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Interacting with a little military history at fair Susan Hiland

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VALLEJO — On Sunday, dads and family could take a ride on a WWII Half-Track at the Solano County Fair.

The American Armory Museum from Fairfield came to the fair with tank rides and military toys for the whole family to learn about.

Geoff Lippman, the manager for the museum, brought plenty down for a D-Day history lesson for visitors.

"We have been coming here about four years," he said. "But this is the first time we have given rides on military vehicles."

The museum strives to educate future generations about, and impress upon them, the sacrifice, bravery and enduring significance of the U.S. military.

It's are a nonprofit 501(c)(3), so there is no charge to get into the museum, which is open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturday.

The museum features such military vehicles as the 1955 Larc amphibious cargo hauler, the M35A2 cargo truck, the 1944 M5A4 artillery tractor, the M936A1 wrecker and recovery truck, the FV433 Abbot self-propelled artillery vehicle, the HET 1070 heavy equipment transport, an Israeli M-5 half track armored personnel carrier, a Ford GWP jeep, the M561 Gama Goat amphibious vehicle and the Super Mack heavyduty truck. Ask in advance about ride fees.

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The American Armory Museum brought D-Day equipment out for people to interact with at the Solano County Fair in

Vallejo this year. They gave rides to visitors and had a tank crush on cars on Saturday.

Solano County Grand Jury Reports

Libraries adapted to Covid but Solano falling had deficiencies in other areas behind electric

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FAIRFIELD — The Solano County Civil Grand Jury gave Solano County Library Services high marks in adapting to the Covid pandemic, but found deficiencies in several other key areas.

The grand jury’s operational review for 2021-22 found issues with facility maintenance, marketing and community outreach activities, data collection mechanisms and maintaining updated information on public agencies operating within Library Services.

Solano County Library Services operates facilities in Dixon, Fairfield, Vacaville, Vallejo, Suisun City and Rio Vista. It also operates the Solano County Law Library located on the third floor of the Hall of Justice in Fairfield. The independent Benicia library was not included in the review.

Library Services was found to have 129.23 full-time equivalent employees and an annual budget of $28.75 million. It also received $440,320 from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to defray costs associated with Covid responses.

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Sonia Perez reads to kids during Bilingual Storytime at the Fairfield Civic Center Library, Friday. pandemic, (the libraries) experienced an increase in digital circulations after years of trying,” the report read. Library services was also congratulated for offering an array of online programs and services “for all ages.”

The libraries developed new methods for accessing and delivering library materials such as

curbside delivery and Outdoor Storytime. Wi-Fi kits were made available for checkout to support remote learning for students with limited or no access at home. In addition, fines were eliminated.

But the grand jury found that the general public is unaware of all the See Library, Page A8

FAIRFIELD — Solano County will not have sufficient charging stations to serve the elective vehicles in the county in the immediate future or by 2035 when the state has set a goal of having no new gas-powered vehicles.

"There will not be enough electric vehicle charging stations in Solano County to support the state’s goals for electric vehicles identified in Executive Order N-79-20," the 2022 the 2021-22 Solano County Civil Grand Jury stated as it first finding in a report on electric vehicle infrastructure.

Executive Order N-79-20 was issued by Gov. Gavin Newsom to eliminate all new gaspowered vehicles in the state by 2035.

The grand jury recommendation is to have the "Solano Transportation Authority board members commit to programs to increase the number of electric vehicle charging stations in their jurisdictions at a rate sufficient to meet (the state order)."

The grand jury reported that at the end of 2020, there were 471 shared public and private chargers in Solano County. The state Energy Commission and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimated the need at 1,648 with and estimated 5,036 electric vehicles in the county.

That number increased to 7,213 vehicles by the end of 2021.

The estimates for the number of See Electric, Page A8

Emergency Management, better evacuation plans needed Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — Emergency response in Solano County should be under one roof. “. . . The Solano County Civil Grand Jury has recommended that Solano County consolidate all existing emergency management, planning and prevention services into one Department of Emergency Management,” the 2021-22 Civil Grand Jury stated. “This new department would provide an umbrella to coordinate existing county and city functions related to emergency and disas-

ter events.”

The report further states that “in interviews with fire chiefs, the Solano County Civil Grand Jury heard ‘Predictable is preventable’ and ‘Someone has to be the parent.’”

There were two findings listed in the report titled “Solano County is Not Prepared for Future Emergencies.” It was issued on June 3 and recently posted to the civil grand jury link on the Superior Court website.

However, the grand jury also states that because the “economy was badly damaged by the Covid pandemic, those searching for solutions to

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address the emergency needs of our community need to look beyond new taxes, which could exacerbate the already fragile personal financial health of many Solano County residents.”

Supervisors John Vasquez and Jim Spering have proposed a oneeighth cent general sales tax increase, generating about $9 million a year for wildfire prevention and protection needs. The Board of Supervisors will have to decide whether to place the matter on the November ballot.

The grand jury concluded there are “state and national financial

sources for emergency prevention and preparedness which the county must thoroughly explore and implement first.

Solano County must seriously consider hiring dedicated grant writers to provide the necessary funding to address emergency needs.”

The report states that Sonoma County, facing similar issues, “hired grant writers whose work has since been instrumental in funding most of the changes and improvements to its emergency safety measures.”

That last statement is part of three specific comments added

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I am the Angel of Fly Death O is another name ne of the blessings and for him. I learned curses of the that from MadeInternet is that a moiselle Google simple Google this morning too.) search to get more When I specific info on a discover a fly subject can have buzzing around you hurtling down my house, I cease a rabbit hole that Tony Wade doing whatever I you didn’t even was up to at that The last laugh know was there. point and go into I wanted to know a Kill Fly Mode™. I have little bit more about flies been trained to do so and before I wrote this column muscle memory kicks in all about killing them, and so my moves are smooth now, I know more than I and automatic. The first ever cared to about those thing I do is put on some pesky winged insects. appropriate fly-killing For example, did you music. This can range know there was a fad or from Wagner’s “Ride of practice that some 15th the Valkyries” to AC/DC’s and 16th century Euro“Back in Black” dependpean painters indulged in ing on my mood and how called musca depicta may pests there are to kill. (“painted fly” in Latin) Next, I grab my where they would paint flyswatter. I’m not talkin’ likenesses of flies into ’bout some Dollar Tree their creations in conspic- plastic thing. Use those uous places? Yeah, I didn’t and you may miss and really need to know that have the fly mock you either, but I am filing it mercilessly. Mine was away in case I’m ever on custom made by famed “Jeopardy!” sword craftsman Anyway, for years now Hattori Hanzo.

I have called myself The I take a deep cleansing Angel of Fly Death. I breath, become as still as cannot stand those the waving Chief Solano annoying creatures, and I statue and wait for my relish the opportunity to prey to land. Once he extinguish their life force. makes that fatal mistake, Look, I don’t mean going it’s all over. With a outside and hunting them well-practiced motion that down, that’s crazy. is so swift it is almost But if one comes inside invisible to the naked eye, my crib and has the my arm and custom swatter become one and in temerity to buzz around a millisecond the vile pest and be generally annoyis smooshed. ing, they shall be Before I remove the dispatched to meet the carcass I berate him using Lord of the Flies (not that extremely colorful pig’s head on a stick from the William Golding book, profanity for invading my house when he had the I mean Beelzebub as that

whole world to explore in his 28 days of life. I learned this satisfying technique from Tony Montana once he blasted that guy in the passenger seat of his car about to blow up a vehicle with a target’s wife and kids and then yelled at him post-mortem.

You may find my technique slightly over the top. Well, let me tell you about my brother Scott’s method of fly killing, which gave me the idea to write this column in the first place. Scott uses and has perfected a rather unusual technique called a fly jar.

It all begins when a fly buzzes in his ear, which Scott refers to as a war crime. Instead of using a swatter, he slowly, ever-so-slowly positions an empty peanut butter jar around the fly when it lands. He almost imperceptibly inches closer and closer until he traps the offending insect inside the jar. Then he shakes it around violently, stunning the fly. After that, just add water and flush.

Now Scott says that his technique is more effective than using a fly swatter because using the latter makes the fly zoom away if you miss. Uh, that’s if you are a rookie and not a 9th Level Black Belt Fly Killer like Yours Truly. He also says the smooshed bodies are gross, which is a valid point. However, I want other flies to see what their fate is as they have a bajillion eyes.

My brother, Kelvin, posted a Marco Polo (a walkie talkie-like social media app) video where he was hiding out in one room because there was a big green horsefly in the other. Now ordinarily I would have clowned him for his cowardice, but there were two reasons I did not.

First, he can remember vividly how afraid I was of dragonflies as a kid. I know they are two different things, but stay with me. Once a pesky dragonfly repeatedly buzzed around me when we were playing croquet on the front yard and my screams and swings of my croquet mallet at it provided a humorous spectacle for him, my other brothers and a few neighbors.

Secondly, horseflies are beasts. To kill those, I don’t use my Hanzo fly swatter, but instead utilize either a cattle prod, flamethrower or bazooka.

When there are multiple flies in the house I go all “Braveheart” on them, meaning that I take them out one by one all while wearing a rather fancy kilt.

And yes, commando is the answer to your unasked question.

When my trusty weapon is not at the ready, I have actually caught a fly with my bare hands before as well. I have never done a Mr. Miyagi, though, and caught one with chopsticks because that’s disgusting and I would never eat with any

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Two Pixabay images depicting the Angel of Fly Death. chopsticks ever again.

The Jeff Goldblum movie “The Fly” was educational in that it showed just how gross they are. Especially how they eat. Actually, I’m sorry I brought that up because I haven’t seen that movie since the ’80s and I had almost forgotten it.

At the end of the classic Hitchcock film “Psycho,” Norman Bates is sitting in a police station and his mother’s voice in his head is carrying on a monologue. Then a fly lands on his/her hand.

“Let them see what kind of a person I am. I’m not even going to swat that fly. I hope they are

watching . . . they’ll see.

They’ll see and they’ll know, and they’ll say, “Why, she wouldn’t even harm a fly . . .”

I would.

Fairfield freelance humor columnist and accidental local historian Tony Wade writes two weekly columns – “The Last Laugh” on Mondays and “Back in the Day” on Fridays. Wade is also the author of The History Press book “Growing Up In Fairfield, California,” published in 2021, and the upcoming History Press book “Lost Restaurants of Fairfield, California,” which will be published on July 4.

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The “fantastic giant tortoise” – a rare Galapagos species with a huge, flared shell – has only been identified once, more than a century ago, in 1906. It’s since widely been considered extinct.

But that’s not the case, researchers found this week.

Hints that the mysterious species has lived on have arisen over the century – including 1960s reports of tortoise scat on the subspecies’ native Fernandina Island, which is the Galapagos’ youngest, most pristine and most volcanically active island.

But anecdotes and rumors were “tenuous at best,” researchers told The Post.

So, a team of conservationists and explorers in 2019 were astonished with a discovery on the rugged island: a lone female giant tortoise. They named her Fernanda.

Though she was the first tortoise discovered on the island since the 1906 spotting, researchers were not sure she was of the same subspecies – Chelonoidis phantasticus, or Fernandina Island tortoise – long thought to be extinct. In fact, many ecologists doubted it.

Fernanda seemed not to be native to Fernandina Island. Perhaps she had floated from a different island, or was taken in a storm, or moved by seafarers, some thought, according to a Princeton University release.

But by sequencing her entire genome, and setting it next to the historical specimen genome collected in 1906, researchers this week confirmed that the tortoises, a century apart, were of the same long-considered-extinct lineage: the fantastic giant tortoise – “with a current known population size of a

single individual.”

That means she’s considered an “endling,” or the last known individual in a species or subspecies.

Because a species is only declared extinct after exhaustive efforts taken to locate any survivors, “it’s extremely rare for an individual to be found like this – especially after 100 years,” the study’s co-first-author Stephen Gaughran told The Post.

There are around 13 other species of Galapagos Island tortoise – all of which descended from the same ancestor. Twelve species are still living, though all are under threat, from vulnerable to critically endangered.

One species has long been extinct – and another lineage famously ended in 2012, with the death of endling Lonesome George.

Fernanda is small relative to her species, but she is estimated to be more than 50 years old, possibly due to stunted growth and limited vegetation in her home, the study noted.

When Fernanda was first spotted in 2019, Wacho Tapia, Galapagos-based director of the Giant Tortoise Restoration Initiative, wrote that “the emotional high” he experienced in finding a live tortoise on the remote, seemingly uninhabitable island was “indescribable.”

Upon starting a fiveday “mega-expedition” of the difficult-to-explore island of Fernandina, Tapia tempered his expectations, writing that he knew the possibility of finding a tortoise was “near zero” given that no tortoise had been found on the island in 113 years.

But while venturing around, Jeffreys Málaga, a Galapagos National Park Directorate ranger on the expedition, called out

“Tortoise!” and Tapia felt “hope and excitement bubble up.”

There, they found Fernanda, relaxing in a spot between some rocks and plants.

She loves eating cacti, Tapia wrote, and is “healthy and very active” each morning. She is now living at the giant tortoise breeding center of the Galápagos National Park.

The island’s volcanic activity led some to fear the worst for the species –“those rugged conditions are likely what made it possible for Fernanda to avoid notice for all these years,” Gaughran wrote to The Post. “Expeditions to the island can be difficult, so there are likely many places for tortoises – even giant ones! – to hide.”

Now that they’ve found Fernanda and confirmed that she is a member of the once-considered-extinct species, conservationists have to begin drawing the species away from the brink.

“The finding of one alive specimen gives

hope and also opens up new questions, as many mysteries still remain,” said ecologist Adalgisa Caccone, a senior author of the study, to Princeton University. “Are there more tortoises on Fernandina that can be brought back into captivity to start a breeding program?”

It’s gone different ways in the past.

The study noted the success of 3,000 individual tortoises of the Espanola Island species being recovered from only a dozen surviving females and three males through a dedicated captive breeding program. One tortoise, Diego, is father to upward of 800 offspring. The breeding program was so successful that it was retired.

On the other hand, there was Lonesome George – who had an “apparent aversion to female tortoises,” National Geographic reported, and failed to breed before dying in 2012, becoming the last of the Pinta Island subspecies.

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FAIRFIELD — Solano County Behavioral Health has been acknowledged for its efforts to provide mental health services to underserved populations.

The American Association of Medical Colleges recognized the county agency for its innovation plan.

“The project, called the Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Cultural Transformation Model Innovation Project, received second place in the “2022 Innovation that Bolster Community Trust in Science Award.”

The project will be highlighted in the third edition of the “Principles of Community Engagement,” which is a publication currently being developed by the National Institute of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Sub-

stances and Disease Registry.

This publication is available in English and Spanish.

Additionally, the California Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission recently approved the use of Covid funding to scale the Innovation Project to all California counties.

The project’s strategies will be implemented through a statewide ICCTM Learning Collaborative, which will be delivered in partnership by Behavioral Health and the UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities.

“What UC Davis Health, CRHD and the county and community partners have accomplished with this unique collaboration is nothing short of remarkable,” Dr. Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, the CRHD director, said in a statement.“This is one of the most meaningful projects I’ve been involved with in my entire career because of the

way in which we collectively increased access and utilization of much-needed mental health services for populations that have been historically underserved.”

The five-year ICCTM Innovation Project was implemented in three phases: n A comprehensive cultural needs assessment using a community engagement approach. n The development of a Solano-specific training curriculum and community-defined quality improvement action plans using the national CLAS Standards as a framework. n Refinement and implementation of the QI action plans.

Through the ICCTM Project, 14 community-defined quality improvement action plans were developed. They focus on improved community engagement, workforce development and training.

