing each others’ work and submitting feedback, all anonymously and through the professor. The program marks a next step in the decades-long effort nationally and in California to restore higher education opportunities in prisons, after a 1994 federal crime bill cut Pell Grant funding for incarcerated people and decimated college options for those behind bars. The federal government started lifting those restrictions in 2015, and full access to Pell Grants was only made available this July. Over the last 10 years, California has shifted away from its tough-on-crime policies of the 1980s and ‘90s and steadily passed legislation focusing more on rehabilitation and reducing recidivism. Those efforts included expanding education programs in partnership with community colleges and a handful of four-year universities in California prisons for thousands of incarcerated people. This year, more than 800 people received an associate’s degree, according to the CDCR, while another 17 earned their bachelor’s. “We’ve come a long way,” said Shannon Swain, superintendent of the Office of Correctional Education. “There’s nothing more important ... it’s about opportunity, and it’s about hope.” Students can apply to the new master’s program if they already have a bachelor’s degree and graduated with a minimum 2.5 gradepoint average. The degree costs roughly $10,500, which students or their families must pay. Certain financial aid is available through the Department of Rehabilitation with taxpayer funds and through the university. Cal State Dominguez Hills is additionally taking donations to cover tuition. Luckett said all 31 of the incarcerated students in California have applied for and received financial aid, with their entire tuition and cost of books covered. Two students are out of state; one is on a private scholarship and the other is self-funding the program.

Lowering recidivism Romarilyn Ralston, executive director of Project Rebound, a college program for formerly incarcerated people, said education is one of the best ways to lower recidivism rates. Incarcerated people who participated in education programs had lower odds of returning to prison, according to a 2013 Rand Corp. study sponsored by the federal government. Ralston, who started her college career while incarcerated, called the program a positive “next step” for those who serve long sentences or who earned a bachelor degree before entering prison. But Ralston said it should be on the CDCR to cover the cost of tuition for students, not other state agencies, CSU or the students and their families. Ralston said the CDCR should use some of the $14 billion allocated in this year’s budget to invest in educational opportunities. “They have a responsibility, a moral responsibility and a ﬁscal responsi-

bility, to provide resources and services that help incarcerated people rebuild their lives,” Ralston said. Decades ago, Darrell Dortell Williams remembers a meeting with his guidance counselor leading up to his graduation from Inglewood High School to talk about his future. With a 2.85 gradepoint average, the counselor told him, Williams was “not college material.” “I felt rejected,” Williams recalled during an interview with a reporter from Chuckawalla Valley State Prison in Blythe. And from there, “I just made a

lot of horrible decisions.” Williams, 57, was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for his wife’s murder in 1992. Since then, he’s earned four associate’s degrees from Coastline Community College and a bachelor’s in communications from CSU Los Angeles in 2020. He was about to graduate with his bachelor’s three years ago when he and other students realized there was no next step available. Williams started writing colleges asking if they would be interested in launching a master’s degree program for inmates

— and received countless rejections. But Luckett saw an opportunity with their interest, and urged the students to keep pushing for the program. The coalition wrote letters and launched surveys about what kind of classes they were interested in and, three years later, Cal State, Dominguez Hills and the CDCR agreed to restart the degree program. “A lot of us grew up in dysfunctional families, where there’s miscommunication, abuse, no communication at all,” Williams said. “Education kind of gives us that main-

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End the blockade on promotions T ommy Tuberville, the college football coach turned U.S. senator, ought to be flagged for delay of game. The Alabama Republican is blocking hundreds of military promotions, leaving top commands vacant at the Pentagon and around the globe with wars raging in Europe and the Middle East and tensions rising in the Pacific, making military readiness a necessity. Tuberville’s monthslong blockade — to protest “woke” Defense Department policies, especially assistance for service members seeking abortions — exemplifies the peculiar traditions that empower a single senator to thwart the will of the majority. At one point this summer, and for the first time in U.S. history, all three military branches had acting leaders. Tuberville backed down briefly this week after Gen. Eric Smith, the commandant of the Marine Corps, was hospitalized after a medical emergency. However, after the Senate confirmed Lt. Gen. Christopher Mahoney as assistant commandant, Tuberville resumed his one-main protest. “The situation at the Marine Corps is precisely the kind of avoidable emergency that Sen. Tuberville has provoked through his reckless holds,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said prior to the Mahoney vote. Yet it isn’t only Democrats who are irked by Tuberville’s tactics. Republican senators are angry, too, but he didn’t back down when they tried to bring about 100 promotions to the floor this week. “If this gets to be normal, God help the military,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, said Wednesday, “because every one of us could find some reason to object to policy.” Tuberville incorrectly identified the three branches of the U.S. government shortly after his election in 2020, but he has sorted out how to tie up the Senate with “holds” and filibuster.

Hundreds of military positions, both civilian and uniformed, are subject to Senate confirmation every year. Typically, they’re approved in large groups on a single voice vote. That requires unanimous consent of the Senate. Tuberville has withheld his consent, and he is filibustering the individual promotions so they can’t be rapidly confirmed in a series of votes. There are parliamentary maneuvers to end a filibuster, but they can be time-consuming. It took the Senate two days this summer to get around Tuberville’s hold on three top military posts, including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Smith, the Marine commandant. Clearing them all, not to mention all the nonmilitary appointments blocked by senators, would take months. Schumer plans to ask the Senate for a temporary change to the rules to expedite the promotions. But it would take 60 votes, and although many Republicans are frustrated with Tuberville, it’s unclear if Schumer’s proposal can pass. There is an alternative. As we have suggested before, if a senator wants to filibuster, then make them filibuster. That means, making them stand on the floor and speak, just like Jimmy Stewart in “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.” Filibusters used to be rare, with fewer than 60 between 1917 and 1970. There have been 100 or more in each of the past years. Today, when someone announces a filibuster, senators simply move on to other business. The silent filibuster is an invitation for obstruction. Tuberville’s stunt is leaving military commands in flux and preventing career officers from moving up the chain of command. His resistance to reproductive health care won’t help recruiting efforts either. If he won’t lower his blockade, and his colleagues won’t blow the whistle on his protest, make him stand up and explain himself to the American people.

LET THE PUBLIC SPEAK Bring tax credit back EDITOR: Congress is back to work, with a lot of items on the agenda. One item is taxes. Big corporations are pushing Congress to pass legislation in a matter of weeks to expand corporate tax breaks. With recent census data showing that child poverty more than doubled in 2022, it is imperative that any tax package includes an expansion of the child tax credit for families with low income. In 2021, the expanded tax credit lifted more than 3 million children from poverty. By allowing the expansion to expire, lawmakers have abandoned those children. Here is their chance at redemption. When it comes to tax priorities this year, kids must come ﬁrst. Rich corporations and CEOs don’t get to cut in line. Our members of Congress must demand that any tax package enacted this year signiﬁcantly reduces child poverty through an expansion of the child tax credit.

CAROL BOSTICK Novato

Remembering the GOP EDITOR: Bobbi Reeser suggests that a list of folks, starting with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, are “Republicans in name only” and should join the Democratic Party (“Hidden in the GOP,” Letters, Oct. 27). Does she believe that Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon should be posthumously forced out of the Republican Party? Eisenhower, after all, expanded Social Security, promoted creation of the federal Interstate Highway System (aren’t roads the responsibility of states?) and supported civil rights. Nixon promoted creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. For that matter, should

Howard Baker, who was instrumental in convincing Nixon to resign after the scope of his actions in the Watergate scandal became clear, also be posthumously kicked out? There was a time when Republicans who were willing to work across the aisle to solve America’s problems were respected members of the party. I am deeply saddened that we’ve reached the point that doing so is seen by many in the GOP as betraying the party.

BILL HOUGHTON

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amount that you have to post on your taxes as income includes the gross Social Security payment and does not take into consideration the amount that is deducted every month for Medicare premiums. I don’t want any cost of living increases to my Social Security payment because then I have to pay even more federal income taxes. These taxes go into the general fund and do not go back into funding Social Security. Please, can anyone out there explain this? Because it seems punitive to me.

D.S. CASSIDY

Windsor

EDITOR: As an avid walker, I was once given an invaluable tip for walking on roads with no sidewalks: always walk on the left side of the road. Facing oncoming traffic allows the walker to see if a driver has spotted them and is making necessary adjustments — and to take swift evasive action if they haven’t. Especially in these days of quiet electric cars, seeing a car ahead instead of relying on hearing it behind you can prevent an accident and perhaps even save a life.

JENNY HOLLINGWORTH Santa Rosa

Taxing Social Security EDITOR: Can anyone explain why Social Security beneﬁts are taxed? I am confused. I already paid taxes, including Social Security and Medicare taxes, on my income for 50 years. The income amount they are using now to tax my Social Security has not been updated or indexed for inﬂation. I can’t imagine that anyone believes that having up to $34,000 in income annually (before taxes) is considered “substantial,” as listed on the Social Security website. The

Laments mass shootings EDITOR: Six hundred people killed so far this year in mass shootings in the United States. Make America Great Again? Sorry, not in our lifetime.

MICHAEL EWBANK Santa Rosa

Seeking the old GOP EDITOR: My uncle was a delegate to the 1956 Republican National Convention and took me to the public sessions. I was impressed by their platform: strong on civil rights and equality, rebuilding our infrastructure and ﬁrm but humane on immigration. Of course, we all liked Ike. Sixty-seven years later, I can’t ﬁnd that party. The tent that included us all (e.g., integrating Little Rock, Arkansas, schools) has shrunk year after year to a small umbrella. It has forgotten how to govern (chaos in the House of Representatives) and could derail our county’s world leadership. They did not even have a platform in 2020. Please bring back the party that was.

JON YATABE

Fort Collins, Colorado

Could Ukraine, Gaza shake up the world order? F

iona Hill is worried. The onetime Russia adviser to then-President Donald Trump fears that support for Ukraine is gradually eroding, encouraging Russian President Vladimir Putin to try to wait the West out. “Putin feels everything is trending in his favor,” she warns. But she’s worried about much more than that, beginning with Israel’s war in Gaza, which has made the world more dangerous. The two conﬂicts aren’t directly linked, but each is likely to affect the other. “These could be globalsystem-shifting wars, something like World War I and World War II, which reﬂected and produced major changes in the international order,” she said. “In a sense, the Hamas attack on Israel was a kind of Pearl Harbor moment. It opened a second front.” Most of the world’s major powers have lined up in two opposing coalitions: the United States and its allies on one side; Russia, China and Iran on the other. One of those coalitions is supporting both Ukraine and Israel. The other is not. I met with Hill last week to hear her thoughts on the spreading global crisis.

DOYLE MCMANUS

It was a sobering tour d’horizon, as seen through a Russiawatcher’s eyes. Let’s begin with Ukraine, which has been ﬁghting for more than a year to secure its independence in the face of a Russian invasion. The United States and its European allies have provided billions of dollars in weapons and ﬁnancial aid to help stop Putin’s drive to reconquer the Russian Empire. But Ukraine’s progress has been maddeningly slow, prompting impatience not only in the U.S., but in Europe as well. “We put too much weight on Ukraine’s counteroffensive,” Hill said. “This is going to be a long war. Putin thinks we will give up if he holds on long enough.” The Russian leader is also “clearly waiting for 2024” and the prospect that Trump could return to the White House and cut off aid to Ukraine, she added. An early test will come when Congress considers President

Joe Biden's request for $61 billion in new aid for Ukraine. The last time the House of Representatives faced such a request, 93 Republicans voted against it, including the newly elected speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana. Now add the second front in the global conﬂict: Gaza. “This helps Putin,” Hill said. “It’s going to distract the United States and European supporters of Ukraine.” It isn’t clear whether any of the weapons the United States is rushing to Israel will come from supplies that had been earmarked for Ukraine. But Biden’s request for $14 billion in aid to Israel makes the burden on Congress and taxpayers look heavier. The next piece on the global chessboard is China, which Biden — like Trump before him — has identiﬁed as the United States’ main competitor. Under President Xi Jinping, China has strengthened its alliance with Russia. “China doesn’t want to be stranded alone with no other major power as an ally,” Hill explained. “Xi needs Putin and Putin needs Xi.” But that creates a problem for the United States, she said: “We’re not going to have any

hope of curtailing Russia’s options and getting the Middle East to calm down if we have a super-antagonistic relationship with China.” She thinks the Biden administration should try a “Nixon to China” effort to reduce animosity, referring to President Richard Nixon’s opening of a relationship with Mao Zedong in 1972. Finally, Hill is worried about one more country: the United States, which is heading toward a presidential election as polarized as ever. Putin isn’t the only world leader waiting to see how 2024 turns out. “If the rest of the world thinks every time a new government comes along, we are going to tear up agreements we just made, we won’t be looked at as a very reliable partner,” she warned. Is there anything encouraging in this picture? Hill has been traveling around the United States for much of the past year, and she says her audiences are “thirsty” for an end to national discord. In appearances on college campuses and with civic groups, she discusses Russia and foreign policy. But she also talks about her history as a coal

miner’s daughter who grew up in poverty in the north of England, but, thanks to hard work and lucky breaks, earned a doctorate at Harvard, became a U.S. citizen and landed a job in the White House. That personal story has made her passionate about promoting social mobility as the cure for the disaffection that helped elect Trump in 2016. Along the way, she has noticed something about her adopted country that has surprised her: “We don’t have a unifying national ﬁgure who everyone respects.” In less polarized eras, she noted, the president often enjoyed that stature, but that hasn’t been true for at least a decade. “Who speaks to the whole country now?” she asked. “Taylor Swift? Arnold Schwarzenegger?” It’s a good question. Is there anyone who commands broad bipartisan respect who can knit a fractured country together? At ﬁrst, Taylor Swift struck me as a little far-fetched. But on second thought, we could do a lot worse. Doyle McManus is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times.

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OPINION

Support grows for a third option THE LAST WORD WRITE-A-CAPTION

By GEORGE SKELTON

the GOP for not adjusting to California’s growing ethnic or lots of Californians — diversity and progressive Democrats and Repubculture, says just because licans alike — there’s California is so “blue,” that a pox on both parties. And doesn’t mean it’s a Democratthey’d like to see a new third ic state. party created. “Voters just don’t view the There have always been Republican Party as a real people who were sour on both option. They’re choosing beparties and desired another tween the lesser of two evils. significant option. But their They still view the better numbers have been substanchoice as evil. Democrats are tially increasing in recent the less odious option. years. “It’s not that Californians And as we approach the believe Democrats are doing a 2024 presidential election, great job. It’s just that they’re one question is whether this afraid of what Republicans growing segment of turnedwould do in power. Repuboff voters will even cast ballicans are so out of step on lots, or just snub the contest. 2 to 1, with independents — culture issues in California.” most of the voters’ growing Start with the fact that Dan Schnur, a former No Party Preference — slight- complaints. In the survey, national polling by practical- ly below the GOP. Republican operative who 81% of voters disapproved of ly every survey organization changed his voter regisBut just because Democrats Congress’ job performance. has shown broad dissatistration to independent and run the state government And the poll was confaction with the prospective teaches political communi— along with most major ducted even before weeks choices of the aging President cities — and hold a whopping of leaderless chaos in the cation at UC Berkeley and Joe Biden and multi-indicted- advantage in voter registraHouse following the ouster of the University of Southern and-also-aging former Presition doesn’t mean that their Bakersfield Rep. Kevin McCa- California, uses a football dent Donald Trump. analogy to explain how both voters are doing cartwheels rthy as speaker. GOP rebels Polling by the nonpartisan about the party. parties have become more excomplained that McCarthy Public Policy Institute of The PPIC poll showed that compromised with Democrats treme than California voters. California found that one“Most people are living 28% of California Democrats to avoid a government shutthird of Californians have an have an unfavorable impresbetween the political 40 yard down. In today’s House, that unfavorable impression of lines and the parties have sion of their party. And 70% is an unpardonable GOP sin. both parties, including their retreated to the goal lines — feel a third party is needed. Republicans finally settled own. maybe to the parking lots,” Among Republican voters, on a far more conservative And 71% feel that the Schnur says. “If a political 32% view their party unfavor- speaker, relatively inexperiRepublican and Democratic party follows the whims of its ably. And 61% desire a new enced Rep. Mike Johnson of parties are doing “such a most ideologically extreme party. Louisiana. poor job that a third major members, it’s going to leave a Independents, of course, al“It’s really about what’s party is needed.” ready have opted out of both going on in Washington,” Bal- lot of people behind.” That seems highly unlikely parties. They overwhelmYounger voters — those dassare says. “A large share to happen, of course. We’re ingly would like to see a new of Californians feel Congress under 35 — especially feel the set up for a two-party system party. need for another major party. is not working.” — set up that way by the two That could be bad news for Overall among California The state Legislature may parties in power that want to adults, 51% view the Demthe future. Or good news. pass bills that voters don’t avoid added competition. The GOP was created out ocratic Party negatively, like, the pollster says, but In California, we barely of the strength of a brave new 76% are down on the GOP and “things get done. People even have a second party. American savior, Abraham 33% don’t like either — up aren’t left worrying about No GOP presidential Lincoln. The conservative from 20% three years ago. whether the government is nominee has carried the state The grumpy attitude has going to run out of money or Whig Party collapsed. God since 1988. That was also the help us if the nation is ever gotten worse in recent years. who’s in charge when Israel last year a Republican won threatened that much again In 2016, only 37% of Califoris attacked by Hamas.” a U.S. Senate race in Califorfrom within. nians had an unfavorable He adds: “There’s a grownia. No Republican has been But we did have a president impression of the Democratic ing and large share of voters elected to statewide office and his minions — including Party. Just three years ago, who are going to decide since 2006. Democrats greatly far fewer people were negathis new Republican House whether they’re going to sit outnumber Republicans in tive about the GOP, 58%. In out the next election. Or look speaker — try to overturn a the U.S. House delegation, presidential election three 2012, fewer than half the peo- for a third-party candidate 40 to 12, and hold supermayears ago. So few things are ple thought a third party was and throw a monkey wrench jority control of both state absolutely certain. necessary. Now it’s nearly into partisan politics. They legislative houses. three-fourths. want more choices.” George Skelton is a columnist Democratic voters outnumPPIC pollster Mark BalMike Madrid, a Republifor the Los Angeles Times. ber Republicans by nearly dassare blames Congress for can consultant and critic of

“So the circus closed. There is always the House of Representatives.” SUSAN SEIDEL, Sonoma

“You’ve probably just developed a fear of kids.” LEE LACEWELL, Heber Springs, Arkansas

“Are you telling me that none of the 4-year-olds put down their cellphones?” ELFI FLIESS, Reston, Virginia

“I heard that 20 of you carpool to work in a tiny car.” JOHN GIANFERMI, Santa Rosa

“Don’t you think the government is run by a bunch of clowns? Oops … sorry.” NANCY HANN, Santa Rosa

“Fetterman’s side wears shorts and hoodies. At least you guys dress more professionally.” BOB CANNING, Petaluma

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employer may ask about an applicant’s criminal history, given the inquiry complies with state law requirements. In 2022, the California legislature passed Assembly Bill 2188, which makes it unlawful for an employer to discriminate against a person in hiring, termination

THE PRESS DEMOCRAT • SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2023 or other types of employment conditions based on the person’s cannabis use. “I never had a job test me for cannabis. I’m just generally not applying (then),” said Shaw, who added she knows people who have been asked about their cannabis usage during the job application process. Although legal in California, cannabis has not been legalized by the federal government. One of the questions

surrounding the practice was whether asking about recreational or medical use of the drug violated privacy rights under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Dr. Larry Bedard, a Marin County medicinal cannabis supporter and MarinHealth board member, said he’s “not surprised” by the need for the law, and that the hiring practice goes on.

“Certain companies ask about that. Cannabis is still fairly controversial. I think applicants could make a good case it violates HIPAA rights,” Bedard said, referring to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act that establishes national standards to protect individuals’ medical records and other identifying information. “We would not recommend (companies) ask these questions,” said Hu-

man Resources Manager Trish Griffus of The Personnel Perspective, an employment recruitment ﬁrm in Santa Rosa. Griffus mentioned the practice of inquiring about pot use is more evident when an applicant applies for roles in which operating machinery, such as driving a forklift for example, is part of the job. But some hiring managers may have passed on qualiﬁed workers who use.

“There are a lot of factors to consider with employment, with all kinds of conversations about medical versus recreation use,” she said. “In a million years, I wouldn’t ask that question anyway.” In other cannabis bills, the governor vetoed legislation that would have legalized cannabis cafes, public establishments where cannabis products could be freely consumed or even sold.

ISRAEL

CONTINUED FROM A1 Antony Blinken made his third trip to Israel since the war began, reiterating American support for Israel’s campaign to crush Hamas after its brutal Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel. He also echoed President Joe Biden’s calls for a brief halt in the fighting to address a worsening humanitarian crisis. Alarm has grown over spiraling Palestinian deaths and deepening misery for civilians from weeks of Israeli bombardment and a widening ground assault that risks even greater casualties. Overwhelmed hospitals say they are nearing collapse, with medicine and fuel running low under the Israeli siege. About 1.5 million people in Gaza, or 70% of the population, have fled their homes, the U.N. said Friday. After talks with Netanyahu, Blinken said a temporary halt was needed to boost aid deliveries and help win the release of the hostages Hamas took during its brutal Oct. 7 incursion. But Netanyahu said he told Blinken that Israel was “going with full steam ahead,” unless hostages are released. U.S. officials say they are not seeking a cease-fire but short pauses in specific areas to allow aid deliveries or other humanitarian activity, after which Israeli operations would resume. Netanyahu has not publicly addressed the idea and has instead repeatedly ruled out a cease-fire. In Gaza, Israeli troops tightened their encirclement of the largest city amid continued battles with Hamas militants. Strikes hit by the entrances of three hospitals in northern Gaza just as staff were trying to evacuate wounded to the south, hospital directors said. Footage showed the aftermath outside Gaza’s largest hospital, Shifa, where more than a dozen bloodied bodies of men, women and young children were strewn next to damaged cars and ambulances. One bleeding boy screamed as he huddled on top of a woman sprawled on the pavement. At least 10 people were killed outside Shifa Hospital, its director, Mohammed Abu Salimia, told Al Jazeera TV. At least 50 others were killed or wounded in a strike outside the Indonesian Hospital, its director said.

Fears over new fronts Throughout the war, Israel and Hezbollah have traded fire almost daily along the Lebanon border, raising fears of a new front opening there. In his first public speech since the war began, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said the cross-border fighting showed his group had “entered the battle.” He suggested escalation was possible: “We will not be limited to this.” But he stopped short of announcing that Hezbollah would fully engage in the fighting. So far, Hezbollah has taken calculated steps to show backing for Hamas without igniting an all-out war that would be devastating for Lebanon and Israel. Blinken said the U.S., which has deployed aircraft carriers and other forces in the eastern Mediterranean, was committed

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Palestinians ride by destruction by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip Friday in the Maghazi refugee camp. have been unable to leave or stay fearing continued airstrikes in the south. The military on Thursday told residents to evacuate the Shati refugee camp on Gaza City’s edge. On Friday, shells hit a convoy of evacuees on the coastal road they were told to use, killing around a dozen people, doctors said. Footage from the road showed dead children lying in the sand. Further south, workers pulled 17 bodies from the rubble of a building leveled by a strike in Khan Younis, witnesses said. AP images showed rescuers digging with bare hands to save someone completely buried, with one arm protruding from the wreckage. At a hospital, a crying man held up the dead body of a small girl whose lower limbs appeared to be missing. In the occupied West Bank overnight, Israeli forces killed seven PalesISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES tinians in different places and arrested many more, Israeli troops are seen during a ground operation in the Gaza Strip. Israeli ground forces have been operating in Gaza in according to the Israeli recent days as Israel presses ahead with its war against Hamas militants. military and Palestinian to ensuring that no “secin the city, including a health officials. ond or third front” opens. network of underground Nasrallah dismissed U.S. tunnels, bunkers and com- Blinken’s latest trip Blinken first held talks warnings: “Your fleets in mand centers. It says its the Mediterranean ... will strikes target Hamas and with Netanyahu before not scare us.” the militants endanger ci- holding wider discussions Thursday saw one of the vilians by operating among with the prime minister’s war Cabinet and meeting heaviest exchanges over them. the border yet. Hezbollah Friday’s strike outside with President Isaac Herattacked Israeli military Shifa Hospital came after zog. He stopped later Fripositions in northern IsraIsrael said Hamas has a day in Amman, Jordan. As American officials el with drones, mortar fire command center at the fabefore, Blinken and suicide drones, and cility — a claim that could have Israeli warplanes and helinot be independently ver- pledged unwavering supcopter gunships retaliated ified and that Hamas and port for Israel, saying it “ JONATHAN ERNST / POOL hospital officials deny. has not only the right but with strikes in Lebanon. Israeli military spokesman U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the media The Israeli military said the obligation to defend itRear Adm. Daniel Hagari during a press conference Friday in Tel Aviv, Israel. Blinken its aircraft Friday hit an self.” Biden’s suggestion for a said civilians were wound- is in Israel to press for more humanitarian aid to be allowed ambulance near a battle ed in the Hezbollah attacks. into besieged Gaza. zone that Hamas fighters humanitarian “pause” in “We are in a high state of were using to carry weap- the fighting aims to let in readiness in the north, in a erupts, accusing Hezbol- life for millions of people ons. That claim could not aid for Palestinians and let out more Palestinians who very high state of alert, to lah of hiding its military and forcing an estimated be verified either. respond to any event today installation in the midst of 250,000 people to evacuThe Palestinian Red hold foreign passports and and in coming days,” he residential areas. The two ate towns in northern and Crescent said a strike wounded. More than 386 Palessaid. enemies fought an incon- southern Israel. Most rock- damaged one of its ambuThe exchanges since the clusive monthlong war in ets are intercepted. lances carrying wound- tinian dual nationals and Twenty-four Israeli sol- ed to southern Gaza on wounded exited Gaza into start of the war have killed 2006. diers have been killed in the coastal highway. The Egypt on Friday, accord10 Lebanese civilians and Gaza since the start of the agency posted images of ing to Wael Abou Omar, 66 fighters from Hezbollah Gaza City encircled More than 9,200 Pales- ground operation. and other militant groups the vehicle with its hood the Hamas spokesman for The toll is likely to rise destroyed and blood on the the Rafah border crossand seven Israeli soldiers tinians have been killed in ing. That brings the total and a civilian in northern Gaza so far, two thirds of dramatically. Israeli mil- side. them women and minors, itary officials said their Israel. The military said its who have gotten out since have encircled troops have killed nu- Wednesday to 1,115. Hezbollah is much stron- the Gaza Health Ministry forces Israel has allowed more ger than Hamas, with an said, without providing a densely built-up Gaza City merous Hamas militants arsenal of some 150,000 breakdown between civil- and began Friday to launch exiting tunnels. Footage than 300 trucks carrying targeted attacks within the released by the military food and medicine into rockets and missiles, ians and fighters. More than 1,400 people city on militant cells. some believed to be precishowed soldiers and tanks Gaza, but aid workers say Hundreds of thousands advancing toward bombed it’s not nearly enough. Ission-guided weapons capa- have died on the Israeraeli authorities have reble of striking deep inside li side, mainly civilians of Palestinians remain in out buildings. killed during Hamas’ ini- the city and nearby parts Israel. Israel has repeatedly told fused to allow fuel in, sayIsrael has promised to tial attack. Rocket fire by of northern Gaza. Israel residents of Gaza’s north ing Hamas is hoarding fuel unleash vast destruction Gaza militants into Israel says Hamas has extensive to evacuate to the south for for military use and would infrastructure greater safety. But many steal new supplies. in Lebanon if all-out war has continued, disrupting military

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Biden visits mass shooting scene President, ﬁrst lady offer condolences to survivors of massacre in Maine By FATIMA HUSSEIN AND PATRICK WHITTLE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LEWISTON, Maine — President Joe Biden and ﬁrst lady Jill Biden stood for a moment of silence and placed a bouquet of white ﬂowers at a makeshift memorial outside Schemengees Bar and Grille, one of the scenes of the state’s deadliest mass

shooting. Biden then bent to hug Kathy Lebel, owner of the bar where eight people died in the Oct. 25 massacre. Seven more died at the nearby Just-In-Time Recreation bowling alJoe ley, three others at hosBiden pitals. Biden came to Lewiston on Friday for what presidents do in these moments of horror and grief: lend comfort to the families of the victims and show support for a reeling

community. It’s a trip that has become all too familiar, despite a bipartisan gun safety law passed last year after another mass shooting, and despite a series of executive orders by the president meant to curb gun violence. “Jill and I have done too many of these,” Biden said outside the bowling alley, standing in front of police officers, EMTs and others who responded to the shootings. “Jill and I are here, though on behalf

of the American people to make sure you know that you’re not alone.” Besides those killed, 13 people were injured in the shootings. Gunman Robert Card, a 40-year-old firearms instructor, was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after the killings, following a dayslong search. Authorities said this week that Card’s family had brought their concerns about his deteriorating mental health to the local sheriff five months before the deadly rampage. He had also

undergone a mental health evaluation after he began behaving erratically at a training facility last summer. Signs hung around the town Friday read “Fix the mental health system” and simply “Be nice.” Inside the town’s elementary school, there were notes on the hallways made by students that read: “Lewiston strong” and “You ARE safe.” The Democratic president has said he’s determined to ﬁght gun violence in the U.S. and it’s TURN TO BIDEN » PAGE B2

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Judge to Trump lawyers: Clam up Court bars attorneys from commenting on bench communications By JENNIFER PELTZ ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — The judge in Donald Trump’s civil business fraud trial barred attorneys in the case Friday from commenting on “confidential communications” between him and his staff, after the former president’s attorneys renewed claims that a clerk is poisoning the proceedings. Threatening “serious sanctions” for any violations, Judge Arthur Engoron expanded on a prior gag order that prohibited parties in the trial from speaking publicly about court staffers. The earlier order didn’t mention the parties’ attorneys, but Engoron had suggested Thursday he might expand it. The matter seized attention on a day when Eric Trump, one of the former president’s sons and a top executive in the family business, wrapped up his testimony. He said he relied completely on accountants and lawyers to assure the accuracy of financial documents that are key to New York Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit. The state lawsuit accuses Trump and his company of deceiving banks and insurers by exaggerating his wealth on his annual financial statements. Trump and other defendants, including sons Eric and Donald Trump Jr., deny the allegations. The former president and current Republican 2024 front-runner is due to testify Monday in the case, which threatens the

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A water tank in Hope, Arizona, on July 27. The New York Times asked ofﬁcials in all 50 states how they track and regulate groundwater use as part of an investigative project that revealed a nationwide groundwater crisis that is draining and damaging valuable aquifers.

Tangle of rules falls short Patchwork of oversight, lack thereof oversees U.S. groundwater A pivot sprinkler irrigates wheat atop the Ogallala Aquifer in Haskell County, Kansas.

By DIONNE SEARCEY AND DELGER ERDENESANAA NEW YORK TIMES

merica’s stewardship of one of its most precious resources, groundwater, relies on a patchwork of state and local rules so lax and outdated that in many places, oversight is all but nonexistent, a New York Times analysis has found. The majority of states don’t know how many wells they have, the analysis revealed. Many have incomplete records of older wells, including some that pump large volumes of water, and many states don’t register the millions of household wells that dot the country. Even states that do try to count wells or regulate groundwater use often have other problems: Some carve out exemptions for powerful industries like agriculture, one of the nation’s biggest users of groundwater. And every state relies to some extent on well owners self-reporting their water use, the Times analysis found. That policy raises the risk of underreporting or deception

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by users big and small. Regulations in some states, including Oklahoma, are guided by a principle of letting users extract groundwater at rates that exceed an aquifer’s ability to recharge. Some hydrologists call it groundwater “mining.” “I hate to say this, but essentially, we don’t

care if everything goes dry,” said Christopher Neel, a division chief at the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, although he added that this mindset is starting to change as groundwater becomes scarcer. Oklahoma does limit pumping in certain

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Ohio a testing ground for next abortion ﬁghts REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS » Voters Tuesday face choice to enshrine access in state Constitution By JULIE CARR SMYTH AND CHRISTINE FERNANDO ASSOCIATED PRESS

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Abortion access is expected to play a central role in the 2024 elections. The preview comes next week, when Ohio voters decide whether to enshrine reproductive rights in their state Constitution.

The amendment is the only abortion question on any state’s ballot this year, a spotlight that has generated intense attention from national groups and made Ohio a testing ground for fresh campaign messaging — some of it misleading. The amendment has drawn more than $60 million in combined spending so far.

Mini Timmaraju, president and CEO of Reproductive Freedom for All, said Ohio offers a vital proving ground heading into next year’s presidential election, when Democrats hope the abortion issue can energize supporters in contests up and down the ballot. Abortion-related initiatives could be on the ballot across the country, including in the presidential swing states of Arizona, Nevada and Pennsylvania. “When we’re able to see how

our messaging impacts independents and Republicans and persuades them that this fundamental freedom is important to protect in Ohio, that’s going to be something that we can implement looking at 2024,” she said. The battleground on abortion shifted to the states last summer, when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its Roe v. Wade decision, erasing federal abortion protections that had been in place for half a century. Since then, voters in six states — Cali-

fornia, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana and Vermont — have either supported measures protecting abortion rights or rejected efforts aimed at eroding access. Kelsey Pritchard, state public affairs director for the anti-abortion group SBA Pro-Life America, said the outcomes in 2022 offered lessons that the anti-abortion movement has implemented in Ohio through TURN TO ABORTION » PAGE B2

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NEWSWATCH NATION WASHINGTON

Former aide gets nearly 6 years in riot A former U.S. Marine who served in the Trump administration as a low-level State Department aide was sentenced on Friday to nearly six years in prison for his role in the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Federico G. Klein, of Falls Church, Virginia, was a State Department employee when he used a stolen riot shield to repeatedly assault officers during several violent clashes in a tunnel below the Capitol, prosecutors said. He was arrested in March 2021 and indicted later that year. After a non-jury trial in July, Klein was convicted of eight felony charges as well as several misdemeanors.

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Ex-nurse charged in additional deaths A former Pennsylvania nurse who had been accused of killing two patients with doses of insulin faces more murder charges and has confessed to trying to kill 19 additional people at several locations, authorities said Thursday. In May, Heather Pressdee, 41, admitted to authorities that she had intended to kill three patients in her care with insulin doses, resulting in her arrest on two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. The new charges announced by the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office on Thursday include two additional counts of murder, 17 counts of attempted murder and 19 counts of neglecting a care-dependent person.

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Ukraine reports Russian drone barrage Russian forces targeted Ukraine overnight with their biggest drone attack in weeks, part of what Ukrainian officials and military analysts say appears to be a campaign to wear down Ukrainian air defenses before winter. Ukraine’s air forces said Russia had used some 40 kamikaze drones and a cruise missile, adding that they had shot down the missile and more than half of the drones. Their account could not be independently veriﬁed. Data from the Ukrainian military shows that Russia has recently increased its drone assaults, targeting Ukraine with nearly 650 Iranian-made Shahed drones in the past two months, compared with about 450 in July and August.

NEW DELHI

City chokes as annual pollution returns Schools closed in New Delhi on Friday, while some diesel-burning vehicles were ordered off the roads and much of the city’s incessant construction was halted, as authorities tried to mitigate the effects of a thick haze of pollution that has descended on India’s capital, an annual blight. The measures provided little relief for the city’s many millions of residents. In health terms, the deadliest pollution contains the ﬁnest matter. In June, during Canada’s worst-ever wildﬁre season, New York saw its skies turn orange from the smoke, which was measured at a concentration of about 117 micrograms per cubic meter. By comparison, on Friday in Delhi, the average was around 500, reaching 643 in some places.

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At least 6 die during widespread floods At least six people have died in Tuscany, Italy, amid widespread flooding, local officials said Friday, after Storm Ciaran swept into the country with torrential rains overnight on a path of destruction across Western Europe. Ciaran left a trail of damage and a number of deaths after it made landfall in northwestern France with record-breaking winds late Wednesday and moved north. Casualties were reported in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Spain on Thursday, along with flooding and damage. — Press Democrat news services

IF YOUR BIRTHDAY IS TODAY: You have a friendly, self-deprecating style that endears you to others. Personally, you have high principles and are honest. You can be persuasive. This is a year of hard work for you. Keep things simple. Take charge of your health. Physical exercise is important. Stay grounded and levelheaded. ARIES (March 21-April 19) ★★★ Someone might have surprising news to you that relates to shared property, your assets, banking details or inheritances. Whatever they say or do will catch you off guard. Be prepared for this and remember that you don’t have to have a knee-jerk reaction. Take a moment to think things through. Tonight: Party! TAURUS (April 20-May 20) ★★★ A partner or close friend will throw you a curveball today by saying or doing something you least expect. This could be minor. It might be fun. It might be insulting. Try to take this in your stride. Possibly, you will be introduced to someone who is a real character, someone different. Tonight: Entertain. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) ★★★★ Your work routine will be interrupted today because of equipment breakdowns, confused messages or news that comes to you out of the blue that changes the ﬂow of things. However, you also might have a breakthrough -- some kind of revelation that is a welcome solution. Tonight: Conversations! CANCER (June 21-July 22) ★★★ Parents should be vigilant today, because this is an accident-prone time for your kids. Know where they are at all times and remove little ones from hazardous

situations. Likewise, romance will undergo unexpected changes and surprises. Guard against sports accidents as well. Tonight: Wealth. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) ★★★★ Avoid accidents at home at this time, because there is an influence that can encourage this. This same influence can also encourage family arguments, especially with parents and young people. Something unusual at home might occur. Be aware of electrical devices and faulty wiring. Tonight: You win! VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ★★★ This is an accident-prone time for you, which means it will be smart to pay attention to everything you say and do. Take extra care when walking, jogging, cycling or driving. Likewise, think before you speak, because you might suddenly get a case of foot-in-mouth disease. Tonight: Solitude. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) ★★★★ Keep an eye on your possessions, because something unpredictable will impact your assets. It could be major; it could be minor. You might find money; you might lose money. Be smart and protect what you own against loss, theft or damage. A new source of income might appear. Tonight: Popularity! SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) ★★★ You’re high-viz today, which means others notice you more than usual, especially authority figures, including the police. Be aware of this. Meanwhile, conversations with others might be feisty! Either you or someone else will say something unexpected. Get ready. Tonight: You’re admired. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21) ★★★★ This will be a rest-

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President Joe Biden and ﬁrst lady Jill Biden arrive at Schemengees Bar and Grille, one of the sites of last week’s mass shooting, to leave a bouquet of ﬂowers Friday in Lewiston, Maine.

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CONTINUED FROM B1 a large part of his reelection campaign platform. He created the ﬁrst White House office of gun violence prevention, which is charged with ﬁnding solutions and fully implementing landmark gun safety legislation enacted last year. One of the leaders of the office was in Maine this week helping coordinate the federal response. Biden has also pushed for a ban on assault weapons. “This is about common sense,” he said Friday. “Reasonable, responsible measures to protect our children, our families, our communities. Because regardless of our politics, this is about protecting our freedom to go to a bowling alley, a restaurant, a school, church, without being shot and killed.” The president has visited many other communities scarred by mass shootings. He’s been to Buffalo, New York; Uvalde, Texas; and Monterey Park, California, just in roughly the past year. “As we mourn today in Maine, this tragedy opens a painful wound, all across the country,” Biden said. “Too many Americans have lost loved ones or survived the trauma of gun violence.” As of Friday, there have been at least 37 mass killings in the U.S. in 2023, leaving at least 195 people dead, not including shooters who died, according to a database maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University.

less day for you because something is going on behind the scenes that you might have set in motion, or you might be surprised because someone else did. Either way, something is in the mix! Meanwhile, you secretly want a bit of adventure today. Fresh stimulation! Tonight: Explore! CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) ★★★ A friend will say or do something that surprises you today. Or perhaps you will meet someone who is very different. Keep in mind this person also might be a member of a group or an organization. Something unexpected also might affect your love life or your kids. Tonight: Check your ﬁnances. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) ★★★ Tread carefully today, because bosses, parents and the police might throw you a curveball. “Busted!” It could be something minor, perhaps a hot tip or recommendation that surprises you. Or it could be something unnerving. “Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!” Tonight: Happy cooperation. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) ★★★ Pay attention to everything you say and do today, because this is an accident-prone day for you. On the upside, you might be surprised to learn something fresh, exciting and intriguing. Or news in the media might upset you. It’s an unpredictable day. Tonight: Work.

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A community member looks at a memorial outside Schemengees Bar & Grille on Friday in Lewiston, Maine. Members of the community visited the memorial outside Schemengees to grieve throughout the morning. Biden’s arrival may help the city, but it’s terrible that it had to happen, said John Murphy, of New Gloucester, who went to the memorial to pay his respects. “I’m sorry that he had to on this occasion.” It will take years for the community to heal, said Murphy, who is 70. “It’s going to be a long time. Maine is a beautiful state. A very peaceful state,” he said. There were also memorials paying tribute to victims outside Just-In-Time, the bowling alley where the shootings began. The sign outside read: “Lewiston Strong! Remembering our loss Oct. 25 2023.” Michele Stapleton of Brunswick said she was glad the president came to

Maine. “It’s very encouraging to have a president who wants to speak about gun safety. For too long, politicians have maybe felt that way, but they were maybe afraid to say it,” she said. In fact, the shootings have many residents searching for answers. Elizabeth Seal, who lost her husband Josh, said in an interview this week that she was frustrated to learn that semi-automatic weapons were used. “In general, I have no issue with the use of guns,” she said through a sign language interpreter. “Some people feel more comfortable having a gun for protection or for some it’s a hunting tradition. But why do we have semi-automatic weapons available that people can get? That can cause such severe devastation?” “I hope that our lawmak-

ers will do something to change that,” she said. “I don’t see this problem in other countries, right? This is an American issue.” Overall, stricter gun laws are desired by a majority of Americans, regardless of what the current gun laws are in their state, according to an AP/NORC poll. That desire could be tied to perceptions that fewer guns would mean fewer mass shootings. Lewiston city administrator Heather Hunter, who was present when Biden spoke, said she appreciated that the president focused on the right to be safe. “I agree, safety is one of those rights that everybody should enjoy. We have to make sure everyone in our community understands that,” she said. “This is the ﬁrst set toward working to acknowledge that and to achieve that goal.”

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more coalition-building and stronger messaging. Abortion opponents, she said, “will apply those weapons and learning in other states going forward.” Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose advanced ballot language for the Ohio amendment that its supporters said was misleading, while GOP Attorney General Dave Yost took the unconventional step of producing his own “legal analysis” of the amendment. Its supporters said those actions by top state officials could cost them votes. But like the anti-abortion movement itself, Ohio’s Republicans have not been in lockstep on the issue. The GOP-led Ohio Senate has used its website to spread misleading claims about the amendment even as Gov. Mike DeWine has made the rounds of TV stations pledging that his party will pass a reasonable alternative if voters defeat the measure. For the ﬁrst time in his 46year political career, DeWine now says he would support exceptions for rape

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People gather in the parking lot of the Hamilton County Board of Elections as people arrive for early in-person voting, in Cincinnati, on Thursday. and incest in any future abortion legislation if the measure fails. The governor has allied with the Ohio Catholic Conference, which is running a campaign through its churches to defeat the amendment, which is on the ballot as Issue 1. Protect Women Ohio, the campaign against it, also has generated support from some Black faith leaders. Supporters have answered with an ad featuring the senior minister of First Congregational Church in Columbus, who called abortion a private matter and said “government needs to stay out of

family decision-making.” The Ohio amendment would guarantee an individual’s right “to make and carry out one’s own reproductive decisions.” The amendment expressly permits the state to regulate abortions after fetal viability, as determined by an attending physician, as long as any laws regulating the procedure after that point provide exceptions for the life and health of the woman. Its supporters include Democrats in the state, the ACLU, Planned Parenthood and a bipartisan coalition of labor, faith and community groups.

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RNC tightens rules for 4th GOP debate By MAGGIE HABERMAN Asa Hutchinson, who AND SHANE GOLDMACHER made the first debate, has NEW YORK TIMES fallen short of the criteria since. The Republican NationTrump and his top advisal Committee has set a date ers have lobbied the party for the fourth debate of to cancel the remaining the 2024 primaries — over debates because he is so far the objection of the par- ahead in the polls. ty’s front-runner, Donald In a statement last Trump — and incremen- month, Susie Wiles and tally ratcheted up the cri- Chris LaCivita of the teria to make the stage, ac- Trump campaign had cording to a memo sent to called for the party to nix campaigns Friday. all the debates, including The next debate, the par- next week’s contest, “in ty told campaigns, will be order to refocus its manin Tuscaloosa, Alabama, power and money on preon Dec. 6. Candidates will venting Democrats’ efforts be required to have a min- to steal the 2024 election.” imum of 80,000 unique do- Trump has repeatedly nors and to have reached echoed versions of that 6% in two national polls, or thought on his social mein one national poll and in dia website. one poll in one of the four In an interview Friday early states. at a hotel in Orlando, FlorThe previous criteria ida, Christie said he didn’t had been 4% in the polls “love” the new criteria, and 70,000 donors, a level calling the thresholds “arthat some of the candi- bitrary,” but said he would dates, including Sen. Tim abide by them. Scott of South Carolina Although Christie exand former New Jersey pressed confidence that he Gov. Chris Christie, had would meet the higher bar struggled to reach for for polling and donors, he Wednesday’s debate in Mi- also cautioned: “I think it ami, although Christie met distracts a bit from our efit and Scott is expected to. forts to campaign because Other debate attendees you’ve got to focus on going next week will be Florida and finding $1 donors to Gov. Ron DeSantis, former reach some arbitrary numSouth Carolina Gov. Nikki ber. And there’s no quesHaley and businessman tion it’s arbitrary. Why is Vivek Ramaswamy. it 80? Why isn’t it 85? Why The debate field has been isn’t it 75? What’s that resteadily shrinking: Former ally mean anymore? So I Vice President Mike Pence, don’t love it, but I’ll comply who took part in the first with it.” two debates, announced “My view is I wouldn’t last week that he was end- have raised it at all, but I ing his 2024 bid, and North don’t get to make that call,” Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum he said, adding that “we’re appears at risk of missing not at 80,000 as we sit here the next debate. today, but we’ll go work on Former Arkansas Gov. it.”

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Former President Donald Trump’s son and co-defendant Eric Trump addresses journalists Friday after walking from the courtroom during the Trump Organization’s civil fraud trial at New York Supreme Court in New York.

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CONTINUED FROM B1 real estate empire that launched him into the public eye and, eventually, politics. Like the earlier gag order, the new one was sparked by criticism of the judge’s principal law clerk, Allison Greenﬁeld. She has unexpectedly become a lightning rod during the trial. “The First Amendment right of defendants and their attorneys to comment on my staff is far and away outweighed by the need to protect them from threats and physical harm,” wrote Engoron. He said his office has gotten “hundreds of harassing and threatening phone calls, voice mails, emails, letters and packages” during the trial. In response, a spokesperson for Trump lawyer Alina Habba called the case “an attempt to silence the left’s top political opponent.” “There should be no doubt at this point that politics is now permeating our courts,” the spokesperson, Erica Knight, wrote in a statement. She warned of “a dangerous precedent which diminishes the integrity of the judicial system.” Hours earlier, Trump attorney Christopher Kise had recapped complaints that the defense team has raised for over a week about the clerk’s notes to the judge during testimony. The contents of the notes

have not been disclosed. But Trump’s lawyers say the messages are more frequent when the defense is questioning witnesses, and the attorneys suggest the notes are tilting the process against their case. “I certainly am often thinking I’m arguing against two adversaries, not one,” attorney Kise told the judge Friday. “I’m debating with the government, and then I’m debating with someone who is providing input to you on a regular, immediate basis.” Greenﬁeld ran for a judgeship as a Democrat. Engoron is a Democrat. The judge says the accusations of bias and improper inﬂuence are false, and he insists that he has an “absolute, unfettered right” to input from his clerk. Separately on Friday, a federal appeals court temporarily l ifted a gag order on Trump in his 2020 election interference case in Washington. That order bars Trump from making public statements targeting prosecutors, court staff and potential witnesses in the case accusing him of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election he lost to President Joe Biden. It still allows the former president to assert his innocence and to claim the case against him is politically motivated. In New York, Trump lawyer Kise had argued anew that if the judge was “receiving input from someone with potentially demonstrable bias” or at least questions about it, defense lawyers need to “make that record.”

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A for-sale sign in western Arizona advertises that the property has water July 26. The New York Times asked ofﬁcials in all 50 states how they track and regulate groundwater use as part of an investigative project that revealed a nationwide groundwater crisis that is draining and damaging valuable aquifers.

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CONTINUED FROM B1 areas and is studying how much water remains in its aquifers, information that lawmakers could use to set limits on pumping. Nevertheless, in parts of the state, the expansive Ogallala Aquifer, which irrigates farms across the middle of the country, is dozens of feet lower than it was in the 1950s. For generations, groundwater regulations around the country were routinely based on legal principles or economic forces that prioritized the needs of the moment, such as farming and ranching in the West or urban expansion in Eastern states. At the time, states often had little or no idea how much water aquifers held or how they might interact with lakes and rivers. There is no shortage of rules. In fact, states have created such a tangle of regulations that it can be difficult to understand how much water is being extracted from aquifers, complicating the efforts to protect them. Yet groundwater is more important than ever as climate change intensiﬁes heat, drought and erratic rainfall, making rivers and streams less reliable as water sources. The Times asked officials in all 50 states detailed questions about how they track and regulate groundwater use — the drilling of wells, the pumping of water and the punishment of overusers. It is part of an investigative project revealing a nationwide groundwater crisis that is draining and damaging valuable aquifers. The depletion threatens not only the tap water that supplies just over one-third of America’s drinking water but also some of the most productive farmland in the world, which has become increasingly reliant on groundwater. While farmers face severe risks from groundwater depletion, many warn that too much regulation would harm their livelihoods and the nation’s food supply. “Farming would not exist as we know it in California without the use of groundwater,” said Chris Scheuring, a water attorney at the California Farm Bureau and a family farmer himself. Groundwater has helped

much of the American West to become “marvelously productive,” he said, despite the region being a dry landscape where farmers can’t rely on rainfall and surface water alone. “And you know, farming is all of us.” Nationwide, the jumble of regulations that the Times identiﬁed has fed an industry of lawyers and consultants who help big users follow the rules — and, sometimes, to take advantage of them. “People are shopping around for where they can exploit groundwater,” said Reba Epler, a lawyer who works on water rights cases in Wyoming and New Mexico. Historically, Congress has left the policing of wells and aquifers to individual states for myriad reasons, including that groundwater has been so poorly understood. As late as the early 1900s, court rulings cited the “secret, occult and concealed” movement of groundwater to argue that administering rules on its use would be an exercise in “hopeless uncertainty.” Today, in places with some of the weakest oversight, irrigation is on the rise. In the parts of the lower Mississippi River region, where states including Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana have wide tracts of land with few or no restrictions on pumping groundwater, irrigation for water-intensive crops such as cotton, corn and soybeans soared in recent years as farmers sought higher yields amid worsening drought linked to climate change. The vast majority of irrigation in this region comes from groundwater. An official Missouri website, in fact, boasts that the state “has some of the loosest water laws in the country.” The state allows well owners, under most circumstances, to pump as much as they like without oversight. “We’re just blessed” with water resources, said Andrew Sheeley, a spokesperson for the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.Missouri has two major rivers, and it sits atop the immense Ozark Aquifer, which is more than 1,000 feet deep in places. But more than 85% of the state is experiencing drought, and wells that monitor conditions in the Ozark Aquifer show declines and historic lows in a handful of places. Last month, at a state commit-

tee meeting to address the drought, speakers invoked the Dust Bowl of the 1930s and the back-to-back droughts leading up to it and raised concerns about increased fire threats. “This is probably one of the most important things that we’re going to be dealing with for the people in Missouri for a while,” Gov. Mike Parson told the committee. Among the states that do set limits on pumping, some make exceptions for prominent industries, emergency use or everyday activities including lawn care. States including Kentucky and Vermont generally exempt agricultural irrigation, one of the top users of groundwater nationwide. In Oregon, firefighting gets a pass, and most of the time, so do small lawns and personal gardens. In Texas, people who own land also own the water under it, which means farmers over the depleting Ogallala Aquifer can claim a tax deduction for irrigation. In effect, the practice rewards high water use in water-stressed areas. (The tax code considers it a “cost depletion” because the water “would be lost to the taxpayer and immediately succeeding generations.”) Dave Owen, a professor at UC Law San Francisco, said, “If you know water is a shared resource, and nobody is restraining anybody else from pumping, you have a powerful incentive to get yours while you can.” He described groundwater regulation in the United States as “Swiss cheese.” In September, following publication of the Times’ earlier findings on aquifer depletion nationwide, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., who leads the Energy and Natural Resource Committee’s Water and Power Subcommittee, held a hearing on what he called the country’s drinking-water crisis. “It’s hard to figure out who’s actually in charge of water policy,” he said during the hearing. “We’ve got to get practical data on the scope of the problem.” States vary widely in the data that they collect and share. When officials in Maine were asked if the state keeps a list of water wells, Ryan Gordon, a hydrogeologist at the Maine Geological Survey, responded, “The total is unknown, and we don’t even have a good estimate.”

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Nickels Lewis Bruhn Nick Bruhn passed peacefully at home surrounded by family on October 24, 2023. One of Nick’s greatest joys came from his family. He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Smokey Bruhn, and his sons and their families. Scott and Suzanne, Sid and Emily and Chet and Sierra, as well as his four granddaughters, Brooke, Kate, Abigail and Trudy. Nick will be remembered by his infectious smile, his stories of hunting and ranching at the Rock Pile Ranch and when they owned West Coast Training Center. He was a pioneer on making do with what you had and passed that on to his sons. Nick was hardworking and multifaceted working as a truck driver for Safeway, ran cattle and sheep, built custom homes and drove heavy equipment. As he would put it, he was a jack of all trades and a master at none.

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Dolly Parton performs during an event celebrating the Kansas statewide expansion of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library on Aug. 14 in Overland Park, Kansas.

Dolly may feel ready to rock the Bowl Country star Dolly Parton said she had offers, but never felt she was “big enough” to perform at the Super Bowl halftime show. But with her ﬁrst rock album, Rockstar,” coming out Nov. 17, Parton appears to be rethinking her ability to rock a stadium full of football fans. “It would make more sense,” she told the Hollywood Reporter. “That might change. I might be able to do a production show.” Usher will headline the 2024 Super Bowl in Las Vegas. It’s unclear who his guests might be.

Johansson targets AI likeness used in ad Attorneys, assemble! Scarlett Johansson has taken legal action after an artiﬁcial intelligence app circulated a since-deleted ad using the Marvel star’s likeness without permission. Kevin Yorn took action on behalf of the Oscar nominee, 38, who is not a spokeswoman for the app in question, Lisa AI: 90s Yearbook & Avatar, Variety Scarlett reports. Johansson “We do not take these things lightly. Per our usual course of action in these circumstances, we will deal with it with all legal remedies that we will have,” Yorn told the outlet. While footage of the genuine Johansson is featured in the ad — from an old Omaze contest ahead of the “Black Widow” premiere — it eventually features artiﬁcial snaps intended to look like the “Marriage Story” star, whose voice was also replicated.

Perry Foundation seeks to assist addicts A new foundation named for late actor Matthew Perry has been launched to help people battling drug addiction. The creation of the Matthew Perry Foundation was announced Friday, nearly a week after the “Friends” star’s sudden death. “The Matthew Perry Foundation is the realization of Matthew’s enduring Matthew commitment to helping others strugPerry gling with the disease of addiction. It will honor his legacy and be guided by his own words and experiences and driven by his passion for making a difference in as many lives as possible,” reads the mission statement on the charity’s website. Perry’s representatives and the National Philanthropic Trust is sponsoring and maintaining the foundation and site. The 54-year-old actor, who had long been candid about his past struggles with substance abuse and alcoholism as documented in last year’s memoir, “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing,” was committed to helping other addicts.

Birthdays Actor Loretta Swit is 86. R&B singer Harry Elston (Friends of Distinction) is 85. Blues singer Delbert McClinton is 83. Former ﬁrst lady Laura Bush is 77. Actor Ivonne Coll is 76. Rock singer-musician Chris Difford (Squeeze) is 69. Country singer Kim Forester (The Forester Sisters) is 63. Actor-comedian Kathy Griffin is 63. Actor Ralph MacIvonne chio is 62. “Survivor” host Jeff Probst is Coll 62. Actor Matthew McConaughey is 54. Rapper-producer Sean “Puffy” Combs is 54. TV personality Bethenny Frankel is 53. Actor Anthony Ruivivar is 53. Soul/jazz singer Gregory Porter is 52. Celebrity chef Curtis Stone is 48. Actor Heather Tom is 48. R&B/gospel singer George Huff is 43. Actor Emme Rylan is 43. Actor Chris Greene (Film: “Loving”) is 41.

Dear Abby: I’ve been with my husband, “Harry,” for 10 years, married for four, and already I’d like a divorce. We have two small children. I’m a stay-at-home mom while he works and pays the bills. The problem is, he feels that because he works, he doesn’t have to do anything else. He doesn’t help around the house, help with the kids, spend time with us, nothing! I only ask that he do these things on his days off, but his days off are reserved strictly for himself. Some days I could use a hand with our children. While I’m doing absolutely everything, he just sits acting like he doesn’t hear or see what’s going on in front of him. Even after seeing me becoming overwhelmed and frustrated, he won’t help me. I’ve had a thousand con-

versations with him about stepping up more when he’s home, but it goes in one ear and out the other. I’d rather be single than have him just sit around when he’s home because “he pays for everything.” Am I wrong to feel this way? I need help. — Out of Balance in North Carolina Dear Out of Balance: Offer your husband a choice. Either the two of you talk with a marriage and family therapist to help rid him of his selective deafness, or you hire someone to help with the heavier chores he’s unwilling to do. If he balks, remind him that you know he’s tired of your nagging and it would be cheaper than a divorce. Write Dear Abby at P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles 90069 or www.DearAbby.com.

PET CONNECTION Kim Campbell Thornton

The way dogs live with us now is not necessarily new When I see dogs depicted in portraits or other art — all the way back to cave art — I wonder what their lives were like. What kind of relationship did they have with their people? Did they live in the house? Sleep on the bed? Eat special meals? We tend to think of these things as relatively recent developments, but are they? A photo shared on social media of the Nimrud dogs — clay figurines excavated from the ruins of Nimrud, a Mesopotamian city — inspired me to investigate one of the early eras in which dogs were important. The Nimrud dogs, which date to 645 B.C., were discovered in 1951 and 1952 by archaeologist Max Mallowan, who is perhaps more famous for being the husband of mystery queen Agatha Christie. Mallowan was one of a number of archaeologists excavating the Assyrian city (in what is now Iraq) in search of artifacts and artworks. The period was famous for exquisitely carved ivories, but discoveries of clay and bronze figurines of dogs tell us something about the roles of dogs who lived 2,500-plus years ago. Not surprisingly, dogs were considered guardians or watchdogs, just as they are today, but in a more supernatural way. Figures of them, buried beneath or to the sides of doorsteps, were believed to have protective powers, with the purpose of scaring away angry or evil spirits. The names with which they were inscribed tell the story: “Loud” is his bark; “Biter” of his foe; “Don’t” think, bite; “Catcher” of the enemy; “Expeller” of evil. A “fierce dog” ritual accompanied the figurine burial and was meant to “awaken” the canine protective spirit. The goddess Inanna, often called on for protection, was depicted with seven leashed dogs. Dogs were also associated with healing. In a Jan. 12, 2017, article for worldhistory.org, Joshua J. Mark

writes that dog saliva was thought to have a curative effect; hence the canine association with Gula, goddess of healing, during the Old Babylonian Period. Gula is depicted with dogs — or as a dog — and was considered a protector of dogs as well. The types of dogs most common in that era were sighthounds for hunting and mastiffs for guarding properties, palaces and flocks. Mastiffs probably also played an important role in the military, just like they do today. City dogs likely roamed the streets during the day but went home to a specific place and person who fed and cared for them. As they roamed the city, we can imagine them helping to keep streets clean by scavenging the remains of dead animals. Palace dogs lived in kennels, and while it seems unlikely that any of them shared a royal bed, perhaps some lay at the sleeping room door or the foot of the bed so they could ward off any dangers. As seen in ancient art, such as plaques found at the site of the palace of Nineveh, collars and leashes were in use. They ranged from simple cords or ropes tied around the neck to those made of fabric, leather or elaborate precious metals. Some were decorated with tassels. The collars of dogs belonging to noble families bore not only the dog’s name, but also the family name. In addition to having their names on collars, some dogs were depicted on an owner’s personal seal — evidence of their high standing. You can see dog figurines and other dog art from this period at the British Museum in London; the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge, England; and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

ACROSS 1 Drag participant 7 “Troy” star 11 New York lake 12 In — (lined up) 13 Add yeast to 14 Rake 15 Titled women 16 Book category 17 Place for a coin 18 Outlaw 19 Continental coin 21 Cart puller 22 Make the biosphere suitable for humans 25 Sandy color 26 Small statue 27 Bare 29 Ordeal 33 Michael of Monty Python 34 Back biter 35 They may be inﬂated 36 Geisha garb 37 For fear that 38 Sulking 39 Reﬁnery rocks 40 Casual eateries DOWN 1 Cargo spots 2 Basketball’s Shaquille

3 Spanish “I love you” 4 Rosie, for one 5 Lyric poems 6 Dapper fellow 7 Kitchen gadget 8 Cell feature 9 Resort business 10 Suit fabrics 16 Blunders 18 Deception 20 City-based 22 Colorful bird 23 Surround 24 Padded footstool 25 Elvis’ birthplace 28 Shopping aids 30 Skip the ceremony 31 More rational 32 Easy gaits 34 Skimpy skirt 36 Young one

YESTERDAY’S PUZZLE

JUMBLE David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

SUDOKU Michael Mepham

Today: Moderate Complete the grid so each row, column and 3 x 3 box (in bold border) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit sudoku.org.uk.

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YESTERDAY’S PUZZLE

BRIDGE Frank Stewart South’s jump to 2NT was forcing and showed a balanced 12 to 15 points. (Some pairs use a 2NT response to a minor-suit opening bid as invitational, a treatment I dislike because subsequent development of the auction may be murky.) Against 3NT, West led a low spade: 10, king, ace. Declarer then led a diamond. East won and returned his last spade, and the defenders forced out South’s queen. South then took his heart and club tricks, but West won the last four tricks with the king of diamonds and good spades. South was at risk since he had to lose the lead twice to set up a ninth trick in diamonds. In case the missing spades are divided 6-2, South must execute a “hold-up” play — even with a

double stopper. South ducks the first trick and wins East’s spade return. When he loses a diamond to East’s ace, East must shift, and South has time to force out West’s high diamond and make an overtrick. Daily Question: You hold: S K 8 H J 8 5 4 2 D A C 9 7 6 4 3. Your partner opens one diamond, you respond one heart and he bids one spade. The opponents pass. What do you say? Answer: When your hand is a minimum or below minimum, you should limit your strength quickly to stop the auction from getting too high. Bid 1NT, suggesting 6 to 9 points. A bid of two clubs — a new suit — would be forcing and unlimited, and might induce your partner to go overboard.

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Business U.S. LABOR » MARKET MAY BE COOLING

Employers pull back STRICTLY BUSINESS on hiring in October DOW 34,061.32 +222.24

NASDAQ 13,478.28 +184.09

S&P 500 4,358.34 +40.56

NEW YORK

Best week of year rolls to unblemished finish Wall Street steamrolled even higher Friday as it closed out its best week in nearly a year. The S&P 500 climbed 40.56 points, or 0.9%, to 4,358.34 and rose every day of the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 222.24, or 0.7%, to 34,061.32, and the Nasdaq composite jumped 184.09, or 1.4%, to 13,478.28. Stocks surged through the week on rising hopes the Federal Reserve is finally done with its market-crunching hikes to interest rates, meant to get inflation under control. A report on Friday underscored that pressure is easing on inflation after it showed employers hired fewer workers last month than economists expected.

WASHINGTON

One of 1st budgeting apps, Mint, shutting Mint, one of the earliest and most popular personal ﬁnance apps, is shutting down, and its owner, Intuit, is encouraging users to switch to Credit Karma, its platform that offers free credit scores and helps users track their money. Intuit said Tuesday that it was “reimagining” Mint as part of Credit Karma and that Mint users would be able to transition to Credit Karma. Credit Karma will absorb Mint by Jan. 1, Intuit said in a statement Friday. Mint has been one of the top online budgeting tools for years, with 3.6 million active users in 2021, according to Bloomberg. Introduced in 2007, it was a game-changer in the world of personal ﬁnance.

IRVING, Texas

Retiree, Eagle Scout to lead battered Boy Scouts The new president of the Boy Scouts of America plans to reverse the trend of declining membership and improve safety programs as the organization emerges from bankruptcy following a sexual abuse scandal. Roger Krone, a retired businessman and Eagle Scout, was named Friday as the new chief executive of the 113-year-old youth organization, replacing the retiring Roger Mosby as the top administrator. A federal judge in March upheld the $2.4 billion bankruptcy plan for the Irving, Texas-based organization, which allowed it to keep operating while compensating more than 80,000 men who ﬁled claims saying they were sexually abused while in scouting.

SEATTLE

Bezos leaving Seattle for Miami after 3 decades Jeff Bezos, who founded Amazon out of his Seattle garage in 1994 and plowed billions of dollars into transforming the city into a tech boomtown, said Thursday that he was leaving his home of three decades and moving to Miami. Bezos, 59, announced his move in an Instagram post Thursday night. He said his parents had recently moved back to Miami, where he attended high school, and that he wanted to be closer to them and to his partner, Lauren Sanchez. Another factor, he said, was that operations for his rocket company, Blue Origin, are increasingly shifting to Cape Canaveral, Florida, just over 200 miles by road north of Miami along the state’s coast. Press Democrat news services

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Workers pour concrete to create part of a bus stop Oct. 12 in the Manhattan borough of New York City.

150,000 jobs added despite burden of higher borrowing costs By PAUL WISEMAN AND ANNE D’INNOCENZIO ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON he nation’s employers slowed their hiring in October, adding a modest but still decent 150,000 jobs, a sign that the labor market may be cooling but remains resilient despite high interest rates that have made borrowing much costlier for companies and consumers. Last month’s job growth, though down sharply from a robust 297,000 gain in September, was solid enough to suggest that many companies still want to hire and that the economy remains sturdy. And job growth would have been higher in October if not for the now-settled United Auto Workers’ strikes. The strikes ended this week with tentative settlements in which against Detroit’s automakers granted significantly better pay and benefits to the union’s workers. Friday’s jobs report from the government comes as the Federal Reserve is assessing incoming economic data to determine whether to leave its key interest rate unchanged, as it did this week, or to raise it again in its drive to curb inflation. The lower job growth in October, along with a slowdown in pay gains last month, could help convince the Fed that inflation pressures will continue to cool and that further rate hikes may not be needed. On Wall Street, traders appeared to signal their growing belief in that scenario. Bond yields fell and stock prices rose sharply af-

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Staff members arrange pastries Sept. 28 at the Dominique Ansel Bakery in New York. ter the jobs report was released, indicating optimism that the Fed will decide it won’t need to impose additional rate hikes. The unemployment rate rose last month from 3.8% to 3.9%. And in another sign of a possible softening in the labor market, the Labor Department revised down its estimate of job growth in August and September by a combined 101,000. The UAW strikes contributed to an overall loss of 35,000 factory positions in October. Several other sectors posted solid job gains last month, notably healthcare, which added 58,000, government agencies 51,000 and construction companies 23,000. By contrast, the vast leisure and hospitality sector, which includes bars, restaurants and hotels, reported only modest job growth. So did professional and business services, a category that includes such high-paying occupations as accounting, engineering and architecture.

Wage pressures, which have been gradually slowing, eased further in October. Average hourly pay rose 0.2% from September and 4.1% from 12 months earlier. The year-over-year wage increase was the lowest since June 2021; the month-over-month rise was the smallest since February 2022. The Fed has raised its benchmark interest rate 11 times since March 2022 to try to slow the economy and tame inflation, which hit a four-decade high last year but has slowed sharply since then. In September, consumer prices rose 3.7% from a year earlier, down drastically from a year-overyear peak of 9.1% in June 2022 but still well above the Fed’s 2% target level. The U.S. job market has remained on firm footing despite those rate hikes and has helped fuel consumer spending, the primary driver of the economy. Employers have now added a healthy 204,000 jobs a month over the past three months. The combination of a solid economy and decelerating inflation has raised hopes that the Fed can raise rates just enough to tame inflation without triggering a recession. “This is still a good labor market,’’ said Nick Bunker, head of economic research at the Indeed Hiring Lab. “There’s no recession right now that you can see in the labor market data.’’ Bunker added that the October jobs numbers are “mostly consistent with the soft landing story.’’ For the Fed, one unwelcome note in Friday’s report is that the number of people who either have a job or are looking for one fell by 201,000 in October. It was the first such drop since April.

Cruise now facing own safety questions By TRIPP MICKLE NEW YORK TIMES

SAN FRANCISCO — Two months ago, Kyle Vogt, the CEO of Cruise, choked up as he recounted how a driver killed a 4-year-old girl in a stroller at a San Francisco intersection. “It barely made the news,” he said, pausing to collect himself. “Sorry. I get emotional.” To make streets safer, he said in an interview, cities should embrace self-driving cars like those designed by Cruise, a subsidiary of General Motors. They do not get distracted, drowsy or drunk, he said, and being programmed to put safety ﬁrst meant they could substantially reduce car-related fatalities. Now Vogt’s driverless car company faces its own safety concerns as he contends with angry regulators, anxious em-

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Cruise vehicles sit idle Wednesday at a lot in San Francisco. ployees and skepticism about his management and the viability of a business that he has often said will save lives while generating billions of dollars. On Oct. 2, a car hit a woman in a San Francisco intersection

and ﬂung her into the path of one of Cruise’s driverless taxis. The Cruise car ran over her, brieﬂy stopped, and then dragged her some 20 feet before pulling to the curb, causing severe injuries.

California’s Department of Motor Vehicles last week accused Cruise of omitting the woman being dragged from a video of the incident it initially provided to the agency. The DMV said the company had “misrepresented” its technology and told Cruise to shut down its driverless car operations in the state. Two days later, Cruise went further and voluntarily suspended all of its driverless operations around the country, taking 400 or so driverless cars off the road. Since then, Cruise’s board has hired the law ﬁrm Quinn Emanuel to investigate the company’s response to the incident, including its interactions with regulators, law enforcement and the media. The board plans to evaluate the ﬁndings and any recommended changes.

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Sharks’ early misery hits new low NHL » With worst-ever home loss, San Jose moves closer to league mark for longest season-opening skid By CURTIS PASHELKA SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

SAN JOSE — So, how much longer can this continue for the San Jose Sharks? In the ugliest loss of an already historically awful start to this season, the largely lifeless Sharks allowed three goals in the opening eight minutes and

were run out of their own building Thursday in a 10-1 beatdown at the hands of the Vancouver Canucks. Sharks center Tomas Hertl said he’s been a part of some tough losses in the playoffs, “but this is probably the most embarrassing.” Fabian Zetterlund scored at the 16:12 mark of the third

period to break Vancouver’s shutout bid, but it remained the most lopsided home loss the Sharks have experienced since they began operations in 1991-1992. The ugliness doesn’t end there. The Sharks’ 10-game winless streak from the start of the season is now tied for the seventh-longest in NHL history. The only teams to lose more

Vancouver Canucks left wing Andrei Kuzmenko, left, scores a goal past Sharks goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen during the second period Thursday in San Jose. JEFF CHIU / ASSOCIATED PRESS

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HORSE RACING

PREP FOOTBALL » REGULAR SEASON CONCLUDES

Laying it on the line ASHLEY LANDIS / ASSOCIATED PRESS

Didia works out Wednesday ahead of the Breeders’ Cup Classic this weekend in Arcadia.

Deaths put race under scrutiny All 14 Breeders’ Cup races will be run under new federal safety rules By BETH HARRIS ASSOCIATED PRESS

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t would be hard to come up with a better storyline for the ﬁnal game of the regular season. Fierce rivals Cardinal Newman and Windsor faced off for the second year in a row with the North Bay League-Oak title on the line, this time on the Cardinals’ home turf. After Windsor won last season on a last-second touchdown, Newman was looking to exact revenge and end the season undefeated. Above, Cardinal Newman’s Zachary Homan is tripped up by Windsor’s August Kingwell. At right, Windsor’s Ananias Walker scores in the ﬁrst quarter. For results from Friday’s games around the region, see pressdemocrat.com/sports

ARCADIA — After horse deaths marred this year’s Kentucky Derby and Preakness, and two more occurred days ahead of the world championships, safety at the Breeders’ Cup is under intense scrutiny. For the ﬁrst time, all 14 Cup races this weekend at Santa Anita will be run under the sport’s new national uniform set of medication and safety rules. The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act, created by Congress under the oversight of the Federal Trade Commission, is charged with keeping horses and jockeys safe. The most extensive reviews of horses’ veterinary and treatment records in the 40-year history of the Breeders’ Cup will continue up to race day, with contenders subject to random physical exams at any time. “We know equine fatalities is a complicated issue and that’s why we’re continuing to invest in resources,” Drew Fleming, TURN TO HORSES » PAGE C5

Knight thrived on conﬂict, whether real or not

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Indiana coach Bobby Knight gestures while instructing his players during a semiﬁnal game against UNLV in the 1987 Final Four in New Orleans.

t was the early ’80s. Bob Knight, Indiana University’s mercurial basketball coach, was speaking at a dinner banquet at Cardinal Newman High School. The gym was packed. I was fortunate enough to arrange some time to interview Knight before the banquet. I wondered why Knight agreed. Knight was notoriously hostile toward the media, becoming an instant ﬂame after what he thought was a stupid question. I expected a short interview ending in a few expletives, hoping at least there would be some new ones to advance my education. I asked. Knight spoke. He never raised his voice. He was exceeding polite. Almost deferential. The interview was going

BOB PADECKY

smoothly. I learned later Knight could be like this away from the spotlight. After a time, Cardinal Newman football coach Ed Monahan entered the room. Looking at me, Monahan tapped his watch. Time to end it. I shrugged. I’d take Knight to a coffee shop and buy him his favorite latte if he’d let me. I didn’t want to leave nirvana. Monahan, a large man, just stood there, irritated, anxious, impatient. TURN TO PADECKY » PAGE C5

TOURNAMENT TIME The inaugural NBA in-season tournament is underway, with the Warriors taking on the Thunder. Above, Warriors guard Klay Thompson, right, passes the ball away from Thunder guard Luguentz Dort during the ﬁrst half. For game result, visit pressdemocrat.com/sports

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AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Miami 6 2 0 .750 271 204 Buffalo 5 3 0 .625 222 136 N.Y. Jets 4 3 0 .571 126 129 New England 2 6 0 .250 118 208 South W L T Pct PF PA Jacksonville 6 2 0 .750 193 156 Houston 3 4 0 .429 148 128 Indianapolis 3 5 0 .375 205 229 Tennessee 3 5 0 .375 148 160 North W L T Pct PF PA Baltimore 6 2 0 .750 202 121 Pittsburgh 5 3 0 .625 133 163 Cincinnati 4 3 0 .571 131 144 Cleveland 4 3 0 .571 154 139 West W L T Pct PF PA Kansas City 6 2 0 .750 187 129 L.A. Chargers 3 4 0 .429 174 168 Denver 3 5 0 .375 172 226 Las Vegas 3 5 0 .375 126 187 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Philadelphia 7 1 0 .875 224 172 Dallas 5 2 0 .714 197 120 Washington 3 5 0 .375 171 228 N.Y. Giants 2 6 0 .250 95 187 South W L T Pct PF PA Atlanta 4 4 0 .500 138 161 New Orleans 4 4 0 .500 171 154 Tampa Bay 3 4 0 .429 121 128 Carolina 1 6 0 .143 127 199 North W L T Pct PF PA Detroit 6 2 0 .750 200 165 Minnesota 4 4 0 .500 175 162 Green Bay 2 5 0 .286 140 156 Chicago 2 6 0 .250 171 218 West W L T Pct PF PA Seattle 5 2 0 .714 168 138 49ers 5 3 0 .625 218 140 L.A. Rams 3 5 0 .375 175 184 Arizona 1 7 0 .125 151 213 Thursday’s Result Pittsburgh 20, Tennessee 16 Sunday’s Games Miami vs Kansas City at Frankfurt, Germany, 6:30 a.m. Arizona at Cleveland, 10 a.m. Chicago at New Orleans, 10 a.m. L.A. Rams at Green Bay, 10 a.m. Minnesota at Atlanta, 10 a.m. Seattle at Baltimore, 10 a.m. Tampa Bay at Houston, 10 a.m. Washington at New England, 10 a.m. Indianapolis at Carolina, 1:05 p.m. Dallas at Philadelphia, 1:25 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Las Vegas, 1:25 p.m. Buffalo at Cincinnati, 5:20 p.m. Open: 49ers, Denver, Jacksonville, Detroit Monday’s Game L.A. Chargers at N.Y. Jets, 5:15 p.m.

Saturday’s Games No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 14 Missouri, 12:30 p.m. No. 2 Michigan vs. Purdue, 4:30 p.m. No. 3 Ohio St. at Rutgers, Noon No. 4 Florida St. at Pittsburgh, 12:30 p.m. No. 5 Washington at No. 24 USC, 4:30 p.m. No. 6 Oregon vs. Cal, 2:30 p.m. No. 7 Texas vs. No. 25 Kansas St., 9 a.m. No. 8 Alabama vs. No. 13 LSU, 4:45 p.m. No. 9 Penn St. at Maryland, 12:30 p.m. No. 10 Oklahoma at Oklahoma St., 12:30 p.m. No. 11 Mississippi vs. Texas A&M, 9 a.m. No. 12 Notre Dame at Clemson, 9 a.m. No. 15 Louisville vs. Virginia Tech, 12:30 p.m. No. 16 Oregon St. at Colorado, 7 p.m. No. 17 Air Force vs. Army at Denver, 11:30 a.m. No. 18 Utah vs. Arizona St., 11 a.m. No. 19 Tennessee vs. UConn, 9 a.m. No. 20 UCLA at Arizona, 7:30 p.m. No. 21 Tulane at East Carolina, 12:30 p.m. No. 22 Kansas at Iowa St., 4 p.m. No. 23 James Madison at Georgia St., 12:30 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Paciﬁc GP W L OT Pts Vegas 11 10 0 1 21 Vancouver 10 7 2 1 15 Los Angeles 10 6 2 2 14 Anaheim 10 6 4 0 12 Seattle 11 4 5 2 10 Edmonton 9 2 6 1 5 Calgary 10 2 7 1 5 Sharks 10 0 9 1 1 Central GP W L OT Pts Dallas 9 7 1 1 15 Colorado 9 7 2 0 14 Arizona 10 5 4 1 11 Winnipeg 10 4 4 2 10 Nashville 10 4 6 0 8 Minnesota 10 3 5 2 8 St. Louis 8 3 4 1 7 Chicago 9 3 6 0 6 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic GP W L OT Pts Boston 10 9 0 1 19 Detroit 11 6 4 1 13 Toronto 10 5 3 2 12 Montreal 10 5 3 2 12 Florida 9 5 3 1 11 Tampa Bay 10 4 3 3 11 Buffalo 11 5 6 0 10 Ottawa 9 4 5 0 8 Metropolitan GP W L OT Pts N.Y. Rangers 10 8 2 0 16 New Jersey 9 6 2 1 13 N.Y. Islanders 9 5 2 2 12 Carolina 11 6 5 0 12 Philadelphia 11 5 5 1 11 Columbus 10 4 4 2 10 Washington 9 4 4 1 9 Pittsburgh 9 3 6 0 6 Friday’s Results Philadelphia 5, Buffalo 1 New Jersey at St. Louis, late Saturday’s Games Nashville at Edmonton, 12 p.m. Winnipeg at Arizona, 1 p.m. Boston at Detroit, 4 p.m. Buffalo at Toronto, 4 p.m. Columbus at Washington, 4 p.m. Montreal at St. Louis, 4 p.m. Tampa Bay at Ottawa, 4 p.m. Carolina at N.Y. Islanders, 4:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m. Florida at Chicago, 5 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Calgary at Seattle, 7 p.m. Colorado at Vegas, 7 p.m. Dallas at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at San Jose, 7 p.m.

