Daily Republic: Monday, July 25, 2022

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Oak fire explodes, thousands flee, towns threatened Los Angeles Times

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Poppy the goat and Timmy the lamb created some funky art as a fundraiser for The Funky Chicken Rescue.

Four-legged artists help raise money for animal sanctuary Susan Hiland

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VACAVILLE — The Funky Chicken Rescue has a couple of four-legged artists who managed to help raise some much-needed funds for the local nonprofit all-animal sanctuary.

The artists are Timmy the lamb and Poppy the goat who were two mobility-challenged animals at the farm.

With the help of Derrick Campanana of Bionic Pets, who travels the world creating prosthetic devices to get animals walking again, the two are able to walk and did a little painting.

Timmy has a new brace on his leg and a prosthetic device for Poppy has allowed him to run with his animal friends.

“This really was a miracle,” owner Darcy Smith said.

Funky Chicken Rescue was featured last weekend on “Wizard of Paws,” on the BYUtv network.

Darcy helped get the artists going on the painting by placing paint on their hooves and then let them go to work on the canvas.

The result were two colorful paintings that would be considered very modern art.

Poppy’s canvas sold for $200 and Timmy’s sold for $225.

“I thought that was pretty good,” Smith said. “I am very pleased with the results.”

The artwork helped raise money for hay and feed for the animals.

The cost of hay has risen as a result of the fires and the drought.

Smith is paying $22 a bail for the hay, and goes through four bails in a day. In addition, she has to feed all the birds on the property. The farm is filled with a menagerie of animals from sheep to goats, cows, chickens, turkeys, ducks, and the list goes on.

“I really appreciate all the help we have received from our donors,” Smith said.

Some of them have called and said they can’t afford to help with donations any longer, so Smith is getting creative.

Funky Chicken Rescue is home to more than 200 animals, many with disabilities or were neglected and were abused.

The sanctuary is run by a family

of three, along with a few animalloving volunteers.

They have many more animals like Timmy and Poppy, but some are blind animals, animals with three legs and animals with mobility issues.

Timmy and Poppy both came to Funky Chicken Rescue for a second chance at life. They couldn’t walk and they would have been euthanized. With help from veterinarians, a lot of physical therapy and their prosthetic devices from “Wizard of Paws,” Timmy and Poppy are both mobile.

Timmy is now able to run on his own and makes the rounds feeding the animals.

Smith never thought she would be running a rescue for hurt and neglected animals, she just wanted a farm life.

The first rescue started with Funky Chicken, who was recommended to her by a friend. The rooster needed help and she got it for him. Soon she and her husband were traveling with the rooster everywhere including concerts.

See Animals, Page A8

White House doctor: Monkeypox ‘can be contained’ Tribune Content Agency WASHINGTON — Monkeypox “can be contained” in the U.S., with the goal of eventually eliminating the illness as testing and vaccinations ramp up, the White House’s Covid-19 response coordinator said.

Ashish Jha repeated that, with more than 2,000 cases nationwide, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is weighing whether to declare monkeypox a public health emergency. The head of the World Health Organization declared the global outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on Saturday.

“We think we can get our arms around this thing,” Jha said in an interview with CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday. “But obviously, if we need further tools, we will invoke them as we need them.”

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White House Covid-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha speaks at a press briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C., June 2, 2022.

He said “monkeypox can be contained, absolutely,” through testing and vaccines. The U.S. can test 80,000 people per week and has 300,000 vaccines, Jha said.

The U.S. should have “an additional 750,000 doses” of vaccine by the end of the month, Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, said on MSNBC’s “The Sunday Show.”

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WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus intervened after nine members of the expert committee were against declaring the monkeypox outbreak an emergency, while six were in favor. Tedros and the health organization had faced criticism in some quarters that they acted too slowly to ratchet up the alarms on Covid-19.

“We have an outbreak

that has spread around the world rapidly through new modes of transmission,” he said during a press briefing in Geneva on Saturday.

Around the world, monkeypox is still primarily affecting men who have sex with men and those who identify as gay or bisexual. On Friday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that two pediatric patients had been identified this week, raising concerns that the virus is finding its way into other populations.

Fauci said the goal is to vaccinate groups where monkeypox is spreading, including people who have been exposed to someone with the virus and those who are simply more at risk, including men who have sex with other men.