For example, one of the actions plans “supported the

funding and implementation of culturally responsive schoolbased Wellness Centers on 45 K-12 and adult education sites across Solano County.”

Another action plan resulted in a community friendly resource guide called “TRUEcare Promoter Roadmap.”

“As a result of the ICCTM Project, we are now using an equity lens in all things we do, from outreach to service delivery,” Tracy Lacey, Solano County senior manager and Mental Health Services Act coordinator, said in the statement.

Some of the more significant outcomes of the project included: n A 24/7 access line received an increase in calls from an average of 1,601 callers per year prior to the project, to 2,066 callers per year after the project ended. n Access line use among Solano County residents

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Tribune Content Agency WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Mike Pence could be subpoenaed to testify to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Rep. Adam Schiff said on Sunday.

“We’re not taking anything off the table in terms of witnesses who have not yet testified,” Schiff, a California Democrat and member of the committee, said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“There are still key people we have not interviewed that we would like to,” he added, saying Pence is “certainly a possibility.”

The panel heard from Pence’s top lawyer on Thursday, who said he voiced “vociferous disagreement” about former President Donald Trump’s pressure on Pence to try to block the congressional certification of Joe Biden’s presidential victory.

Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Democrat from Maryland who is also on the committee, praised Pence for his actions on Jan. 6.

“On that day he was a hero for resisting all of the pressure campaigns and the coercive efforts to get him to play along with this continuation of the 'big lie,' this big joke that he could somehow call off all of the proceedings himself,” Raskin said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

The committee’s first public hearings have revealed chilling details of the attack, including testimony that organizers would have killed Pence if given the chance.

increased by 29%, and was higher among the three communities of focus: Filipinx increased calls by 32%; Latinx increased calls by 41%; and LGTBQ+ increased calls by 309%. n LGBTQ+ consumers doubled their usage of outpatient services from 4% to 8%.

“In addition to increasing access to care for the three communities of focus, we are most proud of taking a community that was often invisible and creating environments where people can be seen as their authentic selves,” said Lacey, specifically in reference to the LGBTQ+ community.

“As a result, our mental health teams are much more responsive to the behavioral health needs of the populations they serve in general and underserved populations,” she said.

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Carmen Estrada, center, and twin 11-year-old sons Sonnie, left, and Dominic Estrada, of El Monte, attend a candlelight vigil Saturday for two El Monte police officers killed in a motel shootout.

Hundreds honor slain El Monte police officers Tribune Content Agency LOS ANGELES — Joseph Santana wanted to be an El Monte police officer, just like his stepfather.

It was a long journey. He worked in the city’s maintenance department for six years, then became a sheriff’s deputy in San Bernardino County.

Finally, he donned a dark blue uniform and a badge in his hometown.

He had been on the job less than a year when he was killed, along with a fellow officer, Cpl. Michael Paredes, in a shootout at a motel on Tuesday.

“He was a great son, brother, father and a great husband,” Santana’s mother, Olga Garcia, said at a vigil Saturday. “My life will never be the same without my son and his beautiful smile.”

The mourners at the vigil, who numbered in the hundreds, held candles, which shone brightly as night began to fall outside the police department where Santana, 31, and Paredes both proudly served.

The crowd spilled into the street behind the station. Many wore black T-shirts with the officers’ names across the back and the words “Fallen but not forgotten.”

Behind them, a replica of the Statue of Liberty lifted her torch, surrounded by candles at her base.

A nearby memorial to the two officers has grown since their deaths, with piles of flowers, American flags and candles surrounding their framed photos.

“Even down to the last moments of their lives, Mike and Joseph proved they were men of character,” Ben Lowry, acting El Monte police chief,

said at the vigil. “They were the best of us. They were the greatest of us. I’m a better man having known each of them.”

Like Santana, Paredes was an El Monte native. His roots in the city’s Police Department were deep — he served as a cadet before becoming a full-time officer in 2000.

His sister Melissa Valencia told those gathered at the vigil that her brother dearly loved his wife, daughter, son and community.

“Michael had a huge heart, big hugs for everyone and that perfect smile that he was known for,” Valencia said.

“And he had a spirit to match it.”

She said her brother would not want to be remembered as a victim. She hoped that his children, and all those he mentored through the years, would continue his legacy of public service.

“Let your pain fuel your fire,” Valencia said. “Choose your path in life, choose leadership and choose to be the change this community needs, just like Michael did.”

Paredes, 42, was Santana’s training officer.

On Tuesday afternoon, the pair, along with an unidentified sergeant, responded to a domestic violence call in a room at the Siesta Inn. Santana entered first, followed

by Paredes, according to sources who asked to remain anonymous because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

Inside, Justin Flores, 35, backed himself into the bathroom, sources told the Los Angeles Times.

Within about 12 seconds, one source said, Flores ambushed the officers with gunfire. Coroner’s officials.

FAIRFIELD — The Fairfield-Suisun Rotary Club will host a talk on Cement Hill at the next meeting.

The Fairfield-Suisun Rotary Club will meet at noon Tuesday in-person and online.

Local amateur historian Bill Fernow will talk about the history of Cement Hill. Fernow, a retired naval officer, moved to Paradise Valley Estates in 2014 and immediately was intrigued with Cement Hill and its “castle,” which he could see every day.

Finding no one who could really give him the history of Cement Hill was the beginning of his many years of research into Cement Hill and the town of Cement. Through online research and with the help of Doug Rodgers of the Vacaville Heritage Council, Bill has assembled a considerable amount of information about the town of Cement, the Pacific Portland Cement Company and Cement Hill.

Contact the FairfieldSuisun Rotary Club at fsrotaryclub@gmail.com to request the Zoom link or if you plan to attend in-person, all are welcome. Meetings are held at the Salvation Army KROC Center, 586 E. Wigeon Way, Suisun City.

The cost of the buffet lunch is $20.

A few government meetings on calendar FAIRFIELD — A variety of government meetings will be held this week. Some meetings are in person and online, check the websites for more information.

The meetings will include: n Travis Unified School

District governing board, 5 p.m. Tuesday for closed session and 6 p.m. for open session, Travis Education Center, 2775 De Ronde Drive, Fairfield. Info: travisusd.org. n Fairfield City Council, Tuesday, 5:30 p.m. or closed session and 6 p.m. for open session, City Council chamber, 1000 Webster St. Info: www.fairfield.ca.gov/gov/ city_council. n Vacaville Planning Commission, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Vacaville City Hall council chamber, 650 Merchant St., Vacaville.

Info: www.ci.vacaville. ca.us. n Rio Vista City Council, 6 p.m. Tuesday, City Council chamber, City Hall, 1 Main St. Info: www.riovistacity.com/ city-council. n Solano County Board of Supervisors, 9 a.m., Thursday, budget hearing, board chamber, 675 Texas St. n Fairfield Planning Commission, 6 p.m., Thursday, Council Chamber, City Hall, 1000 Webster St.

New book club meets Saturday SUISUN CITY — Solano County Library Services and Village 360 Winery will be offering a collaborative book club.

The Love is for Everyone Book Club members will be discussing Helen Hoang's "The Love Principle" this month, and attendees will receive a complimentary glass of wine.

The event will begin at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the winery, 4949 Suisun Valley Road.

Each book club meetup will be the last Saturday of the month.

To sign up, visit solanolibrary.com/events.

Yellen says high inflation locked in for remainder of 2022 Tribune Content Agency WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that “unacceptably high” prices are likely to stick with consumers through 2022, and that the U.S. economy is likely to slow down.

“We’ve had high inflation so far this year, and that locks in higher inflation for the rest of the year,” she said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.”

“I expect the economy to slow,” she said, adding: “But

I don’t think a recession at all inevitable.”

U.S. inflation accelerated to 8.6% in May, a fresh 40-year high that signals price pressures are becoming entrenched in the economy. Those figures dashed any hope that inflation was starting to ebb, prompting the Federal Reserve to unleash its biggest interest rate increase since 1994.

The reasons behind stubborn inflation are “global, not local,” according to Yellen, who

pointed to disruption in energy supply from the war in Ukraine and goods coming in from China where COVID-related lockdowns continue.

“These factors are unlikely to diminish immediately,” she said.

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester echoed Yellen’s view that growth will slow down, saying that threat of a U.S. recession is increasing.

“The recession risks are going up partly because mone-

tary policy could have pivoted a little bit earlier than it did,” she said on Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” referring to criticism that the Fed failed to raise rates at the first signs of runaway inflation late last year.

Mester sees it taking several years for the year-on-year headline inflation rate to return close to the Fed’s 2% goal.

Soaring prices are hurting Americans and an economic downturn by the start of 2024, barely even on the radar just a

few months ago, is now close to a 3-in-4 probability, according to the latest estimates by Bloomberg Economics.

Brian Deese, director of Biden’s National Economic Council, painted a rosier picture of the economy than Yellen and what Fed officials are saying.

Deese referred to “independent forecasters” who “see inflation beginning to moderate over the course of this year,” in a more optimistic forecast forwhat might be ahead.

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Worries about having a baby melted away after meeting son Dear Annie: When friends with boys and my wife was pregnant girls. / I love you more with our first child, I than words can say. / was worried that once My love grows each and the baby came, I would every day. / You’re my have tremendous difguy and I’m your man. / ficulty sacrificing my You’ll do more than you time for him. think you can. / You’ll I was worried that make mistakes along when I wanted to Annie Lane the way. / Sometimes watch the game, I’d be your dad won’t know Dear Annie dragged onto the floor to what to say. / You’ll play dinosaurs. I was worried be smart, and you’ll be kind. / that I would be bored endlessly You’ll use your heart, and you’ll reading children’s book after use your mind. / I love you children’s book. I had never more than you’ll ever know. / I changed a diaper in my life and can’t wait to see how far you’ll was worried that I would be go.” — New Dad grossed out daily.

Dear New Dad: Thank you Then I met my son, and none for your letter. Your children of that happened. sound very fortunate to have Today, no playoff game is a father as present and selfmore important to me than less as you. playing with my kids. Today, I Dear Annie: “Ready to Give buy more books than my house Up” was lamenting his bad luck can hold and have read myself with dating and social awkhoarse. Today, easing my kids’ wardness. My brother-in-law discomfort (including changing was the same way his whole their diapers) is my daily goal. life. He got very sick and moved Being a parent is the highin with us. Once I got to spend light of my life, and as I sang some time with him, I observed to my first born to help him that his approach to life was fall asleep to the tune of “Hush very different from my own and Little Baby”: “You’re the best from most people’s. We decided boy in the world. / You’ll make to have him tested, and, at

Horoscopes ARIES (March 21-April 19).

There are things that happened years ago that you still cringe to think of, and this is a lucky day for letting go. You’re not defined by the past. You’re entitled to making as many iterations of yourself as you please.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

Animals are never on their phones – one of the many things you appreciate about them.

Your connection to creatures will bring joy, grounding and the sense of living totally in the moment.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

Often the best way to say things is not the first one that pops to mind. A friendly, diplomatic approach takes practice, and you’ll get plenty in the weeks to come. Today’s power question: What if we did it this way instead?

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

Your solo strength is remarkable, but sociability has definite advantages. For instance, exercising with friends gives you an endorphin boost, and the accountability factor makes it easier to establish the habit.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).

People who are tired have cranky opinions and complaints and are not fun to be around. You don’t want to be that person, so you believe what your body tells you and make rest and relaxation a priority.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

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age 46, he was diagnosed with Asperger’s.

Although he was resistant to accept his diagnosis early on, he has finally accepted that it’s not him; it’s just that his brain is wired differently.

Those “crossed wires” cause “glitches” in the way he interprets data and handles life.

With a care team, counselor, and supports and services, he is now living his best life and is almost comfortable enough to begin dating again. — Better Understanding Dear Understanding: It is great that you were able to help your brother-in-law find out the correct diagnosis and then come up with a treatment plan so he is getting the help that he needs. What a gift for all of you to know what is happening, and what a tribute to your caring and love for him – and keen observations. Good luck on his future dating, and congrats on being proactive to help your brother-in-law to live his best life.

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Today’s birthday You’ll ask better questions to turn your work in a lucrative direction. You’ll bring different resources together to create something efficient and unique. Also in the stars: personal work earns tender rewards. You’ll get in on the ground level of a venture. Big planning goes into a formal event – one for the ages.

Taurus and Libra adore you.

Your lucky numbers are: 3, 22, 15, 9 and 40.

more. As you gain a measure of expertise, doors swing open. As usual, you’ll remain modest and focused on others all the way.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

Some degree of worry is to be expected and will serve you well, helping you anticipate and avoid future problems.

You’ll take stress in stride, handle it with grace and attract good fortune.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

You’ll welcome contradictions.

Without contrast we couldn’t see or understand anything at all. Comprehension of light relies on the outlines of darkness. Detail is shading.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). While the success of others may not pose a threat to your own, you wouldn’t be human if you didn’t occa-

sionally find it annoying.

You’ll wisely avoid the futility of competing when it’s not a competition.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). You’ll turn down your inner heat to keep the emotional weather around you mild. It works. You’ll stop the wind. It’s easy to go faster than the wind when there is no wind.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). Every behavior has a payoff. To change a behavior, understand its payoff. Figuring out your own motives will require objectivity, honesty and compassionate nonjudgment.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

Thinking back on your journey, those times of uncertainty and awkwardness were an essential part of the deal. It takes feeling lost to appreciate the relief of being found, even (and especially) in regard to finding yourself.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman has a well-balanced astrological chart of diverse influences reflected in her circumstances from day one.

Kidman was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Australian parents, giving her options of citizenship. The elegant Gemini born under a worldly Sagittarius moon stars in the upcoming drama series “Expats” about a group of expatriates living in Hong Kong.

Bridge

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It is not normally recommended to rebid a five-card suit, but those spades certainly look like a six-bagger. The rest of the auction was predictable.

After West leads the spade ace, East drops the nine, starting a high-low (echo) with a doubleton. West can now see four defensive winners: three spades and one heart. But where is the fifth trick?

Surely East cannot have a club honor. West’s only real hope for success is his singleton diamond. At trick two (or three), he shifts to the diamond nine.

Declarer wins in hand with the queen and leads a low heart. West dashes in with his ace, cashes the spade king (if it is trick four, not five) and continues with the spade two (or jack).

East should see what is needed. He will ruff the trick (assuming he started with two trumps!) and return a diamond, allowing West to ruff and defeat the contract.

MOVING ONE CARD If West has four hearts, he knows East has only one trump. East DIVERTS THE DEFENSE that won’t have an entry to give West a One of the many reasons bridge has diamond ruff. In this case, West’s best lived so long is that a small change to a chance is to lead four rounds of spades. deal can have a large impact on the play With luck, East will have the heart or defense. seven or 10. If South discards from the In today’s deal, South is in three dummy, East will ruff with that critical hearts. How can the defenders come trump, effecting an uppercut. West will out on top? What would they have to get two heart tricks. do if West received a fourth heart from East and gave him a club in return?

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One of the many reasons bridge has lived so long is that a small change to a deal can have a large impact on the play or defense.

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The track, co-produced by Eminem and Dr. Dre, is included on the soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming biopic “Elvis,” where it plays over the movie’s end credits.

It has a playful bounce and unfolds over a looping guitar sample from the opening of “Jailhouse Rock,” and finds Em – who dressed up as Elvis to lampoon him in his 2002 video for

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“I stole black music, yeah true/ perhaps used it as a tool to combat school,” Em raps in the track’s third verse, before making the comparisons even plainer.

“Now I’m about to explain to you all the parallels between Elvis and myself, it seems obvious/ one, he’s pale as me, second, we both been hailed as Kings/ he used to rock the Jailhouse and I used to rock the Shelter,” he says, referencing the downtown concert venue where Em would participate in rap battles that were later recreated in 2002’s “8 Mile.”