CFL Playoffs Saturday’s Games Division Semiﬁnals East: Hamilton at Montreal, Noon West: Calgary at British Columbia, 3:30 p.m.

THE LINE NFL FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U at KANSAS CITY 5½ 1½ 50½ at HOUSTON 2½ 3 40 at BALTIMORE 4½ 5½ 44½ at CLEVELAND 8½ 9½ 38½ at ATLANTA 1½ 3½ 37½ at GREEN BAY 1½ 3 38½ at NEW ORLEANS 5½ 8½ 41 at NEW ENGLAND 1½ 2½ 40½ Indianapolis 2½ 2½ 43½ at PHILADELPHIA 3 3 46½ at LAS VEGAS 2½ 1½ 37½ at CINCINNATI 1½ 1½ 50½ Monday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U LA Chargers 1½ 3½ 40½

UNDERDOG Miami Tampa Bay Seattle Arizona Minnesota LA Rams Chicago Washington at CAROLINA Dallas NY Giants Buffalo UNDERDOG at NY JETS

College football FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at FLORIDA 6½ 3½ 49½ Arkansas at TEXAS 7 3½ 49½ Kansas State Notre Dame 3½ 3½ 44½ at CLEMSON Wisconsin 8½ 9½ 45½ at INDIANA at OLE MISS 4½ 3 52½ Texas A&M Ohio State 18½ 18½ 42½ at RUTGERS at S. CAROLINA 17½ 15½ 54½ Jacksonville St. Nebraska 3 3½ 34½ at MICH. ST. at TENNESSEE 34½ 35½ 55½ UConn at UTAH 10½ 11½ 39½ Arizona State Navy 7 7 45½ at TEMPLE at VIRGINIA 2½ 1½ 56½ Georgia Tech at AIR FORCE 19½ 17½ 31½ Army Louisiana 8½ 7½ 59½ at ARK. ST. at UAB 2½ ½ 59½ Florida Atlantic at MEMPHIS 13½ 13½ 68½ South Florida UTSA 6½ 8½ 71½ at NORTH TEXAS Florida State 21½ 21½ 50½ at PITTSBURGH Iowa 5½ 5½ 30½ at N’WESTERN at BAYLOR 4½ 3 57½ Houston at GEORGIA 20½ 15½ 55½ Missouri at MINNESOTA 3½ 1½ 42½ Illinois at LOUISVILLE 9½ 9½ 48½ Virginia Tech Oklahoma 7 5½ 61½ at OKLA. ST. UCF 3½ 3½ 59½ at CINCINNATI at OLD DOMIN’N 1½ 1½ 50½ Coastal Carolina Tulane 16½ 16½ 45½ at E. CAROLINA Penn State 11½ 8½ 49½ at MARYLAND James Madison 5½ 5½ 52½ at GEORGIA ST. at STHRN. MISS 2½ 3½ 56½ UL Monroe at TULSA 3½ 3½ 47½ Charlotte Auburn 13½ 12½ 49½ at VANDERBILT at NEVADA 3½ 3½ 50½ Hawaii at TEXAS STATE 2½ 2½ 68½ Ga. Southern at OREGON 23½ 24½ 59½ Cal at APP. STATE 4½ 3½ 55½ Marshall at LIBERTY 17½ 15½ 58½ Louisiana Tech UNLV 11½ 11½ 60½ at NEW MEXICO at N. MEXICO ST. 3½ 3½ 55½ Mid. Tennessee at IOWA STATE 1½ 2½ 53½ Kansas Utah State 2½ 2½ 57½ at S. DIEGO ST. at WEST VIRGINIA 8 12½ 48½ BYU Washington 3½ 2½ 76½ at USC at MICHIGAN 28½ 32½ 52½ Purdue Kentucky 3½ 4½ 45½ at MISS. ST. SMU 10½ 12½ 58½ at RICE at ALABAMA 5½ 3½ 61½ LSU Miami FL 4½ 5½ 44½ at NC STATE at WASH. ST. 13½ 13½ 59½ Stanford W. Kentucky 11½ 9½ 54½ at UTEP Oregon State 14 13½ 60½ at COLORADO at FRESNO STATE 3½ 2½ 53½ Boise State UCLA 1½ 2½ 50½ at ARIZONA

NBA FAVORITE LINE at PHILADELPHIA OFF LA Lakers 3½ at INDIANA OFF at NEW ORLEANS OFF Boston 9½ at HOUSTON OFF at MINNESOTA 7 at DENVER OFF

O/U OFF 218 OFF OFF 229½ OFF 227 OFF

UNDERDOG Phoenix at ORLANDO Charlotte Atlanta at BROOKLYN Sacramento Utah Chicago

NBA Standings WESTERN CONFERENCE Paciﬁc W Warriors 4 L.A. Lakers 3 L.A. Clippers 3 Sacramento 2 Phoenix 2 Southwest W Dallas 4 New Orleans 4 San Antonio 3 Houston 1 Memphis 0 Northwest W Denver 4 Oklahoma City 3 Minnesota 2 Portland 2 Utah 2 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic W Boston 4 Philadelphia 3 Brooklyn 3 New York 2 Toronto 2 Southeast W Atlanta 3 Orlando 3 Miami 2 Charlotte 1 Washington 1 Central W Indiana 3 Milwaukee 3 Detroit 2 Chicago 2 Cleveland 2 Friday’s Results Warriors at Oklahoma City, late Indiana 121, Cleveland 116 Brooklyn 109, Chicago 107 Milwaukee 110, New York 105 Miami 121, Washington 114 Dallas at Denver, late Memphis at Portland, late Saturday’s Games Phoenix at Philadelphia, 10 a.m. Atlanta at New Orleans, 4 p.m. Charlotte at Indiana, 4 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Orlando, 4 p.m. Boston at Brooklyn, 5 p.m. Sacramento at Houston, 5 p.m. Utah at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Chicago at Denver, 6 p.m.

L Pct 1 .800 2 .600 2 .600 2 .500 3 .400 L Pct 0 1.000 1 .800 2 .600 3 .250 5 .000 L Pct 1 .800 2 .600 2 .500 3 .400 4 .333

GB — 1 1 1½ 2 GB — ½ 1½ 3 4½ GB — 1 1½ 2 2½

L Pct 0 1.000 1 .750 2 .600 4 .333 4 .333 L Pct 2 .600 2 .600 4 .333 3 .250 4 .200 L Pct 2 .600 2 .600 4 .333 4 .333 4 .333

GB — 1 1½ 3 3 GB — — 1½ 1½ 2 GB — — 1½ 1½ 1½

Other games Friday’s Results Dartmouth 23, Princeton 21 Boston College (5-3) at Syracuse (4-4), late Colorado St. (3-5) at Wyoming (5-3), late Saturday’s Games EAST CCSU (3-5) at Sacred Heart (1-8), 9 a.m. Ohio St. (8-0) at Rutgers (6-2), 9 a.m. Duquesne (5-3) at Wagner (3-5), 9 a.m. LIU Brooklyn (2-6) at St. Francis (Pa.) (3-5), 9 a.m. Holy Cross (5-3) at Lehigh (2-6), 9 a.m. Yale (4-3) at Brown (4-3), 9 a.m. Drake (5-3) at Marist (4-4), 9 a.m. Colgate (3-5) at Lafayette (7-1), 9:30 a.m. Harvard (6-1) at Columbia (2-5), 9:30 a.m. Villanova (6-2) at New Hampshire (4-4), 10 a.m. Stony Brook (0-8) at Monmouth (NJ) (3-5), 10 a.m. Cornell (3-4) at Penn (5-2), 10 a.m. Hampton (4-4) at Maine (2-7), 10 a.m. Delaware St. (1-7) at Morgan St. (2-5), 10 a.m. Gardner-Webb (4-4) at Bryant (4-4), 10 a.m. Bucknell (3-5) at Fordham (5-3), 10 a.m. William & Mary (5-3) at Albany (NY) (6-3), 10 a.m. Elon (4-4) at Delaware (7-1), 10 a.m. Navy (3-4) at Temple (2-6), 11 a.m. Florida St. (8-0) at Pittsburgh (2-6), 12:30 p.m. Merrimack (4-4) at UMass (2-7), 12:30 p.m. Penn St. (7-1) at Maryland (5-3), 12:30 p.m. BYU (5-3) at West Virginia (5-3), 4 p.m. SOUTH Campbell (4-4) at North Carolina (6-2), 9 a.m. Arkansas (2-6) at Florida (5-3), 9 a.m. UConn (1-7) at Tennessee (6-2), 9 a.m. San Diego (2-6) at Presbyterian (3-5), 9 a.m. Jacksonville St. (7-2) at South Carolina (2-6), 9 a.m. Texas A&M (5-3) at Mississippi (7-1), 9 a.m. Notre Dame (7-2) at Clemson (4-4), 9 a.m. Towson (3-5) at NC A&T (1-7), 10 a.m. Davidson (6-2) at Stetson (3-5), 10 a.m. VMI (3-5) at ETSU (2-6), 10 a.m. Furman (7-1) at Chattanooga (7-2), 10:30 a.m. North Dakota (5-3) at Murray St. (2-6), 11 a.m. Butler (6-3) at Morehead St. (3-5), 11 a.m. Mercer (6-3) at The Citadel (0-8), 11 a.m. Florida A&M (7-1) at Alabama A&M (4-4), 11 a.m. Georgia Tech (4-4) at Virginia (2-6), 11 a.m. UT Martin (6-2) at Tennessee Tech (3-5), 11:30 a.m. South Florida (4-4) at Memphis (6-2), Noon Houston Christian (4-4) at Northwestern St. (0-6), Noon Texas Southern (2-6) at Jackson St. (6-3), Noon Southern U. (5-3) at Alcorn St. (5-3), Noon FAU (4-4) at UAB (2-6), Noon W. Carolina (5-3) at Wofford (0-8), Noon Coastal Carolina (5-3) at Old Dominion (4-4), 12:30 p.m. Virginia Tech (4-4) at Louisville (7-1), 12:30 p.m. Norfolk St. (2-6) at NC Central (7-1), 12:30 p.m. Missouri (7-1) at Georgia (8-0), 12:30 p.m. Tulane (7-1) at East Carolina (1-7), 12:30 p.m. James Madison (8-0) at Georgia St. (6-2), 12:30 p.m. Howard (4-4) at SC State (3-5), 12:30 p.m. Auburn (4-4) at Vanderbilt (2-7), 1 p.m. Tennessee St. (6-2) at Charleston Southern (3-5), 1 p.m. Louisiana-Monroe (2-6) at Southern Miss. (1-7), 1 p.m. McNeese St. (0-7) at SE Louisiana (1-7), 1 p.m. Alabama St. (4-3) vs. Grambling St. (4-4) at Mobile, Ala., 2 p.m. Austin Peay (6-2) at E. Kentucky (4-4), 2 p.m. Cent. Arkansas (5-3) at North Alabama (3-6), 2 p.m. Marshall (4-4) at Appalachian St. (4-4), 3 p.m. Louisiana Tech (3-6) at Liberty (8-0), 3 p.m. Kentucky (5-3) at Mississippi St. (4-4), 4:30 p.m. LSU (6-2) at Alabama (7-1), 4:45 p.m. Miami (6-2) at NC State (5-3), 5 p.m. MIDWEST Wisconsin (5-3) at Indiana (2-6), 9 a.m. Nebraska (5-3) at Michigan St. (2-6), 9 a.m. Youngstown St. (5-3) at Indiana St. (0-8), 10 a.m. W. Illinois (0-8) at N. Iowa (5-3), 11 a.m. Dayton (2-6) at Valparaiso (1-7), 11 a.m. South Dakota (6-2) at S. Illinois (6-2), 11 a.m. Robert Morris (2-6) at SE Missouri (4-4), 11 a.m. N. Dakota St. (6-2) at S. Dakota St. (8-0), Noon E. Illinois (5-3) at Lindenwood (Mo.) (3-5), Noon Illinois St. (4-4) at Missouri St. (3-5), Noon Illinois (3-5) at Minnesota (5-3), 12:30 p.m. UCF (3-5) at Cincinnati (2-6), 12:30 p.m. Northwestern (4-4) vs. Iowa (6-2) at Chicago, 12:30 p.m. Kansas (6-2) at Iowa St. (5-3), 4 p.m. Purdue (2-6) at Michigan (8-0), 4:30 p.m. SOUTHWEST Kansas St. (6-2) at Texas (7-1), 9 a.m. Kennesaw St. (2-5) at Sam Houston St. (0-8), 10 a.m. Louisiana-Lafayette (5-3) at Arkansas St. (4-4), Noon UTSA (5-3) at North Texas (3-5), Noon Utah Tech (2-6) at Abilene Christian (4-4), Noon Ark.-Pine Bluff (1-7) at Prairie View (3-5), Noon Oklahoma (7-1) at Oklahoma St. (6-2), 12:30 p.m. Houston (3-5) at Baylor (3-5), 12:30 p.m. Charlotte (2-6) at Tulsa (3-5), 1 p.m. Nicholls (3-4) at Incarnate Word (7-1), 1 p.m. Texas A&M Commerce (1-7) at Lamar (4-4), 1 p.m. Georgia Southern (6-2) at Texas State (5-3), 2 p.m. Stephen F. Austin (3-5) at Tarleton St. (6-3), 4 p.m. SMU (6-2) at Rice (4-4), 4:30 p.m. W. Kentucky (4-4) at UTEP (3-6), 6 p.m. FAR WEST Arizona St. (2-6) at Utah (6-2), 11 a.m. Air Force (8-0) vs. Army (2-6) at Denver, 11:30 a.m. Idaho (6-2) at N. Colorado (0-8), Noon N. Arizona (3-5) at Montana St. (6-2), Noon Lincoln University (CA) (0-6) at S. Utah (3-5), Noon Hawaii (2-7) at Nevada (2-6), 1 p.m. Cal Poly (3-5) at E. Washington (3-5), 1 p.m. Cal (3-5) at Oregon (7-1), 2:30 p.m. UNLV (6-2) at New Mexico (3-5), 3 p.m. Middle Tennessee (2-6) at New Mexico St. (6-3), 3 p.m. Weber St. (3-5) at Idaho St. (3-5), 3 p.m. Portland St. (4-4) at UC Davis (4-4), 4 p.m. Utah St. (3-5) at San Diego St. (3-5), 4 p.m. Washington (8-0) at USC (7-2), 4:30 p.m. Sacramento St. (6-2) at Montana (7-1), 5 p.m. Stanford (2-6) at Washington St. (4-4), 6 p.m. Boise St. (4-4) at Fresno St. (7-1), 7 p.m. Oregon St. (6-2) at Colorado (4-4), 7 p.m. UCLA (6-2) at Arizona (5-3), 7:30 p.m.

TENNIS ATP World Tour Paris Masters At Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris Purse: EUR. 5,779,335 Surface: Hardcourt indoor (Seedings in parentheses) Men’s Singles, Quarterﬁnals Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria, def. Hubert Hurkacz (11), Poland, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4. Stefanos Tsitsipas (7), Greece, def. Karen Khachanov (16), Russia, 6-3, 6-4. Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Holger Rune (6), Denmark, 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-4. Andrey Rublev (5), Russia, def. Alex de Minaur (13), Australia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1. Men’s Doubles, Quarterﬁnals Rohan Bopanna, India, and Matthew Ebden (3), Australia, def. Marcel Granollers, Spain, and Horacio Zeballos (5), Argentina, 6-3, 6-2. Harri Heliovaara, Finland, and Mate Pavic, Croatia, def. Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Austin Krajicek (1), United States, 6-4, 6-4. Rajeev Ram, United States, and Joe Salisbury (4), Britain, def. Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow, United States, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (6), 10-4. Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, and Santiago Gonzalez (7), Mexico, def. Wesley Koolhof, Netherlands, and Neal Skupski (2), Britain, 6-4, 6-4.

WTA Finals Cancun Purse: $9,000,000 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor (Seedings in parentheses) Women’s Singles, Group 3 Coco Gauff (3), United States, def. Marketa Vondrousova (7), Czech Republic, 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Women’s Doubles, Group 2 Nicole Melichar-Martinez, United States, and Ellen Perez (8), Australia, def. Demi Schuurs, Netherlands, and Desirae Krawczyk (5), United States, 6-2, 7-5. Women’s Doubles, Group 3 Gabriela Dabrowski, Canada, and Erin Routliffe (7), New Zealand, def. Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova (4), Czech Republic, 6-4, 7-5.

WTA Dow Tennis Classic At Midland Community Tennis Center, Texas Purse: $115,000 Surface: Hardcourt indoor (Seedings in parentheses) Women’s Singles, Quarterﬁnals Jana Fett, Croatia, def. Taylor Townsend (4), United States, walkover. Anna Kalinskaya, Russia, def. Hailey Baptiste, United States, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-6 (5). Emma Navarro (1), United States, def. Emina Bektas (7), United States, 6-2, 6-3. Alycia Parks (3), United States, def. Katherine Sebov, Canada, 7-5, 6-1. Women’s Doubles, Semiﬁnals Whitney Osuigwe and Hailey Baptiste, United States, def. Angela Kulikov and Ashlyn Krueger (4), United States, 4-6, 6-3, 10-7.

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Standings

MLS playoffs GF GA 43 24 46 22 42 33 33 30 28 36 25 36 22 38 10 45 GF GA 30 24 32 21 34 27 31 36 27 30 35 43 15 24 19 32 GF GA 32 16 40 33 32 31 30 33 24 23 34 32 33 34 34 29 GF GA 30 19 38 33 24 23 38 39 37 34 27 32 19 29 26 29

GOLF LPGA TOTO Japan Classic At Minori Course, Omitama, Japan Purse: $2 million Yardage: 6,598; Par: 72 Second Round Leaders Nasa Hataoka Shiho Kuwaki Mone Inami Akie Iwai Xiyu Lin Sora Kamiya Seon Woo Bae Fumika Kawagishi Mi Hyang Lee Yuka Nii Yuna Nishimura Jasmine Suwannapura Sayaka Takahashi Rio Takeda Serena Aoki Lauren Coughlin Mami Fukuda Yan Liu Jiyai Shin Albane Valenzuela Yuri Yoshida

64-66 — 130 65-65 — 130 64-68 — 132 63-69 — 132 66-66 — 132 66-67 — 133 67-67 — 134 67-67 — 134 67-67 — 134 68-66 — 134 64-70 — 134 68-66 — 134 70-64 — 134 67-67 — 134 70-65 — 135 68-67 — 135 68-67 — 135 67-68 — 135 68-67 — 135 67-68 — 135 68-67 — 135

PGA World Wide Technology Championship At El Cardonal Golf Course, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Purse: $8.2 million Yardage: 7,452; Par: 72 Second Round Leaders Camilo Villegas 64-64 — 128 Matt Kuchar 65-65 — 130 Stephan Jaeger 66-65 — 131 Justin Suh 66-65 — 131 Kramer Hickok 65-67 — 132 Chesson Hadley 66-66 — 132 Erik van Rooyen 68-64 — 132 Will Gordon 69-63 — 132 Carson Young 69-64 — 133 Doug Ghim 68-35 — 133 Justin Lower 65-68 — 133 Ludvig Aberg 68-65 — 133 Jeffrey Kang 65-68 — 133 Michael Kim 64-69 — 133 Matti Schmid 65-68 — 133 Davis Thompson 66-68 — 134 Cameron Percy 62-72 — 134 Nate Lashley 64-70 — 134 Scott Piercy 66-68 — 134 Lanto Grifﬁn 69-66 — 135 Taylor Montgomery 69-66 — 135 Akshay Bhatia 69-66 — 135 Cameron Champ 68-67 — 135 Adam Long 69-66 — 135 Brent Grant 68-67 — 135 Brandon Wu 69-66 — 135

Champions tour: TimberTech At Old Course, Boca Raton, Fla. Purse: $2.2 million Yardage: 6,943; Par: 71 First Round Leaders Shane Bertsch K.J. Choi Padraig Harrington David Toms Marco Dawson Ken Duke Mike Weir Steven Alker Paul Goydos Robert Karlsson Rob Labritz Justin Leonard Vijay Singh Paul Broadhurst Alex Cejka Joe Durant Ernie Els Scott McCarron Rod Pampling Harrison Frazar John Huston Lee Janzen Jerry Kelly Bernhard Langer Dicky Pride Paul Stankowski

33-34 — 67 32-35 — 67 34-33 — 67 33-34 — 67 36-32 — 68 31-37 — 68 33-35 — 68 38-31 — 69 35-34 — 69 35-34 — 69 34-35 — 69 35-34 — 69 35-34 — 69 37-33 — 70 35-35 — 70 37-33 — 70 36-34 — 70 36-34 — 70 33-37 — 70 34-37 — 71 38-33 — 71 36-35 — 71 37-34 — 71 36-35 — 71 36-35 — 71 39-32 — 71

TRANSACTIONS Baseball American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Sent OFs Clint Frazier and Trayce Thompson outright to Charlotte (IL). Declined the club option on RHP Liam Hendricks. RHP Mike Clevinger declined his mutual option. DETROIT TIGERS — Declined the 2024 option on DH Miguel Cabrera. MIAMI MARLINS — Announced OF Jorge Soler opted out of his contract and elected free agency. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Declined the 2024 option on INF Whit Merriﬁeld. National League NEW YORK METS — Exercised the 2024 option on C Omar Narvaez. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Named Cesar Ramos bullpen coach. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Exercised the 2024 option on 1B Matt Carpenter. Declined the 2024 option on RHP Seth Lugo.

Basketball National Basketball Association NEW ORLEANS PELICANS — Signed F Jeremiah Robinson-Earl to a two-way contract. Waived F Kaiser Gates.

Football National Football League BALTIMORE RAVENS — Waived CB Kevon Seymour. CAROLINA PANTHERS — Placed LB Claudin Cherelus on injured reserve. Claimed CB David Long off waivers from Las Vegas. CHICAGO BEARS — Signed DE Khalid Kareem to the practice squad. CINCINNATI BENGALS — Placed S Tycen Anderson on injured reserve. DETROIT LIONS — Waived RB Devine Ozigbo. HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed CB D’Angelo Ross. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Re-signed OL Ben Bartch to the practice squad. Released OL Coy Cronk from the practice squad. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Designated WR Jalen Nailor to return from injured reserve to practice. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Placed OT Calvin Anderson on injured reserve. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Placed LB Ryan Connelly on the practice squad injured reserve. NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed K Cade York off the Tennessee practice squad. Placed K Graham Gano on injured reserve. Signed K Randy York to the practice squad. Signed WR Gunner Olszewski. Signed K Randy Bullock to the practice squad. WASHINGTON COMMANDERS — Promoted LB Jabril Cox and CB Tariq Castro-Fields from the practice squad to the active roster.

Hockey National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Returned G Alex Stalock to San Diego (AHL). Assigned D Tristan Luneau to San Diego. CALGARY FLAMES — Reassigned RW Matthew Coronato to Calgary (AHL). Recalled C Martin Pospisil and D Nick DeSimone from Calgary. Loaned D Jordan Oesterle to Calgary. EDMONTON OILERS — Loaned D Philip Broberg to Bakersﬁeld (AHL). NEW YORK RANGERS — Recalled F Jonny Brodzinski from Hartford (AHL).

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First Round (Best of 3; x-if necessary) Eastern Conference Philadelphia 1, New England 0 Oct. 28: Philadelphia 3, New England 1 Wednesday: Philadelphia at New England, 4 p.m. x-Nov. 12: New England at Philadelphia, Noon Orlando 1, Nashville 0 Monday: Orlando 1, Nashville 0 Tuesday: Orlando at Nashville, 6 p.m. x-Nov. 12: Nashville at Orlando, 2 p.m. Columbus 1, Atlanta 0 Wednesday: Columbus 2, Atlanta 0 Tuesday: Columbus at Atlanta, 4 p.m. x-Nov. 12: Atlanta at Columbus, 4 p.m. Cincinnati 1, New York 0 Sunday: Cincinnati 3, New York 0 Saturday: Cincinnati at New York, 4 p.m. x-Nov. 11: New York at Cincinnati, 11 a.m. Western Conference Los Angeles FC 1, Vancouver 0 Oct: 28: Los Angeles FC 5, Vancouver 2 Sunday: Los Angeles FC at Vancouver, 4:30 p.m. x-Nov. 9: Vancouver at Los Angeles FC, 7 p.m. Houston 1, Real Salt Lake 0 Sunday: Houston 2, Real Salt Lake 1 Monday: Houston at Real Salt Lake, 6 p.m. x-Nov. 11: Real Salt Lake at Houston, 1 p.m. Seattle 1, FC Dallas 0 Monday: Seattle 2, FC Dallas 0 Saturday: Seattle at FC Dallas, 6 p.m. x-Nov. 10: FC Dallas at Seattle, 7 p.m. Kansas City 1, St. Louis 0 Sunday: Sporting Kansas City 4, St. Louis 1 Sunday: St. Louis at Sporting Kansas City, 2 p.m. x-Nov. 11: Sporting Kansas City at St. Louis, 3 p.m.

NWSL playoffs Sunday’s Games Semiﬁnals Portland vs. Gotham FC, 4 p.m. San Diego vs. OL Reign, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 Championship Snap Dragon Stadium, San Diego Semiﬁnals winners, 5 p.m.

Liga MX GP W D America 15 11 3 Tigres 15 8 4 Monterrey 14 8 2 Chivas 15 7 3 Tijuana 15 7 2 Atletico San Luis 15 7 1 Pumas 15 6 4 Toluca 15 5 6 Leon 15 5 5 Monarcas 15 5 4 Pachuca 15 4 7 FC Juarez 15 5 3 Santos 14 5 2 Cruz Azul 15 5 2 Atlas 15 4 4 Puebla 15 4 4 Queretaro 15 4 3 Necaxa 15 2 5 Friday’s Game Puebla vs. Leon, late Saturday’s Games Tigres vs. Atletico San Luis, 4 p.m. America vs. Tijuana, 6 p.m. Chivas vs. Cruz Azul, 8:05 p.m. Pachuca vs. Monterrey, 8:05 p.m.

L GF GA Pts 1 34 14 36 3 30 16 28 4 22 15 26 5 21 21 24 6 22 17 23 7 29 22 22 5 23 18 22 4 22 15 21 5 17 16 20 6 24 23 19 4 13 23 19 7 23 29 18 7 26 30 17 8 20 26 17 7 14 21 16 7 14 21 16 8 15 29 15 8 14 27 11

English Premier League GP W D L GF GA Pts Tottenham 10 8 2 0 22 9 26 Arsenal 10 7 3 0 23 8 24 Man City 10 8 0 2 22 7 24 Liverpool 10 7 2 1 23 9 23 Aston Villa 10 7 1 2 26 14 22 Newcastle 10 5 2 3 26 11 17 Brighton 10 5 2 3 23 19 17 Man United 10 5 0 5 11 16 15 West Ham 10 4 2 4 16 17 14 Brentford 10 3 4 3 16 12 13 Chelsea 10 3 3 4 13 11 12 Wolverhampton 10 3 3 4 13 17 12 Crystal Palace 10 3 3 4 8 13 12 Fulham 10 3 3 4 9 16 12 Everton 10 3 1 6 10 14 10 Nottingham Forest 10 2 4 4 10 15 10 Bournemouth 10 1 3 6 8 21 6 Luton Town 10 1 2 7 9 20 5 Burnley 10 1 1 8 8 25 4 Shefﬁeld United 10 0 1 9 7 29 1 Saturday’s Games Fulham vs. Man United, 5:30 a.m. Brentford vs. West Ham, 8 a.m. Burnley vs. Crystal Palace, 8 a.m. Everton vs. Brighton, 8 a.m. Man City vs. Bournemouth, 8 a.m. Shefﬁeld United vs. Wolverhampton, 8 a.m. Newcastle vs. Arsenal, 10:30 a.m.

Germany Bundesliga GP W D L GF GA Pts Leverkusen 9 8 1 0 27 8 25 Bayern 9 7 2 0 34 7 23 Stuttgart 9 7 0 2 27 11 21 Dortmund 9 6 3 0 20 11 21 RB Leipzig 9 6 2 1 25 7 20 Hoffenheim 9 6 0 3 20 16 18 Eintracht 9 3 5 1 12 9 14 Freiburg 9 4 1 4 10 16 13 Wolfsburg 9 4 0 5 13 14 12 Augsburg 9 3 2 4 18 21 11 Monchengladbach 9 2 3 4 16 20 9 Bremen 9 3 0 6 14 18 9 Bochum 10 1 5 4 10 24 8 Heidenheim 9 2 1 6 13 22 7 Darmstadt 10 2 1 7 14 32 7 Union Berlin 9 2 0 7 11 19 6 Cologne 9 1 1 7 7 21 4 Mainz 9 0 3 6 9 24 3 Friday’s Result Bochum 2, Darmstadt 1 Saturday’s Games Union Berlin vs. Eintracht, 7:30 a.m. Freiburg vs. Monchengladbach, 7:30 a.m. Mainz vs. RB Leipzig, 7:30 a.m. Cologne vs. Augsburg, 7:30 a.m. Hoffenheim vs. Leverkusen, 7:30 a.m. Dortmund vs. Bayern, 10:30 a.m.

Spain La Liga GP W D Madrid 11 9 1 Girona 11 9 1 Atletico 11 8 1 Barcelona 11 7 3 Sociedad 11 5 4 Athletic Bilbao 11 5 3 Rayo Vallecano 11 4 5 Betis 11 4 5 Las Palmas 12 5 2 Valencia 11 4 3 Osasuna 11 4 1 Villarreal 11 3 3 Getafe 11 2 6 Sevilla 10 2 4 Cadiz 11 2 4 Mallorca 11 1 6 Alaves 11 2 3 Celta Vigo 11 1 3 Granada 11 1 3 Almeria 11 0 3 Friday’s Result Las Palmas 2, Atletico 1 Saturday’s Games Osasuna vs. Girona, 6 a.m. Betis vs. Mallorca, 8:15 a.m. Celta Vigo vs. Sevilla, 10:30 a.m. Sociedad vs. Barcelona, 1 p.m.

L GF GA Pts 1 23 8 28 1 25 13 28 2 26 11 25 1 23 12 24 2 20 14 19 3 18 12 18 2 14 15 17 2 14 15 17 5 10 11 17 4 14 13 15 6 12 16 13 5 15 18 12 3 13 16 12 4 16 15 10 5 10 16 10 4 12 16 9 6 9 16 9 7 10 19 6 7 17 28 6 8 14 31 3

French Ligue 1 GP W PSG 11 7 Nice 10 6 Monaco 10 6 Lille 10 5 Reims 10 5 Brest 10 4 Nantes 10 4 Rennes 10 2 Marseille 9 3 Lens 10 3 Montpellier 10 3 Toulouse 10 2 Le Havre 10 2 Strasbourg 10 3 Lorient 10 2 Metz 10 2 Clermont Foot 9 1 Lyon 9 0 Friday’s Result PSG 3, Montpellier 0 Saturday’s Games Lorient vs. Lens, 9 a.m. Marseille vs. Lille, 1 p.m.

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL Kansas State at Texas 9 a.m. Ohio State at Rutgers 9 a.m. Notre Dame at Clemson 9 a.m. Texas A&M at Mississippi 9 a.m. Arkansas at Florida 9 a.m. Jacksonville St. at South Carolina 9 a.m. Nebraska at Michigan State 9 a.m. Campbell at North Carolina 9 a.m. Connecticut at Tennessee 9 a.m. Wisconsin at Indiana 9 a.m. Arizona State at Utah 11 a.m. Georgia Tech at Virginia 11 a.m. Army vs. Air Force 11:30 a.m. Ark.-Pine Bluff at Prairie View Noon Penn State at Maryland 12:30 p.m. Missouri at Georgia 12:30 p.m. Oklahoma at Oklahoma State 12:30 p.m. Florida State at Pittsburgh 12:30 p.m. James Madison at Georgia State 12:30 p.m. Tulane at East Carolina 12:30 p.m. Virginia Tech at Louisville 12:30 p.m. Illinois at Minnesota 12:30 p.m. Central Florida at Cincinnati 12:30 p.m. Iowa at Northwestern 12:30 p.m. Auburn at Vanderbilt 1 p.m. Cal at Oregon 2:30 p.m. Louisiana Tech at Liberty 3 p.m. Marshall at Appalachian State 3 p.m. Kansas at Iowa State 4 p.m. BYU at West Virginia 4 p.m. Utah State at San Diego State 4 p.m. Washington at USC 4:30 p.m. Purdue at Michigan 4:30 p.m. SMU at Rice 4:30 p.m. Kentucky at Mississippi State 4:30 p.m. LSU at Alabama 4:45 p.m. Miami at N.C. State 5 p.m. Stanford at Washington State 6 p.m. Oregon State at Colorado 7 p.m. Boise State at Fresno State 7 p.m. UCLA at Arizona 7:30 p.m. GOLF Rolex Challenge 4 a.m. Champions tour: TimberTech 10 a.m. PGA: World Wide Technology 1:30 p.m LPGA Japan Classic 8 p.m. HORSE RACING Breeders’ Cup: World championships 10:30 a.m. Classic 12:30 p.m. MOTORSPORTS F1 São Paulo GP, sprint shootout 7 a.m. F1 São Paulo GP, sprint 11:30 a.m. NASCAR Cup Series qualifying 1:30 p.m. NASCAR Xﬁnity Series ﬁnale 4 p.m. NHL Predators at Oilers Noon Sabres at Maple Leafs 4 p.m. Penguins at Sharks 7 p.m. SOCCER English Premier League: Manchester United at Fulham 5:30 a.m. AFC Bournemouth at Man City 8 a.m. Arsenal at Newcastle United 10:30 a.m. Women’s Super League: Aston Villa vs. Chelsea 5:30 a.m. MLS playoffs: Cincinnati at N.Y. Red Bulls 4 p.m. Seattle at Dallas 6 p.m. TENNIS Various tournaments, starting at 6 a.m.

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SIDELINES TENNIS

Dimitrov reaches Paris Masters semifinals Grigor Dimitrov booked his spot in the semifinals of the Paris Masters on Friday with a 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 win over Hubert Hurkacz that ended his rival’s hopes of qualifying for the ATP Finals. Despite hitting 19 aces, the 11th-seeded Hurkacz dropped his serve three times in their quarterfinal match. He can no longer finish among the top eight players of the season. Dimitrov will face seventh-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas. Also Friday, Novak Djokovic took his revenge over defending champion Holger Rune to reach the semifinals after a nearly three-hour battle, winning 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-4. He will face Andrey Rublev, who beat Alex de Minaur. ■ Coco Gauff overcame 17 double-faults and came back after being a game away from elimination at the WTA Finals on Friday, eventually pulling out a 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-3 victory over Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova in a round-robin match to stay in contention for a semifinal berth in the Cancun tournament.

GOLF

Villegas leads after strong ﬁnish in Mexico

Italy Serie A GP W D Inter 10 8 1 Juventus 10 7 2 AC Milan 10 7 1 Atalanta 10 6 1 Napoli 10 5 3 Bologna 11 4 6 Fiorentina 10 5 2 Lazio 11 5 1 Roma 10 4 2 AC Monza 10 3 4 Lecce 10 3 4 Frosinone 10 3 3 Turin 10 3 3 Genoa 10 3 2 Sassuolo 10 3 2 Verona 10 2 2 Udinese 10 0 7 Empoli 10 2 1 Cagliari 10 1 3 Salernitana 10 0 4 Friday’s Result Bologna 1, Lazio 0 Saturday’s Games Salernitana vs. Napoli, 7 a.m. Atalanta vs. Inter, 10 a.m. AC Milan vs. Udinese, 12:45 p.m.

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Camilo Villegas birdied his last three holes Friday and an 8-under 64 that allowed him to emerge from the pack on another low day of scoring and build a two-shot lead going into the weekend at the World Wide Technology Championship in Mexico. Villegas was among a half-dozen players battling for the top at wind-free El Cardonal at Diamante, the ﬁrst Tiger Woods course design that has been missing the typical blustery conditions at the tip of Baja California. The 41-year-old Colombian, ﬁghting to gain his full PGA Tour card, caught Matt Kuchar with a birdie on the 16th hole, then closed with two more birdies to reach 16-under 128. ■ Japanese golfers Shiho Kuwaki and Nasa Hataoka shared the top of the leaderboard with a two-stroke lead after the second round of the LPGA’s Japan Classic on Friday. — Associated Press

THE PRESS DEMOCRAT • SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Death reignites debate over safety NHL » Fatal cut in game sparks calls for neck protectors

to change,” player-turned-Philadelphia general manager Danny Briere said Wednesday. “Unfortunately, you’re always waiting for something tragic to happen for change to come. Hopefully we don’t have to wait for another one.” Neck guards are not mandatory in the NHL, and neither is any kind of cut protection for wrists or the back of players’ legs, areas that are more vulnerable than heavily-guarded shoulders and elbows. Karlsson’s gruesome injury prompted more players to try socks made of Kevlar, the synthetic ﬁber used in making bulletproof

vests, and Cutlon, a fabric used in shark bite-resistant suits. Some are reluctant still because of concerns over comfort on the ice. “They feel weird in my skates,” veteran Colorado defenseman Jack Johnson said of the socks before this season. “I wasn’t too happy with the way that I felt. But I’ve made it this far, so I’m going to stick with what’s working.” Karlsson, now with Pittsburgh, said he wishes he was wearing cut-proof socks when a skate blade from Matt Cooke sliced through his left Achilles tendon in 2013. “That’s probably what

started that trend was my injury there, because I don’t think anyone was really wearing it before that,” Karlsson said. “I think most guys just wear it because it’s just like a normal sock anyways.” It seems like nearly everyone around hockey has a story of a skate cut, whether they’ve been stitched up themselves or seen it happen. Colorado defenseman Josh Manson recalled a cut when he was in juniors. “I hit a guy and he fell back and kind of kicked up and kicked me in the stomach. I went into the penalty box and as I’m sitting there, like kind of

felt something burning. So I lifted up my shirt and there was blood just kind of pouring down,” he said. “It was as if like you took a sharp knife on a piece of steak and just kind of like dragged it along it and opened up the top a little bit.” He was sewn up “in, like, the laundry room” and played the rest of the game. In 1989, Buffalo goaltender Clint Malarchuk’s neck was sliced open by a skate during a game and in 2008 it happened to Florida forward Richard Zednik. Both got immediate help from trainers and medical personnel and both returned to the game they loved. Johnson, 29, will not. “It’s a game,” NHLPA executive director Marty Walsh said. “It’s a job for the players, but it’s something that you don’t want anyone when they go to work to not come home.” Advocates of mandatory neck guards like Mercyhurst College men’s hockey coach Rick Gotkin see Johnson’s death as a wake-up call. “These guys are skating on razor blades,” said Gotkin, whose efforts began in earnest earlier this year after seeing an Army player need surgery for a skate cut to the neck. “You think about the course of a game: guys hunched over, scrambles in front of the goal and everything else, you could see where this is something that needs to be addressed.” Washington’s T.J. Oshie said he received more than 100 messages since Johnson’s death about cut-resistant protection made by his company, and Warroad Hockey sold out within hours. Bauer Hockey pledged to work with other equipment manufacturers to make neck guards more widely available and, eventually, mandatory, like the England Ice Hockey Association did this week. Mandates exist at youth levels in the U.S., Canada and other countries, but not in the NHL. League and union leaders have studied

“Took a big step back tonight,” Sharks coach David Quinn said. “It’s embarrassing to have the record we have and certainly it’s embarrassing to have the performance we had tonight. We’re going to ﬁnd an awful lot about individuals here moving forward over the next few days.” But who knows where this losing skid ends? Expectations were modest at best for the Sharks after they traded their leading goal scorer, Timo Meier, in February and Karlsson, their leading point producer, in August. But few could have foreseen the Sharks reaching these depths. Not only are they on the verge of

tying an NHL record for season-opening futility, but they’ve scored just 10 goals in 10 games. The Sharks as a team have not experienced a win since April 1, when they beat the Arizona Coyotes 7-2 in Tempe. That was 16 games ago, a stretch in which San Jose has gone 0-14-2. “Everybody’s got to look in the mirror and decide, why are you here?” Quinn said. “We’re in a situation as an organization where people have certainly touched on the fact that we’re in a rebuild and we’ve traded some highend players and we’re in the situation we’re in. “So sometimes your commitment to winning

wavers a little bit, and that can’t happen. That can’t happen, and I think that’s crept in a little bit with some of our players. Hopefully, this feels so freakin’ bad that they’ll never approach it that way again.” The Sharks were hoping their three-day break between games would allow them the chance to hit the reset button. For the ﬁrst time since the end of training camp, San Jose was able to practice on back-to-back days, trying to clean up some of the issues that led to a 0-5-0 road trip. Instead, it appeared to have no effect. Sharks center Nico Sturm took a double minor for high sticking just

69 seconds into the first period Thursday and allowed power-play goals to Brock Boeser and J.T. Miller. It was 4-0 by the end of the first period, as the Sharks allowed goals to Quinn Hughes and another power play marker to Boeser. It was 8-0 by the end of the second period, as the Sharks allowed four straight even-strength goals. Besides the obvious talent deficiency next to some of the Sharks’ opponents, Quinn said Thursday morning that his team’s mindset was interfering with the chance to have success. “These last two days,

By STEPHEN WHYNO AND PAT GRAHAM ASSOCIATED PRESS

It took the NHL until 1979 to mandate helmets and goalie masks for new players. It wasn’t until 2013 that eye-protecting visors became mandatory — grandfathered in for veterans, of course. A handful of players still don’t wear them. Broken jaws, smashed noses and concussions haven’t led to full face shields or cages in professional men’s hockey at any level, either. This week, the death of an American player from a skate blade to the neck during a game in England has reignited the debate over cut-resistant protection and why more players don’t wear it. That this is a debate might be surprising to some outside the sport. It shouldn’t be. Change in hockey tends to be slow, if it comes at all. Ask players if they have been cut by a skate in an NHL game or practice, and the affirmative answers are startlingly high. Some are well-known — Erik Karlsson’s Achilles tendon injury a decade ago and Evander Kane’s sliced wrist last year, for example. The death of a prep school player in Connecticut in 2022 got some thinking about safety improvements again, and the topic is the talk of the sport this week after Adam Johnson, a former NHL player, died at a U.K. hospital from his cut. Just the same, it is unlikely to bring immediate change to a sport stubbornly resistant to it. The helmet mandate, for example, came 11 years and countless head injuries after Bill Masterton became the only NHL player to die as a direct result of injuries suffered on the ice. “It’s always tough

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The Pittsburgh Penguins and Anaheim Ducks gather at center ice before Monday’s game to honor former Penguins player Adam Johnson, shown on the scoreboard, who died while playing in an English hockey league game.

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even the day off is a step forward in creating a better mindset,” Quinn said. “We had two good practices, I thought we addressed some of the things we needed to be better at. You could see our game deteriorating a little bit with a lack of practice time for us … and losing wears on you, too. “But I think our guys are in a good spot mentally. That’s the biggest thing we have to continue to do, is build on a mindset to play with more conviction and more trust in each other. We took a step forward in those areas over the last three days.” Turns out they didn’t. So where do the Sharks go from here?

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Prolific Prep opens play this weekend Elite hoops academy hosts tip-off tournament at Napa Valley College By JORDAN LATIMORE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Napa County’s Proliﬁc Prep, one of the most recognized high school basketball programs in the country, is ready to open its season Saturday with the Proliﬁc Tip-Off Classic. The elite hoops academy’s roster features some of the best talent ever seen on a high school squad — four recruits in the top 83 of the 2024 class and the No. 1-ranked players in both the 2025 and 2026 classes. Regardless of the amount of talent, players on this team are well aware of how much work needs to be done to make sure everything meshes well. With practices becoming more intense as the start of the season got closer, senior forward Derrion Reid said the competitive and vibrant culture of this year’s team will give them the edge necessary for a long season. Reid said he will be making a concerted effort to be a leader for his squad. (I’m) trying to make sure everybody’s getting involved and just leading my team, chemistry wise,” Reid said. “Leading us back to where we need to be and where we need to be to win that state title at the end.” Reid, whose goal is to play in

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AJ Dybantsa goes to the basket during a recent Proliﬁc Prep practice. the McDonald’s All-American Game this season, said playing with nationally recognized talent will only help him and everyone else sharpen their skills throughout the year. “It is great being tested every day. Obviously, everybody that’s here came from being either the best player on their team or getting all the shots on their team, and we all come together as one,” Reid said. “It’s great how we get to play together and just seeing that much talent put together, knowing that when the chemistry gets rolling, it’s going to be

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 202303125 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Sky Saddle Orchards; 2)Sky Saddle Truffiere located at 6666 St Helena Rd, Santa Rosa, CA, 95404; Sonoma County, is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Karen Passafaro 6666 St Helena Rd, Santa Rosa, CA, 95404 ; 2) James Passafaro 6666 St Helena Rd, Santa Rosa, CA, 95404 Married Couple The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on 03/08/2014. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Karen Passafaro This statement was filed with the County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on 10/26/2023 I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. DEVA MARIE PROTO Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Christina Prado-Mendoza Deputy Clerk SEAL W0048954 - October 28,November 4,11,18 2023 4ti.

crazy.” Another senior on the stacked Proliﬁc Prep roster is recent Saint Mary’s basketball commit Mikey Lewis, who pledged his talents to Randy Bennett’s Gaels last Thursday. Lewis, a 6-foot-3 combo guard, is thrilled to get his senior season underway this weekend. “Everybody’s excited, everybody’s ready to go,” Lewis said. “Practice is getting competitive now ’cause it’s here.” Lewis, a Windsor native, said he’s felt the improvement in his game after playing against some

of the best talent in the country in Prolific Prep’s practice and scrimmage sessions. “It’s never gonna be like a walk in the park, it’s never gonna be an easy day,” Lewis said. “It sharpens you every day.” Though some of Lewis’ individual goals this season include playing in the Jordan Brand Classic and Iverson Classic, winning it all this season tops the list. “My biggest goal is to win a national championship,” Lewis said. “I think we are probably the most talented team in the country; we’re more than capable.” AJ Dybantsa, a 16-year-old phenom who recently just reclassified from the class of 2026 to 2025 as the No. 1-ranked player, is thrilled to begin his next phase of his early basketball career. After previously playing for and attending Saint Sebastian’s in Needham, Massachusetts (just 40 minutes north of his hometown of Brockton), Dybantsa made the cross-country move to Napa with a bold goal in mind — improving his game at the highest level in high school basketball. “They’re all competitive; that’s why I came here,” Dybantsa said of the Prolific Prep practice sessions so far. “Competitive practices, great vibes all around — it’s getting better.” As far as his game is concerned, one of Dybantsa’s aspirations is to enhance his guard skills and ball handling.

1ti. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 202302894 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: LEGACY STYLES located at 490 MENDOCINO AVE STE 109, SANTA ROSA, CA, 95401; Sonoma County, is hereby registered by the following owner(s): MIGUEL ANGEL VILLEGAS REZA 5800 DOWDELL AVENUE UNIT 146, ROHNERT PARK, CA, 94928 ; 2) SALVADOR VILLEGAS REZA 5800 DOWDELL AVENUE UNIT 146, ROHNERT PARK, CA, 94928 A General Partnership The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Salvador Villegas Reza This statement was filed with the County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on 10/02/2023 I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. DEVA MARIE PROTO Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Julio Montes Lopez Deputy Clerk SEAL W0048809 - October 21,28,November 4,11 2023 4ti. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 202302990 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Xyloplan located at 420 Montini Way, Sonoma, CA, 95476; Sonoma County, is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Xylo Risk Inc 420 Montini Way, Sonoma, CA, 95476 A DE Corporation The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Scott Cheeseman This statement was filed with the County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on 10/10/23 I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. DEVA MARIE PROTO Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Julio Montes Lopez Deputy Clerk SEAL W0048708 - October 14,21,28,November 4 2023 4ti.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF ERIC LANG CASE NO. 23PR00222 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the Will or estate, or both, of: ERIC LANG A Petition for Probate has been filed by: AMELIA BERMAN in the Superior Court of California, County of Sonoma. The Petition for Probate requests that: AMELIA BERMAN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. X 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: 12/08/2023 at 9:30 am in Dept. 23, located at 3055 Cleveland Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95403. To join online go to: Zoom.us/join Meeting ID: 160 825 4529 Passcode: 611386 Or join by phone dial: 1-669-254-5252 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 §1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. FILED: 10/27/2023 Steven M. Goldberg (SBN 114828) / Morgan E. Hansen (SBN 337239) 400 Aviation Blvd, Suite 200 Santa Rosa, CA 95403 707-543-4900 Attorney for Petitioner W0049016 - November 1,4,7 2023 3ti. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 202303019

The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: WEST SONOMA COUNTY PHYSICAL THERAPY located at 6914 SEBASTOPOL AVE, SEBASTOPOL, CA, 95472; Mailing Address 7809 STEFENONI CT UNIT A SEBASTOPOL, CA 95472 Sonoma County, is hereby registered by the following owner(s): AGNES VAN DE PUT 7809 STEFENONI CT UNIT A, SEBASTOPOL, CA, 95472 An Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on 09/01/2023. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: AGNES VAN DE PUT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on 10/16/2023 I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. DEVA MARIE PROTO Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Julio Montes Lopez Deputy Clerk SEAL W0048869 - October 28,November 4,11,18 2023 4ti.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Edward M. Graves CASE NO. 23PR00236 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the Will or estate, or both, of: Edward M. Graves A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Jeffrey Graves in the Superior Court of California, County of Sonoma. The Petition for Probate requests that: Jeffrey Graves be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. X 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: 12/22/2023 at 9:30 AM in Dept. 23, located at 3055 Cleveland Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95403. To join online go to: Zoom.us/join Meeting ID: 1608254529 Passcode: 611386 Or join by phone dial: 1-669-254-5252 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 §1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. FILED: 10/31/23 Ryan A. Henderson 141 North Street, Suite A Healdsburg, CA 95448 (707) 433-4842 Attorney for Petitioner W0049070 - November 4,7,10 2023 3ti. NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Jan Merie Warren CASE NO. 23PR00211 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the Will or estate, or both, of: Jan Merie Warren, Jan M. Warren, Jan Warren, Jan Amarillas Warren, Jan A. Warren, Jan Amarillas, and Jan Merie Amarillas, Jan M. Amarillas A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Brian M. Parman in the Superior Court of California, County of Sonoma. The Petition for Probate requests that: Brian M. Parman be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. X 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: 12/01/2023 at 9:30 am in Dept. 23, located at 3055

Standing at 6-foot-7, the combo wing looks to become an even more dynamic playmaker on the perimeter to pair with his impressive physical tools. (I’m trying) to be more of a guard in practice, trying to handle the ball a little bit more,” Dybantsa said. “I’m getting better at practice, not only getting better during the game.” Head coach Ryan Bernardi, coming off multiple state titles while coaching the Burlington School in North Carolina, said his Prolific Prep squad has stayed locked in amid all the potential distractions that may come with the hype surrounding this year’s team. “It’s a challenge to make sure that our voice is the loudest voice, because they have a lot of other voices,” Bernardi said. “The biggest way to do that is to build a culture, to individually meet, to have your staff individually meet and get the pulse of guys at the moment.” Bernardi also added that the high character of his student-athletes has made the process of staying focused much easier. “We have a really good group on and off the floor; good kids that are very coachable,” Bernardi said. “They have great personalities and they’re fun to be around. That has made it really enjoyable to coach them.” The Prolific Tip-Off Classic begins at 1 p.m. Saturday at Napa Volley College.

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Cleveland Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95403. To join online go to: Zoom.us/join Meeting ID: 160 825 4529 Passcode: 611386 Or join by phone dial: 1-669-254-5252 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 §1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. FILED: 10/26/2023 Victoria L. Maxwell Law Office of Victoria L. Maxwell 2777 Yulupa Avenue #148 Santa Rosa, CA 95405 (707) 277-1045 Attorney for Petitioner W0049019 - November 1,4,7 2023 3ti.

SONOMA COUNTY HISTORY

In the 1928 The Gravenstein apple boom saw 1,800 carloads of fruit go to eastern and southern markets. Star running back Ernie Nevers helped the semipro Santa Rosa Bonecrushers football team win three straight state titles (1928-30). John Greeott bought a large ranch on Chalk Hill Rd. Son George bought the ranch, growing grapes, and became a folk artist and invented a horseshoe known as the Greeott Grabber. Conductor George Trombley arrived and formed the Santa Rosa Symphony; the ﬁrst concert was held in April at the Elks Club. He conducted for 30 years, building the group into a 60-piece professional orchestra. Sonoma Mission Inn Golf and Country Club course opened, taking heavy losses during the Depression but survived when it was purchased by Alma Spreckels. Penngrove organized its volunteer ﬁre department. Copyright © 2010 Sonoma County Historical Society P.O. Box 1373, Santa Rosa, CA 95402

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SONOMA COUNTY HISTORY

In 1972 Prop. 20 created the California Coastal Commission and impacted the upscale Sea Ranch development on the northwest Sonoma County coast. In the end, Sea Ranch construction was ruled exempt from control of the commission, but the public was allowed ﬁve access trails to the beach. Petaluman Bill Kortum led the organization of COAAST (Californians Organized to Acquire Access to State Tidelands). Fellow environmentalist Chuck Hinkle was elected to the Board of Supervisors. Petaluma developed a plan to control growth by limiting the number of housing units to be built each year. The city won its case in the U.S. Supreme Court. “The Candidate,” a movie with a political theme, starring Robert Redford, was shot in Santa Rosa. Women ﬂyers formed the Sonoma Chapter of Ninety Nines. Copyright © 2010 Sonoma County Historical Society P.O. Box 1373, Santa Rosa, CA 95402

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HORSES

CONTINUED FROM C1 president and CEO of Breeders’ Cup Ltd., said Wednesday. Of course, rules and exams cannot guarantee something won’t go wrong with these highstrung athletes whose delicate legs support their 1,200-pound weight. Geaux Rocket Ride was euthanized Wednesday, four days after getting injured during a workout at Santa Anita. The 3-yearold colt was being pointed toward the $6 million Classic on Saturday. His owner, Pin Oak Stud, said he didn’t recover from surgery for a condylar fracture of his leg. Practical Move, a contender in the $1 million Dirt Mile, collapsed on the track after a gallop Tuesday. Breeders’ Cup officials said his death was

due to “a suspected cardiac event.” A required necropsy will determine the official cause. The Classic lost Belmont Stakes winner Arcangelo, who was scratched Tuesday because of an issue with his left hind foot. Trainer Jena Antonucci erred on the side of caution after the 3-year-old colt’s foot showed excess heat, which can be a symptom of more serious problems. “As we have said since Day 1, it is horse ﬁrst,” she said. Arcangelo’s owner said the horse was being retired and will begin his breeding career in Kentucky. Kentucky Derby winner Mage didn’t even make it to California. He spiked a fever and his trainer decided to skip the richest two days in North American racing. “Timing stinks but lucky we caught it early,” co-owner Ramiro Restrepo

posted on social media. “Can’t run at below 100%; horse comes ﬁrst.” Tragedy struck the Breeders’ Cup in 2019, the last time it was held at Santa Anita. Mongolian Groom fractured his leg during the running of the Classic on national television and had to be euthanized. He was one of 42 horses that died at the track that year, prompting a series of safety and medication reforms. “The thing we can take from that is we have learned a lot and we have improved our protocols,” said Dr. Dionne Benson, chief veterinary officer for 1/ST Racing, which owns Santa Anita. She cited the December 2019 addition of a MILEPET device, which is designed to image standing horses in an effort to reduce breakdowns. “We’ve certainly made improvements. We just got to continue on that path,”

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Sensing my distraction, Knight turned to Monahan and, without saying a word, waved him off. “When they get you for free,” said Knight, who didn’t ask for a fee, “they can wait.” Monahan stood there, perplexed, as I would have. I could tell he was thinking of something to say. Quickly, Monahan realized who he was trying to hurry. This was Bob Knight, the verbal volcano when shaken, stirred or poked. Knight wouldn’t back down from a bad oyster, much less someone who pushing him. Don’t remember much of the interview. I was still spinning on how Knight dismissed Monahan with a wave, as if he was a father telling his young son it was time to go to bed. There was a finality, a dead-solid certainty, no hostility in his voice. It was time to move on. Knight, who died Wednesday at 83, was in control that night. Calm. Even tempered. Not given to flamboyant excess. Or blue words to make people blush pink. A model of maturity. To me. To the Newman crowd. This was a man who was fired at Indiana when an IU student passed Knight in a hall and said, “Hey, what’s up, Knight?” The coach turned on the kid, manhandled him, upset he wasn’t treated with respect. He demanded to be called “Mr. Knight” or “Coach Knight.” Yet, when Knight coached, many a referee or player didn’t feel respected. In a book, a former player claimed Knight

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Indiana coach Bob Knight chastises Daryl Thomas for his play during the team’s 1984 game against Wisconsin in Bloomington, Indiana. Knight, the brilliant and combustible coach who won three NCAA titles at Indiana and for years was the scowling face of college basketball, died Wednesday. He was 83. broke a clipboard over his head, squeezed his testicles and made players bark like dogs while running laps. There are basketball officials who are hard of hearing today from Knight screaming into their ears. Veins pulsing. Voice like a megaphone. Crowding officials to where there was no room for escape. Under siege. Knight was a bully to be sure, but, truth to tell, he knew more than most officials. He studied the game the way archaeologists studied ancient Sanskrit. Letter by letter for them; foot placement by foot placement for him. Respect me, Knight said. But he didn’t hold himself to the same standard in practice or a game. The fans in Indiana had no problem with the conundrum. Knight gave the university and the state an identity. A basketball coach who

was combustible yet cerebral, egomaniacal yet charitable, loud yet quiet, profane yet polite. “If rape is inevitable, relax and enjoy it.” Knight said that to a television interviewer. It blew up in his face. He explained he was giving an example of someone being in control or someone not in control. “Obviously,” Knight said, that was the meaning behind the message. To many, it was not obvious. It was obscene. This impression was all too constant and consistent: Knight was a fuse looking for a bomb. Adversaries he invented kept his fuse at the ready. It was his adrenaline. People who knew him away from court saw a different attitude. Bob Knight was two people. The volcanic one is a matter of public record. Easily seen on a video or read on a transcript. This man has

said Lisa Lazarus, HISA CEO. “That’s really probably all we can say and do as an industry.” There were 12 fatalities at Churchill Downs last spring, including on Kentucky Derby day. HISA’s investigation found no relationship between the deaths and the track surface, although the track followed HISA’s advice to move the rest of its meet to another location. At the Preakness two weeks later, a horse trained by Bob Baffert had to be euthanized on the track after an injury. On Belmont Stakes day, a horse in an undercard race was euthanized. With history in mind, 1/ST Racing is conducting periodic inspections and testing of all racing surfaces before the Breeders’ Cup. The results of those tests, including daily track and weather conditions, are shared with participants.

his fuse sparked from all manner of conflict, real or imagined. Knight needed that conflict because conflict was his energy. He needed to do battle with something and with a crisp analytical mind, basketball offered a never-ending supply of chaos that needed to be controlled. And damn it, he was just the one do it. The other Bob Knight donated heavily to charity, pushed academics with his kids, played golf without throwing a club. This Bob Knight never made the 10 o’clock news. This Bob Knight was comfortable in the shadows. This Bob Knight was good friends with Tony La Russa, the baseball manager who mirrored Knight’s intensity, and their union had no bells and whistles. If it’s true that all of us have a yin that needs a yang, then Bob Knight provided a clear template of each — a clear extreme template, actually. It drove him to enjoy the conflict, the contrast. That someone would say to Knight they could not live with such extremes, with such deep contradictions, his response would be easy to predict: “That’s your problem.” A Bob Knight wouldn’t exist today because he couldn’t. Social media, which like it or not shapes popular opinion, would tear apart Bob Knight. He’d be tilting at windmills trying to defend himself and, eventually, the windmills would blow him away. There will never be another Bob Knight. That much is certain. That raises an interesting question. Should there be? To comment, write to bobpadecky@gmail.com.

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Cal head coach Justin Wilcox cheers during the ﬁrst half Saturday against USC in Berkeley.

Cal’s toughest stretch continues with Oregon trip COLLEGE FOOTBALL » Bears to face No. 6 Ducks after coming close to upsetting USC By ANNE M. PETERSON ASSOCIATED PRESS

Oregon coach Dan Lanning says he’s never been around a quarterback who understands his role quite as well as Bo Nix. “There’s times that we’re there as a coaching staff on the sidelines saying, ‘OK wait, wait, what is he checking to? Oh, all right. Good, that’ll work.’ And he gets it right a lot more often than not,” Lanning said. Nix is coming off one of his most efficient performances of the season during Oregon’s 35-6 victory at No. 13 Utah. The ﬁfth-year senior threw for 248 yards and two touchdowns. He ran for another score. This season he’s averaging 292.1 passing yards a game, 11th in the nation, with 21 touchdowns, ﬁfth nationally. He’s run for 113 yards and three additional scores. But perhaps one of his most telling metrics is his 78.3 completion percentage, which is on pace to break Mac Jones’ NCAA record of 77.4% set in 2021. That has the attention of Cal coach Justin Wilcox. The No. 6 Ducks (7-1, 4-1 Pac-12, No. 6 CFP) host the Golden Bears (3-5, 1-4) on Saturday in Eugene. “He handles a lot at the line of scrimmage. He knows what he’s doing, he knows where to go with the ball and they don’t get sacked,” Wilcox said. “He’s an excellent player.” Nix is getting Heisman Trophy buzz, although he’s facing competition from fellow Pac-12 quarterback Michael Penix Jr., who has helped keep No. 5 Washington undefeated. The Huskies downed the Ducks 36-33 earlier this season. Nix understands the Heisman speculation is part of the game, but he’s keeping his eye on titles.

“We have it right in front of us, we can feel it and that’s all we want to take care of. Really all the talk is just chatter and noise and we need to make sure we don’t get distracted by it,” Nix said. “Myself included.” As a result of his play against the Utes, Nix was named the Pac-12’s Offensive Player of the Week. It was his ﬁfth weekly honor as a Duck, matching Oregon’s lone Heisman winner, Marcus Mariota.

Ott’s status Jaydyn Ott is the Pac-12’s top rusher with an average of 107.7 yards a game. Last Saturday, in Cal’s 50-49 loss to USC, Ott ran for 153 yards on 21 carries and three touchdowns — including TD runs of 43 and 61 yards. But he didn’t play the fourth quarter because of an apparent injury. “Feeling good, everything is going well,” Ott said this week. Wilcox was conﬁdent Ott could play against the Ducks. “We’re ready for him to get back to full speed,” Wilcox said. “When he’s out there he’s a dynamic player, so we’re looking forward to having him back.”

End of the road Oregon leads the all-time series against Cal 42-41-2 and has won four straight in the series. The Ducks have so dominated at home in recent years that Cal has won just once — back in 2007 — at Autzen Stadium in the past 35 years. In that game, the Golden Bears upset No. 11 Oregon 31-24. Desean Jackson caught 11 passes for 161 yards and two touchdowns. Saturday’s meeting will be the last between the two teams as members of the Pac-12. Oregon is off to the Big Ten next season, while the Golden Bears are joining the ACC.

CLICK AND CLACK TALK CARS M&M theft required ninja-like Both options for hard-toprecision -- and a tiny opening By Ray Magliozzi find rims will lead to a database Dear Car Talk: Did I experience an alien invasion? I recently went on a road trip to Yellowstone National Park in a rented 2022 Hyundai Elantra. My wife prepared the usual trail mix bag of assorted nuts and, of course, yummy peanut M&Ms, otherwise why hike? Anyway, we stayed in a cabin in Yellowstone and left the bag in the car, with all windows and doors closed. The next morning, I was shocked to see the bag surrounded by a mix of food remnants along with unwanted rodent droppings. Whatever critters got in there surgically removed the candy coating off the M&Ms to devour the chocolate/ peanut innards. As I watched from the cabin later that morning, a gaggle of adorable ninja-like, Guinea-pig-size ground squirrels congregated over and around the rear right tire looking for something. My question is, how the heck did they get in there? Did they steal my keys? Are there openings in modern undercarriages, or did they breach the vehicle? Seriously, do I need to buy a carbon monoxide monitor when renting a car if there’s an opening big enough in the rear undercarriage for squirrels to get in? More importantly, can we still eat the trail mix? -- Doug Sure, eat all the leftover trail mix you want, Doug. Just be sure to chase it with some Azithromycin. There’s no way for rodents to get into the passenger cabin from around the rear tires. As

your question suggests, any opening there would allow exhaust into the car, which would eliminate you as a future Hyundai Elantra renter. So the squirrels may have detected food and were looking for a way in. But my guess is that some mice beat them to it. Mice will often climb up the tires (more often the front tires, closer to the engine compartment, but they can travel along the exhaust system, too), and from there, they can find their way around the engine to the cowl, near the windshield, where fresh air is drawn into the cabin. Fresh air has to be brought into the car’s passenger compartment somehow, right? If not, see above comment about future Hyundai Elantra renter status. The cowl is where fresh air comes in -- far away from the exhaust system. There’s usually a mesh or wire grill covering the fresh air intake to prevent rodent access, but we know that mice have very sharp teeth and are very persistent when food is involved. Particularly peanut M&Ms, apparently. So that’s how they got in, Doug. I find it hard to believe squirrels could make themselves small enough to get in through the fresh air vent, but I’m no rodentologist. Maybe the squirrels just saw the mice coming down from the tires with melted chocolate all over the paws and said, “C’mon fellas, there’s M&Ms in there somewhere!”

Dear Car Talk: I need to replace the rims on my 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan. I would kind of like to put on chrome rims but the size, 5 x 127, seems to be a difficult bolt pattern to find. When I’ve looked for used rims, every time some Caravan rims go up for sale online, they’re gone right away. I heard that I may be able to find new rims that fit the same bolt pattern. But how, other than driving my car to check them out and removing a wheel and trying the new one on? -- Craig Craig, you’re in luck. We have the technology to solve your problem. It’s called a database. I’ll give you two suggestions. Call a local junkyard (or automotive recycling center, as they like to be called now). Most junkyards have a database that tells them which wheels fit on which cars. So they can search their inventory by computer, and see if they have any wheels that fit your Caravan. Lots of junkyards are also connected to each other through a network. It should be called “Heap-net,” but it’s not. Anyway, if the local junkyard doesn’t have anything that fits a Caravan, they can check the wire and see if another yard does. Then you can have them shipped to you or go

get them if it’s nearby. You may also be pleasantly surprised at how many options you have if you decide to get new wheels. You can get chrome, aluminum alloy, Italian Carrera marble. Try going to www.tirerack.com. Their database is excellent. You enter the details of your car, click on “wheels,” and you’ll see a long list of new wheels for sale that fit your Caravan. eBay Motors has a similar database that will also list used parts, when available. And given your cautious nature, Craig, you can buy just one. And then, once you’re sure it fits, you can go back online and see if you can still find three more.

Got a question about cars? Write to Ray in care of King Features, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803, or email by visiting the Car Talk website at www.cartalk.com (c) 2020 by Ray Magliozzi and Doug Berman Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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WEATHER REPORT

TODAY IN WEATHER HISTORY A cold wave on Nov. 4, 1991, sent the temperatures to 3 below zero in Minneapolis, Minn., the earliest ever there.

Photo by PHYLLIS BIEHN / Santa Rosa TO SUBMIT A PHOTO: Email the photo with your full name and city to pdweatherphoto@gmail.com. Photos should be horizontal.

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TODAY’S FORECAST

TODAY

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

MENDOCINO COUNTY: Cloudy today. Periods of rain at the coast tonight; a passing shower inland. Remember to set clocks back an hour. Cloudy Sunday.

Fort Bragg 63/58

Ukiah 73/54 Mostly cloudy

Cloudy

Showers around

REGIONAL OUTLOOK: Mostly cloudy today. Cloudy tonight. A passing shower; any time to the north, late elsewhere. Remember to set clocks back an hour. Cloudy Sunday; a shower in spots to the north. EXTENDED: Monday: cloudy with a couple of showers in the afternoon.

FRIDAY LOG

24-hour totals Hi/Lo Ending at 4 p.m.

Rain

Bodega Bay Boonville Calistoga Cazadero Cloverdale Fort Bragg Guerneville Healdsburg Lakeport Middletown Napa Petaluma Rohnert Park Santa Rosa Sea Ranch Sebastopol Sonoma St. Helena Ukiah Windsor

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

70/58 75/51 79/43 79/60 83/57 69/50 84/48 82/45 79/52 76/54 80/49 82/50 86/51 81/49 68/56 80/52 82/50 79/43 80/49 80/49

Gualala 61/57 NORTHERN COAST: Wind west-southwest 4-8 knots today. Waves 2 feet or less with a west swell 1-3 feet at 10 seconds. Visibility under 3 miles in an afternoon shower.

0.58 1.01 0.53 1.27 0.99 2.78 0.90 0.80 0.94 1.80 0.45 0.41 0.50 0.65 1.21 0.77 0.16 0.50 0.96 0.69

0.14 0.27 0.16 0.28 0.26 0.73 0.33 0.17 0.27 0.22 0.13 0.18 0.10 0.13 0.30 0.25 0.07 0.19 0.22 0.20

Record low: 26 in 1935 Average rainfall since Oct. 1: 1.89 inches

City Alturas Bakersfield Barstow Bishop Blythe Chico Concord Crescent City Eureka Fresno Livermore Long Beach Los Angeles L.A. Airport Marysville Monterey Mt. Shasta Needles Oakland Palm Springs Pasadena Paso Robles Redding Redwood City Riverside Sacramento Salinas San Diego San Francisco S.F. Airport San Jose San Luis Obispo San Rafael Santa Ana Santa Barbara Santa Cruz Santa Maria Santa Monica Stockton Susanville Tahoe Valley Truckee Vallejo Yosemite Valley

Friday Hi/Lo Prec. 65/33 77/51 80/46 77/30 85/45 77/47 81/53 64/56 0.06 65/54 0.06 78/50 83/49 82/55 82/55 77/54 78/48 79/51 65/35 83/48 77/52 88/55 84/61 85/42 82/47 79/51 87/40 80/50 85/47 78/49 77/58 79/58 82/53 95/50 79/55 80/53 76/43 78/50 83/44 74/53 81/48 70/34 62/35 66/34 78/53 68/38

Date Time High Time Low Nov. 4 6:20 a.m. 4.6’11:25 a.m. 3.6’ 3:57 p.m. 4.8’ 11:42 p.m. 0.4’ Nov. 5 6:13 a.m. 4.7’11:40 a.m. 3.2’ 4:11 p.m. 4.5’ 11:41 p.m. 0.6’

SUN & MOON

Last qtr. Nov. 5

Today Hi/Lo Sky 65/35 c 80/52 pc 81/51 pc 78/40 pc 87/51 s 75/55 c 74/57 c 61/55 r 65/55 r 80/54 pc 76/53 pc 76/56 pc 80/55 pc 73/56 pc 77/55 c 68/52 pc 64/43 r 85/52 pc 65/56 c 91/62 pc 81/57 pc 86/42 pc 73/53 c 70/55 pc 86/50 pc 76/57 c 76/54 pc 74/52 pc 64/57 c 67/58 c 75/55 pc 82/51 pc 69/55 c 77/57 pc 71/49 pc 70/53 pc 75/49 pc 72/54 pc 80/49 pc 70/44 c 62/40 pc 64/38 c 69/58 c 73/43 pc

An hour after sunset, the Big Dipper sits low on the north-northwest horizon, like a cooking pot on the stove. On the northeastern horizon is the bright star Capella in Auriga the Charioteer, and rising in the east is the planet Jupiter, shining brightly. Venus rises at 3:51 a.m. Mars sets at 6:19 p.m. Jupiter sets at 7:35 a.m. Saturn sets at 1:51 a.m.

New Nov. 13

First qtr. Nov. 20

Source: Morrison Planetarium, California Academy of Sciences

Today Sunrise Sunset Sunday Sunrise Sunset

Calistoga 73/56

Santa Rosa 71/56

Bodega Bay 62/56

Sonoma 73/55

Sebastopol 69/56

Eureka 65/55

Redding 73/53 Chico 75/55

Sacramento Tahoe 76/57 62/40 San Francisco 67/58 Yosemite San Jose 73/43 75/55 Monterey 68/52

Bakersfield 80/52

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San Bernardino 89/55

Santa Barbara 71/49 Los Angeles 80/55

Palm Springs 91/62

As it drops farther south, the jet stream will strengthen Saturday into the weekend. The flow of the jet stream will send several storms into the Pacific Northwest.

San Diego 74/52

NATIONAL FORECAST

Lake Pillsbury Capacity: 74,933 acre-feet. Storage: 32,572. Water supply pool: 74,993, 43.43% Elevation: 1,885 feet. Release: 71 cfs. Russian River At Hacienda Bridge: 2.75 feet; 245 cfs.

Source: Sonoma County Water Agency Operations Department readings as of 7 a.m. Friday

Clear Lake 2.14 feet Rumsey. (The Rumsey scale starts at 1,318.26 feet above sea level.)

Source: USGS

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LAKES & RIVERS

Lake Mendocino Capacity: 116,500 acre-feet. Storage: 67,544. Water supply pool: 68,400, 98.75% Elevation: 736.98 feet. Release: 191 cfs.

RUSSIAN RIVER/COAST: Cloudy today with a shower in spots in the afternoon. Overcast tonight with a shower in places late; remember to set clocks back an hour. Forestville, 70/56.

PACIFIC JET STREAM

Mt. Shasta 64/43

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Lake Sonoma Capacity: 381,000 acre-feet. Storage: 223,745. Water supply pool: 244,833, 91.39% Elevation: 442.74 feet. Release: 113 cfs.

SONOMA/NAPA: Rather cloudy today. Cloudy tonight with a shower in spots; remember to set clocks back an hour. Cloudy Sunday. Monday: a shower in places.

SANTA ROSA PLAIN: Mostly cloudy today. Cloudy tonight with Napa a shower in spots; remember to Petaluma 74/55 set clocks back an hour. Rohnert 70/56 Park, 69/56. Vallejo San Rafael 69/58 LAKE COUNTY: Cloudy today. 69/55 Shown is A passing shower tonight. Cloudy today’s weather. Sunday. Monday: a couple of Temperatures are showers. today’s highs and tonight’s lows. San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO: Mostly cloudy 67/58 STATE FORECAST today; pleasant in the South Bay. Overcast tonight with a shower in Crescent City spots. Oakland, 65/56. 61/55

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NFL NOTES

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Guerneville 69/57

BODEGA BAY TIDES

Full Nov. 27

Middletown 74/54

Healdsburg 73/56

SAN FRANCISCO BAY: Wind from the west-southwest at 6-12 knots today. Waters a light chop on the bay. Visibility clear to the horizon.

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Rangers get Texas-sized bash BASEBALL NOTES » World champions celebrated with parade, rally in Arlington ASSOCIATED PRESS

Corey Seager took the stage to thunderous chants of “M-V-P!, M-V-P!” as the Texas Rangers celebrated the franchise’s ﬁrst World Series championship Friday in Arlington. “Really this was truly special, we appreciate all of your support,” Seager, the second-time World Series MVP, said during the ceremony following a two-hour parade along a 2-mile route near the team’s ballpark. The team said an estimated 500,000 to 700,000 fans attended the parade, the same estimate given to local media outlets by the Arlington Fire Department. While normally pretty stoic, though he had a couple of emphatic shows of emotion during the playoffs, Seager then took a swipe at the Houston Astros, the team that took the AL West title from Texas on the ﬁnal day of the regular season. That made the Rangers a wild-card team, and they then set an MLB record by winning all 11 of their postseason road games. “I’ve just got one thing to say. You know, everybody was wondering

what would happen if the Rangers didn’t win the World Series. I guess we’ll never know,” Seager said, a clear retort to what Astros third baseman Alex Bregman said to start their champagne celebration when they clinched the division title. Texas beat the Astros in the AL Championship Series, with the Rangers winning all four ALCS games played in Houston, including the Game 7 clincher. Fans were stacked dozens deep at some spots during the parade, which came two days after the Rangers wrapped up the World Series title with a 5-0 win on the road in Game 5 against the Arizona Diamondbacks. “Years from now, I’m going to think about this moment, and I’m going to cherish the time that I had to spend with (these players),” manager Bruce Bochy told the crowd. “We talked about it at spring training. We’re going to do something special. Well, fellas, we did something her together. Thank you.”

Kershaw undergoes surgery Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw had left shoulder surgery Friday and anticipates being sidelined until next summer. The 35-year-old in a social media post wrote the surgery with Dodgers head team physician Dr. Neal ElAttrache was to repair the glenohumeral ligaments and his shoulder

capsule. There are three glenohumeral ligaments and they reinforce the joint capsule. “I am hopeful to return to play at some point next summer,” he wrote. “Thanks for your prayers!”

Miami’s Soler opts out Outfielder Jorge Soler opted out of the final year of his contract with the Miami Marlins on Friday to become a free agent, giving up a $13 million salary for 2024. The 31-year-old Cuban agreed before the 2022 season to a three-year contract guaranteeing $36 million. Soler hit .269 with 36 homers and 75 RBIs this year, becoming a firsttime All-Star. This was his best season since he had an American League-high 48 homers and 117 RBIs for Kansas City in 2019. ■ First baseman Matt Carpenter exercised a $5.5 million option for 2024 in his contract with the San Diego Padres on Friday, and reliever Seth Lugo declined a $7.5 million player option. ■ The Chicago White Sox declined their $15 million club option on closer Liam Hendriks on Friday. The White Sox also said righthander Mike Clevinger had declined his $12 million mutual option. ■ Drew Rucinski’s $5 million option for next season was declined Friday by the A’s, allowing the righthander to become a free agent.

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Spring dreaming Creating a dazzling garden begins with planting seeds in the fall. Many ornamental plants relish a few months of rain and cold weather — and even require it. By JEFF COX FOR THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

or much of the country, planting seeds means waiting for spring, when the frozen ground thaws and the soil temperature reaches 50 degrees. But not around here. Yes, we still plant seeds of garden vegetables in the spring, but November is an excellent time to take advantage of our mild winters by planting bulbs and sowing the seeds of ornamentals. Look at nature: With the return of rain, our world turns green and lush again, until summer arrives and the world turns golden and brown, just the opposite of the continental climate on the East Coast. It’s now that grasses germinate and begin to grow. April’s amazing displays of TURN TO SEEDS » PAGE D8

Clockwise from top: Flanders field poppies (Papaver rhoeas), calendula (Calendula officinalis) and purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) are just three of the ornamentals whose seeds should be planted in autumn for a vibrant bloom next spring.