“You really want to get people who are at risk because of behavior,” he said on MSNBC.

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LOS ANGELES — Firefighters were struggling to battle California’s largest fire of the season so far, a fast-moving inferno tearing through the Sierra Nevada foothills west of Yosemite National Park that has burned at least 10 structures, forced several thousand people to flee their homes and is threatening multiple mountain communities.

The Oak fire, which started Friday near Midpines and had spread to 14,281 acres as of 7 a.m.

Sunday, marked an ominous start to the state’s peak wildfire season, with more dangerous blazes expected due to a combination of drought, climate change and overgrown vegetation that has increased the likelihood of fires igniting quickly and spreading rapidly.

It came as much of the globe was in the grip of extreme heat, with record-breaking temperatures fueling fires across Europe and prompting alerts in large swaths of the United States and China.

“The troops out on the ground have got a really tough situation right now to deal with,” said Kim Zagaris, former state fire and rescue chief for the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services who now works as adviser for the Western Fire Chiefs Association.

“Mother Nature throws a lot at us,” Zagaris said.

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A firefighting aircraft drops retardant ahead of the Oak Fire, near Jerseydale, Sunday.

Jan. 6 panel will ‘get to the bottom’ of Secret Service texts, Cheney says Tribune Content Agency WASHINGTON — The bipartisan committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol intends to “get to the bottom” of missing or destroyed U.S. Secret Service texts from the days surrounding the attack, Rep. Liz Cheney said on Sunday.

The committee is seeking text messages from 24 Secret Service employees related to Jan. 5 and the day of the Capitol attack. Speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Cheney, the Republican vice chair of the panel, said she was “deeply troubled” by the missing or deleted messages.

In addition to interviewing other members of former President Donald Trump’s Cabinet and campaign, she said the panel is “very focused as well on the Secret Service and on interviewing additional members of the Secret Service and collecting additional information from them.” She added: “We will get to the bottom of it.”

The committee is seeking the texts as it looks into reports that Trump had to be blocked by Secret Service agents from traveling with supporters to the Capitol on Jan. 6 to try to stop Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory.

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I offer forgiveness to my brother Orvis T. Wade Jr. “When I was a kid I my late brother Ken who was in between me used to pray every night and him that told me the for a new bicycle. Then I following. But what I realized that the Lord know is Juer told it all to doesn’t work that way, so Ken and he passed I stole one and asked it on to me.

Him to forgive me” — Ken told me that I Emo Philips was found on the “I’ve been tryin’ to get doorstep. also said down to the heart of the Tony Wade that aliensHe (not from like The last laugh matter, but my will gets Latin America, but from weak and my thoughts Alpha Centurai) had seem to scatter, but I think it’s dropped me off. I said I didn’t about forgiveness . . .” — Don believe him, but, being very Henley young and impressionable, I

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olding on to bitterness just turns them into festering resentments that over time rot you from the inside out.

That’s why today I am offering complete and total forgiveness to my oldest brother Orvis T Wade Jr. (whom many know as OT and who me and my other brothers still call “Juer” like we did when we were kids) for the following: Involuntary streaking: When we were living in Norfolk, Virginia, Juer used to wait for me to exit the bathroom after taking a bath and then grab me (he is 5 years older, which was a big difference back then) and fling me outside and lock all the doors. So there I was screaming to be let back in the house while he laughed and pointed at me through the windows. Needless to say, this only happened when my parents weren’t at home because that was definitely a whippable offense. I never turned state’s evidence against him, however.

Preying on my naivete: Now look, this one did not come directly from Juer to me. It was

wasn’t 100% sure.

Ken also told me that on Wednesdays the ice cream man would accept smooth rocks as payment for sweet treats. I found out the hard way that was not true.

Now, how can I be sure that Juer passed those dirty tricks on to Ken who then passed them on to me? Well, because I passed them on to my younger brother Kelvin who in turn passed them on to the baby of the family, Scott. I guess Scott tried to convince our cocker spaniel/ terrier pooch Sandy of them.

Water torture: Juer would pick the lock of the bathroom door when I was taking a nice hot, relaxing bath and then would stand there menacingly with a pitcher of ice cold water.