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ort wars” is the term Capitol insiders apply to the perennial political conflict over the rules governing personal injury lawsuits.

Lawyers who file such suits seek to expand opportunities for litigation, often in concert with other interests, such as unions and environmental activists.

Business and employer groups and their insurers resist such expansion and occasionally propose ways to reduce exposure.

The conflict plays out in the Legislature, in the courts and in ballot measures with countless billions of dollars at stake in outcomes. Earlier this Dan Walters year, a 44-year-long dispute over medical malpractice compensation was resolved in a compromise that averted a ballot measure battle.

However, there are many other fronts in tort wars, including one that resulted in a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week.

In 2003, just four days after California voters decided to remove him from office, then-Gov. Gray Davis handed personal injury lawyers and unions a major victory by signing legislation called the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). It enabled workers who had disputes with their employers to file class action lawsuits even if they had signed pre-employment agreements to submit such disputes to arbitration.

Advocates said it was needed to protect workers’ rights and make up for the state labor department’s inability to keep up with disputes over wages and other working conditions. Business and employer groups said it gave greedy lawyers a license to demand big settlements of cases and earn big contingency fees.

Ultimately, business interests spent millions of dollars to qualify a ballot measure that would gut PAGA. The initiative petitions have been submitted for signature-counting, but probably too late for the 2022 ballot. Most likely it will go to voters in 2024.

Meanwhile, a case challenging PAGA’s provisions has been winding through state and federal courts and the U.S. Supreme Court last week declared that some important features are void because they conflict with the Federal Arbitration Act, which encourages civil disputes to be arbitrated rather than litigated.

The case involved Viking River Cruises and one of its employees, former sales representative Angie Moriana. Essentially, the Supreme Court declared that California’s Supreme Court had erred in a previous PAGA case and state courts had applied that erroneous decision, involving the division of individual and class action complaints, to Moriana’s case.

The decision was not unexpected, given the tenor of oral arguments, but surprisingly did not reflect the court’s much-discussed 6-3 ideological split. The vote was 8-1 with only the court’s most conservative member, Clarence Thomas, fully dissenting, saying state issues should be left to state legislatures and courts.

Predictably, even a Supreme Court decision does not end the battle over PAGA because it was decided on technical legal points rather than the broader issue.

Unions, lawyers and their political allies immediately pledged to write new legislation to get around the Supreme Court decree. Sen. Dave Cortese, a San Jose Democrat who chairs the state Senate’s labor committee, said the ruling “has provided a roadmap as to how we can create for employees a new pathway to legal standing as well as safeguard the protections that state law puts in place for our workers.”

Because the Supreme Court did not strike down all of PAGA, the business coalition backing the ballot measure, dubbed the California Fair Pay and Employer Accountability Act, pledged to continue its campaign.

“Even with the SCOTUS ruling on Viking River Cruises, PAGA will still be an avenue for shakedown claims against businesses where trial attorneys take a huge portion of the recovery, leaving employees with a reduced amount,” it said.

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Wouldn’t you want to know if Jack Batson He did. The fat was in the fire. these are true or not? ConserThis introduced vatives, if you don’t watch for yourself, Trump’s Plan One. how will you ever know?

Trump’s campaign staff was The presentations show President appalled. The head of election news on Donald Trump’s words and the words Fox said, “It’s far too early to say of Republicans, not Democrats. The anything like that.” Fox announced result is convincing.

Biden’s win in Arizona. Trump Day one testimony addressed two rejected it and demanded a recount. myths. First, the Jan. 6 riot was not a A Fox election expert told the “dustup” or “visit” as apologists committee that recounts might find a claimed. It was deadly serious. We discrepancy of up to 100 to 300 votes, saw new, brutal footage of that but Trump lost by 10,000 or more.

January day.

Recounts confirmed the Second, there was no fraud in the vote accuracy. election. We heard Ivanka Trump say Trump barreled on to claim that even she didn’t believe her father’s “More people voted in Wisconsin for claims of election fraud.

Biden than total voters.” Attorney Day two featured Republicans, General William Barr often attorneys, who told the president retorted, “Rubbish.” there was no fraud in the election as Trump claimed that Dominion he was claiming. voting machines were programmed to The lies began seven months before switch votes from Trump to Biden. the 2020 election when Trump’s polls Barr called the claim “idiotic” with showed him losing the election. The “no basis” in fact. An “avalanche” of only way he could lose, he claimed Trump claims had “zero basis in fact.” publicly, was if there were fraud in the Barr quit rather than be associated election. He had said the same thing in with the Big Lie. 2016 but stopped when he won. It was Trump supporters reported a setup for the entire theater-of-fraud. numerous incidents of cheating.

His campaign manager explained Richard Donoghue, a top attorney to him that Democrats tend to vote by at the Department of Justice, told the mail and Republicans tend to vote on committee, “We did hundreds of Election Day. That sets up a “red investigations and the information is false.” mirage,” the belief that a Republican Ben Ginsberg, a top Republican is winning by the end of Election Day,

election attorney said, “He never came close to proving fraud in the election.”

Frustrated, Trump turned to his personal attorney friends, Rudy Giuliani, Sydney Powell and John Eastman.

Giuliani made wild claims.

“100,000 ballots were brought in at night on a tractor-trailer in bags, trash cans, boxes.” He later said 200,000.

Powell was sued by Dominion. Her attorneys said in court, “No reasonable person would conclude that her statements were statements of fact,” a claim that will go down in legal history, I predict.

John Eastman set up Plan Two – violence – with a two-page memo that claimed the vice president, as presiding officer over the electoral vote count on Jan. 6, could invalidate millions of ballots if he thought it justified. One person could determine an election.

This preposterous plan was Trump’s hammer on Mike Pence in January. Pence, to his eternal credit, stood up to him, infuriating the president. Trump tweeted and spoke about how Pence was a traitor to the Constitution, enraging the crowd on Jan . 6.

Proud Boys who were deposed after the event admitted they would have killed Pence if they had found him that day.

Trump then went on to raise money for bogus court challenges. He lined his pockets with $250 million.

I’m vastly relieved. A national boil has been lanced.

Jack Batson is a former member of the Fairfield City Council. Reach him by email at jsbatson@prodigy.net.

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Consider impeachment to save America’s future

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he Right Stuff column of tions removed.

June 13, 2022, reviewed n 1965. Political, social, unimpeachable offenses geopolitical factors, chain by the Biden administraimmigration and worker skills tion. This week, for those who are introduced. want to hurry and not wait n 1970s. Increased acceptwo years for the voters’ decitance of foreign war refugees. sion, we cite two of several n 1986. Granted amnesty to of President Joe Biden’s vioillegal immigrants and lations of his oath of office – sanctioned employment of Earl Heal impeachable offenses. illegal immigrants.

The first article of the Constitution n 1996, 2002, 2006. Response to is Article II, Section 1. Term. The terrorism, unauthorized immigration, executive power shall be vested in a and border control.

President of the United States of Biden, upon entering office, America . . . Oath. Before he enters on disregarded those laws established for the execution of his office, he shall controlling immigration. take the following oath (or affirmaActually, he announced before tion): “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) Jan. 20, 2021, that the gates would be that I will faithfully execute the office opened immediately; intended of President of the United States, and l migrants reacted accordingly. The will, to the best of my ability, preserve, Center for Immigration Studies protect, and defend the Constitution of reported Census data of unauthorized the United States.”

U.S. immigrants increased 1.2 million Has Biden met his oath to enforce to 11.4 million in 2021. Monthly America’s immigration and Current Population Survey data shows security laws? the total foreign-born population America’s first immigration law (legal and illegal) grew to 46.7 million was enacted in 1790 to establish in February 2022, a new record high citizenship requirements specifying in American history and an increase free white race, good moral character of 1.7 million since January 2021. and two years of residency. By 2006, Compare for perspective 1.7 million 11 significant laws and one constitugrowth in the total foreign-born tional amendment were enacted as population over Boden’s 13 months to needs arose to ensure Americans the 48 months of the Trump presiremained free, lawful and productive. dency (ending December 2020), when n 1868. 14th Amendment. Negroes the total foreign-born population (their word) become citizens. increased by 1.5 million. n 1875. Banned criminals, contaWhat has happened to the gious diseases, polygamists and increased numbers of immigrants who anarchists; and limited Asians. have entered, legally and illegally, n 1921 and 1924. Native American since Inauguration Day 2021? citizenship and first numerical quotas The Right Stuff specializes in based on immigrant nationality. numbers but those are difficult to find n 1943 and 1952. Restrictions on now so let us speak in generalities.

How many immigrants flew on nationality reduced. Race restric-

unannounced night flights to unidentified cities? Well-known is that immigration processing is overloaded and the above-established vetting procedures – identification of criminals, diseased immigrants and drug smuggling – is greatly diminished. We did hear Vice President Kamala Harris explain that Covid testing and vaccination was not needed because “they were only going to stay a short time.” America’s drug overdose death count jumped from 70,000 annually in 2017-2019 to 100,000 in 2021. The increase is mainly by fentanyl coming across our southern border.

Another constitutional failure is allowing the attack on Supreme Court justices regarding Roe v. Wade. In addition to longstanding respect for checks and balances, a federal law prohibits picketing justices to coerce their decision-making. While progressives published home addresses and promoted picketing of each conservative justice’s residence, Biden and most Democratic Party leaders remained silent and Attorney General Merrick Garland ignored the law that requires him to prevent the picketing.

Why has Biden not corrected Democratic Party leadership lies that reversing this unconstitutional law will prevent abortions? Why not tell the truth that the reversal of Roe v.

Wade will simply return the control to individual states as required by the Constitution?

Can we agree these are impeachable offenses?

Earl Heal is a retired Air Force officer, Vacaville resident and member of The Right Stuff committee, formerly of the Solano County Republican Central Committee. Reach him at heal earlniki2@gmail.com.

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What you need to know about Juneteenth not Covid vaccines for kids under 5 a legal holiday

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Covid-19 vaccines for children under 5 years old were authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday and by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday, a welcome relief to parents of the last age group to become eligible for shots.

“Today is a monumental step forward in our nation’s fight against the virus, with virtually every American now eligible for the protections that Covid-19 vaccines provide,’’ President Joe Biden said in a June 18 statement. The authorizations come “after a rigorous and independent scientific review,” he said.

Although the move will help protect children from infection and serious disease, vaccine hesitancy still looms in the U.S. population where more than 40% of people who qualify for immunization aren’t fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Here’s what you need to know about the newly authorized shots:

What is being offered?

For small children ages 6 months to 5 years, there’s a twoshot series from Moderna Inc. administered one month apart. For kids 4 years and younger, there’s also a three-shot series from Pfizer Inc. and German partner BioNTech SE: The first two doses are given three weeks apart, and the third dose eight weeks after the second dose, according the the FDA. Moderna’s two-shot vaccine was 51% effective at preventing Covid-19 in children under 2 years and 37% effective for those ages 2 to 5, the FDA said.

A preliminary analysis of Pfizer’s vaccine for the youngest kids found it was 80% effective in preventing Covid-19 infections among those 6 months to 4 years, with 10 infections occurring among all participants. The FDA said Friday that the effectiveness data was unreliable because of the low number of cases that occurred in the study participants. Common side effects of Moderna’s shot can include pain, injection-site swelling and fever, the agency said. For Pfizer’s, the most common side effects included irritability, decreased appetite and fever.

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Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director, gives her opening statement during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss the ongoing federal response to Covid-19 in Washington, D.C., in 2021.

Where can little kids get vaccinated?

Once shots are available, appointments can be booked on the vaccines.gov website. Caregivers can also check with their child’s health-care provider or local government officials. In New York City, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine tweeted that “10 dedicated hubs will open on Weds 6/22 (assuming fed approval).” Location and hours listed are for Moderna only and are by appointment by calling 877-VAX-4NYC, but walk-ins are also welcome, he said in the tweet.

How much does it cost?

Covid-19 vaccines are still free to all people living in the U.S., regardless of immigration status or health insurance.

What is the sentiment over vaccinating little kids?

Although 49 states have preordered the toddler shots, Florida has not. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has said there will be no state programs to facilitate distribution, although shots will be available through pharmacies, supermarket chains and at community locations that can preorder vaccines directly from the federal government, according to The Associated Press.

Health officials have warned

that the rate of hospitalization and death for children, particularly during the omicron wave, has been concerning. In January, kids’ Covid-19 hospitalizations surged to record highs.

While serious cases and deaths among older people have been more prevalent, “I will also say that COVID-19 is one of the top leading killers of children right now,” Walensky said Thursday in a Senate committee hearing. Deaths from COVID-19 among children, have been higher than those seen for flu, she said.

When will the vaccines be available?

A panel of experts — the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — counsels the CDC on vaccines and meets Friday and Saturday to discuss the shots for kids.

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky will still need to sign off on any recommendations before vaccines can be administered. In preparation, the U.S. government has secured a supply of 10 million doses from Pfizer and Moderna for as soon as the FDA and CDC give the go-ahead. The vaccines for the youngest of kids are expected to be rolled out as early as June 21, the Biden administration said earlier this month.

White House Covid-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha tweeted on Friday that shots are already starting to ship out.

Proposal to import drugs has created unusual Senate alliance Victoria K night

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Harmony is not often found between two of the most boisterous senators on Capitol Hill, Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rand Paul, R-Ky. But it was there at Tuesday’s Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee legislation to reauthorize the Food and Drug Administration’s user fee program, which is set to expire Sept. 30.

This user fee program, which was first authorized in 1992, allows the FDA to collect fees from companies that submit applications for drug approval. It was designed to speed the approval review process. And it requires reauthorization every five years.

Congress considers this bill a must-pass piece of legislation because it’s used to help fund the FDA, as well as revamp existing policies. As a result, it also functions as a vehicle for other proposals to reach the president’s desk – especially those that couldn’t get there on their own.

And that’s why, on Tuesday, Sanders took advantage of the mustpass moment to propose an amendment to the user fee bill that would allow for the importation of drugs from Canada and the United Kingdom, and, after two years, from other countries.

Prescription medica-

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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Thursday in Chicago. tions are often much less expensive in and other countries and surveys show that millions of Americans have bought drugs from overseas – even though doing so is technically illegal.

“We have talked about reimportation for a zillion years,” said a visibly heated Sanders. “This bill actually does it. It doesn’t wait for somebody in the bureaucracy to make it happen. It actually makes it happen.” He then went on for several minutes, his tone escalating, citing statistics about high drug prices, recounting anecdotes of people who traveled for drugs, and ending with outrage about pharmaceutical companies’ campaign contributions and the number of lobbyists the industry has.

“I always wanted to go to a Bernie rally, and now I feel like I’ve been there,” Paul joked after Sanders finished talking.

He went on to offer his support for the Vermont

senator’s amendment — a rare bipartisan alliance between senators who are on opposite ends of the political spectrum.

“This is a policy that sort of unites many on both sides of the aisle, the outrage over the high prices of medications,” added Paul. He said he didn’t support drug price controls in the U.S. but did support a worldwide competitive free market for drugs, which he believes would lower prices.

Even before Sanders offered his amendment, the user fee bill before the committee included a limited drug importation provision, Sec. 906.

It would require the FDA to develop regulations for importing certain prescription drugs from Canada. But how this provision differs from a Trump-era regulation is unclear, said Rachel Sachs, a professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis and an expert on drug pricing.

“FDA has already made importation regulations that were finalized at the end of the Trump administration,” said Sachs. “We haven’t seen anyone try to get an approval” under that directive. She added that whether Sec. 906 is doing anything to improve the existing regulation is unclear.

Sanders’ proposed amendment would have gone further, Sachs explained.