ADVICE TO GROW BY » SONOMA COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS

FRESH CUTTINGS SEBASTOPOL

Regenerative landscape talk, book signing Erik Ohlsen, who has 25 years of experience as a regenerative landscaper, designer and farmer, will talk about his process and sign copies of his new book Saturday, Nov. 4, at Harmony Farm Supply & Nursery in Sebastopol. Ohlsen, who lives in Sebastopol, will read from “The Regenerative Landscaper: Design and Build Landscapes that Repair the Environment.” He will also talk about the regenerative design process and answer questions. The talk and signing is free. 2-4 p.m. Harmony is at 3244 Gravenstein Highway N. HEALDSBURG

Rose-planting demo by a pro Fall is the best time to plant roses. If you’re feeling the urge to add some more fabulous blooms to your garden, learn the best way to plant them from a professional. Russian River Rose Co. co-owner Jan Tolmasoff will TURN TO CUTTINGS » PAGE D2

Low-maintenance air plants survive, thrive without soil Q

uestion: My son lives in a college dorm, so he has limited space and time for houseplants. I would like to get him an unusual plant that’s relatively low-maintenance. I’ve seen air plants at the local hardware store. Do you have any information on them? Answer: These plants are growing in popularity, and there are many resources and suppliers available. A few key points on their care requirements will help your son grow them successfully. Commonly referred to as “air plants,” the technical name for these unusual plants is Tillandsia. They belong to the genus Tillandsia and are part of the bromeliad family, of which the pineapple is the most well-known.

Tillandsia, commonly called air plants, absorb moisture TURN TO ADVICE » PAGE D7 through their leaves.

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CONTINUED FROM D1 gorgeous wildflowers begin in fall, when many of their seeds germinate and the baby plants hunker down until the sun begins to warm them in February and March, giving them strength and a jump on the new season. Most gardeners don’t need to be reminded that the bulbs of spring-blooming flowers like daffodils are best planted in November so they can set roots and be ready for the big warm-up in spring. But there are also many ornamentals — both annuals and perennials — that relish a few months of rain and cold weather, and even require it for proper germination. They’ll thank you for spreading their seeds in fall for a well-nourished and well-watered start next year. Let’s run down some of the perennials and hardy annuals that you can sow in November. Many of these will self-sow anyway. If you are concerned birds might gobble up any seeds on the soil surface, consider covering those seed beds with floating row covers. But most seeds will be safely covered with soil. First up are the biennial forget-me-nots (Myosotis sylvatica) that will make dense patches of small plants their first year and burst into romantic little pink, white or blue flowers in their second season. This is a plant whose seeds should be spread on the surface of a prepared seedbed or sprinkled on the surface around or between existing shrubs like roses. Flanders field poppies (Papaver rhoeas) like being sown in fall and reward the gardener with bold red splashes of color next June. Cover seeds with ¼ inch of fine soil; they need darkness to germinate. Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) is native to the American prairie and has been a medicinal plant for Native Americans as well as immigrants from many nations to the U.S. There are white and yellow-flowered hybrids available, too. Plant very shallowly, under ⅛ inch of fine soil. Columbine hybrids (Aquilegia spp.) are a mixture of several species of this beautiful perennial, often including our native Northern California Aquilegia formosa. Plant all columbine seeds ¼ inch deep under fine soil. Love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascene) is a pretty, medium blue, self-sowing annual whose dainty starlike flowers bring Victorian gardens to mind. Plant seeds ½ inch deep.

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Columbine hybrids (Aquilegia spp.) Lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus) is a native perennial that grows from California to British Columbia, growing 18 inches to 2½ feet tall. Commercial lupines are hybrids of several species and grow 4 to 5 feet tall. All are stunningly beautiful in vivid colors. Plant ¼ inch deep. Hollyhocks (Alcea rosea) are a biennial. Sow it in fall for foliage the ﬁrst year and ﬂowers in the second. Make yearly sowings for annual blooms. It’s strikingly tall with rich color. Sow seed ¼ inch deep, 2 feet apart. Baby’s breath (Gypsophila paniculata) is a

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early spring. Sow in late summer for winter bloom. Blue flax (Linum perenne) is an easy-to-grow perennial that indeed gives us flax fibers to make our cherished flax clothing and bedsheets. But it also produces lots of true-blue flowers. Sow now for spring bloom next season. The ideal planting depth is ⅛ inch. Larkspur (Consolida ambigua) is an annual with blue to lavender Hollyhocks (Alcea rosea) flowers. It has long been a cottage-garden favorite. It prefers to be sown directly in the garden in November at ⅛ inch deep under fine soil. Lest we forget the vegetable garden, now is the time to plant garlic (Allium sativum) of whichever kind you prefer. Just pick up a big fat head from the market, pull it apart into individual cloves and plant them 2 to 4 inches deep and at least 4 to 8 inches apart. Make sure the cloves are planted False indigo (Baptisia australis) with the end where they attached to their mother bulb down and the tight the previous fall. It’s and people who like the perfect in bouquets of cut blossoms’ cucumber flavor pointed end up. To grow the largest flowers, of course. Barely when they adorn salads. bulbs, consider spacing cover seeds with ⅛ inch of Sow seeds ¼ to ½ inch fine soil. deep and at least 18 inches your plants 6 to 12 inches apart so they have more False indigo (Baptiapart. nutrients and elbow room sia australis) is a robust Kiss-me-over-the-gar(if they had elbows). Each perennial that blooms den-gate (Polygonum clove will make a new bulb blue and white in its secspp.) is a perennial vine ond year, and after that, whose botanical name bot- of many cloves by next summer (and give you annually throughout the anists can’t agree on. But green garlic in spring). summer. Sow ½ inch deep all agree its seeds need a Cure them in a shady spot in fall. It needs scarificacold period to germinate, until the papery husks are tion (rubbing the seed coat so fall sowing at ½ inch dry (about four weeks), with sandpaper) if planted deep is required. and store them in an open in spring, but not in fall. Calendula (Calendula Borage (Borago officinalis) is a familiar an- basket in a garage or shed. officinalis) is an annual nual around these parts, Jeff Cox is a food and that produces masses of where its sunny mariirresistible Gentian-blue gold-like flowers brighten garden writer based in flowers in midsummer winter days. Sow it ½ inch Kenwood. Reach him at jeffcox@sonic.net. that attract honeybees deep now for bloom in

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t’s been a half-century since the United States of America, until then undefeated in modern warfare, took its first “L.” The signing of the Paris Peace Accords in 1973 allowed then-President Richard Nixon to complete the drawdown of U.S. troops from Vietnam, ending the so-called “police action” that transmogrified INSIDE into a quagmire that cost 58,220 American The Press Democrat pays lives. Estimates of the tribute to those number of Vietnamwho served in ese soldiers and civilthe Vietnam ians killed vary widely, War. / O1 from 2.1 millionto 3.8 million during the American intervention, and in related conflicts before and after. Those Paris accords served as both an off-ramp for America and a humiliating admission of its defeat at the hands of communist North Vietnam. Without American military might to shore it up, the South Vietnamese government — the bulwark against communism America had spent $140 billion and two decades propping up — collapsed in two years. That defeat was capped by chaotic images of helicopters evacuating Americans from the roof of their Saigon embassy. But the conflict had been lost years earlier, in the court of public opinion back home. Far from fading into history, the Vietnam War has reverberated down through the decades, bending the frame of the republic, punching holes in the doctrine of “American ExTURN TO VIETNAM » PAGE A6

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One nonprofit executive director dipped into her personal savings for $12,000 to cover payroll costs. Another took out hundreds of thousands of dollars in bank loans to pay his staff and his agency’s bills. A third has also taken out loans and stopped ordering office supplies to save money. Local providers of essential homelessness and drug and alcohol treatment services are being forced to take extreme financial measures because Sonoma County is so late paying what it owes “I have them. experienced The county contracts with these more than a challenges dozen organi- and felt the zations to pro- frustration vide essential and fear these social services providers are on issues of expressing.” key public con- TINA RIVERA, cern, such as Sonoma County home lessness health departand opioid ment director addiction. In many cases, those county partners have been waiting since July to be reimbursed for services whose costs they are paying for up front. “It’s untenable,” said Adrienne Lauby, board chair of Sonoma Applied Village Services, or SAVS, which provides outreach to people living on the streets. The county owes the nonprofit $124,418.63, she said, though county officials cited a lower pending figure. SAVS has taken out two loans to pay its staff and has stopped buying supplies like printer ink, Lauby said. The agency is not alone. Amy Appleton, executive director of SHARE Sonoma County, a nonprofit that secures housing for people who are

People try to scale the 14-foot wall of the U.S. embassy in Saigon, in an attempt to reach evacuation helicopters, as the last of the Americans depart from Vietnam on April 29, 1975.

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her opinion, after the Tubbs Fire in 2017 and didn’t start to return until 2021, when many Ru Scott’s Fourth Street pandemic restrictions lifted. boutique, Punch Clothing, Scott said she looks forhas been there for 25 years, ward to several new housand she’s watched ing developments the downtown in planned for the A TIME OF front of her storeTRANSITION area, and said she front change. would love to see She, along with downtown Santa other longtime busiRosa get an aesness owners, have thetic face-lift and survived wildﬁres, have free parking economic challengagain. The Press Democrat es and a global pan“I have faith that examines the state of demic. (downtown’s) goThe downtown downtown Santa Rosa ing to have a real energy shifted, in SECOND IN A SERIES surge,” Scott said.

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Ru Scott, owner of Punch Clothing on Fourth Street, says free parking would help draw people to downtown Santa Rosa.

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A man suspected of decapitating his female relative in her Santa Rosa home before ﬂeeing the scene on foot with the woman’s head in his possession, was arrested in San Francisco, Santa Rosa Police announced Saturday.

Luis Gustavo Aroyo-Lopez, 24, of Santa Rosa, was taken into custody Saturday morning after an officer spotted him at the Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco, Santa Rosa Police Department spokesperson Sgt. Patricia Seffens said Saturday. Seffens said the victim’s head was not in Aroyo-Lopez’s possession at the time of his arrest, and police are actively searching for it. Seffens called the suspect’s capture “good, old-fashioned police work” after an officer

recognized Aroyo-Lopez from bulletins sent out by Santa Rosa Police with photographs of the suspect. Police suspect Aroyo-Lopez of killing his relative, a woman who a department spokesperson said was in her 60s. Police declined to give the victim’s exact age or relation to the suspect, but on Friday neighbors said the victim was Aroyo-Lopez’s grandmother. The home was in the 2500 block of Pomo Trail, a neighborhood just west of the Codding-

town Shopping Center. Aroyo-Lopez was released from state prison Nov. 1, where he served time on assault with a deadly weapon and weapons possession charges for cases unrelated to Thursday’s victim, according to police. “He was supposed to check in with the probation department by end of day November 2 and he did not,” Seffens said. Early Saturday, Aroyo-Lopez was in custody in San Francisco, and Santa Rosa detectives had been dispatched south to inter-

view him. Late Saturday afternoon, Seffens said Aroyo-Lopez was being transported from San Fancisco for booking in Sonoma County jail. On Friday, neighbors were stunned by the crime. Manuel Calderon and his brother, Gustavo, on Friday told a Press Democrat reporter they knew the dead woman’s husband, and that the couple was a friendly ﬁxture around the neighborhood. “She was a very good person,” Manuel Calderon said.

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It was as if the characters had sprung from the pages of a book to work the crowd. Thursday evening at Barrel Proof Lounge in downtown Santa Rosa, in a back space normally devoted to stand-up comedy, local authors Anne Belden and Paul Gullixson introduced some of the key ﬁgures of “Inﬂamed: Abandonment, Heroism, and Outrage in Wine Country’s Deadliest Firestorm,” the book they were there to launch. There were Kathy and Mark Allen, the unassuming couple that helped evacuate dozens of vulnerable seniors, many of them non-ambulatory, from the elder care facility Villa Capri in the harrowing early-morning hours of the Tubbs Fire in October 2017. There was R.J. Kisling, a Petaluma welder who discovered another large group of stunned seniors waiting for rescue in the darkness of Varenna, the retirement and assisted living facility just up the hill from Villa Capri. And sitting up front in the audience was Susie Pritchett, 95, who was living at Villa Capri when the Tubbs Fire sparked just outside Calistoga and, propelled by ungodly winds, swept to the hills of Fountaingrove in a matter of hours.

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Those attending the unveiling of the Windsor Military Memorial Wall record the moment Saturday on the Windsor Town Green. The wall honors airmen killed in Sonoma County during World War II and residents of Windsor who lost their lives serving in any military conﬂict.

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teve Lehmann’s voice caught. It was too many names. On Saturday morning, speaking to an assembly of veterans, civic leaders, friends and family gathered on the Windsor Town Green to unveil a war memorial decades in the making, Lehmann didn’t read every name etched on the granite memorial to his left, but mentioned a few. Along with their ages. Seaman Louis Joseph Webber died on D-Day. He was 18. Seaman Ray Stevens, 21.

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Private Fred Crownover. He was 23. He left a wife and child. Private Gary Albert Bell, 19. And until Saturday, those names and scores of others were largely lost to time. But for the research work of Lehmann and dedication of fellow

Windsor resident Karen Alves, they would have remained lost. Instead, under blue skies and in a ceremony occasionally, and appropriately, marked by the sounds of planes ﬂying overhead, a three-piece granite memorial was unveiled Saturday. On the memorial were etched the names of the World War II airmen connected to Sonoma County who died during the war. The names are of the airmen, TURN TO BENEFIELD » PAGE A5

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A young girl hangs upsidedown on a play structure at Valley of the Moon Children’s Home in Santa Rosa. The site for foster children plans to open a mental health treatment center in July.

Shelter for foster youth to offer on-site therapy An empty wing of the Valley of the Moon Children’s Center will soon house a residential treatment center for foster youth, just across from the center’s emergency placement shelter. When the therapeutic facility opens its doors in July, Sonoma County will be the only county in the state to house both re-

sources for foster youth on the same site. “It’s quite an innovation to be able to do this as a county agency,” said Briana Downey, section manager for the Valley of the Moon Children’s Center in southwest Santa Rosa. Downey put together the proposal for the three-year pilot, which was approved recently by the Sonoma County Board of TURN TO FOSTER » PAGE A4

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CONTINUED FROM A3 Asked what she recalled of that night, Pritchett said, “The camaraderie. Everyone was trying to help. It was wonderful.” That’s a central theme of “Inflamed,” a 442-page tribute to the quiet heroism of a handful of relatives, staff members and first responders who helped prevent Tubbs, which killed 22 people and displaced thousands, from being a much greater tragedy. But while the ticktock of those gripping evacuations make up the core of the book, Belden and Gullixson explore other themes, too. The authors devote one section of their account to the history of Fountaingrove, setting the context for the mayhem of Oct. 8-9, 2017. And they close it with a section detailing what came after — especially the government investigations and lawsuits that dogged Oakmont Senior Living, the company that owned both Villa Capri and Varenna. All of that has been written about extensively, including in the pages of The Press Democrat. But Belden and Gullixson provide details never before published, including excerpts of depositions from Budow v. Oakmont Senior Living, a case filed in Sonoma County Superior Court in January 2018. Belden and Gullixson gained access to those depositions through a source. Shortly after, they said, a judge sealed the records.

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Thursday’s book release was a chance for the two Sonoma County residents to finally exhale after completing a project that had consumed them for several years. They signed copies of “Inflamed” as people drank beers at Barrel Proof, then moved to the overflowing back room for a presentation that included retired Press Democrat columnist Gaye LeBaron; firefighter Tony Riedell; former Varenna worker Andre Blakely; and Beth Eurotas-Steffy and Dawn Ross, both of whom had parents evacuated from Villa Capri in 2017. Audience members included Sonoma County Board of Supervisors Chair Chris Coursey, District Attorney Carla Rodriguez and Sonoma State University political science professor David McCuan. Belden could not have envisioned such a gala evening as the Tubbs Fire unfolded. A journalism professor at Santa Rosa Junior College and faculty adviser for the Oak Leaf, the school’s newspaper, she gathered a team of eight students as the flames swept into Santa Rosa and began reporting on the devastation. One of those students, Roberta MacIntyre, wound up chronicling the disaster in a documentary film and asked Belden to consult. In August 2018, they interviewed Melissa Langhals, an electrician whose mother, Virginia Gunn, was a Villa Capri resident. As the interview wrapped up, Langhals showed them the account posted on the Oakmont Senior Living website —

the version of the story claiming the last Villa Capri seniors were evacuated through “a team effort, led by staff with help from family members.” “Yeah, that’s bull---,” Langhals told them through tears. “It was me and Kathy (Allen).” “That’s when I realized there was more to this story,” Belden told The Press Democrat this week. To discover more, she enlisted an old acquaintance: Gullixson, a former Press Democrat editorial director who is now communications manager for Sonoma County. They had worked together within the Peninsula Times Tribune (Palo Alto) newspaper chain in the early 1990s. Belden and Gullixson ﬁgured their work might lead to a couple newspaper or magazine stories. More than ﬁve years later — after conducting over 100 interviews and poring through thousands of

pages of documents, after evacuating their homes during subsequent wildﬁres and each mourning the loss of a parent — they have a book to hold in their hands. “There were some days it was really hard,” Gullixson said. “Because it is emotionally challenging to crawl into this story every weekend day.” In 2021, they brought in Lauren Spates as a contributing editor/writer. Spates, the co-authors say, helped condense the sprawling account into a manageable length, and occasionally served as referee when Gullixson and Belden disagreed on a point. One on-the-record interview they were unable to land was with Oakmont Senior Living owner Bill Gallaher or his top executives. In December 2021, Belden sat down for two hours with Komron Shahhosseini, the company’s director of site acquisition and de-

velopment, and Brandon Cho, a site acquisition specialist. They ultimately informed her that neither the corporation nor its employees would participate. The authors would like “Inﬂamed” to help dispel a couple of misconceptions about what happened during the Tubbs Fire. One is that while elders were being hurriedly removed from the chaos of Villa Capri, everything proceeded smoothly at Varenna. “Varenna was a s--show,” Belden argued. Another false narrative, according to the authors, is that all the employees of both facilities disappeared into the night Oct. 8, 2017. In fact, some left with residents packed into their vehicles, and a few stuck around to help even as vineyards caught ﬁre around them. “There was no abandonment on their part,” Belden said. “But they were abandoned by management.”

ter, Downey said, because they are waiting for mental health services. “We realized that we had a need for residential treatment services, really intensive, immersive therapy for young people … because there's a lack of capacity across the state of California,” Downey said. Of the estimated 430 minor foster youth being helped at any one time by the Human Services Department’s Family, Youth and Children’s Division, up to 8%

or nearly 35 of them, need intensive treatment to address trauma, mental health, and or substance use. Currently, youth who need intensive resources are often transferred as far as facilities in Southern California to limit the amount of time spent waiting for treatment. Some wait between six to nine months at Valley of the Moon for placement, and 80% are ultimately placed in programs outside of Sonoma County.

The program plans to not only help expedite access to treatment, but will also help youth stay within the county and therefore near their support system. “(Not) being able to go to your school and have your friend network and participate in football and make connections with your family is really hard and difficult,” Downey said. “Our whole goal is intensive services for young people in their community, which means that we

can build their support network locally, so that they can transition more quickly from a residential setting to a family setting.” The program will cost $27 million for three years of operation. State and federal funding cover just over $17 million of costs. The remaining $9.5 million will be funded through reallocation of county funding set up for health and human services and using just over $1.6 million from Measure O, the quarter-cent sales tax to fund mental health and homelessness services, approved by California voters in 2020. The facility will be staffed with 22 residential counselors, two behavioral health clinicians, one social worker, six supervisors, a resident clinical manager as well as medical support and staff that are shared with the shelter. Downey said the agency is currently hiring the manager of the therapeutic center, and will open

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At a book release Thursday at Barrel Proof Lounge in Santa Rosa, “Inﬂamed” author Paul Gullixson has his picture taken with Elizabeth Cobb-Bruno, left, the former activities director of Villa Capri. At far right is “Inﬂamed” co-author Anne Belden.

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Mostly, the two longtime journalists are hoping “Inflamed” wakes people up to the risks that many senior citizens still face. When the Camp Fire laid waste to the town of Paradise in 2018, they noted, 75% of the victims were 65 or older. In Maui this year, as far as is known from the still-incomplete casualty list, it’s more than 60%. Other long-term care sites might be just as vulnerable as Villa Capri. The authentic desires of relatives to find beautiful settings for their parents’ and grandparents’ final years means a lot of care homes are in scenic places that are vulnerable to fires, floods and power outages. That message resonates with Beth Eurotas-Steffy, whose mother is now 90 and lives in a skilled nursing facility in Petaluma. Eurotas-Steffy worked closely with Belden and Gullixson and remains committed to spreading the story of what occurred six years ago, and why it still matters. “When our parents are older and in need of care, if they move into an assisted living facility, they believe they will enjoy life and be safe,” she told The Press Democrat. “And it’s a big lie. That didn’t happen at Villa Capri. We have to be smarter and ask better questions. “And, since we can’t rely on the integrity of the owners of these facilities to put safety over profits, we need enhanced legislation to force them to.” You can reach Phil Barber at 707-521-5263 or phil.barber@pressdemocrat.com. On Twitter @Skinny_Post. the counselor, clinician and support positions in January. Once open, the program is expected to house up to 16 youths at a time. Four beds will be used for shortterm assessment and 12 for intensive treatment, where youth can stay as long as a year. The center will stagger the amount of children it serves in the first few months of operation, to account for any changes to the program model. “If there's anything that we didn't anticipate, or we need to adjust, we're able to do that with minimal impact on the young people who we will be serving,” Downey said. Downey hopes the program can become a permanent fixture at Valley of the Moon after its three-year trial is complete. Report For America corps member Adriana Gutierrez covers education and child welfare issues for The Press Democrat.

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sent here from 30 different states primarily to learn combat flying, who either took off from the Santa Rosa Army Airfield and perished, or who crashed and died here. “Most of them were not in Sonoma County for more than a few months,” Lehmann, president of the Windsor Historical Society, said. In addition to those men, the memorial also remembers Windsor residents who lost their lives in military conflict. All of which made Saturday’s ceremony with “Taps” played and “America the Beautiful” sung, a moving remembrance a long time coming. “It’s very fulfilling,” Alves said. “I feel for the families who lost loved ones and, especially the airmen, whose names were not memorialized anywhere and now they are and there are so many people that now know this story.” Time and again Saturday, speakers credited Lehmann’s diligence and Alves’ doggedness. The creation of the Windsor Military Memorial Wall was a promise that Alves had made to her late father, William Dal Molin, to finally honor the airmen who died here, that drove her on this project. “It’s 21 years since the day that my dad said ‘Karen those boys will be forgotten if you don’t do a memorial,’” she said. She pushed for backing. Among other supporters of the project, the town of Windsor contributed $50,000, as did the Board of Supervisors. The American Legion in Healdsburg donated $20,000, the Russian River VFW Post No. 768 donated $10,000 and the Windsor Chamber of Commerce kick-started the funding drive with $4,700 back in 2021.

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Windsor Police Chief Mike Raasch joins veterans as they salute during the national anthem at the unveiling of the Windsor Military Memorial Wall Saturday on the Windsor Town Green. But there was also a different kind of work to be done. A complete list of those who died here didn’t exist. It had to researched. Lehmann was the perfect person for the task. A history buff and retired from his job in the county recorder’s office, Lehmann is part detective, part historian. Back when he worked in the county recorder’s office Lehmann began spending his lunch hours combing through film of public documents related to the airfield. He was interested in finding out how many people were lost here in the war effort. He started with death certificates, all recorded on film, not computerized. He looked at every death in Sonoma County between 1940 and 1946. Real time news reports of plane crashes and deaths were remarkably rare, he said. And if news stories did appear, the information was scant. Meanwhile, Alves had a

The Windsor Military Memorial Wall unveiled Saturday honors airmen killed in Sonoma County during World War II and Windsor residents who died serving in military conflict. bit of a head start thanks to early work by the late Harrison Rued. An aviation buff who was active with the Pacific Coast Air Museum, Rued had started building a list of names of men he believed either died flying out of the Santa Rosa airport who died in and around Sonoma County during World War II. From there, Alves hooked up with Lehmann and handed him her list. A partnership was born.

“I went to Steve 21 years ago when Harrison Rued gave me a partial list and I said, ‘Steve, I’m giving this to you, the museum needs to have this,’” she said. Lehmann linked his al-

ready underway sleuthing with the work done by Rued and continued the painstaking compilation and conﬁrmation of names. “That wall wouldn’t have a single name on it if it wasn’t for Steve and Harrison Rued,” Alves said. Ken Reiman, who was raised in Healdsburg but now lives in San Francisco, was there Saturday. There are two Reimans on the wall. He is named after one. His father named after the other. “It’s incredibly touching. I cried through half of the ceremony,” he said. “It’s very special to me.” Just seeing the names in stone, reading some of them for the assembled crowd got to Lehmann on Saturday. These names are

now familiar to him, after a quarter century of research. “It winds up being so personal,” he said. “One of the family members just handed me a letter that Louis Webber was sent by his sister who heard on the news that the D-Day invasion had begun and that the family all went to church to say a prayer that morning,” he said. “And he was killed that morning. It could have drawn me to my knees.” For Lehmann and Alves, the memorial is for the families who lost loved ones here, but it’s also for the rest of us. To live with and to learn from. “I think it’s for all of us,” Lehmann said. “I think there is a certain solace that family members can take but I think it’s for everybody to sit down and look at that and reflect on what every generation has gone through at some point.“ You can reach Staff Columnist Kerry Benefield at 707-526-8671 or kerry.benefield@pressdemocrat.com. On Twitter @benefield.

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ceptionalism.” It undermined trust in politicians who led the nation into a quicksand war; and in the military brass that cooked the books — deliberately undercounting enemy troops, and otherwise misleading a public that may have soured on the conﬂict far sooner, had it known the truth. The Vietnam War was a “profound debacle” that “should never have happened,” declares James Casey, a former Sonoma County prosecutor and decorated Army veteran who spilled much blood in that country. But men who knew better pulled America in. “And for that,” he says, “their souls are stained.” The war “shattered the central tenet of American national identity,” wrote historian Christian G. Appy in his 2015 book “American Reckoning” — “the broad faith that the United States is a unique force for good in the world, superior not only in its military and economic power, but in the quality of its government and institutions, the character and morality of its people, and its way of life.”

Rise of the ‘New Right’ Embedded in that same national identity, it turned out, was a fear of change — especially when it came to granting civil rights to people of color — and a preference for “law and order” political candidates espousing the belief that a lot of those longhairs and war protesters were commies. That explains how widespread anti-war sentiment spawned “a massive conservative backlash,” notes Charles Wollenberg, a Berkeley-based historian and academic. The Free Speech Movement that erupted at UC Berkeley in 1964 and swiftly spread to campuses across the country, “led to a kind of New Right, which continues to have so much inﬂuence today.” That counterreaction gave rise to a reconstituted right-wing movement that found its avatar in a former B-list actor named

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U.S. Navy personnel aboard the USS Blue Ridge push a helicopter into the sea off the coast of Vietnam on April 29, 1975, to make room for more evacuation flights from Saigon. The helicopter had carried Vietnamese people fleeing Saigon as North Vietnamese forces closed in on the capital. Ronald Reagan, who vowed during his 1966 campaign to be California’s governor, to “clean up the mess in Berkeley.” Running for president 14 years later, the Gipper encouraged citizens to cut the country some slack, when it came to the Vietnam War. “It is time we recognized that ours was, in truth, a noble cause,” he proclaimed to thunderous applause at a 1980 Veterans of Foreign Wars convention. “Morning in America,” as Reaganites referred to that time, was also the dawn of a decade that brought us such movies as “Uncommon Valor,” “Missing in Action” and “Rambo: First Blood Part II,” POW films that “offered a partial redemption of the Vietnam War,” according to Appy — “a chance to refight it with a clear objective, a just cause, and a triumphant ending.” The anti-war protests of the 1960s and ’70s were part of the larger counterculture movement, a

After returning from Vietnam, where he was badly wounded, Army 2nd Lt. James Casey spent 14 months at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where he underwent eight major surgeries. He made a full recovery, then went to college, and law school. After three decades as a prosecutor, he retired in 2011 from the Sonoma County District Attorney’s Ofﬁce. JAMES CASEY

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wounded himself. Casey was evacuated, his leg saved. After 14 months in Walter Reed Army Medical Center and eight major surgeries, he went to college, then law school. He and his wife, June, have four adult children. “I would not wish the burden of my war experience on anyone,” says Casey, who then adds, “Yet, ‘Blood-soaked land’ I would not give it up for If he squints hard anything.” enough, James Casey can see a similar through-line, ‘The country has from America’s decision never recovered’ The crucible of war, and to commit combat troops to Indochina, to its present the reflection in which he immersed himself during state of dysfunction. “Widespread distrust of his recovery, fostered emgovernment began with pathy, compassion and oththe war,” says Casey, 75, er qualities “deeply rooted who retired in 2011 from in me,” he believes, “in the Sonoma County Dis- large part due to the war.” One of those aspects is trict Attorney’s Office, “and it has only increased an unflinching honesty. Casey describes the conover time.” In the summer of 1968, flict that nearly claimed his he was a 20-year-old Army life as a catastrophe — a second lieutenant com- malign “comet that blazed manding a rifle platoon in into our heartland and detthe A Shau Valley, a major onated. The gaping crater conduit for North Viet- still smokes to this day.” While Casey doesn’t give namese soldiers and supplies along the Laotian bor- President John F. Kenneder, some 600 miles north dy a pass, he does point out that it was JFK’s sucof Saigon. Combat was fierce, fre- cessor, Lyndon Johnson, quent and intimate, Casey who “opened the door” recalls. “Often we and the to war, sending “tremenenemy were only feet and dous numbers of fighting yards apart. The American troops” into harm’s way. America went from people had no idea of the LBJ’s initial troop escalacarnage. “It was a blood-soaked tion “to pushing helicopters off of Navy ships a land.” Some of the blood was decade later,” says Casey his. Casey was critically — a reference to the chaotwounded on June 12, 1968, ic final days of the conflict, when an exploding mortar when choppers were evacshell sent him flying, man- uating people in 10-minute gling his right leg, among intervals from the roof of other injuries, and sever- the American embassy to waiting warships. ing his femoral artery. When some of those Educated by Jesuits, one of nine children from empty choppers began to an Irish Catholic family, clog the ship decks, they he swiftly recited the Hail were simply pushed overMary — in Latin — then board — “ignominy at its looked around for a weap- finest,” Casey says. “The country has never on. His life was saved by a recovered.” medic who put a clamp on the artery, despite being TURN TO VIETNAM » PAGE A8 on’s victory that November over Democratic presidential nominee Hubert Humphrey. “In a broad sense,” says Wollenberg, the Berkeley historian, “the conflict today between progressives and MAGA people goes all the way back to that era, of the ’60s and the Vietnam War.”

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“I do not recognize my country today. I have never seen it in such disarray — have never seen so many immoral people in positions of authority.” JAMES CASEY, Vietnam veteran and retired Sonoma County prosecutor

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Kyle Longley, a Chapman University professor of presidential history and author of LBJ's “1968: Power, Politics, and the Presidency in America's Year of Upheaval,” disputes the notion that Johnson was more hawkish than Kennedy. It was Kennedy, he notes, who in 1963 further entangled the U.S. by greenlighting a coup d’etat that led to the assassination of thenSouth Vietnamese leader Ngo Dinh Diem. (Kennedy would be shot dead in Dallas 20 days later.) “Johnson didn’t want any part of that war,” Longley says. “He wanted to focus on the war on poverty, wanted to focus on civil rights.” Treasure expended on that faraway conﬂict left fewer funds for the Great Society reforms that were closer to Johnson’s heart, Longley says. He can recite from memory much of this LBJ quotation lamenting the conundrum he faced: “If I left the woman I really love — the Great Society — to get involved in that bitch of a war on the other side of the world, then I would lose everything at home.” And so he did. The Tet Offensive, hundreds of coordinated surprise attacks by North Vietnamese soldiers and Viet Cong guerrillas in early 1968, exposed as ﬁction claims by Gen. William Westmoreland, and others, that the end of the war had “come into view.” Embattled and demoralized, Johnson announced in March of that year he would no longer seek his party’s nomination for president — thus opening

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. James Casey in 1968.

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A 1968 photo of James Casey that appeared in the Fort Benning (Georgia) Ofﬁcer Candidate School yearbook. The 20-year-old second lieutenant was placed in command of a riﬂe platoon in the A Shau Valley, a major conduit for North Vietnamese soldiers and supplies along the Laotian border, 600 miles north of Saigon. the door for Richard Milhous Nixon, who protracted America’s involvement in the war before resigning in disgrace in 1974, as the crimes of Watergate were exposed. Many of Nixon’s early crimes, Appy reminds us, “were linked to his effort to attack anti-war critics and keep his war policies secret.”

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in “What’s Going On,” “the American Dream has over time chased away the Vietnamese nightmare.” That’s a fair description of the arc of Queenie Tran, co-owner of the Queen Nail Spa in Windsor. She was born in 1974 in Rach Gia, a city on the Gulf of Thailand, 230 miles southwest of Saigon. When South Vietnam lost the war a year later, life was harsh for her and her family.

“We don’t have clothes, we don’t have shoes, we don’t have food,” she told the Press Democrat in 2019. Many of those who’d collaborated with the Americans were sent to prison camps, adds Michael, her husband. At 21, she moved to California, settling in San Jose. After a bad divorce, she found herself homeless. That’s when she met Michael, a native of Saigon

who’d come to America in 1984. They opened the Queen Nail Spa in 2010. For years, she and Michael collected food, clothing, toiletries and sleeping bags, distributing them every Friday night — after a full day’s work — at the Goodwill near Sebastopol and Stony Point roads. They closed the spa for two years, during the pandemic, to live with their sons in San Diego. Every Saturday afternoon, in a parking lot near Petco Park, Tran fed soup to people experiencing homelessness. Having been homeless herself, Tran has long heard and heeded the call to help others in need. It’s a sad irony that some of the people she’s fed and clothed through the years have been struggling veterans.

An unrecognizable America After he retired as a prosecutor, Casey spent nearly a decade providing pro bono legal services for veterans at Sonoma County Vet Connect, an outreach program for former

The fall of Saigon in 1975 launched an exodus that has changed the face of America, which is now home to 2.2 million people of Vietnamese descent, nearly 40% of whom are concentrated in California. For many of those immigrants, wrote Andrew Lam

military service members and their families. He has deep empathy for veterans, especially those who returned from Vietnam only to be met with “hostility” and “desecration.” Many fell into alcohol and substance abuse, he notes. Some became “professional veterans,” joining clubs and organizations and wearing clothes “all connected to the war.” Casey counts himself among the cohort of Vietnam vets who “did not see the war as the entirety of our lives. It was part of the fabric, to be sure, but not the entire cloth.” The Vietnam War changed the nation’s trajectory, and not for the better, he wrote in a recent email. “I do not recognize my country today. I have never seen it in such disarray — have never seen so many immoral people in positions of authority. “People once spoke, and listened to each other. That has disappeared. “We are no longer a Society. We are many Tribes of greedy, narcissistic, uncompassionate people.” He signed off with a sentence that can be read as both a declaration and plea: “Life has value only if one sees value in the lives of others.” You can reach Staff Writer Austin Murphy at austin. murphy@pressdemocrat. com or on Twitter @ausmurph88.

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Justine Malone, owner of Cast Away Yarn Shop in Santa Rosa’s Railroad Square, has lobbied for more retail space to help balance the draw to downtown. The local yarn shop, with its walls of colorful yarn for sale, craft supplies and gifts, has been a staple business in that area for more than 10 years.

CONTINUED FROM A1 closed after 43 years of business because of the decline in foot traffic and consumer preference for bigbox stores or Amazon. The owner, Jenny DeYoung, moved her design company online. But other businesses, mostly dining, have either recently opened or have plans to open in the next few years.

What research shows The Santa Rosa Economic Development Quarterly Report from July found that despite economic recovery from the height of the pandemic, retail vacancy rates in Sonoma County rose slightly since the third quarter of 2022. We previously reported data from commercial real estate ﬁrm Keegan & Coppin that found that vacancy rates for downtown rose to around 21% in 2023. The economic development quarterly report, which also used ﬁndings from Keegan & Coppin, found that while North Bay retail continues to face challenges, including changes in consumer spending habits, essential retail such as grocery stores or restaurants continue to see an increase in demand. A grocery store could be in the future for downtown Santa Rosa after the city agreed to enter into negotiations with developer Hugh Futrell and affordable housing developer Burbank Housing, who submitted a joint proposal that includes a grocery market and child care facility. City of Santa Rosa Chief Financial Officer Alan Alton said sales tax for downtown has held steady over the last decade at 11% of the overall sales tax revenue the city collects. Sales tax sank to a low 6% during the second quarter of 2020, at the height of the pandemic, and has slowly made its way back to pre-pandemic levels. Many business owners and residents wonder why neighboring cities such as Healdsburg, Petaluma and Sonoma seem to have more vibrant downtowns and appear more successful than downtown Santa Rosa. Economic development department director Raissa de la Rosa said there are multiple factors that differentiate Santa Rosa from neighboring Sonoma County cities. “Ideally, you want a good mix of restaurants, retail and services (in downtown),” she said. “Some factors in our downtown don’t exist anywhere else.” De la Rosa is referring to a number of amenities and services such as homelessness resource centers and the multiple federal and local government offices housed in downtown Santa Rosa. “We (Santa Rosa) were developed differently than Healdsburg, Petaluma or Sonoma,” de la Rosa said. “They don’t have a freeway that got built through their downtown, but what it did allow is for the two areas of downtown (Courthouse Square and Railroad Square) to develop uniquely.”

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Lewis Deng, owner of House of Botanicals, wants to see new businesses downtown. He says it’s not attractive to visitors. walking to their cars at night. She notes there are the customers who leave the store when someone experiencing homelessness comes in, or they leave to put more money in the meter to avoid a ticket. “Most of the homeless people are super cool and I always say hi, but then there are people that struggle with a mental health issue, and I think that’s where things start to become scary for employees,” Hudlin said. “Out of all of our locations, our Santa Rosa location seems a little more unsafe... but overall, our Santa Rosa store does do very well.” While many have noted lower foot traffic, businesses are still hopeful for continued success downtown. Mercedes Hernandez, owner of Holee Vintage on Fourth Street in Courthouse Square and founder of the craft market for millennial-owned businesses The SoCo Market , felt downtown needed new businesses to restore it to the “hot spot” it once was.

She applauds the city’s efforts to bring people, especially youth, back downtown. “Having events (like the SoCo Market) and things like that has definitely helped and I know a lot of businesses benefit,” Hernandez said. “I think we’re heading in the right direction as far as putting downtown Santa Rosa as a destination that people want to visit again.” Keven Brown, owner of longtime gift and stationery store Corrick’s near the corner of Fourth and D Streets, is optimistic. After nearly 31 years as owner, he’s watched downtown go through ebbs and flows and feels that the events and current lineup of businesses have brought young people to downtown. But he feels that communication of downtown projects and advertising of city-held events is minimal and there needs to be more to encourage new visitors to explore the area. Other downtown Santa Rosa business owners

share the same optimism as Scott, Hernandez and Brown. They believe bringing a range of new businesses will help bring back foot traffic and that housing will encourage more activity downtown. But other business owners are much less sanguine. Lewis Deng, owner of urban plant shop House of Botanicals, agrees that new kinds of business will help bring foot traffic downtown but feels downtown isn’t attractive for tourists and visitors. He said his business on D Street in Courthouse Square doesn’t get a lot of foot traffic and that most of his customers ﬁnd him through his social media marketing efforts, especially the store’s Instagram, which has a hefty 15,800 followers. Cupcake children’s boutique owner Jenny Romeyn share’s Deng’s opinion. She moved her business to Montgomery Village back in March after 18 years of operating in downtown Santa Rosa. Romeyn

said she felt like discussion around change downtown was just that: mostly talk with little action. “I realized at some point, it was like running on a hamster wheel and never getting anywhere,” Romeyn said. “I saw so much potential for downtown and I thought I’d be able to have a hand in changing it and ﬁxing it up because I do think it could be amazing.”

Two squares divided When Jenny DeYoung spoke with The Press Democrat back in March, she said the lack of foot traffic and promotion for Railroad Square contributed to her decision to close her costume rental shop Disguise the Limit. She said the efforts to bring people to the area have only been met with more hurdles, and lack of promotion for Railroad Square keeps tourists and visitors away. “The location here is really poor in the sense that the division of Fourth

Homeless, lack of free parking deterrents A number of downtown business owners contacted by The Press Democrat said the presence of people experiencing homelessness and the lack of free parking have had an impact on both attracting customers and retaining employees. Cristina Hudlin, co-owner of clothing boutique Ooh La Luxe, said her employees at their downtown Santa Rosa location have to either park at the mall or the business has to pay an extra monthly fee for employees to park in a parking lot, an expense the business doesn’t have to BETH SCHLANKER / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT, 2021 pay for its other locations. Her employees also say Mercedes Hernandez, owner of Holee Vintage and the founder of The SoCo Market, says downtown Santa Rosa needs new they feel uncomfortable businesses that draw a younger crowd that will restore the area as a “hot spot.”

Street in Santa Rosa really confuses the tourists and hurts our local economy,” DeYoung said, referring to planning and construction decisions to build the Santa Rosa Plaza shopping mall, elevate Highway 101 and create parking lots underneath it in the middle of downtown. “There’s no promotion of this area.” While Railroad Square is considered within the boundaries of downtown Santa Rosa, business owners feel they are overlooked when it comes to input on downtown issues or receiving city support. Kris Wilson, executive director for the Historic Railroad Square Association, added that there’s always been a perceived separation between Old Courthouse Square and Railroad Square, something she actively wants to change. She said the association plans to work more with Santa Rosa Plaza shopping mall and the Downtown Action District to create solutions on easier flow between the two parts of downtown when the mall closes in the evening. Railroad Square’s The Batcave Comics & Toys owner Mike Holbrook feels much of the focus on bringing people downtown is on Courthouse Square and that parking and decisions made by the city government, such as bringing back the paid parking, are hurting downtown. “People aren’t spending as much money and it’s made it a struggle for our downtown Santa Rosa shop,” he said. Justine Malone, owner of Cast Away Yarn Shop on Fourth Street, feels that Railroad Square has taken a turn for the better over the last six months. She said the new businesses, restaurants and events over the summer have brought interest back to the area allowing people to feel more safe. A further look into safety efforts in downtown Santa Rosa will be explored later in this series. But she shares Wilson and DeYoung’s view on downtown separation and wants to see more city held events in Railroad Square. She said many residents felt the neighborhood wasn’t a safe place to walk, but as the association has ramped up efforts to improve the district, she feels that narrative doesn’t fit anymore. “It seems like Railroad Square is playing second fiddle to what the city prioritizes,” Malone said. “We could really use the city’s help in overcoming that stigma.” You can reach Staff Writer Sara Edwards at 707-5215487 or sara.edwards@ pressdemocrat. com. On Twitter @sedwards380.

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Outreach worker Chessy Etheridge speaks with Rose Lang, in purple, Tuesday on the Joe Rodota Trail in Santa Rosa. At right, outreach worker Gio Ramirez makes a mental checklist of which residents need sleeping bags.

Rose Lang waits patiently Tuesday to talk with an outreach worker from Sonoma Applied Village Services at an encampment on the Joe Rodota Trail below Highway 12 in Santa Rosa.

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CONTINUED FROM A1 homeless has recently had to use her personal savings to cover her payroll costs. At Santa Rosa Treatment Program, which provides services to people addicted to opiates, CEO Lee Tillman has had to take out hundreds of thousands of dollars in bank loans to cover his payroll costs and other bills. Last week, Lauby penned a desperate letter to the county administrator, Christina Rivera, and the five elected county supervisors. “This has become ridiculous!” she wrote. “Please. Please. We need to be paid.” The Press Democrat reached out to three supervisors to ask about the concerns providers were expressing. Supervisor Susan Gorin told a reporter to direct questions to health department director Tina Rivera, who is not related to Christina Rivera. “I’m not responsible for contracts or payments,” Gorin said. The board of supervisors is the top governing body in Sonoma County, charged with oversight of county government including the health department. Rivera, like all agency heads, reports to the board. In a statement to The Press Democrat, Tina Rivera, a former nonprofit director herself, expressed sympathy for the struggling organizations and pointed to staffing shortages plaguing her department and the county more broadly. “I have experienced these challenges and felt the frustration and fear these providers are expressing,” Rivera wrote. “To that end, I am working diligently with my department in the midst of a 32% vacancy rate in my administration division to move this critical work forward. My commitment and priority has and is to ensure that contracts are executed timely and payments are submitted for processing appropriately.” Board chair Chris Coursey said he was looking into the problem. In the last week, he said, he’s expressed concerns to both the health department director and county administrator. He is hopeful county staff can smooth out the payment process without formal direction from the board, he said, though he noted that if the answer does lie in more staff or resources to accounting divisions, then supervisors will have to weigh in. Many of those organizations “are living on a shoestring and their employees are living on a shoestring,” Coursey said. “If we can’t get them paid in a reasonable time then we damage their ability to do the work we need them to do. It falls back on our laps.” In a response provided by the health department’s fiscal staff, county spokesperson Matt Brown in some cases differed from nonprofit directors on the amounts that were owed. But on the whole, fiscal staff pointed to a series of bureaucratic steps as the reason behind the lack of swift payment. But nonprofit directors say the current delays are

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Chessy Etheridge, the lead outreach worker with Sonoma Applied Village Services, speaks with Alfred Anderson, a Karuk/Shasta Native American, at the encampment Tuesday on the Joe Rodota Trail below Highway 12 in Santa Rosa. At left, outreach worker Gio Ramirez gets contact information from a resident of the encampment. beyond the normal realm of bureaucratic delays. And Lauby wasn’t the first person to flag the issue for the supervisors in recent weeks. On Oct. 10, Jack Tibbetts, the director of St. Vincent de Paul, told supervisors the county owed his organization — which has for four years operated the Los Guilicos Village in the Sonoma Valley, a critical transitional housing site for the county’s homeless — as much as $700,000. Payment problems have persisted throughout St. Vincent’s partnership with the county, according to his letter. “It was not uncommon for the County to be in arrears for reimbursements for five to six months at a time,” Tibbetts wrote, often in amounts greater than $500,000. “Currently, the County has not remitted payment for months, plus other reimbursements from the 2022/2023 fiscal year, and our total

saying that while from Rohnert Park. She re“We can’t sacriﬁce our processes. providers new contracts were being cently lent SHARE $12,000 prepared, payments would from her own savings to We have to make sure all the still continue. meet payroll. “Please be assured that The late county paypaperwork is there.” there will not be a lapse in ments also mean SHARE is DAVID RABBITT, Sonoma County supervisor

accounts receivable has now exceeded $700,000,” he wrote. That money is “currently in the disbursement process,” county officials told The Press Democrat. Center Point DAAC, the largest county-funded provider of drug and alcohol treatment services for low and no-income residents, is also in discussions with the county about what it is owed. The nonproﬁt has yet to be reimbursed for between $600,000 and $800,000 in services it has delivered since July, said Michael O’Brien, the nonproﬁt’s regional director. “And we’re continuing to hear additional excuses on this,” he said. Ahead of the board of

supervisors’ Oct. 17 meeting, county officials published the initial ﬁndings of an outside consultant, Civic Initiatives, which found local government procurement and contracting processes lacking. Among the consultant’s conclusions were that the county has challenges paying contractors in a timely manner, something that harms small and minority-owned businesses in particular. Each year, the county establishes the rates it will pay service providers for their services and renegotiates and renews their contracts for the coming ﬁscal year. At the beginning of June, a county health department official wrote to

service or payment to those services while we are preparing your new contract,” read the letter from the Department of Health Services to one provider, who asked not to be identiﬁed because they did not want to anger the county while it still owed them money. But providers say that turned out to be false, and payments did lapse. “I have not received one dime this entire ﬁscal year,” Appleton, at SHARE Sonoma County said. “And now, we're at four months. And I have no idea what the status is.” Appleton said her organization — which has a county contract to house residents of homeless encampments such as on the Joe Rodota Trail — is owed about $100,000 and is only making it by due to grants

Lisa McIntyre, an outreach manager with Sonoma Applied Village Services, makes contact with a man giving out water Tuesday at an encampment on the Joe Rodota Trail in Santa Rosa. Chessy Etheridge, a lead outreach worker, gives information to Alfred Anderson, a Karuk/Shasta Native American.

struggling to pay for properties it leases to house people who are homeless; currently there are more than 80 people in those properties, all receiving supportive services. Appleton and Lauby say the late payments caught them by surprise, because in previous years — when their contracts with the county came through the Community Development Commission, which directed homelessness services operations — payments were timely. But in January, in a major reorganization, responsibility for homelessness services was moved to the county’s Department of Health Services. “I never ever had a problem the previous ﬁscal years,” Appleton said. “We had a system down and it worked really well for us. I did not anticipate this transition.” Lauby said: “This is totally different from anything we’ve ever experienced, and this is the ﬁrst year that our contracts have come through the health department.” In previous years, both she and Appleton said, the wait was typically no longer than two months. Santa Rosa Treatment Program’s contract with the county has for nearly three decades been with the Department of Health Services through its behavioral health division. Tillman says he has had the same problem with the late county payments since about 2017. “It’s without rhyme or reason. We're at Oct. 31 and I haven't been paid for four months,” Tillman said. “So I've had to borrow $350,000, and I'm going to have to borrow another $100,000 to make payroll and pay bills before I get TURN TO UNPAID » PAGE A11

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“I’ve had to borrow $350,000, and I’m going to have to borrow another $100,000 to make payroll and pay bills before I get any reimbursement from the county.” LEE TILLMAN, chief executive officer of Santa Rosa Treatment Program

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CONTINUED FROM A10 any reimbursement from the county.” He added: “Fortunately, I have a good relationship with my bank, but I mean, being out of pocket for $350,000, that ain't no joke.” Tillman said that the delays are especially baffling to him because the money he is owed is from MediCal funds — the state’s version of Medicaid, the insurance program for low-income Americans — and the county is merely responsible for passing the state funds through to his organization. “So them holding it up is, you know, unconscionable. It's almost immoral,” he said. Tina Rivera, who became health department director in February 2022 after serving nine months as interim director and before that serving as assistant director since January 2020, has addressed payment delays and contracting issues before. In December of that year, she told The Press Democrat she sought to address chronic backlogs in processing MediCal expenses. The county also struggled at the time to execute timely contracts with its providers — issues that well preceded her taking the health department’s helm. This week, she described it as a difficult problem to ﬁx. “Turning this ‘ship’ around had been extremely challenging in the midst of the impacts of compounding crises and urgent initiatives coupled with department wide vacancies … particularly capacity issues in administration,” she wrote. Nonproﬁts working on government contracts

should be equipped to carry expenses for a month or two, Supervisor David Rabbitt said, because of the considerable paperwork and checks and balances involved. It was Rabbitt’s understanding that some of the slow payments fall on the part of the nonprofits, not the county, he said. “We can’t sacrifice our processes,” he said. “We have to make sure all the paperwork is there.” As federal and state dollars flooded into the county to respond to the pandemic, the number of nonprofits working with the county grew, Rabbitt said. He questioned if some of them were learning “there’s a reason they haven’t been doing this kind of work.” Even one of the county’s most established, bigger homeless services provider is beginning to feel the pinch, however. County payments to Catholic Charities, the largest provider of homelessness services in the North Bay, usually run 30 to 60 days behind, but are now 90 days behind, JennieLynn Holmes, the nonprofit’s CEO, told The Press Democrat. “Where we are currently we have enough where we are able to front the expenses until we can get reimbursed, but we can't wait long for reimbursement,” Holmes said. “Anything that takes too long becomes a crisis for us too. “But it is absolutely vital that we do not discontinue any services because at the end of the day, that means people's lives,” she said. That’s true across the board, demonstrated by nonprofit directors taking nerve-wracking measures to keep their operations going while all eyes shift to the county. “The bottom line is the county has a bank account

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Lisa McIntyre, left, with Gio Ramirez, both from Sonoma Applied Village Services, bring a sleeping bag Tuesday to a resident of an encampment on the Joe Rodota Trail below Highway 12 in Santa Rosa. Chessy Etheridge, the lead outreach worker with Sonoma Applied Village Services, makes contact with residents of an encampment on the Joe Rodota Trail on Tuesday in Santa Rosa.

full of money. I certainly hope it does, and I'm sure it does,” Lauby said. “And, you know, we're sitting

there with $1,000 left in our very wrong with that.” bank account and $100,000 in money that should be You can reach Staff Writer coming to us. Something is Andrew Graham at 707-

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ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

“The whole region is sinking in a sea of hatred that will deﬁne generations.” AYMAN SAFADI, Jordanian foreign minister, calling for an immediate cease-ﬁre in the Israel-Hamas war.

No cease-fire in sight Arab partners, U.S. disagree on need for Israel to halt ﬁghting By NAJIB JOBAIN, BASSEM MROUE AND CARA ANNA ASSOCIATED PRESS

RAFAH, Gaza Strip he United States and Arab partners disagreed Saturday on the need for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip as Israeli military strikes killed civilians at a U.N. shelter and a hospital, and Israel said the besieged enclave’s Hamas rulers were “encountering the full force” of its troops. Large columns of smoke rose as Israel’s military said it had encircled Gaza City, the initial target of its offensive to crush Hamas. Gaza’s Health Ministry has said more than 9,400 Palestinians have been killed in the territory in nearly a month of war, and that number is likely to rise as the assault continues. “Anyone in Gaza City is risking their life,” Israel’s Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant said. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Arab foreign ministers in Jordan a day after talks in Israel with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who insisted there could be no temporary ceasefire until all hostages held by Hamas are released. Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said Arab countries want an immediate cease-fire, saying “the whole region is sinking in a sea of hatred that will define generations to come.” Blinken, however, said “it is our view now that a cease-fire would simply leave Hamas in place, able to regroup and repeat what it did on Oct. 7.” He said humanitarian pauses can be critical in protecting civilians, getting aid in and getting foreign nationals out, “while still enabling Israel to achieve its objective, the defeat of Hamas.” As he left church in Delaware on Sunday, U.S. President Joe Biden hinted at progress in efforts to convince Israel to agree to a humanitarian pause, responding “Yes,” to reporters’ questions about any forward movement on the subject. He did not elaborate. Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan told reporters in Beirut that Blinken “should stop the aggression and should not come up with ideas that cannot be implemented.” The spokesman of the Hamas military wing, who goes by Abu Obeida,

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Fellow journalists carry the body of Palestinian TV journalist Mohammed Abu Hatab through the streets of Khan Younis on Friday in the southern Gaza Strip. Hatab was killed along with 11 of his family members when their home was hit by an Israeli bombardment, .

U.S. outlines steps for Israel to cut civilian casualties By ADAM ENTOUS AND ERIC SCHMITT NEW YORK TIMES

TEL AVIV, Israel .S. officials said they have privately outlined several steps to Israel to reduce civilian casualties in its military campaign in the Gaza Strip, including using smaller bombs, when going after Hamas leaders and infrastructure. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday during a

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An Israeli woman calling for a cease-ﬁre in the Gaza Strip is comforted by another protester Saturday after an argument with a right-wing Israeli in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Thousands across U.S. protest Israel’s retaliation in Gaza By ALAN BLINDER AND KAYLA GUO NEW YORK TIMES

WASHINGTON housands of demonstrators ﬁlled the streets of Washington and other cities across America on Saturday to protest the scope and scale of Israel’s retaliation in the Gaza Strip for last month’s terrorist assault by Hamas. Saturday’s marches, organized in cities including New York; Nashville, Tennessee; Cincinnati; Las Vegas; and San

Francisco, extended a stretch of loud calls for a cease-ﬁre and lifting of the siege, following vast demonstrations a week ago in Asian and European capitals. Most Americans express support for Israel in its ﬁght against Hamas, but as Israel escalates attacks on Gaza, U.S. support for Palestinian civilians has surged as well. In a poll released by Quinnipiac University on Thursday, 84% of voters said they were concerned that the United States would be drawn militarily into the Middle East

conﬂict. Nonetheless, a 51% majority supported sending more military aid to Israel for their campaign against Hamas, and 71% supported humanitarian assistance for Palestinian civilians in Gaza. The demonstrations Saturday reﬂected the constellation of causes and groups that have long connected themselves to Palestinian politics, including student organizations, labor unions and anti-war campaigns. In Washington, the number of attendees was not clear Sat-

urday afternoon, but the streets swelled with demonstrators, and the crowd was dense. Some of the areas of the rally were rowdy, while others were more sedate. At one spot, a man wearing a Palestinian ﬂag as a cape climbed up a traffic light and yelled, “Free, free Palestine!” to a drumbeat below. A calmer segment of protesters sat quietly at the World War I Memorial, holding up signs and Palestinian ﬂags and looking on at Freedom Plaza, where chants and cheers abounded.

Can humanities survive more budget cuts? EDUCATION » With focus on ﬁnancial value, some auditors suggest slashing programs with less proﬁt By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS NEW YORK TIMES

The state auditor of Mississippi recently released an eightpage report suggesting that the state should invest more in college degree programs that could “improve the value they provide to both taxpayers and graduates.”

That means state appropriations should focus more on engineering and business programs, said Shad White, the auditor, and less on liberal arts majors like anthropology, women’s studies and German language and literature. Those graduates not only earn less, White said, but they are also less likely to stay in

Mississippi. More than 60% of anthropology graduates leave to find work, he said. “If I were advising my kids, I would say first and foremost, you have to find a degree program that combines your passion with some sort of practical skill that the world actually needs,” White said in an interview. (He has three small children, far from college age.) For years, economists and more than a few worried parents have argued over whether

a liberal arts degree is worth the price. The debate now seems to be over, and the answer is “no.” Not only are public officials, such as White, questioning state support for the humanities, a growing number of universities, often aided by outside consultants, are now putting many cherished departments — art history, American studies — on the chopping block. They say they are facing headwinds, including students who are ﬂeeing to majors more closely aligned

to employment. West Virginia University recently sent layoff notices to 76 people, including 32 tenured faculty members, as part of its decision to cut 28 academic programs — many in areas such as languages, landscape architecture and the arts. Several other public institutions have announced or proposed cuts to programs, largely in the humanities, including the TURN TO HUMANITIES » PAGE B6

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Judge: Teacher shot by 6-year-old can sue An elementary school teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in a classroom in Virginia can move forward with a $40 million lawsuit against the school district, a judge ruled Friday. Lawyers for the district, Newport News Public Schools, have tried to block the lawsuit, which accuses it of gross negligence, and said that the first-grade teacher, Abigail Zwerner, should only be eligible for workers’ compensation. Judge Matthew Hoffman of Newport News Circuit Court said Zwerner’s injuries “did not arise out of her employment,” making her eligible for more than workers’ compensation. “The danger of being shot by a student is not one that is peculiar or unique to the job of a first-grade teacher,” Hoffman wrote in his ruling. The boy fired a single shot at Zwerner, 26, in January while she was teaching at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, about 70 miles southeast of Richmond.

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Maine shooter was likely alive for search

People rally during a Pro-Palestinian demonstration Saturday in Washington.

The assailant who fled after killing 18 people and injuring 13 others at a bar and a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, last month was most likely alive during much of the sprawling two-day search that forced thousands of residents throughout the region to remain in their homes. The assailant, Robert R. Card II, 40, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound eight to 12 hours before his body was found in a trailer at a recycling plant where he once worked, the Maine medical examiner’s office said Friday, meaning it is likely he was alive during much of the search. It remains unclear whether Card was hiding in the recycling plant trailer the entire time after the shooting, or if he went there later, but the time estimate suggests that the lockdown in and around Lewiston was justified. Law enforcement and other officials have faced scrutiny over the search, in part because they searched the recycling plant, Maine Recycling, twice without finding Card. It was during a third sweep on Oct. 27 — two days after the shootings — that they also searched for the first time an adjacent dirt parking lot used by the company.

spreading brush fire in the East Poplar Road and Kyles Creek Road areas of Henderson County, south of Asheville, Saturday afternoon. Henderson County government officials issued this bulletin on Facebook: “The public is being encouraged to avoid the areas of Kyles Creek Road, East Poplar Drive, Green Mountain Road, Rhodes Road and any neighborhoods that connect off those roads to allow fire crews to operate safely.” Two structures sustained “minimal damage,” officials said. Meanwhile, parched conditions spread a nearly twoweek-old wildfire in Cherokee County, rangers said Saturday. The Collett Ridge Fire, 4 miles south of the town of Andrews, has grown to 677 acres, according to an 11 a.m. U.S. Forest Service update.

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At least 128 killed in Nepal earthquake

At least 128 people have died in a strong earthquake in Nepal, according to police in the capital Kathmandu, with dozens more injured. Mountain wildfires prompt evacuations A representative of the local administration in the A 200-acre brush fire led to evacuations in the North Jajarkot district, near the epicenter of the quake, said Carolina mountains on Saturday, while another wildfire the number of victims is likely to rise. prompted a Code Orange air quality alert, emergency Confirmed figures on deaths or injuries from some officials said. other parts of the mountainous region were not initialFirefighters from local departments and the North ly available. Carolina Forest Service were battling the rapidly According to measurements by the National Earth-

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visit to Israel that he had spoken to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about “concrete steps” that the United States believes Israel could and should take to minimize civilian deaths, a message he repeated Saturday in Jordan after meeting with Arab leaders who demanded an immediate cease-fire. Blinken said Israel could put in place the U.S. recommendations “while still achieving its objectives of finding and finishing Hamas terrorists.” Blinken did not specify in his remarks what those

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“concrete steps” entailed, and his spokesperson, Matthew Miller, declined to comment on them. But U.S. officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the meetings were private, said there have been a number of conversations in which they have advised their Israeli counterparts to take a more deliberate approach in their operations. U.S. officials told the Israelis that they could reduce civilian casualties if they improved how they targeted Hamas leaders, gathered more intelligence

on Hamas command and control networks before launching strikes, used smaller bombs to collapse the tunnel network and employed ground forces to separate civilian population centers from where militants are concentrated. The Americans say Israel’s forceful response to the attack by Hamas on Oct. 7, in which more than 1,400 people were killed and more than 200 were taken hostage, reﬂects the importance it places on reestablishing deterrence against attacks from adversaries in the region. The Israeli military’s aura of power was shaken by the attack, officials say. The unfolding humanitarian crisis in Gaza,

where the Hamas-run health ministry says more than 9,400 people have been killed, has provoked outrage in the region, in the United States and around the world, leading the Biden administration to be more vocal in saying that Israel has to do more to protect civilians. Blinken urged Israel to agree to a series of pauses in the fighting to facilitate the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza and the exit of foreign nationals from the enclave, but Netanyahu rebuffed the idea, saying any pauses would be contingent on the release of all Israeli hostages. In the first two weeks of the war, roughly 90% of the munitions Isra-

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quake Monitoring Center, or NEMRC, the quake had a magnitude of 6.4 and occurred at 11:47 p.m. (1802 GMT) on Friday. The U.S. Geological Survey put the magnitude at 5.6. The area experienced at least three aftershocks in the following hour with a magnitude of at least 4.2. The quake was also felt in the north of neighboring India, including in the capital New Delhi, the Times of India and other Indian media reported. The Himalayan region, where Nepal is located, is geologically extremely active.

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China accuses U.S. of aiding provocations China accused the U.S. of encouraging provocations by other countries in the South China Sea as the superpowers met for “candid” talks on maritime issues on Friday, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The Chinese officials also expressed “serious concerns” over other aspects of U.S. behavior, including increased regional military deployment and “close reconnaissance,” the ministry said in a statement on Saturday. The talks reﬂect stepped-up bilateral exchanges in recent months to ease tensions. The countries exchanged views on topics including maritime security, the economy and environment in a constructive manner, the ministry said. Both sides called for better communication and management of the maritime situation to prevent misunderstanding and misjudgment, it said. — Press Democrat news services

el dropped in Gaza were satellite-guided bombs of 1,000 to 2,000 pounds, according to a senior U.S. military official. The rest were 250-pound small-diameter bombs. Asked about the U.S. request to use smaller bombs, a spokesperson for the Israeli military, Maj. Nir Dinar, said: “We don’t comment on munitions and our conversations with allies.” Israel used at least two 2,000-pound bombs during an airstrike Tuesday on Jabaliya, a dense area just north of Gaza City, according to experts and an analysis conducted by The New York Times of satellite images, photos and videos. U.S. military officials say the smaller bombs are better suited to the dense urban environments of Gaza. But Israel has over the years built up stocks of larger bombs, originally intended to target hardened Hezbollah military positions in Lebanon. The United States is now trying to send more of the smaller bombs to Israel, said the senior military ofﬁcial. If the United States can get those smaller munitions to Israel, U.S. officials hope they can help Israel mitigate the risk to civilians. U.S. officials believe the less judicious Israel is, and the greater the Palestinian death toll, the more quickly pressure will build on its leaders to end the military operation. A more targeted campaign, U.S. officials tell them, could go on for longer and do more sustained damage to Hamas’ military wing. “We do our best to destroy Hamas only, without harming the civilians,” said Iddo Ben-Anat, a deputy brigade commander leading part of the Israeli invasion of Gaza. Arab leaders met with Blinken in Amman, Jordan, on Saturday, and demanded an immediate cease-ﬁre, increasing pressure on the Biden administration to do more to rein in the Israeli campaign.

But Blinken publicly rebuffed the idea, saying, “It’s our view that a ceasefire now would simply leave Hamas in place, and able to regroup and repeat what it did on Oct. 7.” Democratic lawmakers and terrorism experts have said the higher the civilian casualty toll, the greater the resentment that will build in Gaza, resentment that Hamas can use to build more support. Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, an Iraq War veteran, said America’s biggest mistake in that conflict was trying to provide “military solutions to fundamentally political problems.” “Israel is not going to win their war against Hamas, which they have every right to fight, by military means alone,” Moulton said. “And often the wrong military means, like bombs that kill too many civilians, make the political endgame harder to reach.” At the news conference in Tel Aviv, Blinken appeared to obliquely acknowledge that risk, arguing that while Hamas needed to be defeated “physically,” the international community needed to ensure that Hamas does not gain more followers in the process. Blinken said Hamas must be fought not just with military might, but also with “a better future, with a better vision” for the Palestinian people. “Because in the absence of that, even after Hamas, those who sing the siren song of nihilism will find open ears,” Blinken said. Changing Israel’s approach is a crucial priority for the Biden administration. Blinken’s public comments that “we provided Israel advice that only the best of friends can offer on how to minimize civilian deaths” underscored the shift in the administration’s position. U.S. officials say their private messages to the Israelis have been more blunt.

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CONTINUED FROM B1 said in a speech that fighters had destroyed 24 Israeli vehicles and inflicted casualties in the past two days. Egyptian officials said they and Qatar were proposing humanitarian pauses for six to 12 hours daily to allow aid in and casualties to be evacuated. They were also asking for Israel to release a number of women and elderly prisoners in exchange for hostages, suggestions Israel seemed unlikely to accept. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the press on the discussions. Israel has repeatedly demanded that northern Gaza’s 1.1 million residents flee south, and on Saturday it offered a three-hour window for residents to do so. An Associated Press journalist on the road, however, saw nobody coming. The head of the government media office in Gaza, Salama Maarouf, said no one went south because the Israeli military had damaged the road. But Israel asserted that Hamas “exploited” the window to move south and attack its forces. There was no immediate Hamas comment on that claim, which was impossible to verify. Some Palestinians said they didn’t flee because they feared Israeli bombardment. “We don’t trust them,” said Mohamed Abed, who sheltered with his wife and children on the grounds of al-Shifa hospital, one of thousands of Palestinians seeking safety at medical centers in the north. Swaths of residential neighborhoods in northern Gaza have been leveled in airstrikes. U.N. monitors say more than half of northern Gaza’s remaining residents, estimated at around 300,000, are sheltering in U.N.-run facilities. But deadly Israeli strikes have also repeatedly hit and damaged those shelters. The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees has said it has lost contact with many in the north. On Saturday, two strikes hit a U.N. school sheltering thousands just north of Gaza City, killing several people in tents in the schoolyard and women who were baking bread inside the building, according to the U.N.

THESE NUMBERS SHOW THE STAGGERING TOLL OF THE LATEST ISRAEL-HAMAS CONFLICT The latest Israel-Hamas war has quickly become the deadliest and most destructive of the five wars fought between the sides since Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip in 2007 from the Palestinian Authority. The fighting erupted on Oct. 7 when Hamas carried out a surprise attack in southern Israel. Since then, Israel has relentlessly pounded the Gaza Strip with airstrikes that have wrought unprecedented destruction, flattening entire neighborhoods. Here’s a look in numbers at the toll of the war as of Nov. 4, sourced from the Gaza Health Ministry and Israeli officials, as well as international observers and aid groups:

9,227

23,516

At least 241

144

2,200

1,400

5,400

421

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The number of Palestinians killed in Gaza. The number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank. The number of people killed in Israel. The number of Israeli soldiers killed since the start of the ground offensive.

The number of Palestinians injured in Gaza. The number of Palestinians injured in the West Bank. The number of Israelis injured. The number of Israelis displaced.

1.4 million+

The number of soldiers and civilians being held hostage in Gaza. The number of hostages released or rescued. The number of aid trucks let into Gaza.

33,960

The number of residential units destroyed in Gaza.

The number of Palestinians displaced in Gaza.

Sources: Associated Press reports, Gaza Health Ministry, Israeli military, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Palestinian Red Crescent.

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Palestinians look at the destruction Saturday after Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip in Khan Younis. agency. Initial reports indicated that 20 people were killed, said spokeswoman Juliette Touma. The health ministry in Gaza said 15 people were killed at the school and another 70 wounded. Also Saturday, two people were killed in a strike by the gate of al-Nasser Hospital in Gaza City, according to Medhat Abbas, health ministry spokesman. And a strike hit near the entrance to the emergency ward of al-Quds Hospital in Gaza City, injuring at least 21, the Palestinian Red Crescent said. The World Health Organization called attacks on health care in Gaza “unacceptable.” Also hit was the family home of Hamas’ exiled leader Ismail Hani-

yeh in the Shati refugee camp on the northern edge of Gaza City, according to the Hamas-run media office in Gaza. It had no immediate details on damage or casualties. Israel has continued bombing in the south, saying it is striking Hamas targets. An airstrike early Saturday destroyed a home in the southern town of Khan Younis, with ﬁrst responders pulling three bodies and six injured people from the rubble. Among those killed was a child, according to an AP cameraman at the scene. “The sound of explosions never stops,” said Raed Mattar, who was sheltering in a school in Khan Younis after ﬂeeing the north.

At least 1,115 Palestinian dual nationals and wounded have exited Gaza into Egypt, but on Saturday authorities in Gaza didn’t allow foreign passport holders to leave because Israel was preventing the evacuation of Palestinian patients for treatment in Egypt, said Wael Abu Omar, a spokesman for the Palestinian Crossings Authority. The U.N. said about 1.5 million people in Gaza, or 70% of the population, have ﬂed their homes. Food, water and the fuel needed for generators that power hospitals and other facilities is running out. Anger over the war and civilian deaths in Gaza sparked large demonstrations in Paris, Washington, London, Pakistan and elsewhere on Saturday. “Against apartheid, free Palestinians,” a banner in Rome read. Turkey said it was recalling its ambassador to Israel for consultations, and Turkish media reported that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he could no longer speak to Netanyahu in light of the bombardment. Thousands of Israelis protested outside Netanyahu’s official residence in Jerusalem, urging him to resign and calling for the return of roughly 240 hostages held by Hamas. Netanyahu has refused to take responsibility for the Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel that killed more than 1,400 people. “I ﬁnd it difficult to understand why trucks with humanitarian aid are going to monsters,” said

Ella Ben Ami, whose parents were abducted. She called for aid to be halted until the hostages are released. Thousands of people also joined a demonstration of hostages’ families in Tel Aviv. Air raid sirens sounded Saturday evening in southern Israel as Hamas launched rockets into Ashkelon. Rocket fire has continued in the area throughout the conflict, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes. Fears continued of a new front opening along Israel’s border with Lebanon. The Israeli military said it had struck militant cells in Lebanon trying to fire at Israel, as well as an observation post for Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas. Throughout the war, Israel and Hezbollah have traded fire almost daily. Hezbollah and Israel fought a monthlong war in 2006 that ended in a tense stalemate. “We are not interested in a northern front, but we are prepared for any task,” Gallant, Israel’s defense minister, said after touring the border. He said the Air Force is “preserving most of its might for the Lebanon front,” according to a video statement. Among the Palestinians killed in Gaza are more than 3,900 Palestinian children, the Gaza Health Ministry said, without providing a breakdown of civilians and fighters. The Israeli military said four more soldiers have died during the Gaza ground operation, bringing the confirmed death toll to 28.

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Life Tributes IN THIS SECTION Andersen, Stan ANZANO, Norberto BABINGTON, Rennie BERTOLINI, Ernest BRUHN, Nickels Lewis CLEMENT, Jason ESTES, Bevery

Fred Donald Russell

July 6, 1935 - October 17, 2023 Don was born on July 6, 1935 in Clarksville, Arkansas. He learned through genealogical studies that all of his ancestors had arrived in America before 1800. They came from Britain, Netherlands and Germany and settled in New York, Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia. Since they were mostly farmers they moved west in search of land and by the mid-1800s were in northwest Arkansas. Don’s family moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1938 and subsequently to Phoenix, Arizona in 1942. Don graduated from high school in 1953 in Phoenix. He then moved to California to attend Caltech where he received a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering. Don later received a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. Don started out his career by teaching upper division and graduate-level classes in engineering at Arizona State University for several years. In 1962, Don transitioned from teaching to the aerospace industry where he worked in Silicon Valley for 35 years. He was involved in many exciting projects throughout his career ranging from the Apollo program to exotic endeavors. He held several senior positions including Vice President and Director of Advanced Research and Development at Ford Aerospace and Chief Scientist at Loral Corporation. Don met Madeline while both were in college and were subsequently married when they were very young. They have three wonderful children – Linda, Greg (Donna) and Karen (Brian). They also have eight amazing grandchildren - Celeste (Javier), Mario (Anne), Michael (Megan), Brian, Scott (Sydney), Meghan (Corey), Daniel and Maxwell. There are two great-grandsons – Félix and Fox. Their children and grandchildren’s interests and capabilities cover a wide range of subjects from engineering, consulting, education, accounting, law, natural sciences, computer science, actuarial science to physics. Don was predeceased by his parents Verlon and Jewell Beth Russell. In addition to his beloved wife of sixty-six years, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Don leaves behind his sister Dian, nephews Richard and Chris (Christopher), niece Jennifer (Jerry), and their respective families. Don loved to tell stories about

his past and his loved ones. Since he extensively researched his genealogy, Don would recall interesting facts and anecdotes about his ancestors’ lives. He would go on to talk about personally knowing seven generations of his own family – from his great-grandmother to his great-grandsons. Throughout the years, we heard many wonderful and funny stories from his life. These stories are forever embedded in our minds. Don stayed active after he retired in Santa Rosa, California in 2000. He enjoyed traveling to many places within the United States as well as abroad. As a member of Fountaingrove Golf Club, Don met many good friends with whom he played golf and poker, socialized and traveled. Don also took pleasure in playing chess with friends at Oakmont. Don engaged in lifelong learning through copious reading and attending seminars and lectures. Don thoroughly enjoyed spending time with his family. He was always ready to take his children, and later his grandchildren, on adventures. Favorite outings together were exploring tide pools at the beach, hiking at state parks and Lake Tahoe, stargazing at observatories, attending sporting events, roller skating, tobogganing down a snowy slope, swimming in a cold mountain lake, checking out a stack of books from the library, fishing, visiting a variety of air and space museums, playing sports, going to the zoo, riding bikes, and traveling to new and exciting places. Not only was Don always ready for the next adventure with his beloved family, but he was always eager to impart his knowledge to his children and grandchildren. He was also very encouraging of his family, particularly when it came to education, which he prized. He would tell us all to “Drink deeply from the well of knowledge.” Don delighted in learning throughout his life and kept his mind sharp until the very end. Don will be dearly missed. As per Don’s wishes, there will only be a private family service.

Ernest Bertolini

December 27, 1935 - October 13, 2023 Ernest Robert Bertolini, 87, of Santa Rosa, California, passed away on October 13, 2023, in his hometown. A longtime Sonoma County Native, he was born on December 27, 1935. Ernest was a loving, hardworking, and proud individual. Ernest is survived by his son, Mark Bertolini, daughter-in-law Christine Bertolini, granddaughter Valerie Bertolini, sister Delia his beloved basil and tomato Bondi, sister Mary Dowdall, broth- plants and even raising cattle. er Bob Bertolini, longtime companion Christiane Jensen and many As per Ernest’s wishes, there Cousins, Nieces and Nephews. will only be a small private gathering to honor his life. In He was preceded in death lieu of flowers, contributions by his mother Stella Bertolini, can be made to the Alzheimer’s father Aristide Bertolini, brother Association in memory of Ernest Lawrence Bertolini, brother Louis Bertolini. Bertolini, and sister Rita Gondola. Ernest attended Santa Rosa High School and later served in the Navy Reserves. After his military service, he embarked on a successful career as an auto parts sales rep for nearly 50 years. In his free time, Ernest enjoyed working on various projects, cultivating

Arrangements are being handled by Daniel’s Chapel of the Roses in Santa Rosa. May Ernest Bertolini rest in peace, and may his memory be cherished by all who knew and loved him.

FAGAN, Frances GRIEWE, Bruce HURT, Jack Bryan KING, William Arthur Kimball MCCARTHY, Edward Joseph MERRITT, Mary Alice MITCHAM, Dennis Lee MORGAN, Marian

Bruce Griewe Bruce Griewe, 86, passed away in his home on October 8, 2023, after a battle with cancer. His partner of 18 years, Robin Greer, was by his side. Though he was born in Ada Minnesota in 1937, Bruce was a Sonoma Guy at heart. It was near impossible to leave the house with him without hearing at least one “Hey, it’s Mr. Griewe!” across the aisle at the grocery store. This was then followed by a story about how Bruce had taught them to drive or had been their coach. When Bruce was four he and his parents, Arnold and Orel, moved from Ada Minnesota to Sonoma. His brother, Jim, was born seven years later. Bruce graduated from Sonoma Valley High School in 1955 and attended Santa Rosa Junior College for two years. Throughout all this time, he played baseball. Bruce then transferred to Chico State University, where he played ball and was a member of the Delta Psi Delta fraternity. The friendships he built in his fraternity were long-lasting- he attended annual fraternity reunions for the rest of his life. Bruce played baseball for the Chico State Wildcats and was inducted into the Chico State Athletic Hall of Fame in 2017. He got his bachelor’s degree from Chico in 1959 and then began his pursuit of a professional baseball career. Bruce, the left-handed pitcher, signed with the Dodgers Farm League in 1959, and married the mother of his children, Shorty, in December of 1959. He went to Spring training in Vero Beach Florida in 1960, then joined the National Guard. After his time in the National Guard, he moved to Salem Oregon, and played for the Dodgers in 1961. Later that year his son, Phil, was born. That same year, Bruce got Bursitis, which effectively ended his baseball career. In 1962 Bruce went back to Chico State to earn his teaching credential. He got his first teaching job in 1962, he taught history at Willits High School and coached baseball, basketball, and football. In 1964 he got a job at Sonoma Valley High School where he taught state requirements

and history, coached baseball, basketball, and football, and was the head of the Interact Club. His daughter Julie was also born in 1964. Bruce had a long and meaningful career in the Sonoma Valley Schools. After teaching, he was the Dean of Students at Sonoma Valley High, the Principal of Altamira Middle School, the principal of Agua Caliente, and a founder of the Sonoma Valley Interagency Council for Youth and Families.

Edward Joseph McCarthy June 2, 1930 - October 23, 2023

Edward McCarthy passed away peacefully on October 23, 2023, in Santa Rosa, CA, at the age of 93. Ed was a loving father, devoted family man and one who never lost his sense of humor. He will be remembered for his gift of storytelling. He always had a love of music with a song in his heart and dance in his step. Ed was born at home in Chicago to Irish immigrants, Catherine O’Riordan and Charles McCarthy on June 2, 1930.