He would make me beg and call him master and all kinds of other humiliating things. But the bottom line was he was definitely gonna throw the water on me no matter what I said so I began just calling him a dukey head instead just to get it over with.

Bad business deals: While he now has an MBA, back when we were kids, Juer’s business

acumen was, shall we say, a tad suspect. I mean, there was the time when he (without asking) took parts off of me and my other brothers’ bikes to complete one he had which he later sold for . . . wait for it . . . $4.

I know what you’re thinking: “Well, that was a long time ago when $4 bought a lot more.” Uh, no. It was the freakin 1970s not the 1870s when people rode those bikes with huge front tires.

He also sold a boxful of comic books – many of them which did not belong to him – for 75 cents. I’m talking a box jam packed with Archie, Justice League, Little Dot and other titles for the price of just three comic books. Jeff Bezos he was not.

Lights out: I don’t remember what it was me and Juer were arguing about at the house in Fairfield, but I remember we were in the back yard and it kept escalating. I finally crossed a line and said something negative about his then-new girlfriend (now wife of nearly 40 years) Patty.

I don’t remember where exactly Juer punched me – on the neck or side of the head or back of my head – but when I came to my senses he had already stormed away and I was picking myself up from the grass. To add insult to injury, I had fallen in some fresh poop courtesy of our German shepherd Coco.

Comedy: Juer has always been the funniest person I know.

He was gifted with natural comic sensibilities, timing and delivery. I so envied that as a kid. I remember the family was coming home from church one

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Orvis T. Wade Jr., left, with Tony Wade after the 2012 Fourth of July parade .

Sunday night in our Vista Cruiser station wagon and for some reason I thought it was a good time for my big break into comedy. I got my mom and dad and four brothers’ attention and clumsily stumbled through a retelling of a joke I’d heard at school.

Crickets.

They were a tough crowd.

My mom didn’t even give me a pity chuckle. I mean, I now know that receiving one of those is even worse than silence, but I didn’t know it then.

But here’s the kicker: instead of handling it like a champ and taking it in stride, I started to cry. My hurt feelings quickly turned to anger, which was mostly directed at the family comedian. I blurted out to Juer: “I always laugh at your jokes!”

Everybody cracked up.

Heroics: When Juer sends me or my brothers an email he always signs it “y’all’s hero.”

And you know what? He is. He has set the bar so high as a brother, son, friend, husband and community member it is daunting to think about ever catching up. So yes, for putting Black Panther, Thor, Captain America, Iron Man, Luke Cage and many more so-called heroes to shame, I forgive you, Juer.

Fairfield freelance humor columnist and accidental local historian Tony Wade writes two weekly columns – “The Last Laugh” on Mondays and “Back in the Day” on Fridays.

Wade is also the author of The History Press books “Growing Up In Fairfield, California” and “Lost Restaurants of Fairfield, California.”

How a Facebook community helps those fleeing California Tribune Content Agency

a thousand members, but obviously I struck a nerve,” he said. “I have no animosity toward people who live in California. I just want to help people who are looking for a better life.”

More than 1 million people have likely fled California for other states since the pandemic began, including nearly 700,000 who left in 2020 alone, according to a Sacramento Bee analysis of census data. The net loss to other states was about 430,000 from April2020throughJuly2021, the data show. The two states with the largest net gains of California refugees in 2020 – Texas and Arizona – are dominated by conservative political views, as are many of the states where members of the Facebook groups land.

It’s a startling reversal of California’s almost mythical appeal that attracted millions of new residents for more than a century, from Gold Rush speculators to tech

SACRAMENTO — Hundreds of thousands of residents have fled California for other states during the pandemic and it seems as though most of them have found a virtual home on one of Terry Gilliam’s Facebook pages.

His groups – Leaving California and Life After California – have a combined membership of nearly 240,000, a number that has doubled in the past six months alone.

The groups have created an online community for California refugees.

They seek advice on where and how to move: Has anyone used a storage hauler they like? How’s the weather in Tampa? How much does it cost to a buy a home in Boise?

Gilliam started Leaving California in 2018 and the other page about a year later. He has since left his home in the East Bay and moved to Orlando, Florida.

“I was hoping to have

entrepreneurs.

“Everyone loves the beauty and the weather,” Gilliam said, “but if you can’t pay your bills, you’re never going to live a comfortable life.”