It would have included insulin among the products that could be obtained from other countries. It also would have compelled pharmaceutical companies to comply with the regulation. It has been a concern in drug-pricing circles that even if importation were allowed, there would be resistance to it in other countries, because of how the practice could affect their domestic supply.

A robust discussion between Republican and Democratic senators ensued. Among the most notable moments: Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, asked whether importing drugs from countries with price controls would translate into a form of price control in the U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., said his father breaks the law by getting his glaucoma medication from Canada.

The committee’s chair is Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.

A year after Juneteenth became a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, most states have yet to enact Juneteenth legal holidays.

When President Joe Biden signed the holiday into federal law June 17, 2021, only a handful of states had Juneteenth holidays with paid time off for state employees: Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Texas, Virginia and Washington.

At least another eight in the past year have elevated Juneteenth to paid state holidays: Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Nebraska, Ohio and South Dakota.

Long celebrated in the Black community as Freedom Day, Independence Day or Emancipation Day, Juneteenth is a time for get-togethers, picnics, concerts and reflection.

Establishing federal and state legal Juneteenth holidays guarantees attention to painful United States history that is still unknown to many Americans, an annual assessment of racism in society, and celebrations of Black culture, history and achievement.

“It’s an issue of respect,” Oregon Democratic state Sen. Lew Frederick, who carried the Juneteenth bill that the legislature unanimously passed, said in an interview. “We need to understand just what our history is about and move from there. It will increase our awareness of other issues associated with the history of racism in this country.”

Juneteenth is short for June the 19th, the day in 1865 when U.S. Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and read General Order Number 3, which informed about 250,000 enslaved people in Texas that they were free.

The handwritten order said, in part: “All slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property, between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them, becomes that between employer and hired labor.”

President Abraham Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves in the states that were in rebellion against the Union effective Jan. 1, 1863, but Union troops did not reach the westernmost Confederate state to enforce the order for two and a half years. In January 1865, Congress passed the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery in the entire country. General Robert E. Lee surrendered the last major Confederate army that April, and the 13th Amendment was ratified the following December.

Texas was the first state with an official Juneteenth

holiday in 1980. But it was not until the racial reckoning sparked by the police murder of George Floyd in 2020 that momentum built elsewhere for federal and state Juneteenth holidays.

Each state decides its own state government holidays, and there is no centralized tracking of Juneteenth state legal holidays.

In some states, the cost of another state holiday has been cited as an obstacle, as has lack of awareness of Juneteenth.

In Connecticut, where only two lawmakers voted against making Juneteenth a paid state holiday, state Rep. Gale Mastrofrancesco, a Republican, said in an interview: “My only objection is, it’s another paid holiday.” She added that state workers now can accrue 46 paid days off a year — 15 vacation days, 15 sick days, three personal days and now 13 holidays.

“Nine weeks!

I don’t see anyone in the private sector getting that much time off with pay,” she said.

Connecticut state Sen. Rob Sampson, a Republican and the other “no” vote, said in an interview, “Juneteenth is very important to me. Abraham Lincoln is the reason I became a Republican.”

But, he said, the extra holiday was “a reach for us.” The legislature had just passed 2.5% annual pay raises for each of four years as well as bonuses for state employees.

As ranking members of the committee that oversees government administration, Mastrofrancesco and Sampson tried to persuade their Republican colleagues to vote against the holiday, but none did.

“I maintain they were wrong, and so were the Democrats,” Sampson said.

For some legislators, Juneteenth is particularly personal. In Connecticut, during an emotional three-hour floor debate, several state representatives shared stories of their experiences with racism and intimidation.

“I was tugged in different ways, depending on who was speaking,” Democratic state Rep. Geraldo Reyes Jr., chair of the Black and Puerto Rican Caucus, who presided over the debate, said in an interview.

“I can understand the argument from the other side, but this is not just about dollars and cents,” he said. “This is part of the restitution that has never been made to people of color that I believe everyone will benefit from.”

Several Connecticut lawmakers said they had not heard of Juneteenth, Reyes said, and he himself learned about it only six or seven years ago when there was a local celebration.

In Oregon, during debate on the Juneteenth holiday last year, Frederick, 70, spoke about his own personal history in the civil rights movement in the South.

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Tendaji Andrews-Hutchinson, right, helps unfurl the Chicago Juneteenth flag during a ceremony at Richard J Daley Center Plaza, Monday.

A8 Monday, June 20, 2022 — DAILY REPUBLIC

Crime logs Fairfield

SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 12:01 a.m. — Grand theft, 1700 block of FILLMORE STREET 1:05 a.m. — Drunk and disorderly, 800 block of TEXAS STREET 6:23 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, 1300 block of SHELBY DRIVE 7:49 a.m. — Commercial burglary, 1400 block of WEST TEXAS STREET 8:25 a.m. — Trespassing, 100 block of EAST PACIFIC AVENUE 8:47 a.m. — Vandalism, 2200 block of GATEWAY COURT 8:52 a.m. — Battery, 1600 block of CENTENNIAL DRIVE 9:09 a.m. — Residential burglary, 800 block of BRIDLE RIDGE DRIVE 9:26 a.m. — Trespassing, 100 block of EAST PACIFIC AVENUE 9:29 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 2000 block of THRUSH WAY 9:51 a.m. — Grand theft, 900 block of DELAWARE STREET 10:06 a.m. — Forgery, 2700 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 10:31 a.m. — Battery, 1200 block of WILLET COURT 10:50 a.m. — Battery, 2400 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 11:06 a.m. — Fight with a weapon, 500 block of ALASKA AVENUE 11:29 a.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 300 block of EAST WYOMING STREET 12:01 p.m. — Reckless driver, WESTBOUND INTERSTATE 80 12:04 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 2000 block of MAYFIELD COURT 12:06 p.m. — Forgery, 1900

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block of BRISTOL LANE 12:15 p.m. — Trespassing, LARCHMONT CIRCLE 1:21 p.m. — Commercial burglary, 1400 block of WEST TEXAS STREET 2:03 p.m. — Vehicle theft, EMPIRE STREET 3:45 p.m. — Battery, 1000 block of WEBSTER STREET 4:10 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 2700 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 7:58 p.m. — Vandalism, 2700 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 8:53 p.m. — Vandalism, 400 block of APPLE TREE LANE 8:59 p.m. — Battery, 2000 block of BRISTOL LANE 9:27 p.m. — Shots fired, 2200 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 10:29 p.m. — Indecent exposure, 2000 block of CADENASSO DRIVE 11:51 p.m. — Shots fired, 1300 block of PHOENIX DRIVE

Suisun City SATURDAY, JUNE 18 10:30 p.m. — Major injury, HIGHWAY 12/CIVIC CENTER BOULEVARD

Shooting in South Carolina Tribune Content Agency COLUMBIA, S.C. — Two men were killed and two other people were injured Sunday in an early-morning shooting at a South Carolina nightclub, the Colleton County Sheriff’s Office said.

Deputies responded to reports of a shooting at the Hang Time Grill & Lounge, at

1109 Rivers St., in Walterboro at about 2:40 a.m., the sheriff’s office said in a news release.

At the scene, deputies found two men who had been shot and began rendering aid, according to the release. Colleton FireRescue took both men to the Colleton Medical Center where they died, the sheriff’s office said.

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The Rowland Freedom Center came out to the Solano County Fair this year with a booth and plenty of information to share with visitors.

Fair From Page One the history.

"We take riders out into the arena area, do a few figure 8's and come back," Lippman said.

On Saturday he brought two cars in for a vehicle crushing event with a tank.

"That was only for Saturday," he said.

He is hoping next year to bring more military branches in with booths and create a Military Zone for visitors to learn about the military.

Along with the American Armory Museum were representatives from Rowland Freedom Center.

"This is the first year for us out here," Paul Mirich, General Manager of the Center said. "We

wanted to do this to show people that we are here."

The museum in Vacaville houses plenty of history. A tribute to women in aviation also has a home at the center to a plane created by three teenagers from San Francisco built from scratch in 1912. They also have planes, uniforms and even miniature military tanks, jeeps and more.

“Our mission is to honor those who defend our freedom, to educate future generations about why we’re free to promote patriotism,” he said.

Both museums are taking donations of military paraphernalia or monetary support.

"We are always looking for volunteers, too," said Mirich.

The fair wrapped up on Sunday after a weekend of fun and educational opportunities.

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Trump will be ‘hard to stop’ in 2024 Tribune Content Agency DETROIT — U.S. Rep. Fred Upton believes Donald Trump will be a presidential candidate in 2024 and will be “hard to stop” as Trump continues to have strong support from the Republican Party’s base despite the Jan. 6 hearings.

“The voters still like him a lot and we see that certainly in Michigan,” Upton, R-Mich., said Sunday during an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Dana Bash, adding Trump successfully endorsed some candidates in Michigan, but lost a few.

“He certainly entertains a majority of the Republican base and will be hard to stop. Frankly, as we look at the economy, the gas prices and all these different things, folks are not really happy

with the Biden administration, which is why he is mired in a level even below Donald Trump was in his tenure,” Upton continued.

Upton, Michigan’s most senior lawmaker in Congress, talked about the economy, if the Republican Party will back Trump should he run against President Joe Biden, and if finalizing a gun law is feasible before Congress leaves for recess.

Upton said the U.S. House’s select committee to investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the United States Capitol has been careful not to divulge any details in advance of their hearings, and voters are staying tuned to see how they play out. The committee is expected to hold two hearings this week.

“The regrets that I see is, some of the folks that they’ve talked to,

who now have their answers being made public, where have they been for the last year and a half?” Upton said about the witnesses being called to testify.

The U.S. House’s select committee has been investigating efforts by Trump’s backers to try to undermine the election’s outcome. The Detroit News previously reported the committee has explored interactions between some Michigan Republicans and Trump’s White House.

Michigan state Sen. Ed McBroom, the Republican who led an investigation that upheld the results of the 2020 presidential election, revealed Thursday he rejected a request to appear publicly before the U.S. House committee.

McBroom is chairman of the Senate Oversight Committee, which released a report in June 2021.

Electric From Page One chargers needed by the end of 2022 is 2,559. That increases to 5,020 by 2025; to 12,612 by 2030; and to 22,535 by 2035, as reported by the grand jury.

There were four additional findings listed in the grand jury report, each with at least one recommendation to meet that need. n FINDING 2: In 2018, the STA adopted an Electric Vehicle Transition Program and the website (solanoev.org) for Solano County. The website is no longer working which is of no value; the EVTP is no longer current, minimizing its value and applicability.

The recommendation is for "STA (to) update the EVTP and its website (solanoev.org) to provide accurate and current information for Solano County residents." n FINDING 3: In the 2018 EVTP, the STA board approved a plan to install trailblazing signs to identify locations of electric vehicle charging stations. As of 2022, there is no evidence of progress on that plan.

The recommendation is that the "STA board work with jurisdictions and agencies to install signage denoting the location of existing charging stations and to include appropriate signage as

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Electric vehicle chargers are set up at a charging station at the Solano Town Center in Fairfield, Friday. a component of future installations." n FINDING 4: The 2018 STA EVTP was intended to serve as regional guidance for the transition to electric vehicles, but this guidance has not been effectively communicated.

The first recommendation is to have "STA increase staff time available for implementation and oversight of the Electric Vehicle Transition Plan," and the second recommendation is to have "STA add dedicated grant writing staff to bring this function in-house rather than relying on thirdparty vendors." n FINDING 5 : (State

Library From Page One programs, services and special events that the libraries offer. The grand jury encourages the creation an Outreach and Marketing Team consisting of representatives from each library branch.

The libraries currently partner with several schools in the use of Student Access Cards. The grand jury encourages the expansion of that program to all schools in the county.

The libraries also lack necessary data collection mechanisms to measure the effectiveness of current programs . The grand jury said that needs to be refined at the branch level.

The visibility of the Dixon Library and the Vallejo Springstowne Library was found to be inadequate for foot and street traffic, and could benefit from more external signage. Downtown

Plan From Page One The recommendation is to consolidate emergency response services into a new Department of Emergency Management. n FINDING 2: There is a need for a coordinated city and countywide evacuation plan for Solano County.

The first recommendation is to “develop compatible evacuation zones and routes throughout the county,” and the second recommendation is to “create public

laws) require all California cities and counties to develop an expedited, streamlined permitting process for electric vehicle charging stations.

Not all jurisdictions in Solano County have complied.

The recommendation is to have "all Solano County jurisdictions comply with streamlined permitting requirements, including adoption of an ordinance and checklist as required by (state law)."

Gov. Jerry Brown established the original target of reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 40% below the 1990 level by 2030, and set a target

parking in Vacaville is also changing in the coming years and the grand jury is concerned that the Town Square Library will still have enough spaces for its patrons.

There are also a variety of maintenance issues. Vallejo Springstowne, Vacaville Town Square, Vacaville Cultural Center, Dixon and Vallejo John F. Kennedy all have heating and air conditioning issues warranting replacement.

Dixon has Americans with Disabilities Act compliant issues, including non-compliant public restrooms.

John F. Kennedy has a broken elevator and entrances impeding accessibility.

Dixon, Rio Vista and the Vacaville Cultural Center all have water intrusion issues, such as leaks in the roof and dampness. Springstowne has issues with its electrical system and internet connectivity.

There are air filtration issues in Dixon. There are broken lights at Fairfield Cordelia. And the grand jury also found poor parking lot lighting at Suisun City.

awareness of evacuation zones and routes.”

The county is working on a plan for evacuation routes and signage for the Vacaville foothill area, including an alert system to residents.

The report notes that these emergencies, and particularly wildfires, affect the whole of the county no matter where they occur. Moreover, as rural fire districts lose funding due to annexations and other reasons, the grand jury concludes “a Solano County Department of Emergency Management, including dedicated grant writers,

of having 5 million noemission vehicles on the California roadways by 2030 to meet his clean air objective. The state Air Resources Board now believes 8 million vehicles are needed to meet that emission goal.

The report requires responses, to some or all the findings, by the county, the seven cities and the Solano Transportation Authority. The report was issued on June 3. No responses have been posted as of Friday on the grand jury Superior Court website.

The full report is available at Solano.courts. ca.gov, and clicking on the Civil Grand Jury link.

Rio Vista, Springstowne and Dixon were all cited for doing “a remarkable job” of keeping up with services despite being small with limited space.

Finally, an updated registry with public agencies forms for the Dixon Public Library District and Vacaville Unified School District/Library District have not been recorded with the Secretary of State and the County Clerk as required by government code. “(Library Services) would benefit from creating an improved communication system, so all branches are working in unison, operating with the same information and understanding of goals, mission and vision,” the grand jury report states. “All branches need enhanced marketing using internal and external communications.”

The full text of the report is available at the Solano Superior Court website, Solano.courts. ca.gov, and clicking on the Civil Grand Jury tab to find “Reports and Responses.”

would take the lead in clarifying responsibilities between agencies and look for a long-term solution, using grant funds as appropriate to support the process.”

The report’s final comment again addresses the issue of evacuation routes, particularly in light of new developments.

“The Solano County Civil Grand Jury heard specific concerns in 2022 about traffic safety on Vanden Road near Canon Road, in Fairfield, and Columbus Parkway between Regents Park Drive and Benicia Road,

in Vallejo,” the report states. “As the region moves to improve evacuation plans, jurisdictions should pay increased attention to deadlines for completion of these impacted roadways so the routes can handle traffic during an emergency.”

The grand jury requires responses on one or both of the findings from Solano County and the seven cities. As of Friday, no responses had been posted on the grand jury webpage.

The full report is available at Solano.courts. ca.gov, and clicking on the Civil Grand Jury link.