Bruce married Claudia in the backyard of their beautiful Sonoma house in 1999. They spent several years together before Preceded in death by his Claudia passed away. devoted wife Caroline of 46 years and his dear sister Loretta Bruce met Robin at a New McCarthy Free. Survived by his Year’s Eve party and spent 18 beloved children, Mary Kay Post years caring for each other’s (Shawn) of Chicago, Margaret families, enjoying Sonoma, and McCarthy of Connecticut, Carolyn holding hands through life. Withers (John) of Santa Rosa, and Eddie McCarthy (Valentina) of Bruce enjoyed gardening, fish- California, his loving girlfriend of ing, watching the Giants win the 20 years Elma Cerchi, 12 grandWorld Series, taking the boat out children, 10 great-grandchildren, on Lake Almanor, driving around and 7 nieces and nephews. the Sonoma Square, and happy hour at the Sonoma Grille. During Ed’s childhood his father Bruce is preceded in death by his parents, brother Jim, son Phil, and wife Claudia. Bruce is survived by his partner Robin Greer and her daughter Jaime, his daughter Julie and her children Kacie, CJ, and Tristen, his granddaughter Tabatha and her children Roxas and Anya, his stepson Danny and his son Roman, his stepdaughter Natalie, and his stepdaughter Cara and her children Lucas, Jake, and Mia. A Celebration of Life will be held for Bruce at the Sonoma Veterans Memorial Building on 126 First Street West in Sonoma from 2-5 p.m. on Sunday, November 12th, 2023.

Peter C. Thomas

September 21, 1956 - June 13, 2023 Peter C. Thomas, a 40-year resident of Cotati, passed away June 13, 2023, at the age of 66, after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. Pete was born September 21, 1956, to Patricia and Mac Thomas in Middletown, NY. The family moved west in 1965 and lived in Folsom, CA for a number of years before settling in Santa Rosa in 1972. He was a graduate of Santa Rosa High School, class of 1975.

NABER, Dolores PALMER, Brian F. PAXINOS, Kostas T. RUSSELL, Fred Donald THOMAS, Peter C. WILSON, Robert Leslie YOUNGS, Floyd

also of Petaluma; as well as his brother, Mark Thomas (Jeannie) of Windsor; his cousin Frances Thomas of South Carolina. He is also survived by three grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

worked for the Chicago railroad. As an added benefit Ed would acquire stray dogs his father picked up along the rail lines. This began his lifelong love of dogs. Ed was known as the fastest kid on the block. He could outrun the dog catcher with a puppy under each arm, sneak into the cinema and be home in time for dinner with the glow of an angel upon his face. Edward graduated from DePaul University with a BA in Economics.

included driving a 2.5-ton cargo truck transporting Howitzer artillery through the mountain sides at night. During the day he managed the Officers Club. Upon his return to the States, he married his college sweetheart Caroline. He worked as an insurance underwriter for 40 years in Chicago and in California. Ed was fortunate enough to travel the world. He recalled one of the best trips he ever took was to Ireland to meet and celebrate with all his Irish relatives and visit the McCarthy family farm. Ed found solace and strength in his faith and was an active member of the Holy Spirit Catholic Church. He participated as a reader and eucharistic minister. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and volunteered at St. Vincent de Paul for many years. The family would like to express our thanks to the community of Ivy Park of Santa Rosa for their dedication, compassion, and respect that was felt every day. He leaves behind a legacy of love and kindness that will continue to inspire all those who were fortunate enough to know him. We will miss his sparkling blue Irish eyes. A private ceremony will be held to celebrate Ed’s life and honor his memory at a later date. The family kindly requests any donations be made to a charity of your choice in Ed’s name.

After graduation, he proudly served in the US Army in Korea from 1953-1955. His duties

Kostas T. Paxinos

April 22, 1925 - October 28, 2023 Passed away peacefully on October 28, 2023, at the age of 98. Beloved husband of Thespina Delevois Paxinos for 70 years; father of Ted (Titina), George, Chrysanthe (George); and very beloved Papou of Konstantine (Leena), Angelo (Athena), Dionisi, and Thespina Elizabeth, and Big Papou of great granddaughter Melina. He is also survived by his younger brother George, Sister Nina and Brother Spiro having already passed.

Kosta was born in Lefki, Ithaca, Greece April 22, 1925, and came to the USA in 1947, joined the U.S. Army, and served In his early career, Pete worked 1949-1951 in Korea in the 7th as a retail clerk and then was a Infantry. On his discharge, he met journeyman painter until 1987 Thespina and they were married when he was diagnosed with MS. four months later. He worked Undaunted by the diagnosis, he The family would like to thank hard, three jobs a week, cooking became an active volunteer at the wonderful caregivers at both his children’s school and the Family House in Rohnert Park, the at the Palace Hotel, Solari’s Grill, Bardelli’s, The Fly Trap and finally community for a number of years. nursing staff with Sutter Care at One could say he truly “never met Home, and Providence Hospice of at Alfred’s Steakhouse as well as The Hoover Co. He bought F&H a stranger” and had numerous Petaluma. Vacuums and successfully ran that friends. He also had a lifelong business, then focused on expandlove of cars. Donations in Pete’s memory ing his rental housing investments can be made to the National MS Pete is preceded in death by his Society (nationalmssociety.org). A until his retirement at age 85. parents; his sister, Pat Whitford; celebration of Pete’s life is planned He enjoyed duck and pheasant hunting with his friends for over and his cousin Harold Thomas. He for a later date. 30 years. From the early 1960s is survived by his wife of 44 years, until he retired, the highlight of his Kathleen “Katy” and his children, year was hosting a July 4th party Erin Pileggi (Andrew) of Petaluma, at their country house, for up to and Christopher Thomas (Jenna),

150 friends. He taught his children and grandchildren the value of hard work. Friends may visit Monday, November 6, 2023, from 6:008:00 p.m. at Duggan’s Serra Mortuary, 500 Westlake Ave, Daly City, where a Trisagion will be held at 6:30. The Funeral Service will be held at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 999 Brotherhood Way, San Francisco at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, November 7, 2023, followed by interment at the Greek Orthodox Cemetery in Colma. Flowers may be sent to Duggan’s Serra Mortuary by 2 p.m. on Monday, November 6, 2023.

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Life Tributes Floyd Youngs

July 18, 1926 - October 12, 2023 Floyd Richard “Dick” Youngs born, July 18, 1926, in Newberg, Oregon, passed away peacefully, at the age of 97, in Klamath Falls, Oregon, on October 12, 2023. In his youth, Dick’s family relocated to San Francisco, California, where, foundational to his character and integrity, his family formed The Church of the Brethren on 34th Avenue. As a teen, he attended church regularly, as well as Poly and Lincoln High School(s). When World War ll broke out, he voluntarily enlisted in the Navy. Religious beliefs dictated he not “bear arms”, so he served in the Navy Hospital Corp stationed in the Philippines, Leyte Gulf. He spoke very eloquently about the honor in serving his country, as well as his entire military experience. After the war, he returned home to San Francisco and worked in the grocery business where he met and married his wife, Faye Frances (Jones), in March 1947. In 1959, with their four children, Dick and Faye relocated north to San Anselmo, Marin County and, shortly thereafter, purchased the Sonoma Market on Polk Street in San Francisco. The market had the significance of being the first grocery store built on the East side of Van Ness Avenue after the San Francisco 1906 earthquake. Additionally, as proprietors, Sonoma Market acquired a reputation for providing the finest fresh fruits and vegetables in the neighborhood, and where Dick and Faye became trusted and beloved members in the surrounding communities. lnstead of retiring, they sold their San Francisco market and moved further north to Windsor, California, where they enrolled in viticulture and winemaking courses, ultimately emerging as contract grape growers of a five acre boutique family-owned vineyard where they grew three acres to Chardonnay grapes. It was there they developed their own gold medal winning wine(s) in their vineyard garage. Thus, the name of their vineyard and wine(s) were labeled Porte Cochere, loosely interpreted as “car port”... or some would giggle to say, “winery

Art & Irene were happily married for 52 years, building an inspirational life together. Whether spending time with long-time friends, the Shasta Group, or hiking, golfing, and skiing with new friends through retirement in Lake Tahoe, Art was in his element when active. He and Irene enjoyed traveling, and their marriage was filled with many adventures. Art loved to golf and enjoyed his time on the course. He relished getting a Hole-In-One, and during retirement, he became a Tournament Official for the NCGA.

August 27, 1934 - September 6, 2023 We lost our beloved mom, grandmother and great-grandmother on September 6, 2023. She died peacefully in her home in Oakmont, CA, after a brief illness.

He was born on June 16, 1990, in New Milford, CT. He was a graduate of Science Hill High School in Johnson City, TN and Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA. Brian spent the last four years living and working in Sonoma, CA.

Frances Eleanor Webb was a 6th generation Californian. She was born on August 27, 1934, to Orrin Webb and Frances (Knight) Webb in Manteca, CA. She led a charmed early life together with her older sister Janice. She was beautiful and extremely smart. She maintained her independent spirit throughout her life, and was an ardent conservationist. She loved nothing more than saving water and electricity. Raised in Manteca and excelling in sports and academics, she gained an athletic scholarship to San Francisco State and pursued her dream of becoming a medical doctor. Unfortunately, she contracted polio and her life changed course dramatically. She was one of the few who survived the iron lung, but the paralytic polio had damaged her once athletic body forever. Our Mom pushed on in her indomitable way. She met and married Lambert (Larry) Fagan and had four children, Michael, Erin, Colleen and Rory. After her divorce she raised her children as a single mother. She earned her teaching credential at Sonoma State University while living in Novato. Life continued for our Mom with all its trials and tribulations, refusing to ever acknowledge her physical limitations. The family moved to Rincon Valley, Santa Rosa and she taught school for many years with the Windsor School District where she was revered by her students

Faye, Porte Cochere Vineyard and Wines, continued to earn an abundance of Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals all throughout California.

The family of Brian Palmer will receive friends from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 11, 2023, at MorrisBaker Funeral Home in Johnson City, TN. Funeral service will follow at 11:00 a.m.

He was a dedicated fan of Georgia Tech and the Atlanta Braves but loved nearly all sports and would watch or listen to any game he found on the TV or Dick’s passing follows the 2019 radio. With an extensive collection of guitars and records, he held death of his beloved wife, Faye a deep appreciation for both Frances, having worked side-byside every day of their marriage, playing and listening to music. a truly devoted partnership of 72 In his free time, Brian could often be found playing golf, exploring years! Dick was well-loved and different breweries, grilling out, admired by his entire family, including his brother, Robert “Bob”, and doing the daily New York Times crossword. A perfect day and his wife, Sharon; sisters-infor him was being with his famlaw, Diane and Lois; brother-inlaw, Art, and his wife, Ann; broth- ily and friends on the California Coast eating oysters and drinking er-in-law, Ethan; sister-in-law, Louise; and numerous nieces and an IPA, with a stop at Iron Horse nephews. His surviving immediate Vineyards for a glass of champagne on the way home. family members include; four loving “senior children” and their Brian was the kindest and goofspouses; Deborah and Kenneth; iest person you would ever meet. Robin; Kimberly and Fred; Richard and Lisa; as well as, eight precious He was always cracking jokes and grandchildren, five extraordinary was very easygoing – he never knew a stranger. His genuine joy great-grandchildren and one remarkable great-great child. Dick, and Faye’s, legacy continues! Ceremonial services will be held out-of-doors at the Santa Rosa Memorial Cemetery in Santa Rosa, Saturday, November 18, at 11:00 a.m. A private reception will follow.

Frances Fagan

Brian Franklin Palmer (33), a witty and fun-loving individual, unexpectedly passed away of natural causes on October 19, 2023.

and love of life taught the rest of us to find fun and happiness in every day; the world is a lesser place without him.

August 25, 1951 - October 18, 2023

Art & Irene graduated from Pioneer High School in 1969. They married in April of 1971 and moved to Eugene, Oregon. They welcomed two daughters, Michelle and Teresa. In 1981, they moved back to Santa Rosa, where they raised their family. Art was an active Dad, taking pride in his daughters. Art welcomed his two sons-in-law, Trieber Meador & Sean Dinneen, enjoying their companionship.

June 16, 1990 - October 19, 2023

of the garage”. Dick and Faye were proud members of several viticulture organizations, such as; Brian was truly a “Helluva Sonoma County Winegrowers, Russian River Valley Winegrowers, Engineer” and held a Professional License in Electrical Engineering, and The Fulton 500. specializing in wireless communications. He loved being an Dick, was a well-respected engineer and was getting ready judge for the local Sonoma to take a new step in his career County Harvest Fair, as well as the San Francisco Chronicle Wine to join the FCC. He was a loving Competition. For many years, Dick husband, son, and brother, as well as a generous and loyal friend and Faye enjoyed participating to many; Brian was the glue that in the annual Sonoma County Grape-to-Glass event in Sonoma helped hold teams and families County. Along the way, Dick and together.

William Arthur “Art” Kimball King After a courageous battle with Glioblastoma, William Arthur “Art” Kimball King passed away at his home on Wednesday, October 18, 2023. The youngest of five children, Art was born on August 25, 1951, to Helena (Kimball) & Edward King, Sr. in South San Francisco. He joined siblings Tony, Kathy, Cecelia & Patty. The family moved to San Jose when Art was beginning elementary school. He met and began dating the love of his life, Irene Quezada, senior year of high school.

Brian F. Palmer

Brian leaves behind his beloved wife of three years, Lesley (Chesnut) Palmer of Sonoma, CA; parents, Lynn and Linda Palmer of Johnson City, TN; sister, Kathryn Palmer, also of Johnson City; a host of Aunts, Uncles, cousins, and in-laws across the country; as well as the family cat, Taco, his little helper.

Brian will be laid to rest in Monte Vista Memorial Park in a private family ceremony. In lieu of flowers, please consider memorial contributions to either Pets Lifeline of Sonoma, CA or First Harvest Food Bank of Gray, TN in his name. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family via morrisbaker.com. Morris-Baker Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 2001 E Oakland Ave, Johnson City, TN, is serving the Palmer family. (423) 282-1521

Beverly Estes

May 30, 1922 - October 17, 2023 Our wonderful mom, Beverly Estes passed away on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, at the age of 101. Months before her passing, she researched the Death with Dignity Act (End of Life Option Act) and decided that was what she wanted. She had FaceTime calls with each great grandchild and her grandsons visited. Jennifer and Nancy were at her bedside.

She was born in Manteca, CA on May 30, 1922 to Henry Christian Muller and Emma (Dreyer) Muller. She spent her early years on ranches in Manteca, Winters, and Pescadero. The family moved to Corte Madera where she graduated from Tamalpais High School. She met her future husband, Palmer Estes at age 14. They were In 2001, his career took him to the Seattle office, where he retired married in March 1942 and had 64 years together until his death in 2011 as the firm’s Regional Managing Partner. He took pride in 2006. in his career and most enjoyed Palmer started Estes mentoring younger accountants. Refrigeration with his partner in 1953 and Bev did secretarial jobs Throughout his career and for several companies through retirement, Art was active in the years. They raised their three his community. He served as a children in San Pablo, El Cerrito, Rotary member in Santa Rosa, Seattle, and Truckee and as Club and El Sobrante. She and Palmer President for both Santa Rosa and moved to Healdsburg in 2002.

Bev moved to Jackson, CA last year. She is predeceased by her husband Palmer Estes, son John Estes, son-in-law Robert Hearther, and grandchildren Jeffrey and Thomas. She is survived by her daughters Jennifer Hearther and Nancy Estes, her grandsons William (Kellee) Hearther, USN Captain (ret), Michael (Nancy) Hearther, and five great-grandchildren. Her daughters, grandsons and their wives, and great grandchildren adored her. She took an interest in each one of us. She would send interesting articles she had come across on her iPad to our family text group or to us individually. We all thought she was brilliant. In retirement, Bev and Palmer traveled the United States tracing Palmer’s ancestry. In later years she was fascinated with DNA research. She leaves our family with a legacy of curiosity, love, and joy. She will forever be in our hearts. Donations can be made to Hospice of Amador & Calaveras, 1500 South Hwy 49, Suite 205, Jackson, CA 95642

Frances loved being at home tending her garden, watching sports; golf, tennis and football. She was a voracious reader and loved playing cards. She was a competitive bridge and pinochle player. She truly had a love for life and her motto was “always say yes to invitations.” Her inimitable will and zest for life was an inspiration to all who knew her. She leaves behind her children, five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren who are immensely proud of her and will miss her so dearly. Please raise a glass to Frances and thank God that we were blessed to know her! We will hold a memorial celebration for her life in Santa Rosa, CA on Saturday, November 25th, 2023. You can contact or text 707-529-4981 to RSVP.

Stan Andersen

March 29, 1951 - October 21, 2023 Stanley Philip Andersen was born the second oldest of six boys in Phoenix, AZ in 1951 to Regina Andersen and Alfred Andersen Jr. In his early twenties, strongly influenced by the teachings of the Indian philosopher Sri Aurobindo, Stan made several trips to the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India. Stan found his way to Marin and Sonoma counties in the 1970s where he settled into a career in construction, following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather. He married Joanne Harrison in 1984 and their twin sons—Ian and Ryan—were born later that year. Stan was stepfather to Joanne’s children Amanda and Chris. In 2003, Stan married Julianne Churchill—mother to twins Spencer and Evan—and they built their home in Petaluma, CA. For his 60th birthday, they visited the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India, marking a homecoming in Stan’s spiritual journey. In his final years, Stan found

joy in being a grandfather, watching live music with his wife, hiking with his sons, devoting his construction skills to Habitat for Humanity Sonoma, watching Giants baseball, and spending time with his men’s group. Stan passed away unexpectedly on October 21, 2023. He is survived by his wife Julianne and her children Evan and Spencer, his son Ian and wife Ruby, his son Ryan and partner Maisa and their child Mayu, his stepdaughter Amanda and her daughter Emmy, and his stepson Chris. He also leaves behind brothers, nieces, nephews and friends. For information about services, please contact 831-818-5012.

Robert Leslie “Bob” Wilson

November 20, 1923 - October 17, 2023 Robert Leslie Wilson, 99, passed away on October 17, 2023, in Santa Rosa, California.

Seattle. He served on the Tahoe Forest Hospital and Foundation board during their time in Lake Tahoe and in the Home Owner Associations in both Olympic Valley and Tahoe Donner inTruckNick Bruhn passed peacefully ee. He enjoyed the camaraderie of at home surrounded by family on fellow members and giving back October 24, 2023. to his community.

Nickels Lewis Bruhn

One of Nick’s greatest joys came from his family. He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Smokey Bruhn, and his sons and their families. Scott and Suzanne, Sid and Emily and Chet and Sierra, as well as his four granddaughters, Brooke, Kate, Abigail and Trudy. Nick will be remembered by his infectious Art is preceded in death by his smile, his stories of hunting and ranching at the Rock Pile Ranch parents, brother Tony, and sister and when they owned West Coast Cecelia. Art attended the University Training Center. He was a pioneer of Oregon, earning his degree on making do with what you had A celebration of his life will in Accounting in 1975. After and passed that on to his sons. be held at Sugarloaf Wine Co. graduating, Art started his 34Nick was hardworking and multion Friday, November 10, 2023, year career as a CPA with Moss faceted working as a truck driver at 2:00 p.m. (6705 Cristo Lane, Adams. Beginning in the Eugene for Safeway, ran cattle and sheep, Santa Rosa) In lieu of flowers, office, he worked in Vancouver donations may be made via check built custom homes and drove and San Francisco and then to the Santa Rosa Sunrise Rotary, heavy equipment. As he would put helped open the Santa Rosa office, Art King Memorial Fund. it, he was a jack of all trades and where he first became a Partner. a master at none.

and those that had the opportunity to know her. She was a dedicated, long time, docent volunteer at the Luther Burbank Gardens and a proud supporter of many charities including her Alma Mater Sonoma State University where she created and funded an on-going endowment for single mothers.

As a husband, father & grandfather, Art broke the mold. He cherished his family, especially his grandchildren, Paige (18), Gracen (10) & Hudson (7). He loved a good joke, a great glass of wine, being active, and time with friends and family. He will be greatly missed by many.

He was the son of Leslie and Winifred (Vessey) Wilson. He is survived by his children, Patricia Wilson (son-in-law Steve Banbury), John Wilson (daughterin-law Laura), and Nancy Wilson; and grandson Nicholas Banbury and his wife, Sarah, and other extended family. He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Anne Wilson. Bob served in the Army Air Corps during World War II as an instructor pilot. Subsequently he served in the Air Force Reserves retiring as a Major in 1983. His civilian career was as a registered civil engineer for the California Division of Highways (CalTrans). He retired in 1985 after working there for 38 years. He had a love for flying, fishing, camping, traveling, genealogy, gardening, reading, and writing. At, 99, his favorite activity was playing chair volleyball.

The family wishes to thank Brookdale Paulin Creek and his friends there for providing a special home environment. A special thanks goes to Bob’s caregivers at Arbol Skilled Nursing Facility for the loving care that Bob received during his time there. Bob was a loving, devoted father and will be greatly missed! A Celebration of Life will be held on November 18 at 1:00 PM at Grace Church of Santa Rosa, 2293 Fulton Road, Santa Rosa, CA 95403

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HUMANITIES CONTINUED FROM B1

University of Alaska, Eastern Kentucky University, North Dakota State University, Iowa State University and the University of Kansas, according to The Hechinger Report, an education journal. Miami University, a public institution in Oxford, Ohio, with 20,000 students, is reappraising 18 undergraduate majors, each of which has fewer than 35 students enrolled, including French and German, American studies, art history, classical studies and religion. Those departments are dwarfed by computer science, which has 600 students enrolled; ﬁnance, with 1,400; marketing, with 1,200; and nursing, with almost 700. For the humanities faculty, “it’s an existential crisis,” Elizabeth Reitz Mullenix, provost of Miami University, said in an interview.

“There’s so much pressure about return on investment.” She said she hoped the subject matter, if not the majors, could be salvaged, perhaps by creating more interdisciplinary programs, like cybersecurity and philosophy. The shift has been happening over decades. In 1970, education and combined social sciences and history degrees were the most popular majors, according to federal statistics. Today, the most popular degree is business, at 19% of all bachelor’s degrees, while social sciences trail far behind at just 8% of degrees. Many courses on the endangered list are also dissonant with an expanding conservative political agenda. And many public universities are loath to invite further scrutiny of their

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Shad White, the state auditor for Mississippi, in the state’s capital city of Jackson on Oct. 31. White wanted to earn a living playing the guitar. He majored in political science instead. already stagnant state subsidies. At Miami University, degrees on the chopping block include critical race and ethnic studies, social justice studies and women’s, gen-

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der and sexuality studies. White, the Republican state auditor, said his ﬁrst question was whether state spending on degree programs matched the needs of the economy. But he said that he also wanted to know, “Are we paying or using taxpayer money to fund programs that teach the professor’s ideology, and not just a set of skills on how to approach problems in the world?” Liberal arts professors are trying to defend themselves, using arguments tailored to an economy that is rapidly shifting — while also appealing to a more august vision of life’s possibilities. In a recent YouTube video — bluntly titled “Is a Humanities Degree Worth It?” — Jeffrey Cohen, the dean of the humanities at Arizona State University, defends his domain as a pathway toward not just a job but a lifetime of career reinvention.

“Our students are living in a time when the career that they’ve trained for is not likely to be the career that they’re going to be following 10 years later,” Cohen says. Studying the humanities, he argues, will teach them how to be nimble. In a recent panel discussion in New York City, sponsored by Plough, a quarterly Christian-oriented magazine, Roosevelt Montás, a senior lecturer in American studies and English at Columbia University, suggested that universities should push back against a strictly careerist view of education. “It’s not true that all students want from a college is the job,” he said. They are hungry for an education that “transforms them, an education that addresses their entire selves, not just a bank account.” But that argument seems to be faltering almost everywhere.

Harvard, which has an endowment of more than $50 billion, formed a strategic planning committee to look at humanities education. One idea, a university spokesperson said, would consolidate three language majors into one super major: languages, literatures and cultures. “We have been really thinking hard about what it means to prepare students for today’s world,” he said, “because you know, it’s changing with such rapidity.” That means, he added, offering courses that could be twinned with “hands-on experiential opportunities.” White, the Mississippi state auditor, majored in political science and economics at the University of Mississippi before becoming a Rhodes scholar and a graduate of Harvard Law School — a fine example, perhaps, of the value of the liberal arts. But if he could do it over again, he might switch majors, he said, because “political science majors don’t command a high salary.” Working on a campaign or in government might be more valuable experience than the degree, he said. White said he personally would have liked to play acoustic guitar for a living. But he doubted his chances for success, given the small number of jobs available. Then he seemed to reconsider, conceding: “If you dig into the data, music majors do pretty well for whatever reason. They go to work at schools, they go to work at the university setting, or they work in churches.” So on reflection, he softened his message. “What I would tell students is, don’t write off all of liberal arts,” he said. “Don’t write off all of the fine arts.”

Life Tributes Dolores Naber

November 7, 1928 - October 17, 2023 Dolores Rose Naber (November 7, 1928-October 17, 2023) born in Healdsburg, CA. Her heart took her to many places around the world and finally gave out. She was aware and surely felt the love and caring of all her friends and relatives. Dolores’ hands were always working; crocheting, rock collecting, and making jewelry in Arizona, tending to her garden and bonsai plants in Cloverdale, CA. She was in the orchid and bocce club at Del Webb and made pottery there too. Believing strongly in wasting as little as possible, she could fix anything with enough glue, tape, and Saran Wrap! She read the newspaper, every page, ‘til the very end. Being an avid Gonzaga basketball fan, she kept all their scores in her scrapbook. Dolores was famous for her lemon meringue pies and homemade raviolis after all food is love! Dolores will be met by those

who left her before –husband, John Naber Jr, daughter, Kara Naber, mother, Julia Sbragia, father, Pio Pippi, and stepfather Gino Sbragia, brother, Albert Pippi.

Sherry Brown, Gail Mitcham, Dennis Wayne Mitcham, Pamela Riggio, and Shannon McKnight, numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren, cousins Ron Bronsert, Tammy Trowbridge and Rene Greiner. Dennis’ silly antics and sense of humor will be long remembered.

Jason Clement

Donations: suggested at the charity of your choice. Services may be announced later.

Mary Alice Merritt

She was very active in the Santa Rosa Garden Club, even serving as club president. She worked tirelessly in helping to establish the butterfly garden at Sonoma State University. She was the chairman of the project from its inception in 1993. She wrote numerous grants for the garden, and spent many hours digging and planting. There is a sign

Dennis was born in Santa Rosa and, except for a time on a sheep ranch in Mitchell, Or., lived in Sebastopol-Santa Rosa area. Having lost his parents Clyde and Edith Mitcham early if life, he and his brother, Wayne were raised by their maternal grandmother, Edith Bronsert. Following Analy High School, Dennis served in the Navy on USS Haleakala. He worked as a truck driver for over 40 years, retiring from R&S Trucking as Trucker of the Year. Dennis was an inveterate raconteur who always had a funny story about his life adventures.

He is survived by his wife, She is survived by her daughter, Dona Fridae Mitcham, brother, Wayne (Sheryl), children Mary Naber, son, Johnny Alan Naber, her brother, Ed Sbragia, granddaughter, Jessica Coppola, great granddaughter, Summer Coppola and numerous loving nieces and nephews. September 15, 1971 -

April 12, 1923 - September 28,2023 Mary Alice Merritt of Santa Rosa passed away September 28, 2023. She was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, and raised in Ashland, Nebraska. She graduated from University of Nebraska with a degree in music. She played violin with the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra. She moved to Stockton, California where she married her high school sweetheart Patrick Merritt. She did music therapy with residents at Stockton Developmental Hospital, and taught music at several schools. She then taught with the Head Start program for several years. They moved to Walnut Creek, California briefly, then settled in Santa Rosa.

Dennis Lee Mitcham

February 19, 1943 - September 13, 2023

Norberto Anzano

March 6, 1942 - October 11 2023

Free and at peace after a long illness surrounded by his four loving children, Daughter in law and Grandson. Proceeded in passing by his loving Wife Jane Anzano of 50 years. Survived by his children, daughter Trinae (Anzano) Estupinan, Vincent Anzano, and Wife Sarah, Sean Anzano, Steven Anzano. Grandchildren, Anthony Estupinan (Katie), Gage Anzano. Great grand Children, Adalynn Carrasco, Fionna Estupinan, Enzo

Estupinan. Tardy was a loving, kind, selfless, and generous man who would give you the shirt off his back. Spending time with his family was his greatest joy. Our love for you will live on in our hearts and our memories. We love you and miss you more than words can ever express.

September 12, 2023

Jason passed away on September 12, 2023, in Portland, OR days short of his 52nd birthday. Son of Grid and Sharon; brother to Adam Clement, Allison Creager, and Megan Williams; uncle to Taira, Trevor, and Bailey Creager and Madelaine and Holden Williams and brother-inlaw to Brian Creager and Nathan Williams. Jason graduated in 1990 from Piner High School. Family was very important to him and he grew up camping, hiking and skiing with family and friends in the mountains of California and Oregon. He was an amazing chef

Marian Morgan

with an incredible work ethic who loved music. He dedicated his last years to helping people struggling It is with great sadness that the with addiction, both in Oakland children of Marian Morgan share and Portland. that she died on October 11, 2023, at the age of 85. Marian In lieu of flowers, donations Neely Morgan was born in Los can be made in Jason’s name to Angeles, California, but called CityTeam. Santa Rosa home for 52 years. Family and friends are invited to a Celebration of Jason’s life at First Presbyterian Church, 1550 Pacific Ave, Santa Rosa, CA at 1 p.m. on Saturday, November 11, 2023.

Jack Bryan Hurt

November 15, 1934 September 30, 2023

honoring her effort in the garden. She was also an avid bridge player, playing several times a month Jack sought adventure and for many years. might be known today as an X-treme sports enthusiast. He was She was preceded in death a NASCAR racer and go-cart by her husband Patrick Merritt, racer. He flew airplanes, rode and her son Steven Merritt. She motorcycles, was a SCUBA diver is survived by her daughter Ann and did free diving for abalone. Merritt, grandson Pat Merritt (Gail Jack could fix anything and was a Dempsey), and great-grandson talented metal and woodworking Pat Merritt, Jr. She is also survived craftsman. If he couldn’t find a by numerous other grandchildren part, he’d make one or improvise. and great-grandchildren. He was always making things for family, friends and neighbors. Any donations may be made He enjoyed RV adventures with to the Santa Rosa Garden Club. his wife Meg of 46 years as they Services will be held privately by visited national parks or watched the family. storms on the ocean.

A private Celebration of Life will be held for Mom in the future. For a more extensive obituary about her please check out PleasantHillsMemorialPark.com and search for Marian Morgan in their obituaries. And if you knew Marian and would like to honor her memory, please consider donating to Canine Companions for Independence. They plan to install a bench on their Santa Rosa

campus with an “In Memory Of” plaque, honoring Mom. Donations may be made online at Canine Companions. Or checks may be sent to Canine Companions for Independence, Attn: Ginger Kelly, 2965 Dutton Ave; Santa Rosa, CA 95407

Rennie Babington

May 21, 1938 - October 28, 2023 Devoted husband, father, and educator. He is survived by his wife Jerilynn Babington and his daughter Ali Babington and granddaughter Leela. He will be dearly missed. Services are on November 12, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. at Christ Church United Methodist, 1717 Yulupa Avenue.

Service will be held on November 11, 2023, at St.Patrick’s, Kenwood at 11:30 a.m.

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49ers’ defense under the microscope NFL » Transition to new coordinator Wilks has been bumpy with team mired in three-game losing streak By JOSH DUBOW ASSOCIATED PRESS

SANTA CLARA — When the San Francisco 49ers went from Robert Saleh to DeMeco Ryans at defensive coordinator, the unit didn’t miss a beat. The shift this past offseason from Ryans to Steve Wilks hasn’t gone nearly as smoothly.

And that’s a reason why the Niners (5-3) headed into their bye week on a three-game losing streak and in search of the dominant defensive performances that carried the team at times in recent years. After a fast start to the season, the 49ers have struggled in recent weeks, with the defensive problems being particularly

glaring the past two games in losses to Minnesota and Cincinnati. San Francisco’s high-priced defensive line didn’t record a sack on 45 pass attempts against the Vikings and the defense missed several tackles and was often out of position while getting picked apart by Joe Burrow and the Bengals in a performance that prompted coach Kyle Shanahan to call his

49ers defensive coordinator Steve Wilks, left, talks with Deommodore Lenoir, middle, and Charvarius Ward during training camp Aug. 1 in Santa Clara.

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Oregon quarterback Bo Nix dodges the Cal defense during the ﬁrst half Saturday in Eugene.

Cal meets buzz saw in rout by Ducks Oregon totals 63 points behind Nix’s 4 TD passes, 2 rushing scores By ANNE M. PETERSON ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Windsor’s Lonzo Arterberry, left, and Talen Hansen celebrate Friday’s win over Cardinal Newman that clinched the NBL-Oak title.

League titles across area settled at last as regular season comes to thrilling close By KIENAN O'DOHERTY THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

What a way to end the regular season. Both the Vine Valley Athletic League and North Bay LeagueOak champions were crowned Friday night — the latter in the thrilling latest chapter of a ﬁerce Sonoma County rivalry. In the VVAL, Casa Grande used a stellar second half to beat Sonoma Valley 41-14 and secure the Gauchos’ ﬁrst outright league title since 2013, while Windsor staked its claim to being the top team in Sonoma County with a 35-21 win over Cardinal Newman, defending TURN TO FOOTBALL » PAGE C7

WEEK 11 RESULTS Windsor 35, Cardinal Newman 21 Casa Grande 41, Sonoma Valley 14 Vintage 42, Petaluma 21 St. Vincent 42, Maria Carrillo 14 American Canyon 45, Justin-Siena 0 Analy 63, Montgomery 35 Rancho Cotate 42, Santa Rosa 0 Piner 28, Healdsburg 14 Clear Lake 39, Cloverdale 0 St. Helena 17, Kelseyville 14 Roseland University Prep 50, Laytonville 14 Calistoga 43, Elsie Allen 6

Windsor’s Hayden Anderson is hit hard at the goal line by Cardinals defender Jonah Bertoli but scored anyway.

EUGENE, Oregon — Bo Nix threw four touchdown passes and ran for two more scores and No. 6 Oregon pulled away from Cal in a wild first half of what became a 63-19 victory Saturday. Nix completed 29 of 38 passes for 386 yards. He had a pair of 1-yard touchdown runs. Tez Johnson caught 12 passes for 180 yards and two scores and the Ducks (8-1, 4-1 Pac-12, No. 6 CFP) remained undefeated at Autzen Stadium. Jaydn Ott ran for 93 yards and a touchdown for the Golden Bears (3-6, 1-5). Nohl Williams scored on a fumble return and Mateen Bhaghani made two field goals. Nix was the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week after throwing for a pair of touchdowns and running for another during Oregon’s 35-6 victory at No. 13 Utah last weekend. He went into the game against Cal averaging 292.1 yards passing. He has thrown 25 touchdown passes and run for five more. TURN TO CAL » PAGE C2

A year after tragedy, Gibbs team back in finale NASCAR » Bell aims to deliver Cup title for owner still grieving son By JENNA FRYER ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Christopher Bell celebrates after winning the Oct. 22 NASCAR Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Florida.

AVONDALE, Arizona — The sun was barely up on championship morning a year ago when word began to spread that something was terribly wrong at Joe Gibbs Racing. The Cup Series title-deciding finale at Phoenix Raceway was hours away from starting and a flurry of activity around the Gibbs cars seemed to indicate the team was looking for a replacement driver for Ty Gibbs, who had won the Xfinity Series

title the night before. Christopher Bell was set to represent JGR in the championship four, but rumors were ﬂying that the entire organization might pull out of the race. Coy Gibbs, the vice chairman of the organization, son of team owner Joe Gibbs and Ty’s father, had been found dead in his hotel room that morning and the team was in chaos. The four Cup crew chiefs climbed onto golf carts and headed to a meeting with their drivers to decide if they were even going to race. “I don’t remember the time of day that we were starting to hear that something horrible had happened. It was pretty early in the day,” said Bell crew

chief Adam Stevens. “It just took you completely away from prepping for the race, focusing on changes and doing all that stuff that we do every week, to worried about your teammates, worried about Coach, worried about the Gibbs family. It was awful.” Stevens is well-prepped for championship pressure. He’s one of only two active crew chiefs in the Cup Series with multiple titles (he won twice with Kyle Busch) and led Bell back to the championship four this season for Stevens’ seventh appearance in the ﬁnale. But nothing prepared him or the No. 20 Toyota team for the TURN TO NASCAR » PAGE C3

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Cal quarterback Fernando Mendoza looks to pass against Oregon during the ﬁrst half Saturday in Eugene.

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Texas wide receiver Johntay Cook II is hit by Kansas State cornerback Jacob Parrish after a catch during the ﬁrst half of Saturday’s game in Austin, Texas.

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In Austin, Bert Auburn kicked a 42-yard field goal in overtime and the Texas defense got a key stop on fourth down to earn a 33-30 win over Kansas State in a matchup of Big 12 co-leaders. No. 7 Texas (8-1, 5-1 Big 12, No. 7 CFP) had led 27-7 late in the third quarter before No. 25 Kansas State (6-3, 4-2, No. 23 CFP) stormed back with three touchdown passes from Will Howard. The Wildcats forced overtime on Chris Tennant’s 45-yard field goal with 1 second left. Tennant had earlier missed a short chance to tie with 1:45 to play. Texas went nowhere on its first possession of overtime before Auburn’s go-ahead kick. Kansas State then drove to the Texas 6. Three consecutive plays gained only 2 yards before the Wildcats went for the win instead of the tie and another overtime. Howard was pressured and was slipping down when he lofted a pass that was easily batted down. The win keeps Texas atop the league standings with an eye on the Big 12 championship game.

No. 1 Georgia 30, No. 14 Missouri 21 In Athens, defensive tackle Nazir Stackhouse’s fourth-quarter interception helped protect Georgia’s slim lead and the Bulldogs beat Missouri for their 26th consecutive win. Georgia (9-0, 6-0 Southeastern

Conference, No. 2 College Football Playoff) had to rally to win the key SEC East matchup against Missouri (7-2, 3-2, No. 12 CFP). The Tigers led 13-10 early in the second half. Georgia answered with two straight touchdowns, a 15-yard run by Kendall Milton and Carson Beck’s 5-yard scoring pass to Oscar Delp. Beck completed 21 of 32 passes for 254 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions.

No. 3 Ohio State 35, Rutgers 16 In New Jersey, Cornerback Jordan Hancock woke up Ohio State early in the second half with a 93-yard interception return for a touchdown and the Buckeyes rallied from their ﬁrst halftime deﬁcit of the season to beat vastly improved Rutgers. Kyle McCord hit Marvin Harrison Jr. on two of his three touchdown passes and TreVeyon Henderson ran for 128 yards and a score as the Buckeyes (9-0, 6-0 Big, No. 1 in CFP) beat Rutgers (6-3, 3-3) for the 10th straight time. Gavin Wimsatt threw a touchdown pass to JaQuae Jacksonand Kyle Monangai ran for 159 yards as the Scarlet Knights dented the Buckeyes’ defense for 361 yards.

Oklahoma State 27, No. 10 Oklahoma 24 In Stillwater, Ollie Gordon II ran for 137 yards and two touchdowns, and Oklahoma State defeated Oklahoma in the last Bedlam rivalry game before the Sooners leave the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference next year. Alan Bowman passed for 334 yards, Rashod Owens had career

highs of 10 catches for 136 yards and Brennan Presley caught eight passes for 97 yards for the Cowboys (7-2, 5-1, No. 22 CFP). Dillon Gabriel passed for 344 yards, Drake Stoops had career highs of 12 catches for 134 yards and Gavin Sawchuk ran for a career-high 111 yards and a score for the Sooners (7-2, 4-2, No. 9 CFP).

No. 11 Mississippi 38, Texas A&M 35 In Oxford, Quinshon Judkins ran for three touchdowns, including the game-winner from a yard out with 1:40 remaining, and No. 11 Mississippi rallied to defeat Texas A&M. Ole Miss (8-1, 5-1 SEC, No. 10 CFP) preserved the win on the final play as Zxavian Harris tipped Randy Bond’s 47-yard field-goal attempt for the Aggies (5-4, 3-3). The Rebels remained in second place in the SEC West race with their fifth consecutive win.

Clemson 31, No. 12 Notre Dame 23 In South Carolina, Phil Mafah ran for a career high 186 yards and two touchdowns in relief of the injured Will Shipley and Clemson held off Notre Dame to end a disheartening two-game losing streak. The Tigers (5-4) came in with more losses in a season than it had in 13 years and still stinging from the radio criticism of “Tyler from Spartanburg,” who called out Dabo Swinney and drew a strong, even hostile rebuke from the coach that apparently ﬁred up the whole group. Notre Dame (7-3, No. 15 CFP) drew within one score on Sam Hartman’s 26-yard scramble touchdown.

Nix is getting Heisman Trophy buzz, although he’s facing competition from fellow Pac-12 quarterback Michael Penix Jr., who has helped keep No. 5 Washington undefeated. The Huskies downed the Ducks 36-33 in Seattle this season. In periodic downpours, the game got off to a wild and slippery start. Nix’s pass was intercepted on the game’s first play from scrimmage. Gary Bryant Jr. bobbled Nix’s pass and it fell into the hands of Cal safety Patrick McMorris on the Oregon 38. Bhaghani attempted a 41-yard field goal, but it was blocked by Khyree Jackson and run back to the Cal 10 by Jahlil Florence. The Ducks were ruled offside and hit with an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty — putting Cal on the Oregon 9. Fernando Mendoza’s subsequent first-down pass was intercepted by Steve Stephens IV. Penalties again thwarted Oregon, but Nix’s second-and-37 pass was caught by Tez Johnson for a 48-yard touchdown. Oregon went up 14-0 when Mendoza’s fumble was scooped up by Taki Taimani, who took it to the goal line before Nix scored on a 1-yard keeper. After Cal closed the gap on Bhaghani’s 43-yard field goal, Nix fumbled following a botched snap and Williams recovered, running seven yards for a touchdown to make it 14-10. Bhaghani added a 27-yard field goal to pull the Bears closer. Nix had another 1-yard keeper before a pair of touchdown passes — a 14-yard scoring pass to Johnson and a 7-yard TD to Troy Franklin — to push the Ducks’ lead to 35-13 at

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49ers defensive end Nick Bosa and linebacker Fred Warner stand on the sideline Oct. 1 during a game against the Arizona Cardinals in Santa Clara. thing transpired and ultimately we thought that (the trade for Young) was something that would really help us.” The defense needs help right now. San Francisco ranks 27th in the NFL this season by generating sacks on 5.5% of pass plays, after being ﬁfth over the previous two seasons at 7.5%. The 49ers have struggled

tackling in recent weeks and had a season-worst 13 missed tackles last week, according to Pro Football Focus, to give them 32 the past three games after having only nine the three weeks before that. San Francisco has also allowed 15 plays of 20 or more yards the past three games after giving up only 10 in the ﬁrst ﬁve contests.

“It’s just inconsistency across the board,” linebacker Fred Warner said. “I think tackling has been an issue when it hasn’t been in the past. Players got to execute at a higher level, including myself. We’ve got to play more as a unit. There’s got to be more hunt to the football at all three levels. There’s got to be more penalty-free football. Like I said, the

execution has to be higher. We think we’re preparing hard. We think we’re putting a lot of work in. Obviously, we’re not doing enough. There’s got to be more.” Warner put the blame on the players, not the new coach, but there has been an adjustment with Wilks being brought in from the outside to run the defense after Ryans got

halftime. Ott scored on a 20-yard run early in the third quarter for Cal, but the Ducks answered with Bucky Irving’s 6-yard scoring run to make it 42-19. The Bears threatened with 4:05 left in the third on Oregon’s 5, but Jaivian Thomas fumbled and Oregon recovered. Thomas, a freshman who ran for a touchdown earlier this season against Oregon State, was injured on the play and was motionless on the field for several minutes. Both teams surrounded him as he was carted off the field. His condition was not immediately known. Nix found Terrance Ferguson with a 4-yard scoring pass early in the fourth quarter. Jordan James added a 16-yard scoring run. Backup Ty Thompson threw a 6-yard TD to Traeshon Holden in the final minutes. Saturday’s meeting was the last between the two teams as members of the Pac-12 as it is known now. Oregon is off to the Big Ten next season, while the Golden Bears are joining the ACC.

The takeaway ■ Cal: Ott, the Pac-12’s leading rusher with more than 107 yards per game, did not play in the fourth quarter of the Bears’ 50-49 loss to USC last weekend, but he started against the Ducks. Ott ran for 153 yards and three scores against the Trojans. ■ Oregon: Oregon leads the all-time series against Cal 43-41-2 and has won the last ﬁve. The Ducks have so dominated at home in recent years that Cal has won just once — back in 2007 — at Autzen Stadium in the past 35 years.

Up next ■ Cal: Hosts Washington State next Saturday. ■ Oregons: Host USC next Saturday.

the head coaching job in Houston. Instead of installing his own defense, Wilks kept the successful formula in place, while adding a few tweaks in coverages and blitzes. He spent much of the offseason learning San Francisco’s scheme, but acknowledges it is a work in progress. “You know, it’s always challenging,” he said. “When you’ve done your own thing for 17 years, it’s a little different, but I’m encouraged. I got a great supporting cast. These coaches around me are phenomenal. They know this defense. They know their craft. These players are great. So we’re all in this together, man. So I’m not hitting the panic button at all.” Wilks also brings a different demeanor than the more demonstrative Saleh and Ryans, who brought those emotions down to the ﬁeld with chest bumps and other celebrations. Wilks is more low key and spends the games in the press box where he has a better view of the entire operation. But that is another potential change under consideration. “That’s something we’ll discuss this week, just the two of us,” Shanahan said last week. “If he felt it would help him, that’s something we’ll try, but we haven’t done that yet.”

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Cross country pennants to be shared in NBL-Oak Pumas win boys, girls team races at league meet By GUS MORRIS

position to make a return trip to the state meet.

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1. Hanne Thomsen, Jr., Montgomery, 16:29

After falling to Santa Rosa a few weeks ago, the Pumas renewed their focus at practice — and the results showed Friday. “Those next couple weeks of training, we’ve never worked so hard,” said Wilson, the individual champion. The Maria Carrillo junior finished 15 seconds ahead of the runner-up, sophomore teammate Trent Dawson (15:52), who came in nearly 10 seconds ahead of Santa Rosa’s Johnny Ando (16:01) in third. “I thought a couple of the front guys were going to go a little faster like they did last time, the Santa Rosa guys, but I took the lead at the top of the hill,” Wilson said. “I thought one of them was going to come from behind and I would sit behind him, but I knew I had to keep pressing the pace. I felt really good so I just decided to keep going.” Wilson was limited during the cross country season last year with knee pain from Osgood Shlatter disease but was able to ramp up his training this past summer after the spring track season. “I had ice burns on my knees from icing after every single run,” he said. “… It was a process, a lot of ice burns, a lot of stretching now.” Santa Rosa had a dominant dual-meet season but was not at full strength for NBLs. Three of their top four runners were sick and the other did not race. “We needed to be firing on all cylinders today and we just didn’t have the gas,” Santa Rosa head coach Carrie Joseph said. “Hopefully we will have a full tank for NCS.” Fogg, meanwhile, said he noticed his boys team “wake up” after falling to Santa Rosa. The group that’s emerged has him optimistic about the postseason. “They’re jelling as a team, they’re tapping in all the energy instead of having seven different islands,” Fogg said. “They’re more unified and I’m hoping we can keep that going. We have good momentum and my message to them is to lean into it for the next few weeks, all the way to state.” The top NBL runners will try to keep their seasons alive and qualify for state at the NCS Meet of Champions Nov. 18 at Hayward High School.

2. Seelah Kittelstrom, Jr., Montgomery, 17:17

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After an uber-competitive regular season, Maria Carrillo stole the show at the North Bay LeagueOak cross country championships Friday at Spring L a k e , sweeping its way to wins in Hanne the boys Thomsen and girls t e a m competitions. D u e to the results of the regular season, Jack w h e r e Wilson the Santa Rosa boys and Montgomery girls went 4-0, the NBL-Oak pennants will be shared between the three teams. Santa Rosa and Maria Carrillo are co-champions for the NBL-Oak boys pennant and Montgomery and Maria Carrillo will share the girls pennant. The Pumas boys, who went 3-1 during dual meets, won Friday’s meet with 20 points, avenging a narrow loss a few weeks ago to Santa Rosa, which finished second at NBLs with 44 points. The Pumas had five of the top seven finishers Friday, led by junior Jack Wilson, who came in with a time of 15 minutes, 37 seconds. On the girls side, the Pumas’ depth pushed them past Montgomery, the only team to defeat them in dual meets, with 30 points at the top of the team leaderboard. The Vikings, who had the top three finishers, finished second in the team competition with 36 points. Junior star Hanne Thomsen took home the individual title with a winning time of 16:29, a top-five time ever at Spring Lake’s threemile course per records compiled by redwoodempirerunning.com. “I feel good,” Maria Carrillo head coach Greg Fogg said about his team’s performance Friday. “I was hoping to get better weather, so I can get more confidence from the kids and a few more PRs, but we’re just starting to taper, like everybody is, and the kids are feeling a little lighter in their legs. We got three weeks left of the season; we’re going to still keep pressing it because we’re not settling for not going to state.”

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3. Amrie Laceﬁeld, Jr., Montgomery, 17:35 4. Ashlin Mallon, Fr., Maria Carrillo, 18:21 5. Kira Moe, Sr., Maria Carrillo, 18:48 6. Katherine Choe, Jr., Maria Carrillo, 19:19 7. Gracie Trenam, Sr., Maria Carrillo, 19:32 8. Isabella Boardman, Jr., Windsor, 19:39 9. Brooke Szczekocki, Jr., Maria Carrillo, 19:47 10. Andi Fogg, So., Maria Carrillo, 19:48 Boys 1. Jack Wilson, Jr., Maria Carrillo, 15:37 2. Trenton Dawson, So., Maria Carrillo, 15:52 3. Johnny Ando, Sr., Santa Rosa, 16:01 4. Austin Petrik, So., Maria Carrillo, 16:11 5. Quinlan Saulter, Jr., Santa Rosa, 16:18 6. Cameron Jones, Fr., Maria Carrillo, 16:23 7. Grant Sanderson, Sr., Maria Carrillo, 16:24 8. Isaac Feleay, Sr., Santa Rosa, 16:31 9. Xavier Surgeon, So., Windsor, 16:35 10. Graham Gregory, Jr., Montgomery, 16:37 Full results can be found at redwoodempirerunning.com. Here’s more on how both races went down.

Girls To the surprise of no one, Thomsen led wire to wire and had a chance to break her previous personal course record of 16:21, but she said her torrid pace off the starting line caught up with her later in the race as she ran alone, more than 30 seconds ahead of the next runner. Montgomery junior teammates Seelah Kittelstrom and Amrie Lacefield, who have been the second- and third-fastest runners in the area this season behind Thomsen, came in second and third with times of 17:17 and 17:35, respectively. “I think I would have liked to PR today,” Thomsen said. “That would have given me a lot of confidence. But I definitely felt better than I did last week. I think I went out a little overzealous at the beginning. I came through at 5:20 and I was like ‘Oh, maybe I shouldn’t have done that.’ I think I definitely paid for that, but overall I was feeling better.” Thomsen, who is the No. 3-ranked cross country runner in the state, will be the favorite to win her third straight North Coast Section Division 3 individual title at the NCS Meet of Champions in Hayward in two weeks. “I’m just trying to cash

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in on the training I did these past few months,” she said. “I know my fitness is a lot better than it was last year, but I don’t think I’m as sharp as I was last year because I’m running so many more miles.” After the Montgomery trio, the Pumas made up six of the other top-10 finishers. Freshman Ashlin Mallon paced the Pumas with a time of 18:21 in a fourth-place finish, while senior Kira Moe took fifth in 18:48, junior Katherine Choe sixth in 19:19 and senior Grace Trenam seventh in 19:32. “The girls did exactly what they were supposed to do,” Fogg said. “A bit of a hotter day to run fast times. The three Montgomery runners are amazing.” Mallon, the daughter of local running legend Julia Stamps Mallon, has steadily improved in her first season of high school cross country after an extending summer of shorter distance races on the junior track circuit. She ran 37 seconds faster Friday than she did three weeks ago on the same course in a dual meet against Montgomery. “Taking this back to the last race I did, this is a lot better,” Mallon said. “So, I’m happy with my improvement. This year is really just transitioning and getting used to high school and having fun and enjoying the experience.” Maria Carrillo will be one of the top Division 3 teams at NCS in a few weeks and will be in good

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CONTINUED FROM C1 emotions of last year’s finale. Joey Logano won the race and his second title, while Bell finished a distant 10th in the race and third in the championship standings. “Last year was just a whirlwind of emotions — going in there in my first championship four, it was very exciting and happy,” Bell said. “It flipped very quickly on Sunday morning. I don’t ever want to relive the shocking news that got told upon us hours before you’ve got to go perform at your highest at the most important race of your career. That was not ideal. Last year was just insane, like unheard of.” Stevens felt once the race began the team was able to focus on trying to win the title. “I know once he gets his helmet on that he’s super focused on the task at hand. I don’t know how it couldn’t weigh on you when somebody you’re so close to passes so suddenly like that,” Stevens said, adding that the team is glad to have a year removed from that tragic morning. “It will be a big relief to kind of have a calendar year in between that and this weekend, have a little bit of healing for the Gibbs family. Hopefully we can bring the trophy home,” Stevens said. Bell, back in the championship for the second consecutive year, will race Ryan Blaney, William Byron and Kyle Larson for the title Sunday. The highest-finishing driver among the four will be crowned champion and Larson is the only driver in the finale with a previous title. Larson, the 2021 champion, is back in the finale for the second time in three years. Blaney and Byron are making their first appearances. Gibbs, reflecting recently on the horrific turn of events from celebrating his grandson’s championship to mourning the loss of his son, said Sunday will partly be a day of remembrance. Gibbs lost his other son, J.D., who died of a degenerative neurological disease in 2019. Both J.D. and Coy died one month before their 50th birthdays. Coy died in his sleep after celebrating

his son’s championship; no cause of death has been revealed. Coy’s wife, Heather, told Gibbs her husband was the happiest she’d ever seen him celebrating Ty’s championship the night before his death. That gives Gibbs solace. But he doesn’t want Sunday to be a memorial. He wants another championship; JGR has had a car in the final four every year since the format began in 2014, but has only won the shootout three times and not since Busch in 2019. “I always talk to our team and everything about the fact that we’ve been here 31 years and we only have five championships on the back wall. That’s how hard it is,” Gibbs said. “This sport is really, really hard because there’s so much to it. If you have a weak part of your race team, the playoffs will find it.”

Bryon on pole Byron will start from the pole at Phoenix Raceway, trying to win his first Cup Series championship and give the famed No. 24 Chevrolet its first title since Jeff Gordon in 2001. Byron turned a lap at 132.597 mph Saturday in qualifying to earn the top starting spot. The Hendrick Motorsports driver won the Phoenix race in the spring. Larson qualified fourth in another Chevy from Hendrick, while ell will start 13th in his Gibbs Toyota and Blaney will start 15th in a Ford from Team Penske.

Custer is Xfinity champ Cole Custer pulled away from Justin Allgaier during a two-lap overtime shootout to win his first NASCAR Xfinity Series championship Saturday night at Phoenix Raceway. It was an exhilarating finish, with Custer, Allgaier and John Hunter Nemechek three-wide on the next-to-last lap with Allgaier in the middle. But Custer,who went to the inside, pulled away while the others battled for position. ■ Formula One champion Max Verstappen of Red Bull will start Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix in pole position after Friday’s qualifying. He clocked 1 minute, 10.727 seconds in qualifying, which was cut short due to rain. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc will start in second position.

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White Abarrio wins Breeders’ Cup Classic HORSE RACING » Trainer triumphs in return from ban By BETH HARRIS ASSOCIATED PRESS

ARCADIA — White Abarrio won the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic by a length Saturday, putting trainer Rick Dutrow back on top months after his 10-year exile from the sport ended.

A celebratory Dutrow hugged anyone he could in the winner’s circle before throwing his arms around White Abarrio. He previously won the Classic in 2005 with Saint Liam. “It feels unbelievable,” Dutrow said. “I love it.” Ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr., White Abarrio ran 1¼ miles in 2:02.87. Sent off as the 5-2 favorite, the gray colt paid $7.20 to win. “I thought that he was a winner the whole way

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SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SONOMA In the Matter of No. SPR- 23PR00209 THE CHARLES S. GREENE FAMILY TRUST (Dated: March 13, 1996) MYRNA HENDRICKSON GREENE,

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF MYRNA HENDRICKSON GREENE ALSO KNOWN AS MYRNA LOUISE GREENE AND CHARLES S. GREENE

Deceased. ________________________________/ Notice is hereby given to the creditors and contingent creditors of the above-named Decedents that all persons having claims against the decedents are required to file them with the Superior Court, County of Sonoma, 3055 Cleveland Avenue, Santa Rosa, California 95403, and mail or deliver pursuant to Section 1215 of California Probate Code a copy to KATHERINE R. GREENE, as Successor Trustee of THE CHARLES S. GREENE FAMILY TRUST (Dated: March 13, 1996), wherein the decedents were Trustors, at PASSALACQUA, MAZZONI, GLADDEN, LOPEZ & MARAVIGLIA, LLP, 1201 Vine Street, Suite 200, Healdsburg, California 95448-0455, within the later of four (4) months after the date of the first publication of notice to creditors or, if notice is mailed or personally delivered to you, sixty (60) days after the date this notice is mailed or personally delivered to you, or you must petition to file a late claim as provided in Section 19103 of the Probate Code. A claim form may be obtained protection, you ained from the court clerk. For your y are encouraged to file your claim n receipt requested. aim by certified mail, with rreturn DATED: October 25, 2023 ASSALACQUA, MAZZONI, GLADDEN, PASSALACQUA, MAZZO VIGLIA, LLP LOPEZ & MARAVIGLIA, L ________________________________ _________________________ By: MARK L. GLADDEN, Attorney for A THERINE R. GREENE, Successor Trustee KATHERINE S 185111 - Pub Nov 2, Nov 5, Nov ov 8, 2023

violations. The 64-year-old trained Big Brown to victories in the 2008 Kentucky Derby and Preakness. Japan-bred Derma Sotogake was second and Proxy was third. Cody’s Wish rallied from last and survived a stewards’ inquiry to defend his title in the $1 million Dirt Mile. Ridden by Junior Alvarado, Cody’s Wish ran the disMARK J. TERRILL / ASSOCIATED PRESS tance in 1:35.97. Sent off as the 4-5 favorite, the 5-year- Irad Ortiz Jr. rides White Abarrio to win the Breeders’ Cup old horse paid $3.60 to win. Classic on Saturday at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia.

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TOWN OF WINDSOR Windsor, California NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF UV DISINFECTION FACILITY SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS Public notice is hereby given that the Town of Windsor, California will be receiving sealed bid proposals for the UV DISINFECTION FACILITY SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS. Mailed bids to be sent to Building 300, 9291 Old Redwood Highway, Windsor, CA 95492 by U.S. mail or reputable overnight delivery service, attention Garrett Broughton and provide project name on envelope. In-person bids may be received at Building 400, 9291 Old Redwood Highway, Windsor, CA beginning at 9:00 a.m. on the bid opening date. Bids that are delivered to an incorrect location or which fail to arrive on time will not be considered. General Work Description: The work consists of the installation of new ultraviolet (UV) disinfection system components and control within the existing concrete UV channels at the Town of Windsor Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) along with new influent slide gates and effluent weirs; this necessitates elevating the deck of the existing UV structure with a new concrete curb, aluminum surface grating and creating new access ramps. The work also includes creating a new storage enclosure on the west side of the structure and ancillary asphalt paving and drainage near the structure. There will be a mandatory site inspection and walk-thru for all bidders on Thursday, November 9th at 10:00 am located at the Town of Windsor Corporation Yard, Bldg. 100, 8400 Windsor Road, Windsor CA. 95492. Bids must be received no later than 10:00 a.m. on December 12, 2023, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud in the Town Council Chambers at Town Hall. Said bids will be referred to the Windsor Town Council for consideration. If your firm submitted a bid, please provide an email to the Town Project Manager, Garrett Broughton, at bids@ townofwindsor.com stating a bid was submitted. Questions regarding the plans and specifications shall be addressed to Garrett Broughton by email at bids@townofwindsor.com. The last day for questions is November 28, 2023. The Engineer’s Estimate for construction of this work is $4,044,000. The Contractor shall possess a State of California Class “A” contractor’s license at the time bids are received by the Town and throughout the execution of the contract. Bids are required for the entire work described herein. This contract is subject to State contract non-discrimination and compliance requirements pursuant to Government Code, Section 12990. Electronic copies of the Contract Documents, including Proposal Forms, Plans, and Specifications will be available at no charge beginning at 5:00 pm on October 31, 2023, at the Town of Windsor website (https://www.townofwindsor.com/bids.aspx). Bidders will need to fill out a short informational form in order to gain access to the bid documents. Full size copies of the plans may be purchased at the Bidder’s expense from Digital Prints & Imaging, 375 Tesconi Circle, Santa Rosa, CA, telephone (707)546-0401. All forms and documents listed under Bidder’s Book heading in the Table of Contents should be printed on single sided sheets. Each bid shall be accompanied by a certified or cashier’s check payable to the Town of Windsor or a satisfactory bidder’s bond in favor of the Town of Windsor executed by the bidder as principal, and a satisfactory surety company, licensed as such in the State of California, as surety, in an amount not less than 10% of the maximum amount of the bid. The check or bidder’s bond shall be given as a guarantee that the bidder shall execute the contract, if awarded to him, in conformity with the contract documents and shall provide the statutory faithful performance bond, and labor and materials (payment) bond for 100% of the contract price, conditioned upon the faithful performance of said contract, said bonds to be provided within ten (10) days, not including Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after notification of the award of the contract to the bidder. Notice is further given that pursuant to Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code, substitution of securities for any monies withheld by the Town to ensure performance under the Contract is permitted. At the request and expense of the Contractor, securities equivalent to the amount withheld shall be deposited with the Town, or with a state or federally chartered bank, in California as the escrow agent, who shall then pay those monies to the Contractor. Upon satisfactory completion of the contract, the securities shall be returned to the Contractor. Alternatively, the Contractor may request, and the Town shall make payment of retentions earned directly to the escrow agent at the expense of the Contractor. At the expense of the Contractor, the Contractor may direct the investment of the payments into securities and the Contractor shall receive the interest earned on the investments upon the same terms provided for in Public Contract Code Section 22300 for securities deposited by the Contractor. Upon satisfactory completion of the Contract, the Contractor shall receive from the escrow agent, all securities, interest, and payments received by the escrow agent from the Town, pursuant to the terms of these provisions. Securities eligible for investment under this provision shall include those listed in Section 16430 of the Government Code, bank or savings and loan certificates of deposit, interest-bearing demand deposit accounts, standby letters of credit, or any other security mutually agreed to by the Contractor and the Town. The Contractor shall be the beneficial owner of any securities substituted for monies withheld and shall receive any interest thereon. Pursuant to Section 1720 et seq. and 1770 et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the successful bidder shall pay not less than the prevailing rate of per diem wages as determined by the Directors of the California Department of Industrial Relations. Copies of such prevailing rate of per diem wages are on file in the principal office of the Town of Windsor, to which reference is hereby made for further particulars. Said prevailing rate of per diem wages shall be made available to any interested party on request. The successful bidder shall post a copy of such determinations at each job site. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial relations. No contractor or subcontractor may be listed on a bid proposal for a public works project unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Section 1725.5 of the Labor Code of the State of California (with limited exceptions from this requirement for bid purposes under Labor Code Section 1771.1(a)). Bids submitted not in accordance with this Code Section will be rejected. No contractor or subcontractor may be awarded a contract for public work on a public works project unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5. The Contractor must post job site notices prescribed by regulation. All contractors and subcontractors must furnish electronic certified payroll records directly to the Labor Commissioner (aka Division of Labor Standards Enforcement) and to the Engineer. The Windsor Town Council reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to determine which proposal is the lowest bid of a responsible bidder. The Windsor Town Council also reserves the right to waive any nonconformity not material to the cost of performance in the said proposals or bids. No bidder may withdraw their bid for a period of 60 (sixty) days after the date set for the opening of bids. Questions may be referred to the Engineering Department at (707) 838-5340. DATED: This 29th day of October 2023 TOWN OF WINDSOR State of California By the order of the Public Works Director/Town Engineer 184697 – Pub Oct 29, Nov 5, 2023

around the track,” Dutrow said. Dutrow saddled White Abarrio for just the third time. The 4-year-old colt was previously trained by Saffie Joseph Jr., but the owners moved him to Dutrow’s barn after two of Joseph’s other horses died this spring. Dutrow returned to training earlier this year after serving a 10-year suspension by New York racing officials for a history of

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF GUADALUPE VALDIVIA ARREGUIN CASE NO. 23PR00210 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the Will or estate, or both, of: GUADALUPE VALDIVIA ARREGUIN A Petition for Probate has been filed by: John M. Arreguin in the Superior Court of California, County of Sonoma. The Petition for Probate requests that: John M. Arreguin be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. X 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. X 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: 12/08/2023 at 9:30 am in Dept. 23, located at 3055 Cleveland Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95403. To join online go to: Zoom.us/join Meeting ID: 160 825 4529 Passcode: 611386 Or join by phone dial: 1-669-254-5252 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 §1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. FILED: 10/26/2023 Mark L. Gladden 1201 Vine Street, Ste. 200 Healdsburg, CA 95448 707-433-3363 Attorney for Petitioner W0049027 - November 2,5,8 2023 3ti.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Susan J. MacKenzie CASE NO. 23PR00223 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the Will or estate, or both, of: Susan J. MacKenzie; Susan J. Williams A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Donald W. MacKenzie in the Superior Court of California, County of Sonoma. The Petition for Probate requests that: Donald W. MacKenzie be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. X 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. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 12/08/2023 at 9:30am in Dept. 23, located at 3055 Cleveland Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95403. To join online go to: Zoom.us/join Meeting ID: 160 825 4529 Passcode: 611386 Or join by phone dial: 1-669-254-5252 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 §1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. FILED: 10/27/2023 Ann M. Eberts 1180 Fourth Street Santa Rosa, CA 95404 707-538-6074 Attorney for Petitioner W0049005 - November 2,5,8 2023 3ti.

AMENDED NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Diane E. Graziani aka Diane E. Salazar CASE NO. 23PR00224 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the Will or estate, or both, of: Diane E. Graziani aka Diane E. Salazar A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Diane E. Graziani in the Superior Court of California, County of Sonoma. The Petition for Probate requests that: Diane E. Graziani be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. X 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. X 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: 12/08/2023 at 9:30 am in Dept. 23, located at 3055 Cleveland Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95403. To join online go to: Zoom.us/join Meeting ID: 160 825 4529 Passcode: 611386 Or join by phone dial: 1-669-254-5252 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 §1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. FILED: 10/30/2023 William J. Sweeney (SB# 51669) 90 Oak Island Pl Santa Rosa, CA 95409 (916) 539-5659 Attorney for Petitioner W0049026 - November 2,5,8 2023 3ti. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2023-03015 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Kunde Family Vineyards; 2)Wildwood Vineyards located at 9725 Los Guilicos Ave, Kenwood, CA, 95452; Mailing Address P.O. Box 638 Kenwood, CA 95452 Sonoma County, is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Arthur Kunde & Sons, Inc. 9725 Los Guilicos Ave, Kenwood, CA, 95452 A CA Corporation The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on 1989. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Keith Kunde, President Arthur Kunde & Son, Inc. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on 10/13/2023 I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. DEVA MARIE PROTO Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Celeste Hernandez Deputy Clerk SEAL W0048849 - October 22,29,November 5,12 2023 4ti. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 202303051 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Mark West Tax Service located at 1160 N Dutton Ave Ste 150, Santa Rosa, CA, 95401; Sonoma County, is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Wilber-Young Inc 5629 Kalispell Way, Sacramento, CA, 95835 A CA Corporation The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on 01/18/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Debra Young This statement was filed with the County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on 10182023 I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. DEVA MARIE PROTO Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Christina Prado-Mendoza Deputy Clerk SEAL W0048885 - October 29,November 5,12,19 2023 4ti.

PUBLIC NOTICE State Water Resources Control Board NOTICE OF TEMPORARY URGENCY CHANGE PETITION FOR PERMITS 12947A, 12949, 12950, AND 16596 (APPLICATIONS 12919A, 15736, 15737, AND 19351) OF SONOMA COUNTY WATER AGENCY On October 13, 2023, Sonoma County Water Agency (Sonoma Water) filed temporary urgency change petitions with the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board), Division of Water Rights (Division) requesting approval of temporary changes to water right Permits 12947A, 12949, 12950, and 16596 (Applications 12919A, 15736, 15737, and 19351) pursuant to California Water Code section 1435. The petitions seek authorization to implement a hydrologic index based on Lake Mendocino storage values, rather than the current index based on cumulative inflow into Lake Pillsbury, starting January 1, 2024. This temporary change is requested to ensure that the water supply condition for the Russian River is determined by an index that is reflective of watershed conditions. Sonoma Water states there is an urgent need to implement the proposed changes due to the significant reduction of potential Eel River water imports through Pacific Gas and Electric’s (PG&E) Potter Valley Hydrologic Project (PVP). The influence of Eel River imports on downstream hydrologic conditions in the Russian River will be greatly diminished, and thus use of the Eel River hydrologic index is not a reliable metric for Russian River water supply conditions. In the absence of the proposed changes, the applicable minimum instream flow requirements may require releases of water from Lake Mendocino and Lake Sonoma at levels that would risk significant depletions of storage levels that could cause impacts to human health and welfare and reduce water supplies needed for protection of listed salmon species in the Russian River. Therefore, Sonoma Water proposes that the monthly storage values listed below be used, in lieu of cumulative Lake Pillsbury inflow, to define the water supply conditions that determine which minimum instream flow requirements in Term 20 of Permit 12947A, Term 17 of Permits 12949 and 12950, and Term 13 of Permit 16596 will apply to the Russian River: a. Dry water supply conditions will exist when storage in Lake Mendocino is less than: 68,400 acre-feet as of January 1 68,400 acre-feet as of February 1 68,400 acre-feet as of March 1 77,000 acre-feet as of March 16 86,000 acre-feet as of April 1 91,000 acre-feet as of April 16 93,000 acre-feet as of May 1 94,000 acre-feet as of May 16 94,000 acre-feet as of June 1 b. Critical water supply conditions exist when storage in Lake Mendocino is less than: 42,000 acre-feet as of January 1 49,000 acre-feet as of February 1 57,000 acre-feet as of March 1 67,000 acre-feet as of March 16 73,000 acre-feet as of April 1 74,000 acre-feet as of April 16 75,000 acre-feet as of May 1 76,000 acre-feet as of May 16 76,000 acre-feet as of June 1 c. Normal water supply conditions exist in the absence of defined Dry or Critical water supply conditions. More information regarding the temporary urgency change petitions, including copies of the petitions, is available at: https://www.sonomawater.org/tucp Pursuant to Water Code section 1438, subdivision (d), any interested person may file an objection to the temporary change. Objections filed in response to this notice should be submitted to the persons listed below by 4:30 p.m. on November 27, 2023. Please be advised the State Water Board may issue an order approving or denying the TUCPs before the end of the noticing period. All objections received will be considered promptly, and an amended order may be issued if necessary to address objections. State Water Resources Control Board Sonoma County Water Agency Division of Water Rights Attn: Grant Davis, General Manager Attn: Ken Emanuel 404 Aviation Boulevard P.O. Box 2000 Santa Rosa, CA 95403-9019 Sacramento, CA 95812-2000 Grant.Davis@scwa.ca.gov Kenneth.Emanuel@waterboards.ca.gov For more information regarding this matter please contact Ken Emanuel at Kenneth.Emanuel@waterboards.ca.gov. DATE OF NOTICE: OCTOBER 26, 2023 184803 - Pub Nov 5, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 202302907 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Ra Cecil Construction located at 1999 Grosse Ave, Santa Rosa, CA, 95404; Sonoma County, is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Ryan A Cecil 1999 Grosse Ave, Santa Rosa, CA, 95404 An Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on 02/01/2022. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Ryan A Cecil This statement was filed with the County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on 10/2/2023 I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. DEVA MARIE PROTO Sonoma County Clerk By /s/ Norma Gonzalez Deputy Clerk SEAL W0048659 - October 15,22,29,November 5 2023 4ti.

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In 1856 F irst cour thouse constructed in Santa Rosa. John A. and Clara McNear arrived in Petaluma, operated livery stable and got into river shipping; family became major economic force. Sevier Lewis opened first Windsor hotel; facility destroyed in 1911 fire. Rawena Granice Steele, state’s first woman novelist and frequent visitor to Sonoma, began literary career. Copyright © 2010 Sonoma County Historical Society P.O. Box 1373, Santa Rosa, CA 95402

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In 1845 Frederick Starke is the ﬁrst American settler in Vallejo township (Penngrove.) Mexican Congress granted Bodega Bay Harbor to Capt. Stephen Smith. Copyright © 2010 Sonoma County Historical Society P.O. Box 1373, Santa Rosa, CA 95402

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NBA Standings WESTERN CONFERENCE Paciﬁc W Warriors 5 L.A. Clippers 3 L.A. Lakers 3 Sacramento 2 Phoenix 2 Southwest W Dallas 4 New Orleans 4 San Antonio 3 Houston 2 Memphis 0 Northwest W Denver 5 Minnesota 3 Portland 3 Oklahoma City 3 Utah 2 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic W Boston 5 Philadelphia 4 Brooklyn 3 New York 2 Toronto 2 Southeast W Atlanta 4 Orlando 4 Charlotte 2 Miami 2 Washington 1 Central W Milwaukee 3 Indiana 3 Detroit 2 Chicago 2 Cleveland 2 Saturday’s Results Philadelphia 112, Phoenix 100 Atlanta 123, New Orleans 105 Orlando 120, L.A. Lakers 101 Charlotte 125, Indiana 124 Minnesota 123, Utah 95 Boston 124, Brooklyn 114 Houston 107, Sacramento 89 Chicago at Denver, late Sunday’s Games Phoenix at Detroit, 12 p.m. Toronto at San Antonio, 12:30 p.m. Warriors at Cleveland, 3 p.m. Charlotte at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. Memphis at Portland, 6 p.m.

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NHL Standings WESTERN CONFERENCE Paciﬁc GP W L OT Pts Vegas 11 10 0 1 21 Los Angeles 11 7 2 2 16 Vancouver 10 7 2 1 15 Anaheim 10 6 4 0 12 Seattle 11 4 5 2 10 Edmonton 10 2 7 1 5 Calgary 10 2 7 1 5 Sharks 10 0 9 1 1 Central GP W L OT Pts Dallas 9 7 1 1 15 Colorado 9 7 2 0 14 Winnipeg 11 5 4 2 12 St. Louis 10 5 4 1 11 Arizona 11 5 5 1 11 Nashville 11 5 6 0 10 Minnesota 10 3 5 2 8 Chicago 9 3 6 0 6 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic GP W L OT Pts Boston 11 9 1 1 19 Detroit 12 7 4 1 15 Tampa Bay 11 5 3 3 13 Toronto 11 5 4 2 12 Montreal 11 5 4 2 12 Buffalo 12 6 6 0 12 Florida 9 5 3 1 11 Ottawa 10 4 6 0 8 Metropolitan GP W L OT Pts N.Y. Rangers 10 8 2 0 16 Carolina 12 7 5 0 14 New Jersey 10 6 3 1 13 N.Y. Islanders 10 5 2 3 13 Washington 10 5 4 1 11 Philadelphia 12 5 6 1 11 Columbus 11 4 5 2 10 Pittsburgh 9 3 6 0 6 Saturday’s Results Pittsburgh at Sharks, late Nashville 5, Edmonton 2 Winnipeg 5, Arizona 3 Washington 2, Columbus 1 Buffalo 6, Toronto 4 St. Louis 6, Montreal 3 Detroit 5, Boston 4 Tampa Bay 6, Ottawa 4 Los Angeles 5, Philadelphia 0 Carolina 4, N.Y. Islanders 3, OT Florida at Chicago, late N.Y. Rangers at Minnesota, late Calgary at Seattle, late Colorado at Vegas, late Dallas at Vancouver, late Sunday’s Games New Jersey at Chicago, 4 p.m. Vegas at Anaheim, 5 p.m.

GF GA 43 24 47 33 46 22 33 30 28 36 27 41 22 38 10 46 GF GA 30 24 32 21 36 39 25 28 37 32 32 32 39 46 23 33 GF GA 36 21 45 37 40 36 36 37 33 39 39 38 25 27 38 35 GF GA 33 23 45 45 39 37 30 30 21 30 37 39 28 34 27 29

TENNIS ATP World Tour Paris Masters At Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris Purse: EUR. 5,779,335 Surface: Hardcourt indoor (Seedings in parentheses) Men’s Singles, Semiﬁnals Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria, def. Stefanos Tsitsipas (7), Greece, 6-3, 6-7 (1), 7-6 (3). Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Andrey Rublev (5), Russia, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 7-5. Men’s Doubles, Semiﬁnals Rohan Bopanna, India, and Matthew Ebden (3), Australia, def. Harri Heliovaara, Finland, and Mate Pavic, Croatia, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 10-6.

WTA Finals Cancun Purse: $9,000,000 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor (Seedings in parentheses) Women’s Singles, Semiﬁnals Jessica Pegula (5), United States, def. Coco Gauff (3), United States, 6-2, 6-1.

WTA Dow Tennis Classic At Midland Community Tennis Center, Texas Purse: $115,000 Surface: Hardcourt indoor (Seedings in parentheses) Women’s Singles, Semiﬁnals Jana Fett, Croatia, def. Emma Navarro (1), United States, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. Anna Kalinskaya, Russia, def. Alycia Parks (3), United States, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3. Women’s Doubles, Championship Whitney Osuigwe and Hailey Baptiste, United States, def. Sophie Chang and Ashley Lahey (3), United States, 2-6, 6-2, 10-1.