Some say they left California because of persistent wildfires, Covid-19 restrictions, traffic and an exploding homeless population.

Others worried their children wouldn’t be able to afford a home here or that retirement was becoming out of reach.

And a whole lot just don’t like Gavin Newsom.

For many, the decision to flee is a combination of social issues and a lack of confidence that political leadership can improve them.

Gary Cable grew up in West Sacramento and loved the beauty of the Bay Area, Lake Tahoe and the Sacramento River. He vacationed in Hawaii for 15 years and every time he returned home to California, he said he was struck by “the dirt and the filth on

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the street.”

“When you drive the streets of Sacramento now and you see the garbage and the tent cities, to me it’s depressing,” he said.

“I don’t know where it went wrong and what happened, but somebody’s not doing their job.”

Hawaii isn’t typically a top destination for California refugees; you’re more likely to come across someone on Gilliam’s pages talking about a move to Montana or South Dakota. Texas gained the most people from California in 2020.

About 84,300 people left California for Texas, compared to 34,400 who came from Texas to California.

Arizona was close behind, gaining 64,000 former California residents and losing 23,000 to California, for a net gain of about 41,000.

Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Washington, Tennessee, New Jersey and Florida each saw a net gain of at least 8,000 residents from California.

Gilliam says he’s hearing more and more about people heading to Tennessee, and that “Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi and Kentucky are sleepers now.”

“You can buy a big house on a big plot of land there,” he said.

Advice for people leaving California Of course, there’s a give and take. That first tornado warning or stretch of humid weather can be jarring for those used to California weather. Some members of the Facebook groups talk about missing loved ones or worrying about moving into a home sight unseen in a town they have barely heard of.

But for every regret, there is far more chatter about cheaper gas, friendlier neighbors and more affordable housing, Gilliam said.

“I see a lot of people saying, ‘Don’t let your fears keep you from moving,’” Gilliam said.

Katie Mitchell and her family considered moving

to eight different states before settling on a suburb of Des Moines, Iowa.

They had spent six years living in the tiny town of Mount Baldy, about 45 miles northeast of Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Mountains, “a beautiful area with a wonderful community.”

Then the pandemic hit.

And another summer of fires and smoke. “(The) cost of living, wildfires, overcrowding and government overreach are some of the biggest factors, but there are many more,” she said of their motivation to pack up.

Pandemic closures and classroom restrictions at their schools also played a role. The morning of their move, they awoke at 5 a.m. to smoke and wind in the air.

“In general, when we miss California, it is a place that no longer exists,” she said. “We will just have to stay in our old mountain town and eat InN-Out when we visit.”

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Annual Benicia Waterfront NorthBay offers Festival returns this weekend free sports physicals to school athletes

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BENICIA — The annual Benicia Waterfront Festival returns with plenty of family fun this weekend.

Food, drinks, live music and vendors will be on hand from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday on the First Street Green, at First and East B streets, in downtown Benicia.

The entertainment starts with Wake the Neighbors at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, followed by Strange Brew at 1:30 p.m. then In Living Cover at 4 p.m.

On Sunday, the music starts at 11:30 a.m. with House of Floyd. Cut Loose will play at 1:30 p.m. and Tortilla Soup will close the day at 4 p.m.

Tickets are $10 adults, 5 seniors (65+) and children under 12 are free with paid adult.

For more information, go to https:// beniciamainstreet.org/ benicia-waterfrontfestival-2022.

Government meetings on week’s calendar FAIRFIELD — A handful of government meetings will be held this week.

They are all open to the public. Some are online and in-person, check the website for more information.

The meetings will be: County Solano Board of Supervisors, 9 a.m. Tuesday, County Government Center, 675 Texas St. Info: co. solano.ca.us.

Suisun City Council, 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, City Council chamber, Civic 701 Center Blvd. Info: www. suisun.com/government/ city-council.

City Vacaville Council, 6 p.m. Tuesday, council chamber,

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Visitors make their way through the Benicia Waterfront Festival, July 27, 2019.

650 Merchant St. Info: ci.vacaville.ca.us Rio Vista Planning Commission, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, 1 Main St. Info: https://www. riovistacity.com/bc-pc.

Solano County Homeless Working Group, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, County Events Center, Conference Room A, 601 Texas St., Fairfield.