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Cobb’s return isn’t enough to boost Giants Tribune Content Agency PITTSBURGH — Before Sunday’s series finale here at PNC Park, Giants pitching coach Andrew Bailey was looking for Alex Cobb.

When he found him, Bailey paid him a compliment — “your hair looks great today” – and a reminder: “game’s at 1:35 today.”

“Really?”

Cobb responded.

Making his first start since May 29, the some-

what unconventional first pitch time, 30 minutes later than usual, was just one thing Cobb had to reorient himself around.

The only damage he allowed over four innings were two solo home runs, however that wasn’t enough for the Giants to secure a sweep of the Pirates, who added two more solo shots once Cobb departed to salvage the final game of this series, 4-3.

Jack Suwinski’s third homer of the game erased

Thairo Estrada’s gametying shot in the top of the ninth walked off the Giants, sending them on their way to Atlanta with only a series win instead of a sweep.

“It was his day,” said Cobb, who struck out two over four innings but surrendered the first of Suwinski’s three homers.

In the bigger picture, though, the Giants will happily take two of three to open their seven-game swing and a rotation that – for the first time in nearly

two months – is almost whole again.

Cobb’s return came Sunday, while Anthony DeSclafani’s is expected to come Tuesday.

“That is certainly the silver lining,” said manager Gabe Kapler.

“But we’re about to get on a plane and go to Atlanta.

You kind of want to leave this city with a win and we’re not able to do that.”

Cobb didn’t require a rehab start following his stint on the 15-day injured list – one that was longer

than he would have preferred – but the Giants were closely monitoring his workload. He showed little signs of rust, retiring the first three Pirates of the game on 10 pitches, including a three-pitch strikeout of Ke’Bryan Hayes, who’s been a thorn in the side of Giants’ pitchers these past three games, putting him away with a 95-mph sinker.

Cobb, however, allowed two home runs in a game for only the second time since the start of last

season. Hoy Park took advantage of a sinker up in the zone to pull the Pirates within 2-1 in the third, then Suwinski turned on a similar pitch in the fourth for his first of three solo shots.

“Whenever you have a long layoff, you hope your stuff returns to normal,” Cobb said. “The velocity was there. The other pitches, just get a good work week in and find that minor movement that gets See Giants, Page B8

Bay Area native picks up first MLB win with A’s Tribune Content Agency

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Matt Fitzpatrick of England celebrates with the championship trophy after winning the 122nd U.S. Open

Championship at The Country Club, Sunday, in Brookline, Massachusetts.

There’s no place like ‘home’ as Matt Fitzpatrick wins U.S. Open Tribune Content Agency BROOKLINE, Mass. — Nobody in the field of the 122nd U.S. Open had as much experience on The Country Club layout since Gil Hanse’s redesign than Matt Fitzpatrick.

He played seven rounds on the fabled track in 2013 on his way to winning the U.S. Amateur and returned multiple times to visit.

The Sheffield, England, native felt that local knowledge gave him an advantage over everyone else.

On Sunday, he became Brookline’s favorite son by making a par from the fairway bunker on the 72nd hole to win his first major at 6-under-par 274 following a 68. He was one shot better than Will Zalatoris (69) and Masters champion Scottie Scheffler (67).

“The expectations were for me

to play well, but I feel like having won the U.S. Amateur here as well, I just felt so comfortable around this place,” Fitzpatrick said.

“Know where to hit it; know where to miss it.

“Yeah, just happy to be unbeaten around this place.”

He joins Jack Nicklaus as the only men to win the U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open at the same place. The Golden Bear won the 1961 Amateur and 1972 Open at Pebble Beach and placed a phone call to Fitzpatrick following the trophy presentation.

Fitzpatrick grabbed the lead for good on the 15th hole. Following a wait of nearly 10 minutes at the tee, both Fitzpatrick and Zalatoris drove their ball into the right rough. Fitzpatrick was wild enough to find a trampled down area and

hit the green with a 5-iron from 230 yards. He proceeded to roll in the 19-foot birdie putt to get to 6 under, while Zalatoris was unable to get up and down from the front left bunker and dropped to 4 under.

The two-shot lead did not last long as Scheffler, playing two groups ahead, moved to 5 under with a birdie at the 17th hole, one which factored in so heavily in the three previous Opens at The Country Club. Zalatoris, who has only reinforced the belief that his time will eventually come, delivered a 6-iron to within 6 feet at the 16th to get to 5 under.

There was one more bid for 71sthole magic, but Zalatoris’ 12-foot bid did not have enough pace to hold the line and fell off to the left.

Zalatoris piped his drive at See Open, Page B8

Free agents want to stay in SF. Can the Warriors make it work?

Tribune Content Agency SAN FRANCISCO — The champagne buzz is still wearing off from the party in Boston and a parade is planned in San Francisco Monday to celebrate the Warriors’ fourth NBA title in eight years. But the Warriors have one eye looking forward to free agency that starts July 1.

This championship proved that, even with the core in their mid-30s, the contention window is still wide open. Pressure is on the front office to keep the roster wellequipped to run it back in 2023 and beyond.

Nine Warriors will be

free agents, seven unrestricted: Gary Payton II, Andre Iguodala, Kevon Looney, Otto Porter Jr., Nemanja Bjelica, Damion Lee and Chris Chiozza are free agents. Juan Toscano-Andersonand Quinndary Weatherspoon are restricted free agents.

With Golden State boasting the league’s highest payroll, will ownership and management be willing to spend to keep the team mostly intact? Or will they lean on some of their cheaper lottery picks to cut down on the luxury tax spending?

For the 2021 season, the Warriors held a $178 million payroll

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Kevon Looney is one of the Warriors’ nine free agents this offseason. Will he keep manning the middle for the champions? pre-tax and $170 million in luxury tax payments, totaling over $346 million in payroll. They’ve led the NBA in spending in four

of the last five seasons.

So trends tell us Warriors owner Joe Lacob won’t See Champs, Page B8

OAKLAND – A’s lefthander Jared Koenig got the kind of run support Sunday that some of his fellow starting pitchers have only sparingly enjoyed.

Seth Brown and Sean Murphy both homered to help lead the A’s to a 4-0 win over the Kansas City Royals on Father’s Day, giving Oakland an all-too-rare win at the Coliseum this season.

Brown hit a solo home run in the first inning and Murphy added a three-run homer in the sixth, as the A’s (23-45) salvaged the last game of the three-game set before a crowd of 14,341 and improved to 8-25 at home this season.

The A’s have now scored three or more runs in six of 16 games this month.

That was enough offense for Koenig, a San Jose native and Aptos High School alum, who picked up his Major League win in his third big league start.

Koenig, 28, threw

89 pitches and allowed two hits and four walks over 5 1/3 innings.

Koenig did not record more than 12 outs in either of his first two big-league starts for the A’s, as he entered Sunday with a 0-2 record and an 11.25 ERA. Last Monday against Boston, Koenig allowed single runs in each of the first three innings in what became a 6-1 A’s loss at Boston on Monday.

Against the Royals, though, Koenig didn’t allow a hit through four innings, although a play at first base in the fourth inning involving Royals outfielder Andrew Benintendi was changed from a base hit to an error on Koenig, who dropped a short throw from first baseman Brown at the bag.

The A’s also received solid starting pitching in their first two games in the series, as Frankie Montas and Cole Irvin combined to allow just four earned runs over 11 innings.

See Athletics, Page B8

Lightning can’t believe how bad Stanley Cup final has begun John Romano

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DENVER — So, we have theories. We have hypotheses. We have wild-hair thoughts and fait accompli portents to describe what has happened to the Lightning in the first two games of the Stanley Cup final.

What we don’t have are satisfactory answers or definitive solutions.

How does a team go from winning 10 of its last 12 games and shutting down two of the highest-scoring franchises in the NHL to suddenly looking like it is unfamiliar with the advanced analytical concept known as – checking notes – offense? Or defense?

The Lightning did not play much of either in a 7-0 loss in Game 2 against Colorado on

ANALYSIS Saturday, and players seemed unsure about how to explain the shortcoming.

“It didn’t look pretty, I’ll say that for sure,” forward Corey Perry said. “We can be better, we can be quicker with the puck.”

That’s true, but it’s also not an explanation as to why the Lightning haven’t been better. Or haven’t been quicker. If there is any team in the NHL that understands the effort, pace and commitment needed to win the Stanley Cup, it is the Lightning.

Yet they have played six periods in regulation against the Avalanche, and have been certifiably awful in four of See Cup, Page B8

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Chocolate pretzel peanut ice cream bars reimagine a childhood favorite Jessie Sheehan

SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON POST

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othing quite says summer like a trip to your favorite ice cream parlor (preferably via bicycle and still in your swimsuit). The sound of the truck rumbling down your street is another sure sign that a cool and creamy treat is in your future. But what if I told you that whipping up a big ol’ batch of ice cream bars at home is not only easy and fun, but also takes about as much time as the journey to and from the neighborhood scoop shop?

Yes, the bars will need to set up in the freezer for a few hours, but these cool, creamy, crunchy, salty-sweet warm-weather treats are 100% worth a little delayed gratification. Moreover, if, like me, you have fond memories of a Dairy Queen soft serve (“A twist with a chocolate dip, please”) – or really anything related to DQ or [insert name of your forever fave ice cream spot], these particular bars will give you all the nostalgic feels, but in a slightly more grownup package.

A recipe for a “Dilly Dessert,” a magnificent combo of two different Dairy Queen bars – the Dilly, vanilla ice cream on a stick dipped in chocolate; and the Buster, the Dilly plus peanuts and swirls of fudge – inspired these dreamy ganache-coated pretzel peanut ice cream bars. I learned about this DQ bar amalgam from a friend who clipped the recipe from her local Midwest newspaper, and I was instantly smitten with both its whimsical name (I mean, who doesn’t want to make a dessert with the word “dilly” in it?) and how easy it would be to execute.

In my version, softened store-bought vanilla ice cream is spread over an easy, no-bake, slightly salty, pretzel crust. The original recipe called for an Oreo cookie crumb crust, but this pretzel one adds a salty, snacky dimension to these bars that is not to be missed; it helps cut the sweetness of the ice cream and ganache – which your grown-up self will probably appreciate. You then press chopped roasted and salted peanuts into the ice cream (like in the original recipe), pour a slightly chewy, soft ganache over that (the ganache is a slightly more elevated take on the original’s chocolate/evaporated milk topping), and finish with a sprinkling of crushed pretzels and more peanuts.

After a few hours in the freezer, the result is a tray of treats that has your new “go-to, make-ahead summer-dessertfor-a-crowd” written all over it.

Here are a few of my ice cream bar assembly tips for perfect parlor-worthy treats every time. n Pretzel crust-making 101: A food processor is the best tool for grinding up your pretzels,

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Chocolate pretzel peanut ice cream bars need to set up in the freezer for a few hours. but a plastic zip-top bag and a rolling pin will do the trick in a pinch. When grinding, your aim is a combo of tiny little pretzel bits and pretzel dust. You don’t want all dust, as the bits add nice texture and help with the crust’s structure. After stirring in the butter, sugar and salt, you will know your mixture is good to go when you squeeze a little in your hand and it holds together. Firmly and evenly press the crust into your prepared pan, so it is solid and will not only remain firm and crunchy when covered in ice cream but will also, once frozen, slice nicely without cracking or crumbling. And if a chocolate cookie crumb crust is more your speed, you can use this one by increasing the ingredient amounts by one and a half. n Streamlining the assembly of the bars: To minimize downtime when assembling the bars, follow this timeline: When you finish making the crust and place it in the freezer, take the ice cream from the freezer to soften.

The crust benefits from a 20- to 30-minute rest in the freezer so that it firms up and is less likely to crumble when you spread it with the ice cream.

And, as luck would have it, the ice cream softens to a nice spreading consistency in about the same time. This timing might differ a little depending on the temperature of your kitchen, but I’m confident that by the time your ice cream is ready to be spread, your pretzel crust will be ready to receive it.

Next, you’ll press the peanuts into the ice cream and return the pan to the freezer for another 30 minutes (so the softened ice cream has a

chance to firm up again before being coated in ganache.) At this point you can make the ganache – or even before, while you’re waiting for the chilled crust and soft ice cream – as it, too, takes 20 to 30 minutes to come to room temperature.

Thus, in an ideal ice cream bar-making world, the ganache will be cool enough to pour over the ice cream around the same time the ice cream has rehardened enough so the ganache spreading is a foolproof task. n How to bring ganache to room temperature quickly: To further streamline the assembly of these bars, stop melting your chocolate, be it on the stovetop or in the microwave, when you can still see chunks of solid chocolate in the mix. Stir the chunks into the ganache off the heat, until melted and smooth.

Melting those last small chunks off heat will help bring down the temperature of the melted chocolate. The ganache will need to cool further on the counter, but you will have a head start on getting it to room temperature.

Following these tips will not only up your ice cream bar game, much to the delight of your family and friends, but will also allow you to get the bars in their hands as quickly as possible; and for that they will love you forever.

CHOCOLATE PRETZEL PEANUT ICE CREAM BARS Active time: 45 minutes | Total time: 3 hours 45 minutes 16 servings (2-by-3-inch bars) If the combination of cool and creamy vanilla ice cream, fudgy, thick chocolate ganache, salty pretzels and crunchy peanuts sounds like something you can get behind, this easy ice cream bar dessert is for you.

Inspired by two Dairy Queen treats, the Dilly Bar (vanilla ice cream dipped in chocolate) and the Buster Bar (vanilla ice cream, plus peanuts and swirls of fudge dipped in chocolate), cookbook author Jessie Sheehan’s snack bar dessert is all that, and then some. The no-bake pretzel crust is layered with softened store-bought ice cream (Sheehan likes vanilla here, but you do you), followed by a layer of coarsely chopped, roasted and salted peanuts and topped with a silky chocolate ganache.

To finish, Sheehan sprinkles more chopped peanuts and crushed pretzels over the chocolate, giving the bars extra salt and crunch.

After a few hours in the freezer, the dessert is sliced into bars to satisfy all the salty, sweet, creamy, crunchy or chocolate-y cravings.

Make Ahead: The crust can be wrapped in plastic wrap and frozen for up to 3 days.

Storage Notes: The bars can be frozen in a zip-top bag for up to 2 weeks.

For the crust and filling: 1 cup (8 ounces/226 grams) unsalted butter, melted, plus more at room temperature for greasing the pan 2 1⁄2 cups (8 ounces/226 grams) finely ground pretzels (about 4 1⁄2 cups whole pretzels, ground in a food processor or crushed in a zip-top bag with a rolling pin; see NOTE 6 tablespoons (75 grams) packed light brown sugar 3 ⁄4 teaspoon fine salt 1 1⁄2 quarts (27 1⁄2 ounces/ 783 grams) store-bought vanilla ice cream For the ganache topping: 9 ounces (255 grams) chopped semisweet chocolate or chocolate chips 1 cup (240 milliliters) heavy cream 2 tablespoons light corn syrup

2 cups (about 9 ounces/ 254 grams) roasted and salted peanuts, roughly chopped About 1 tablespoon each finely chopped peanuts and crushed pretzels, for sprinkling Make the crust: Grease the bottom of a 9-by-13-by-2-inch pan with softened butter. In a large bowl, combine the ground pretzels, melted butter, sugar and salt and mix with a flexible spatula (or your hands) until the butter and sugar are fully incorporated and the mixture is the consistency of wet sand. Scrape into the prepared pan and, using your hands or the back of a dry measuring cup, press into the bottom of the pan, creating a solid, flat layer. Freeze for about 30 minutes.