Saturday’s Results No. 1 Georgia 30, No. 14 Missouri 23 No. 2 Michigan vs. Purdue, late No. 3 Ohio St. 35, Rutgers 16 No. 4 Florida St. 24, Pittsburgh 7 No. 5 Washington at No. 24 USC, late No. 6 Oregon 63, Cal 19 No. 7 Texas 33, No. 25 Kansas St. 30, OT No. 8 Alabama vs. No. 13 LSU, late No. 9 Penn St. 51, Maryland 15 Oklahoma St. 27, No. 10 Oklahoma 24 No. 11 Mississippi 38, Texas A&M 35 Clemson 31, No. 12 Notre Dame 23 No. 15 Louisville 34, Virginia Tech 3 No. 16 Oregon St. at Colorado, late Army 23, No. 17 Air Force 3 No. 18 Utah 55, Arizona St. 3 No. 19 Tennessee 59, UConn 3 No. 20 UCLA at Arizona, late No. 21 Tulane 13, East Carolina 10 No. 22 Kansas 28, Iowa St. 21 No. 23 James Madison 42, Georgia St. 14

Other games Saturday’s Results FAR WEST Oregon 63, Cal 19 Army 23, Air Force 3 E. Washington 48, Cal Poly 13 Hawaii 27, Nevada 14 Idaho 27, N. Colorado 13 Montana St. 45, N. Arizona 21 New Mexico St. 13, Middle Tennessee 7 S. Utah 35, Lincoln Oaklanders 6 UC Davis 37, Portland St. 23 UNLV 56, New Mexico 14 Utah 55, Arizona St. 3 Weber St. 33, Idaho St. 21 SOUTHWEST Abilene Christian 24, Utah Tech 7 Arkansas St. 37, Louisiana-Lafayette 17 Charlotte 33, Tulsa 26, OT Houston 25, Baylor 24, OT Lamar 41, Texas A&M Commerce 21 Nicholls 45, Incarnate Word 32 Oklahoma St. 27, Oklahoma 24 Prairie View 38, Ark.-Pine Bluff 14 Sam Houston St. 24, Kennesaw St. 21 Texas 33, Kansas St. 30, OT Texas State 45, Georgia Southern 24 UTSA 37, North Texas 29 MIDWEST E. Illinois 16, Lindenwood (Mo.) 10 Illinois 27, Minnesota 26 Illinois St. 36, Missouri St. 35 Indiana 20, Wisconsin 14 Iowa 10, Northwestern 7 Michigan St. 20, Nebraska 17 N. Iowa 50, W. Illinois 6 Robert Morris 21, SE Missouri 20 S. Dakota St. 33, N. Dakota St. 16 South Dakota 14, S. Illinois 7 UCF 28, Cincinnati 26 Valparaiso 21, Dayton 7 Youngstown St. 19, Indiana St. 7 SOUTH Alabama St. 17, Grambling St. 6 Alcorn St. 44, Southern U. 21 Appalachian St. 31, Marshall 9 Arkansas 39, Florida 36, OT Auburn 31, Vanderbilt 15 Austin Peay 33, E. Kentucky 30, OT Butler 49, Morehead St. 7 Cent. Arkansas 27, North Alabama 14 Charleston Southern 35, Tennessee St. 21 Clemson 31, Notre Dame 23 Coastal Carolina 28, Old Dominion 24 Davidson 61, Stetson 41 Florida A&M 42, Alabama A&M 28 Furman 17, Chattanooga 14 Georgia 30, Missouri 21 Georgia Tech 45, Virginia 17 Jackson St. 21, Texas Southern 19 James Madison 42, Georgia St. 14 Liberty 56, Louisiana Tech 30 Louisville 34, Virginia Tech 3 Memphis 59, South Florida 50 Mercer 38, The Citadel 16 Mississippi 38, Texas A&M 35 NC Central 38, Norfolk St. 24 North Carolina 59, Campbell 7 North Dakota 45, Murray St. 31 SC State 27, Howard 24 SE Louisiana 38, McNeese St. 24 San Diego 23, Presbyterian 13 South Carolina 38, Jacksonville St. 28 Southern Miss. 24, Louisiana-Monroe 7 Tennessee 59, UConn 3 Towson 42, NC A&T 32 Tulane 13, East Carolina 10 UAB 45, FAU 42 UT Martin 44, Tennessee Tech 41, OT VMI 31, ETSU 24 W. Carolina 28, Wofford 25 EAST Albany (NY) 24, William & Mary 8 Colgate 37, Lafayette 34, OT Drake 10, Marist 3 Duquesne 34, Wagner 26 Elon 33, Delaware 27 Florida St. 24, Pittsburgh 7 Fordham 27, Bucknell 21 Gardner-Webb 45, Bryant 44, OT Hampton 42, Maine 35 Harvard 38, Columbia 24 Holy Cross 28, Lehigh 24 LIU Brooklyn 29, St. Francis (Pa.) 28 Monmouth (NJ) 56, Stony Brook 17 Morgan St. 24, Delaware St. 17 Ohio St. 35, Rutgers 16 Penn 23, Cornell 8 Penn St. 51, Maryland 15 Sacred Heart 31, CCSU 24 Temple 32, Navy 18 UMass 31, Merrimack 21 Villanova 45, New Hampshire 33 Yale 36, Brown 17

TRANSACTIONS Baseball American League BOSTON RED SOX — Declined the 2024 club option on the contract of RHP Corey Kluber. Announced DH Justin Turner declined his 2024 player option. CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Declined the 2024 club option on the contract of SS Tim Anderson. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Declined the 2024 club option on the contract of INF Eduardo Escobar and LHP Aaron Loup. TEXAS RANGERS — Announced that LHP Andrew Heaney exercised his 2024 player contract option. Exercised the 2024 club option on the contract of RHP Jose Leclerc. National League CINCINNATI REDS — Declined the 2024 club options on the contracts of C Curt Casali and 1B Joey Votto. MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Acquired RHP Blake Holub from Detroit in exchange for OF/1B Mark Canha.

Basketball National Basketball Association MILWAUKEE BUCKS — Assigned F Chris Livingston to the Wisconsin Herd of the G League.

Football National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Elevated CB Josh Norman from the practice squad to the active roster. CINCINNATI BENGALS — Elevated WR Stanley Morgan from the practice squad to the active roster. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Elevated WR James Proche II from the practice squad to the active roster. GREEN BAY PACKERS — Elevated S Innis Gaines from the practice squad to the active roster. MIAMI DOLPHINS — Activated T Terron Armstead from injured reserve. Waived DT Brandon Pili. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Elevated DL T.J. Smith and LB Nick Vigil from the practice squad to the active roster. Released G Henry Boyd from the practice squad. Signed OL Coy Cronk to the practice squad. Added WR Jamie Nailor to the active roster. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed DL Jeremiah Pharms Jr. from the practice squad to the active roster. Elevated OL Conor McDermott from the practice squad to the active roster. NEW YORK GIANTS — Elevated K Randy Bullock and LB Justin Hollins from the practice squad to the active roster. Signed TE Lawrence Cager to the active roster from the practice squad. Placed QB Tyrod Taylor and TE Darren Waller on injured reserve.

Hockey National Hockey League BUFFALO SABRES — Recalled D Ryan Johnson from Rochester. Placed D Mattias Samuelsson on injured reserve. EDMONTON OILERS — Loaned D Philip Broberg to Bakersfield (AHL). Recalled RW Raphael Lavoie from loan to Bakersfield. NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Recalled F Max Willman from Utica (AHL). NEW YORK RANGERS — Reassigned G Olof Lindbom to Hartford (AHL) from Cincinnati (ECHL). OTTAWA SENATORS — Recalled C Zack MacEwen and LW Roby Jarventie from Belleville (AHL). SAN JOSE SHARKS — Recalled G Beck Warm from Wichita (ECHL). ST. LOUIS BLUES — Reassigned G Will Cranley to Reading (ECHL) from Springfield (AHL). TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Recalled Ds Max Lajoie and Simon Benoit from Toronto (AHL). VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS — Recalled RW Jonas Rondbjerg from loan to Henderson (AHL).

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First Round (Best of 3; x-if necessary) Eastern Conference Philadelphia 1, New England 0 Oct. 28: Philadelphia 3, New England 1 Wednesday: Philadelphia at New England, 4 p.m. x-Nov. 12: New England at Philadelphia, Noon Orlando 1, Nashville 0 Monday: Orlando 1, Nashville 0 Tuesday: Orlando at Nashville, 6 p.m. x-Nov. 12: Nashville at Orlando, 2 p.m. Columbus 1, Atlanta 0 Wednesday: Columbus 2, Atlanta 0 Tuesday: Columbus at Atlanta, 4 p.m. x-Nov. 12: Atlanta at Columbus, 4 p.m. Cincinnati 2, New York 0 Sunday: Cincinnati 3, New York 0 Saturday: Cincinnati 1, New York 1; Cincinnati advances on penalty kicks Western Conference Los Angeles FC 1, Vancouver 0 Oct: 28: Los Angeles FC 5, Vancouver 2 Sunday: Los Angeles FC at Vancouver, 4:30 p.m. x-Nov. 9: Vancouver at Los Angeles FC, 7 p.m. Houston 1, Real Salt Lake 0 Sunday: Houston 2, Real Salt Lake 1 Monday: Houston at Real Salt Lake, 6 p.m. x-Nov. 11: Real Salt Lake at Houston, 1 p.m. Seattle 1, FC Dallas 0 Monday: Seattle 2, FC Dallas 0 Saturday: Seattle at FC Dallas, late x-Nov. 10: FC Dallas at Seattle, 7 p.m. Kansas City 1, St. Louis 0 Sunday: Sporting Kansas City 4, St. Louis 1 Sunday: St. Louis at Sporting Kansas City, 2 p.m. x-Nov. 11: Sporting Kansas City at St. Louis, 3 p.m.

GP W D Inter 11 9 1 Juventus 10 7 2 AC Milan 11 7 1 Napoli 11 6 3 Atalanta 11 6 1 Bologna 11 4 6 Fiorentina 10 5 2 Lazio 11 5 1 Roma 10 4 2 AC Monza 10 3 4 Lecce 10 3 4 Frosinone 10 3 3 Turin 10 3 3 Genoa 10 3 2 Sassuolo 10 3 2 Udinese 11 1 7 Verona 10 2 2 Empoli 10 2 1 Cagliari 10 1 3 Salernitana 11 0 4 Saturday’s Results Napoli 2, Salernitana 0 Inter 2, Atalanta 1 Udinese 1, AC Milan 0 Sunday’s Games Verona vs. AC Monza, 3:30 a.m. Cagliari vs. Genoa, 6 a.m. Roma vs. Lecce, 9 a.m. Fiorentina vs. Juventus, 11:45 a.m. Monday’s Games Frosinone vs. Empoli, 9:30 a.m. Turin vs. Sassuolo, 11:45 a.m.

NWSL playoffs

Liga MX L GF GA Pts 1 34 14 36 3 32 18 29 4 22 15 26 5 21 21 24 7 31 24 23 6 22 17 23 5 23 18 22 4 22 15 21 6 21 21 20 6 24 23 19 7 19 25 19 4 13 23 19 7 23 29 18 7 26 30 17 8 20 26 17 7 14 21 16 8 15 29 15 8 14 27 11

English Premier League GP W D L GF GA Pts Man City 11 9 0 2 28 8 27 Tottenham 10 8 2 0 22 9 26 Arsenal 11 7 3 1 23 9 24 Liverpool 10 7 2 1 23 9 23 Aston Villa 10 7 1 2 26 14 22 Newcastle 11 6 2 3 27 11 20 Brighton 11 5 3 3 24 20 18 Man United 11 6 0 5 12 16 18 Brentford 11 4 4 3 19 14 16 Crystal Palace 11 4 3 4 10 13 15 West Ham 11 4 2 5 18 20 14 Chelsea 10 3 3 4 13 11 12 Wolverhampton 11 3 3 5 14 19 12 Fulham 11 3 3 5 9 17 12 Everton 11 3 2 6 11 15 11 Nottingham Forest 10 2 4 4 10 15 10 Bournemouth 11 1 3 7 9 27 6 Luton Town 10 1 2 7 9 20 5 Burnley 11 1 1 9 8 27 4 Shefﬁeld United 11 1 1 9 9 30 4 Saturday’s Results Man United 1, Fulham 0 Brentford 3, West Ham 2 Crystal Palace 2, Burnley 0 Everton 1, Brighton 1 Man City 6, Bournemouth 1 Shefﬁeld United 2, Wolverhampton 1 Newcastle 1, Arsenal 0 Sunday’s Games Nottingham Forest vs. Aston Villa, 6 a.m. Luton Town vs. Liverpool, 8:30 a.m. Monday’s Game Tottenham vs. Chelsea, Noon

Germany Bundesliga GP W D Leverkusen 10 9 1 Bayern 10 8 2 Stuttgart 9 7 0 Dortmund 10 6 3 RB Leipzig 10 6 2 Hoffenheim 10 6 0 Eintracht 10 4 5 Freiburg 10 4 2 Wolfsburg 9 4 0 Augsburg 10 3 3 Monchengladbach 10 2 4 Bremen 9 3 0 Bochum 10 1 5 Heidenheim 9 2 1 Darmstadt 10 2 1 Union Berlin 10 2 0 Mainz 10 1 3 Cologne 10 1 2 Saturday’s Results Eintracht 3, Union Berlin 0 Freiburg 3, Monchengladbach 3 Mainz 2, RB Leipzig 0 Cologne 1, Augsburg 1 Leverkusen 3, Hoffenheim 2 Bayern 4, Dortmund 0 Sunday’s Games Wolfsburg vs. Bremen, 6:30 a.m. Heidenheim vs. Stuttgart, 8:30 a.m.

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Sunday’s Games Semiﬁnals Portland vs. Gotham FC, 4 p.m. San Diego vs. OL Reign, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 Championship Snap Dragon Stadium, San Diego Semiﬁnals winners, 5 p.m. GP W D America 15 11 3 Tigres 16 8 5 Monterrey 14 8 2 Chivas 15 7 3 Atletico San Luis 16 7 2 Tijuana 15 7 2 Pumas 15 6 4 Toluca 15 5 6 Leon 16 5 5 Monarcas 15 5 4 Puebla 16 5 4 Pachuca 15 4 7 FC Juarez 15 5 3 Santos 14 5 2 Cruz Azul 15 5 2 Atlas 15 4 4 Queretaro 15 4 3 Necaxa 15 2 5 Saturday’s Results Tigres 2, Atletico San Luis 2 America vs. Tijuana, late Chivas vs. Cruz Azul, late Pachuca vs. Monterrey, late Sunday’s Games Pumas vs. Atlas, 10 a.m. Necaxa vs. Monarcas, 2 p.m. Santos vs. Toluca, 4:05 p.m. FC Juarez vs. Queretaro, 6:06 p.m.

TODAY

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Spain La Liga GP W D L GF GA Pts Girona 12 10 1 1 29 15 31 Madrid 11 9 1 1 23 8 28 Barcelona 12 8 3 1 24 12 27 Atletico 11 8 1 2 26 11 25 Betis 12 5 5 2 16 15 20 Sociedad 12 5 4 3 20 15 19 Athletic Bilbao 11 5 3 3 18 12 18 Rayo Vallecano 11 4 5 2 14 15 17 Las Palmas 12 5 2 5 10 11 17 Valencia 11 4 3 4 14 13 15 Osasuna 12 4 1 7 14 20 13 Villarreal 11 3 3 5 15 18 12 Getafe 11 2 6 3 13 16 12 Sevilla 11 2 5 4 17 16 11 Cadiz 11 2 4 5 10 16 10 Mallorca 12 1 6 5 12 18 9 Alaves 11 2 3 6 9 16 9 Celta Vigo 12 1 4 7 11 20 7 Granada 11 1 3 7 17 28 6 Almeria 11 0 3 8 14 31 3 Saturday’s Results Girona 4, Osasuna 2 Betis 2, Mallorca 0 Celta Vigo 1, Sevilla 1 Barcelona 1, Sociedad 0 Sunday’s Games Alaves vs. Almeria, 5 a.m. Valencia vs. Granada, 7:15 a.m. Villarreal vs. Athletic Bilbao, 9:30 a.m. Madrid vs. Rayo Vallecano, Noon Monday’s Game Getafe vs. Cadiz, Noon

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GOLF PGA World Wide Technology Championship At El Cardonal Golf Course, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Purse: $8.2 million Yardage: 7,452; Par: 72 Third Round Leaders Matt Kuchar 65-65-67 — 197 Camilo Villegas 64-64-69 — 197 Erik Van Rooyen 68-64-66 — 198 Will Gordon 69-63-67 — 199 Mackenzie Hughes 71-65-63 — 199 Justin Suh 66-65-68 — 199 Kramer Hickok 65-67-69 — 201 Michael Kim 64-69-68 — 201 Patton Kizzire 69-69-63 — 201 Scott Piercy 66-68-67 — 201 Carson Young 69-64-68 — 201 Lucas Herbert 69-67-66 — 202 Jeffrey Kang 65-68-69 — 202 Adam Long 69-66-67 — 202 Ryan Palmer 71-66-65 — 202 Sam Ryder 69-69-64 — 202 Austin Eckroat 69-69-65 — 203 Doug Ghim 68-65-70 — 203 Nate Lashley 64-70-69 — 203 Davis Thompson 66-68-69 — 203 Cameron Champ 68-67-69 — 204 Tano Goya 64-74-66 — 204 Chesson Hadley 66-66-72 — 204 Taylor Montgomery 69-66-69 — 204 Cameron Percy 62-72-70 — 204 Andrew Putnam 68-69-67 — 204 Kevin Tway 67-69-68 — 204 Ludvig Aberg 68-65-72 — 205 Akshay Bhatia 69-66-70 — 205 Thomas Detry 71-68-66 — 205 Brent Grant 68-67-70 — 205 Ben Grifﬁn 68-70-67 — 205 Beau Hossler 66-72-67 — 205 Taylor Pendrith 72-66-67 — 205 Martin Trainer 69-70-66 — 205 Brandon Wu 69-66-70 — 205

LPGA TOTO Japan Classic At Minori Course, Omitama, Japan Purse: $2 million Yardage: 6,598; Par: 72 Third Round Leaders Nasa Hataoka 64-66-66 — 196 Shiho Kuwaki 65-65-66 — 196 Mone Inami 64-68-65 — 197 Sora Kamiya 66-67-65 — 198 Seon Woo Bae 67-67-66 — 200 Yuka Nii 68-66-66 — 200 Jasmine Suwannapura 68-66-66 — 200 Yuri Yoshida 68-67-65 — 200 Fumika Kawagishi 67-67-67 — 201 Xiyu Lin 66-66-69 — 201 Sayaka Takahashi 70-64-67 — 201 Rose Zhang 68-68-65 — 201 Serena Aoki 70-65-67 — 202 Lauren Coughlin 68-67-67 — 202 Akie Iwai 63-69-70 — 202 Yuna Nishimura 64-70-68 — 202 Shoko Sasaki 67-69-66 — 202 Rio Takeda 67-67-68 — 202

Champions tour: TimberTech At Old Course, Boca Raton, Fla. Purse: $2.2 million Yardage: 6,943; Par: 71 Second Round Leaders Padraig Harrington Bernhard Langer David Toms Shane Bertsch Ernie Els Stuart Appleby Paul Broadhurst K.J. Choi Ken Duke Rob Labritz Alex Cejka Harrison Frazar Scott McCarron Marco Dawson Joe Durant Jerry Kelly Jeff Maggert Vijay Singh Mike Weir Stephen Ames Darren Clarke Scott Dunlap Paul Goydos Lee Janzen Charlie Wi

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MOTORSPORTS NASCAR Cup Series Championship lineup After Saturday qualifying; race Sunday Lap length: 1.00 miles (Car number in parentheses) At Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, Ariz. 1. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet, 132.597 mph. 2. (19) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 132.509. 3. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 132.421. 4. (5) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 132.397. 5. (23) Bubba Wallace, Toyota, 132.261. 6. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 132.139. 7. (43) Erik Jones, Chevrolet, 131.540. 8. (1) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 131.454. 9. (17) Chris Buescher, Ford, 131.109. 10. (45) Tyler Reddick, Toyota, 128.769. 11. (54) Ty Gibbs, Toyota, 132.445. 12. (41) Ryan Preece, Ford, 132.441. 13. (20) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 132.338. 14. (38) Todd Gilliland, Ford, 132.329. 15. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 132.265. 16. (99) Daniel Suarez, Chevrolet, 132.197. 17. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 132.154. 18. (8) Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 132.129. 19. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford, 132.115. 20. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 132.033. 21. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 131.989. 22. (42) Carson Hocevar, Chevrolet, 131.965. 23. (48) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 131.892. 24. (47) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet, 131.791. 25. (21) Harrison Burton, Ford, 131.286. 26. (14) Chase Briscoe, Ford, 131.176. 27. (2) Austin Cindric, Ford, 131.167. 28. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford, 131.100. 29. (7) Corey LaJoie, Chevrolet, 130.638. 30. (51) Ryan Newman, Ford, 130.539. 31. (6) Cole Custer, Ford, 130.520. 32. (16) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 130.440. 33. (77) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 130.406. 34. (15) JJ Yeley, Ford, 130.142. 35. (31) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 128.558. 36. (78) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, 123.085.

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Chelsea’s Hayes set to coach U.S. women U.S. Soccer is closing in on naming Chelsea’s Emma Hayes as the new coach of the women’s national team, a source familiar with the negotiations told the Associated Press on Saturday. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the details had not been made public. Earlier Saturday, Chelsea announced that Hayes will leave the defending Women’s Super League champion at the end of the season to “pursue a new opportunity outside of the WSL and club football.” Hayes has won 14 major trophies at Chelsea, including six WSL titles. Former U.S. coach Vlatko Andonovski resigned after this summer’s Women’s World Cup.

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U.S. teen Levito lands first Grand Prix win Isabeau Levito’s quest for a first Grand Prix victory is over. The 16-year-old American figure skater won the Grand Prix de France on Saturday with a total of 203.22 points for her two programs. Levito, who had built a big lead of more than five points after Friday’s short program, was less impressive in the free skate and had to be content with the third-best total. Skating on her program “The White Crow,” Levito landed a triple Lutz-triple toe and four other triple jumps but stumbled on her last spin. Her performance was still good enough to prevail as Anastasiia Gubanova of Georgia and Lee Hae-in of South Korea — who were second and third after the short program — also struggled in their free skate.

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Djokovic, Dimitrov in Paris Masters final Top-ranked Novak Djokovic was made to fight for more than three hours by Andrey Rublev in their semifinal match Saturday before earning the right to play for a record-extending seventh title at the Paris Masters. Djokovic overcame a slow start to rally past his Russian opponent 5-7, 7-6 (3), 7-5 and maintain his perfect record in the semifinals at the indoor tournament. The Serbian player will take on Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov in Sunday’s final. Dimitrov overcame strong resistance from seventh-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas with a 6-3, 6-7 (1), 7-6 (3) victory. ■ Jessica Pegula outplayed U.S. Open winner Coco Gauff and beat her 6-2, 6-1 at the WTA Finals on Saturdayin Cancun to reach the title match at the season-ending championship for the first time.

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Kuchar blows 6-shot lead to fall into tie Matt Kuchar blew a big lead with a late collapse Saturday in the World Wide Technology Championship, leaving him tied with Camilo Villegas with a round left at Tiger Woods-designed El Cardonal at Diamante. Six strokes ahead at 24 under with three holes left on a breezy, cloudy afternoon on the tip of Baja California. Kuchar pulled his drive on 15 left into dense bushes and made a quadruple-bogey 8. He then bogeyed the par-3 16th, limiting the damage with a 12-foot bogey putt. ■ Japanese golfers Shiho Kuwaki and Nasa Hataoka each shot 6-under 66 on Saturday to sit atop the leadboard with a one-stoke lead after the third round of the LPGA’s Japan Classic. They were both at 20-under 196 for three rounds. — Associated Press

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Analy, Casa, Vintage grab wins ROUNDUP » Rancho tops Santa Rosa; Piner, RUP also pick up victories By JARRID DENNEY FOR THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Analy produced strong performances in all three phases of the game Friday night to notch a 63-35 home win over Montgomery that could help bolster the Tigers’ postseason resume. “This was a big win for us,” Analy coach Dan Bourdon said. “We were kind of telling our team all week that the playoffs really start this week. We knew this was gonna be a huge game for us, seeding-wise, against a pretty solid football team. It was good to get a little bit of momentum going into the playoffs.” Analy’s Logan Mitchell finished with three touchdowns, including a long kickoff return. Quinn Roan added a pair of touchdown passes. Bourdon noted that the Tigers’ defense generated three turnovers, too. “Our defense flew around,” Bourdon said. “Seeing 35 points on the scoreboard, I don’t think that’s really an indicator of how well we played on defense. Our guys played really well.” Analy ends the regular season 6-4 overall and 2-3 in the North Bay League Oak division. Montgomery coach Vertis Patton said the Vikings came out a bit flat early in the game. “There were a lot of missed assignments on our part,” Patton said. “(Analy) capitalized on everything. At halftime, we had a conversation with the guys like, ‘Hey, we’re a much better team than what we’re showing. We just want to go out and play hard for the second half and see what happens.’ We came out right away and scored quick. From there, though, we just never got into a rhythm.” Patton highlighted the performances of Izeyah Wright, Bobby McGovern and Emasi Rabukawaqa. Montgomery’s season ends with a 4-6 overall record and 1-4 in NBL-Oak play. Patton praised the Vikings’ seniors for what they’ve accomplished during their time with the program and noted the difficulties they overcame entering high school during the pandemic. “I really appreciate these guys. I appreciate them for always working, for always wanting to get extra work in,” Patton said. “Just keeping the grind going, not knowing what could happen. … For them to focus enough to get work done and keep playing the sport and loving the sport I really appreciate that about them.”

Rancho Cotate 42, Santa Rosa 0 Rancho Cotate delivered a decisive road win Friday and will now enter the postseason with plenty of momentum. Santa Rosa hung tight with the Cougars early in the evening, but Rancho eventually took control behind strong performances from their offensive line and running backs. “The ﬁrst half was kind of a grind. We had to sustain a lot of long drives,” Rancho coach Gehrig Hotaling said. “I think

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Rancho Cotate’s Geovanny Ortiz stretches for more yardage against the Cardinal Newman defense during their Oct. 20 game in Rohnert Park. the kids were kind of looking forward to the playoffs. We reined them in there at halftime and came out with a lot more excitement and passion in the second half.” Geovanny Ortiz ran for 153 yards and three touchdowns on 21 carries, and Gio Martinez ran for 60 yards and a touchdown on five carries. Jacob Pruitt added 73 yards and two touchdowns on five carries. With Friday’s big performance, Ortiz has now eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark on the season. “I think our defense played really well overall tonight,” Hotaling said. “It was our first shutout of the year, so that was exciting to see. The kids played really hard on the defensive side. We had a couple of turnovers on offense that we have to get cleaned up for next week. It was 21-0 in the first half and 21-0 in the second half, but I liked our effort a lot better in the second half. I think we refocused and got after it a little bit more.” The Cougars (6-4, 3-2 NBLOak) will now wait to find out their first-round postseason opponent. Santa Rosa finishes the regular season 2-8 overall and 0-5 in the NBL-Oak.

Casa Grande 41, Sonoma Valley 14 The Gauchos officially clinched the Vine Valley Athletic League title Friday night, dispatching the Dragons with a strong second half to complete their ﬁrst undefeated league season since 2013. Casa Grande (9-1, 6-0 Vine Valley Athletic League), which has won nine in a row heading into the postseason, led just 2114 at halftime before putting the clamps on the Dragons (3-7, 1-4) in the second half. “We felt like we would have one of these weeks soon, but all the credit goes to them,” Casa Grande head coach John Antonio said of the Dragons. “That score does not reﬂect this game. They are a gritty, good football team. They’re doing a great job here and the future is going to be bright.”

Down their leading rusher, Zach Herrera — who suffered a shoulder injury against Petaluma — the Gauchos still put up a season-high 409 rushing yards. Senior Cade Rea led the way with a game-high 193 rushing yards on 13 carries with three touchdowns, while junior Enzo Murray added 10 carries for 108 yards and two touchdowns. Quarterback Danny Mercado also accounted for 67 rushing yards with a score and completed nine-of-15 passes for 98 yards. “A good player goes down and somebody else steps up,” Antonio said. “That was evident in what happened tonight. Sucks to lose good players, but good teams have guys step up and good things happen. This team has seen adversity like no other and it still hasn’t got them. They don’t care who lines up across from them; they just want to play football.” Defensively, the Gauchos recorded five sacks and Andrew Antonio nearly had his fourth pick-six of the season but was tackled at Sonoma Valley’s 2-yard line after a 60-yard return. At 9-1, Casa Grande is in the midst of its best season since 2013, when it went 13-1 overall and finished as runners-up in the North Coast Section Division 2 playoffs. With the win, the Gauchos officially clinch a first-round home playoff game next week. The NCS will announce playoff brackets Sunday.

Vintage 42, Petaluma 21 The Crushers capitalized on three early Trojans turnovers to build an early lead and roll to their third straight win and head into the postseason with momentum. Vintage (5-5, 4-2 VVAL), which ﬁnishes in a three-way tie with Petaluma (6-4, 4-2) and American Canyon (6-4, 4-2) for second in league, recorded three interceptions in the opening quarter and turned each into points. The Crushers led 21-0 after one and 28-7 at the half. Petaluma cut the deﬁcit to 14 midway through the third quarter, but the bad breaks

kept coming. “We came out in the second half and had a nice 80-yard drive, ran our offense, almost got a stop to get the ball back and literally a Vintage receiver caught a ball around Asher Levy’s body,” Petaluma head coach Rick Krist said. “It hit Asher in the back as he was defending and the receiver hugged him and caught the ball. Just every bad-luck thing that could have happened to us tonight did.” Vintage, meanwhile, got strong performances from up and down its roster, including from a handful of JV call-ups. Head coach Dylan Leach highlighted the play of sophomores Mason Howell, Sawyer Carmichael and Bo Lode along with the usual standouts like seniors Treven Cullinane and Si Sabbagha. “One of the things we did as a program, we felt that we had about seven sophomores that could play at our level,” Leach said. “We decided to keep them down to have that full JV season and those guys went 9-1, but we brought them up for the Big Game last week but they came up really big for us. … We felt like once Big Game happened, we were able to load up for Petaluma and it made such a big difference. We feel like we’re a different team than we were even last week against Napa with this new personnel.” Howell ran for 90 yards with a touchdown, while Cullinane, Jeffery Page and Bailey Huss all found the end zone. As a team, Vintage totaled 358 yards on offense and scored on all but their ﬁnal drive, which ended with them kneeling out the clock. As for Petaluma, which totaled 330 yards on offense, Chase Miller ran for 121 yards on 15 carries and Ed Berncich scored a touchdown. “We did some good things, but we’re banged up,” Krist said. “It was 50 to 20 (Vintage roster vs. Petaluma roster) on the sidelines. We just kind of ran out of guys but fought to the end. Really proud of the kids. The ball just didn’t bounce our way.” Both teams are likely bound

for the playoffs.

Piner 28, Healdsburg 14 The Prospectors ended their season on a high note Friday night, doubling up the pesky Greyhounds to finish the year with their best record since 2019. Piner (5-5, 1-3 NBL-Redwood) got 227 passing yards from sophomore quarterback Sokhayne Prak on 15-of-23 attempts with a score. Jaden Hernandez caught three passes for 55 yards with a touchdown, while Apollo Pereira led the way with 83 yards on six catches. Richie Tristan added two scores on the ground and Jose Sanchez had a rushing touchdown with 52 yards on 10 carries. Healdsburg (0-9-1, 0-4) showed flashes of potential at times this fall but finishes the year winless for the fourth time in the last five seasons.

Roseland University Prep 50, Laytonville 14 The ﬁrst-place Roseland Knights traveled north to Mendocino County on Friday night and cruised to a commanding 50-0 ﬁrst-half lead against Laytonville in eight-person football. RUP is now 10-0 on the season, including 6-0 in the North Central League III. Laytonville ends the season 1-8 and 1-5 in NCL III. The Knights’ ground game was led by the trio of Noah Roland (69 yards, three touchdowns), Hector Marrufo (81 yards, two touchdowns) and Edgar Ordaz (23 yards, one touchdown). Alexis Figueroa led the RUP defense with seven solo tackles, two sacks (one on Laytonville’s 1-yard line) and a fumble recovery in the end zone for a touchdown. “It was a hard-hitting matchup,” RUP coach DeJuan Miggins said. “I take my hat off to Laytonville for coming out with 10 players who played a hard-hitting game, but our players were hungrier because they wanted that undefeated season.” Frank Darien and Staff Writer Gus Morris contributed to this report.

American Canyon shuts out Justin-Siena Wolves roll to 45-0 victory over league foe to cap regular season By JORDAN LATIMORE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

American Canyon’s football team capped off its senior night Friday with a crushing 45-0 victory over Justin-Siena. The Wolves started things off with a bang, as speedy sophomore wideout Cole Gholar took the opening kickoff back for 79 yards, setting up shop for the American Canyon offense inside the red zone. Then, on second down, senior running back Ojani Castillo took an outside run for a 14-yard touchdown, giving the Wolves a quick 7-0 lead over the Braves at just 10:51 of the ﬁrst quarter. And before Justin-Siena even had a chance to respond, chaos ensued.

The Wolves followed up their opening touchdown with an encore of playmaking — kicking off with a squib kick that was bobbled and eventually fumbled by Braves receivers, with sophomore American Canyon defensive back Miles Baylor recovering the ball inside the Wolves’ 25-yard line. On the ﬁrst play after recovering the kick, Wolves sophomore running back Andre Lopez rushed for a 11-yard score. In the blink of an eye, American Canyon was up two scores at 14-0. The Braves just needed a possession, but American Canyon seemed hellbent on not allowing that to happen. Another kickoff, another spoiler. With another squibish kickoff — this one closer to the Wolves’ sideline and arriving at an awkward angle — the Braves again could not secure the ball and the Wolves recovered. After a series of running plays,

the Wolves went on to score once again off an outside handoff for Lopez, taking a 21-0 lead in the opening quarter. “You want a chance every day. You get a chance and a choice — if we get a chance, then we got a choice that’s on how we going to respond,” American Canyon head coach Trevor Hudson said. “That’s all we asking for ... the boys came out tonight, they played lights out.” Justin-Siena showed some resilience after the three straight scores by the Wolves. Senior quarterback Drew Sangiacomo was able to rush for 11 yards and complete three passes, with junior wide receiver Thomas Malloy the receiver on the majority of those plays. Malloy ﬁnished with 116 yards on eight catches and consistently proved to be an offensive catalyst for the Braves. Despite Justin-Siena’s best efforts, the Wolves made enough

plays on defense and dominated possession throughout the game, with Castillo, Lopez and junior quarterback Mason Harris making the most of American Canyon’s chances on offense. With the unknowns of the North Coast Section playoff tournament looming next week and nothing but the senior night atmosphere surrounding him, Castillo wanted to make sure he and his team made the best of the opportunity to play the game he loves. “We came out here knowing what could be happening, we don’t know if we got a spot or not, we wanted to come in here and show them why we deserve a spot,” Castillo said. “Being a senior, being here four years, I love this team — I love all my brothers.” Castillo ﬁnished with two touchdowns on the night. “Wanted to leave with great power on this ﬁeld,” Castillo

said. “I just wanted to play to my best abilities, have my team play to their best abilities.” The Wolves continued to pound the rock for the remainder of the evening’s matchup, controlling every ounce of the game from the line of scrimmage and on the ground, leading to the 45-0 victory. With the regular season over, the Wolves are now turning their attention to the postseason. “We could get Cardinal Newman, a phenomenal program; Casa Grande — all these are great programs, so you don’t know who you can get because we didn’t win as many games as we should have,” Hudson said. “Therefore, we put our fate in somebody else’s hands, all we can say is you gotta line ’em up and whoever you line up, we gotta prepare for them just like they gotta prepare for us — we look forward to having a great football game.”

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Windsor beats rival Newman to keep crown Jaguars rely on passing game, defense to hold off Cardinals in NBL-Oak By KIENAN O'DOHERTY THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

The Windsor Jaguars are the NBL-Oak champions for the second straight year. It wasn’t easy, but the Jaguars showed why so many had high expectations for them before the season even began, beating rival Cardinal Newman 35-21 on Friday night in Santa Rosa. “Our guys did a great job of being resilient all night long,” Windsor (8-1-1, 5-0 NBL-Oak) head coach Dean “DJ” Sexton said. “Anytime we made a mistake, we didn’t dwell on it and played the next play. Anytime they answered with a score, we answered with a score. “All year long, when we started with a loss to Escalon and a tie to Campolindo, everybody wrote us off,” he continued. “That just fueled our team. We knew all along how good we really were; it just took a little while to get there. We proved tonight how good we really are, and we’re just getting started.” Windsor started the game with five straight passes, the last of which found Ananias Walker from 20 yards out for the first of his two touchdowns. After a Newman three-andout, two penalties on the Cardinals’ defense — an unsportsmanlike conduct and a face mask — put the Jaguars in great field position. They took advantage

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Windsor’s Max McFerren turns the corner and sprints past the Cardinal Newman bench for a touchdown during their game Friday in Santa Rosa. as quarterback Judson Anderson punched it in himself from a yard out. Down 13-0 early, the Cardinals (9-1, 4-1 NBL-Oak) needed a score and they got one. Fueled by a huge catch by Kenyon Hanlon-Strane on fourth-and-13, Newman rode the legs of senior running back Zack Homan the rest of the way, as he scored from a yard out to get the hosts on the board. On the ensuing Windsor possession, Anderson’s pass was deﬂected and fell into the hands of Newman’s Spencer Jacobs. The Cardinals’ sideline went bonkers

as Newman sensed a possible momentum shift. The Jaguars’ defense, however, made up for that mistake — forcing another Newman threeand-out before the offense scored yet again. Max McFerren took a screen pass from Anderson, caught the edge and rumbled up the sideline for six points. The two-point conversion made it 21-7. “They had a game plan to get the ball out in space, and it was our size versus their speed,” Cardinal Newman defensive line coach Dan Benjamin said. “Their speed took over.”

But Newman was still in the game. The Cardinals, in a near-perfect drive, scored with 11 seconds before halftime. Quarterback Wyatt Knechtle found Zion Cargill wide open in the end zone as the Cardinals headed to the locker room trailing 21-14 but with plenty of conﬁdence, knowing they were getting the ball after the half. But that’s when Windsor’s defense stepped up big time. Newman was only able to score once more in the contest, another Zack Homan TD in the third quarter. The rest of the Cardinals’ second-half possessions

ended with two punts and two turnovers on downs. “We beat a really good team,” Sexton said. “They’ve got a heck of a team, but our defense shut down Homan pretty good, and we made them throw. This is probably the biggest win in the history of our program.” The Jaguars scored twice more in the second half with TD passes to Walker and Hayden Anderson. The second touchdown, which came after a huge fourth-down conversion by the Jaguars, would be the last score of the game at the 9:54 mark of the fourth quarter. As an exclamation mark on the rivalry win, Jaguars senior Lonzo Arterberry, with a Windsor flag in hand, led his teammates to midfield to celebrate on the Cardinal Newman logo. Windsor, which will likely be the last NBL-Oak champion due to a new regional realignment set to begin next fall, has now won eight in a row since starting the season 0-1-1. The Jaguars will most likely be a top-three playoff seed in Division 2. Newman suffers its first loss of the season but will still be on course to be a top-two seed in Division 3. Both schools will find out their fate when the North Coast Section releases the seedings Sunday. You can reach Staff Writer Kienan O’Doherty at 415-8878650 or kienan.odoherty@ pressdemocrat.com. On Twitter @kodoherty22.

St. Vincent steamrolls Carrillo, eyes top seed Mustangs boost playoff position with rout in ﬁnale By TONY MOECKEL FOR THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

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Cardinal Newman’s Jonah Bertoli and Windsor’s Hayden Anderson battle for the football Friday at Cardinal Newman High School in Santa Rosa.

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the Jaguars’ NBL-Oak title from last year. Time to dive in.

No more doubt The question that has loomed over this season: What is the top team in Sonoma County? For the most part, the answer to that question has come out of the always-tough NBL-Oak, with both Windsor and Cardinal Newman collecting recent titles and sharing time at the top of The Press Democrat’s rankings this season. Well, we likely got the answer Friday night, as Windsor defended its NBL-Oak crown with a win over rival Newman. Windsor had an unexpected start to the year. With their bye week falling in the ﬁrst week of the season, the Jaguars lost to Escalon in their opener and then had to settle for a tie with Campolindo to start 0-1-1. Since then, Windsor has won eight straight games, slowly putting the pieces together week by week. In fact, only last week did they have their ﬁrst complete game, in a romp against Santa Rosa, according to head coach DJ Sexton. And Friday night was the icing on the cake for this Windsor team, loaded at talent at almost every position. The Jaguars and Cardinals are just about locks to each get a top-three seed in their respective divisions for the postseason

FINAL LEAGUE STANDINGS NBL-Oak 1. Windsor 5-0, 8-1-1 2. Cardinal Newman 4-1, 9-1 3. Rancho Cotate 3-2, 6-4 4. Analy 2-3, 5-4 5. Montgomery 1-4, 4-6 6. Santa Rosa 0-5, 2-8 NBL-Redwood 1. Ukiah 4-0, 7-3 2. St. Vincent 3-1, 8-2 3. Maria Carrillo 2-2, 5-5 4. Piner 1-3, 5-5 5. Healdsburg 0-4, 0-9-1 VVAL 1. Casa Grande 6-0, 9-1 T-2. Vintage 4-2, 5-5 T-2. American Canyon 4-2, 6-4 T-2. Petaluma 4-2, 6-4 5. Justin-Siena 2-4, 5-5 6. Sonoma Valley 1-5, 3-7 7. Napa 0-6, 4-6 that starts next weekend. Two crucial Marin County Athletic League games from Saturday — San Marin’s 10-6 win over Marin Catholic and Tamalpais’ 35-15 victory over Redwood — could impact Cardinal Newman’s seeding. The North Coast Section postseason seedings will be announced Sunday.

Leaving the VVAL on top If the NBL-Oak was the most expected in terms of league title races, then the VVAL might have been the most exciting. In the end, it is Casa Grande hoisting the VVAL championship pennant for

the ﬁnal time. Since losing to Cardinal Newman 27-13 in the opening week, the Gauchos have rattled off eight straight wins — six of those in league play — as they head into playoffs. They perhaps had the toughest league schedule in the area, having to face Vintage, American Canyon and rival Petaluma in one stretch. The Gauchos passed each test, beating the Crushers 28-22, Wolves 51-30 and Trojans 28-3. Those victories, accompanied by blowout wins over Napa (38-0), Justin-Siena (59-0) and Sonoma Valley (41-14) ensured the Gauchos a perfect league record. Now, Casa gets to host a ﬁrst-round playoff game.

Other winners Rancho Cotate, which could have played spoiler in the NBL-Oak title race before getting hit by the injury bug, put a exclamation point on their playoff aspirations with Friday’s 42-0 shutout of Santa Rosa. The Cougars may have to go on the road to open the playoffs in Division 2. Analy thumped Montgomery 63-35 in the season ﬁnale, likely meaning that the Vikings will miss the playoffs. The Tigers, on the other hand, get a boost in Division 5 and could snatch the No. 2 seed in that bracket. Sunday’s NCS brackets will tell us for sure. You can reach Staff Writer Kienan O’Doherty at 415-887-8650 or kienan. odoherty@pressdemocrat. com. On Twitter @kodoherty22.

St. Vincent exploded for 21 unanswered points in the ﬁrst quarter Friday night and never looked back as the Mustangs beat Maria Carrillo 42-14 for a crucial win heading into the North Coast Section playoffs. On the second play from scrimmage, St. Vincent (8-2, 3-1 NBL-Redwood) forced a fumble and defensive lineman Jack Olyphant recovered the loose ball. It didn’t take long for St. Vincent to capitalize on the turnover, as they drove an easy 33 yards and Jack Davis punched it in from 3 yards out for the game’s opening score. Just two plays later, the Pumas (5-5, 2-2 NBL-Redwood) made another costly mistake as St. Vincent’s Joseph Edwards picked off Maria Carrillo’s Cooper Bluestone. Again, the Mustangs had no trouble moving the ball as they drove 69 yards, capped off by Gabe Casanovas’ 23-yard quarterback-keeper touchdown. And just when things looked like they couldn’t get any worse for Maria Carrillo, they did. The Pumas tried to set up a screen to running back Wyatt Olsen, but St. Vincent’s Nico Antonini jumped the pass and took it 38 yards the other way for the pick-six. “We trusted our keys and trusted our reads tonight and we did a really good job defensively,” St. Vincent head coach Trent Herzog said. “On offense, we made some big plays. I would’ve liked for us to be more consistent. I think we could have scored a touchdown or two in the second quarter, but I like the way we came out in the second half and ran the football.” Maria Carrillo’s defense tightened up in the second quarter, only allowing 43 yards of total offense, but the damage was already done. Despite multiple comeback attempts and heavy pressure from their defensive line, the Pumas were never able to close

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St. Vincent quarterback Gabe Casanovas lobs the ball for a ﬁrst down early in the ﬁrst quarter Friday against Maria Carrillo in Santa Rosa. the gap.

St. Vincent stars dominate With help from their offensive line, Casanovas, Davis and Mason Caturegli ran all over the Maria Carrillo defense. All three combined for four rushing touchdowns and 273 yards rushing. Casanovas led the team with 147 rushing yards, in large part thanks to a 58-yard touchdown to open the second half. He also ﬁnished 9 for 13 passing for 125 yards and a passing touchdown. Davis was Casanovas’ go-to weapon, with six receptions for 71 yards and one touchdown. Their biggest connection came on a 32-yard wide receiver screen touchdown that cemented the game. “Gabe Casanovas and Mason Caturegli ran the ball well and we were able to establish the run in the second half and I’m really proud of that. It was a great team win and everybody was able to get some playing time,” Herzog said.

Maria Carrillo seniors shine in loss Defensive lineman Domenic Kayed and Noah Lane each sacked Casanovas twice and provided multiple pressures. Both played major parts in holding St. Vincent scoreless in the second quarter, but their effort wasn’t enough. “Both Kayed and Lane have been terrorizing opposing quarterbacks all season long, and it has been a lot of fun to watch those two play,” Maria Carrillo head coach Jay Higgins said. “They are constantly

causing problems for the other team and I am glad they are on my team.” Offensively, Olsen was the bright spot for the Pumas, as he totaled 13 carries for 43 yards and a touchdown. Lucas Sihota also chipped in with 111 yards on the ground.

Playoff seeding remains up in air Recently, St. Vincent moved from the No. 1 seed in the North Coast Section Division 6 rankings to the No. 2 spot, but Herzog believes this win should move them back to the ﬁrst seed. “I think that we proved we are the No. 1 seed in Division 6 tonight because Maria Carrillo beat Saint Mary’s last week and Saint Mary’s beat Moreau Catholic, and Moreau Catholic is who we are in competition with for the 1 seed,” Herzog said. Before Friday, Maria Carrillo had won three straight, but the late-season loss will probably move them down in playoff seeding. Whatever their seed turns out to be, Higgins wants his team to take the loss on the chin and come back stronger next week. “We are frustrated with how the game went, but it’s not the outcome of the event that deﬁnes us; it is how we handle the situation,” Higgins said. “We are going to look in the mirror and be accountable for how we played tonight and grow from it. The idea is to always pursue playing our best game every week and we want another shot to put our best game out there next week.”

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Marreya Bailey of Mad Marvlus wines and ciders at Earthseed Farm in Graton.

Harmony in a bottle Co-fermenting combines grapes, other fruits and botanicals for new type of alcoholic beverage

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inemaker Marreya Bailey has an affectionate name for the otherworldly libations she concocts with apples, wild hybrid grapes, pears, quince and honey, often infused with botanicals such as jasmine and lemon verbena. “I call them my creatures,” she said with a devilish smile. “They all have their own personalities, and they’re ever-evolving and transforming. They literally are my

children.” Walking through lush apple and pear orchards at Earthseed Farm in Graton recently, Bailey sized up fruit for the upcoming harvest. The wooden sign at the entrance — “Welcome Black to the Land” — sums up everything you need to know about where she stands. The ﬁrst Afro-Indigenous farm in Sonoma County is where Bailey harvests Asian pears and apples, tapping into her Ethiopian roots to

Sherehe (Swahili for “celebration”) from Mad Marvlus is a sparkling wine co-fermented with Asian pears, apples and raw wildﬂower honey and infused with foraged pink jasmine ﬂowers.

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Easing Parkinson’s disease through exercise Rock Steady Boxing opens Sonoma gym with classes tailored to help slow disease progression By REBECCA WOLFF INDEX-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

Rock Steady Boxing, a national organization dedicated to helping people with Parkinson’s disease through exercise, is now available in Sonoma. The program came to town through Petaluma’s Martial Arts USA, a Rock Steady Boxing-affiliated and -certiﬁed gym. The instructors there saw a growing need in Sonoma and decided to look for a space to start the program there.

“What they’re doing is something they’d be doing in a regular workout class,” said Jeanette Perry, manager of the Petaluma and Sonoma programs and a class instructor. “But we make it comfortable and safe.” The program uses boxing exercises, stretching, breathing and meditation to help slow the progression and ease the symptoms of the degenerative disease that causes tremors, uncontrollable movement and coordination problems. Boxing moves are incorporated, but partici-

pants never box one another. According to the Parkinsons’s Foundation, “research shows that exercise and physical activity cannot only maintain and improve mobility, ﬂexibility and balance but also ease non-motor (Parkinson’s) symptoms such as depression or constipation. The Parkinson’s Outcomes Project shows that people with (the disease) who start exercising earlier in their disease course for a minimum of 2.5 hours per week experience a slowed decline in quality of life compared to those who start later.” Rock Steady Boxing was TURN TO GYM » PAGE D8

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make a drink inspired by tej, the popular Ethiopian honey wine. The result is Sherehe (Swahili for “celebration”), a sparkling wine co-fermented with Asian pears, apples and raw wildﬂower honey and infused with foraged pink jasmine ﬂowers. On a hot day, Sherehe might be the perfect picnic wine, or cider or something entirely all its own, unlike any elixir most people have ever tasted. Bailey is part of a band of local co-fermenters pushing the boundaries of what it means to make wine and cider today. Luther Burbank would be proud of this new batch of rule breakers who refuse to see Sonoma County as a sprawling monoculture but instead see it as a place where the bounty of the county thrives and everything is welcome in the fermentation bin. At Eye Cyder in Sebastopol, Eric Sussman prizes fruits with a similar ripening window, whether it’s wild blackberries with Gravenstein apples or quince with pineapple guava. “The cool thing about these seasonal co-ferments is they’re actually happening at the same time and we’re harvesting them together,” he said. Other times, he’ll mix seasons, like fall and spring, spiking apple juice with green redwood tips. Likewise, Matt Niess at North American Press loves co-fermenting wild California grapes with Gravenstein apples for his Wildcard cider. Aaron Brown and Colin Blackshear at Bardos Cider coaxed their Saint Cabora into being by pouring aged cider over leftover grape pomace. At Tilted Shed Ciderworks in Windsor, Scott Heath and his wife, Ellen Cavalli, blend apples with elderberries and blackberries. And Chenoa Ashton-Lewis and Will Basanta at Ashanta are big fans of co-fermenting elderberries with French Colombard grapes or taking abandoned Oakland feijoa (pineapple guava) for a trip to the country and marrying them with Occidental apples.

A ‘mad scientist’ With harvest beckoning, Bailey strolled the 14-acre, solar-powered Earthseed Farm with manager Brent Walker, who pointed out that many of the 4,000 fruit trees are unlabeled varieties, often decoded by taste. The last time she harvested here, Bailey walked from tree to tree, biting into pear after pear, looking for

that go down easy like lemonade. Part of the appeal is working with more climate-friendly fruit that was here long before Europeans introduced chardonnay and pinot noir. “That’s not where the future is going,” she said. “We’re going through a revival right now. We need to come back to basics and look at how did the original people, who lived here before it was colonized, make wine or their version of fermented beverages? They were working off what the land was providing them.” Tipped off by a friend who knew the landowner’s daughter, Bailey stumbled CHRISTOPHER CHUNG / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT, 2022 on a feral, dry-farmed field blend outside Sacramento, Eric Sussman, wine grower and proprietor of Sebastopol’s Radio-Coteau, which produces mixed with wild red hybrid cider under the Eye Cyder label. grapes crossed with native Vitis californica grapes LOCAL EXPERIMENTERS IN CO-FERMENTING and abandoned Alicante Bouchet grapes. ple, combining wild blackberries hand-picked at Along with eclectic palates and little regard for Surrounded by blackrules, the most common thread among Sonoma their Sebastopol farm, with native elderberries berry brambles, many of County co-fermenters is a low- to no-intervention foraged near the Russian River and organic drythe vines were climbing farmed Gravenstein apples from Vulture Hill philosophy, which often means wild fermentrees like kudzu. Picking Orchard. 7761 Bell Road, Windsor. tiltedshed.com tation, no filtering or fining and working with the grapes for free, she organic and biodynamic fruit that is often dryAshanta: Filmmakers Chenoa Ashton-Lewis used them in her Mad farmed and occasionally foraged. Here are some and Will Basanta got a chance to experiment Maxine red blend and then of the local enterprises that are experimenting with winemaking in 2019 when they salvaged rehydrated the skins in her with co-fermenting. what was left of Ashton-Lewis’ grandparents’ Janet D Lyte. Glen Ellen vineyard, which had been partially Eye Cyder: Owner Eric Sussman, who also Last year, she co-ferburned in the Nuns Fire. Since then, they’ve owns Radio-Coteau winery, freely admitted mented pineapple guava sourced fruit from all over the state, foraging the winery provides the cash and the cidery is with rehydrated Ribolla elderberries in the San Gabriel Mountains, the passion project. But follow the passion and Gialla grapeskins, adding finding derelict feijoa in an Oakland park and you’ll find a mouth-watering array of farm-toin niitaka Asian pears, lab creations. The Oro Blanco blends citrus peels picking abandoned vines near Dodger Stadium quince and apples. It was a in L.A.. Whether it’s Gravensteins and Carignan with hops and apples. The Skins and Stones collaboration with Colom(Sidra ’22) or elderberries and French Colombard co-ferment is made with Satsuma plums and bian winemaker Sabrina Gravenstein apples. But quite possibly the most (Brutal ’21), they’re throwing paint against the Tamayo, a fellow Two simple and unusual is Fresh Tips, a cider infused wall and seeing what sticks. ashantawines.com Eighty Project graduate with green redwood tips and then barrel-aged. Bardos Cider: Two filmmakers on a quest to who owns Ruby Blanca 2040 Barlow Lane, Sebastopol. eyecider.com rescue abandoned apple orchards and celebrate Wines. North American Press: Consumed by a passion them with cider, Aaron Brown and Colin BlackAlways looking for more shear are the team behind this experimental for indigenous grapes, Matt Niess makes his botanicals and herbs to operation. Paying homage to a healer known as Wildcard co-ferment with wild native grapes infuse, Bailey recently “The Mexican Joan of Arc,” their Saint Cabora picked from around California and organic found a source for hibis“apple and grape wine” breathes new life into Sonoma County Gravensteins. And remember Back to basics cus flowers. She was even recycled grape pomace from Bucklin Old Hill the adage, “It takes a lot of beer to make good After walking the land, toying with an infusion wine”? Well, maybe it applies to co-ferments as Ranch and Bedrock wineries. bardoscider.com Bailey found a seat in the of butterfly pea flowers, well. In an Instagram post, Niess points out he shade and uncorked a few which impart no flavor but Mad Marvlus: Starting small with less than 200 had to borrow extra bench cappers from Moon- cases of Sherehe, Pomme Quincy, Janet D Lyte of her delectable creatures. turn any liquid a magical light Brewing while bottling his ’22 Wildcard There was Pomme Quincy, blue. She was also planning and the Mad Maxine red blend in 2021, Marreya vintage. northamericanpress.wine a co-ferment with two vari- to release a nonalcoholic Bailey is continuing to grow and experiment. eties of quince from Filoli muscat wine soon. Look for new releases of a nonalcoholic muscat Tilted Shed Ciderworks: Owners Scott Heath Farms in San Mateo and “Crazy, to me, would and a co-ferment collaboration with Ribolla and Ellen Cavalli like to call their co-ferments an assortment of apples be creating something Gialla grapeskins rehydrated with the juice of “foodshed ferments.” It goes back to the idea — Arkansas Black, Black nonalcoholic and you’re niitaka Asian pears, quince and apples. madthat “things that grow together, go together.” Twig, Sierra Beauty, Rome, blending more than co-fermarvlus.com Their Loves Labor cider may be the best examWickson Crab — from menting,” she said. “You’re Mendocino. Because she blending different fruits the right balance of tanlikes to mix things up, she if absolutely needed. Stoumen. like watermelon, pineapple nins, aromatics and flavors. Equal parts science and Armed with a bachelor’s infused it with chamomile guava and rare apples like With 30 varieties of Asian and lemon verbena in the art, co-fermenting appeals degree in forensic anthroKingston Blacks.” pears to choose from, she barrel. to her love of puzzles and pology and a master’s deAs she was leaving was considering making a Named for her grandchemistry experiments. gree in psychology, she was Earthseed, Bailey ran sparkling pear cider this “I love challenges, and a “cellar rat,” working long mother, Janet D Lyte is a across a mulberry tree year. “new-age rosé” with Newthat’s the greatest part of hours to breathe life into that looked like it had been Sometimes she goes by town Pippin and Rhode working with underrepreother people’s wines. But grafted with other berries. feeling as much as taste. sented fruit like this,” she she took notes and learned Island Greening apple juice She plucked a mulberry “It’s a matter of getting in rehydrating once-pressed said. every step of the process. and tasted it. Not quite touch with the ancestors It’s a far cry from her Hooked after the Sonoma grapes. And there’s the ripe, it hinted at how sweet and imagining how things apple-pear-honey sparkling it would become. You could past life, toiling at a desk County harvest with were before colonization,” Sherehe, which contains for over a decade in corStoumen, she set out for almost see the wheels she said. only 7% alcohol. porate human resources Vermont to work a later turning in her head as Walker lit up when he As Bailey poured and departments. Realizing her harvest at Zafa Wines. she pulled out her phone heard this. “Being a farmtold stories, her love of soul wasn’t satisfied, she In 2021, she enrolled in to take a photo for future er, it makes me so happy wine became obvious. The reference. moonlighted on weekthe Two Eighty Project’s to hear what people are phrase “bone-ass dry” is ends as a wine seller and Apprenticeship Program, “Berries are probably doing with the fruit and the cheesemonger. Born in her favorite way to describe next on my list of things to a six-month endeavor that connection they have to it,” Wisconsin, she grew up her co-fermentation style, targets underrepresented work with,” she said. he said. in Minnesota and lived in communities often exclud- something she will repeat a In other words, it won’t Everything Bailey Georgia, North Dakota ed from the wine industry, handful of times — almost be long until they’re swimmakes is organic, naturaland Ohio before moving to partnering with winemak- as many times as she said ming around in a tank with ly fermented, unrefined “porch pounder” or “glou California in 2020 to work er Steve Matthiason and other fruits, a welcome adand unfiltered. She adds a as a harvest intern with UC Davis at Alemany Farm glou” to describe relatively dition to her ever-growing minimal amount of sulfur, natural wine guru Martha in San Francisco. low-alcoholic beverages family of “creatures.” After paying her dues as an intern, Bailey drew up a business plan. Starting with $25,000 from investors, she founded Mad Marvlus, combining her mad-scientist tendencies with the nickname “Marvlus” that an encouraging friend gave her years ago. “I tell people when they first meet me, ‘I’m a scientific mind with an artistic heart.’ This is art for me, and I just love sharing an extension of myself with people. Mad Marvlus is an extension of me. It’s literally my alter-ego.” It’s a story she’s proud to tell. Hoping to bring diversity in taste and race to Bay Area winemaking, she’s done her research. At Earthseed, when she said, “I feel like I can talk to my ancestors here,” she’s conscious of standing on the shoulders of early Black cider makers, like Jupiter Evans, a slave owned by Thomas Jefferson, who pioneered cider making in America in the 1700s. She also knows less than 1% of the more than 11,000 wineries in the U.S. are Black-owned or have a Black winemaker. “I grew up in the Midwest, so I’m used to being the only Black person in the classroom,” she said. “I’m used to it, and I can handle that. But it shouldn’t be like that. We need to diversify this area.” When it comes to raising debt-free capital, “we know for women in this industry, it’s already challenging,” she said. “It’s even more challenging for women who look like me.”

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From epic failure comes restaurant success

hat a long, strange trip it’s been for chef Rebecca White, who’s now loving life in the cheerful, tiny kitchen of her Mangia Mi restaurant in downtown Calistoga. On a recent afternoon, she was getting ready for another busy evening of making her distinctive New Haven-style pizzas ($24-32). She and her two-person team were preparing signature comfort-food dishes like sausage and peppers smothered with mozzarella and marinara sauce ($30) and her standout Roman eggplant stack — a dish you have to eat to understand its magic — stuffed with mozzarella, then batter-dipped, fried, piled high and doused with spicy marinara ($18). Just two years ago, she was running the original Mangia Mi in the Caribbean surf town of Rincón, Puerto Rico, where she also served homemade pasta draped in fra diavolo sauce, hand-rolled meatballs and chicken Parmesan baked with lots of cheese. Italian food would seem unlikely in the tropical area, but it’s the cuisine White loves. It hearkens back to her great-great-grandparents, who moved from Italy to Chicago to Waterbury, Connecticut, and brought their family recipes with them. More than a decade before moving to the Caribbean, she had hunkered down in Key West, Florida, where she worked as a server during the day and catered pop-ups at night. And she was contemplating what had gone so wrong with her ﬁrst attempt at restaurant ownership back in Connecticut. “I had just turned 30, and I failed miserably,” she said with a wry smile. “In one year, I had lost all my money, and I went back to (my college town)

Shrimp scampi in lemon white-wine sauce at Mangia Mi. Boston to be a server. I was so depressed, so I moved to Key West to chill out and regroup.” Then, on a whim, she visited Rincón. “It’s really beautiful, so relaxed, at that time just kind of an up-and-coming place. And I thought, well, I could open a restaurant here,” she recalled. “I couldn’t do it in Key West. I was so broke, but I found a little hole-in-the-wall right in town, and

our rent was like 500 bucks a month.” Soon after, she was recruited by the Food Network’s “Cooks vs. Cons,” a show that pits talented home cooks against professionals. She won. MANGIA MI She took home the $10,000 Where: 1120 Washington prize and channeled it St., Calistoga into her fledgling restaurant. When: 4 to 9 p.m. Fortunately, it turned Wednesday-Monday out that the islanders Contact: 707-341-3348, craved fried provolone mangiami.com done White’s way — as Cuisine: Italian, Mediterbig, thick planks of hot, ranean sturdy cheese coated in crispy breading ($12), Price: Moderate, large, grated Parmesan and shareable entrees $24-$45 chunky marinara backed Summary: Chef-owner with a spicy chile kick. Rebecca White channels And the islanders, as her Italian heritage, her Calistoga customers Connecticut upbringing now do, embraced the and Caribbean career into charms of New Havthis delightfully relaxed, en-style pizza, a Concomfort-food destination. necticut creation where the thin crust is reminiscent of Neapolitan pizza but made with a coarser ground flour and cooked longer at lower temperatures (here, it’s baked in a 600-degree oven on a pizza stone). The result is brittle crispiness, charred edges and a decidedly firm chewiness beneath toppings TURN TO MANGIA » PAGE D10

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Sausalito Liquor Co. revives distilled spirits

Glen Ellen Star owner to open new restaurant

early six decades after one of the largest distilleries in the U.S. suffered a major ﬁre in Sausalito and then left the scenic bayside city, an entrepreneur is bringing back local spirits, crafting high-end drinks that blend Wine Country and Marin County ﬂavors. Longtime marketing executive Scott Jampol has been working on Sausalito Liquor Co. for nearly three years. The initial launch is with 2,100 six-bottle cases of the two labels of spirits: Marin Coastal Gin ($35 a

hef Ari Weiswasser of the critically acclaimed Glen Ellen Star will open Stella restaurant at the former Cafe Citti location in Kenwood. The Glen Ellen chef has leased the recently overhauled 9049 Sonoma Highway building that served as a community hub and casual favorite of nearby winemakers for decades. “Right now, Kenwood is very underserved in this corridor, and Sonoma Valley is ready for a new

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Sausalito Liquor Co.’s Unsinkable whiskeys are fresh off the ﬁlling line Oct. 5 at Corning & Co. distillery in Rohnert Park. SCOTT JAMPOL

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Marla SR offers fresh bread daily, such as baguettes, sourdough batard and walnut boule.

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concept that will be accessible to Oakmont and Santa Rosa,” Weiswasser said. After the departure of Cafe Citti in 2020 (now relocated to 2792 Fourth St. in Santa Rosa), the iconic building underwent a down-to-the-studs renovation. “When you step into a location that the community loved, it’s important to honor that. But we’re also excited to explore our own evolution,” he said. The forthcoming restaurant will have an open kitchen and wood-ﬁred grill, much like Glen Ellen Star, but will be “leaning into its pasta game” with part of the menu dedicated to housemade pastas, according to Weiswasser. He added that Glen Ellen Star Chef de Cuisine Bryant Minuche will help create the new menu. “I see a lot of activity happening in Napa and Healdsburg, and I think it’s nice to have some new concepts and energy in Sonoma,” Weiswasser said. The restaurant will join Golden Bear Station, a new restaurant slated to open in late 2023 from the owners of the critically acclaimed Animo, in a slowly evolving revitalization of the small Sonoma Valley town. Marla SR opens: Last Sunday morning — just

one day after their official Oct. 28 opening — Marla SR bakery chef/owner Amy Brown stood with her back to the cozy dining room she’s spent the last six months waiting to share with the neighborhood. From where she stood, she couldn’t see customers’ wide-eyed ogling of the pastry case stuffed with giant croissants, sugar-topped Crebbles and meringue-peaked tarts. Nor could she see how customers gaped at the changes to the former Miracle Plum space in Santa Rosa’s Railroad Square. Brown is one of the hardest-working bakers in the business, and Oct. 29 was no different. Toasting freshly made bagels and slathering them with farmer’s cheese and house-smoked trout as customers waited patiently took her full attention that morning. “I’m operating on seven hours of sleep,” she said, ﬁnally turning around to face the room with a tired smile. Seven hours was luxurious compared to the average two hours she got before she opened the new spot. Brown and her husband, Joe Wolf, already operate a production bakery in Windsor that’s running at full capacity. The warm and welcoming Railroad Square bakery is the ﬁrst retail outlet for the couple since they moved to Sonoma County in 2020. They operated out of their Windsor bakery through the roughest days

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Marla SR in Railroad Square is a warm, inviting space with bistro tables and hanging plants. of the pandemic, feeding many locked-down pastry lovers with weekly walkup sales of bagels, coffee and other breakfast treats along with holiday baked goods. The couple are common ﬁxtures at farmers markets, too. The Santa Rosa space has been gently renovated to add seating, a pastry case and espresso maker. It has a sunny glow with gold accents, hanging plants and warm-colored wooden bistro tables. You just want to plop down and nibble for hours on ham-and-cheese croissants, sesame bagels, their signature Crebble (knotted croissant dough baked with maple sugar and sea salt), hearty scones and dark-chocolate brownies. Baguettes and hearthbaked breads, including sourdough batard and walnut boule dusted with ﬂour, sit on nearby shelves waiting for their crisp crust to

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Nutritional needs change with age Here’s what to eat and what to avoid during menopause By GRETCHEN MCKAY TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

earning to navigate menopause can be challenging for some women going through this natural change of life. We’re moody, can’t sleep and have trouble concentrating. And we’re prone to breaking out in a cold sweat whenever, wherever. Menopause also is when we can no longer eat and drink with the abandon of youth. Because we tend

to slow down as we age, we burn fewer calories on a daily basis. The loss of estrogen — which plays an important role in the normal sexual and reproductive development in women — also leads to a decrease in body mass, slowing the metabolism. So those extra pounds that seemed to magically redistribute around your waist overnight? Sorry, but it’s one of the fringe beneﬁts of getting older. Hormonal changes during midlife because of the menopausal transition cause women to lose up to 1% of lean muscle mass each year, says Stephanie

Faubion, director of the Mayo Clinic’s Center for Women’s Health and medical director of the North American Menopause Society. That, in turn, slows the rate at which the body burns calories, even when still exercising. Women typically gain around 1 1/2 pounds each year as they go through their 50s, so the best defense is a good offense, in which you plan by changing what and how much you eat every day. It varies depending on height, weight and muscle mass, but most menopausal women only require about 1,500-1,600 calories

per day, says Beth Chiodo, a dietitian and health and wellness coach. That’s down from about 2,000 in your 30s and 40s. Making cuts can be achieved by smaller portion sizes, but it’s also important to decrease intake of foods high in saturated fat and limit intake of white rice, bread, potatoes and pasta that are more easily converted to sugar, leading to weight gain. “It’s mostly simple carbs people need to pay attention to,” Faubion says. “You cannot exercise your way out of it. You have to change your diet.” Since we can’t stop the

fact that our bones become less strong and more brittle as we age, older females require more lean protein to support bone health and help reduce risk of developing osteoporosis. It’s also important to stay properly hydrated by drinking between 64-80 ounces of water a day. When it comes to essential micronutrients, the average adult requires 1,000 mg of calcium per day, according to the National Institutes of Health. The amount increases to 1,200 mg per day for women over the age of 50. And to absorb calcium, your body also needs vitamin D — 600

to 800 IU per day until your 70s, when you require 25% more. While supplements seem like an easy fix, the body can’t actually absorb more than about 500 mg at a time. Luckily, it’s pretty easy to get enough of both nutrients into your body through foods like dairy products, dark, leafy greens and canned fish, such as salmon and sardines. Plant-based dairy products such as soy, oat and almond milk are fine substitutes for regular dairy, so long as they’re fortified with calcium, says Chiodo.

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CONTINUED FROM D3 like my Mangia Mi favorite of housemade sausage, marinara, mozzarella and lots of Parmesan ($24). White doesn’t do dainty Neapolitan style, either; her pies are huge slices that overlap their wooden serving board. For White, Puerto Rico had its challenges, however. It was hard to get fresh ingredients, hurricanes kept coming and White knew she had to change her world again. A random trip took her to Calistoga in 2021. On another whim, she inquired about the former All Seasons Restaurant space on Washington Street and Lincoln Avenue. She wanted just the former kitchen area rather than the whole, sprawling footprint. The gregarious, petite blonde quickly landed it. “Coming from Puerto Rico to Napa Valley is a little scary,” she said. “But after selling the restaurant there and ﬁnally having money, I had to jump off the cliff yet again.” She renovated the “kitchen” into a new trattoria with rust-red walls, handdrawn chalkboard menus and original art, including her great-great-grandparents’ immigration certificate, plus lots of photos of the dogs she rescued in Puerto Rico and that now bask in the Calistoga life. She set out to make friends at local wineries and to build her list of Napa Valley wines, supplemented with Italian imports. And she held her breath. Then, her food drew notice during the annual Harvest Table gala in Calistoga, when curious diners reserved all of her table’s 24 seats. Harvest Table organizers invited her back this year and offered her 100 seats. Tickets sold out in seven minutes. “My mom and my aunt, who taught me how to cook, ﬂew in from Connecticut and we made 700 raviolis by hand,” she said of the September dinner. “It was such a fun day, and by the end — you know, of course, you all have wine in you — everybody was yelling and cheering. I felt like we’d arrived.”

The menu The Mangia Mi menu seems risky for a restaurant with just 60 seats. Imagine some 50-plus seasonal menu items, including antipasto, small plates, pasta and pizzas offered daily. Add to that White’s specials such as

Mangia Mi on Washington Street and Lincoln Avenue in Calistoga.

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Vicki Garcia makes fresh pasta at Mangia Mi in Calistoga. Pasta and pizza dough are made fresh daily at the restaurant in Calistoga. Housemade garlic and Parmesan focaccia bread at Mangia Mi.

Momma’s Meatballs are handrolled.

Tagliatelle with pancetta, mushrooms and peas. seared day boat scallops in garlic butter sauce served over roasted corn-bacon risotto, plus housemade desserts made by General Manager Elly Galindo. It’s all sent out of a small kitchen with no freezer except for a dorm-size model to hold ice cream. There isn’t even the big walk-in refrigerator that’s typical in most restaurants. White said it made the local health inspector nuts when she explained she

refused to have one and would instead make everything fresh from ingredients arriving daily. Somehow, the streamlined system works. Pasta and two-day-coldfermented pizza dough are made fresh daily. Pillowy Parmesan-garlic focaccia is housemade ($12), and fresh cheeses range from mozzarella to ricotta, goat and burrata. Large, highly seasoned meatballs are slowly

simmered with fresh tomato-herb sauce ($20 for three) in small Le Creuset batches. An oversize ceramic dish of Bolognese lasagna is pulled out of the oven when its molten cap of mozzarella turns gold-brown and crispy on the edges ($30; add $10 for a generous side of fettuccine dressed in marinara or Alfredo). I don’t suggest sitting at the bar overlooking the kitchen unless you don’t mind going crazy with the desire to order nearly everything you see. But frankly, this is where I want to hang out, admiring dishes going out to the tables, listening to high-volume classic rock and chatting with Galindo, who shares personal-visit sto-

ries of almost every winery on the restaurant list. You can combine some two dozen antipasto items, with three choices for $18, six for $26 or eight for $30. They span a rainbow of selections like stuffed dates, ravioli fritti and truffled pecorino. The ﬂexibility must drive the restaurant bookkeeper mad. There are gluten-free options, including pizza and fried pizzetta stuffed with mozzarella and pesto, then topped with prosciutto ($15). You can also get half ($28) or full ($38) orders of pasta, though I recommend the whole portion so you have leftovers of good stuff, like the pappardelle bathed in a dreamy, creamy sauce loaded with mushrooms. White, who will turn 50

this December, is opening another Mangia Mi in Fairﬁeld County, Connecticut. She looks at her life’s past downs and current ups differently these days. “When you fall, you have to get up, and a lot of people don’t ever get back up,” she said. “I learned how to fail. I fail really well, by the way. But now I know how to fail, and I know how not to fail, I hope. “It takes a little humility, but it’s using all the failures to turn them into success.” Carey Sweet is a Sebastopol-based food and restaurant writer. Read her restaurant reviews every other week in Sonoma Life. Contact her at carey@ careysweet.com

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Outdoors CENTRAL COAST » Sanctuary faces headwind with boundary change to accommodate wind farm

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Kayakers paddle Oct. 20 in Morro Bay. The proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary, a yearslong effort spearheaded by the Northern Chumash tribe, would protect 7,573 square miles of water and coastline in Central California. Sea otters in Morro Bay. The Central Coast, a destination for surﬁng, kayaking, ﬁshing, diving, sailing and whale watching, is where the waters of Northern and Southern California converge.

Cherished waters and a sacred rock Bt LAUREN SLOSS

Heritage National Marine Sanctuary, a yearslong effort spearheaded by the Northern Chumash, a tribe that has inhabited this coastline for thousands of years. The 7,573-square-mile sanctuary would include 156 miles of coastline between the towns of Cambria and Gaviota and link the Greater Farallones and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries to the north and the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary to the south, creating a chain of conservation of more than 20,000 square miles. The new designation would limit offshore oil drilling, acoustic underwater testing and other activities in the area, while providing funding for research and protection to numerous Chumash sacred sites, both on and offshore.

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y paddle slips gently through calm ocean water as the kayak glides toward the mouth of Morro Bay Harbor. I approach a sandbar covered in resting cormorants, as sea otters float in nearby kelp, inky-eyed pups nestled on their mothers’ chests. On this windless morning, the marine layer paints the world in a gentle watercolor wash. In front of me, Morro Rock rises dramatically from the landscape. I’m on a paddle around the fishhook-shaped Morro Bay, where sailboats bob between a working fishing port and an 800-acre wetland, near the small seaside city with the same name on California’s Central Coast. But I’m mostly here to learn more about the proposed Chumash

Morro Rock in Morro Bay. The proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary could create a new model for collaborative management of public lands.

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Enjoy fall on a stroll, hike or as a volunteer NOV. 5

Volunteer Yvelione Pelletier rakes up debris at Sugarloaf Ridge State Park in Kenwood in May. Park staff will hold an orientation session Nov. 11 for people who are interested in becoming volunteers at the park.

Kenwood: Take a slow walk and

enjoy the sounds and sights of nature at Sugarloaf Ridge State Park. This easy group hike is accessible for people using walkers or wheelchairs, parents with babies in strollers and young children. California certiﬁed naturalists Judy Armstrong and Judy Withee will lead the walk that will focus on the stories of Wappo Native Americans in relation to the park. The walk starts at the White Barn parking lot. There will be frequent stops and opportunities for conversation, photography, nature journaling, wildlife viewing and resting. You can bring your nature journal, camera or binoculars. Wear comfortable shoes, a hat and sun protection. 2-4 p.m. Tickets are $5 to $10 on a sliding scale and free for children under 12. Parking fees apply. Get tickets at tinyurl.com/5vrrkrz6. Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, 2605 Adobe Canyon Road. NOV. 11

Kenwood: Are you interested in becoming a volunteer at

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Sugarloaf Ridge State Park? Volunteers work as docents at the visitor center, help maintain trails, assist with special events and parking, help with data entry and project research and more. Spanish/English literacy and conversational ﬂuency is a plus. Park staff will hold an orientation session for

new volunteers from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (rescheduled from Oct. 15) at Robert Ferguson Observatory in the park and talk about Sugarloaf’s history, how Sonoma Ecology Center operates the park and what volunteer opportunities are available. Experience is not necessary but welcome. Volunteers are asked

to work at least four hours per month. Registration is required for the orientation, at tinyurl. com/3jsxj9c5. You can also bring food to share at the orientation potluck. Robert Ferguson Observatory, Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, 2605 Adobe Canyon Road. Santa Rosa: Kids are invited to participate in an interactive science hour at the Environmental Discovery Center at Spring Lake Regional Park. There are two time slots available: 11 a.m. to noon and 1-2 p.m. Kids will learn about and craft examples of animal habitats using natural materials. In the meantime, parents can enjoy kid-free time at the park. Ideal for kids ages 6-12. The cost is $10 for Sonoma County residents and $12 for participants from outside Sonoma County. Parking is $7 or free with a Sonoma County Regional Parks membership pass. Registration required, at tinyurl.com/4ay8t8b8 for the 11 a.m. session and tinyurl. com/4fsm9u7x for the 1 p.m. session. 393 Violetti Road.

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Glen Ellen: Bring your camera

to capture the changing colors of autumn at Jack London State Historic Park during a hike led by the park’s longtime photographer, Deborah Large, from 8-11:30 a.m. Gold, orange, brown and red are ﬁlling the vineyards, forests and Jack London’s Beauty Ranch at the park. Large will talk about the “intentional camera movement” technique to give your photographs an artistic effect. After the walk, participants can submit their three best images from the day for a shared web gallery. Although the class is designed for all levels of photographers, participants will get the most out of the class by being familiar with camera controls, whether using a DSLR, basic point-and-shoot cameras or a smartphone. Reservations are required and can be made at jacklondonpark.com/events/fall-photowalk-2023. Tickets are $15 per person, plus an entry fee of $10 per vehicle. 2400 London Ranch Road.