Info: 707-784-3020.

orative items, aprons, vacuum cleaner, brass candlesticks, copper utensils, binders and much more will be available at the rummage sale. There will be no clothes, shoes, baby items or toys.

Cash only will be accepted.

Proceeds go toward the safety and beautification of the Wednesday Club backyard.

Wednesday Club hosts fundraising rummage sale

Road work, closures planned in Suisun City

SUISUN CITY — The Wednesday Club will host a rummage sale on Saturday.

The event will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 225 Sacramento St. in Suisun City.

The club is more than 100 years old and the building needs repairs.

The building was nominated April 29 for a place on the National Register of Historic Places. It has been accepted at the state level.

Quality furniture, vintage linens, books, small appliances, dec-

SUISUN CITY — Road work on Whispering Bay Lane and Village Drive will force segments of those streets to be closed from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.Tuesday and Thursday.

The closures will be on Whispering Bay Lane, from Josiah Circle to Francisco Drive, and on Village Drive, from Highway 12 to Railroad Avenue, the city announced.

“These projects will provide a significant improvement to the roadway and improved mobility through these areas, as well as providing increased safety for bicyclists and pedes-

Vallejo PD to hold DUI checkpoint on Friday Daily Republic Staff trians,” City Manager Greg Folsom said in a statement.

The asphalt resurfacing and sealing is part of a $736,436 project awarded to VSS International Inc. of Chandler, Arizona.

The project also includes digout repairs and curb ramp upgrades.

“In addition, traffic calming improvements will be made at the existing crosswalk on Whispering Bay Lane fronting Crystal Middle School to make the crossing safer for students, school staff and all members of the community,” the city said in a statement.

“Traffic calming improvements at that location consist of rectangular rapid flashing beacons, high visibility crosswalk, concrete curb bulbout and curb ramp upgrades.”

The project is paid with local Senate Bill 1 funds.

With surging admissions demand, UC aims to grow by 33,000 California students by 2030 Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — The University of California, facing record surges in applications, is aiming to increase seats for California students by as many as 33,000 by 2030 – the equivalent of building a new campus.

At least half the growth would come at the UC Christina House/Los Angeles Times/TNS file (2020) system’s most popular A student walks on campus at UCLA, in Los Angeles, March campuses – UCLA, UC Berkeley and UC San 11, 2020. The University of California is aiming to increase Diego – in part by seats for in-state students by as many as 33,000 by 2030. reducing the number of out-of-state and interna- ing labs, student housing a continued phasedown tional students and giving and support services. of nonresident students those seats to Californians.

“Our goal all along to as little as 10% of the UC does not plan has been to grow in undergraduate enrollto build a new campus a way that serves the ment – the systemwide because of time and state of California and average is now about 18%, expense. But the system’s meets its future educa- with UCLA, UC Berkenine undergraduate cam- tion and workforce needs, ley and UC San Diego puses are crafting plans to while being responsive at about 24%. accommodate increased to each of the communi“This is music to my enrollment with more ties we call home,” Drake ears,” McCarty said of online courses, summer told regents.

UC’s enrollment targets. offerings, off-campus proAt least one state leg- “This is exactly what grams, potential satellite islator said he’s all in on we’ve been pushing locations and additional the higher target: Assem- for in the last five, support to help students blyman Kevin McCarty, 10 years – to increase graduate more quickly, D-Sacramento, chair of access for highly qualified which would free up seats. an Assembly subcommit- California students. This The ambitious goals tee on education finance is a top, top priority for the were presented at the UC who has long pushed UC Legislature.”

Board of Regents meeting to increase seats for CaliThe expanded enrollin San Francisco earlier fornia students. ment plan comes as in the week and represent One way to do that is applications to UC have a 50% increase from UC’s to replace some out-of- hit record highs. The syspreviously announced state and international tem’s nine undergraduate plan to expand enrollment students with Califor- campuses drew nearly by more than 20,000 by nia residents, a process 211,000 first-year appli2030. The lower target has UCLA, UC Berkeley and cations for fall 2022, a secured state multiyear UC San Diego started this 3.5% increase over last funding commitments, but year with increased state year, as the elimination of UC President Michael support to cover the loss standardized test requireV. Drake noted that the of higher tuition that non- ments and greater online higher “aspirational” goal residents pay. McCarty outreach paid dividends of 33,000 will require addi- said he and his legisla- in drawing the largest tional resources for more tive colleagues would be and most diverse applifaculty, classrooms, teach- “very open” to funding cant pool ever.