Make the ganache: In a medium heatproof bowl set over a pot of simmering water (make sure the bottom of the bowl doesn’t touch the water) combine the chocolate, heavy cream and corn syrup and warm until about three-quarters of the chocolate melts, about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally with a flexible spatula. Remove from the heat and stir until the chocolate melts completely. (Alternatively, you can microwave the chocolate, heavy cream and corn syrup on HIGH in a microwave-safe bowl, in 30-second bursts, for about 90 seconds, stirring in-between bursts, until a thick and glossy sauce forms.) Let cool completely.

About 20 minutes before you’re ready to assemble, transfer the ice cream to the counter to soften.

Using an offset spatula or a large spoon, evenly spread the softened ice cream over the frozen pretzel crust, then sprinkle with the peanuts, pressing them gently into the ice cream.

Transfer to the freezer until firm, about 30 minutes (even if your ganache has completely cooled, it’s a good idea to let the ice cream and peanuts harden in the freezer, for about 20 minutes, before adding the ganache).

Pour the ganache over the peanuts and evenly spread with an offset spatula or the back of a large spoon until smooth. Sprinkle with the finely chopped peanuts and crushed pretzels and return to the freezer until firm, at least 3 hours and preferably overnight.

Using a sharp chef’s knife, cut the bars into 16 or 24 squares, taking care not to score the bottom of the pan. Run the knife under hot water and dry it after each slice. Use an offset spatula to lift the bars from the pan.

NOTE: The finely ground pretzels should be a mixture of tiny crumbs, as well as dusty bits – you want to avoid straight-up dust.

Nutrition information per serving (one 2-by-3-inch slice) | Calories: 501; Total Fat: 35 g; Saturated Fat: 18 g; Cholesterol: mg; Sodium: 72 mg; Carbohydrates: 43 g; Dietary Fiber: 3 g; Sugar: 25 g; Protein: 8 g This analysis is an estimate based on available ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s or nutritionist’s advice.

From cookbook author Jessie Sheehan.

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ou can never shredded, raw have too many Brussels sprouts crunchy, or blanched, cruciferous salads chopped brocin your summer coli as a base, repertoire. for example.

They’re essential For this recipe at cookouts where I was aiming for they provide maximum crunch contrasting Ellie Krieger and a package of texture and already-riced cauNourish complementary liflower at the nutrition for grilled grocery store was calling proteins. They’re built to my name. You could pick hold up, resisting wilting up a bag of it, or rice cauand mushiness, so they liflower yourself using a can be proudly passed box grater or food procesaround at picnics, or sor, if you prefer. refrigerated for several Combined with a coldays for an instantaneous orful medley of diced red meal with, say, chickpeas, bell pepper, red onion, a hard-cooked egg or kohlrabi (or broccoli leftover chicken. stems or celery,) plus lots Cabbage is arguably of fresh, chopped parsley the most common startand nutty sunflower seeds, ing point for this kind of all tossed in a lemon-olive salad, with slaw variaoil dressing, it makes tions galore, but it can be for a salad that brings fun to explore other vege- that essential, hearty tables in the family, using crunch in a delightfully

unexpected way. I think you’ll agree it deserves a top spot in the summer salad lineup.

SUPER CRUNCHY SALAD 20 minutes 6 servings (makes 4 1/2 cups) This colorful, crunchy salad, made with a base of cauliflower rice, which you can buy prepared or make yourself, is a refreshing alternative to a slaw at a summer cookout or picnic, and it holds up well in the refrigerator for an instantaneous meal with some protein added.

Make Ahead: The salad may be assembled, minus the toasted sunflower seeds, up to 2 days in advance of serving; refrigerate until ready to serve.

Storage Notes: Refrigerate leftovers for up to 2 days.

NOTE: To rice cauliflower, cut the half-head of cauliflower into two or three large pieces, each with some stem attached. Holding each piece

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by the stem, grate the top part of the cauliflower on the large holes of a box grater to form rice-like pieces, until you have about 3 cups Alternatively, you can cut the half cauliflower into florets, removing as much of the stem as possible, and grate the florets in a food processor using the grater attachment. Save the stems and any remaining cauliflower for another use.

1 ⁄2 cup raw unsalted sunflower seeds 3 cups (8 ounces) fresh riced cauliflower (store-bought or from 1 ⁄2 head cauliflower, see NOTE; do not use frozen)

1 cup chopped fresh flatleaf parsley leaves 1 red bell pepper, finely diced 1 ⁄2 cup finely diced, peeled kohlrabi, broccoli stems or celery 1 ⁄3 cup finely diced red onion 1 ⁄4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 3 ⁄4 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest 1 ⁄4 cup fresh lemon juice 1 ⁄2 teaspoon fine salt 1 ⁄2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper In a small dry skillet over medium-high heat, toast the sunflower seeds, tossing

frequently, until golden and fragrant, 3 to 5 minutes.

Transfer to a small bowl and let cool completely.

In a large bowl, toss together the riced cauliflower, parsley, bell pepper, kohlrabi, onion, oil, lemon zest and juice, salt and pepper. (If not serving right away, refrigerate in an airtight container.)

When ready to serve, stir in the toasted sunflower seeds.

Nutrition information per serving (3⁄4 cup) | Calories: 172; Total Fat: 15 g; Saturated Fat: 2 g; Cholesterol: 0 mg; Sodium: 216 mg; Carbohydrates: 8 g; Dietary Fiber: 4 g; Sugar: 3 g; Protein: 4g This analysis is an estimate based on available ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s or nutritionist’s advice.

From registered nutritionist dietitian Ellie Krieger.

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Austin Butler plays “the King of Rock and Roll” in Baz Luhrmann’s new film “Elvis.”

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FAIRFIELD — Elvis, the famous rocker, shook the world with his iconic dance moves and catchy music. The newest film on his life will delve into his complicated relationship with his manager and those closest to him.

“The Black Phone” comes to local theaters for some series chills in this horror flick about a young boy kidnapped by a serial killer.

Opening nationwide are: “Elvis,” which looks at the complicated relationship between Elvis Presley (Austin Butler) and his manager, Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks). The film takes a closer look at the relationship between Presley and Parker, spanning over 20 years, while looking at the everchanging American culture. The film also delves into the relationship with his love, Priscilla Presley (Olivia DeJonge). This film is rated PG-13.

“The Black Phone,” in which a serial killer kidnaps a shy boy named Finney Shaw (Mason Thames). The smart 13-year-old is trapped in a soundproof basement where no one can hear his pleas for help.

A disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, and Finney finds help in the most unlikely place, the ghosts of the former victims. The ghosts want justice and Finney to escape. This film is rated R. Opening in limited release are: “Apples,” in which a worldwide pandemic erases the memories of its victims. Aris (Aris Servetalis) joins a program to help those affected make new mem-

ories and rebuild their lives. He meets Anna (Sofia Georgovasili), a woman who is also in recovery, and a new relationship begins to grow from the tatters of their old lives. This film is not rated.

“Harmony,” in which Sophia (Marili Kateri) is a wounded soldier who is recovering in a medical facility. She slowly realizes that the facility called Harmony is not there to help her heal but to create a new type of soldier who can use telepathy to fight. This film is rated R. “Marcel the Shell with Shoes,” in which Marcel is an adorable 1-inch-tall shell who lives with his grandmother Connie and their pet lint, Alan, in this short animation film. They are the only survivors of a mysterious tragedy. A documentary filmmaker discovers them among the clutter of his Airbnb, and creates a short film that he posts online.

The story is so moving that it brings Marcel fame and fans. The spotlight proves not to be the safest of places to stand for Marcel. He hopes that the film will help him find his long-lost family. This film is rated PG. For information on Edwards Cinemas in Fairfield, visit www.regmovies.com/theatres/ regal-edwards-fairfield-imax. For Vacaville showtimes, visit www. brendentheatres.com.

For Vallejo showtimes, check www.cinemark. com/theatres/ca-vallejo.

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n “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” on Hulu, a retired school teacher arranges to meet a sex worker at hotel in the hopes of making up for decades of being in a physically unfulfilling marriage. Widowed now for two years, she looks to be in her 60s. Her gentleman caller for hire looks to be in his 20s. “May I kiss you on the cheek?” he asks, a courtly gesture that seems tonally in sync with the brown skirt suit she’s wearing when she opens the door, looking as if she were off to a business meeting post-assignation. She’s not – she’s just a bundle of nerves, repression and pent-up desire.

More of a drama flecked with humor than outright sex comedy, “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” is a two-hander – forgive me if that sounds like a double entendre considering the subject matter, really it’s not! – starring the consistently wonderful Emma Thompson as Nancy Stokes (not her real name) and the smooth as silk Daryl McCormack as Leo Grande (not his real name, either). Their mutual use of pseudonyms preserves their privacy, but there’s a metaphorical subtext, as well: Over a period of subsequent meetings, the mask provided by those fake names drops away to reveal more than either originally intended.

Sex with her husband, Nancy explains early on, was rote and orgasm-free. She knows she’s been missing out. She’s very inexperienced. And now she’s grimly determined to change that. But dropping her proper British exterior just enough to let Leo do his thing – “letting go of the thing inside that judges you,” as she puts it – proves to be a challenge. Nancy has all kinds of retrograde ideas about sex and gender, and he’s not afraid to politely push back them. “You’re conflicted,” he tells her. “Conflicted is interesting.”

It’s a gradual process, her

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unclenching, and she’s worried her age makes her unappealing.

What if you meet someone and you really just … don’t want to do it? “Hasn’t happened yet,” he says. There’s a gentleness to Leo. He knows how to keep things light, while also being entirely present and in the moment. He’s suave without being smarmy. Thoughtful and a good listener. And practiced in the art of seduction. He’s not just going through the motions.

“You learn to read people,” he says. “You have to want to, first.” You have to want to. Now that’s a helluva observation.

The sex lives of people middle-aged (or older) are all but absent from TV and film, particularly from a woman’s point of view, which makes “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” seem like a welcome arrival – what took so long? – but this is just one portrayal and I’m reluctant to hold the film to expectations that it must reflect the experiences of all 60-something women. This is a specific story about a specific character and ultimately it speaks to the idea that sexual desires exist postmenopause and it’s OK to acknowledge that – or hell, make an entire movie about it.

Nancy likes to talk, which she frequently uses as a stall tactic, but eventually, her time with Leo opens her up to the idea that we also communicate with our bodies. Even so, she’s forever in her head. Sometimes she’s pretty terrible and self-involved. Thompson puts just enough of a prickly topspin on her performance to suggest that as a person, Nancy can be both unlikeable at times and also worthy of affection, physical or otherwise. She can

be nosy, pushing for information, which Leo deftly avoids – until she finally oversteps her mark. This is the closest the movie comes to an actual narrative: Will these two reconnect? Even if they do, what would either get out of it?

Written by Katy Brand and directed by Sophie Hyde, the film is more interested in the Nancy of it all, and you have a sense of who she might be outside this hotel room they keep returning to. Not so with Leo. There’s real skill in what McCormack is doing here, suggesting that Leo has all kinds of things running through his head that he keeps to himself. But aside from some biographical details that emerge, Leo remains a mystery. He’s young, a little devilish and easy to be around.

Nice to look at. This is a vocation he chose and seems to enjoy, for the most part. But he’s a cipher nonetheless. That kind of personal boundary makes sense in his professional life, but as a movie character, it also means his own wants and needs, his thoughts and interests, are flattened out of existence.

As a result, the film is intimate without feeling particularly deep or complicated. Not that it needs to be.

The sex in “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” is modestly shot, mostly condensed to a montage featuring a variety of positions – “I can’t balance like this,” Nancy says at one point and it may be the realest moment of the entire movie – which gets at the way sex can feel transcendent but also earthbound by practical considerations like . . . physics. Thompson gets fully naked in the film, but that doesn’t come until much later – when she’s alone, contemplating herself in the mirror. It’s funny how another person can change the way you look at yourself, good or bad. Maybe the trick in life is surrounding yourself with people who see you as a person whose appeal is simply innate.

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deceive?” and answered his own question with, “Because it is fun.”

There is nothing defenders like more than to deceive declarer into going down in a contract.

Today’s deal was first described by Villy Dam, from Denmark. I wonder if he was the unnamed East.

Against four spades, West leads the heart king and follows with the heart ace, announcing a doubleton. Declarer wins West’s club switch with dummy’s ace and plays the spade five: jack(!), king, four!

Now it looks too easy for South. He continues with the spade queen (or 10) and claims shortly thereafter. But stop for a moment and consider matters from South’s perspective. It seems that East began with the A-J doubleton of spades and West with the 9-7-4. If so, when South continues with a top spade, East will win with the ace and lead a heart, promoting the spade nine as the setting trick.

THE TASTY TRICK Following his instinct, South leads a low spade from his hand at trick five.

FROM NOWHERE Imagine his chagrin and embarrassBishop Butler preached in a sermon, ment when East wins it with the nine.

“Things and actions are what they are, Perhaps South should have been suspicious – East probably would have and the consequences of them will be what they will be: Why then should we gone in immediately with the spade ace from the A-J doubleton – but the desire to be deceived?” If only he had defenders gave declarer just enough been born some 250 years later and rope, and he hanged himself. become a bridge player, he could have COPYRIGHT: 2022, UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE changed the end to “. . . desire to

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‘We’re all afraid’

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or nearly 30 years, Virginia Rubio has lived in a trailer park in Forks, Wash., where monthly rent teeters around $350. Now it’s shooting up to $1,000.

Rubio, a retired home-care aide who lives on food stamps and $860 in Social Security each month, says there’s no way to make the math work. She owns the mobile home she shares with her partner and adult daughter but will soon have to give that up if she can’t afford to rent the plot of land underneath it.

“With an increase like this, I don’t know what we can do,” said Rubio, who is 75. “We’re all afraid of losing our homes.”

Surging home prices and rents are cascading down to the country’s mobile home parks, where heightened demand, low supply and an increase in corporate owners is driving up monthly costs for low-income residents with few alternatives.

At the same time, privateequity firms and developers are often circling nearby, looking to buy up such properties and turn them into more lucrative ventures, including timeshare resorts, wedding venues and condominiums.

Mobile homes have long been one of the country’s most affordable housing options, particularly for families who do not receive government aid. About 20 million Americans live in manufactured homes, which make up about 6% of U.S. residences, according to federal data. Some experts suggest those numbers could soon rise as more people are priced out of traditional houses and apartments.

Mobile home prices range from less than $25,000 in Nebraska, Iowa and Ohio, to more than $125,000 in Washington state. Overall, they tend to be three to five times cheaper than traditional single-family homes, according to an analysis of census data by LendingTree.

But rising demand for affordable housing has put particular pressure on the market. Nationally, the average sales price of manufactured homes has risen nearly 50% during the pandemic, from $82,900 to $123,200, census data shows. Meanwhile, average new home prices rose 22% in that period, according to government figures.

However, less is known about how much mobile homeowners pay to rent the land under their homes. Lot rents typically rise between 4% and 6% a year, according to industry sources, though there is little data on exact costs or price increases.

That lack of transparency is complicated by the fact few cities or states have rules governing rent increases at mobile home parks.

“Land prices are going up, housing costs are going up and that’s spilling into mobile homes,” said Casey Dawkins, a professor of urban studies and planning at the University of Maryland. “There’s also an overall shortage of affordable housing, particularly in cities and the suburbs around them.”

At the same time, park owners and operators are facing higher costs for utilities, workers and property taxes, all of which are likely being factored into higher rents for lots, according to John Pawlowski, managing director at real estate research firm Green Street Advisors.

In many cases, residents like Rubio said they own the trailer they live in but don’t enjoy the perks of homeownership – like locked-in monthly payments, tax breaks and appreciating home values – or the flexibility or protections associated with renting. They said they often felt caught in a state of limbo: Their mobile home is their biggest investment, yet it’s useless if they can’t afford to rent the land on which it sits. Moving a mobile home – if it is new enough to be

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Sue Veal, 69, gardens at home in Rochester, N.H., May 17. She moved to a mobile home park six years ago, after her husband died. She moved at all – can cost as much as $15,000, which means residents are often beholden to the parks where they live. Many municipalities also have rules governing when and how trailers can be transported.