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Barbara, with the low-key, throwback charm of Morro Bay in between. And then there is the CONTINUED FROM D11 ocean: A destination for It would also be the first surfing, kayaking, fishing, tribally led effort of its diving, sailing and whale kind in the United States, watching, the Central with the potential to create Coast is where the waters a new model for Native of Northern and SouthAmerican collaborative ern California converge. management on public Point Conception, near lands and waters, and the Gaviota, is a striking possibility of a different headland recognized as a kind of tourism, one that is hot spot for biodiversity. centered on and enhanced (The Chumash believe the by Native history, culture point, which they call the and knowledge. Western Gate, is where This proposal comes souls pass on to the spirit after extensive community world after death.) outreach and environ“It’s one of the richest mental reviews, as well marine ecosystems in as coordination with the the world,” said Zachary National Oceanic and AtPlopper, the senior envimospheric Administration, ronmental director of the which oversees sanctuary Surfrider Foundation, a management and opernonprofit focused on ocean ations, including hiring and beach protection. “It’s staff, enforcing regulations a critical migratory corriand controlling the budget, dor for gray whales.” among other responsiThe area also draws bilities. Now, after years around 15 million people of work, the sanctuary is annually, according to the nearing the final stages of San Luis Obispo and Santa the designation process. Barbara tourism boards. But NOAA has thrown In the past decade, NOAA a late wrench in the plans. has placed more of an In an effort to allow for the emphasis on recreation development of an offpossibilities and developing shore wind energy project, a “blue economy” around NOAA is now suggesting its marine sanctuaries. shifting the sanctuary’s “If you think about a borders to remove a section national park or national of the coastline that inforest, there are opportucludes Morro Bay and Mor- nities for how this sancro Rock — or Lisamu’, a tuary can help encourage site sacred to the Chumash and facilitate sustainable that was always meant by tourism,” said Paul Michel, the tribe to be the hub of regional policy coordinator the sanctuary. for NOAA. As I turned my kayak Indeed, a 2014 study back toward shore, I feel prepared for the Sierra the power of this place, Club covering the possiof the towering, volcable economic impacts of nic Morro Rock and the this proposed sanctuary water teeming with life all suggested $23 million around it. What does the and 600 new jobs could be future hold for the sanctugenerated. ary, and Morro Bay’s place “National marine within it? sanctuaries are places of special ecological, archaeoHot spot of biodiversity logical or historical imporThe 350-plus-mile tance,” said Joel Johnson, Central Coast is already a CEO of the National beloved destination, with Marine Sanctuary Foundaits golden, hilly landscape tion. “The protections that giving way to a rugged are afforded to these areas coastline dotted with beach are diverse, and are really towns. There is quaint driven by an intersection Cambria and tony Santa between the interests of

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Paddle boarders in Morro Bay. The Northern Chumash has inhabited this coastline for thousands of years, and Morro Rock, or Lisamu’, is a site sacred to the tribe. the local community as well as the federal government.” The Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary’s proposal was submitted to NOAA in 2015, although the area has been on conservationists’ radar since the passage of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act in 1972, which has since led to the creation of 15 national marine sanctuaries and two national marine monuments. “Morro Bay is at the center of our commerce and our community,” said Violet Sage Walker, a Northern Chumash Tribal Council chair, and spokesperson for the sanctuary. “This is always where we envisioned having places for outreach and education, and potentially an aquarium,” she said. “And this is exactly where they want to lay cable for offshore wind.” The area for the wind farm, leased from the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management last December, covers 376 square miles 20-40 miles offshore from Morro Bay. Floating turbines — of which there may be up to 200 — would be anchored to the sea ﬂoor, in water

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more than 3,000 feet deep, with the potential to power millions of homes. As the wind proposal is unprecedented in its size and scope, its environmental impact is unknown, making for an increasingly common conﬂict between clean energy and conservation. NOAA’s preferred boundary now excludes the coast from Morro Bay to Cambria. For Walker, a giant industrial undertaking is not a sufficient explanation to cut out a place that, for the Northern Chumash, has always been at the heart of the plan because of its cultural, economic and ecological signiﬁcance. “Wind energy needs to be compatible with conservation,” she said, noting that a scaled-back version of the project could potentially exist alongside the sanctuary, but that the exclusion of Morro Bay “brings up a lot of concern.” “Are they serious about collaborative management?” she said. “Are they really going to listen to us?”

All the same ocean In September, on a warm gray afternoon out by Morro Rock, the sound

of a traditional Chumash welcome song was punctuated by the crash of waves against a nearby breakwater. This was Rally at the Rock, a call to action from the Northern Chumash tribe and other supporters to raise awareness of the importance of Morro Bay to the sanctuary, and to spur supporters to submit public comments to NOAA before the Oct. 25 deadline. Representatives from the local government came, along with members of the Sierra Club and Greenpeace. In recent years, the Biden administration has committed to advancing co-stewardship of public lands with Native tribes. Ideally for the Northern Chumash, the tribe would be major decision-makers regarding the sanctuary, acting as environmental and cultural stewards to highlight their traditional ecological knowledge. At a recent session hosted by NOAA, Michel shared possibilities for collaborative management, including a 15-seat advisory council with one or more Indigenous members and an Indigenous Cultures Advisory Panel, all working in concert with NOAA.

But there is a difference between being consulted and given actual decision-making power. This discrepancy is particularly heightened when you consider that these federally owned lands were created by the displacement of Indigenous people to begin with. On another trip to the Central Coast, I spent a week sailing in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, just miles from the proposed sanctuary, and was struck by how quickly I snapped into the rhythms of sea life. We lived by the weather, highly attuned to the wind and waves, snorkeling among towers of kelp, the water gleaming with ﬁsh of all shapes and sizes. For me, time spent in concert with nature has always been a balm. In Morro Bay, I saw how it could also be a call to action. Travel, while often fraught in discussions of climate change, can be, at its best, a way to stoke love for our planet. This marine sanctuary offers the potential for the knowledge of the Chumash people to lead to an even deeper love and connection to those who visit.

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Adrenaline-pumping wedding days Couples are going to great lengths for adventurous venues By SAKEINA SYED NEW YORK TIMES

o reach their wedding venue, Austin O’Reilly and Iulia O’Reilly crossed a swaying suspension bridge, trying not to glance down at the glacial river below. With each step, the bridge shook under the weight of people and yaks. Austin O’Reilly, 25, had seen similar bridges in the 2015 movie “Everest.” Now, he was on that titular mountain with his ﬁancée: walking a precarious bridge, crossing jagged moraines and traversing rocky terrain on a nine-day trek to the Everest base camp. As terrifying as the bridge was, there was no turning back. “You’re just hanging on for dear life and knowing that your wedding is at the other end of this trek,” at an altitude of 17,600 feet, Austin O’Reilly said. The couple lives in New York and met in 2019 through mutual friends, bonding over their love of the outdoors and travel. When looking for a wedding venue in 2022, nothing felt right. “My dad jokingly was like, ‘What about Everest?’” Iulia O’Reilly, 26, said. The idea took hold and came with an added beneﬁt: It would be cheaper than an American wedding. “We really wanted something that would challenge us and represent our love for each other” said Austin O’Reilly. On May 22, the couple reached the base camp with Iulia O’Reilly’s parents and two of Austin O’Reilly’s friends. The 10-minute ceremony was accompanied by the distant

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Alex Miethe and Ariel Slusher-Miethe kiss during their underwater scuba-diving marriage in Cozumel, Mexico. rumble of avalanches. “Just you, your beloved and a higher power up there,” said Iulia O’Reilly. The bride wore a gauzy white dress, and the groom wore a suit; they both wore hiking boots. “With the backdrop of the icefall and the glaciers, hearing avalanches in the distance, you have this really powerful moment — and you’re also deprived of a lot of oxygen,” he said. Their trek was hosted by Laura Gravino and her husband, Ian Taylor, who own Ian Taylor Trekking. For the 13 years they’ve been married, the couple have facilitated several trekking weddings. Gravino said that, for her, the appeal of an adventure wedding lay in its contrast with big American weddings, which can often be complicated and expensive. The O’Reillys are one of many couples having an adventure wedding, taking their venue out of the realm of the ordinary. These adrenaline-heavy events trade ballrooms

and historic estates for mountains and lagoons, pushing couples to physical extremes and setting pulses racing even more than they’d already be. An adventure wedding is also an opportunity for a couple to partake in activities that brought them together. Haley Badenhop and Owen Leeper met in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. “He’d been like, ‘If you want to go on an adventure, let me know,’” Badenhop, 36, said. A month later, they did just that for a full week — cliff jumping, boating, hiking and paddleboarding. “By the end of that week, I was like, ‘Is this what my life could be like?’” she said. Leeper, 38, is a professional skier, and Badenhop often incorporates mountains into her work as a mural artist. The couple sometimes spend entire days skiing together. “Living in Jackson, you kind of have to get good at skiing,” Badenhop said. And so the idea of a ski wedding at Jackson Hole Mountain Re-

sort was born, something that had never been done before at the top of Rendezvous Mountain, located in the southern Teton Range of the Rockies. The couple and their guests took a tram to the peak and gathered on an expanse of snow. Badenhop’s niece, wearing a snowsuit with a tutu, threw dried ﬂower petals as she walked down the snowy aisle. After exchanging vows, the couple changed into ski boots. “We kept our attire on, and everybody cheered us on as we skied down,” she said. “It’s a ‘black run,’ so I had worn a strapless backless dress, and I taped it to myself.” The wedding party skied or took the tram down for a Champagne party at the bottom. It was everything Leeper had dreamed of. “She’s skiing down in her wedding dress and willing to do this with me — it’s going to be a great partnership for life,” he said. For Ariel Slusher-Miethe, 32, an adventure wedding was a way to

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An unnamed couple eloped with a rock-climbing adventure. Some people are taking their wedding venue out of the realm of the ordinary. step outside her comfort zone. Before meeting Alex Miethe at a Las Vegas nightclub they both worked at, she had never pictured herself marrying. But after their engagement, she began considering a wedding that would take place underwater — another place she’d never imagined herself. She’d always been afraid of the ocean. “Honestly, it was kind of like an ode to him,” she said. “This is how much I love you — I’m going to face my fears and go underwater and scuba dive.” Slusher-Miethe, an aesthetician, took scuba classes leading up to their un-

derwater wedding, which took place in December 2019. They ﬂew to Cozumel, Mexico, where they dived beneath the aquamarine waves. The couple said “I do” using signs, and their 15 guests watched from above while snorkeling. An unconventional venue can create logistical hurdles: The couple had to tie the wedding rings to their boxes. “When you’re underwater, if the ring falls out, it can go anywhere,” said Miethe, 35. “The kiss was hard, too, because you’ve got to take out the regulator, hold your breath, kiss real quick and bring it back.”

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EXPLORE SANTA ROSA » Treehorn Books continues to have staying power since opening in 1979

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Grant Hotaling, manager of Treehorn Books, sits at the register and greets customers on Tuesday in downtown Santa Rosa. The bookstore opened in 1979 and has survived the changes in the publishing industry thanks to carrying a plethora of secondhand books and not just new stock.

A downtown favorite By KASEY WILLIAMS

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Morning light bathes clothbound books at Treehorn Books on Tuesday in downtown Santa Rosa.

hen Treehorn Books first opened in 1979, it’s safe to say that few could’ve predicted which direction the next 40 years would take the centuries-old business of independent bookstores. While the first big hurdle would prove to be megastore retailers like Barnes & Noble, which opened a store in downtown Santa Rosa in the ’90s, and the now-defunct Borders bookselling chain. The digital world has consistently sounded the alarms that e-books, available on tablets and virtually anything with a screen, would be the final nail in the proverbial coffin for the sale of bound paper books. The success and longevity of Treehorn Books in downtown Santa Rosa, however, has proven to be an exception to that hype, although their speciality tends to lie in the sale of secondhand books and does not solely rely on new stock. When Michael Stephens and Keith Hotaling first opened Treehorn Books, initially in Old Railroad Square, they were both relatively fresh out of college at Sonoma State University. Stephens and Keith had both been roommates and friends who

shared a love of literature, the former being a library science major and the latter being an English major. “We were just kind of done with school and wondering, ‘Well, now what do we do?’ and thought we would just start accumulating some of these books and see where it goes,” Stephens, 74, said. “We had a couple of friends who had bookstores in the Bay Area and we just kind of followed suit.” The two found the storefront on Third Street in Santa Rosa and started offering the eclectic mix of used books, calendars and T-shirts. After opening they initially hired some people for the ﬁrst few years to work the store while Keith and Stephens pursued other careers. They eventually committed to their book business full-time and Keith, 75, blithely admits that neither had anticipated the bookstore to last as long as it has, but it’s managed to weather a myriad of storms, including two relocations. The store moved from Third Street to Wilson Street to Fourth Street. Treehorn Books has been a downtown Santa Rosa staple for nearly 45 years. They managed to purchase its current location on Fourth Street, just around the corner from Old

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A brief look at the history of the Coast Miwok PETALUMA » Native Americans followed rich cultural beliefs, understood the land, seasons By KATHLEEN SCAVONE FOR THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

icture Petaluma preEuropean contact, with valley vistas, native grasses swaying, woodlands chock-full of wildlife, replete with waterfowl generously teeming throughout wetlands and waterways. Tall tule reeds grew abundantly, providing Petaluma's Native American residents, the Coast Miwok, an abundant

resource which they fashioned into tule boats, homes and more. The landscape upon which the town of Petaluma sits today is the homeland of Coast Miwok who followed rich cultural beliefs and held an intimate understanding of the land, seasons, ﬂora and fauna. Within each Miwok community, there was a hoipu and a hoipu-kulele, or men and women respectively, who led the villages that prospered with very little if

any violence throughout the thousands of years here. History tells us the Petaluma area became General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo's home when he received Mexican land grants and was the predominant political leader of Alta California in 1834. Sonoma State University Library states, “If he (Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo) was not actually the founder of California's diversity, Vallejo was certainly one of it's chief architects.” Since the Pealuma site would TURN TO MIWOK » PAGE D17

Cotati is named for Kotati, a Coast Miwok village just north of the present town. In this photo a general store in Cotati, circa 1911. COURTESY OF THE SONOMA COUNTY LIBRARY

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A crowd of people gather on May 15, 1982, at the Health and Harmony Festival at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa.

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Festival brought New Age movement for generation longing for peace, enlightenment

hat started off as a college fundraising event 45 years ago, blossomed into Sonoma County’s largest health exposition and outdoor music festival, ushering in the New Age movement for a generation that longed for peace and enlightenment. In 1978, Sonoma State College, now known as Sonoma State University, had a parapsychological association, Ubiquity, which teamed up with Sebastopol’s nonproﬁt Well Being Learning Center to put on a threeday music festival. The goal was to raise funds for the school’s parapsychology classes. The fete, according to a May 19, 1978, Petaluma Argus-Courier article, was billed as a “multi-dimensional event designed as a junction for information ONLINE and ideas of the New Age.” To see more arThe Spring Harmony Festival, held chive photos honon the college campus in May 1978, oring Sonoma County’s history, was the Well Being Center’s most go to pressdemo- ambitious endeavor at the time, offercrat.com/news/ ing arts and crafts exhibits, holistic health workshops, alternative energy towns expositions, vegetarian food vendors and live music concerts — including performances by blues musician Taj Mahal and singer-songwriter Terry Garthwaite. While it wasn’t exactly a rousing success in terms of fundraising, the festival awakened something in the county — a fresh idea on how to live healthily and harmoniously with the planet. The following year, the Well Being Center took the event countywide and renamed it the Health and Harmony Festival. The “new age expo and crafts faire,” as it was referred to in newspapers, would be held at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa in late spring, free to the public. Throughout the next few decades, the annual Health and Harmony Festival quickly became the largest health expo and music festival of its kind in Northern California. It boasted over 150-200 merchant and information booths, featuring ecological resources, spiritual organizations, psychic readers, imported goods, local health products, alternative therapy demonstrations and natural foods concessions. Over the years, the live concerts welcomed such notable artists as U2 lead guitarist tthe Edge, folk and blues singer Maria Muldaur, Jamaican reggae singer Earl Zero, San Francisco folk singer-songwriter Kate Wolf, and Brazilian jazz duo Flora Purim and Airto Moreira. Sebastopol native Debra Giusti was the driving force behind the wildly popular festival. In 1978, she was a student at Sonoma State University and helped organize the event, then devised a plan to expand it into a community-wide affair at the fairgrounds, according to a June 6, 1989, article in The Press Democrat. Giusti said the initial purpose of the festival was “to offer counter-culture ideas.” The event combined music and the arts with a grand health fair, presenting alternatives to western medicine and fossil fuels. “I guess you could say my underlying mission is to get information out to the community, to assist people with their own progress,” she said in the 1989 article. After the turn of the century, many longtime festival goers decried what they saw as a change in focus in the annual event as well as a drastic hike in price — admission rose from $15 a day in 2003 to $45 in 2011. In 2012, the festival was canceled due to bad weather and an economic downturn, compounded by $120,000 in losses from a counterfeiting ring that bought thousands of tickets with stolen credit cards. — Marci Martell

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Isak Lepp, above, of Sebastopol, dances as he hula hoops on June 10, 2011, during the ﬁrst day of the Health and Harmony Festival held at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa. A couple tries out bamboo ﬂutes, left, on June 7, 1986, during the Health and Harmony Festival at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds. TIMOTHY BAKER / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

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Gary Doty, from left, Barney Watkins and Rod Berry of Living Jungle Alliance beat drums and sang on June 13, 1992, during the Health and Harmony Festival, held at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds.

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Rio Scharf completes a handstand on June 11, 2010, at the Health and Harmony Festival in Santa Rosa.

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Lygia Burns looks for a particular children’s book Tuesday at Treehorn Books in downtown Santa Rosa. Treehorn Books has been a downtown Santa Rosa staple for nearly 45 years.

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for so long and, thankfully, Keith IF YOU GO hasn’t seen a change in that regard, nor does he anticipate one. Michael Stephens and Keith Hotal“I think that people like to CONTINUED FROM D15 ing first opened Treehorn Books hold a book in their hands,” in 1979 in Old Railroad Square. The Courthouse Square, in 1989. This he said. “We get comments all store has been a downtown Santa was something Keith said has al- the time; they like the smell of Rosa staple for nearly 45 years. lowed the store some fiscal flexbooks — all that stuff.” They managed to purchase its ibility since they aren’t always Those words aren’t without current location in 1989 on Fourth worrying about a rent increase merit. Books in all formats Street, just around the corner from or change of landlords. generated roughly $26 billion Old Courthouse Square. Looking ahead, Grant Hotalin 2018, with an estimated $22.6 Location: 625 Fourth St., Santa ing, Kieth’s son and the de-facto billion coming from print sales Rosa store manager, is expecting and e-books taking in $2 billion, Hours: 10 a.m.- 8 p.m., Mondayto take over Treehorn Books according to an annual report Saturday; noon-6 p.m., Sunday within the next couple of years, from the Association of Amerilikely sometime in 2025. can Publishers. In a world where More information: 707-525-1782, digitization has crippled and pdne.ws/3QdsTaY Changing landscape forever changed industries like Bookworms and nostalgia news publishing and the music junkies seeking tangible books business, bound paper books are sales suggest that certain genres, are the biggest reason Treehorn still greatly preferred to their like crime thrillers and romance Books has managed profitability digital counterpart. Although novels, tend to be more popular

electronically these days. “A lot of people grabbed (e-books) and tried them and they still have a following,” Stephens said, admitting to the convenience that ebooks provide for people on-the-go. “It always struck me as an odd technology for reproducing the printed page; an electric device can offer so much more that it’s kind of a waste of the technology.” Treehorn Books also lists much of their inventory online at AbeBooks, a global ecommerce website and subsidiary of Amazon since 2008. David Salm, a former longtime Santa Rosa resident that’s frequented Treehorn Books for decades, noted the unique selection and reasonable pricing to be enough cause for return visits,

describing time in their little storefront as something akin to traveling. “The cool thing about a bookstore, but particularly a place like Treehorn, is the total sense of discovery where everything is a surprise,” Salm said. “You can wander in there for four hours and no one’s going to rush you, no one’s going to hassle you if you haven’t bought anything yet and for so many of us who enjoy going around the world … going into a place like Treehorn is kind of like traveling.”

Bookstore’s future While Keith and Stephens inch closer and closer to retirement, they’re at ease knowing that the TURN TO EXPLORE » PAGE D18

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CONTINUED FROM D15 suit him both economically and socially, Vallejo “employed” hundreds of Indigenous workers. His Rancho Adobe home was built and it eventually held 30,000 head of cattle for the hide and tallow trade business. Thousands of horses and sheep were also spread over his land of 66,000 acres, which was edged by both the PetaKENT PORTER / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT luma River and Sonoma Creek. The area is now Greg Sarris, the tribal chairman of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, speaks with known as Petaluma Adobe members of the media June 15 after a groundbreaking ceremony for an expansion at the State Historic Park. Graton Resort and Casino near Rohnert Park. According to the California Department of Parks and Recreation's website under the Petaluma Adobe State Historic IF YOUR BIRTHDAY IS Fortunately, relations with boss- Park: Archaeological ruin your day. Take charge. Be TODAY: You are very involved es and parents are smooth and Investigations, a UC diplomatic. Tonight: Maintain in life. You’re someone others convivial. Go with what works. your belongings. Berkeley team, which was turn to because they trust your Avoid what is prickly. Tonight: LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) led by Stephen Silliman ★★ Today the Moon is in your Avoid arguments. honest, informed response. in 1996, helped uncover sign at odds with three other You have a balance of realism CAPRICORN (Dec. 22some new information planets, which means you will and idealism. This is a year Jan. 19) ★★★ You might be about the area and its first angry at a friend today or a be at odds with others as well. of change. Expect increased inhabitants. member of a group and decide Arguments might suddenly personal freedom, travel, new to flounce off in a huff. (Always break out. Do your best to be friends and opportunities. Act “The project was debring your huff to dubious Teflon. Don’t get involved. fast and trust your intuition. signed to locate and study ARIES (March 21meetings.) This is just a brief Tonight: Stay calm. evidence of the Native April 19) ★★★ Advice to VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) dark cloud on your horizon. Americans who lived and ★★★ This is the kind of day parents: This will be a difficult Don’t get your belly in a rash. worked at the Petaluma where you might argue with day dealing with your kids; Relax. Tonight: Check your Adobe in the 19th centusomeone about the name of the finances. therefore, be patient. Do what ry,” the site’s entry states. month — yes, it’s ridiculous. you can to avoid meltdowns AQUARIUS (Jan. 20The project’s excavaDon’t try to convince anyone and hissy fits. After all, you’re Feb. 18) ★★ Don’t do battle with authority figures, parents, of anything. This will only lead the adult. Lovers’ spats and tions revealed a lengthy teachers or the police today. sports arguments are also likely. to further conflict. Tonight: cobble foundation-like It won’t be pretty. Why get Solitude. 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COURTESY OF THE SONOMA COUNTY LIBRARY

Gen. Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo was a California military commander, politician and rancher. He was born a subject of Spain, performed his military duties as an ofﬁcer of the Republic of Mexico and shaped the transition of Alta California from a territory of Mexico to a U.S. state. many Indigenous people were enslaved during the California Mission era (1769-1833) and into the Rancho era (1830s-1850s) where they endured untold hardship, disease and death. Those who survived no longer had access to their ancestral lands which provided the basis of their culture's religion, hunting and gathering, and other traditional practices, as the lands were vastly overtaken by Europeans. Petaluma's past is kept alive through the California Department of Parks and Recreation's efforts to educate, preserve and protect the state’s natural and cultural resources as well

as stories from Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria and through articles like “Tsupu, The Last Woman From Petaluma” by tribal chairman Greg Sarris. In the historical piece we learn about the life of Sarris' great-great-greatgrandmother who lived in a village east of the Petaluma River. She was born about 1820. Often lost to history, are the stories of this critical time for Indigenous people, when they were controlled and forced into labor pools and worse, are important pieces of a complicated puzzle of the past of which we cannot forget.

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Houston Evans Jr. walks past Treehorn Books on Tuesday in downtown Santa Rosa. Treehorn Books also lists much of their inventory online at AbeBooks, a global ecommerce website and subsidiary of Amazon since 2008.

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CONTINUED FROM D17 business can continue in familial hands. Keith’s son, Grant, said when he takes over Treehorn Books, customers shouldn’t expect any big changes or an overhaul of what has made the secondhand bookstore a hit with county residents and tourists alike. Much of the more unique inventory is found and purchased by Stephens at things like estate sales and personal libraries in and around the Bay Area. Once books are purchased, they are taken to the store’s warehouse in Rohnert Park. When Stephens retires, Grant recognizes that he’ll need to spend more time away from their storefront, so it remains possible that he will need a business partner somewhere down the line. Since Grant graduated from Chico State in 2010, he has worked at the store and currently acts as the bookstore’s manager and principal book buyer for in-store purchases. “I’d like to keep the store as much the same as possible,” Grant said. Small additions, like the sale of custom Treehorn Books T-shirts and bags, are things that he’s been interested in developing for the store, even if they

Grant Hotaling, manager of Treehorn Books, helps a customer ﬁnd a book on Tuesday in downtown Santa Rosa. Hotaling is expected to take over the store in the next few years. aren’t technically “new” to the bookstore itself. “I just vaguely remember them as a kid. I think maybe someone my dad knew had some kind of T-shirt connection and had, like, 10 of them made or something,” he said with a laugh. “Maybe we never even sold them.” The Treehorn Books logo, a drawing of a boy lying prone on the ﬂoor while propping his head up and reading a book, is a play on an Edward Gorey illustration from the Treehorn Trilogy, a children’s book series by acclaimed author Florence Parry Heide, who once wrote to

Keith and Stephens earlier in their careers. “About six or eight years into the running, we got a postcard from this woman, Florence Parry Heide,” Stephens said. “Instead of saying, ‘You stole my character, I’m going to sue you,’ she praised us up and down and thought it was the highest compliment that we used her character and name for our store – and that postcard still hangs on our wall.” As we near the end of the year, Keith and Grant anticipate the usual increase in holiday shopping foot traffic, so visitors should plan accordingly.

EDITOR’S NOTE Our Sunday Towns highlights the people, places and events that make the North Coast so vibrant. We feature a different community in each issue. In the coming weeks, look for stories on Mendocino County, the Sonoma Coast, Windsor, Lake County, Sonoma Valley, Cloverdale, Healdsburg, Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Rohnert Park and Sebastopol. Want to suggest a story? Contact Towns Editor Elissa Torres at elissa.torres@ pressdemocrat.com.

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ADVICE + GAMES pressdemocrat.com/games NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD By Robert Ryan

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Mariah Carey performs in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Carey announced plans to go on tour this holiday season, with several stops in the U.S. and Canada.

Carey, aka Queen of Christmas, on tour Halloween is over. That can mean only one thing: Mariah Carey has arisen from her slumber and you will be hearing “All I Want for Christmas is You” from available speakers from now until 2024. On Wednesday, Carey released an Instagram video of herself being defrosted from a giant block of ice by an assortment of Halloween characters, then emerging in her ﬁnest Christmas attire alongside her twins, Monroe and Moroccan, as her 1994 yuletide anthem blasts. This is all part of the 54-year-old singer’s now-yearly tradition of announcing her everlasting presence as the self-appointed “Queen of Christmas,” due to her tune’s enduring popularity, almost 30 years after its release. In October, Carey announced her Merry Christmas One and All! tour, which includes several stops in the United States and Canada. The seasonal concert series is scheduled to kick off Nov. 15 at the Yaamava’ Resort & Casino in Highland, followed by a Nov. 17 show at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. “Yes, the actual defrosting has begun!” Carey said in her announcement of the tour. After launching her Christmas tour in California, Carey is slated to travel to various cities in the U.S. and Canada before ending her holiday concert series at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Dec. 17.

Atlanta comic lands first Netflix special Sassy Atlanta stand-up comic Heather McMahan last year fulfilled a lifetime dream by headlining the Fox Theatre. Since then, her popularity has only grown. “I sold out Radio City Music Hall in New York. Then the Chicago Theatre. It’s wild! You keep having to set the bar higher,” McMahan told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution last month by phone after appearing on the “Today” show in New York City. “I was told, ‘If it doesn’t scare you, then it doesn’t challenge you.’ That is a good point. Don’t settle!” She has since recorded her first full hour special on Netflix called “Son I Never Had,” which came out last month. She is now prepping a second hour that will be taped at the Fox Theatre on Nov. 9 and 10 for a second hourlong special. She said Netflix provides such major exposure, it’s surreal. “Everybody is going to know who you are,” she said. “You’re exposing your art to the world. In the meantime, I’m just sitting in a hotel room watching ‘Housewives’ by myself.”

86 It can be a strain on the pupils 92 Bungee jumping on Tuesday, skydiving on Wednesday, etc.? 96 Mens ____ (legal concept) 97 Less trustful (of) 98 Wear down 99 Swamplike 100 Almost spherical in shape 101 [Shrug] 103 The world’s bestselling planes 106 2001 biopic starring Will Smith 107 Show off one’s vocal range and stamina? 111 Mother ﬁgure 112 Up and about 113 “Stop obsessing over that” 114 Downside 115 Go out with 116 Unloads, in a way 117 Diagnostic using an injected tracer 118 O’Hare identiﬁer DOWN 1 Eccentrics 2 Who once quipped, “I never forget a face, but in your case I’ll be glad to make an exception”

3 Singer Ronnie of the Ronettes 4 Some unique digits:Abbr. 5 Oft-relied-upon 6 Footwear craze of the early 2000s 7 Pop singer Grande, to fans 8 Sat ____ 9 Nail-polish remover 10 Porpoise, in old usage 11 ____ guards (soccer gear) 12 Summon, in a way 13 URL ending 14 Heart-pumping activity 15 Soaks 16 Pairing for an entrecôte or ﬁlet mignon, perhaps 17 *Facepalm* 18 Disposables kept as mementos 24 Something a Brazilian is unlikely to wax 25 Age for a Latin American celebration 30 Most showily aesthetic 32 “Eureka!” 33 Small, cutesily 34 D.C. tiebreakers, at times 36 Nintendo Switch predecessor 37 1500 Pennsylvania Ave., e.g.: Abbr. 38 Lid malady 39 Universal blood type, for short

40 Drift (off) 42 Go out with 46 Served a sentence 47 Aquatic barker 48 Alternative to high water, in an idiom 49 Kitties 50 Be a partner with in crime 51 Lone word? 52 Highly rated French vineyards 53 Word on an Irish ﬂag carrier 54 Issa who plays President Barbie in “Barbie” 55 Antagonist 58 Journalist Iﬁll 59 Shade of unbleached linen 60 Approach 61 Heap affection (on) 63 Pub lineup 64 Shares one’s bunk? 65 Had a following 66 Number that sounds like a past-tense verb 67 Pop star Rita 70 Belonging to a particular time 72 Among others, for short 74 In the altogether 75 Like some displays of wealth 76 Escapes are made by them

77 Disney’s ____ of Arendelle 78 New ____ 79 Govt. funds for mom-and-pop shops 80 “Colorful” exclamation in a hospital drama 81 Basis for a fortuneteller’s romantic prediction 82 Road workers’ gloop 85 Fox coverage? 86 ____ Foundation for Justice (international human rights group) 87 British ref. work 88 A, abroad 89 “____ Flow” (song by Enya) 90 Gadget for a wine enthusiast 91 Nightfall 93 Munitions compounds 94 Small, cutesily 95 ____ Lobel, author of the “Frog and Toad” series 99 Web portal with a Bing search bar 101 Face-off 102 Decorative vases 103 Give a ticket 104 Batter’s need 105 Wrecked 108 Wired internet letters 109 Past-tense verb that sounds like a number 110 Batter’s objective

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips

Marriage to angry drunk has become a prison

Birthdays

Luke Hemsworth

ACROSS 1 Small dosage qtys. 4 In South America they’re known as “gallinas de palo,” or “chickens of the tree” 11 You can see right through ’em 16 Jockey (for) 19 Dadaist Jean 20 Greyhound’s competition 21 Went for 22 Little demon 23 Acts coy in salary negotiations? 26 Dismissive rejection 27 Components of some kitschy clocks 28 What was once yours? 29 “Good gracious!” 31 Play opener 32 Standofﬁsh 34 Celeb’s hangout 35 Bowlful with Thai basil and bean sprouts 36 Public stance of a member of Congress? 41 Unsavory relation? 43 Biblical grandson of Adam and Eve 44 Clichéd name for a lab assistant 45 “SNL” alum Bryant 46 Document that may be kept in a lockbox 47 Singer Easton 49 Shepherd’s job, essentially? 55 Unpleasant surprises when buying concert tickets 56 Relative of a musette 57 Take in 58 Do something illegal around a basketball hoop 62 Business card abbr. 63 Turn more heads than intended? 68 Head for business? 69 Some informants, informally 71 Memo starter 72 Part of QED 73 Nourish 74 Newspaper write-up that’s light on criticism? 79 Top-of-the-line Mercedes 82 Object with one hole or two, depending on whom you ask 83 Actress Kurylenko of “Black Widow” 84 Blessing 85 They’re craze-y!

Singer Art Garfunkel is 82. Singer Peter Noone is 76. TV personality Kris Jenner is 68. Singer Bryan Adams is 64. Actor Tilda Swinton is 63. Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid is 60. Actor Tatum O’Neal is 60. Actor Andrea McArdle is 60. Country singer-musician Ryan Adams is 49. Actor Sam Page is 48. Actor Luke Hemsworth is 43. Rock musician Kevin Jonas (The Jonas Brothers) is 36.

Dear Abby: I’ve been married to my husband for almost 43 years. We haven’t had sex in more than 10 years. He is a nasty drunk, which has grown worse. He is emotionally abusive and calls me lazy and fat. He hurt his right shoulder three years ago and refused to seek medical attention for it. Two years ago, he had all his teeth extracted. Since then, he has lost at least 50 pounds, which, unfortunately, I seem to have gained. He drinks until he’s

falling-down drunk at least twice a week, and he then becomes nasty with me and our daughter. What should I do? — Hopeless in Texas Dear Hopeless: The relationship you have with your husband isn’t a healthy one. Start getting yourself in better physical shape. Once you begin to take care of yourself, the better you will feel physically and emotionally. Begin attending AlAnon meetings. There are many in

almost every community. You can find a location at al-anon.org/info. Al-Anon is an offshoot of AA, and was created to provide support for friends and families of alcoholics. After that, start looking for a job so you can gain some independence and eventually leave him completely. The atmosphere you have described is toxic. Write Dear Abby at P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles 90069 or www.DearAbby.com.

TELL ME ABOUT IT Carolyn Hax

‘Explosive’ widowed dad has another bride lined up Dear Carolyn: My mom died over a year ago. My 80-year-old father announced his engagement to a lovely and age-appropriate lady. My father has bipolar disorder and has been medicated for over 20 years. My siblings and I doubt she is aware of his anger issues. Throughout my life, including during the last five years while I cooked dinner for my parents daily, my father has gotten explosively angry, to the point of storming out of the house. He gets within an inch of one’s face while screaming, attempting to intimidate. I have become a master at tiptoeing around him and de-escalating. He has no relationship with his sisters or son-in-law because of his behavior. He was unfaithful during his marriage to my mother. She left him twice but kept going back to him. I wonder if the new lady knows any of this. They don’t live together, and I’ve heard him minimize his anger issues and misrepresent his relationship with my mother as the greatest marriage of all time. Here is my question: Am I obligated to attend this wedding? My husband and I have collegeage children who look to us to set an example. My brother says I would be “selfish” to “begrudge” our father his happiness by not attending and should put my “daddy issues” aside because my father took good care of my mother at the end of her life.

Incidentally, my brother lived several states away during this while I lived next door to my parents. My concern is that I know full well what this new lady is getting into: a marriage with a volatile, destructive, unstable man. Wouldn’t I be a hypocrite to plaster on a smile and feign support, aiding his charade? I have no relationship with my father beyond surfacelevel niceties. My husband, who has experienced my father’s behavior, supports me. My collegeage children also support me but want to go to the wedding, as this is their grandfather and they have been spared from the worst of his behavior. What would you do? — Torn Torn: You ask me what I would do, and that’s always so hard, because what we imagine doing in a tough situation tends to be a lot more decisive, heroic and unburdened by our personal frailties than what we actually do. But here’s what I hope I’d manage under your circumstances: 1. Go directly to counseling, without passing Go. You’re talking a lifetime of Dad’s abuse. You are due some intensive self-care. A therapist who’s a good fit and accepting new patients might take time to find, but stick with it, without a moment’s doubt that you’re worth it. 2. Treat the fiancée to lunch(es), just the two of you. Don’t corner her — that’s rarely effective — but

do find out what she knows. Ask pointed questions: “Hmm, how did he respond when you did that?” Gently pierce illusions. Is this crossing a boundary? Damn right. A rare instance when it’s also the right thing to do. 3. Speaking of: Practice saying, “What I do is my business. You mind yours.” You’ll want to carry this phrasing into all future conversations with your father, your brother and any other bullies you know. 4. Watch for Grandpa-style behaviors in your kids, and enlist your husband to do the same. Be prepared for unwavering “That’s not OK” intervention. 5. If the wedding still happens, then go or don’t go — it’s up to your conscience now. Email Carolyn at tellme@washpost. com and follow her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/carolyn.hax SOLUTION TO TODAY’S CROSSWORD

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Travel OREGON » Having survived a devastating wildfire, Breitenbush Hot Springs is bustling again

Wet, but not too wild BY GREGORY SCRUGGS SEATTLE TIMES

as life been a sprint since Labor Day? The post-summer rush is exhilarating but also exhausting. One cure: a getaway for a mid-autumn reset. For a thorough recharge, spend 48 hours in a digital and physical detox. That’s what I did recently at Breitenbush Hot Springs Retreat and Conference Center in central Oregon on a regimen of no internet, cell service, meat, alcohol or caffeine. The off-grid wooded property along the Breitenbush River is dotted with rustic accommodations, a cozy lodge and a constellation of 100-110 degree, clothing-optional geothermal pools perfect for soaking during an autumn chill. But my visit was a small miracle. In September 2020, a devastating wildfire engulfed Breitenbush and nearly wiped it off the map. Valiant firefighters drawn from the Breitenbush ranks saved the community from total annihilation in one of the worst fires in Oregon’s history. The setting looks a little different today between the diminished forest cover, burn scars and new construction replacing buildings lost to the blaze. Between fire and floods, this place is no stranger to natural disaster. Three years on, Breitenbush is well on the path to recovery, rebuilding and downright thriving with the potential to emerge better than ever.

PHOTOS BY GREGORY SCRUGGS / SEATTLE TIMES

The soaking pools at Breitenbush Hot Springs range from 100-110 degrees and are ﬁlled exclusively with geothermal mineral water from on the property. Humans have soaked in these waters for thousands of years, as the pools were well-known to Indigenous people in central Oregon.

Getting there and getting settled Breitenbush is nestled in a canyon at 2,200 feet on the western slopes of the Oregon Cascades, about 260 miles from Seattle. You need a vehicle to reach Breitenbush — there is no reliable shuttle or taxi service — and the nearest car rental options are in Salem or Portland, both of which are served via Amtrak Cascades. When traveling south on I-5, you have two options. The West Cascades Scenic Byway runs 63 miles from Estacada, southeast of Portland, on a paved mountain road through river canyons and with majestic views of volcanic Mount Jefferson. Or take Route 22 east from Salem for 59 miles through Detroit. From Nov. 1 to Apr. 1, the Oregon Department of Transportation requires vehicles to carry snow chains on the plowed road to Breitenbush. Both routes are pockmarked with scars from multiple wildﬁres that converged on Central Oregon in September 2020. The ﬁres destroyed all but one building in Detroit, which is slowly rebuilding. The burned hillsides are more extensive than any I’ve seen along an Oregon

Between fire and floods, this place is no stranger to natural disaster. Three years removed from a devastating wildfire, Breitenbush is well on the path to recovery, rebuilding and downright thriving. paved road, although pockets of untouched trees illustrate the temperate rainforest that recently stood here. Be advised that Breitenbush is not a luxury spa resort. Since 1977 Breitenbush has operated in its current configuration: a worker-owned cooperative whose Carter-era environmental and communitarian ideals persist. The setting is eminently comfortable, but demands some self-sufficiency. For example, upon arrival you park at the entrance, check in at the office and wheel your belongings in a pushcart along gravel and dirt trails for five to 10 minutes to your lodging. Breitenbush is not ADA accessible, but there are often ramps or slopes to navigate the property in lieu of stairs. Exterior lighting is minimal to allow for stargazing, so packing a flashlight or headlamp is

essential. In October, my family of three stayed one night in the heated Sundial Yurt ($252 per night), which backs up to the natural white noise machine of the Breitenbush River. I slept soundly, although hooks for hanging clothes and wet towels would have made the Spartan yurt more comfortable. The next night we tried the Marsh Wren, an unheated canvas wall tent amid a birdthemed cluster called The Aviary ($182 per night). All unheated lodging will close for the season on Nov. 1, though there is talk of installing pellet stoves in future years. I wore ﬂeece and sweatpants under blankets and slept comfortably on an autumn night that bottomed out around 50 degrees, but if you run cold, pack thermal base layers.

The Grove, which sits in a clearing that burned in 2020, consists of brand-new heated cabins, four units per structure ($157-$237 per night). For a budget option, Breitenbush offers small rooms with bunk beds in Milky Way, a converted milk truck ($117 per night). Lodging comes with a mattress and top sheet. Bring your own warm bedding, pillow and towel, or rent a set ($30 for singles, $35 for couples for the duration of your stay). Deﬁnitely pack a robe and sandals for the pools. Lodging has electricity for basics like lamps and charging, but cannot handle appliances like hair dryers. There is no in-room running water. Instead, portable bathrooms and sinks are stationed throughout the property, plus two bathhouses with hot showers.

Meal ticket Walking the whole property takes 15-20 minutes, and strolling under the forest canopy — much of which still remains, even if burn marks are visible — is part of the meditative Breitenbush experience. And stroll you must, because unless you’re staying in one of two rooms inside the centrally located lodge ($142 per night), you’ll need to walk for meal time. All prices include room and board, with Breitenbush serving three cafeteria-style meals a day at set times. You’ll hear the meal bell anywhere on the property. Don’t dally — food is only out for one hour. The menu is completely vegetarian, mostly organic and often vegan and gluten-free. Breakfasts of oatmeal, yogurt, granola, eggs and fruit

IF YOU GO ■ Breitenbush Hot Springs Retreat and Conference Center ■ 53000 Breitenbush Road S.E., Detroit, Oregon; 503-854-3320; breitenbush.com; lodging, meals, parking and soaking privileges $117-$237 per night. Day-use passes are $35 for adults 17+ and $20 for ages 5-17 and provide access to all facilities from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Lunch is not included but can be purchased. were standard satisfying fare. Lunches and dinners were hit or miss. I adored an autumn arugula salad with squash and slathered vegan dill butter on homemade bread, but picked at a taco bowl of walnut chorizo and vegan nacho cheese. My highlight was the daily drink, from a refreshing blueberry ginger mint limeade to cardamom and hawthorn berry tea. I leaned on the hot drink my ﬁrst morning after I resolved to abide by the Breitenbush credo and forswear my daily cuppa. Caffeine isn’t served, but it is tolerated. I navigated past a gantlet of bathrobe-clad guests making French press coffee, resolved that nine hours of sleep and not looking at my phone before bed had left me properly rested. The main event of the day, of course, is soaking. There are two hot springs zones to choose from. A steam sauna and three meadow pools are just off the lodge, with views across the canyon. The hottest, the silent pool, is the ultimate retreat. Just your thoughts and the sound of the forest.

‘Drones the next thing’ for Disney night spectaculars BY BRADY MACDONALD SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

rone shows deploying hundreds of unmanned aerial aircraft over the skies of Disneyland and Disney California Adventure could soon be joining the lineup of nighttime spectaculars at the Anaheim theme parks.

“Drones are the next thing,” said Disney Live Entertainment Parades and Spectaculars Executive Steven Davison. Davison was part of a panel discussion featuring the creative team from “Behind the Attraction” hosted by Walt Disney Imagineering during a media preview for the returning documentary series.

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The second season of “Behind the Attraction” debuts Nov. 1 on the Disney+ streaming service with episodes dedicated to Disney nighttime spectaculars, Pirates of the Caribbean, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Indiana Jones Adventure and Disneyland food. “They’re very cool,” Davison said of drones during the “Behind the Attraction” panel discussion. “They’re kind of a new thing. We’re doing a lot of work in that. So all I’m going to say is, ‘There’s more to come.’” Davison is the creative director for parades, ﬁreworks shows and nighttime spectaculars at Disney theme parks worldwide. He got his start at Disneyland and has worked on most of the

nighttime spectaculars at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure during the past 25 years — including the “Remember … Dreams Come True” fireworks show, Paint the Night parade and “World of Color” water show. Disney Live Entertainment appears poised to introduce more nightly drone shows at theme parks around the world after rolling out a pair of drone light shows at Disneyland Paris over the past two years. The “Disney D-Light” drone pre-show that debuted in 2022 at Disneyland Paris served as a prelude to the “Disney Illuminations” fireworks show — marking the first time a Disney theme park has utilized autonomous aerial technology as part of a daily outdoor show.

In early 2023, Disneyland Paris rolled out a Marvel drone show at Walt Disney Studios Park that combined the unmanned aerial aircraft with music, lights, pyrotechnics and video projections on the Tower of Terror. Where could Disneyland or DCA add a drone show? Adding drones could “plus up” — Walt Disney’s phrase for upgrading or improving an existing attraction — the nightly ﬁreworks shows, “Fantasmic” or “World of Color.” Importing the Marvel drone show from Disneyland Paris to DCA would be a natural ﬁt for Avengers Campus and Guardians of the Galaxy — Mission: Breakout — the former Tower of Terror drop tower ride before undergoing a Marvel makeover.

Disney has been working with Intel drones since 2016 when Walt Disney World deployed a holiday aerial light show at the Disney Springs outdoor shopping mall. “Everyone’s like, ‘What are you doing with drones?’” Davison said during the “Behind the Attraction” panel discussion. “I was working with Intel a long time ago when we first started it.” X-Wing fighter drones hovered over Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge during the Rise of the Resistance dedication ceremony at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in December 2019. Disney has filed patents for cutting-edge drone concepts — including drone-controlled puppets and 3D drone displays that mimic fireworks shows.

Business AND PERSONAL FINANCE

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What is on your pay stub?

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COPENHAGEN » New vessel with clean methanol engine represents big step for industry trying to cut signiﬁcant contribution to climate change

Here are some tips to help you understand ﬁne print on your paycheck

hether you’ve been working for a long time or just landed your first job, read through this guide to become better informed. The more you know, the better you’ll be at managing your hard-earned money. Employee taxes: It’s hard not to wince when so much of your earnings are being taxed. But those dollars pay for schools, roads and government programs you may need at some point. This section may say “Employee Taxes” or “FICA,” which stands for the Federal Insurance Contributions Act. You’ll also find federal withholding and state taxes. You’ll see OASDI, which stands for Social Security’s Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance. And also Medicare, which provides health care for Americans 65 and older and is also available for younger people with disabilities or individuals with end-stage renal disease. Tip: If you live in one state and work in another, scrutinize this section to ensure you’re not being double-taxed. You can generally expect to file a tax return for your home state, unless you reside in one of the handful of states that don’t levy income taxes and don’t require one. Some areas with a lot of commuters who cross state lines have reciprocity agreements. Typically workers get a credit for taxes paid to another state. Talk to a tax professional to determine whether you’re required to file more than one TURN TO SINGLETARY » PAGE E2

NEWS ANALYSIS

UAW victory may stretch beyond autos By NOAM SCHEIBER NEW YORK TIMES

aying out a tentative contract agreement to end a six-week wave of walkouts at Ford Motor, the United Auto Workers president made an unusual pitch to other labor unions. “We invite unions around the country to align your contract expirations with our own,” the UAW leader, Shawn Fain, said Sunday night. “If we’re going to truly take on the billionaire class and rebuild the economy so that it starts to work for the beneﬁt of the many and not the few,” Fain added, “then it’s important that we not only strike, but that we strike together.”

PHOTOS BY BETINA GARCIA / NEW YORK TIMES

The container ship Laura Maersk, with an engine that can burn traditional heavy fuel oil or green methanol, at port in Copenhagen, Sept, 14. By switching to methanol, this ship will produce 100 fewer tons of greenhouse gas per day, an amount equivalent to the emissions of 8,000 cars.

green ship Hopes riding on

By ANA SWANSON NEW YORK TIMES

COPENHAGEN, Denmark n a bright September day on the harbor in Copenhagen, several hundred people gathered to welcome the official arrival of Laura Maersk. Laura was not a visiting European dignitary like many of those in attendance. She was a hulking containership, towering 100 feet above the crowd, and the most visible evidence to date of an effort by the global shipping industry to mitigate its role in the planet’s warming. The ship, commissioned by the Danish shipping giant Maersk, was designed with a special engine that can burn two types of fuel — either the black, sticky oil that has powered ships for more than a century, or a greener type made from methanol. By switching to green methanol, this single ship will produce 100 fewer tons of greenhouse gas per day, an amount equivalent to the emissions of 8,000 cars. The effect of global shipping on the climate is hard to overstate. Cargo shipping is responsible for nearly 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions — producing roughly as much carbon each year as the aviation industry does. Figuring out how to limit those emissions has been tricky. Some ships are turning to an age-old strategy: harnessing the wind to move them. But ships still need a more constant source of energy that is powerful enough to propel them halfway around the world in a single go. Unlike cars and trucks, ships can’t plug in frequently enough to be powered by batteries and the electrical grid: They need a

An engine room on the Laura Maersk at port in Copenhagen on Sept. 14. The market for green methanol, which the ship uses, is in its infancy, and there is no guarantee that the new fuel will be made in sufficient quantities — or at the right price — to power cargo ships worldwide. clean fuel that is portable. The Laura Maersk is the first of its kind to set sail with a green methanol engine and represents a significant step in the industry’s efforts to address its contribution to climate change. The vessel is also a vivid illustration of just how far the global shipping sector has to go. While roughly 125 methanol-burning ships are now on order at global shipyards from Maersk and other companies, that is just a tiny portion of the more than 50,000 cargo ships that

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ply the oceans today, which deliver 90% of the world’s traded goods. The market for green methanol is also in its infancy, and there is no guarantee that the new fuel will be made in sufficient quantities — or at the right price — to power the vast ﬂeet of cargo ships operating worldwide. Shipping is surprisingly efficient: Transporting a good by container ship halfway TURN TO SHIP » PAGE E2

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CONTINUED FROM E1 around the world produces far less climate-warming gas than trucking it across the United States. That’s true in part because of the scale of modern cargo vessels. The biggest container ships today are larger than aircraft carriers. Each one is able to carry more than 20,000 metal containers, which would stretch for 75 miles if placed in a row. That incredible efficiency has lowered the cost of transport and enabled the modern consumer lifestyle, allowing retailers such as Amazon, Walmart, Ikea and Home Depot to offer a vast suite of products at a fraction of their historical cost. Yet that easy consumption has come at the price of a warmer and dirtier planet. In addition to affecting the atmosphere, ships burning fossil fuel also spew out pollutants that reduce the life expectancy of the large percentage of the world’s people who live near ports, said Teresa Bui, policy director for climate at Pacific Environment, an environmental organization. That pollution was particularly bad during the COVID-19 pandemic, when supply chain bottlenecks caused ships to pile up outside of the Port of Los Angeles, producing pollution equivalent to nearly 100,000 big rigs per day, she said. “They have been under regulated for decades,” Bui said of the shipping industry. Some shipping companies have tried to cut emissions in recent years and comply with new global pollution standards by fueling their vessels with liquefied natural gas. Yet environmental groups, and some shipping executives, say that adopting another fossil fuel that contributes to climate change has been a move in the wrong direction. Maersk and other shipping companies now see greener fuels such as methanol, ammonia and hydrogen as the most promising path for the industry. Maersk is trying to cut its carbon emissions to zero by 2040, and is pouring billion of dollars into cleaner fuels, along with other investors. But making the switch — even to methanol, the most commercially viable of those fuels today — is no easy feat. Switching to methanol requires building new ships, or retrofitting old ones, with different engines and fuel storage systems. Global ports must install new infrastructure to fuel the vessels when they dock.

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BETINA GARCIA / NEW YORK TIMES

Ursula von der Leyen, center, president of the European Union Commission, with other officials and captains of the Laura Maersk, a container ship with an engine that can burn traditional heavy fuel oil or green methanol, in September at port in Copenhagen. are global rules that are pending through the International Maritime Organization, the United Nations body that regulates global shipping. The organization has long received heavy criticism for its lagging efforts on climate. This summer, it adopted a more ambitious target: eliminating the global shipping industry’s greenhouse gas emissions “by or around” 2050. To get there, nations have promised to agree on a legally binding way to regulate emissions by the end of 2025, which they would put into effect in COLEY BROWN / NEW YORK TIMES 2027. Yet countries have yet to agree on what kind Container ships wait to dock at the Port of Los Angeles in 2021 beneath a hazy sky. Supply chain bottlenecks caused by COVID-19 pandemic disruptions at ports caused huge increases of regulation to use. They are debating whether to in air pollution from container ships. adopt a new standard for Perhaps most crucialmethanol, but if other which can be three to five cleaner fuels, new taxes ly, an entire industry shipping companies end times as expensive as con- per ton of greenhouse gas still needs to spring up up using methanol fuel ventional fuel.The missing emitted or some kind of to produce green methamade with coal or oil, that piece, said El-Hoshy and mix of tools. nol, which is in demand will be no better for the others in the shipping Some developing counfrom airlines and factory environment. and methanol industries, tries, and nations that exowners as well as from Ahmed El-Hoshy, the is regulation that would port low-value goods such shipping carriers. CEO of OCI Global, which help level the playing field as farm products, say that Methanol, which is used makes methane from between companies trying strict regulation would to make chemicals and natural gas and greener to clean up their emissions raise shipping costs and be plastics as well as fuel, is sources like landfill gas, and those still burning economically harmful. typically produced using said companies today were dirtier fuels. Proponents of the regucoal, oil or natural gas. producing “infinitesimally The European Union lation — including Maersk Green methanol can be small volumes” of green is ushering in rules that — say it’s necessary to made in far more environ- methanol using renewencourage ships to decaravoid penalizing those who mentally friendly ways by able energy. “Companies bonize, including new sub- are trying to clean up the using renewable energy haven’t done much in our sidies for green fuels and business, and provide cerand carbon captured from industry yet quite frankpenalties for fossil fuel use. tainty about the industry’s the atmosphere or sily,” he said. “It’s all hype.” The United States is also direction. phoned from landfills, cow Fuel producers still need spurring new investments “There has to be an and pig manure, or other to master the technology in green fuel production economic mechanism by bio waste. to build these projects, and more modern ports which you level the playBut the world today he said. And in order to through generous domesing field so that people are does not yet produce much finance them they need tic spending programs. incentivized and not pungreen methanol. Maersk buyers who are willing But proponents say the ished for using low-carbon has committed to using to commit to long-term key to a green transition fuels,” said John Butler, only sustainably produced contracts for green fuel, in the shipping sector the CEO of the World

pay, reducing your taxable income. Here you’ll find your contributions to a pension or retirement plan such as a 401(k) CONTINUED FROM E1 account or the federal governstate return, especially if you’re ment’s Thrift Savings Plan working remotely. (TSP). You might see premiums Withholding: Your withhold- for medical or dental insurance, ings comprise the federal, state or contributions to a flexible and local income tax withheld spending account (FSA) to help from your pay. pay for health care or child care. Be sure to double-check your Tip: Don’t get so busy with life filing status, which determines that you forget to spend down the rate at which your income your flexible spending account. is taxed. The five filing statuses In general, an FSA is use-itare single, married filing jointly, or-lose-it, including when you married filing separately, head change jobs and at the end of a of household, and qualifying calendar year. Some plans have widow(er) with dependent child. a grace period, but if you don’t Tip: Don’t have too much of use your FSA dollars within your wages withheld just so you a specific time, you’ll lose the can get a tax refund. Unless your remaining cash. tax situation changed during the year — maybe you had a baby or Post-tax deductions All this tax stuff can be conbought a home — you’re just letting Uncle Sam hold your money fusing. But it’s important. This interest-free. Some people love a section will include disability large refund, using it as a forced insurance, life insurance, union dues or contributions to a Roth savings plan. But this strategy 401(k) -— another employcould be costing you money if, ee-sponsored retirement plan for example, those funds could workers fund with after-tax dolotherwise be used to pay down lars. With this type of account, credit card debt or invest. earnings grow tax-free. Pretax deductions Tip: If money is tight, you If you want less of a tax bite might skip signing up for certain on your income, this section is benefits, such as disability insurfor you. ance. But consider this from the Pretax means the deductions Social Security Administration: are excluded from your gross About 1 in 4 of today’s 20-year-

olds will become disabled before reaching 67.

Taxable wages Realizing how much of your earnings are subject to taxation may induce a weary sigh. Or two. Look anyway. You should review the amounts listed to see what the government takes out per pay period and year-to-date (YTD). Tip: You may not like paying into the Social Security system, but trust me: Your older self will be grateful to get that monthly check. The beneﬁts, based on a person’s lifetime earnings, are the biggest source of income for most retirees.

Employer-paid benefits There’s more to your paycheck than wages. This section will include any benefit your employer pays on your behalf. Here you’ll find pension information or a possible 401(k) match, or what your employer contributes to your retirement account, up to a certain percentage. Tip: Don’t miss out on free money. If you can, contribute at least enough to get the maximum match offered by your employer. The most common 401(k) match formula is a dollar-for-dollar match on the first

3%, and then 50 cents on the dollar on the next 2%, according to Fidelity Investments.

Earnings You probably go right to this section. Makes sense. It’s where you will ﬁnd your gross pay or the money you wish you took home. Your net income is the money left over after taxes and other deductions and paid by check or electronically deposited into your bank account. Tip: Don’t overestimate your ability to afford things based on your gross pay. While a lender will look at the top-line ﬁgure to determine how much mortgage you can afford, you don’t take it all home. You will overextend yourself if you focus just on your gross income.

Shipping Council, which represents container carriers including Maersk. “Then you can invest with some confidence,” he added. Still, Maersk acknowledges that green methanol is unlikely to be the final solution. Experts say that the fuel’s reliance on finite sources of waste, such as corn husks and cow manure, mean there will not be enough to power the entire global shipping fleet. In an interview, Vincent Clerc, the CEO of Maersk, said that the entire maritime sector was unlikely to ever be powered predominantly by methanol. But Maersk had no regrets about moving some of its fleet from fossil fuels to methanol now, then adopting new technologies as they become available, he said. “This marks a real systemic change for this sector,” Clerc said, gesturing toward the vessel piled high with 20-foot containers in front of him. Eric Leveridge, the climate campaign manager for Pacific Environment, said his group was glad that Maersk and other shipping companies were moving toward more sustainable fuels. But the organization is still concerned that “it is more for optics and that the impact is potentially being exaggerated,” he said. “When it comes down to it, even if there is this investment, there’s still a lot of heavy fuel oil ships on the water,” he said.

so the bulk of your earnings goes into an account to pay the household bills and a percentage is earmarked for a separate savings account. This is the best way to build up an emergency fund. You need a rainy-day fund because there always will be ﬁnancial storms.

Employee information

It’s easy to scan this and forget about it. Don’t. A misspelling of your name could be a problem later. Take note of the corporate name, which might differ from the brand under which the business operates. Make a note of your employee identification number. Tip: If you leave a job, be sure to keep your last pay stub so that you have the information on hand in case you need to prove Payment information your employment, retirement It can be unsettling to see the contributions or access to a difference between your gross pension. pay and what you take home. When you get paid, wanting to But keep in mind all those focus on the bottom line — how deductions provide needed much hits your bank account — benefits, such as health care or is understandable. But your pay long-term disability insurance, slip has a wealth of information and eventually Social Security — the taxes you pay, the benefits and Medicare. you receive and the withholdIf you’ve set up direct deposit, ings reported to the IRS. Make you’ll find information about the sure your money is right, and financial institution where your read your pay stub. pay is being sent. Tip: If your employer allows Michelle Singletary is a columit, split your direct deposit nist for the Washington Post.

THE PRESS DEMOCRAT • SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Week Ahead

Borrowing barometer

Consumer credit The Federal Reserve delivers its seasonally adjusted in billions monthly snapshot of U.S. $20 consumer borrowing on Tuesday. 13.8 14.4 The tally, which excludes est. 11.0 10 7.5 mortgages and other loans secured by real estate, is flat -15.6 0 expected to show consumer borrowing rose by $7.5 billion in September. Consumer borrowing -10 is being watched closely by economists and investors as -20 A M J J A S interest rates have risen to their highest level in more than two 2023 decades. Source: FactSet

Small business checkup

Gauging consumers feelings

A monthly index that tracks small firms’ view of the U.S. economy and their business prospects is due out Thursday. The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index slipped in September, the 21st straight reading below the index’s 49-year average. The index is based on data from surveys of firms in the National Federation of Independent Business.

The University of Michigan releases its preliminary report 80 71.5 69.4 67.9 est. 64.2 on consumer sentiment for 63.8 63.8 November on Friday. Analysts expect that consumer sentiment held 40 steady. Consumer sentiment fell during the pandemic, but has rebounded somewhat as inflation has cooled. The 0 University of Michigan’s final J J A S O N reading for November comes 2023 out later this month. Source: FactS

Bay Area Stocks COMPANY

TICKER

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$CHG %CHG %CHG %RTN 1WK 1WK YTD 1YR

WK VOL’000s PE YLD

Adobe Inc

ADBE

278.23

574.40

563.66

55.54

10.9

67.5

72.3

13,012

...

Adv Micro Dev

AMD

58.03

132.83

112.25

15.82

16.4

73.3

81.1

401,884

>99

1.4

Agilent Tech

96.80

160.27

109.02

6.25

6.1

-27.2

-26.4

13,728

0.8

Alphabet Inc C

GOOG

83.45

142.38

130.37

6.97

5.6

46.9

41.0

115,351

...

Apple Inc

AAPL

124.17

198.23

176.65

8.43

5.0

36.0

16.1

308,565

0.5

Applied Matls

AMAT

84.70

155.26

139.75

8.45

6.4

43.5

52.0

28,850

0.9

Autodesk Inc

ADSK

179.61

233.69

203.98

8.83

4.5

9.2

-7.1

6,650

...

Bank of Marin Bncp

BMRC

12.89

36.68

18.68

2.15

13.0

-43.2

-48.8

270

5.4

BioMarin Pharma

BMRN

76.02

117.77

79.59

Calix Inc

CALX

31.95

77.44

Chevron Corp

CVX

143.82

189.68

Cisco Syst

CSCO

43.39

58.19

Clorox Co

CLX

114.69

178.21

Constellation Brds A

STZ

208.12

273.65

241.68

-1.08

-1.3

-23.1

-3.0

13,030

>99

35.59

2.88

8.8

-48.0

147.61

3.26

2.3

-17.8

-53.8

5,612

...

-17.7

63,992

4.1

53.01

1.45

2.8

11.3

18.2

82,003

2.9

125.55

7.62

6.5

-10.5

-18.1

13,654

>99

3.8

12.95

5.7

4.3

-2.4

5,635

1.3

4,800

49.45

26.98

44.06

79.92

40.56

MON

TUES

WED

THUR

FRI

EBAY

37.93

52.23

40.54

2.55

6.7

-2.2

-0.3

37,880

2.5

Electronic Arts

108.53

140.30

129.59

6.96

5.7

6.1

-1.4

15,143

0.6

Enphase Energy Inc

ENPH

74.70

339.92

80.81

-1.28

-1.6

-69.5

-74.4

39,005

...

Equinix Inc

EQIX

546.77

821.63

770.76

60.37

8.5

17.7

35.7

2,229

2.2

Fair Isaac Corp

FICO

427.09

940.10

930.41

82.31

9.7

55.4

82.9

879

...

Franklin Rescs

BEN

21.58

34.37

24.25

1.80

8.0

-8.1

5.1

28,179

4.2

Gap Inc

GPS

7.22

15.49

14.04

1.27

9.9

26.1

18.0

36,195

4.3

HP Inc

HPQ

25.22

33.90

27.42

1.58

6.1

2.0

-1.2

31,788

3.8

Hewlett Pack Ent

HPE

13.57

18.14

15.93

0.72

4.7

-0.2

11.5

41,709

3.0

Intel Corp

INTC

24.73

40.07

38.14

2.60

7.3

44.3

35.2

192,223

...

1.3

Intuitive Surgical

ISRG

222.65

358.07

278.52

19.54

7.5

5.0

9.6

10,321

...

Juniper Networks

JNPR

24.87

34.53

27.26

0.65

2.4

-14.7

-10.9

18,651

3.2

Keysight Technology

KEYS

118.57

189.45

125.76

6.45

5.4

-26.5

-30.6

6,984

...

Lumentum Hldgs

LITE

35.35

75.56

42.76

6.69

18.5

-18.0

-48.7

9,213

...

Luther Burbank Corp

LBC

7.73

13.05

8.81

0.78

9.7

-20.7

-35.6

105

5.4

Close: 4,358.34 1-week change: 240.97 (5.9%)

3,800

W E E K L Y INDEX Dow Jones industrials Dow Jones trans. NYSE Comp. Nasdaq Comp. S&P 500 S&P MidCap Wilshire 5000 Russell 2000

HIGH

LOW

34163.63 14554.87 15539.88 13520.28 4373.62 2490.97 43951.88 1770.58

32537.54 13587.49 14675.78 12691.64 4132.94 2324.98 41300.79 1635.41

465.90

452.76

4.73

1.1

20.7

20.9

4,835

0.5

314.60

17.87

6.0 161.4

227.6

109,595

...

NETGEAR Inc

NTGR

10.40

21.79

12.85

-0.01

-0.1

-29.0

-37.8

1,785

...

Netﬂix Inc

NFLX

252.09

485.00

432.36

34.49

8.7

46.6

46.5

23,339

...

Nvidia Corporation

NVDA

129.56

502.66

450.05

45.05

11.1 208.0

212.6

217,225

>99

...

Oracle Corp

ORCL

74.05

127.54

108.05

7.06

7.0

32.2

39.1

35,785

1.5

PG&E Corp

PCG

14.32

18.19

16.89

1.08

6.8

3.9

8.9

74,597

...

Redwood Trust Inc

RWT

5.47

8.72

6.93

0.18

2.7

2.5

0.4

10,642

... 12.1

Ross Stores

ROST

90.31

122.70

121.25

8.46

7.5

4.5

23.9

10,123

1.1

Salesforce.com Inc

CRM

126.34

238.22

207.47

10.90

5.5

56.5

27.6

19,775

...

Summit St Bk CA

SSBI

11.80

18.67

12.70

0.60

5.0

-19.6

-10.4

3.8

Better returns:

140

SunPower Corp

SPWR

3.75

24.97

4.57

0.55

13.7

-74.7

-77.9

41,656

...

130

Tesla Inc

TSLA

299.29

219.96

12.66

6.1

78.6

-9.7

620,176

...

Viavi Inc

VIAV

15.27

8.31

0.85

11.4

-20.9

-49.4

15,512

...

Visa Inc

193.32

250.58

243.60

14.33

6.3

17.3

16.2

27,215

0.9

VMware Inc

VMW

108.97

181.14

146.79

4.59

3.2

19.6

29.8

4,127

...

Wells Fargo & Co

WFC

35.25

48.84

41.62

3.21

8.4

0.8

-13.0

83,357

3.4

The Federal Reserve’s aggressive interest rate hikes have been pushing bond yields higher and boosting potential returns for long-term investors.

63.86

49.36

3.55

7.7

-16.4

-22.4

702

3.6

164.47

154.31

8.49

5.8

34.3

22.6

3,976

2.3

The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 4.57% Friday. Yields affect rates on mortgages and other consumer loans.

TREASURIES

CLOSE PVS

NET CHG

1YR AGO

3-month T-bill 6-month T-bill 52-wk T-bill 2-year T-note 5-year T-note 7-year T-note 10-year T-note 30-year T-bond

5.43 5.48 5.29 4.84 4.49 4.55 4.57 4.77

-0.01 -0.05 -0.09 -0.15 -0.16 -0.13 -0.10 -0.04

4.16 4.60 4.79 4.72 4.36 4.26 4.15 4.18

5.44 5.53 5.38 4.99 4.65 4.68 4.67 4.81

NATL CONSUMER RATES AVG

Commodities Energy prices closed mostly lower. Heating oil lost over 3%, and U.S. crude and wholesale gasoline fell 2% or more. Silver prices jumped and gold was slightly higher.

WK 6MO 1YR AGO AGO AGO

48 month new car loan 7.68 r 7.68 Money market account 0.61 r 0.61 PRIME FED 1 year CD 2.63 r 2.63 RATE FUNDS $30K Home equity loan 9.84 s 9.74 .13 LAST 3.25 30 year fixed mortgage 7.94 t 8.04 .13 6 MO AGO 3.25 15 year fixed mortgage 7.16 t 7.19 .13 1 YR AGO 3.25

7.48 0.61 2.60 9.59 7.86 7.04

11,000

Close: 13,478.28 1-week change: 835.27 (6.6%) M

P E R F O R M A N C E WK WK CLOSE CHG %CHG MO 34061.32 14512.76 15475.20 13478.28 4358.34 2478.34 43792.11 1760.70

1643.73 956.69 799.42 835.27 240.97 151.52 2491.32 123.77

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2.8 8.4 1.9 28.8 13.5 2.0 15.0 -0.0

investors buying bonds at the current higher yields. Investment advisor Vanguard says the median projected value of a $100 investment in U.S. bonds in 10 years time rose by about $11 between the beginning of 2022 and the middle of 2023. Bonds are typically a solid component of retirement investment plans, with people traditionally shifting more money into them from riskier equity investments as they get closer to retirement. Financial research and advisory company CFRA recently recommended increasing bond exposure, for the average investor, to 35% from 30% of a portfolio.

(value of $100 invested as of 5/31/2021)

$150

Return forecast as of 12/31/21

120 110 100

Return forecast as of 06/30/23

90 80

’21 ’22 ’23 ’24 ’25 ’26 ’27 ’28 ’29 ’30 ’31 ’32 ’33 Damian J. Troise; Alex Nieves • AP

FUELS CLOSE Crude Oil (bbl) 80.51 Heating Oil (gal) 2.92 Natural Gas (mm btu) 3.52 Unleaded Gas (gal) 2.20

WKLY WKLY CHG %CHG %YTD -5.03 -5.88 +0.3 -.13 -4.20 -13.0 +.35 +11.09 -21.5 -.11 -4.82 -10.5

WKLY WKLY CLOSE CHG %CHG %YTD 1991.50 +2.90 +.15 +9.4 23.20 +.43 +1.89 -2.8 944.30 +47.10 +5.25 -12.1 3.67 +.04 +1.11 -3.4 1124.40 +.20 +.02 -37.2 2246.00 +23.25 +1.05 -6.8

Foreign Exchange The U.S. dollar weakened versus the British pound and Mexican peso. The greenback also fell against the euro, Japanese yen and Swiss franc.

WKLY WKLY AGRICULTURE CLOSE CHG %CHG %YTD Cattle (lb) 1.84 ... -.07 +18.8 Coffee (lb) 1.71 +.10 +6.18 +2.2 Corn (bu) 4.77 -.04 -.73 -29.7 Cotton (lb) 0.80 -.05 -5.64 -4.5 Lumber (1,000 bd ft) 509.00 +17.50 +3.56 +47.0 Orange Juice (lb) 3.74 -.28 -6.87 +81.4 Soybeans (bu) 13.28 +.30 +2.33 -12.6 Wheat (bu) 5.73 -.03 -.52 -27.7

6.98 0.52 2.45 9.13 6.79 6.15

FRI

Nasdaq composite

Source: Vanguard

METALS Gold (oz) Silver (oz) Platinum (oz) Copper (lb) Palladium (oz) Aluminum (ton)

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Bond investment return projections

Notes on data: Price-earnings ratio unavailable for closed-end funds and companies with net losses over prior four quarters

Interestrates

Bond yields are hovering around multidecade highs, weighing down the broader stock market, but investors with a long-term view have a chance for better returns ahead. The typically safe-play investments, which include Treasuries, have been broadly rising since the Federal Reserve started raising interest rates in 2022. The 10-year Treasury is sitting just below 5%, which it touched in October, keeping it near its highest point in about 16 years. Other long-term and short-term Treasuries also jumped. Higher yields hurt bond prices in the short-term, but provide for potentially better returns for

330.54

35.52

WED

Bond returns brighten

88.09

109.44

TUES

12,000

S&P 500

4,000

331.75

WABC

MON

13,000

MCK

WSM

210.23 232.72 184.09

4,200

META

WestAmer Bcp

61.76

4,400

McKesson Corp

Williams-Sonoma

146.47

14,000

Meta Platforms Inc

7.26

15,000

4,600

...

eBay Inc

101.81

Consumer sentiment index not seasonally adjusted

WKLY %CHG.

1YR. AGO

USD per British Pound 1.2381 Canadian Dollar 1.3660 USD per Euro 1.0737 Japanese Yen 149.32 Mexican Peso 17.4242

+.0266 +2.20% -.0218 -1.57% +.0169 +1.60% -.20 -.13% -.6781 -3.75%

1.1167 1.3725 .9754 148.26 19.6439

EUROPE/AFRICA/MIDDLE EAST Israeli Shekel 3.9243 Norwegian Krone 11.0271 South African Rand 18.2217 Swedish Krona 10.8777 Swiss Franc .8980

-.1299 -.1526 -.6087 -.2842 -.0035

-3.20% -1.36% -3.23% -2.55% -.39%

3.5799 10.5661 18.3900 11.1815 1.0123

-.0437 -.0162 +.0027 -.221 -.0170 -49.73 -.31

-2.77% -.22% +.03% -.27% -1.24% -3.66% -.96%

1.5875 7.3016 7.8499 82.764 1.4215 1425.52 32.22

MAJORS

WKLY CHG.

ASIA/PACIFIC Australian Dollar Chinese Yuan Hong Kong Dollar Indian Rupee Singapore Dollar South Korean Won Taiwan Dollar

1.5347 7.3011 7.8244 83.119 1.3534 1308.04 32.12

MarketPulse DELTA SAYS INDICTED PILOT NO LONGER WORKS THERE Delta Air Lines says the pilot accused of threatening to shoot the plane’s captain during a flight no longer works for the airline, and federal officials say his authority to carry a gun on board was revoked. Jonathan J. Dunn was indicted Oct. 18 and charged with interfering with a flight crew over an incident that occurred in August 2022. Interference with a flight crew is a felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison. Court records indicate that Dunn is scheduled to be arraigned on Nov. 16 in U.S. district court in Salt Lake City.

COOKING SPRAY BURN VICTIM AWARDED $7.1M A jury in Illinois has ordered Conagra Brands to pay $7.1 million to a woman who was badly injured in 2017 when a can of commercial brand cooking spray ignited in a workplace kitchen and set her aflame. The verdict, issued Monday in favor of Tammy Reese of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, is the first of numerous other cases from burn victims across the country with similar stories citing accidents that occurred with Conagra-made cooking spray brands, including Pam. The company said in a statement that it disagreed with the verdict and that the “safety of our products and our consumers is always a top priority of Conagra.”

WORKERS RAMP UP PROTESTS AT DRUGSTORES Drugstore workers around the country started calling in sick Monday to highlight a lack of support from their employers, protest organizers said. Shane Jerominski, a former Walgreens and CVS pharmacist who helped organize this week’s protest, said companies often prompt pharmacists to ask people about their vaccine needs at the cash register. “Pharmacists and technicians are being put in positions like the perfume salesman at every mall,” said Jerominski, who now works at an independent drugstore in California. “You’re trying to upsell with everyone who comes in.” AP

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Gun fetish destroying sense of freedom By JAMELLE BOUIE

n Anthony Mann’s 1950 Western “Winchester ’73,” a rare and much-desired Winchester riﬂe brings misery and death to the unlucky souls who manage to bring it into their possession. In the West as brought to you by Mann — and his star, a troubled and morally ambiguous Jimmy Stewart —

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Serving up a raise for fast-food workers By MARTIN J. BENNETT

n a milestone for the higher wages movement, also known as the “Fight for $15,” the Legislature and governor recently approved Assembly Bill 1228 boosting pay for 550,000 California fastfood workers to $20 an hour beginning next April. The Martin J. legislation also Bennett creates a Fast Food Council comprised of employers, employees and government officials to set wages and regulate working conditions in California for fast-food chains with more than 60 locations nationwide. AB 1228 could foreshadow a new phase of the Fight for $15 movement. The Fight for $15 movement began in 2012 when hundreds of New York fast-food workers organized strikes to push for $15 an hour pay and higher labor standards. By 2014, fast-food strikes supported by Service Employees International Union spread to 190 cities nationwide. In California, fast-food workers have waged more than 350 strikes and ﬁled 300 wage and health and safety complaints. Additionally, thousands of lowwage janitors, hotel, airport and health care workers have organized unions and launched strikes for higher wages. Consequently, 12 states and 54 counties and cities enacted phased-in $15-an-hour minimum wage laws. California was the ﬁrst to pass a $15 minimum wage in 2016. According to the National Employment Law Project, 26 million low-wage workers, on average, won pay increases of roughly $6,000 annually for each affected worker. Who are fast-food workers and what do they want? According to the UC Berkeley Labor Center, more than twothirds of California's fast-food workers are adults aged 20 and older. Nearly 70% live in households with four or more people, and their wages contribute 40% of their family’s annual income. Two-thirds of California fastfood workers are women, 8 in 10 are workers of color, and 6 in 10 Are Latino. Harvard and UC San Francisco researchers reported in 2022 that most are employed part-time, and most want more hours. The average hourly pay for a California fastfood worker is $16.21, or just $31,050 annually. While there is a wide variation in the state given different regional living costs, according to the MIT living wage calculator, a living wage for California is more than $30 an hour for two parents, each working fulltime to support two children TURN TO RAISE » PAGE F4

Martin J. Bennett is an instructor emeritus at Santa Rosa Junior College and a consultant for UNITE HERE Local 2.

the riﬂe isn’t a symbol of freedom as much as it is a curse, destined to ruin everyone who covets its power. It was a theme echoed that year in the Joseph H. Lewis noir “Gun Crazy,” a take of sorts on the story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. Our protagonists in this ﬁlm are two young people so enamored of the power of guns — and the

freedom they seem to provide — that they go on a wanton spree of theft and murder. It ends, predictably, with their own deaths. In both ﬁlms, guns become truly dangerous when they become a fetish: an object worshipped for its supposed power and symbolic meaning. Guns, Mann and Lewis seem to say, aren’t actually totems

of freedom or liberty or youth; they are instruments of death and should be treated accordingly. I thought of both movies during the search for Robert TURN TO GUN » PAGE F3

Jamelle Bouie is a columnist for the New York Times.

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Congress has yet to pass a bill to exempt California wildﬁre victims from paying income taxes on settlements received from PG&E.

Legislation to waive tax for Californians is stuck in congressional limbo By TOM PHILP

arren Thompson was having his first cup of coffee on a November morning nearly five years ago in his home in Paradise, when his sister-inlaw called to warn him of an approaching fire. He looked out the front window. “It was completely dark like it was in the middle of the night,” Thompson said. He immediately left to drive toward Chico in his 2004 Honda Accord, leaving all of his belongings — save for his tabby cat, Cinder. What was normally a 20-minute drive took a harrowing four hours. But he was among the survivors of the second deadliest fire in modern American history, claiming 85 lives. “And then,” Thompson said, “the

fun began.” The 72-year-old Thompson’s idea of fun is putting his financial life back together. The final insult to his financial injury is that his total payout from PG&E, which caused the Camp Fire, is subject to federal income tax, as are settlements received by victims of the North Bay wildfires in 2017. Relief can only happen if Congress does something helpful. The day that relief legislation was to be heard in October, Republican Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield lost his speakership in the House of Representatives. Thus ignited a weekslong political inferno on the Republican side of the aisle, and it wasn’t until Oct. 25 that Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson was elected speaker after three public failures.

“Hopefully this doesn’t get pushed back and forgotten about,” said Thompson, who now lives in a Sacramento apartment. After Cinder’s natural passing in 2020, Thompson’s new cat companion is Leo, another tabby, who enjoys the window view of town. Congress’ track record this tumultuous year is dismal. Thompson and thousands of other ﬁre victims throughout California are prisoners of D.C.’s political dysfunction. Even though there appears to be TURN TO TAXED » PAGE F4

Tom Philp is a columnist for the Sacramento Bee.

Biden-Trump rematch? Maybe. Maybe not By CARL P. LEUBSDORF

year before Americans elect their next president, pundits, strategists and the two 2020 combatants themselves seem convinced the election will again pit President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. Maybe. Maybe not. It’s been 67 years since Republican President Dwight Eisenhower defeated Democrat Adlai Stevenson in 1956 in the last presidential rerun. Elections since then suggest how much could change in the next 12 months. Three of the last four presi-

dential elections unfolded differently from the conventional wisdom of one year earlier. Beyond that, the ultimate winner in many past elections was not apparent a year out. In the past 80 years, the following presidential winners were not regarded as favorites a year beforehand: President Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. Hillary TURN TO REMATCH » PAGE F4 ERIN SCHAFF / NEW YORK TIMES

Carl P. Leubsdorf is a columnist for the Dallas Morning News.

Donald Trump and Joe Biden debate in Nashville, Tennessee, prior to the 2020 presidential election.