FAIRFIELD — Student-athletes preparing to compete for their school teams can get free physicals through the NorthBay Health Orthopedics sports medicine team.

The physicals will be available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the NorthBay Center for Orthopedics, 2500 Hilborn Road, in Fairfield.

“A sports physical helps determine whether it’s safe for a child to participate in a certain sport. It can help stu-

dent-athletes identify any potential health problems, consequently helping them find a way that can help them avoid injury,” NorthBay said in a statement.

To make an appointment, call 707-646-7599.

Students are asked to arrive 15 minutes prior to their appointment, bring their school/district physical form signed by a parent or guardian, as well as a photo identification such as a school ID, driver’s license, ID card or passport.

For more information, visit www.northbay.org/ sportsphysicals.

UC has detailed its enrollment plan in an 88-page report, which said the system’s growth should be “intentionally” planned to increase graduation rates, close equity gaps, reflect the state’s diversity, support underserved areas such as the Inland Empire and San Joaquin Valley, and meet state workforce needs in health care, education, science and technology fields.

Each campus has different capacities and strategies to grow.

UCLA and UC Berkeley, for instance, are at physical space limits and must look to increase students without adding more people on campus.

In a presentation to regents, UCLA Chancellor Gene Block said the school is exploring off-campus programs in Los Angeles and satellite locations that could accommodate 600 to 1,000 more students. One possible satellite site is in San Pedro, where UCLA already is working with AltaSea, a publicprivate venture aimed at ocean science.

UC Berkeley also is considering a satellite program at Moffett Field, owned by NASA, that would focus on aerospace science and engineering.

The campus has agreed to limit growth of undergraduates to 1% annually under its long-range development plan after the city and neighbors voiced opposition to more See UC, Page A7

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VALLEJO — An enforcement checkpoint for impaired drivers and those driving without a license will take place Friday in the city.

The Vallejo Police Department did not disclose the precise location of the checkpoint or its hours of operation.

“The Vallejo Police Department reminds drivers that DUI doesn’t just mean booze,” the city checkpoint announcement states. “If you

are driving and take prescription drugs or medications with warning labels that preclude you from driving or operating machinery, you may be impaired enough to get a DUI. The consumption of marijuana may also cause impairment or result in a DUI, particularly in combination with alcohol or other drugs.”

Funding for the checkpoint is from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in a grant through the California Office of Traffic Safety.

Trump-loving man trolled father of Parkland shooting victim. Now he’s in jail Tribune Content Agency FRESNO — A Fresno man faces federal charges after he was arrested last week by the FBI on allegations that for months he harassed a dad whose daughter was slain in the 2018 mass shooting at a Parkland, Florida, high school.

According to a federal complaint in a Florida court first reported by the Daily Beast, James Catalano, 61, is charged with one count of cyberstalking for sending more than 200 messages between Dec. 1, 2021, and July 20 of this year to Fred Guttenberg. Guttenberg is a gun control advocate whose 14-yearold daughter Jaime was one of 17 people shot to death at Marjory Stoneman High School in Parkland.

James Catalano was in the Fresno County Jail Friday night on a federal marshal hold.

Catalano is described in the court documents as affiliated with J-C Markets, Inc., a Fresno company. He was a frequent letter-writer to The Fresno Bee, years ago on generally conservative topics. FBI agents state that on June 29 he wrote, “God Bless President Trump. (expletive) joe biden.”

In the court documents, FBI agents state that Catalano confessed to sending the messages.

The alleged victim in the case is only identified by initials in the court documents, but Guttenberg confirmed to the Daily Beast that he was the target.

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My boyfriend’s father used to like me but now he won’t talk to me Dear Annie: I’m a father. Why would I put 45-year-old woman, and myself in that uncommy boyfriend is 36. His fortable situation? But family loves me, except I did tell him to go and have fun. for his dad. I don’t know I don’t know why his what I have done for him dad dislikes me so much, to dislike me. I should and whenever my boysay that at one point, friend asks, he just rolls in the past, he used eyes. It makes it difto like me.