“You have a captive audience in mobile home parks,” said Kate MacTavish, an associate professor at Oregon State University whose research focuses on affordable housing and trailer parks. “They may own their homes, but they can’t just pick up and move.”

In interviews with a dozen mobile home residents around the country, all said their rents had risen this year. Most reported increases of 10% to 25%, although some said monthly payments had doubled or tripled. Their options were increasingly limited, too: Many said they had bought trailers after being priced out of apartments, homes and condominiums and were now unsure of where to go next. They had used up their savings or taken on high-interest loans to buy manufactured homes with little resale value. Some were considering moving into motels, crashing with friends or living in their cars until they could find a more permanent arrangement.

Christy Andrews thought she was making a sound investment when she scooped up a mobile home for $5,000 in Torrance six years ago. But now she says it was a big mistake.

Her lot rent – the monthly fee she pays for the plot of land where her trailer is parked – has nearly doubled, to $1,700, in the six years she has lived at Knolls Manor and now takes up nearly all of the $1,900 a month she receives in Social Security disability checks.

“It’s horrible,” said Andrews, 43, who left her sales job in the aerospace industry because of kidney failure. “There’s no way to keep up. Do you pay rent or get your medicine or buy gas to take your kid to school?”

The only way to move, she said, would be to give up the only home she has ever owned.

Nearby rents are astronomical: Studios can easily cost $2,000 a month, and two-bedrooms are closer to $3,000.

Many of her neighbors have been evicted and end up homeless, she said, and she fears she’ll soon be living in her Chevy Tahoe with her rescue dogs, Jozie and Nyah.

Bessire & Casenhiser, which manages Knolls Manor, did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

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Group and Apollo Global Management have been rapidly buying up mobile home parks over the last decade, often using funding from government-sponsored lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Once they take over, one of their first moves is to raise rent, said MacTavish of Oregon State.

But industry groups say those rent increases are often necessary to cover the costs of improving and maintaining property grounds, particularly when parks change hands.

“When new owners come in, they’re doing infrastructure upgrades, they’re improving the streets and adding amenities, all of which are very important as these communities age,” said Lesli Gooch, chief executive of the Manufactured Housing Institute. “When a community does change hands, often times it’s because of a significant need for improvement and a lack of capital from the existing owners to make such improvements.”

Intensifying housing shortages during the pandemic have given park owners additional leverage to increase rents, MacTavish and others say, as rising home prices force renters out of apartments and houses. As a result, many smaller, independent park operators are also finding they can raise rents without cutting into potential demand.

“These creditor owners will keep squeezing you and squeezing you until you run out of money,” said Barbara, 78, who lives in a mobile home near Los Angeles where monthly rents went up nearly $200, or 15%, as soon as an institutional investor took over last year.

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Barbara – who asked to be identified by her first name because she fears retaliation – lives on a fixed income. She retired in 2014 from a decades-long career in commercial real estate and lives on $1,700 a month in Social Security.

She sold her two-bedroom condominium two years ago and used that money to buy a $295,000 mobile home. Since then, she has spent another $30,000 turning it into her “forever dream home.” But with lot rents rising, she says she isn’t sure she’ll be able to afford staying there for much longer.

Many others are making similar calculations: There are already 14 mobiles for sale in her park.

“I don’t know what to do, I really don’t,” she said. “I was going to put this up for sale, but then where do I go? I used up all of my cash to buy this.”

Few municipalities and states have rules governing rent increases or evictions at mobile home parks, although that is beginning to change. Vermont, for example, requires that park owners notify residents of plans to sell and allow them a chance to buy the property. Others, like Oakland, are revising zoning laws to allow manufactured housing in more parts of town.

“Many municipalities continue to ignore mobile home parks, and that, in no small part, has to do with the stigma around them,” said MacTavish of Oregon State. “It is one of the only forms of affordable housing we have, yet we don’t embrace it in ways that would make it work much better for families.”

The circumstances surrounding mobile homeownership are yet another way the housing market has worsened longstanding inequities. While

homeowners enjoyed cheaper mortgages during the pandemic, loans for buying manufactured homes often come with higher interest rates, limited opportunities to refinance and fewer protections than those for typical mortgages, according to a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau report. Mobile homeowners are also more likely to fall behind on housing payments than those who own site-built homes, the CFPB found. And because most residents own their homes but rent land, not being able to cover rent costs can often mean losing homes that they do own.

“Almost across the board, park residents are renting the land under their homes,” said Esther Sullivan, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Colorado at Denver whose work focuses on mobile homes. “So a missed lot payment puts not only their housing at risk, but can also wipe out their accrued wealth.”

In Rochester, N.H., Sue Veal, 69, bought a mobile home in a 55-and-older park for $119,000 six years ago.

Listed rents have risen steadily – 50% over six years – even as the park does away with services like recycling collection. But demand is on the upswing: A friend in the park recently sold their mobile home in a day, for $220,000 in cash, nearly double what they paid for it a few years ago.

“Prices are going up, but people are going to have nowhere to go,” said Veal, a retired biotech quality assurance manager who now receives about $2,000 a month in Social Security. “We’re all worried about a future where our money is going to run out.”

Linda denOuden traded in a two-bedroom apartment near Portland, Ore., for a mobile home last year thinking it would be a good way to save money after her husband died. She used money she received from his life insurance policy to buy a $70,000 unit. But her lot rent is going up nearly 10% to more than $1,000 a month, making it just about impossible for her to make ends meet on Social Security and a small pension.

The 68-year-old has started putting off routine doctors visits and mammograms to save money. It has been years since she went to a dentist.

“Living on a fixed income means there is no room for extra expenses,” she said. “I am one catastrophe away from losing everything I have left. It’s a never-ending worry I live with every day.”

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PUBLIC NOTICES FAIRFIELD-SUISUN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NOTICE INVITING BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the GOVERNING BOARD OF THE FAIRFIELDSUISUN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, OF THE COUNTY OF SOLANO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, will receive up to, but not later than, July 12, 2022 at 1:00 pm local time that will not be opened publicly, at the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District, Purchasing Department at 2490 Hilborn Road, Fairfield, CA 94534, bids for the following Project: Bid #2153-23 Custodial Supplies (REBID) Interested Bidders are referred to the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District website https://www.fsusd.org/Page/15594, for details, instructions, bid forms, and addenda. It is the responsibility of the bidder to visit the website for all addenda, communication, deadlines, and/or updates. All questions regarding this Bid are due on or before 4:00 p.m. on June 23, 2022 via email to: Melissa Iriarte at melissair@fsusd.org the subject line of “BID #2153-23 Questions/RFI”. O nly questions submitted through this process will be accepted.

Each bid shall be made on forms prepared by the District in the Contract Documents. Bid packets will be available on June 15, 2022 by 4:00 pm which can be accessed on the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District/Purchasing website at https://www.fsusd.org/Page/15594.

Bids shall be delivered and addressed to the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District, Attention: Melissa Iriarte, Director of Purchasing & Contract Services, 3rd floor, 2490 Hilborn Road, Fairfield CA 94534, and shall be labeled “Bid #2153-23 Custodial Supplies”, due no later than July 12, 2022 on or before 1:00 p.m., local time. Bids will not be considered unless they are received by the proper time. No oral, telegraphic, electronic, facsimile, or telephonic bids or modifications will be considered. It is the responsibility of the Bidder to see that any bid submitted shall have sufficient time to be received by the Purchasing Office before the Bid Submittal Deadline. Bids received after the deadline will be returned unopened.

Bids must bear original signatures and figures.

No bid may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for the opening for bids except as provided pursuant to Public Contract Code section 5100, et seq.

The District reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any informalities or irregularities in the bidding.

DR#00055745 Published: June 13, 20, 2022 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. CA-22-910460-AB Order No.: DEF-392405 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/25/2019. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): JERRY LOPEZ, A MARRIED MAN AND MICHAEL LOPEZ, A SINGLE MAN AND ADAM LOPEZ, A SINGLE MAN, AS COMMUNITY PROPERTY Recorded: 11/27/2019 as Instrument No. 201900087684 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of SOLANO County, California; Date of Sale: 7/13/2022 at 10:30 AM Place of Sale: At the Santa Clara Street entrance to the City Hall, 555 Santa Clara Street, Vallejo, CA 94590 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $416,173.56 The purported property address is: 86 ALEXANDER WAY, SUISUN CITY, CA 94585 Assessor's Parcel No.: 0032-351-050 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 1-866-539-4173 for information regarding the trustee's sale or visit this internet website http://www.qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-22-910460-AB. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the internet website. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an "eligible tenant buyer," you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction.

If you are an "eligible bidder," you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call 1866-539-4173, or visit this internet website http://www.qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-22-910460-AB to find the date on which the trustee's sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee's sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee's sale.

If you think you may qualify as an "eligible tenant buyer" or "eligible bidder," you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser's sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary's Agent, or the Beneficiary's Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right's against the real property only. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 2763 Camino Del Rio S San Diego, CA 92108 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 1-866-539-4173 Or Login to: http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-22-910460-AB IDSPub #0179011 6/20/2022 6/27/2022 7/4/2022 DR#00055804 Published: June 20, 27, July 4, 2022

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: FE SORIAO BRANTLEY CASE NO. P051487 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of FE SORIAO BRANTLEY. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by JOHN EDWARD BRANTLEY in the Superior Court of California, County of Solano.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that JOHN EDWARD BRANTLEY be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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: 07/15/22 at 8:30AM in Dept. 4 located at 600 Union Avenue, Mailing Address: PO Caller 5000, Fairfield, CA 94533 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner GENENE N. DUNN - SBN 300855, HUNSBERGER DUNN LLP 14751 PLAZA DR., STE. G TUSTIN CA 92780 BSC 221829 6/20, 6/22, 6/27/22 CNS-3596697# THE DAILY REPUBLIC DR#00055866 Published: June 20, 22, 27, 2022 CITY OF FAIRFIELD STATE OF CALIFORNIA NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS 1. NOTICE IS GIVEN that the City of Fairfield will receive bids for the furnishing of all labor, materials, transportation and services necessary for the construction and completion of: FIRE STATION 35 – ALTERATIONS General Work Description: The Work consists of construction to change a single accessible Toilet Room to two Toilet Rooms, one accessible and one not. Scope of work also includes minor alterations to an adjacent Laundry Room.

FIRE STATION 40 – DOOR REPLACEMENT General Work Description: The Work consists of construction to remove and replace one sectional overhead door in order to increase the height clearance to accommodate new apparatus. Scope of work also includes relocation of several appliances and mechanical equipment.

2. Each bid must be in accordance with the provisions of the contract documents now on file with the City Engineer, City of Fairfield, Fairfield, California, which contract documents are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof.

OBTAINING CONTRACT DOCUMENTS: Copies of the contract documents, specifications and drawings may be obtained by logging onto http://www.fairfieldplanroom.com or by calling BPX Printing at (707)745-3593. These items may obtain a set price of $125.00, plus shipping, and is non-refundable. All bidders are recommended to purchase a complete bid set from BPX Printing prior to bid opening in order to ensure receipt of addenda notifications 3. Bid Guaranty and Bonding Requirements are as follows: (a) a bid guarantee in the amount of 10% of the bid price must be submitted with bid proposal, (b) the successful bidder shall furnish a payment bond and a performance bond in the amount of 100% of total bid price.

4. Proof of compliance with insurance requirements (including certificates of insurance and additional insured endorsements) shall be provided by the successful contractor.

Coverage shall be for the following amounts: (a) Commercial General Liability $3,000,000 each occurrence, $6,000,000 each aggregate, (b) Automobile Liability $1,000,000 each occurrence, and (c) Worker’s Compensation/Employer’s Liability $1,000,000 each occurrence.

5. For information concerning the proposed work, contact: Caroline Vedder, P.E., Associate Civil Engineer City of Fairfield, Public Works Department 1000 Webster Street Fairfield, CA 94533 (707)428-7484 6. The Contractor shall perform with his/her own organization, work of a value amounting to not less than fifty (50) percent of the remainder obtained by subtracting from the total original value the sum of any items that may be designated as “Specialty Items” in the Special Provisions.

7. Pursuant to the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, Assembly Bill, at least 50% of the waste generated from this construction project, as measured by weight, shall be recycled. Whomever is responsible for collecting and transporting waste stored and/or transported in containers, as defined in Chapter 9 of the Fairfield Municipal Code (section 9.030 “Defined Terms and Phrases”), shall become authorized to do so by entering into a Collection Agreement approved by the City of Fairfield. The collectors and/or haulers of all other waste generated by this project shall not require authorization, but the recycling requirements will still apply and will be monitored for compliance by the City.

8. A mandatory pre-bid meeting for prospective bidders of the project will be conducted by the OWNER at 10:00AM on June 21, 2022. The meeting will be located at 600 Lopes Road, Fairfield, CA 94534 for Fire Station 35 followed by a meeting at Fire Station 40 located at 2555 Hillborn Road, Fairfield, CA 94534 9. Bids will be received until 2:00 PM on July 12, 2022 at the front counter of Public Works, 3rd floor City Hall, 1000 Webster Street, at which time bids will be opened. No phones are available at the City offices for use by the bidders. The wall clock at the Public Works Counter will be the final determination of the time.

10. All public works projects are subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the State of California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). No contractor or subcontractor may be listed on a bid proposal for a public works project unless registered with the DIR pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5 (with limited exceptions from this requirement for bid purposes only under Labor Code section 1771.1(a)). Furthermore, no contractor or subcontractor may be awarded a contract for public work on a public works project unless registered with the DIR pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5.

11. The tentative schedule for this Project is as follows: Date Event June 13, 2022 – July 12, 2022 Bid Acceptance Period June 21, 2022; 10:00 AM Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting June 27, 2022; 4:00PM Deadline for Bid Questions July 12, 2022; 2:00PM Bid Opening August 16, 2022 Anticipated Award of a Construction Contract CITY OF FAIRFIELD Ryan N. Panganiban City Engineer/Assistant Director of Public Works Date: June 13, 2022 DR#00055756 Published: June 13, 20, 2022

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DAILY REPUBLIC — Monday, June 20, 2022 B7

Forest Service firefighters face a morale crisis Alex Wigglesworth LOS ANGELES TIMES

Chris Mariano became a federal wildland firefighter because he wanted to help protect the Northern California landscapes and communities he’d grown to love.

Years later, after working his way up to squad boss of the elite Truckee hotshot crew for the U.S. Forest Service, Mariano resigned in a viral letter that is the latest example of how low pay, grueling work and mental stress are driving experienced professionals out the door at a time when extreme wildfires are becoming more destructive.

“It almost feels as though we’re out there doing the very best we can, but it’s not enough,” Mariano said. “And that’s tough, to know that you’re giving everything you have, and communities are still being lost.”

As the West enters what is expected to be another severe fire season, morale within the Forest Service has plummeted to an all-time low, current and former firefighters say.

The work – backbreaking physical labor that pays an average starting wage of $15 an hour, not including hazard pay and overtime – is tougher than ever as fires grow in size and severity. But pay raises promised in last year’s infrastructure bill remain in limbo. Low wages have also combined with skyrocketing housing costs to ensure that many firefighters can’t afford to live in the places they work.

The conditions have left the Forest Service struggling to both recruit and retain employees, firefighters and advocates say.

Recently, the Forest Service warned employees that it was unable to fill about 1,000 temporary firefighter positions and was now looking to make emergency hires by shortening the onboarding process.