THE PRESS DEMOCRAT • SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2023 A PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER

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Eric Johnston, Chief Executive Officer NEWS John C. D’Anna, Interim Executive Editor

OPINION Jim Sweeney, Editorial Director Judy Coffey, Editorial Board Community Member Mick Menendez, Editorial Board Community Member

EDITORIAL

State budget shortfalls are growing again O ne of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s favorite reasons to veto bills this year was their cost. That fiscally cautious approach proved prescient as state revenue forecasters predict shortfalls on the horizon. Newsom’s favorite unsaid reason for vetoing bills was to avoid attaching his name to some of the most liberal ideas to clear the Legislature, in case he ever runs for president. No sense in providing fodder for Republican attack ads. If he does run, fiscal prudence is always in vogue on the campaign trail. Newsom and his staff came up with boilerplate language they inserted into veto messages, “With our state facing continuing economic risk and revenue uncertainty, it is important to remain disciplined when considering bills with significant fiscal implications, such as this measure. For this reason, I cannot sign this bill.” So, things like free condoms in high schools and decriminalizing certain hallucinogens fell to the governor’s veto pen. The Legislature can override if two-thirds of lawmakers in each chamber vote to do so, but that hasn’t happened since 1979, and it’s especially unlikely when members of the governor’s political party control the Legislature, as is now the case. Newsom pointed out in his veto messages that he and lawmakers closed a more than $30 billion revenue shortfall in the current budget cycle. Lawmakers went ahead and passed bills that would cost nearly $19 billion beyond the agreed budget. More than half of that would have been ongoing expenses that would come back year after year. Budget planners already were preparing to grapple with

a projected $14 billion shortfall in the next fiscal year, which starts July 1. The last thing anyone needed was to increase it with more ongoing spending. And now it turns out that the situation might be worse than expected. Because the tax filing deadline was postponed this year to give people recovering from natural disasters more time, the state Department of Finance is only now getting a clearer revenue picture. Returns in October were billions below forecast. If things don’t pick up, that $14 billion will grow. Closing another big budget shortfall won’t be easy. Newsom and lawmakers made the easy cuts and deployed the easy accounting gimmicks this year. If they choose to reduce spending even more, it’s hard to imagine that it won’t affect core programs and priorities like schools, health care, climate change, social services and public safety. No doubt some advocates and lawmakers will clamor to raise taxes. That will almost certainly have to be part of the solution, but state leaders must tread carefully. California has some of the highest taxes in the nation, as ranked by the Tax Foundation. California’s top income tax rate — 13.3% on income of more than $1 million — is highest in the nation. Californians get a lot for their tax dollar, but as residents and businesses have moved to other, lower-tax states in recent years, it becomes a serious question how much harder lawmakers can push on the tax front. All of which sets the stage for a rough first six months of 2024 in Sacramento leading up to the new budget year. At least Newsom kept it from being rougher by judiciously vetoing some expensive, unfunded bills.

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LET THE PUBLIC SPEAK Treats for the mind EDITOR: I have to share an experience I had on Halloween. My library had a book sale in September where I bought two big bags of children’s books for $10. I decided I would give kids a book as well as a treat when they came by trick or treating. I set up a table on my driveway loaded with 100 books and a big “Free Books” sign. The kids were drawn to it and enjoyed picking out their book. Some asked if they could they have two books if they didn’t take a treat. I loved being outside with the kids chatting about what they like to read. In this age of electronics it was wonderful to see kids getting excited about reading. It was such a positive experience for us all. I will deﬁnitely do this again next year.

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Trailhead parking EDITOR: I read Brendan Roberts’ complaint about the metal posts installed on the shoulder near the Joe Rodota Trail trailhead on Occidental Road (“Unsafe situation,” Letters, Oct. 27). I agree they effectively, and unfortunately, eliminate most of the available off-street parking. I suspect the intent was to prevent walkers and cyclists from getting hit by cars as they dash across the road. That trailhead is popular with all kinds, including groups with small children pushing strollers, bikes and scooters. Another factor may be that many vehicles park in any direction they want. Those who park perpendicularly must back out into the road. Others stop to turn left into this parking area, forcing drivers headed west into the setting sun to veer around them on the shoulder. The road also has a slight S-shape, which contributed to an early morning fatality a few years ago.

All of which makes for a potentially hazardous situation. If people were less litigious and used more common sense, fewer safeguards would be required. But relax, I noticed recently an indignant someone removed most of the offending bollards and liberated that patch of ground for the people. Probably Antifa.

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Failing to factor for costs EDITOR: With respect to Marisa Endicott’s most recent article about senior mobile home parks, not all real estate investments are winners (“Relief for renters in mobile homes,” Oct. 25). To hear new park owners carp about needing to increase rents, in one case a 100% proposed increase, seems criminal, especially for senior citizens on ﬁxed incomes. When prospective investors take into account rates of return for any real estate investment, they should have negotiated a better purchase price to offset deferred maintenance and other expenses. Trying to capture these costs after the deal closes, from the wallets of senior citizens, is obscene and should not be allowed.

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Correcting historic wrongs EDITOR: Thanks for the column on the movement to undam our dams (“Nation’s dams are coming down,” Oct. 28). I often slip into despair over the devastation we have wrought upon the environment and one another, and it’s easy to feel the future is grim for our species. But reading about how we’re beginning to understand the downside of our actions and are seeking ways to correct historic wrongs gives me hope. These days, many clamor for their rights, but are unconcerned or unaware of their

responsibility. Responsibility isn’t simply what one does to get what one wants or needs, but what one does for the greater good. It was as recent as the 1950s when plastic made its debut as the newest, best thing. Now we’re awash in it and aware that it’s a massive problem. Dams belong to that category of ideas that seemed great at the time but are now recognized as counterproductive and destructive. We are clever and ambitious creatures, but cleverness and ambition without empathy is toxic. Empathy seeks the greater good for all ecosystems and creatures; wisdom is empathy in action. When empathy and wisdom lead, there is hope for the future. Failures of the past are not destined to be precedent. Taking down dams is a big step in the right direction.

GINA CLOUD

Bloomﬁeld

Insurance market EDITOR: Amy Bach writes that insurance companies are probably overreacting to the Glass Fire, Tubbs Fire, etc. in terms of fire insurance rates (“Crisis rooted in climate change and big profits,” Oct. 29). I do know that according to my insurance broker, fire insurance companies in California have lost money for the last five years, and they have a fear of going broke if they continue to keep insuring in the state. I suggest spraying nontoxic fire retardant annually on the home, as well as measures to reduce foliage, as well as other measures, may mitigate such fears and allow insurance companies to feel comfortable continuing to insure. No matter what, I foresee a time when it will be mandatory for homeowners to allow on-site insurance inspections before insurance is offered.

CARL MERNER

Holualoa, Hawaii

Years of complacency weaken the U.S. Navy “This stadium reminds us of the great battles in which those who came before you fought to defend democracy. Belleau Wood. Guadalcanal. Iwo Jima. Inchon. But what you don’t see here is all the battles that never occurred, all the wars that never erupted — because American sailors and Marines showed up. They deterred conﬂict. They kept the watch.” — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, U.S. Naval Academy commencement, 2023

en. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, ranking member of the Armed Services Committee, wants you to be as alarmed as he is about this: If deterrence, which failed regarding Ukraine, fails regarding Taiwan, this might be because adversaries understand that U.S. leaders have allowed the nation’s defense industrial base to become shockingly short of capacities commensurate with the world’s multiplying threats. The U.S. Navy — the nation’s principal means of power projection; the answer to the “tyranny of distance” in the Indo-Paciﬁc — is Wicker’s fore-

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most concern. Production of stealthy, lethal attack submarines, which Wicker calls “the crown jewels of U.S. military power,” should, he says, be doubled. The Navy has only 49, and Wicker says nearly 40% cannot be deployed because of maintenance delays. So, crews endure grueling operation tempos. Retention falls. Just to fulfill the 2021 AUKUS (Australia, United Kingdom, United States) commitment without reducing the U.S. supply of attack submarines, U.S. production would have to be 2.3 to 2.5 submarines a year. Since before the AUKUS agreement, Congress has been providing funds for two a year, but only 1.2 are being built. Today’s total U.S. fleet is not quite 300 ships. The fleet has generally been under that number for 20 years. A 355-ship fleet, the fleet size at the end of the Obama administration, is a

statutory aspiration, but would be 100 too few. A just-published study by Jerry Hendrix, a retired Navy captain now with the Sagamore Institute, notes that although a Biden administration document endorses 381 ships, the Navy’s shipbuilding budget is consistently much too low to meet proclaimed goals. A ship’s life is about 30 years. More than half the Navy’s battle force has been in the water for more than 20 years. This, Hendrix writes, “drives dramatically increased costs to maintain the fleet in good repair. Thus, despite increased budgets, maintenance has crowded out money for new construction.” Shipbuilding facilities sufficient to fulfill the aspirations do not exist and cannot be quickly created. China, Wicker says, has more productive capacity in one shipyard than exists in all U.S. shipyards combined. Such is the U.S. maintenance backlog, one attack submarine was idled for five years. Another, after a 2021 accident in the South China Sea, probably will not be operational until 2026. Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Wicker and former

Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas note: “Like David’s smooth stone that slew Goliath, two Ukrainian Neptune missiles sank the flagship of the Russian navy in the Black Sea. With 400 U.S. Harpoon missiles, costing only 0.3 percent of its GDP, Taiwan could imperil any Chinese warship in the Taiwan Strait.” But munitions inventories are radically inadequate to sustain high-intensity warfighting. The U.S. military is experiencing the worst recruiting shortfall in 50 years. Wicker thinks this is related to “the injection of hyperpolitical culture into our fighting forces.” Imagine what the Chinese military thinks when a Navy secretary says climate change is as important a challenge as recruiting. (The Navy missed this year’s recruiting goal by 7,000 sailors.) The word “climate” appeared 63 times in the Biden administration’s 48-page 2022 National Security Strategy. The military’s alarming material deficits are perhaps matched by intellectual ones. President Xi Jinping has reportedly directed China’s military to be able to attack,

blockade or otherwise subdue Taiwan by 2027. Unless the defense industrial base is urgently enlarged, America’s military will be, as some policy experts have observed, like a great football team that can play only through the ﬁrst quarter. Hence, Wicker’s conclusion: “We are in our most dangerous security moment since World War II.” Winston Churchill wrote that early in 1942, “the foundation of all our hopes and schemes was the immense shipbuilding programme of the United States.” “Immense” is no longer applicable. The ubiquity of wars throughout history, and the menacing nature of this moment, strongly suggest that we are living in what historians will describe as yet another span of “interwar years.” History will not kindly judge national leaders who, while complacently producing $2 trillion annual budget deﬁcits, were parsimonious regarding the preparations for war that are necessary, if not always sufficient, for preventing war. George F. Will is a columnist for the Washington Post.

THE PRESS DEMOCRAT • SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2023

JONAH GOLDBERG

Will the media get Israel and Gaza right?

f you ask most people, including most journalists, what the job of the press is, they will reasonably respond with a number of high-minded cliches: “report the news,” “hold the powerful accountable,” “inform the public,” etc. That’s all well and good. But you almost never hear anyone say the job of the media is to edit the news. Indeed, to the extent you ever hear discussion of the press’ editorial function, it’s almost always negative. Media critics, both amateur and professional, spend much — perhaps most — of their time complaining about the way “the media” are more concerned with shaping or pushing narratives, framing debates or keeping ideologically inconvenient facts out of the news. There’s a lot of merit to such criticisms. The New York Times and other outlets are still scrambling to explain, or apologize for, their instantaneous credulity over Hamas’ claim that Israel bombed a hospital in Gaza, killing over 500 Palestinians. The preponderance of the evidence indicates that the explosion was caused by a misfired rocket by a Palestinian group, Islamic Jihad, that killed a fraction of that number (though reporting continues on that question). For many Israel supporters, such too-good-to-check distortions look like nothing more than anti-Israel narrativeformation. Of course, plenty of people unsympathetic to Israel have their own examples of what they see as bias in the other direction. My point here isn’t to settle any of that. Rather, it’s to shine a light on the importance of editing, rightly understood. What do good editors do? Beyond all of the meat-and-potatoes grammar and style stuff, editors slow the process down as a necessary part of quality control. They tell reporters that an unverified rumor is not printable without adequate verification. They tell opinion columnists that a histrionic argument that ignores contrary evidence needs to be shelved or reworked. They stand against the tide of momentary collective passion or the irrepressible ambition of individual journalists to maintain a higher standard for the institution as a whole. In this light, the role of almost every important institution is editorial. Scientific organizations have rigorous systems for testing the validity of ideas. Criminal courts ignore mob passion to sift mere allegation from fact, and to edit out irrelevant facts. Our whole constitutional order of checks and balances is a kind of editorial process, set up to prevent momentary popular passion from turning into the tyranny of the mob. Because the House was closest to the people, it needed to be balanced by the Senate, in James Madison’s words, as a “necessary fence” against the “fickleness and passion” of the lower body. We just marked the first anniversary of Elon Musk’s $44 billion purchase of Twitter, now called X. A lot of the schadenfreude-filled coverage has focused on how badly it’s gone for Musk. That’s fine. But it’s also a side issue. The general trend is still for people to get their news and information from a global marketplace where bad ideas can spread like diseases and lies are often indistinguishable from facts. In this market, individual consumers can design their worldviews a la carte. When the public dismisses inconvenient facts as efforts by “elites” to shape the narrative, the incentive to provide what the customer wants on demand only intensifies. In part because journalists have a well-established habit of obsessing over their own industry and status, this is usually framed as a journalism story. But if you step back, it’s a problem for every institution, including courts, universities, myriad scientific organizations and the government generally. Institutions, and the editors who run them, are supposed to be circuit-breakers that prevent the electricity of mob passion or groupthink from overwhelming the system. There is a rich debate about whether — or how much — American institutions deserve the low esteem they are held in. But the question of blame gives short shrift to the need for trustworthy institutions. It’s the difference between saying “Dr. Smith is a quack” and “doctors can’t be trusted.” The former leads the reasonable patient to find a better doctor, the latter encourages the patient to search for the most appealing quack. Right now, the quacks are winning. Jonah Goldberg is editor-in-chief of the Dispatch. From Tribune News Service.

OPINION

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CONTINUED FROM F1 Card, the 40-year-old suspect in a mass shooting that killed 18 people at a bar and bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine. For nearly two days after the shooting, no one knew where Card was. He was armed and dangerous and on the run. To prevent any more loss of life, law enforcement authorities urged tens of thousands of residents of southern Maine to shelter in place with their doors locked. He was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot. Card is believed to have used an AR-15-style rifle in the shootings. Introduced to civilian buyers in 1964, the Armalite Rifle 15 Sporter and its offspring are now some of the most popular rifles in the United States and a potent symbol of what guns mean to tens of millions of Americans. “It’s an icon,” one owner told the New York Times in a 2018 feature on the AR-15 and similar weapons. “It’s a symbol of freedom. To me, it is America’s rifle.” That, in fact, is how gun manufacturers have promoted the rifle, not as a tool for hobbyists and sportsmen, but as a lifestyle accessory that stands for freedom, individualism and masculine self-sufficiency. “Stand out and blend in all at the same time,” reads one 2011 advertisement for a camouflage-finished assaultstyle rifle. It’s not just about the AR-15, of course. For many Americans, the right to own a gun is liberty itself — the very definition of what it means to live in a free country. But the question raised by the Maine shooting, and especially the lockdown that followed, is just how free that freedom is. How free are you really when you know that a trip to the grocery store or a morning in prayer or a day at school or a night at the movies can end in your death at the hands of a gun? How free are you really when you protest on behalf of a cause you believe in and are met on the street by armed counterdemonstrators? How free are you really when state authorities have to lock down a city so that they can stop a mass shooter from striking again? I have written about the fiction that an “armed society is a polite society,” an aphorism taken from science-fiction writer Robert Heinlein’s novel “Beyond This Horizon,” where men carry weapons and duel with one another over perceived slights and insults. An armed society, I argued, is a society in which fear and suspicion replace trust and equal regard. And in that society, democracy cannot work. What the Lewiston shooting shows is that society itself cannot work in a situation where guns proliferate to be used by anyone with the urge or inclination to kill. We cannot live when we fear violent death. In such a condition, there is hardly any society at all. And if there’s freedom, it is the false freedom of the state of nature, in which our weapons are always pointed and our eyes are fixed upon one another. It’s not that guns can’t be useful, but they should be tools, not totems. They have been used to secure freedom, of course, but they aren’t freedom in and of themselves. To think otherwise is to fetishize. Perhaps it’s not a coincidence that the worship of the gun as a symbol of American freedom grew even deeper in the years after the Supreme Court, in District of Columbia v. Heller in 2008, reduced the communal language of the Second Amendment — “a well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state” — to an extraneous detail. As Americans, we understand the ownership of guns as an individual right, but in so many respects it is an atomizing right. When given pride of place in our political lives, this particular right can cause the ties that bind society to fray. It can also consume the other rights we hold dear: the right to speak, the right to assemble, the right to worship and the right to live.

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With McCarthy out, GOP officials vulnerable W

hen a handful of uberright Republicans forced Speaker Kevin McCarthy out, they may have doomed GOP chances of retaining marginal seats in California and thus control of the House. McCarthy, whose district is centered in Bakersﬁeld, made winning seats in his native state a high priority, recruiting candidates and supplying them with whatever money they needed. It paid off last year when Republicans won back four of the seven California districts they had lost during the 2020 presidential election and, by some analyses, provided McCarthy with the narrow margin he needed to become speaker. The current count is 221 Republicans and 212 Democrats with two vacancies, so it wouldn’t take much for the latter to regain the majority they had held prior to 2022. The GOP victory forced Speaker Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco to cede the gavel to McCarthy, her rival from 250 miles to the southeast. However, its narrowness compelled McCarthy to make concessions to the right-wing to be elected speaker after the election — procedural changes that ultimately led to his ouster. Eventually, after numerous

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false starts, House Republicans elevated Mike Johnson, a Louisiana congressman more attuned to the right-wing bloc than McCarthy, who was suspected of harboring centrist inclinations. That makes California’s Republican delegation — particularly those who won back four seats from Democrats in 2022 — political orphans, unable to depend on McCarthy’s prodigious fundraising ability to stave off Democrats’ high-intensity efforts to unseat them. The GOP dilemma in California is magniﬁed by 2024 being a presidential election year, which generally means a higher voter turnout, and Democratic efforts to link the Republican incumbents to former President Donald Trump, who is extremely unpopular in California, and now Johnson. Within hours of Johnson’s election as House speaker, Democratic campaign operatives were beating the media drums about his anti-abortion and anti-gay rights positions and his

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As speaker, Rep. Kevin McCarthy of Bakersﬁeld made winning House seats in California a priority. With his ouster, several seats held by Republicans could be vulnerable in 2024. support for Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2000 presidential election results. “Mike Johnson is Jim Jordan with a sports coat — possibly worse — and he has a new posse of best friends in California: Kiley, Duarte, Valadao, Garcia, Kim, Calvert and Steel,” Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spokesman Dan Gottlieb said in a typical broadside. “These GOP shills have enabled MAGA extremism

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of masks and gloves, lack of notiﬁcation when workers contracted COVID-19 and customers who refused to wear masks. One-third of fastfood workers received no paid sick leave — forcing many to work when sick. Only slightly more than 1 in 10 workers received employer-provided health insurance. Consequently, one-quarter of fast-food workers contracted the virus, and cooks had the highest increase in mortality for any occupation during the pandemic. A 2022 UCLA Labor Center report found that fast-food workers face numerous other workplace hazards, including exposure to sewer water, smoke and excessive indoor heat. Thirty-seven percent experienced violence, such as racist slurs, physical threats, assaults and robberies. Forty-three percent reported they were injured on the job. The researchers also documented that wage theft and sexual harassment are widespread in the industry. In addition to wages,

bipartisan support to waive taxes on these settlements, and a bill finally cleared the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday, none other than Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell set back the effort an entire year. Meanwhile, a House that is barely getting back to business faces fundamental issues, such as passing a budget and deciding whether to keep funding the war in Ukraine. It’s the kind of mess that can disenfranchise everyday Americans who need something from Washington. “Any time you have a tax bill, it is a heavy lift,” said Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, a co-author of the tax relief bill. “When you have one that is as expensive as this one is, and it deals with only a certain universe of people, it becomes even more difficult.” Drought and soaring temperatures and wind — coupled with ignitions from PG&E lines — caused a string of horrific fires in California that helped push the company into bankruptcy. There was the 2015 Butte fire, the 2017 North Bay wildfires and the 2018 Camp Fire. As part of its settlement to emerge from bankruptcy, PG&E agreed to create the Fire Victims Trust to partially compensate wildfire survivors. So far, it has dispersed an estimated $10.5 billion in cash and company stock and identified 70,173 claimants. That amounts to about $150,000 per claimant on average so far, which is not exactly enough to rebuild in Paradise — or anywhere in California. Victims like Thompson then received notice that these payouts were taxable. Many had agreed to share a percentage of their settlements with attorneys for help filling out the numerous forms, but these payments are taxable as well. Imagine the feel-

A living wage for California CONTINUED FROM F1 is more than and pay for necessities. In addition to a living $30 an hour for wage, California fastfood workers want two parents, stronger health and safety protections. The UC each working Berkeley Labor Center full time to reported in 2021 that the pandemic hammered fastsupport two food workers because of the difficulty maintaining social distance, shortages children.

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a Fast Food Council will be able to address these working conditions and recommend changes. Experience with industrywide bargaining in Europe and Australia demonstrates that boosting wages and improving working conditions beneﬁts employees and employers. Workers will become more productive as turnover declines, and increased retention promotes more training and acquiring new skills. Productivity is also enhanced when workers have a stronger voice on the job and do not fear employer retaliation. Since 2018, seven states and cities nationwide have adopted labor standard boards like California’s Fast Food Council for industries such as nursing homes, agriculture, transit, and domestic work. The Fight for $15 has evolved into the Fight for $20 or more. Sustained collective action by lowwage workers and their labor allies may lead to more states replicating the California fast-food model.

every step of the way, and we’ll make sure that voters know that they once again put the farright before California workers and families.” The seven GOP congressional members Gottlieb cited are generally regarded as Democratic targets next year, but they vary in degree of vulnerability, with the four in districts carried by President Joe Biden considered the most imperiled. They are David Valadao in

the San Joaquin Valley, Mike Garcia in suburban Los Angeles County and Orange County’s Young Kim and Michelle Steel. The other three, John Duarte in the San Joaquin Valley, Ken Calvert in the Southern California desert and Kevin Kiley in Placer County, seem to be a bit less vulnerable. “Nothing’s better than having Kevin McCarthy from the Central Valley as the Republican speaker of the House,” Duarte told Politico. “And I’m a Central Valley Republican running in a tough district.” While Republican-held seats are the primary battlegrounds in deeply blue California next year, there are a few Democrat-held districts in play, particularly the 47th district in Orange County. Democrat Katie Porter won a very narrow reelection in 2022 and is giving up her seat to run for the U.S. Senate. Republican Scott Baugh, who Porter edged, is back for a second try while the main Democratic contenders are state Sen. Dave Min, who was arrested this year for drunken driving, and local activist Joanna Weiss. Dan Walters is a columnist for CalMatters.

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Warren Thompson shows a picture of the cat who kept him company during his four-hour drive escaping the Camp Fire in 2018. ing of paying an attorney thousands of dollars and have the IRS consider those payments taxable revenue. Relief from paying California taxes came swiftly because these ﬁres are a far bigger deal for California legislators. Republican Assemblyman James Gallagher of Yuba City authored the bill last year to exempt funds from the Fire Victims Trust from taxes. It passed unanimously and was promptly signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Federal legislation backed by Thompson and Rep. Doug La Malfa, R-Oroville, also cleared the House last year and had chances of getting tacked onto a larger omnibus bill. But then McConnell got in the way. McConnell “refused to do any tax legislation in the omnibus bill,” Rep. Thompson said. So tax relief was dead for the year. He and LaMalfa have regrouped with a new bill this year, which heads next to the House ﬂoor. LaMalfa “has been a great partner,” Thompson said. Warren Thompson, meanwhile,

businessman, Herman Cain. The latter’s candidacy soon collapsed, but Romney lost the Iowa caucuses and South Carolina primary before emerging on top. In November, he lost to Obama, the ﬁrst Democratic president since Franklin Roosevelt to win twice with more than 50% of the popular vote. In 2015, most analysts were skeptical Trump would win the GOP nomination, though he had emerged in the preceding six months to poll competitively against Hillary Clinton, the favorite for both the Democratic nomination and the election itself. Several November 2015 polls showed him ahead of Clinton, but a Marist-McClatchy poll had a big Clinton lead with Trump tied in the GOP race with another neophyte candidate, Dr. Ben Carson. A year later, Trump edged Clinton by winning narrowly in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, though the former secretary of state held a 3 million national popular vote margin. Four years ago, polls showed Joe Biden in a close race with

was one of an estimated 27,000 victims urging D.C. to take action. California’s congressional delegation did manage to extend the federal tax ﬁling another month, to Nov. 16, hoping legislation would pass by then. Rep. Thompson is optimistic of the House approving it yet again. “We need one of two things to happen: We need either a tax bill or a disaster bill to move through the Senate,” he said. Back in Sacramento, Warren Thompson is not holding his breath. “It still looks like a long shot,” he said. But he has not yet paid his $15,000 federal tax bill, hoping for a minor miracle. The bill, if passed and signed by President Joe Biden, would reimburse ﬁre victims for any federal taxes they pay on Fire Victims Trust payments. This is such a no-brainer, yet it is still hasn’t advanced to the Senate. Making lives a little easier for these Californians shouldn’t be so hard back on Capitol Hill.

liberal Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts amid doubts about both Biden’s (77) and Sanders’ (78) ages. But Sanders and Warren failed to take advantage of Biden’s poor showings in the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary, and he rebounded with second in Nevada’s caucuses and a landslide victory in South Carolina’s primary, leading to Democrats consolidating behind the former vice president. The disruptions caused by the COVID pandemic prevented normal campaigning. But, from the outset, polls showed that, if nominated, Biden would have a good chance of beating Trump. As he did. Every election, of course, is different. But there are some patterns. The last four presidents — George W. Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden — all faced close reelection races, reﬂecting the evenly divided country. A loss in Ohio would have cost Bush the 2004 election. Trump lost by under 100,000 votes in three states. Republican Reagan and

Democrat Clinton, by contrast, comfortably won second terms, Reagan routing Democrat Walter Mondale and Clinton beating Republican Bob Dole and independent Ross Perot. In some ways, the impending 2024 race resembles 1948 when Truman, suffering low job approval levels, faced dissident Democrats on the left (former Vice President Henry Wallace) and the right (South Carolina Gov. Strom Thurmond) — plus the Republican (New York Gov. Thomas Dewey). Polling, then in its infancy, showed Dewey ahead but, on Election Day, Truman won. Biden, too, could face multiple challengers. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced an independent candidacy, as has progressive author-activist Cornel West. The bipartisan No Labels group plans to run a moderate alternative. With such uncertainty, presidential polling is tricky, with signs Kennedy might hurt Trump, and West and No Labels would damage Biden. But history says the race may look a lot different by next November 5.

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Crab feed volunteers wanted Disabled American Veterans Sonoma County Chapter 48 needs help with its Jan. 20 crab feed fundraiser in Santa Rosa. The event beneﬁts disabled veterans and their families. Responsibilities may include set up, decorating and in the kitchen. For details go to pdne.ws/45OcZtm.

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Down Syndrome Connection of the Bay Area in Santa Rosa is looking for volunteers to help with programs during age-speciﬁc sessions for members with Down syndrome. Duties may include set up, clean up, sign in, assist as needed and general organization. Weekly and monthly opportunities are available. For more information, go to pdne. ws/3SgqSxI. FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Sonoma County drag performer Frida Whales does the splits during the Myth & Magic fundraiser party in Sebastopol.

Become a garden volunteer Food For Thought food bank in Forestville is looking for help with its garden. Tasks may include prepping beds for planting and pulling weeds. For more information or to sign up contact volunteer manager Liv Chaaban at 707-887-1647 or LivC@ fftfoodbank.org. PEDIATRIC DENTAL INITIATIVE

Administrative help needed Pediatric Dental Initiative in Windsor is looking for volunteers to assist with administrative work at its office. Responsibilities may include prepping folders and packets, photocopying and ﬁling. Volunteers must be professional, dependable and respectful. Expected time commitment is one to two days per week for two to three hours per shift. For details, go to pdne.ws/3Z8wAmn. For questions, contact Alicia Alexander at alicia@pdisurgerycenter.org.

Sonoma County’s The Phoenix Dancers perform during the Myth & Magic fundraiser party on Oct. 28 in Sebastopol.

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Sonoma County’s The Sharpest Teeth, right, conducts a tarot card reading during the Myth & Magic fundraiser party.

bout 130 people reveled in the spirit of Halloween and raised money for the local transgender community during Translife’s first-ever Myth & Magic fundraiser in Sebastopol Oct. 28. The 21-and-over dance party at Wischemann Hall raised approximately $3,000 for the Santa Rosa nonprofit through $30 tickets and alcohol sales, according to the group’s communication officer Dillon Yonash. The party, emceed by Sonoma County drag performer Frida Whales, featured Bay Area-based DJ Reckless spinning dance hits and belly dancing and hip-hop performances from Sonoma County troupes Alchemy Fusion Dance Collective and The Phoenix Dancers. After the dance performances, local tarot card reader The Sharpest Teeth gave out readings, and local photographer QT with a Camera took portraits of guests before last call. Masks and costumes were encouraged, and the party featured face painting from Petaluma-based LGBTQ+ youth group Amor Para Todos for people who wanted to add to their costumes. Attendees noshed on food donated by Sonoma County’s Sebastopol’s Khom Loi, Viva Mexicana The Phoenix Dancers and The Redwood, and desserts donated perform at Myth & by Sonoma Chocolatiers & Tea House, Magic fundraiser. Retrograde Coffee Roasters and Noble Folk Ice Cream and Pie Bar. Santa Rosa’s Moonlight Brewing Co. donated beer and Sebastopol’s Pax Wines and Windsor’s La Crema Winery donated wine. Wischemann Hall also donated the space. Money raised will go toward Translife’s other outreach operations, Yonash said, including the organization’s annual conference for the transgender and gender expansive community in Sonoma County and surrounding areas. The group’s next conference is May 4. Translife also holds professional symposiums to educate those in the medical, government and public safety field on how to treat or work with transgender community members. The event was also part of the nonprofit’s expanding calendar of events. “We’re trying to do more community-building events throughout the year,” Yonash said. For more information, go to translifecommunity.org.

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Books BESTSELLERS HARDCOVER FICTION 1. THE EXCHANGE, by John Grisham (Doubleday) 2. THE SECRET, by Lee Child and Andrew Child (Delacorte) 3. FOURTH WING, by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 4. LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY, by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday) 5. LET US DESCEND, by Jesmyn Ward (Scribner) 6. HOLLY, by Stephen King (Scribner) 7. TOM LAKE, by Ann Patchett (Harper) 8. JUDGMENT PREY, by John Sandford (Putnam) 9. DEMON COPPERHEAD, by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper) 10. THE COVENANT OF WATER, by Abraham Verghese (Grove)

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Henry Winkler at Loews Chicago O’Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois, on Aug. 13. “Being Henry” chronicles the “Happy Days” instant success that exploded in 1974, making Winkler the star of every ‘70s kid’s lunch box. His ﬁrst movie theater date with Stacey, now his wife of 45 years, was spent dealing with incessantly approaching fans. As an accomplished actor, comedian, author, director and producer, Winkler continues to delight audiences.

Winkler vs. ‘Fonz,’ dyslexia TV icon’s new memoir explores his unlikely stardom, therapy, self discovery By RODNEY HO ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

enry Winkler has been very public about his dyslexia. So when his youngest son, Max, suggested he write a memoir, Winkler immediately scoffed. “I’m so dyslexic, how am I going to write it?” he said he told Max in an interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “I can’t spell or type.” His agent Esther Newberg had an easy solution: professional writer James Kaplan tape recorded 70 hours of their discussions and weaved it into a 244-page book called “Being Henry: The Fonz... and Beyond,” which comes out Oct. 31. “My wife said it’s amazing how he got my voice,” Winkler added. “It is me.” The 77-year-old actor known, of course, for his role as the Fonz on ABC’s “Happy Days” in the 1970s and 1980s as well as acting coach Gene Cousineau on the critically acclaimed dramatic HBO series “Barry,” will speak about his life at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 27 in San Francisco at Book Passage at The Curran Theater, 445 Geary St. Tickets available at bookpassage.com Winkler said in the book that a therapist in recent years has helped him deal with lingering anger toward his parents, who often treated him poorly as a child because he struggled so much in

school. He was in “Barry” suffering from but also win dyslexia, which him an Emmy wasn’t diagfor the role. nosed until he “The more you was an adult. know, the more But he said you become he always authentic,” he admired his said. “I’m on Jewish parents my way. I’m for leaving Gernot fully there, many in 1939 but I couldn’t for the United have done Gene States, just beyears ago. It fore World War came at the II began. right time.” “The tenacWinkler had ity I feel in my been nominatlife,” Winkler ed numerous said, “must be times for acting in my DNA. Emmys in The dyslexthe past, but “Being Henry: The Fonz and Beyond” “Barry” was ia, which is Celadon Books, $20.98 hereditary, is his first win at my DNA. The age 72. “Being people who punished me and nominated is great,” he said, yelled at me gave it to me. That “but ultimately to win is a lovely is a lot of hindsight. I was so feeling.” befuddled until recently on how This all came as a latter-day do you not see the person right in surprise to him. Winkler said in front of you?” the book that after a decade as He said for more than 60 years the Fonz in “Happy Days,” he of his life, “the seed of who I was couldn’t find regular acting work was covered in Chernobyl-style and opted to produce movies and cement. I had to, in the last seven TV shows instead. “I could not or eight years, jackhammer my get hired as an actor because I way down to start emotional was so typecast,” he said, and he growth and be really healthy for refused to do any characters remthe first time.” iniscent of the Fonz. Those revelations, he said, All these years later, he said helped him not only nab the nuthere was a clear irony that he anced and complicated character played such a cool character of acting coach Gene Cousineau in the Fonz. As a child, he said,

he always felt like an outsider, which shaped his myriad children’s books. “In high school, I was always running, chasing the cool kids,” Winkler said. “’Hey! I’m great! I’ve changed over the summer! It was sad. I had no sense of self.” The book, in fact, highlights how Winkler went from “being who I thought I should be into becoming who I actually am.” Not that it’s easy: “I still have old habits of not giving myself credit, feeling less than. It runs smack into my actual self.” The book features a lovely segment about the late John Ritter, a sitcom star peer who starred on ABC’s massive hit “Three’s Company” around the same time as Winkler’s reign as the Fonz. They became tight friends at the time, meeting weekly for dinner with their wives and later doing Broadway together. “John was intense and funny and his motor was on overdrive,” Winkler said. “He was well-read and limitless in his talent. He could do anything and do it as effortlessly as he could fall-outof-the-frame physical comedy.” Winkler also became buds with Adam Sandler after Sandler name-dropped the actor in his famous “The Chanukah Song” in 1994. “I called him and said thank you,” Winkler said. “He invited me to his house.” Winkler has since made appearances in multiple Sandler ﬁlms.

NONFICTION 1. THE WOMAN IN ME, by Britney Spears (Gallery) 2. PREQUEL, by Rachel Maddow (Crown) 3. ROMNEY, by McKay Coppins (Scribner) 4. IF YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME, by John Stamos with Daphne Young (Holt) 5. ELON MUSK, by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster) 6. KILLING THE WITCHES, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard (St. Martin's) 7. ENOUGH, by Cassidy Hutchinson (Simon & Schuster) 8. OUTLIVE, by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford (Harmony) 9. EMPEROR OF ROME, by Mary Beard (Liveright) 10. THE DEMOCRAT PARTY HATES AMERICA, by Mark R. Levin (Threshold Editions)

PAPERBACK FICTION 1. KING OF GREED, by Ana Huang (Bloom) 2. WILDFIRE, by Hannah Grace (Atria) 3. ICEBREAKER, by Hannah Grace (Atria) 4. THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO, by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Washington Square/Atria) 5. ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE, by Anthony Doerr (Scribner) 6. A LITTLE LIFE, by Hanya Yanagihara (Anchor) 7. THE HOUSEMAID, by Freida McFadden (Grand Central) 8. IT ENDS WITH US, by Colleen Hoover (Atria) 9. THINGS WE LEFT BEHIND, by Lucy Score (Bloom) 10. TWISTED LOVE, by Ana Huang (Bloom) NONFICTION 1. KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, by David Grann (Vintage) 2. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE, by Bessel van der Kolk (Penguin) 3. THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR ON PALESTINE, by Rashid Khalidi (Metropolitan) 4. ISRAEL, by Noa Tishby (Free Press) 5. BRAIDING SWEETGRASS, by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Milkweed Editions) 6. ALL ABOUT LOVE, by bell hooks (Morrow) 7. THE BOYS IN THE BOAT, by Daniel James Brown (Penguin) 8. THE REVOLUTIONARY, by Stacy Schiff (Back Bay) 9. AMERICAN DEMON, by Daniel Stashower (Minotaur) 10. THINKING, FAST AND SLOW, by Daniel Kahneman (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

SPEED READS ‘Blood Sisters’ roars with mystery, danger, anguish and regret

Voices of American women in the Vietnam War ﬁnally heard

yd Walker is an archaeologist with and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls the Bureau of Indian Affairs. When and Two-Spirit movement. a skull is discovered in Oklahoma Syd, like Lillie, is Cherokee and when with one of her old ID badges the novel begins, she’s living in lodged in its mouth, she ﬂies Rhode Island, far from the trauhome to help identify the rema she suffered as a teenager 15 mains. years earlier in northeast OklaIt’s a tantalizing plot point that homa. Her best friend Luna was effortlessly pulls us into this heartmurdered, and Syd and her sister felt story, with violence against Emma Lou escaped a similar fate Native American women at it cenwhen Syd shot and killed one of ter. Vanessa Lillie’s “Blood Sisters” the attackers. aches with a pain that emanates In Syd’s reckless and feverish from her personal experience and search for her sister, she faces off ‘Blood Sisters’ generational trauma. against a family of drug dealers By Vanessa Lillie, When Lillie, a member of the and makes a horrifying discovery Berkley, $27. Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, connected to missing women. was just out of high school, two A crime novel’s journey often local teenagers, Ashley Freeman and runs toward escapism, but the best, like Lauria Bible, went missing. Several de“Blood Sisters,” lead us on a path toward cades later they still haven’t been found. knowledge and discovery. As Lillie The epidemic of violence against Native points out in her author’s note, “nearly women is gaining more attention, and as 85% of American Indian and Alaska Nawe learn in this book, people ﬁghting for tive women have experienced violence in these too-long-ignored victims are part their lifetime.” of what is now known as the Missing — Minneapolis Star-Tribune

lice McDermott’s peerless medblend of bully and benefactor. Patricia’s itations on domesticity enliven correspondent, Rainey, is Charlene’s her latest work, “Absolution,” as daughter. A generation younger, Rainey narrator Patricia Kelly juxtaposhas a less gauzy view; there is es the “glorious first months” of more matter-of-factness, less her marriage with its eventual romance, in her letters. complications. In the immediate wake of the Patricia and husband Peter miscarriage, Charlene is a source move from Virginia to Saigon in of comfort to Patricia; later, her 1963 so Peter can act as an adviseffort to solve problems for Patrier there. Patricia repeatedly decia is startlingly unethical. This scribes her identity, at the time, happens again and again with as her husband’s “helpmeet.” Charlene, whose obsessive inter“Peter’s story,” she says, “was est in charity is matched only by ‘Absolution’ my own.” But McDermott makes compulsive entrepreneurship By Alice it clear from the outset that this that relies, in part, on theft. McDermott. is the story of the women. The question of how to help Farrar, Straus & The storytelling emerges in letothers — and how much it costs Giroux, $28. ters between the characters. The to do so — is at the foundation epistolary form allows McDerof this unsentimental novel. The mott to showcase the distinctive voices question is ever-present for Charlene of her characters. Patricia, the primary and Patricia, who maintain, in the brief narrator, is gently ruminative, attentive time when their lives overlap, a bizarre, to the fine details of her early 20s: her conflicted, co-dependent friendship that first quiche; her first Manhattan; her is utterly fascinating. friendship with Charlene, a charismatic — Minneapolis Star-Tribune

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Chef Darryl Bell serves lunch to a customer Thursday at his temporary setup for his Stateline Road Smokehouse at the Oxbow Public Market in Napa. Bell and business partner Jeremy Threat hope to open their permanent restaurant by the end of January. By SASHA PAULSEN FOR THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

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nce you’re in, you’re in; there’s no going back,” chef Darryl Bell said. “You don’t burn the ship; you don’t turn back.” The Kansas City-born and bred chef was talking about the challenges of opening his Stateline Road Smokehouse in Napa as he prepped for the day at his temporary setup at the Oxbow Public Market. He’ll be at the Oxbow for four days a week for the next three months as he and his business partner, Jeremy Threat, ﬁnish the build-out for

the restaurant they hope to open by the end of January. As many chefs before Bell have discovered, opening a restaurant in Napa can take longer than anticipated. It’s a combination of construction delays and persnickety city building inspectors, especially when a restaurateur is proposing something new, as Bell was doing. He had planned an authentic, Kansas City-style smokehouse with enormous 20-foot smokers, the likes of which had not been seen in Napa, at least not by inspectors. TURN TO RESTAURANT » PAGE N2

Chef Darryl Bell works in the kitchen Thursday at his temporary Stateline Road Smokehouse at the Oxbow Public Market in Napa.

Details of new resort proposal in focus ST. HELENA » Backers release info on 52-room project at Krug winery By EDWARD BOOTH THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

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An architectural rendering shows a resort envisioned in St. Helena.

A new 52-room resort proposed for St. Helena may generate over $2 million in tax revenue for the city, according to new details released about the project. The owners of the Napa Valley Wine Train have proposed the resort on an undeveloped 8.5acre parcel on fallow ground at

Charles Krug Winery. The project will include a series of oneand two-story buildings that will house the 52 guest rooms. The plan includes 38 rooms spread out among 17 one-story villas and 2 two-story villas scattered around the site. There would be 12 more rooms in the two-story estate house — the largest building — and two rooms in refurbished train cars, according to a news release. The project would include a restaurant, spa and other amenities.

Napa recently got its first buffered bike lane, painted along part of Freeway Drive. And more are coming soon. Buffered lanes are essentially standard bike lanes with greater separation from car traffic. That separation is achieved with striped buffer zones that are 2 to 3 feet wide, as opposed to a single painted stripe. Napa’s first buffered lane, painted last month as part of a repaving project, cov- MEMORIAL ers much of RIDE the area be- Cyclists bike for tween First safer roads in and Laurel honor of couple streets on killed on SilveraF r e e w a y do Trail / A3 Drive. Another such lane will be installed on Jefferson Street, from Sierra to Trower avenues. “There are people who will be more interested in biking and feel safer with buffered lanes,” said Kara Vernor, executive director of the Napa County Bicycle Coalition. The separation provided by buffered lanes, she said, helps prevent collisions between cyclists and cars, and increases comfort for cyclists. Napa County’s 2019 Bicycle Plan found that though over 50% of the general public bike or are interested in biking, they don’t feel comfortable riding on street bike lanes. Vernor said buffered lanes are distinct from protected bike lanes, which include some means of vertical separation between the bike lane and the rest of the roadway, such as a curb or posts. Protected lanes further enhance safety and comfort, Vernor said. Not every road calls for a protected lane, though the coalition “absolutely” wants to see such lanes in areas with high traffic speed and volume. The coalition did previousTURN TO BUFFER » PAGE N4

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“It’s hurtful to have your comments deleted. Because it takes a fair amount of bravery to put yourself out there.” LINDSAY ALEXANDER, a Muscogee (Creek) Nation member and horsewoman, responding to her comments being deleted when she raised questions about the Napa Valley Horsemens Association’s contest winners dressed as Native Americans. Read more on Page N3. BETH SCHLANKER / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

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The Napa River Bridge on a foggy morning in Napa.

DID YOU KNOW? ■ By 1868, railroad service had been introduced into Yountville and was a major influence on the town’s configuration. The arrival of the railroad tracks brought many newcomers and immigrants into town. ■ Gottlieb Groezinger, a San Francisco wine merchant, moved to town and purchased 20 acres of Yountville land in 1870. He planted 200 acres of grapevines and built a two-story family mansion near the vineyard property. ■ By 1874 Groezinger built a winery, barrel room and distillery which remained a winery until 1955. The building was dormant for 11 years before it became its present state. The stone buildings are known as V-Marketplace, a collection of shops and restaurants. FOR THE RECORD If you find an error on our news pages, please let us know; call 707-526-8585 or email pdnews@pressdemocrat.com.

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CONTINUED FROM N1 The project, if approved by the city, is expected to eventually generate over $2 million in tax revenue for St. Helena in its ﬁrst year of operation, growing to over $3.4 million by year three, according to a website created for the project. The project wouldn’t use St. Helena city water or sewer connections, the website indicates. Instead, the resort would use existing on-site wells, and a new treatment plant would be constructed in a basement facility within the estate house. The applicant has also put together a water use proposal that would make it so the project has no net impact to the aquifer, the website says. This would be achieved via treating and recycling all non-potable water that’s used for “landscape irrigation, toilet ﬂushing, cooling systems and groundwater recharge” while reducing water use at Charles Krug Winery operations

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to offset the potable water used. Access to the property would come from Deer Park Road, from the Charles Krug Winery and from the Wine Train — the project would be constructed along the train tracks. A traffic study is currently being conducted, according to the website, and “town-car or shuttle services” are being considered for future hotel guests to provide them access to downtown St. Helena and other areas. The details of the proposal — which has yet to be submitted to the city — were released at community meetings held at St. Helena High School on Oct. 25 and 26, and then posted on the website StHelenaResort.com. According to a news release, 75 people attended those two meetings. “We look forward to engaging with residents and city leaders in the months ahead to solidify our plans and chart the next steps in the planning process,” said Jamie Colee, CEO of Noble House Hotels & Resorts.

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Chef Darryl Bell serves food Thursday at his temporary setup for Stateline Road Smokehouse at the Oxbow Public Market in Napa. He and his business partner have discovered that opening a restaurant in Napa can take longer than anticipated.

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A sampling of the menu items at Bell’s Kansas Citystyle barbecue restaurant at a pop-up at Oxbow Public Market in Napa.

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But getting approval for them was not the first challenge for Bell, who moved to Napa Valley 14 years ago after graduating from culinary school. “I wanted to learn from the best,” he said. He went to work for the Thomas Keller Restaurant Group, working his way up to executive sous chef at Bouchon Bistro. After a stint at restaurants in San Francisco, he returned to work with a former colleague from his Keller days, chef Phil Tessier, who had taken the top toque spot at St. Helena’s Press restaurant. As chef de cuisine, he was part of the team that earned Press its first Michelin star in 2022. But even as he mastered the art of fine dining, Bell was planning his own restaurant, one that hearkened back to his Kansas City roots and the days when his dad handed over charge of the family grill to him. He was 14 at the time, he said, but he’d been dreaming of being a chef since he was 8 and fascinated by television shows like “Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home.” He took his first entrepreneurial steps when he launched his line of barbecue sauce in 2011. Stateline Road Barbecue was named after the major thoroughfare that divides Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas. (Bell is from the Missouri city.) He gave 20% of the proceeds from sales to two children’s nonprofits, No Kid Hungry and the Rafiki Foundation. Bell, who lives in Napa with his family, wanted to open a restaurant serving the barbecue he’d grown up with and loved — and, he was sure, Napa Valley would love, too. “I want it to be a place for locals,” Bell said. “I want it to be a place where they can stop by and pick up a chicken for dinner, or get something they might not cook at home, like a brisket, smoked 14 or 15 hours.” He added, in a valley often criticized for its skyrocketing prices, “I wanted it to be affordable for people who live here.” Bell began the search for a site. In Kansas City, he explained, smokehouses may be found in places like old gas stations and warehouses. In 2022, he found a place that rang true: an empty auto shop on Vallejo Street in Napa’s Rail Arts District, north of downtown. The partners came up with a design that would seat 80 inside and another 25 outside. They hoped to open by January 2023, but that date was pushed to June, and then postponed again. Converting an auto shop to a restaurant proved to be more complicated than he had anticipated, Bell said. “You need completely different plumbing and electricity.” And then there were the smokers he needed for Kansas City barbecue. The ones he wanted lacked the NSF tag of approval — a mark that provides assurance a product was

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impartially reviewed to established standards. Was this going to be a deal breaker?

Searching for solutions Bell said a city-sponsored tour of new businesses where owners aired their grievances about opening problems turned things around for him. One of the stops was at Ohm Coffee Roasters, which had recently opened in the Rail Arts District, not far from Bell’s proposed restaurant. Its owner, Derek Bromley, said city building inspections and requirements had added four to six months to his proposed opening date. “My understanding is that this has not traditionally been the easiest town for small businesses to thrive in, wineries excepted,” Bromley said. “Going into my roastery build-out, I took heed of the warnings from my various contractors, consultants and business network, but the timeline (and expense) was still far beyond my adjusted expectations.” Bromley summed up the issues. The ﬁrst, he said, is cultural. “There’s just not a whole lot of incentive for any of the various departments to do anything except follow the code, to the letter.” That ﬂows into the second issue: the city’s municipal code is in “acute need of revisiting/revision.” “There are some smart and forward-thinking people addressing this issue right now, but it wasn’t soon enough to help my experience much,” he said. But he isn’t advocating for no regulation. “There is a cultural shift that seems to be taking root in various city/county departments right now, and I really hope it succeeds,” Bromley said. “The city’s Economic Development Division in particular has been doing a lot of good work to address these issues, but it will take time and continued focus to make meaningful changes.” Bromley’s trials, however, proved to be a major assist to Bell. “The city assigned a liaison for me, and she got what I was trying to do,” Bell said. “She found a solution.” He got his two smokers, and a third one arrived as a gift from chef Charles Phan of Slanted Door fame, whose Napa restaurant is expected to open on Soscol Avenue — not far from Bell’s smokehouse — in November. “I think he bought it at an auction,” Bell said, “and he just offered to give it to me. He is a kind and

generous man. And it’s exciting to open my door and realize I can look down the street and see his restaurant.”

Chef in residence When Steven Carlin, creator and owner of the Oxbow Public Market, had a vacancy and proposed the idea of a temporary tenancy, Bell said he saw two advantages: helping get the word out about Stateline Road Smokehouse as customers sample his fare, and helping the restaurant team to “get the kinks out” before the restaurant opens its doors. “Having Darryl and Jeremy in the market while they build out their new restaurant is a win-winwin: good for them, good for Oxbow customers, good for Napa,” Carlin said. “We’re using this experience to launch a new ‘chef in residence’ program in that space. Stateline is our pilot tenant.” Asked if rumors are true he’s hoping more delays might keep Bell at the Oxbow longer, Carlin cheerfully agreed: “Guilty. He’s wonderful and a great addition to Oxbow.” He worked with Bell on an agreement to open at the Oxbow four days a week, Thursday through Sunday, from noon until the food is sold out. “The world after COVID requires more flexibility and creativity from both the operator and landlord perspectives,” Carlin said. At the Oxbow, Bell is serving an “abbreviated” menu of dishes he will be dishing up at the restaurant — baby back ribs, roast chicken, a salad with cherrywood smoked maitake mushrooms and crisped purple rice, and a unique Kansas City creation: burnt ends, the end pieces of brisket. “They’re caramelized, sticky, chewy, sweet and tangy — and double-smoked. It’s my favorite,” he said. Bell said that as he opens the first Black-owned restaurant in Napa, he is also hoping it opens the door for others — both entrepreneurs and customers. “I am getting calls from people in American Canyon and Vallejo, asking when the restaurant will open,” he said. “They’re saying, ‘Now I have a reason to come to Napa.’” It’s been a longer road than he expected, Bell said, but he sees the open, thriving restaurant at the end of it. “The more I talked to the (city) inspectors,” he said, “the more they kept saying, ‘This sounds great.’ And when we opened at the Oxbow, the first day, there they were, first in line, Ricky and Ryder, waiting to try the food. That was a great feeling.”

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Costumes seen as insulting to Native American culture Contest winners’ garb called out as appropriation, racist By EDWARD BOOTH THE PRESS DEMOCRAT EDWARD BOOTH / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

A Facebook photo depicting three winners of a costume contest at the Napa Valley Horsemens Association dressed as Native Americans is being criticized as cultural appropriation at best and “incredibly racist” at worst. The post, which features one contestant wearing a feathered war bonnet, was taken down by Tuesday afternoon. The image posted by the association depicts three adult women with face paint riding on painted horses, holding sticks with feathers tied to them, while apparently wearing leather and turquoise jewelry, among other details. The Napa Valley Horsemens Association, an organization for horse enthusiasts established in 1939, did not respond to multiple requests for comment. The photo was posted on the group’s Facebook page at 5:17 p.m. Sunday and was deleted by 12:30 p.m. Tuesday. Several comments saying the costumes were likely cultural appropriation were deleted in phases over both days the post was up. Comments praising the costumes were allowed to remain. One comment noting it was sad to see comments deleted “versus an opportunity for education and awareness” was also deleted. Still, people continued commenting late Monday and into Tuesday morning, with one referring to the costumes as “incredibly racist” and another noting that “Native culture is not a costume.” In one of the deleted comment threads, one of the contest winners said she “studied a ton of native culture and everything I wore was authentic.” She went on to say she didn’t mix tribes or include anything demeaning as part of her costume — that she elevated it, and that she was deeply respectful of the native tribes. The contestant did not respond to a request for comment. Lindsay Alexander, a Muscogee (Creek) Nation member and horsewoman, was among the ﬁrst few commenters who raised questions about the likely appropriation in the image. Alexander pointed out the signiﬁcance of the war bonnet, which she said were only worn by male tribal leaders on extremely special occasions. “The tribes that actually had a war bonnet, because not all tribes had war bon-

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The city of Napa recently released a draft update for its neighborhood traffic calming guidelines, and scheduled three community meetings to allow public input. The finished document would provide a road map to reducing speeding traffic in residential neighborhoods. It would empower residents to identify the need for engineered solutions and have those solutions get built. The guidelines are an update to 2005 guidelines that resulted in very few projects getting built. The upcoming meetings are scheduled for 5:30-7 p.m. Nov. 6, 8 and 9. The first two meetings will be held virtually on Zoom while the final meeting will

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A sign for the Napa Valley Horsemens Association on Foster Road in Napa. nets, but the ones that did are very ﬁrm on the fact that this is never a costume, it’s only to be worn for ceremonial purposes, for special occasions, it’s a great honor,” she said. Alexander said her comments were intended to educate — she didn’t expect the women or the association to know the history of war bonnets — and the early commenters pointing out the appropriation “were doing so in the most gentle manner, not shaming anybody.” But then those comments started getting deleted, which Alexander described as “a slap in the face.” Alexander said she commented three times and her posts were deleted all three times. That made her feel powerless to say anything. “It’s hurtful to have your comments deleted,” Alexander said. “Because it takes a fair amount of bravery to put yourself out there, especially when it’s one of your social groups.” Alexander noted that her problems with the costumes went beyond the bonnet, that the women “were waving sticks and trying to show Native Americans in this light of warriors and warpath. It’s kind of crazy, it’s what Native Americans fought against for so many years, that they didn’t want to be called savages.” Alexander also added that when she shared the post on her own Facebook page, other commenters pointed out that one of the women was wearing what appeared to be Lularoe leggings with tribal print on them, one was wearing high heeled cowboy boots, and that they generally were mixing outﬁts from multiple tribes. The situation, she said, should be a wake-up call to small social groups such as the Napa Horsemens Association. “I know we all dressed up as cowboys and Indi-

ans as kids, but times have changed,” Alexander said. “Sensitivities are more out there, people are being more vocal about what’s right and wrong.” Charlie Toledo, executive director of the Suscol Intertribal Council — a nonprofit community-based organization that works to create healing between Indigenous populations and current residents of the Napa County region — said when she first looked at the costumes she thought, “at least they’re not caricatures,” which often would’ve been the case in the past. Still, she added, the costumes are clearly inappropriate, particularly the war bonnet. But Toledo added that she thinks society is generally moving toward understanding that such costumes are inappropriate, that they’re not as normalized as they used to be. “Just like people don’t paint blackface, that used to be common and It’s not anymore.” Toledo said. “People realized that it's inappropriate to brown up or black up your face.” Though, Toledo and Alexander both said some tribal people aren’t bothered by people dressing up as Native Americans. (Alexander noted that the tribes with war bonnets are “very firm on the fact that this is never a costume.”) Toledo said that back when the “mascot wars” were going on at the Napa Valley Unified School District — the district board voted in 2018 to change the Napa High School mascot, which was an “Indian” for over a century — the split among the Native community was about 50-50. But she noted that age was largely the biggest factor in that divide, with younger people generally offended by the mascot. “I think that when you’re the object of the largest genocide that’s occurred on this earth you learn to adapt and try to please the

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be held at Napa City Hall, 955 School St., inside the City Council chambers. The update process has been ongoing for about a year. The city first held five virtual workshops in late 2022. Those meetings largely consisted of city staff and consultants sharing basic information about traffic calming and then taking input from community members. A second round of meetings, held in March, included information about an application process that would be part of the update and a traffic calming toolbox — intended to help residents choose from traffic calming measures, such as speed cushions, signage, or rapid flashing beacons. Much of the 96-page draft document focuses on outlining the implementa-

tion process — including how the city scores submitted complaints — and listing various traffic calming measures. The measures are split into three tiers, with tiers increasing along with complexity. But Maureen Trippe, co-founder of Slow Down Napa — a community movement focused on reducing speeding traffic in Napa’s residential neighborhoods since 2020 — expressed doubt as to whether the draft update, as it currently stands, will lead to more projects than the 2005 guidelines. Trippe said she and other community members put many hours into advocating for neighborhood trafﬁc calming each week over the past three years, but no actual neighborhood projects had happened in Napa during that time.

oppressor,” Toledo said. “And for the younger people, that wasn’t normal for them.” The resistance to changing the mascot, Toledo said, “was an extreme example, actually it became a national example, of inappropriate racist behavior.” When the mascot issue would come up — which she said happened roughly every ﬁve years over three decades — she said she’d receive anonymous death threats over the phone. That didn’t happen ﬁve years ago, she said, though she said that might be because caller ID had cut down on the ability of people to leave anonymous threats. Still, Toledo said it appears society is slowly improving in recognizing appropriation of Native Americans as inappropriate — and that it will continue to improve with more public education. “I always think the key to racism is education,” Toledo said.

road bikers,” Tippitt said. The purpose of Friday’s ride, he said, was to highlight the lack of safety on Napa’s streets for all road users — including bicyclists and pedestrians. Napa County and the city of Napa have compiled thousands of pages about what could be done to improve road safety, though the needed work largely hasn’t happened yet, he said. “We really just want to highlight that something needs to be done,” he said. Kara Vernor, executive director of the Napa County Bicycle Coalition, was among the riders. She said she appreciated that Tippitt had organized the ride, given that the coalition staffers can’t do it all themselves — they want cyclists to organize and rally around bike-connected issues. “The roads need to be safe for all users,” Vernor said. “That’s really important for all of us who ride, drive or walk.”

About 30 Napa cyclists biked some of Napa’s most heavily traveled streets the evening of Oct. 27 to advocate for safe infrastructure and in memory of the Oregon couple killed while riding their bicycles Oct. 17 on Silverado Trail. The cyclists gathered in a parking lot outside the Napa Valley Uniﬁed School District administration building as the sun was setting — about 5:30 p.m. — then took off along Jefferson Street, heading west on Laurel Street, north on California Avenue, east on Trancas Street and back south on Jefferson. It took about an hour. Richard Tippitt said the deaths of Christian Deaton, 52, and Michelle Deaton, 48, were shocking, and prompted him to organize the ride. The Deatons were biking just north of Oak Knoll Avenue that day, when they were struck by lumber that shifted in the back You can reach Staff of a passing truck. Writer Edward Booth at “It hit us hard, being 707-521-5281.

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$490K raised to ﬁght hunger Composer Yang

Bao to debut new work at winery

Hands Across the Valley event funds safety net programs By EMMA MOLLOY THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Over 400 guests raised nearly $500,000 during the 31st annual Hands Across the Valley event in September at Charles Krug Winery in St. Helena. The fundraising total — $490,000 — was announced Tuesday. The proceeds go to support food safety net programs. An opening reception Sept. 16, featuring Napa Valley restaurateurs and winemakers, was followed by dinner from chef Elaine Bell before guests participated in a live auction and danced to the Time Bandits. Bob Sarlatte and Mark Ibanez emceed the event, and KCBS’s “Foodie Chap” Liam Mayclem led the live auction. Special guests included former Gov. Jerry Brown, state Sen. Bill Dodd, former San Francisco Giants coach Ron Wotus, and city and county officials. Hands Across the Valley was founded by George Altamura in 1994 and has raised millions for Napa Valley’s food programs in its 31-year history. “I’m just glad to be here; I wasn’t sure if I was going to make it, I’m 92,” Altamura said. “When we started this event 31 years ago, we ended up with 300 people, made $30,000 and gave it to Meals on Wheels.” James Hill, manager of the Community Action of Napa Valley Food Bank, gave a heartfelt speech addressing the importance of food safety net programs and fundraisers like Hands Across the Valley. “On an average number, we help 5,000 families a month,” Hill said. Hill said he didn’t have a place to stay or food to eat when he ﬁrst came to

“Sol One” translates to “Martian Day One” and conveys what it feels like to land on another planet, Bao said. By EMMA MOLLOY “We are taken away from THE PRESS DEMOCRAT our home, and there’s these feelings of excitement but pus One Winery in also homesickness and Oakville will trans- fear in another planet,” form for an immer- Bao said. “And in this sive sound experience Nov. imaginary world where 8 to premiere Yang Bao’s earth is no longer habitable site-specific composition, because of climate change, “Sol One,” a work how are we perdriven by his conceiving the new cept of “infinity world? What is music.” climate change?” Hosted by Opus Christopher One and Festival Barefoot, vice Napa Valley, the president of compremiere is part of munications and a statewide music guest relations at festival, California Yang Opus One, said the Festival: A Celewinery is a major Bao bration of New supporter of the Music. arts. The Nov. 3-19 festival is a “Our founders Baron musical initiative to show- Philippe de Rothschild and case new artists through Robert Mondavi were both performances of works very personally engaged they’ve written in the last and big supporters of the five years. arts in general,” Barefoot Bao is a cross-discisaid. plinary composer, artist A connection with arts and pianist based in New and music has remained York, classically trained in central to the company’s piano performance at The ethos, and the winery reJuilliard School and New cently increased programs England Conservatory of around supporting music. Music. “In the sense that wine The artist creates is a part of gracious living, physical music, works that food and art all combined allow people to experience to create what Mr. Monsound by using all of their davi used to call ‘the good senses. His concept of life,’” he said. “infinity music” is demonOpus One co-founded strated through sound Festival Napa Valley, and with no beginning or end. the two organizations “I grew up as a classipartnered this fall with cal pianist, and I always California Festival to help hoped to have something showcase emerging artists. tangible after concerts,” Bao was Festival Napa he said. “Even when I play Valley’s 2023 Maria Maneta classical piece, I work ti Shrem Daniel Brewbakthrough it with imagining er Composer Prizewinner; or feeling it as something “Sol One” is a continuthat’s physical in terms of ation of his previously color, texture, shape.” awarded piece. Bao said he was inspired For the immersive by the grand vineyards’ sound experience, Bao will beauty during a June visit. be accompanied by FestiThe piece represents val Orchestra Napa led by the changing climate and Ming Luke. imagines a world in which The “Sol One” premiere humans relocate to Mars. is sold out.

Opus One hosting ‘Sol One’ immersive sound experience

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People dance to live music during the Hands Across the Valley fundraiser supporting Napa County safety net food programs Sept. 16 at Charles Krug Winery in St. Helena. Napa. “My wife and I had been all over the U.S., but this was the first place we’d ever been where the community helped us,” he said. “I just put in my 20th year at Community Action of Napa Valley and just celebrated my eighth year with the Food Bank.” Tickets, auction lots and additional donations raised funding for the Food Bank, Meals on Wheels, The Table, Feeding It Forward, Molly’s Angels and several other nonprofits. “Napa shows its big, giving heart every year at this event; people give audaciously and have fun doing so,” Mayclem said. “This is my fifth year as auctioneer, and it’s one of my favorites.” Mayclem said it feels good to give to those in your backyard. This year they were able to duplicate some of the items, bringing in double the funding — made possible by the generous community. “I even gave tonight. I do about 50 of these a year, but James moved me,” Mayclem said. “I was moved enough to raise my paddle.”

Former Gov. Jerry Brown talks to George Altamura, president and founder of Hands Across the Valley.

Auctioneer and actor Liam Mayclem, of KCBS radio’s “The Foodie Chap,” encourages auction bidders during the Hands Across the Valley fundraiser at Charles Krug Winery.

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Pancakes, music and paint this week By EMMA MOLLOY THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

ere are ﬁve events coming up in the Napa Valley.

Angwin Fire Station Pancake Breakfast

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A car drives next to a buffered bike lane Oct. 25 on Freeway Drive in Napa. The lane, which is essentially a standard bike lane with greater separation from vehicle trafﬁc, is the city’s ﬁrst but more are planned.

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CONTINUED FROM N1 ly advocate for a protected lane on Freeway Drive, including during the city’s budgeting process. But Julie Lucido, the city’s public works director, said vertical delineators used to create a protected lane would create an area too narrow for current city street sweepers. The coalition previously asked the Napa City Council to prioritize purchasing equipment that would allow the city to sweep a protected lane, though the council didn’t move forward with that suggestion. Lucido added city staff are researching options and contracts that would

A cyclist rides Oct. 25 in the newly installed buffered bike lane on Freeway Drive in Napa. allow for protected lanes to be properly cleaned. An upcoming project in 2024 on Browns Valley Road will include protected bike lanes, she said, by shifting on-street parking to areas between the vehicle lane and the bike lane. Still, buffered lanes on

their own will lead to an increased sense of safety and comfort for bikers, Lucido said, helping to encourage less experienced bike riders to ride more. The city will continue to add buffered lanes as part of paving projects along major roadways, so long

as the streets are wide enough, she said. Increasing the number of buffered lanes is important as it helps support the ability of bicyclists to traverse the city’s overall bike network with greater comfort, Vernor said. Having a bike network that’s entirely separate from existing streets isn’t feasible, she said. So, street-side bike lanes are an essential way for bicyclists to get around, and such lanes need to be improved in such a way that people feel comfortable using them. The coalition will continue to advocate for more buffered and protected lanes, she said. “The more appropriate the bike lane is for the speed and traffic and vehicles, the more likely people are to ride,” Vernor said.

The Angwin Volunteer Fire Station is welcoming the public to a Pancake Breakfast event from 8-10 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 5, at Angwin Volunteer Fire Station, 275 College Ave., Angwin. The station is a 45-member department in the Napa Valley responding 24/7 to serve Angwin and nearby communities. Donations are welcome.

Adam Summers of The Police at Uptown Guitarist of the multimillion-record-selling rock band The Police, Adam Summers will play at the Uptown Theatre in Napa. As The Police took off, Summers rose to fame in the early 1980s. In his postband career Summers has toured the world, released 13 solo records and collaborated with many musicians. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Guitar Player Hall of Fame artist will play 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5, at 1350 Third St. Tickets available through Ticketmaster.

Waggin’ Tails Paint and Sip Fundraiser Waggin’ Tails Rescue Foundation is hosting a fundraiser with painting, wine, snacks, raffle prizes and a silent auction. From 4-7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5, at

the Yountville Community Center, 6516 Washington St., Yountville. Tickets cost $95 and include wine, snacks, art supplies and the art class led by instructor José Martínez. Purchase tickets or make a donation to the foundation online at waggintrailsrescue. ticketleap.com/paint.

The Mavericks at Uptown Theatre Electric rock and country group The Mavericks, known for distinct musical phases since the band’s formation in 1989, will play at the Uptown Theatre. The band’s fourth phase in its discography launched in 2020 with its ﬁrst-ever all-Spanish album, “En Español,” released on its own label, Mono Mundo. Catch The Mavericks at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, at 1350 Third St., Napa. Tickets through Ticketmaster.

Eric Darius at Blue Note Napa American saxophonist, songwriter and producer Eric Darius will perform four shows this week at the Blue Note Jazz Club in Napa. His 2022 album, “Unleashed,” shines light on the artist as he reinvents himself through his recent genre-spanning music. Shows are at 5 and 8:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, and 5 and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11. Blue Note Napa is located at 1030 Main St., Napa, on the ﬁrst ﬂoor of the Napa Valley Opera House. Tickets at bluenotejazz.com/napa.

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Football teams await playoffs By GUS MORRIS

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American Canyon’s Jordan Woodson, right, goes for the ball against Sonoma Valley in a Feb. 2 game.

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With the prep football regular season concluding this weekend and most fall sports in the midst of the postseason, it’s time to take a quick peek at the winter ahead as basketball season is nearly upon us. In the Vine Valley Athletic League, the Justin-Siena boys are rocking into 2024 off of last season’s finish as undefeated league champions, with an overall record of 28-6. The Braves will have a much different offensive look this season with three of the top 10 VVAL scoring leaders all having graduated: Travis Hightower, Ma'el Blunt and Asher Cleary. The Braves open the season Tuesday, Nov. 21 against Benicia. Petaluma, which finished second in the league last season, will also be aiming to compete for the league title. Despite likely returning just five members of last year’s team, the

Trojans will have a fair shot at once again ﬁnishing as a top-three team in the league due to their defensive Identity. Petaluma didn’t give up more than 69 points in any game last season, and the Trojans will look to continue that trend when the season tips off in a home matchup with Santa Rosa on Saturday, Nov. 18. American Canyon also ﬁnished in the VVAL top three last year and will have promising expectations as the new season arrives. The Wolves start the year Wednesday, Nov. 15, at home against El Cerrito. Here are a few other season openers on the boys basketball scene: Napa: At home against De Anza, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28 Petaluma: On the road in clash with Santa Rosa at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18. Sonoma Valley: The Dragons will make a trip to Maria Carrillo for a big-time matchup at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5. Vintage: Opens the season at home at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 22 against Novato. On the girls side of VVAL hoops, Sonoma Valley, American Canyon and Casa Grande return to the hard-

wood after all going 9-3 in league play, providing a competitive race to ﬁnish at the top in the new season. Wolves sophomore guard Jordan Woodson is entering the new season as a top-three scorer in the VVAL last year and will likely take another leap. The Wolves tip off the season on the road in a 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16 matchup with Analy in Sebastopol. Sonoma Valley, which ﬁnished as league champion last season, will begin play at home at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21 against Montgomery. Here are other notable season openers for VVAL girls hoops: Napa: On the road against St. Helena at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15. Petaluma: Away game against Santa Rosa at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13. Casa Grande: On the road for a faceoff with Rancho Cotate at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17. Vintage: At home in a matchup against Northgate at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17. Justin-Siena: The Braves’ preleague schedule isn’t out yet, but they open league play at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 1 at Vintage.

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The ﬁnal week of the regular season arrived Friday, and now local prep football teams are awaiting news on the North Coast Section playoffs that begin this coming weekend. For the second straight year, the North Bay League-Oak title came down to the ﬁnal game of the year, Windsor at Cardinal Newman (see today’s sports section). Newman and Windsor have been undoubtedly the area’s two best teams this year, and retain their spots atop The Press Democrat’s weekly rankings. Outside of the top two, Casa Grande dug in at No. 3 with a convincing 28-3 Egg Bowl win over Petaluma. It’s the Gauchos’ third win over a team in the rankings this year. They also beat Ukiah when they were unranked. The Gauchos clinched at least a share of the VVAL title with their win over the Trojans. Casa is one of the area’s hottest teams right now and likely heads into the playoffs as winners of nine in a row. Rancho Cotate and Ukiah hold steady after lopsided wins Oct. 27. The Wildcats ended a nearly four-year league title drought as they captured the NBL-Redwood pennant in their win over Piner that had a running clock for the second half. Petaluma falls after its loss to Casa Grande, letting St. Vincent move back up to No. 6. American Canyon and Vintage remain our next two teams in and Analy joins them on the bubble. The Tigers, who replace Montgomery, only have losses to ranked teams (Rancho Cotate, Petaluma,

1. Cardinal Newman (9-0) Last week: Played Friday vs. No. 2 Windsor Next up: NCS playoffs 2. Windsor (7-1-1) Last week: Played Friday at No. 1 Cardinal Newman Next up: NCS playoffs 3. Casa Grande (8-1) Last week: Played Friday at Sonoma Valley Next up: NCS playoffs 4. Rancho Cotate (5-4) Last week: Played Friday at Santa Rosa Next up: NCS playoffs 5. Ukiah (7-3) Last week: Bye Next up: NCS playoffs 6. St. Vincent (7-2) Last week: Played Friday at Maria Carrillo Next up: NCS playoffs 7. Petaluma (6-3) Last week: Played Friday at Vintage Next up: NCS playoffs On the bubble: American Canyon (5-4) Last week: Played Friday vs. Justin-Siena Next up: NCS playoffs Vintage (4-5) Last week: Played Friday vs. No. 7 Petaluma Next up: NCS playoffs Analy (5-4) Last week: Played Friday vs. Montgomery Next up: NCS playoffs Windsor, Cardinal Newman). And though the Vikings have a win over St. Vincent, they also have a bad loss to Napa. You can reach Staff Writer Gus Morris at 707-304-9372.

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Vietnam The Pain of War By JOHN D’ANNA

More than 100 military personnel from the North Bay — Sonoma, Napa, ■ Families grieve Lake and Mendocino counties — died 2 Mendocino or those of a certain age, the fall County aviators in Vietnam, and today we honor them of Saigon in April 1975 was one who went missing on pages O12 and O13 of this section, in Vietnam / O2 of those “where were you when including two, Daniel Dawson and ■ Petaluma … ” moments. The images of CIA ofman received Edmund Frenyea, whose remains ficers helping evacuees into a waiting 2 Purple Hearts, were never recovered. helicopter are etched in our minds — Silver Star for We are grateful to the Vietnam Vetwork in Army / O5 and in our history. erans Memorial Fund for allowing us ■ Army nurse But the beginning of the end of the spent 14 months to use pictures and biographical inVietnam War came two years earlier in Vietnam came formation so those 108 casualties will — 50 years ago this year — when the home with PTSD, not be forgotten. The organization’s nightmares / O7 United States signed the Paris Peace virtual Wall of Faces is dedicated to ■ Santa Rosa man Accords and agreed to withdraw its had to come to honoring every person whose name troops after nearly two decades of terms with being appears on the Vietnam Veterans Meinvolvement that would come to be drafted, going to morial wall in Washington D.C. If you Vietnam / O8 synonymous with the word “quag■ List: North are a friend or a family member, you mire.” Bay troops who can contribute photos or memories, Vietnam changed our nation in went to war and you can donate to support their and never came ways we are still attempting to underhome / O12-13 work at vvmf.org/give-to-vvmf. stand. It was our first televised war, ■ Veteran’s job In addition to honoring those who and the failures of our military and was to maintain died, we also pay tribute to those who political leadership undermined our computer survived. Ten men and women from faith, trust and confidence in our very systems, classified information / O16 the North Bay are sharing their stogovernment. Some 2.7 million American men UNDERWRITTEN BY ries, some for the first time. Their words are moving, and and women served the Vietnam in some cases their memories War, and more than 58,000 of them are stomach. But it is vital for us paid the ultimate price. to understand their experiences Today, The Press Democrat pays because, as the philosopher said, tribute to those who did as their those who do not remember the past are country asked and served in a war that was doomed to repeat it. not of their own making or choosing. THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

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Capt. Donald R. Brown crouches on the ground on April 5, 1965, in Saigon, waiting for the order for attack across an open ﬁeld against Vietcong positions in a treeline from where enemy combatants with automatic weapons had brieﬂy pinned down the HQ company of the 2nd Battalion, 46 Regiment. Of the 58,220 Americans who died in the Vietnam War, more than 100 of those soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines hailed from Sonoma, Napa, Lake and Mendocino counties.

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Mary Frenyea, daughter of Edmund Frenyea, shares a newspaper on Oct. 20 from her home in Ventura of The Press Courier on prisoners of the Vietnam War. Mary was 3 years old when her father was deployed to Vietnam. Edmund was an aviation mechanic chief in the U.S. Navy, one of four crewmen on an S-2 Tracker plane that took off from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet on January 22, 1966, in the Gulf of Tonkin, and was never seen again.

‘More heartache than hope’ Family members share grief of the 2 Mendocino County aviators who went missing in Vietnam

By AUSTIN MURPHY THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Of the 58,220 Americans who died in the Vietnam War, 5,575 were from California. More than 100 of those soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines hailed from the North Bay counties of Sonoma, Napa, Lake and Mendocino. Of those, only two remain unaccounted for, their remains never found, their loved ones left to wonder. Both men were from Mendocino County. This is their story:

messed me up.”

‘Brother of the Pilot’

Donald Dawson found the lack of certainty intolerable in 1964 when his brother Daniel, from Fort Bragg, was shot out of the sky north of Saigon and was never seen again. Tormented by the possibility that Daniel was still alive, Don embarked on a dramatic and arguably luary Frenyea was 3 years old natic quest to find his older EDMUND H. when she lost her father. She’s sibling. FRENYEA 61 now but still remembers, That mission took him “as if it was yesterday,” the smell of to Vietnam, behind enemy May 24, 1930-Jan. 22, 1966 the tobacco in his pipe, the safety of his lines, where the civilian Hometown: Ukiah embrace. Donald went from village Branch: Navy She can describe the dress uniform he to village, handing out Rank: Master Chief Aircraft wore, embarking on his final deployment thousands of flyers offering Maintenanceman to Vietnam. a reward to anyone who Aviation Mechanic Chief Edmund could help him locate his Frenyea, from Ukiah, was a 35-year-old brother. During his search, aircrewman in the Navy’s Sea Control Donald was taken prisoner Squadron 35, tasked with surveillance in by the Viet Cong. the Gulf of Tonkin, searching for smugHe spent months in Viet glers and enemy gunboats. Cong prisons, enduring Edmund was one of four men aboard beatings, starvation and an S-2 Tracker plane that took off from near-fatal malaria, but he the aircraft carrier USS Hornet early in lived to tell the tale, which the morning of Jan. 22, 1966. was featured in Life magaJust before dawn, that plane disappeared zine in 1965. from the radarscopes of all allied ships in His search also was the the vicinity. It has never been found. subject of a screenplay by Now living in Ventura, in Southern Richard Friedenberg, betCalifornia, Mary has never made the trip ter known for adapting the DANIEL G. east to see the white headstone honoring Norman Maclean novella, DAWSON her father at Arlington National Ceme“A River Runs Through It.” tery, across the Potomac River from the Ultimately, “Brother July 23, 1938-Nov. 6, 1964 Cheryle Haggerty holds an old photograph of her father, Donald Dawson, on White House. of the Pilot,” the movie’s Hometown: Ft. Bragg Oct 22 in Costa Mesa. Donald was featured in Life magazine in 1965 where he “A couple of my friends have gone, and working title, was never Branch: Army detailed his story of flying to Vietnam to find his brother, Daniel, had been sent me pictures, and I appreciate it,” made. Donald died in 2003 Rank: Captain shot down in the jungle north of Saigon. she said. But she admits she is conflicted of pancreatic cancer at age about visiting the grave site herself. 62. “I want to go there. But what am I The Dawson brothers had two siblings. going to do, just stand there and look at Their father, George, was a fisherman. his headstone?” she said. “What am I Growing up, their family moved fresupposed to say? He’s not there.” quently, but lived in Fort Bragg for a spell. During some of Daniel’s Army career, acComplicated grief cording to his nephew, also named George Normal grief symptoms gradually fade Dawson, Daniel may have also been based over time. Those experiencing complicatin Fort Bragg, which is listed as his home ed grief, according to experts at the Mayo of record by the Defense POW/MIA AcClinic in Rochester, Minnesota, remain counting Agency. “in an ongoing, heightened state of Daniel was the pilot of a Cessna 01mourning” that keeps them from healing. Bird Dog, conducting reconnaissance “That’s me,” Mary said. “I’ve had people over Viet Cong territory. Slow though it say, ‘Just suck it up and let it go.’ But you was, and all but defenseless, that spotcan’t. We don’t have a body. We can’t say ter plane was feared by the enemy, who goodbye to something we don’t have.” learned that firing on it could expose As Santa Rosa-based marriage and their location — resulting in attack from family therapist Jennifer Westcott exfighter planes directed by the Bird Dog. plained, “Our brains function best when After takeoff on Nov. 6, 1964, Daniel’s we can make meaning and create some aircraft did not return to base and was internalized structure around a subject.” never heard from again. When a grandparent dies, she said, Donald, at that time, was a 24-year-old “We are sad and grieve, but can make captain for Shell Oil, on board his ship in sense of a long life lived.” Panama. Upon learning that his brother With sudden, unexplained loss, howwas MIA, he made immediate plans to ever, “when we don't know the details of find him. the how, why, and what happened, our brain doesn't get the opportunity to settle An unbreakable bond “Everyone wanted to make it about on meaning-making.” Mary used plainer language. “It sucks. Mary Frenyea, left, stands with her daughter Melynda Torrez on Oct. 20 in Ventura. Mary is I may not have fought in the war, but it TURN TO HEARTACHE » PAGE O3 the daughter of Edmund Frenyea, who was deployed to Vietnam and never come home.