As California faces what is expected to be a punishing fire season, only 62% of federal firefighter positions here are filled, according to a source within the agency. Before 2020, nearly all firefighter positions across the nation would typically be filled at this time of year, said the source, who requested anonymity to discuss sensitive internal matters.

Nelvin C. Cepeda/San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS file

A firefighter with the U.S. Forest Service uses a drip torch to ignite several prescribed pile burns on In addition, roughly a third of all Forest Service fire engines in California are on five-day staffing, meaning there aren’t enough crew members to operate them seven days a week.

Another 13% of engines are “down staffed” — essentially parked due to lack of firefighters, the source said.

The Forest Service has acknowledged challenges in reaching this year’s national target of 11,300 firefighters, especially in the Pacific Northwest and Southwest regions, which include Oregon, Washington and California.

The recruitment and retention problems are in areas “where state and private firefighter wages are outcompeting federal firefighter wages, housing costs are not affordable, and positions are in remote locations,” the agency said in a statement.

The Forest Service is able to order up emergency personnel – generally retired agency employees who can support incident-management teams and other firefighting duties – and is working to bring on more contractors to help, the statement said.

Riva Duncan, executive secretary of Grassroots Wildland Firefighters, an advocacy group

Mount Laguna in San Diego in January. State fires after taken an emotional toll on firefighters.

made up of current and former firefighters, said she is troubled by what she is hearing.

“The information we’re seeing for ourselves and hearing from our folks on the ground is painting a pretty dire picture of having to park a lot of engines, having to stand down some crews, helitack crews, and also that some of the hotshot crews are struggling to maintain their Type 1 status,” said Duncan, who worked as a wildland firefighter for 31 years before retiring in December 2020.

Type 1 denotes the highest level of training and qualifications.

Some longtime firefighters say the problem is a direct consequence of low pay, noting that even Target stores announced they will pay up to $24 an hour for some starting workers – almost $10 more than the Forest Service pays for many entrylevel roles.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and some other state and municipal agencies can pay twice that and typically compensate firefighters for 24-hour shifts while on assignment. Federally employed firefighters are generally only paid for up to 16 hours a day, Duncan said.

Jesus Munoz, 20, recently left the agency after just a month

and a half of working on an engine in the Lassen National Forest. He was commuting 130 miles from Nevada to stay during the week at barracks that were often infested with bugs, rodents and squirrels, he said.

The rent on his home and the barracks, plus gas and groceries, consumed virtually all of his $15-an-hour salary.

“It was almost to the point where my paychecks, as soon as I got them, they were gone,” he said. “It’s also the kind of work you have to do for the pay. We’re getting paid $15 an hour to put our lives on the line.”

Forest Service firefighters are generally classified as forestry technicians and typically start at the third grade of the government’s general schedule pay system, which had an annual base salary of $24,749 to $32,174 this year. The bipartisan infrastructure bill signed into law in November directed officials to create a new occupational series called wildland firefighter, and to increase the salary by the lesser of $20,000 or 50%, provided officials determine the job is located in an area in which it is difficult to recruit or retain firefighters.

But more than six months later, no raises have been doled out, and it’s unclear when they

will take effect or to whom they will apply. The Forest Service says it hopes to get the money into paychecks this summer.

“It’s frustrating that there are still so many unknowns so many months after the act became law,” Duncan said. The delays have fostered a sense of betrayal and added to already low morale, she said.

Pay is not the only problem.

Housing struggles, physical and mental trauma and extended periods away from home are causing an increasing number of firefighters to call it quits.

Assignments often last 14 to 21 days, with three days off in between – a particularly difficult schedule for those who have a family or are trying to start one, firefighters say.

Many of those fleeing are mid-career professionals whose expertise is needed to run engine and hand crews.

“It’s that institutional knowledge that is leaving the Forest Service,” said Jonathon Golden, 40, who resigned in 2019 after more than 10 years.

“Yeah, we’re losing a workforce, but the Forest Service is also going through a brain drain of how to successfully suppress fire in complex environments.” Those environments increasingly involve the wildland-urban interface, where fire poses the most risk to lives and properties, he said.

A permanent seasonal worker, Golden said he’d “beat himself up” to get 1,000 hours of overtime each season to sustain himself through the months he was laid off, when he would incur debt to continue his federal health coverage.

Meanwhile, the seasons grew longer. Golden’s first son was born in 2017, and he spent the child’s first Christmas on a fire near Ojai, he said.

“It was kind of like this weird thing where you were finding yourself hoping for overtime, hoping for fire so you could pay this debt back faster or have more money coming in,” he said. “But also at the same time, that was taking you away from home.”

Finding a place to call home was also a challenge.

Federal firefighters receive no housing stipend. In some areas, the Forest Service provides barracks.

B8 Monday, June 20, 2022 — DAILY REPUBLIC

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Scoreboard BASEBALL National League Seattle OAKLAND

TV sports Baseball MLB • San Francisco at Atlanta, NBCSBA, 4 p.m.

NCAA • CWS, Teams TBA, ESPN, 11 a.m.

• CWS, Teams TBA, ESPN, 4 p.m.

Hockey NHL • Stanley Cup Finals, Game 3, Colorado at Tampa Bay, 7, 10, 5 p.m.

Softball • A.U., ESPN2, 4 p.m.

• A.U., ESPN2, 6:30 p.m

American League East Division W L 49 17 38 28 36 30 36 31 30 38 Central Division W L Minnesota 38 30 Cleveland 34 28 Chicago White Sox 31 33 Detroit 26 40 Kansas City 23 42 West Division W L Houston 41 25 L.A. Angels 33 36 Texas 31 35 N.Y. Yankees Toronto Tampa Bay Boston Baltimore

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East Division W L Pct GB 44 24 .647 — 38 29 .567 5½ 36 32 .529 8 29 35 .453 13 24 46 .343 21 Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis 38 30 .559 — Milwaukee 38 30 .559 — Pittsburgh 26 39 .400 10½ Chicago Cubs 25 41 .379 12 Cincinnati 23 43 .348 14 West Division W L Pct GB L.A. Dodgers 40 25 .615 — San Diego 41 27 .603 ½ SAN FRANCISCO 37 28 .569 3 Arizona 32 36 .471 9½ Colorado 30 37 .448 11 Sunday’s Games Pittsburgh 4, SAN FRANCISCO 3 N.Y. Mets Atlanta Philadelphia Miami Washington

Pct GB .742 — .576 11 .545 13 .537 13½ .441 22 Pct GB .559 — .548 1 .484 5 .394 11 .354 13½ Pct .621` .478 .470

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OAKLAND 4, Kansas City 1 Washington 9, Philadelphia 3 Baltimore 2, Tampa Bay 1 Boston 6, St. Louis 4 Toronto 10, N.Y. Yankees 9 Milwaukee 6, Cincinnati 3 Detroit 7, Texas 3 Miami 6, N.Y. Mets 2 Atlanta 6, Chicago Cubs 0 Colorado 8, San Diego 3 Arizona 7, Minnesota 1 Cleveland 5, L.A. Dodgers 3 L.A. Angels 4, Seattle 0 Houston 4, Chicago White Sox 3 Monday’s Games SAN FRANCISCO at Atlanta, 4:20 p.m.

Miami at N.Y. Mets, 10:10 a.m.

Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m.

Detroit at Boston, 4:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m.

Toronto at Chicago WhiteSox, 5:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Milwaukee 5:10 p.m.

Kansas City at L.A. Angels, 6:38 p.m.

Arizona at San Diego, 6:40 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games SAN FRANCISCO at Atlanta, 4:20 p.m.

Seattle at OAKLAND, 6:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Cincinnati, 3:40 p.m.

Colorado at Miami, 3:40 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m.

Washington at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m.

Detroit at Boston, 4:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Minnesota, 4:40 p.m.

Tuesday’s TV Sports

Open From Page B1 the last and had just 128 yards in. Fitzpatrick, who hit 11 of the first 13 fairways, put a 3-wood into the front left fairway bunker.

He was 156 yards from the championship, but with a significant lip in front of him, the thoughts of a fourth playoff in as many Opens filled the air around TCC’s stately clubhouse.

He and veteran caddie Billy Foster went with a 9-iron. The lip proved to be no obstacle, the shot finding the middle of the green, 19 feet above the hole.

“Never a doubt,” said Foster, who finally got a major after so many chances over the years, of the club choice.

Said Fitzpatrick, “One good thing is the way the lie was is it forced me not to go towards the pin. It kind of forced me to go well left anyway. If I had to hit straight, it was kind of a chip across the green or whatever it was.

“But I just feel like I’m a fast player, and when I look back, it just all happened so fast.

It was like just kind of natural ability took over

Weather 5-Day Forecast

FOR FAIRFIELD-SUISUN CITY

Today Sunny

91

Good Moderate

High

Very High Extreme

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64 Tuesday Hot

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95|62 Thursday Sunny

93|60 Friday Sunny

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A’s starting pitcher Jared Koenig (46) throws against the Royals in the first inning at the Coliseum in Oakland, Sunday.

Athletics From Page B1 But the A’s just couldn’t get on base with any regularity, and when they did, usually couldn’t bring the runners home, going 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position. Oakland lost 5-1 on Friday and 2-0 on Saturday.

Brown’s homer to left field was his ninth of the season, but the A’s failed on a couple of chances to add to their lead.

In the third inning, Tony Kemp was

Cup From Page B1 those periods. So what’s the problem?

Is it the altitude?

There is no doubt the thin air in Colorado favors the Avalanche. But is it

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sent home by third base coach Darren Bush after Michael A. Taylor misplayed Brown’s single to center. Kemp was initially ruled safe at home by umpire Alex MacKay, but after an official review, it was determined that Kemp was tagged on the backside by Royals catcher Salvador Perez.

The A’s also had runners on second and third with one out in the fifth, but Kemp grounded into a fielder’s choice and Murphy was caught in a rundown between home plate and third base.

That was followed by a pop-up to third base by Jonah Pride.

enough to tilt the advantage as dramatically as the results of the first two games? That seems hard to swallow.

The Lightning arrived in Denver on Monday and had five days to get acclimated to the altitude by Game 2. And with all that extra time, they played even worse than they

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NHL Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals Wednesday, June 15 Colorado 4, Tampa Bay 3, OT Saturday, June 18 Colorado 7, Tampa Bay 0, Colo. leads 2-0 Monday, June 20 Colorado at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

Wednesday, June 22 Colorado at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

Friday, June 24 Tampa Bay at Colorado, 5 p.m.

Sunday, June 26 Colorado at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

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Statistics for Travis Air Force Base for yesterday through 5 p.m.

Temperature High/Low................................ 90/55 Average high .......................... 86.1° Average low............................ 56.1° A year ago............................ NA/NA Barometric pressure..............30.0 Humidity...................................24%

Air Quality Index 84 Precipitation 0-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-300 Last 24 hours................................. 0 Good Unhealthy Unhealthy unhealthy Month-to-date.........................0.02 Moderate sensitive Very Normal June rainfall ............. 0.18″ Source: Bay Area Air Quality Management District Season-to-date.......................... NA Normal seasonal rainfall....24.81″ UV Index This date last year...................... NA 8 Source: NWS and NOAA <2 3-5 6-7 8-10 11+

HOCKEY

Giants

Baseball MLB • San Francisco at Atlanta, TBS, NBCSBA, 4 p.m.

• Seattle at Oakland, NBCSCA, 6:30 p.m.

NCAA • CWS, Teams TBA, ESPN, 11 a.m.

• CWS, Teams TBA, ESPN2, 4 p.m.

and just played the shot that was at hand, if I was a junior trying to hit it close.

“And I didn’t mean to do that, but I just committed to the shot we kind of planned and came out of it squeezy fade. Yeah, it was amazing.”

He also described it as the perfect number.

Fitzpatrick nearly rolled in the putt, but it was an all-world par considering the enormity of the situation.

But it left the door open for Zalatoris to force a playoff, and it was on a similar line as Fitzpatrick. The 15-footer was moving down the hill, slightly left-to-right, but stayed just outside the left edge, securing the victory for the Englishman and leaving Zalatoris shocked.

“With about six feet to go, I thought I had it,” said Zalatoris, who at just 25 years old has been a runner-up in three majors.

Scheffler got hot early, making four birdies over the first six holes to get to 6 under.

His round sputtered from there though, he had his third into the par-5 eighth roll back down the hill leading up to the green, resulting in a par.

Philadelphia at Texas, 5:05 p.m.

Toronto at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Milwaukee 5:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Houston, 5:10 p.m.

Kansas City at L.A. Angels, 6:38 p.m.

Arizona at San Diego, 6:40 p.m.

(feet) Suisun 12:18 a.m. 2.30 Today 12:20 p.m. -0.08 1:37 a.m. 1.86 Tuesday 1:14 p.m. 0.05

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4.58 -0.09 4.08 5.22

1.69 9:36 1.33 0.19

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Forecast for Monday, June 20, 2022

more of the depth you’re looking for.”

Tyler Rogers was called on to pitch the ninth in a tied game, but it was over after three pitches.

Suwinski’s walk-off shot was just the third home run Rogers has allowed to left-handed batter over 279 career matchups.

The Giants will likely regret their missed scoring opportunities.

Before they had made an out, they had two runs, thanks to a Joc Pederson two-RBI single after the Pirates started the game by committing and error and issuing two walks. The Giants, however, stranded two runners on base in that opening frame and made 24 outs before they struck again, with Estrada’s solo shot to left field off closer David Bednar.

“Sometimes we’re hitting into double plays, sometimes we’re just not getting a good pitch to hit,” Kapler said. “There’s no question that we’re going to start driving in those runs in bunches.”

did in Game 1.

If the thin air is that big of a factor, the Avalanche would never lose at Ball Arena.

“We’ve been here a week. So it’s been a long time just to play two games. Our guys weren’t huffing and puffing on the bench,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said.

“If there’s one team that doesn’t hand out excuses, it’s us.”

Because of the pandemic and readjusted schedules, the Lightning have played more postseason games in a shorter period of time than any team in NHL history. They are back on the ice for Game 3 Monday.

Champs

Warriors next season, but the longtime journeyman who bounced between six G-League teams and four NBA teams is looking for a multi-year deal.

“I get to choose this time, I think so it’ll be interesting,” Payton said. “Looking forward to it though.”

Plenty of teams will be interested in Payton for his ability to defend wings despite his 6-foot-3 height, but the Warriors may feel the need to keep and pay their discovery.

Porter signed a oneyear deal on a veteran minimum contract and shined, his 3-point shooting spacing the floor with Steph Curry and Klay Thompson. Porter’s nonBird rights for this free agency period means the Warriors can’t offer him much. But they could offer him the luxury tax-payer mid-level exception, which could be worth $6 million.

Porter, whose career has been mired by injuries, may be willing to sign on for that.

“I do know that this team can compete again for another championship and it would be a great opportunity if I could stay here,” Porter said. “It would be amazing to be here with that group of guys again and do it all over again.”

Iguodala, 38, has yet to announce if he will retire from the league or give another season.

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Payton, Looney and Porter in particular were key to the Warriors’ success this season and voiced their desire to stay in Golden State.

“I always want to be back here,” said Looney, the Warriors’ 2015 first-round pick.

“I want to come back and try to defend what we just won and be a part of something special again.”

The Warriors own Looney’s Bird rights, which means they have no limitations on what they can offer him. After playing all 104 games this year, regular season and playoffs included, Looney evolved as one of the team’s most valuable players and their only true center with James Wiseman sidelined injured.

The Warriors also own Payton’s early-Bird rights, which means the Warriors can offer Payton up to 105 percent of this season’s league average salary. That would be just over $10 million. Payton said he would “absolutely” love to come back to the