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PHOTOS BY KELVIN KUO / FOR THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Pictures of Donald Dawson and images that appeared in LIFE magazine are on display at his daughter Cheryle Haggerty’s home in Costa Masa. A metal band remembering the life and service of Army Captain Daniel G. Dawson sits on top of an urn containing the ashes of his brother Donald, who went looking for Daniel when he went missing in Vietnam.

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the war,” said George Dawson, Donald’s oldest son, a 35-year captain for American Airlines. But at its essence, he believes, “the story is one man’s love for his brother. When Danny was shot down, my father felt a commitment to go get him.” That remarkable bond was forged during their rough, sometimes brutal, upbringing. As adolescents, after their parents had split up, Daniel and Donald moved to Bushy Island, in the Gulf of Alaska, with their mother and her then-partner, a homesteader George described as “just a mean person, and very abusive.” At one point, George said, the boys’ mother departed for the mainland, leaving them with the homesteader, who especially disliked Donald — just 12 or 13 at the time — and often beat him. One day, Donald decided to shoot his abuser. Out on a hunt, said George, “my dad gets out in front, gets in position and pulls the trigger — only to hear the gun go ‘click.’” Suspecting that Donald meant to harm him, the man had removed the gun’s ﬁring pin the night before. After that incident, the homesteader “beat the holy crap out of my father,” said George. “His face was all swollen. He couldn’t eat. He could barely breathe.” Daniel, two years older, “took some straws, and put ‘em in his nostrils, so he could breathe, then fed him soup, so he could get some nourishment. And he tried to protect him from this guy.” Donald always believed his older brother had saved his life. When Daniel went missing, his little brother acted reﬂexively. And recklessly.

Mary Frenyea shares family photos of her siblings, mother and father, Aviation Mechanic Chief Edmund Frenyea, who was from Ukiah. was recovered from Daniel’s crash site. Donald noted how unlikely it would have been for his brother, an Army pilot, to be carrying a Navy vest. Again, he was denied permission to visit the grave. Eventually, Donald was released. But he would return repeatedly to Vietnam, searching for answers. He came back to California a changed man.

Stranger in her father’s body

“My mom said my dad was great and wonderful, and when he came back from Vietnam, he was different,” said George. “He was abusive, and drank a lot.” Prisoner of Viet Cong His mother, Jeanne Dawson, Donald bought a one-way resented that his father had left ticket to Thailand, knowing the her behind with little money to plane would stop first in Saigon. fend for herself and their four Shortly before the flight children. arrived in Vietnam, Donald went Neither did it help that to the lavatory, and changed Donald, a handsome man by all into a uniform purchased at a accounts, had a wandering eye. military surplus store. “He liked women,” said Linda, “When the plane landed in Mary Frenyea shares memorabilia from the Vietnam war including newspaper clippings and photographs from another daughter of Donald and Saigon,” said George, “they Jeanne. “Can’t have that. That a Vietnam remembrance event. “I’ve had people say, ‘Just suck it up and let it go,’” said Frenyea who’s father, told all the civilians to stay on ended their marriage.” Edmund Frenyea served in the Vietnam War and was never found. “But you can’t. We don’t have a body. We board.” Donald stood up and As a girl, Linda sometimes can’t say goodbye to something we don’t have.” walked off the plane, “and no told herself that a stranger had one stopped him.” returned in her father’s body. The Viet Cong weren’t sure spider a captor had placed on his small office. Donald settled into a village “He’d always been playful and what to make of the rangy face, the guard beat him in the “He said that my brother was “on the fringe of Zone D, the fun,” she recalled. “He still had civilian who carried flyers that head with the butt of a rifle, his dead. He had been making a low Viet Cong stronghold north of contained a picture of the Cessdaughter, Cheryle Haggerty, said. pass over a clearing and they had that in him,” but also a deep Saigon, and spread the word na his brother had flown. More than once, she said, he shot him down. A bullet had gone anger that surfaced when he through the countryside that Donald was spared much of was lined up with POWs before a clear through his body, and they drank. he would reward anyone who “He’d start telling stories” of the torture to which the enemy firing squad. While the soldiers crashed and burned. He had been could help him find out what those months searching for his subjected captured soldiers, he were shot, Donald was spared. buried near the crash site.” happened,” according to a Life brother. “And you could feel his later told loved ones. Still, he “He saw the guys next to him get Donald asked to visit the magazine story published on pain.” was badly malnourished, eating blown away,” she said. grave, but was denied. Later in his captivity, anMarch 12, 1965. When he wasn’t on a bender, insects to supplement the prisOn his 18th day in captivity, During his search, he was she added, he could be excellent oners’ puny rations of rice and Donald later told Life magazine, other Viet Cong officer visited taken prisoner and held four monkey meat. a North Vietnamese officer came Donald, and gave him a yellow U.S. Navy vest, telling him it months. Once, when he bit into a large to the camp and took him to a TURN TO HEARTACHE » PAGE O23

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MARK WESTON BRANCH: U.S. ARMY

PHOTOS BY KENT PORTER / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Vietnam veteran Mark Weston relaxes in his studio-workshop on Oct. 6 near Forestville. Weston fought and was injured in the Battle of Hamburger Hill in May of 1969.

Continuing to mourn losses Forestville man who fought at Battle of Hamburger Hill lives with ongoing pain, pride

By JEREMY HAY THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

o many years have passed since the war that Mark Weston still lives with. “I wake up with pain every f … ing day, and I’m almost 75 years old,” he said in a recent interview at his Sonoma County home. “Physical pain. The mental pain I’ve been able to arrest, if you will. I don’t want to say hide, because I’m not hiding it. Because I’m giving it to you.” Weston was one of 2.7 million American soldiers who served in Vietnam. As summer turned to autumn, he sat in the house he built on 37 hilly acres in Forestville and recounted experiences he had more than 50 years ago as a young soldier. He bought the stretch of land his home sits on in 1973, four years after he returned from Vietnam a shaken soul with a back full of shrapnel and two permanently damaged legs. “It was my sanctuary,” he said of his home.

‘A strangeness out there’ Hollywood-born, Weston said he felt out of place in Los Angeles, so he went to college at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He failed out after a year, though — too much talking politics and the war over beer, he said. So late in 1968, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, ultimately ﬁnding his place with the storied 101st Airborne. “I wanted to be with guys who knew what to do and when to do it,” he said. Boot camp — and his drill sergeant — changed him forever. “I realized that there was a strangeness out there that I could not wrap my head around,” Weston said. “It was ugly. Mean. You fought to survive. And that was a real revelation for me. I came from, you know, basically a middle-class home. Life was good. And to be treated in such a fashion. Being degraded. It was just so foreign to me. “But what he did to me helped me survive Vietnam,” he said. “I did not realize it at the time. But by the time I got to Vietnam, I was, yeah, I was ready to kill. Yeah, I could do anything. But that’s what they trained us for. That’s what they taught us to do. We’re at war. This is not a game of tiddlywinks.” Weston deployed to Vietnam in 1969. On May 13 of that year, his unit was in the A Shau Valley, on Hill 937 (as U.S. forces dubbed a mountain named Dong Ap Bia) during what came to be known as the Battle of Hamburger Hill, a grim nod to the particularly brutal nature of its combat. “Our position was overrun,” he said. “My medic and my platoon sergeant were killed. I was medevaced out. I saw my medic in the MASH unit. He was lying next to me. He rolled over and he says, ‘I’m not making it.’ Rolled back over. They picked me up, put me on another helicopter, and I was gone.” Four months recovering in military

Vietnam veteran Mark Weston holds a display of his medals. Embedded in that hurt, too, were the deaths of his platoon sergeant, “Bronco,” and his medic, “Doc.” “I dealt with that loss from 1969 on,” Weston said. “One of my jobs in Vietnam was to protect my medic, and I failed.” But Bronco and Doc did not die on Hamburger Hill. In 1986, a producer with KFTY Television 50 started excavating Weston’s past after she met him when he helped bring the Moving Wall, a 252-foot, halfsized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial that stands in Constitution Gardens in Washington, D.C., to Sonoma County. “I felt that by bringing the wall, just by putting my hands on the wall, that somehow I could put them to rest,” Weston said, referring to the friends he believed had been killed. “The wall was here for two weeks. I went every day. Vietnam veteran Mark Weston pauses Oct. 6 near Forestville. Weston fought and was It didn’t happen. I didn’t get peace of injured in the Battle of Hamburger Hill in May 1969. To this day he continues to live with mind. The wall left. I was a basket case.” physical and mental pain from his time in the U.S. Army. Months later, though, the producer located both the platoon sergeant, Weston read about the burgeoning hospitals. Gone: Friends. Blood and Anthony Branco, and medic, Donald ﬂesh. And, Weston added, “My youth.” California wine industry. Krieger, who were still very much He returned to his home state and alive, one in Hawaii and the other in ‘That’s why I still live here’ arrived in Sonoma County in 1972, Ohio. Back at college in Colorado, at the where he took a job as a cellar worker The three men — each of whom had same university where he’d once been and a year later bought the land where presumed the other two dead — were president of his dorm, “I was not the he built his home. reunited on a trip that included a visit same happy-go-lucky, ‘let’s party’ indi“Finding this place allowed me to to the Vietnam War Memorial in Washvidual that I was. The friends that I had insulate myself from that negativity,” ington, D.C. there dwindled away,” he said. he said of his secluded Forestville prop“All three of us were frightened to And as a Vietnam War veteran, he erty. “If I don’t have to deal with you, I death of each other. Can’t explain it. added, he couldn’t ﬁnd work because don’t get hurt.” Don’t understand it. It’s like looking at employers worried about, “you guys He added: “I’m still in that space, going crazy on us.” that’s why I still live here.“ TURN TO HILL » PAGE O10

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GARY GREENOUGH BRANCH: NAVY

PHOTOS BY KENT PORTER / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Vietnam veteran Gary Greenough pauses Oct. 18 at the Paciﬁc Coast Air Museum at the Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa. Greenough served two rotations on the USS Ranger aircraft carrier, which was stationed off the coast of Vietnam during the war. He was part of the team that kept the ﬁghter planes in the air.

Lone Ranger of Vietnam Veteran did 2 rotations on USS Ranger, which was part of the U.S. Navy Seventh Fleet By MARTIN ESPINOZA THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

very time Gary Greenough’s aircraft carrier, the USS Ranger, pulled out of port, the seaman donned his Lone Ranger outfit, strapped on his two pearl-handle six-shooters and mounted a plastic, life-sized horse. As the “William Tell Overture,” also known as “The Lone Ranger” theme song, played over the carrier’s main communications circuit, a tractor — normally used to tow airplanes on the flight deck — pulled Greenough along the deck of the carrier. Seated atop the white plastic “Silver,“ Greenough blasted his blanksfilled revolvers into the air to the cheers of his fellow service members. It was one of the lighter moments from his time aboard the USS Ranger in 1969 to 1970, during the Vietnam War. Greenough served as an aviation storekeeper aboard the carrier. He was in charge of receiving, identifying and storing aviation supplies, spare parts and stocks of technical aviation items. Along with the airplane mechanics, Greenough was part of the team that kept fighter planes in the air. He did two rotations at sea during the Vietnam War. “Electronics. Metal parts. Flaps. Some of these planes came back all shot up — parts had to be replaced constantly,” he said. “I saw a whole bunch of A6 Intruders (an attack aircraft) that came in and just was shot to pieces. Some of the planes we would rip them out and cannibalize the parts.” His experience reflects the many roles American service members played during the conflict — from combat soldiers to airplane or tank mechanics to service members who never left American soil.

Aboard the USS Ranger Greenough, who grew up in Ukiah, is now 75 and lives in a mobile home park off Old Redwood Highway, near Windsor. In 1967, his draft number came up and he enlisted in the Navy. “You have to remember, back then we were only 15 years out of World War II, so it was like everybody's going, ‘It's our turn. It's our generation. This is our war,’” Greenough said, adding that while in boot camp in San Diego, he “watched the ships come in.” “I couldn’t wait to go out with the ﬂeet,” he recalled. But after 12 weeks of boot camp, Greenough ended up at a Naval air station in Beeville, Texas. “As far from the water as you could get,” he said. He spent the next two years learning his trade as an aviation storekeeper before his combat assignment aboard the USS Ranger. As soon as a carrier entered the combat zone some 100 miles off the coast of Vietnam, the Ranger’s crew

Gary Greenough did two rotations at sea during the Vietnam War. In 1967, his draft number came up and he enlisted in the Navy. shifted into a two-stage duty, with 12 hours on and 12 hours off. “You’re not spending much time lazing around if you’re sleeping eight hours and you have four hours to get all your personal needs taken care of,” he recalled. During Greenough’s two rotations to the combat zone, the USS Ranger was one of three carriers in Task Force 77, the main battle group of the U.S. Navy Seventh Fleet. The Ranger and the two other carriers would rotate between Yankee Station, Dixie Station — fixed coordinates off the coast of Vietnam — with periodic R&R breaks at Subic Bay in the Philippines. Vietnam veteran Gary Greenough’s license plate. Yankee Station, which sat north of tions” for a potential emergency and “Everybody in that ship knows the Demilitarized Zone, was used for told the Corsair pilot to bring the plane what's going on, on the roof,” he said. airstrikes in North Vietnam, while in, Greenough said. The pilot landed “We have to know because if everyDixie Station, located below the DMZ the plane with the loose bomb still thing goes to hell in a hand basket, closer to the Vietnamese coastline, under its wing. people gotta move before the alarm supported the ground war in the “It came to a stop, from 170 miles even goes off.” south. an hour to zero, in three seconds,” he The landing ship officer radioed the A few close calls said. “The bomb came right off and pilot to “Power on. You’re too low,” During a recent interview at his skipped right down the flight deck and Greenough said. “So, (the pilot) hits mobile home, Greenough recounted over (into the water) it went. It never the throttle and nothing happens, iniclose calls out at sea that almost ended went off.” tially, and he panics. He punches out. in tragedy. On another occasion, he said, “We ...We see him punch out on the camera. In one instance, an A-7 Corsair, had another plane that came in withRight behind the carrier.” a subsonic light attack aircraft, on out a pilot — oh, how can that work?” Greenough said that after the pilot its way back to the carrier, had a It was another A-7 Corsair, which he ejected everyone thought the aircraft 500-pound bomb hung up in a rack described as an underpowered afterwould go into the sea, but the plane’s under one of its wings. burner aircraft. He said the “nugget” engine “spooled up” or increased “You could physically see the plane pilot, after his first strike mission, was thrust after being throttled by the shaking, and (the pilot) was trying to on his final approach into the ship but pilot. vibrate that bomb to come out of the was a “little low.“ Now without a pilot, the aircraft was multiple-injection rack underneath Greenough said the plane could be headed toward the rear of the carrier the wing and it was not coming off,” seen as it came in via cameras inside — right for the flight deck. he said. the carrier that were focused on the The carrier went into “battle staflight deck. TURN TO RANGER » PAGE O10

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KATE O’HARE-PALMER BRANCH: U.S. ARMY

PHOTOS BY CRISSY PASCUAL / PETALUMA ARGUS-COURIER

Kate O’Hare-Palmer of Petaluma served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during the Vietnam War. In June 1968, O’Hare-Palmer arrived “in-country.” She had just turned 22.

Scars remain after coming home As a U.S. Army nurse, Petaluma resident saw more horrors than most in Vietnam By DON FRANCES PETALUMA ARGUS-COURIER

ate O’Hare-Palmer is the picture of contentment as she sits in her cozy living room in her home in west Petaluma. At 77, this national leader of the veteran community — she currently serves as the Vietnam Veterans of America National Women Veterans Committee chair — is active, engaged and whip-smart. She smiles often and laughs easily. But the smile fades quickly when she recalls the horrors she endured while serving as a U.S. Army nurse in Vietnam — and the scars they left behind. “When I first went over, I thought I was prepared,” she said. “And I wasn’t. And I realized it’s the overwhelming number of casualties that were coming in.” A Long Beach native, O’Hare-Palmer was “very naive,” she said. She was 21 when she and some friends stepped into a recruitment center in Los Angeles and signed up for the war. But for her, “Going into the Army was not a big stretch.” Both her parents had served during World War II, her brother had already served in Vietnam, and as a welltrained and newly certified nurse, O’Hare-Palmer figured she could help in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. In June 1968 — the year U.S. casualties in Vietnam reached their peak — O’Hare-Palmer arrived "in-country.” She had just turned 22. “Everybody says the same thing that goes to Vietnam. You get off the plane and the heat and the smell is just overwhelming. It just hits you like a wall.” Getting off the plane with her friend, the only other woman around, “We had our summer uniform on which was a little dress outfit.” They saw several soldiers lying on the ground nearby, heads on duffel bags, waiting to take that same plane home. They were quiet, filthy, “and they all have the thousand-yard stare,” she said. It wouldn’t be long before she had that same stare. O’Hare-Palmer was assigned to the 2nd Surgical Hospital in Lai Khe, and she made the difficult trip to the remote field hospital. “They dropped me off in a landing zone in the middle of nowhere, by myself,” she said. “When the guys came and picked me up they said, ‘Oh my God, you’re a woman.’ ” Finally she reached her destination. But her first day on the job was far from over. “Two hours later — I’d been up a long time — they were banging (on the door) and saying, ‘Come on Lt. O’Hare, you need to go to the O.R.’ “It was a Vietnamese lady who had gotten fragged, and one of them had hit her aorta,” she said. “It was

Kate O’Hare-Palmer, far right, smiles in a photo from the Vietnam War where she served as a nurse. She is with friends who she traveled with to Japan. Both O’Hare-Palmer’s parents had served during World War II, her brother had already served in Vietnam. pretty stark, you know. And we lost that woman, she didn’t make it. So that was my ﬁrst case.”

Patching up wounded people For many months afterward, O’Hare-Palmer spent 12-hour days in ﬁeld hospitals in Lai Khe and Chu Lai, patching up what seemed like an endless amount of grievously wounded people, mostly young soldiers, who had been chewed up by war. “We had guys that came in that had their legs machete’d off below the knees,” O’Hare-Palmer said. In another case, a young man “came in and half his face was just hamburger. And he asked me for a mirror. And I said, ‘I don’t have one. We don’t have any mirrors here.’” The bloodshed was so staggering that O’Hare-Palmer’s perspective — on the war, and on life — quickly took a downward turn. “After about three weeks, I realized that this was a war that was going to be long, and I didn’t see how we could get through it. And I was pretty religious, and I had a Bible, and I just started getting really pissed at God.” Three weeks was just the beginning. In all, O’Hare-Palmer served 14 months in Vietnam, and the things she saw during that time changed her forever. “When we did the work we felt so bad because we couldn’t save so many, and we focused on the ones we lost. And we got to the point where TURN TO NURSE » PAGE O11 Kate O’Hare holds the boots that were issued to her while serving in the U.S. Army.

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JOSUE LOPEZ BRANCH: U.S. ARMY

He had no desire to serve

Basic training for Santa Rosa man included racist trolling and war meant dying alone

By KERRY BENEFIELD THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

osue Lopez, 76, remembers it happened on the first morning of being “in-country.” His infantry unit was on its first “sortie” into the jungle around Dau Tieng in southern Vietnam. His unit was making its way through thick vegetation and sight lines were limited. “All of a sudden we heard this gigantic blast,” he said. “We all fell to the ground and we started crawling toward the sound,” he said. “We found that (a fellow soldier) had triggered one of the grenades strapped to his own chest. It’s strapped to him ... you’ve only got a few seconds to get it off.” Lopez guessed the first grenade ignited more. “I don’t know if one grenade is strong enough to do this,” he said. “But his body was completely unrecognizable. There were shreds everywhere ...” Guys in his unit got sick. Others cried. Lopez raised his hand. He knew the guy. He had ridden with him on the bus, the one that took him to U.S. Army registration in Oakland. It wasn’t a friendship, per se, but Lopez felt a duty to that soldier. “They asked for volunteers to go pick him up,” he said. “I felt some sense of brotherhood, some sense of connection toward him, so I volunteered. “They gave us body bags,” he said. “We collected no more than half of his remains.” It was Lopez’s first sortie (an attack made by troops coming out of a defensive position) and his second day in-country. He was 21 years old.

Not wanting to be in the military It wasn’t supposed to be this way for Lopez. A National Merit Scholar in high school in San Diego, Lopez spent his freshman year of college at UC San Diego. But he felt lost and unsupported there. Like high school, he said, his was one of the only — or very few — brown faces in his classes. He left school. He worked. He traveled. He rode a cargo ship to Europe. He came home. He had his heart broken. The Vietnam War did not play a central role in how Lopez was navigating that period of his life. That is, until he moved from Southern California to Santa Rosa. Lopez had just turned 21 and was newly married. He was working full-time as a psychiatric technician at Sonoma State Home, a job whose challenges with difficult patients and their complicated needs intrigued him, when he decided to return to school. “It was a hot time in Vietnam at that point,” he said. “I had not paid attention to registration. I was out there ﬂoating free. And again, I was not wanting to be part of this really weird enterprise we called ‘military service.’” But when he met with a junior college counselor to craft his course load in the fall of 1968, he was told he was required to register for the draft. “But, he told me I wouldn’t get drafted if I took a full course load,” Lopez said. So he did. But working full-time at the hospital and taking a full load became too much. Lopez dropped a three-unit class, which put him below the minimum number of units needed to avoid the draft. “Within a week of telling the (junior college) that I was dropping, I had a notice in the mail, ‘Greetings, you have been inducted into the (U.S.) Army,’” he said.

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Vietnam veteran Josue Lopez pauses Oct. 13 in Santa Rosa. “It is really no wonder that so many guys came back basket cases,” he said. “We saw some pretty horrible things and we lived under the clear impression that we were going to die. And not just die, but die painfully and alone.”

basic training in Washington. He remembers those weeks as a mixed bag. The war seemed oddly distant. But guys were tense and hiding it behind bravado. “I developed a bit of an attitude,” he said. “I got into physical scuffles.” There was name calling and racist trolling. “It reflected the kind of insecurity we had, calling each other cowards, saying I couldn’t be an American soldier because I’m Mexican,” he said. Black guys were particularly, and rightfully, angry, he recalled. “This racist society sending them here and here. We are training to be killers,” he said. Fear permeated everything. Lopez was assigned to the light infantry where he was tasked with carrying a grenade launcher. “I started thinking again, really hard, about running away because I didn’t want to be out there killing people,” he said. “I didn’t see the sense of going after people who hadn’t done anything to me, other young men who I didn’t know whose life I was going to Coming to terms with war end without any reason.” “It felt like I had been kidnapped, But Lopez stayed on. stolen away from what I thought was “I came to terms with it,” he said. going to be my life,” he said. “I became really curious with it too. Lopez thought about refusing. He What does it feel like to be in battle? thought about running — to Canada. What characteristics does it take? Perhaps he’d go to Mexico where he What kind of man are you, Josue? was born. He looked into what was Do you have enough strength? Do required to become a conscientious you have the will to survive? Can you objector. actually point a weapon at somebody But in the end, three weeks after and fire and kill them?” receiving his draft notice, Lopez After basic training, Lopez was boarded a 5:30 a.m. bus from Santa sent to the coastal city of Da Nang in Rosa to Oakland. Vietnam. “Da Nang was an airport, essen“I didn’t feel like there was an option,” he said. “I thought the only way tially,” he said. “It was very Third World, very low grade. It was taken out is through.” over by the military and spruced up In Oakland, his head was shaved. He was issued what he called ill-fitting enough to allow military planes to land.” fatigues and heavy boots. From Da Nang he was sent to Dau Then he was sent to eight weeks of

Lopez recalled. It didn’t make sense. And it didn’t take long, Lopez remembered. “Some explosion happens on the other side of him and his body comes looking like, what do those kids do? Cartwheels? He’s cartwheeling 13 out of 50 soldiers survived through the air without a head,” he Nearing the end of his one-year de- said. ployment, Lopez was sent with a new Lopez recalled spending the night unit to Cambodia, under the direction not moving and barely breathing. of a new captain. He heard people moving in the He was walking through thick juntrees around him, but still he didn’t gle, at the back end of their oval-like move. formation, when his group began to “Literally, nobody tries to get up to sense trouble. look. There is fire coming in,” he said. “We recognize that we are marching “We are pinned down for the entire along a path that has been established night.” already. The dirt is pounded down,” Today, he believes those noises he he said. “Someone points off to the heard when things were quiet were side and there is a latrine hole. Now North Vietnamese soldiers removing and then I catch sight of a wire up bodies through the jungle as they in the trees, a communication wire pulled out. probably.” “Now they were going to be facing As one of the more experienced a much bigger force of Americans so soldiers in the group, and the one they weren’t going to stick around,” with the grenade launcher, Lopez was he said. at the farthest rear position. It was By morning, Lopez heard new noisexposed. It felt dangerous. es. American voices. “Those of us who are experienced Finally he allowed himself to stand are shaking our heads because our up and look around. so-called captain is up front de“Standing up? It was scarier than manding we move on,” he said. “And s**t,” he said. a bunch of us are saying, ‘This is When Lopez stood, the horror occupied.’” became clear. Then Lopez laid eyes on a North Of the 50 or so soldiers he had been Vietnamese soldier to one side of him. marching with hours before, 13 had No more than 10 yards away, he said. survived, he said. They both fired their weapons, but “It is really no wonder that so many Lopez was using a grenade launcher. guys came back basket cases,” he He didn’t hit the soldier directly, but said. “We saw some pretty horrible no matter. He was sure he’d killed things and we lived under the clear him. impression that we were going to die. Gunfire immediately erupted every- And not just die, but die painfully and where, Lopez said. He used his helmet alone.” to dig a shallow trench and rolled into it. You can reach Staff Columnist Kerry To his right, Lopez spied a soldier in Benefield at 707-526-8671 or kerry. his unit who had dropped to one knee. benefield@pressdemocrat.com. He was yelling while shooting wildly, On Twitter @benefield. Tieng, a region in the southern end of Vietnam, just north of Ho Chi Minh City, more commonly known now as Saigon. That was where his fellow soldier triggered his own grenade belt.

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Vietnam veteran Gary Greenough pauses Oct. 18 at the Paciﬁc Coast Air Museum at the Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa. Greenough served on the USS Ranger aircraft carrier, which was stationed off the coast of Vietnam during the war. He was part of the team that kept the ﬁghter planes in the air.

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off, does a slow roll and crashes.”

comic “gave me a ration of guff” for the way he was sitting. Bob Hope and his USO tour "Good times during bad During Greenough’s first times,’ Greenough said in an CONTINUED FROM O6 “cruise” to the combat zone in email. Fortunately, with the carriVietnam, the crew of the USS After Greenough’s military er turned into the wind (as is Ranger were treated to a visit service ended, he returned to routine when planes are taking from Bob Hope and his USO tour California and started college off or landing) the plane was efcompany. studies at Chabot College in fectively “punched in the nose” Greenough, dressed in his Hayward. He later transferred by the wind, Greenough said. Lone Ranger costume with to Santa Rosa Junior College “Everything is configured for his plastic horse, was set up in and ended up getting a job as a landing,” he said. “It hits really the hangar bay. He was sitting ranger with the Sonoma County hard on the flight deck and the side-saddle to watch the show. Regional Parks, where he hook, the tail hook on the plane, Hope had apparently spotted worked for two decades. bounces over all four wires and him and decided to go off script, “After 20 years, I got a little does not catch and the plane takes Greenough said, adding that the tired of working every weekend

and holiday so I transferred over to code enforcement at (Permit Sonoma) and finished up my 30 (years) with code enforcement,” he said. Since retiring, Greenough has devoted endless hours as an amateur historian documenting the role local residents played during the Vietnam War. Two years ago, he helped organize a ceremony that honored the 59 Sonoma County residents who died during the conflict. He’s now a key spokesman for the Pacific Coast Air Museum, sharing his extensive knowl-

edge of military aircraft. But his greatest passion is doing what he can to bring dignity to the memory of Vietnam veterans. “Vietnam veterans have ﬁnally gotten their due,” he said. “Vietnam veterans no longer have the stigmatization they used to have because the public’s heart has changed.” You can reach Staff Writer Martin Espinoza at 707-521-5213 or martin.espinoza@pressdemocrat.com. On Twitter @pressreno.

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‘I was a daydreamer’ Historians view the Battle of Hamburger Hill as a signal moment in the war’s long passage. Seventy-two U.S. soldiers died in the battle and 372 were wounded. The mountain was surrendered two weeks after American forces took it because it was deemed to have no strategic value. It spurred a storm of political criticism and public outcry that further bolstered the anti-war movement. At the time, Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy, already a critic of the broader war policies, famously inveighed against the U.S. battlefield tactics. And it prompted a change in those tactics from “maximum pressure” to “protective reaction” — essentially, from taking the fight to the enemy, to launching offensive operations only when threatened by North Vietnamese or Viet Cong troops. Weston stayed clear of the arguments. “I’d done my time,” he said. Now at 74, he is still burly. Still 6-foot-1. Still living with his life in focus. “I was a daydreamer pre-Army,” he said. “After the Army, I was not.“ A registered nurse since 1992, he belongs to federal and state medical teams that respond to hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires and other disasters, though he works mostly in an administrative role nowadays. He is married and has two sons and two

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Vietnam veteran Mark Weston pauses Oct. 6 with his 1941 Dodge Half Ton Army truck near Forestville. Below, Weston’s bookcases are full of military books at his home near Forestville. grandchildren. Weston looks back at the war he lives with daily. “The pride,” he said, “you cannot believe. As a baby boomer, hearing the stories of our fathers coming home from World War II. Hearing about … places like Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal, the Ardennes forest. D-Day. Normandy. I mean, you say those words and you go, ‘Wow. Wow.’ And here I am. So many years later.” Then in a hushed tone, “And I participated in a ‘Wow.’ “I mean, when my grandkids ﬁnally understand what grandpa did. And they can take that information to school or write that paper in college. Yeah, I’m extremely proud of that.” You can reach Staff Writer Jeremy Hay at 707-387-2960 or jeremy.hay@pressdemocrat.com. On Twitter @jeremyhay

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Kate O’Hare-Palmer served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during the Vietnam War. She shares her story on Oct. 12 at her home in Petaluma.

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Nightmares, PTSD At some point during the war, O’Hare-Palmer got engaged to a helicopter pilot. After her tours were up and she returned to the U.S., she waited for him — but found herself wanting to go back. “Because you saw what was happening on the news, and you knew that you could help,” she said. “That’s what happens, I think, in most wars. It gets to the point where you’re really not fighting the enemy. You’re just trying to help each other stay alive.” The helicopter pilot eventually came home too. But before they could get married, O’HarePalmer came to realize how badly the war had damaged her. “I started having these nightmares. Really bad. And I was grinding my teeth. And I was having blood drip down all the walls.” Kate O’Hare-Palmer holds her Vietnam Women’s Memorial commemorative book. “That’s what happens, I think, in most wars. It gets to the point The terrible visions weren’t where you’re really not fighting the enemy. You’re just trying to help each other stay alive,” she said. only in her dreams. “When I woke up, I would see blood dripping on me. And I was trying to get the blood off of me. I would even go take a shower, it was so real.” Fearing she was losing her mind, O’Hare-Palmer left her fiancé and returned to California. In 1972, she moved to the Bay Area, “And I started over.” She went to UC Berkeley, like she’d always wanted, earning a degree in nutrition. Throughout her adult life she remained a “workaholic,” as she put it, later coming to realize that this is a common trait of people with post-traumatic stress disorder. Before the 1990s, however, “We didn’t know what PTSD was.”

Peacetime work

A photo of Kate O’Hare-Palmer in Vietnam.

Although her wartime service was over, O’Hare-Palmer’s work with fellow war veterans was only beginning. She worked in Veterans Affairs hospitals, and joined organizations such as Military Women Across the Nation, which connected her with others who shared her experiences. Later she married an emergency room doctor, and in 1990 they moved with their two young daughters to the North Bay, where, “We opened up the hospital, Santa Rosa Kaiser” – which that year had leveled up from a medical center to a full-service hospital. The couple bought land in Healdsburg, and O’Hare-Palmer worked as a nursing supervisor

for Kaiser. “And then we got divorced, building the dream house,” she said with a laugh. A busy mom, she took her children and moved to Petaluma in 1997, where she still resides.

around the country gathered for the dedication, many gained new insight into the physical and psychological damage the war caused them. “We realized the same things were happening to all of us,” O’Hare-Palmer said. 'We did a good job’ For years, cancer, infertility, Healing from trauma was a PTSD and other ailments had slow process for O’Hare-Palmer. plagued them — but they never It didn’t help that the military understood how universal the devalued women’s wartime problems were. service, or that society had yet to Their eyes were opened in angrasp the enormous effect PTSD other way as well: to the critical had on the lives of veterans. role they’d played in the war, the But in 1993, a friend convinced lives they’d saved, and the gratiher to attend the dedication of tude many still felt for them. the Vietnam Women’s Memorial “When they dedicated this in Washington, D.C. memorial, we had a parade. And “It changed my life,” she said. there were all these people there. As female veterans from … What we didn’t know, all the

Kate O’Hare-Palmer is included in a Vietnam Women’s Memorial commemorative book. men were there for us.” As the women marched down Constitution Avenue, combat veterans came up to them carrying old medical records. The papers had “our names, because we had to sign the sheets. They were looking for us. They were looking for us to say thank you.” “Because to us it was just a big blur,” O’Hare said. “It took years of therapy to really own that — own that we did a good job.” Don Frances is editor of the Petaluma Argus-Courier. Reach him at don.frances@arguscourier.com.

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NAPA COUNTY

TYSON V. BEALL

RONALD A. BEARDSLEY

MICHAEL R. BISHOP

Jan. 20, 1948-May 6, 1969

Aug. 10, 1947-Oct. 31, 1968

March 25,1948-Dec. 16, 1968

Hometown: Napa Branch: Army Rank: Corporal

Hometown: Napa Branch: Army Rank: Private ﬁrst class

Of the 58,220 Americans who died in the Vietnam War, more from Sonoma, Napa, Lake and Mendocino counties. Photos a

By MICHE

NORTH BAY BUS

ROBERT H. BUEHLER

LOUIS CASTRO

MICHAEL R. CLASEN

Sept. 5, 1948-Sept. 22, 1968

May 21, 1936-April 13, 1969

July 8, 1946-Aug. 25, 1968

Hometown: Napa Branch: Army Rank: Private ﬁrst class

Hometown: Union Branch: Army Rank: Sergeant 1st class

Hometown: Napa Branch: Navy Rank: Hospital Corpsman P3

ROBERT L. COONROD

MICHAEL ELKINTON

ARNOLD J. FERRARI

Nov. 11, 1943-Aug. 28, 1968

Sept. 30-1949-July 18, 1968

Aug. 7, 1941-March 31, 1968

Hometown: Napa Branch: Army Rank: Private ﬁrst class

Hometown: Calistoga Branch: Army Rank: Corporal

Hometown: Napa Branch: Marine Corps Rank: Staff sergeant

JIMMY L. FISHER

ROBERT E. FLANNERY JR.

JAMES P. FRANCIS

Aug. 23, 1947-Nov. 15, 1967

Sept. 26,1947-May 3, 1967

Oct. 28, 1946-May 27, 1969

Hometown: Calistoga Branch: Army Rank: Corporal

Hometown: St. Helena Branch: Marine Corps Rank: Private ﬁrst class

Hometown: Napa Branch: Army Rank: Staff sergeant

STEVEN G. HICKS

JACK D. LANELLI

DAN S. LONG

Feb. 3-1948-May 22, 1968

April 1, 1945-Aug. 31, 1965

Jan. 17, 1948-April 9, 1969

Hometown: Napa Hometown: Napa Branch: Army Branch: Army Rank: Specialist 4th class Rank: Specialist 5th class

Hometown: St. Helena Branch: Marine Corps Rank: Private ﬁrst class

PATRICK D. MORIARTY April 17, 1930-March 9, 1968

Hometown: Napa Branch: Navy Rank: Hospital Corpsman CPO

RICKY A. MYERS

JERRY W. OFSTEDAHL

July 27, 1947-Jan. 29, 1968

June 27, 1949-Aug. 13, 1969

Hometown: Napa Branch: Army Rank: Private ﬁrst class

Hometown: Napa Branch: Army Rank: Sergeant

GARY W. RODRIGUES

LAWRENCE R. SHEPARD

THOMAS J. SILVA

June 24, 1945-May 5, 1967

July 22, 1949-May 12, 1969

Dec. 15, 1948-April 3, 1970

Hometown: Napa Branch: Army Rank: Specialist 4th class

Hometown: Napa Branch: Army Rank: Sergeant

Hometown: Napa Branch: Army Rank: Specialist 4th class

STEPHEN L. TOWNSEND

CHARLES H. VESEY

ROBERT A. WILLIAMS

March 20, 1950-Sept. 26, 1968

April 15, 1946-April 20, 1969

July 15, 1945-June 19, 1969

Hometown: Calistoga Branch: Army Rank: Sergeant

Hometown: Napa Branch: Marine Corps Rank: Sergeant

Hometown: Napa Branch: Army Rank: Chief Warrant Ofﬁcer

SONOMA

CLINTON R. ANDERSON

DAVID W. AYERS

DUANE R. BAUMGARDNER

WILLIAM D. BLESSMAN

July 10, 1941-Feb. 22, 1966

Hometown: Healdsburg Branch: Army Rank: 2nd Lieutenant

THOMAS R. BOWEN

May 20, 1945-July 20, 1970

Sept. 15, 1948-June 2, 1969

Aug. 19, 1947-June 17, 1967

Nov. 19, 1949-April 1, 1970

Hometown: Simi Branch: Army Rank: Captain

Hometown: Cloverdale Branch: Army Rank: Specialist 4th class

Hometown: Sebastopol Branch: Army Rank: Sergeant

Hometown: Forestville Branch: Army Rank: Private ﬁrst class

MANCOL R. CLIFTON

DONALD H. COLEMAN

DALE L. DAVIS

RONALD L. DOOLITTLE

CHARLES D. DORMAN

June 2, 1930-Dec. 18, 1968

April 14, 1943-Feb. 13, 1968

July 21, 1947-Oct. 15, 1968

Nov. 14, 1947-Oct. 19, 1968

Dec. 12, 1946-May 12, 1968

Hometown: Santa Rosa Branch: Marine Corps Rank: Sergeant

Hometown: Healdsburg Branch: Army Rank: Staff sergeant

Hometown: Santa Rosa Branch: Army Rank: Sergeant

Hometown: Santa Rosa Branch: Army Rank: Specialist 5th class

Hometown: Santa Rosa Branch: Army Rank: Corporal

EDSALL A. FRICK

FREDERICK W. HAAS

JOSEPH A. HADLEY

DAVID L. HARDING

MICHAEL P. HOURIGAN

Sept. 16, 1946-Nov. 4, 1968

Feb. 2, 1946-Feb. 15, 1968

March 24, 1947-Dec. 2, 1968

May 14, 1949-Feb. 18, 1970

May 27, 1947-June 1, 1968

Hometown: Petaluma Branch: Army Rank: 1st lieutenant

Hometown: Santa Rosa Branch: Army Rank: Specialist 4th class

Hometown: Santa Rosa Branch: Army Rank: 2nd lieutenant

Hometown: Rohnert Park Branch: Army Rank: Sergeant

Hometown: Santa Rosa Branch: Army Rank: 2nd lieutenant

RODNEY E. MARRUFO JR.

GREGORY L. MARTIN

SIGURD M. MESSER

JOHN P. MILLS

WILLIAM E. MONTGOMERY

Aug. 18, 1947-May 23, 1968

July 24, 1947-April 19, 1967

March 20, 1947-July 10, 1967

Sept. 7, 1947-Oct. 18, 1968

Jan. 1, 1947-Aug. 9, 1965

Hometown: Stewarts Point Branch: Army Rank: Specialist 4th class

Hometown: Simi Branch: Marine Corps Rank: Private ﬁrst class

Hometown: Eldridge Branch: Navy Rank: Hospital apprentice

Hometown: Sebastopol Branch: Army Rank: Sergeant

Hometown: Healdsburg Branch: Army Rank: Specialist 4th class

EDWARD G. RAINFORD

RICHARD A. RENNING

CAMERON A. RICE

JOSEPH M. RODRIGUES

DANA G. ROSE

Nov. 23, 1944-June 29, 1968

Nov. 11, 1929-Jan. 12, 1969

March 30, 1946-June 19, 1967

June 9, 1948-Feb. 2, 1968

Jan. 15, 1948-Dec. 31, 1966

Hometown: Santa Rosa Branch: Army Rank: Sergeant

Hometown: Glen Ellen Branch: Navy Rank: Lieutenant

Hometown: Petaluma Branch: Army Rank: Corporal

Hometown: Santa Rosa Branch: Army Rank: Specialist 4th class

Hometown: Santa Rosa Branch: Marine Corps Rank: Lance corporal

EDWARD W. WOODRUFF

DOUGLAS P. ZERBA

BRIGGS K. SICILIA

JOHN H. SNYDER

EDRICK D. STEVENS

WILLIAM D. THOMAS

April 28, 1942-Nov. 19, 1966

Sept. 14, 1949-Aug. 31, 1970

Aug. 26, 1937-Jan. 1, 1969

Aug. 24, 1947-Oct. 15, 1967

Feb. 16, 1948-Nov. 6, 1967

June 20, 1932-Dec. 15, 1967

Hometown: Napa Branch: Army Rank: Private ﬁrst class

Hometown: Santa Rosa Branch: Army Rank: Captain

Hometown: Santa Rosa Branch: Air Force Rank: Airman 2nd class

Hometown: Simi Branch: Army Rank: Private ﬁrst class

Hometown: Healdsburg Branch: Navy Rank: Builder (Concrete) P2

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than 100 of those soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines hailed and information from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund.

LEE A. ADAMS

DONALD G. ARMSTRONG

JOHN R. BABCOCK

July 29, 1938-April 19, 1966

May 5, 1935-April 2, 1970 Hometown: Ukiah Branch: Army Rank: Sergeant 1st class

Feb. 10, 1944-Dec. 18, 1968

Hometown: Willits Branch: Air Force Rank: 1st. lieutenant

STEPHEN C. BRUNTON

KENNETH A. BUTLER JR

EUGENE C. CAMPBELL

July 4, 1948-Aug. 18, 1968

Oct. 7, 1947-July 23, 1968

July 1, 1947-Aug. 27, 1967

Hometown: Ukiah Branch: Navy Rank: Boatswain’s Mate P3

Hometown: Willits Branch: Army Rank: Specialist 4th class

Hometown: Redwood Valley Branch: Marine Corps Rank: Lance corporal

CHARLES E. CRAIN

DANIEL G. DAWSON

DENNIS P. DUNSING

Oct. 18, 1947-July 2, 1967

July 23, 1938-Nov. 6, 1964

April 13, 1943-May 6, 1968

Hometown: Redwood Valley Branch: Army Rank: Private ﬁrst class

Hometown: Ft. Bragg Branch: Army Rank: Captain

Hometown: Ukiah Branch: Army Rank: Private ﬁrst class

CLINTON B. FACKRELL

EDMUND H. FRENYEA

ROBERT M. LATHROPE

Dec. 7, 1943-April 13, 1966

May 24, 1930-Jan. 22, 1966

Oct. 23, 1943-Aug. 24, 1965

Hometown: Willits Branch: Army Rank: Sergeant

Hometown: Ukiah Branch: Navy Rank: Master Chief Aircraft Maintenanceman

Hometown: Mendocino Branch: Navy Rank: Builder (Light construction) P3

CLYDE A. LUCAS

VICTOR L. PAINE

CLYDE E. RAINS

Feb. 3, 1948-March 26, 1969

Oct. 30, 1946-July 7, 1966

Feb. 4, 1948-March 4, 1969

Hometown: Mendocino Branch: Army Rank: Specialist 5th class

Hometown: South Fork Branch: Marine Corps Rank: Corporal

Hometown: Covelo Branch: Army Rank: Sergeant

LOUIS C. SCHLOTTE

LEWIS L. SHORT

RONALD L. WAFFORD

Feb. 3, 1932-April 16, 1968

Dec. 12, 1947-Aug. 7, 1969

April 1, 1945-Aug. 24, 1965

Hometown: Ft. Bragg Branch: Navy Rank: Boatswain’s Mate P1

Hometown: Covelo Branch: Army Rank: Specialist 4th class

Hometown: Ukiah Branch: Marine Corps Rank: Lance corporal

Hometown: Newport Branch: Navy Rank: Lieutenant junior grade

ELLE FOX

SINESS JOURNAL

A COUNTY

JOHN N. BREWER

JAMES A. BULLINGTON

DEAN H. BURNS

CHARLES J. CATELLI

DAVID M. CHANEY

Aug. 16, 1947-Jan. 11, 1968

Nov. 26, 1945- May 6, 1967

Sept. 10, 1947-March 31, 1968

Nov. 3, 1947-Jan. 4, 1969

April 4, 1941-April 16, 1967

Hometown: Sonoma Branch: Army Rank: Private ﬁrst class

Hometown: Santa Rosa Branch: Army Rank: Warrant ofﬁcer

Hometown: Sonoma Branch: Army Rank: Private ﬁrst class

Hometown: Santa Rosa Branch: Army Rank: Specialist 4th class

Hometown: Santa Rosa Branch: Air Force Rank: Airman 1st class

GREGORY L. DUNN

THEODORE G. FELAND

ROBERT A. FENTON

RICKIE D. FISCHER

STEFFAN M. FREDSTI

Feb. 3, 1949- Nov. 13, 1967

Aug. 14, 1934-April 20, 1961

March 7, 1946-May 4, 1966

March 6, 1947-April 14, 1967

Hometown: Sonoma Branch: Army Rank: Specialist 4th class

July 20, 1948-Dec. 4, 1967

Hometown: Santa Rosa Branch: Army Rank: Private ﬁrst class

Hometown: Boyes Hot Springs Branch: Army Rank: Private ﬁrst class

Hometown: Santa Rosa Branch: Marine Corps Rank: Private

Hometown: Simi Branch: Marine Corps Rank: Lance corporal

JASON D. HUNNICUTT

G. B. JACKSON JR.

DAVID A. KARDELL

RONALD D. MARCRUM

July 18, 1949-June 7, 1969

Hometown: Santa Rosa Branch: Marine Corps Rank: Private ﬁrst class

REGINALD V. MAISEY JR.

June 12, 1939-May 9, 1965

Nov. 17, 1934-Jan. 31, 1968

Feb. 25, 1946-Oct. 15, 1967

Hometown: Sonoma Branch: Navy Rank: Lieutenant

Hometown: Sonoma Branch: Air Force Rank: Captain

Hometown: Monte Rio Branch: Army Rank: Specialist 4th class

Hometown: Petaluma Branch: Marine Corps Rank: Private ﬁrst class

Sept. 15, 1948-Sept. 17, 1968

THOMAS J. OGLETHORPE

GERALD T. PARMETER

LAWRENCE L. PETERSEN

THOMAS M. PHILLIPS

BABE PINOLE

March 5, 1947-Feb. 24, 1966

Sept. 4, 1947-May 24, 1968

Feb. 7, 1949-June 26, 1970

Feb. 11, 1948-Sept. 13, 1968

Dec. 12, 1944-Dec. 7, 1968

Hometown: Petaluma Branch: Army Rank: Private ﬁrst class

Hometown: Cazadero Branch: Army Rank: Sergeant

Hometown: Eldridge Branch: Army Rank: Specialist 4th class

Hometown: Healdsburg Branch: Marine Corps Rank: Corporal

Hometown: Santa Rosa Branch: Marine Corps Rank: Lance corporal

JEFFREY S. WESOLOWSKI Aug. 24, 1950-June 19, 1971

Hometown: Ukiah Branch: Army Rank: Specialist 4th class

LAKE COUNTY ROBERT E. RUONAVAARA

JERRY D. SCHROEDER

ROBERT E. SCHULZE

BARRY M. SEARBY

ROBERT L. SHARPLESS

Aug. 7, 1943-March 29, 1967

Jan. 21, 1943-Jan. 3,1968

Oct. 16, 1950-July 27, 1971

May 7, 1948-March 16, 1970

July 19, 1949-Feb. 9, 1968

Hometown: Healdsburg Branch: Air Force Rank: Airman 1st class

Hometown: Santa Rosa Branch: Army Rank: Specialist 4th class

Hometown: Santa Rosa Branch: Navy Rank: Seaman

Hometown: Santa Rosa Branch: Navy Rank: Aviation electronics technician (Navigation) 2nd class

Hometown: Santa Rosa Branch: Army Rank: Private ﬁrst class

CHARLES P. TORLIATT JR.

STEPHEN L. WEIGT

LARRY E. WITTLER

June 7, 1947-Feb. 9, 1968

Oct. 14, 1947-March 21, 1969

Nov. 18, 1948-Feb. 1, 1968

Hometown: Petaluma Branch: Army Rank: Private ﬁrst class

Hometown: Cloverdale Branch: Army Rank: Specialist 4th class

Hometown: Petaluma Branch: Army Rank: Private

EDWIN A. ZUMWALT May 13, 1950-June 16, 1969

Hometown: Santa Rosa Branch: Marine Corps Rank: Private

LEWIS D. GROTHE

PAUL W. HILL

April 22, 1946-Jan. 10, 1967

Sept. 25, 1946-Sept. 26, 1967

Hometown: Lakeport Branch: Army Rank: Specialist 4th class

Hometown: Upper Lake Branch: Navy Rank: Hospitalman

DAVID C. LINDBERG Sept. 17, 1937-May 21, 1967

Hometown: Lakeport Branch: Air Force Rank: Captain

ROBERT T. MILLS July 13, 1942-June 26, 1972

Hometown: Clearlake Highlands Branch: Navy Rank: Gunner’s Mate (Guns) P1

GEORGE L. SILVA June 11, 1948-Feb. 23, 1969

Hometown: Nice Branch: Marine Corps Rank: Lance corporal

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MICHAEL PATRICK BRANCH: U.S. ARMY

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Michael Patrick was part of MACV, a Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. It was a joint-service command of the U.S. Department of Defense, composed of forces from the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Air Force, as well as each branch’s respective special operations forces. Patrick pauses Oct. 19 in Petaluma near a Viet Cong battle ﬂag with bullet holes and stained with blood, given to him by a military counterpart.

‘I don’t need to relive it’ Veteran learned to emotionally detach while overseas and how to use fear, courage

By ANDREW GRAHAM THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

f everything Michael Patrick saw and learned in the Vietnam War, what stuck with him most — and frightened him most — is what he learned about himself. “The biggest thing that scared me, probably, was knowing what I was capable of doing to another human being,” he said. “It was a matter of survival and I was able to rationalize it — him or me, well I choose me — but it’s amazing what you learn about yourself and that’s what scared me.” Patrick, 76, eschews vivid recountings of combat. But his tour of duty in the Vietnam War, which lasted from March 1969 until April 1970, was not a pencil-pushing one. He was MACV — Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. It was a joint-service command of the U.S. Department of Defense, composed of forces from the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Air Force, as well as each branch’s respective special operations forces. The designation meant he spent the war embedded with a South Vietnamese army battalion — a part of the 9th Division of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam — as a military adviser, but advising was far from his full job. Patrick fought alongside the South Vietnamese troops in the jungles and waterways of southern Vietnam. The battalion he embedded with “wanted to fight,” he said. “And they did fight and they weren't afraid to fight.” Even when pushed, he declined to described specifics. “I’ve lived through it once. I don’t need to relive it,” he said. But he recalled telling his son that he engaged in close combat in addition to firefights. “You definitely remember the first time you kill,” he said, “and then after that it’s just staying alive. You don’t count.” He learned, he said, to turn off his emotions. “I can be very cold-hearted if I have to be and just keep moving forward.”

Discovering fear, courage He was in the ﬁeld for the duration of his service except for brief respites in safe cities and towns. Helicopters ﬂew his battalion into Cambodia during the U.S.’s controversial incursion into that country to try and disrupt North Vietnamese supplies and troops moving along the so-called Ho Chi Minh Trail. His prior arrival in Vietnam set the tone for the rest of his time in the war — where he discovered the limits of his fear and courage. A helicopter dropped him off on a nondescript road in the jungle. He was told to walk down the road until

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A fake Viet Cong commendation was given to Michael Patrick as a souvenir by the South Vietnamese interpreter he worked with during the Vietnam War. The souvenir that hangs on a wall in Patrick’s home in Petaluma. he ran into the South Vietnamese troops he would march and fight with for the next year. He grew close with the soldiers he was embedded with and advised them via his own military training. When away from the front lines, he dined with his interpreter and his family on traditional Vietnamese food. His office in Petaluma holds war memorabilia, including a bullet-riddled North Vietnamese flag captured following a three-day firefight. The discolorations on it are human blood, Patrick said. The commander of his South Vietnamese unit gave him the North Vietnamese flag as a gift after the battle. For Patrick, though, the gunfire didn’t end with the war. He became a police officer in Sausalito. Responding to a midnight burglary call in the hills above the waterside town, Patrick was shot by a suspect and the bullet struck him in the area near his liver. He shot back and wounded the suspect, who is now in state prison. It wasn’t until after the gunfire Patrick realized he was wearing an armored vest. The .38-caliber round fired by the burglar left a bruise the size of a softball. “Combat,” Patrick said. “You’ve

got to keep going until you can’t go anymore.”

Combat mentality His ability to stay emotionally detached amid tragedy, which he learned in combat, has beneﬁted him in other ways too. Patrick, who left the police force as a detective after nearly 20 years, switched careers and became a registered nurse. When his wife underwent brain surgery for a tumor, doctors gave her a year to live, he said. He spent two years as her personal nurse. The doctors were wrong, though. She lived another 25 years until April 2020. Patrick spent the last year and a half again serving as her nurse, only this time providing hospice care. “When she passed I was very stoic,” he said. “I just kept going on and never let nothing bother me — didn't show any emotion, no nothing in front of other people. And then I get off by myself and then I break down. You have this image, and I have to maintain that image.” People say “well that’s post-traumatic stress disorder,” Patrick said. “Call it what you want. I don’t know TURN TO RELIVE » PAGE O19

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Photos of Michael Patrick during his service as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army in Vietnam from 1969-70.

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JOHN LOGAN BRANCH: U.S. ARMY

PHOTOS BY CHAD SURMICK / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Vietnam war veteran John Logan pauses on Oct. 5 at his Santa Rosa. He was a member of the airmobile infantry, assigned to the north-central part of South Vietnam, with Company A of the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry of the Army’s 1st Cavalry Division.

Vietnam is only a memory away After returning home, Santa Rosa resident became an advocate for North Bay veterans By MARY CALLAHAN THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

he shocked looks on the faces of the four Viet Cong soldiers in the moments before one of them shot and severely wounded him in Vietnam remain vividly clear in John Logan’s mind 56 years later. The men must have thought they’d managed to escape him, but Logan, a rifleman with the U.S. Army’s 1st Cavalry Division, had ducked through a small cave opening and come up behind them and taken them by surprise. It had already been a horrible, bloody morning. Five of Logan’s friends and comrades had been blown apart in front of him. He then worked side by side with other soldiers to recover what pieces of those men remained. So, when he and his squad were sent out a short time later to chase down enemy soldiers on a nearby ridge, he was angry and moving fast. He had almost caught up to the last of the Viet Cong group during a running firefight when the enemy soldiers slipped into a hillside. Logan, then 21, lunged in after them. “I could see the surprise on their face, that I had followed them in, and so it gave me an edge,” Logan, now 77, said. He quickly shot and killed three of the soldiers before the fourth fired his AK-47, twice. Both rounds tore into Logan’s right thigh, shattering his femur and tearing apart the soft tissue. He managed to kill the fourth man before he fell backward toward the cave door, where two of his squad members pulled him out. “I thought they’d blown my leg off because, you know ... it was just flopping there,” Logan recalled. From his hospital experience, he knew “if they hit my femoral (artery) I’ve got like three minutes,” he said. “And then I tried to move my foot, and I could, so I knew they hadn’t hit the nerve.”

Always on the move It was Aug. 22, 1967, and Logan, now a longtime Santa Rosa resident, had been in the country for 110 days. He was a member of the airmobile infantry, assigned to the north-central part of South Vietnam, with Company A of the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry of the Army’s 1st Cavalry Division. Helicopters would drop members of his platoon into the countryside for three or four days at a time, sometimes less. They were always on the move, ready to confront the enemy, stopping only long enough to get food, supplies and fresh clothes, and to acquire whatever medical treatment might be needed. Despite being the son of a career military man, Logan was already

Vietnam war veteran John Logan’s Purple Heart paperwork shown at his Santa Rosa home. He remembers a medic telling him a day or so later, “You’ve got a million-dollar wound. You’re going home.” opposed to the war when he joined it. Even so, he left an apartment in San Jose and a job in the emergency medical department at what was then Santa Clara Valley Medical Center to report for basic training at Fort Ord, then an Army training post, along the Pacific Coast at Monterey Bay. In April 1967, prior to shipping out from Fairfield’s Travis Air Force Base, he and his high school girlfriend, Janis Tanaka, got married. They’re still married today. Upon arrival in country, he was taken to base camp in An Khe. Logan was only there a day before he was put on a flight to Pleiku and the hills. Though his squad moved back and forth between the highlands and the coast, he never returned to base camp. During one mission, Logan remembered his squad staying near a beautiful freshwater stream and waterfall. They drank deeply, bathed and washed their clothes — unaware of the risk posed by the Agent Orange that had previously been sprayed overhead. He now believes, “That stream running down there was all Agent Orange.” U.S. forces used the chemical herbicide to defoliate the vegetation and prevent potential ambushes. At another time, he and his fellow soldiers were surrounded by aircraft carrying huge rubber bladders filled with the stuff — the dust from the dried herbicide whipped around in the air, mobilized by the helicopter

Vietnam war veteran John Logan’s U.S. Army portrait shown at his home. rotors. Logan is now ﬁghting four kinds of cancer, on top of the diabetes diagnosed earlier — all presumptive conditions resulting from Agent Orange exposure. “We’ve all known for — what — 30 years that this stuff can happen to you. So, at least for me, it’s always been in the back of my mind that this was going to happen,” Logan said.

Side of the helicopter was red The bleak August day that ended his combat service started with about 44 soldiers escorting two tanks back

to the coast highway. A soldier named Balthazar had taken point but was being rushed by a tank commander, Logan said. In his hurry, the soldier stepped on a small land mine that blew off much of his foot. Two other men, one a close friend of Logan’s, got Balthazar on a stretcher and were taking him to a medevac helicopter when a Viet Cong soldier hiding in a bamboo thicket detonated a large artillery shell buried in the road. The man on the stretcher and those carrying it were all killed. “One of the images I remember most was the whole side of the helicopter was red,” Logan said. “And I looked at the pilot, and he had this absolute terror on his face as he jerked the rotor and ﬂew away.” Logan, who had been running to help load the stretcher, was thrown backward by the blast, which ﬁlled his eyes, nose and mouth with dirt.” He said except for a mild concussion “... I didn’t have a scratch on me.” Two other men were killed by shrapnel. One of them, his sergeant, took several minutes to die. Leaning on his hospital experience, he stayed with him until the end. Logan was among those next directed to bag the body parts. He said he still remembers the names of all the men killed that day. It was later that morning when Logan dove into the cave and confronted the four Viet Cong, as well as his own TURN TO MEMORY » PAGE O20

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GARY COFFLAND BRANCH: U.S. AIR FORCE

PHOTOS BY CHAD SURMICK / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Gary Coffland smiles Oct. 9 at his Santa Rosa home. In 1971, Coffland was a sergeant and was sent to the Royal Thai Air Force Base in Korat, Thailand which was connected to a U.S. Army base called Camp Friendship where he had top secret-security clearance. He was maintaining the computer systems that managed classified communication.

Supporting those in combat

Veteran maintained computer systems, classiﬁed communications while serving in Thailand By JENNIFER GRAUE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

he Vietnam War wasn’t just a conflict between the country’s north and south factions, or democracy and communism. It was a war that forced many young Americans to make undesirable choices. It was a time when a sense of duty and one’s beliefs, while not diametrically opposed, were sometimes in conflict. Sonoma resident Gary Coffland has understood that nuance for more than five decades. Speaking with a raspy voice and a slight cough during a recent interview, Coffland assured a reporter he didn’t have a cold. With good-natured sarcasm, he mentioned that he’d recently received another “award” for his military service. “I was diagnosed with lymphoma and hypothyroidism earlier this year,” he said. Coffland, 74, retired in 2011 from a long career in high tech. He credits his time in the U.S. Air Force with giving him his start in the industry, which included time as the lead technician on a cruise missile launch control system, a stint with a GPS start-up and finally with Cisco Systems. In 2008, he and his wife of 54 years, Chris, moved to Sonoma where he has enjoyed a post-retirement career in the wine industry as the resident historian for Gundlach Bundschu. Coffland said he has always been interested in history and current events and remembered reading about Vietnam in Time magazine in the 1950s while growing up in San Carlos. He graduated from high school there in 1967 and spent a year at the College of San Mateo before getting kicked out. “I was just going there to get the deferment,” he said. “School was a way to have a year off, knowing I would wind up being drafted and I was going to need to do something about that.” At the recruitment office in Redwood City, he chose the Air Force. My dad was a Marine (in World War II). I figured that one out. I had no interest in the Army or Marines given what was going on,” he said of the treacherous nature of combat in Vietnam. “(But) I was willing to invest the time and get something out of the service.” He tested well in math and electronics, and after basic training was assigned to a year at a radar dataprocessing school at Keelser Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi. Coffland returned home to California, got married, and in December 1969 drove to Red Bluffs Air Force Station for his assignment in the Air Defense Command mobile radar program. There, he did on-the-job training with career airmen — most were

A plate of memorabilia from the Vietnam War sits on the dining room table in Gary Cofﬂand’s home on Oct. 9 in Santa Rosa. WWII and Korean War veterans.

Tough conversations It wasn’t long after the Kent State shootings on May 4, 1970, and the then20-year-old Coffland had mustered up the nerve to let his superiors know what he thought about that tragedy and the war. “They’re all talking about how great that was, and I just wasn’t having it,” he said, clarifying that they weren’t gleeful, but certainly approved of the actions of the Ohio National Guard troops, who had ﬁred on students protesting the spread of the Vietnam War into Cambodia. The shootings left four students dead and nine others injured. “The moment you shoot and kill your civilians we are no longer a democracy,” he recalled telling them. “That was shocking to those guys.” Coffland said it led to three days of intense discussions, but he said his opinions weren’t held against him because “they recognized I did my job.” In 1971, Coffland, by then a sergeant, was sent to the Royal Thai Air Force Base in Korat, Thailand which was connected to a U.S. Army base called Camp Friendship. He had top secret-security clearance, since he’d be maintaining the computer systems that managed classiﬁed communications traffic for the military. He said because he wasn’t “boots on the ground” some people, even other Vietnam veterans, are dismissive of his service. Coffland said he tries to engage them in a conversation about all the servicemen and women who were

cooks, payroll techs, or in communications, like he was, who supported those who were in combat — considered “the point of the spear.” He tells them, “’Hey, I worked on cruise missiles. Maybe we’re softening things up before you went in somewhere, or maybe the Air Force is coming in and saving your butt when you’re stuck somewhere on the ground,’” he explained. “Try to get them to have a little respect, if you will.”

Illness, chemical exposure At the beginning of 2023, Coffland said, he began having trouble eating and breathing. He had his thyroid removed and a biopsy revealed he had non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He recently underwent his seventh and final round of chemotherapy and has so far been given the all-clear. His medical diagnosis is presumed to be associated with defoliant use, such as Agent Orange, which had been sprayed around the Air Force Base in Thailand. He described the area surrounding the base as “denuded.” Prior to last year, veterans such as Coffland, who had a role in the Vietnam War but who served elsewhere during the conflict — either on the sea or in Thailand, Laos or Cambodia — weren’t entitled to the same benefits regarding debilitating conditions associated with defoliants as those who served in the country of Vietnam. That changed in August 2022 when President Biden signed into law the Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act, or PACT Act as it’s known. It was one of the largest health care

and benefit expansions in Veterans Administration history. Coffland noted that it came too late for many who served in Southeast Asia who died or were disabled due to illnesses attributed to toxic chemical exposure. “I think I ducked one for a long, long time,” he said. “It showed up with a lot of other people much earlier. Honestly, I feel lucky and I feel really bad for those people.” Every May 17, he said, he thinks about an accident in 1972 that happened on the Air Force base in Thailand, where he was stationed. A jet that had been shot up came in, and as a team of firefighters attended to it, a live ordnance aboard exploded. Six people were killed — four Thai firefighters and two Americans — and several others were injured. His eyes became watery as he spoke of the deathly silence that fell over the normally active base that day. On his Facebook page, Coffland posted a photo of his copy of the May 1, 1975 edition of Stars & Stripes with the headline “It’s Over.” In the comments he offered a lyric from the Led Zeppelin song “The Battle of Evermore”: “The pain of war cannot exceed The woe of aftermath.“ “I wasn’t the ‘point of the spear.’ I made certain I wasn’t going to be the ‘point of the spear,’” he said. “But you’re in it, you’re still surrounded by it. It doesn’t go away. It’s going to live with you.” You can reach Staff Writer Jennifer Graue at 707-521-5262 or jennifer. graue@pressdemocrat.com. On Twitter @JenInOz.

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MIKE BELLING BRANCH: NAVY

PHOTOS BY CHAD SURMICK / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Mike Belling, who was a Seabee in the Navy and entered Vietnam in 1968, pauses Oct. 20 at his Larkﬁeld home. “I spent four years in the Navy, and I never set foot on a ship,” he said. “We worked on piers and stuff, which means we had to get up on ships to do something. But they were docked.”

Returning home to hostility As a Seabee, Santa Rosa resident kept machines humming so others can do the ﬁghting By PHIL BARBER THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

ike Belling’s life seemed to pivot during a 90-minute layover in Tokyo in 1968. The ﬁrst leg of his journey to Southeast Asia, from California to Japan, had been a rowdy one. Belling was a kid, really, a month past his 18th birthday. Many of the enlisted men on his World Airways 747 were his age or only slightly older. They ordered drinks and laughed and whooped at 30,000 feet. The GIs got off the plane in Tokyo while it was being refueled. When they boarded again, everything had changed. “We got back in the plane and took off, and all of a sudden it was like a different group,” said Belling, now 74, as he sat in the comfort of his dining room in the Larkﬁeld area of Santa Rosa. “It got real quiet. I think at that point, it kind of settled in on everybody’s mind that the next time we touch down, we’re touching down in a war zone.” The somber mood grew heavier when the 747 reached its destination — Da Nang, a city on the central coast of Vietnam about 130 miles from the Demilitarized Zone separating the warring northern and southern factions of the country. As Belling’s plane approached the area that would be his home for the next 13 months, its captain came over the intercom to announce he’d have to circle a bit. Workers were patching the runway, which had been pounded by Viet Cong shells the previous night. Welcome to Vietnam.

Mike Belling uses an auger to set poles in Vietnam in 1968. He was a Seabee in the Navy, which are the engineers, construction teams and utility maintenance men and women of U.S. military operations. It was an irate U.S. general. He was hosting a party in downtown Da Nang, and didn’t appreciate the interruption. One thing you should know about Mike Belling: He’s a storyteller. His descriptions of his time in Vietnam sometimes sound like an episode of the popular TV show “M*A*S*H.” There may be a backdrop of hardship, and occasional tragedy, but the tone is usually comedic.

Becoming a Seabee It was a family friend, a Navy captain, who convinced Belling the U.S. military needed his help in halting the "cancer“ of Communism in Asia. But Belling came of age in 1960s San Francisco. He didn’t want to shoot a gun. So he compromised. He applied for, and was accepted into, the Navy’s Construction Battalions — known to all as the Seabees. The Seabees are the engineers, construction teams and utility maintenance men and women of U.S. military operations. They keep the machines humming so others can do the ﬁghting. “I spent four years in the Navy, and I never set foot on a ship,” Belling said. “We worked on piers and stuff, which means we had to get up on ships to do something. But they were docked.” Soon after, he was deployed to Public Works Da Nang, the hub of the military’s construction, electrical and water-bearing work in the I-Corps, the northernmost of South Vietnam’s four tactical zones.

‘It was never-ending’

Mike Belling holds the helmet given to him by his commander which he wore throughout his tour in Vietnam in 1968. The Navy put him to work in the generator room that powered the entire area. It was a massive facility with six “huge, bus-size generators” and a wall of switches. No more than three weeks into the job, Belling was on night watch in the generator room one evening when he attempted to bring one of the generators online, and take another one off. But he

threw the switch at the wrong time. The entire city of Da Nang (or at least those portions that were electriﬁed) and surrounding U.S. bases went black. “I blew out fuses for 40 miles,” Belling recounted. A couple minutes later, the phone rang. “Who the hell is this?!” the voice on the other end barked.

Among the tasks Belling and his fellow Seabees performed in Vietnam was planting and stringing power lines. His four-man team drove a huge truck and connected power grids around bases and towns. Sometimes they’d spend two or three days electrifying a hill the U.S. Marines had just taken. “And then we’d go back up there because they blew it all up,” he said. “It was never-ending. You had good job security.” Unlike those in the ﬁghting forces, Belling spent most of his days in shorts and boots. Not that there wasn’t danger. One day, the North Vietnamese rocketed the ammunition dump about a half-mile from Belling’s base. It set off a thunderous, slow-moving chain TURN TO SEABEE » PAGE O22

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CONTINUED FROM O14 what it is,” he said. Sitting in his home 50 years after the war, under his captured North Vietnamese ﬂag and surrounded by other combat mementos, Patrick said he “has forgiven the American people, but I’ll never forget what they did to us.” He is speaking, angrily like so many Vietnam war veterans, of the cold return they received from a general public that was disillusioned with the war and seemingly unable to separate its foot soldiers from the politicians and generals who directed their involvement in the conﬂict.

Friends keep him grounded Unlike many veterans, he never slipped into alcoholism or drug use in order to deal with his PTSD or his disillusionment, Patrick said. His lifelong friends in Petaluma, who welcomed him back and teased him when he jumped at a car backfire down the street, kept him grounded. “I had anger issues with the American public with the way we soldiers were treated and handled. But because of them it just slowly eased away,“ he said of his friends. In May, he and one of his sons took an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. — a program that provides a free flight to the capital for Veterans of Foreign Wars to visit the memorials honoring the conflicts in which they served. During the visit, school groups and students approached him, stick out their hands and said, “Thank you for your service,” Patrick recalled. As he related those more recent memories during an October interview, the soldier who became a lifelong stoic choked up with emotion. He visited the memorial with around 20 other veterans, he said. “All of us we’re getting bombarded, for lack of a better term, ”with families, kids, small kids, older kids, adults coming up and thanking us for our service. So, I think we finally got our ‘Welcome home.’ “ You can reach Staff Writer Andrew Graham at 707-526-8667 or andrew.graham@pressdemocrat.com. On Twitter @AndrewGraham88

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North Vietnamese currency is framed on a wall in Michael Patrick’s home in Petaluma. The items were given to Patrick from the U.S. military. His tour of duty in the Vietnam War lasted from March 1969 until April 1970.

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CONTINUED FROM O18 He said a lieutenant in command on the boat later told him, “’You never know. Those kids could have been wired with explosives and when we got up close, they could have blown themselves up.’ And I thought, ‘Those kid are the age of my kids. How stupid.’”

‘It was a total waste’ He said he realized then how crazy the Vietnam War was. Commanding officers warned of the threat the civilian population could pose to American soldiers at every turn; they could be hidden in plain sight. “You don’t know who the enemy is,” Winget said “You can’t ever relax.” Despite this, the Vietnam War wrecked havoc not only in the minds and bodies of American soldiers, but across the villages and towns of the civilian populations. More than 5 million bombs were dropped over 20 years on Vietnam, a country only slightly larger than the state of New Mexico. Tens of thousands of people were killed. Civilians and Soldiers. Americans and Vietnamese. “It was a waste of time. All those bodies, all those men who died. It was a total waste,” Winget said. After a long pause, he told the story of a man in the South Vietnamese army who worked with the Americans. After the Americans pulled out of Vietnam, Winget said the man was sent to a “readjustment camp.” “The people that lived there had to put up with whatever was going on. He didn’t have a choice, he couldn’t leave. Where was he going to go? He’s looking at it, ‘It’s my country, and my country is at war.’” Following his return to the U.S., Winget found comfort with other veterans who shared experiences in Vietnam — a feeling he said was hard to understand

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Portraits of William Peter Winget at various points during his nearly 25 years in the Navy, much of which took place during the Vietnam War. for civilians at the time. “Intellectually, you can say, ‘Oh yeah, I know what it was like.’ You don’t know what it was like. You can’t know. It’s not possible,” Winget said. “It's the only war that the civilian population blamed the military for. They spit on us when we came home. We didn't start the stupid war. It's the politicians that start wars.” Winget stayed in the Navy for almost 25 years, eventually earning the title of lieutenant commander. But his feelings about the Vietnam War, as well as the political leaders at the time, remain bitter and ﬁxed. “I can't say I liked Vietnam,” Winget said. “But I liked the Navy.” You can reach Chase Hunter at WILLIAM PETER WINGET chase.hunter@sonomanews.com. On Twitter @Chase_HunterB. Vietnam veteran William Peter Winget and his aunt Alice Mickle sit at the Los Angeles airport in 1956.

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Becoming an advocate He remembers a medic telling him a day or so later, “You’ve got a million-dollar wound. You’re going home.” “I felt an immediate wave of guilt for not staying, because I had a job to do, and I had guys that relied on me to do that job,” he said. “It didn’t occur to me that I could be easily replaced. That never entered my mind. It was just, ‘How am I going to live with this?’ And that’s the way I was for a long time.” That guilt contributed to years of post-traumatic stress made worse by the horrors of war. He was hospitalized for his leg for about eight months, then rehabbed for an extended period before his military retirement in January 1971. His right leg will always before shorter than the other one. It ﬂapped backward at the knee for decades due to the loss of tendons or ligaments. Undeterred, he went on to raise a family and made a living doing odd jobs, building and repairing redwood decks. Most recently, he spent 13 years on the maintenance crew at Comstock Middle School. He was an enthusiastic participant in the anti-war movement for several years. But his legacy as a veterans advocate is longer lasting. That chapter began when a stranger in a San Jose hospital where he worked saw his Purple Heart hat and asked for advice. Soon, others were calling him, eager to ﬁnd guidance as they readjusted to civilian life — even looking Logan up at DeAnza Community College in Cupertino, which he attended for a time before moving north. For 26 years, he has been active in the Military Order of the Purple Heart, North Bay chapter, for which he now serves as commander. And telling his own story has helped him deal with the traumas of war. Still, the pain “stays with you,” Logan said. “It never goes away. I still see the faces of the guys in that cave, and I see what happened to the guys that were

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For 26 years, veteran John Logan has been active in the Military Order of the Purple Heart, North Bay chapter, for which he now serves as commander.

John Logan addresses the crowd at a ceremony to designate Petaluma as a Purple Heart City in 2014. in my platoon. “I can’t forget their names. It’s all there, and it’s going to be there forever.” You can reach Staff Writer Mary Callahan (she/her) at 707-521-5249 or mary.callahan@ pressdemocrat.com. On Twitter @MaryCallahanB.

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Jim Anderson, left, and John Logan, far right, of Military Order of the Purple Heart present Yountville Mayor John Dunbar with a Purple Heart City sign and proclamation in 2016 at the Yountville Veterans Home.

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A letter from Mike Belling to his sister in Riverside from his time in service during the Vietnam War photographed Oct. 20 at his Santa Rosa home.

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resourcefulness. He learned that the best food was in the Korean camp, that K-ration cigarettes were so dry they burned to CONTINUED FROM O17 ash in a few puffs and that his reaction. grandmother’s famed chocolate For a week, no one was chip cookies would arrive intact allowed near the dump, as the if she baked them in a 35-mm bombs and bullets continued film reel canister. “banging like popcorn.” Belling was surprised at the Belling still vividly rememhostility he encountered back bers the first time his battalion home. came under fire and was ordered When he touched down in San into the bunker they’d made out Bernardino, military officials adof sandbags. vised the servicemen to change “Sitting in a dark, wet bunker into civilian clothes in a room is a very chilling thing,” he said. set up by the USO, and to hide “We used to laugh that even the their uniforms. guys who didn’t believe in God Even older veterans from prewere praying. The first time in vious wars, Belling would learn, was probably one of the scariest seemed hostile to the Vietnam moments of my life.” guys. The primary lesson of Bell“It made me feel I’d spent the ing’s time in Southeast Asia was last couple years doing some-

thing that they didn’t think was worth anything,” he said. So Belling clammed up. It was 10 years, he ﬁgured, before he talked about Vietnam at all. Even after that, as he built a successful career in camera equipment, then computers, he felt alienated from the armed forces.

‘I could smell Vietnam’ All that changed on Sept. 11, 2001, as Belling watched the media images of smoke pouring from the shattered twin towers in lower Manhattan. “I could smell Vietnam,” he said. “I don’t know how to explain that. Luckily, I don’t have PTSD. But when I saw the tower burning and the black smoke, I could smell the ﬁre in Vietnam. I took two weeks off from work. I

lay in bed.” For the ﬁrst time, Belling felt compelled to visit his local Veterans Affairs office. And it was lucky he did. A routine chest X-ray revealed a mass in one of the lobes of his right lung. It was cancer. “We knew nothing about Agent Orange,” Belling said. “We knew that around all the bases we were working, there was no foliage for maybe 100 yards. Everything was dead. What I didn’t realize is, I’m drilling all these holes. And the dust is ﬂying. There’s no mask in the place. So that was the reason I got Agent Orange cancer in my lung.” Surgeons excised the entire lobe, and Belling has been healthy ever since. His positive experience with the VA opened Belling’s mind to

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ways in which he might connect with other veterans. Eventually, it led him to the breakfast club that meets at Castaneda’s Market in Windsor most Saturdays. The attendees are of varying age, pedigree, branch of service and belief system. They are bound only by their military service, and the feelings no one else could relate to. “When you get together with a group of us, and you know they’ve been through what you’ve been through, it changes talking about it,” Belling said. “I’m not touting it now. I’m just talking to someone who understands it.” You can reach Staff Writer Phil Barber at 707-521-5263 or phil. barber@pressdemocrat.com. On Twitter @Skinny_Post.

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