Annie Lane his ficult for me when I go When my boyfriend’s Dear Annie to his other relatives mom was diagnosed for holidays because with cancer, I was there of his father being there and each time she was in the hospital. My boyfriend and I would knowing he hates me. I never take turns with his dad staying stay long because he makes at the hospital overnight so she me feel unwanted. What can I was never alone. do? What should I do? — Dazed When she was sent home with Confusion from hospice, I quit working Dear Dazed with Confuand spent a month at their home sion: You can’t control how he treats you, but you can control taking care of her, including how you react to him. Undercooking and cleaning. I would stand that this man lost his wife. help give her medicine, and He is probably grieving trewhen neither of them could mendously. It is possible that he give her a bath, I did it. When associates you with his wife’s she did pass, I was the one death and is taking out his pain making everyone comfortable on you. Is it fair to you? No, and helping with breakfast and not at all. dinner for 10-15 people every But the understanding that he day up until the funeral. I even is acting rude or mean toward stayed another week after to make sure my boyfriend and his you will hopefully help you gain some perspective and not take dad were OK. it so personally. It might also be Whenever I would see his worth having a direct conversafather, I would say hi and ask tion with him yourself and just how he was doing, but he would acknowledge his loss and ask just ignore me and give me a him if there is anything you can “How dare you speak to me?” look. I’m now to the point where do to become friends again.

Dear Annie: Please accept I just don’t want to be around my expertise here, from him. Last time my boyfriend went to his dad’s for a gathering, a 35-year career as a children’s clinical counselor and he invited me but I turned him school counselor. down. I explained that I know Bruises left on a child is not I am not welcome there by his

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ARIES (March 21-April 19).

Goals within your reach are somehow less appealing to you. Extraordinary aims will take considerably more time, and planning will involve risk, rejection, sweat and tears. You thrill to this kind of challenge.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

A plan, however informal it may be, will change everything.

Forethought will make a difference in the plot of your day and, by extension, your life. Your focused energy will attract people to your side.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

You’re creative now, though perhaps a bit scattered, too. You may have to chase around your own mind to bring it back to the task at hand. You will get the satisfaction of a small but significant breakthrough.

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

You prefer people to be direct with you. It saves you from having to puzzle out their motives, needs and wants. By showing an open and forgiving nature, you’ll make it easy for people to be honest with you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).

Before a person can get on the inside of your life, you figure out how much you know, like and trust them. You have

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an ambiguous issue.

A grandmother wrote to you about bruises she had seen on her grandchildren, and they blamed their mother. You recommended talking to her son – the father of the children – and if there was no improvement, to report them.

As an expert in this field, I can tell you that, while the grandmother is not what the law calls a “mandated reporter” of child abuse, she knows there is consistent abuse and there have been bruises. You should have told her to call Protective Services.

She should also call the children’s school and ask for the counselor, or principal if there’s no counselor, and report what she knows.

Her son is in a “failure to protect” situation, and he is not the person to leave decisions up to, or rely on, to stop the abuse.

He is in a codependent position with this angry, dominating mother. — Protective Services Dear Protective: Thank you for your professional opinion. I agree with everything you say, including that I was ambiguous in my advice. The grandmother had written, “I think reporting on their mother would make the situation worse,” and I was trying to accommodate her fear. But in the end, the children come first, and I very much appreciate your letter.

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Fans and friends will sing your praises to the right people.

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some contenders around you today. You’ll put people to the test, sometimes consciously, sometimes not.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

It’s like you were meant to lead.

You’ll express yourself with an easy confidence. People step out of your way. Without being bossy or overbearing, you’ll just naturally run things.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

How people handle defeat and difficulty is very telling, and it’s even more telling how they handle success. Your character will be on display today as you modestly handle a win.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

This will be a day of interest-

ing contrasts and conflicting interests, some of them existing inside of you. Part of you wants to comply; the other part wants to rebel.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). The difference between the ordinary and the extraordinary isn’t always effort, talent, positioning or anything else easily controllable. Sometimes it’s just a mood, a certain lighting or timing. The X-factor favors you today.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). Brain scans can tell us which part of the brain is firing off neurons, but they can’t show us the thoughts and visions that light up the ultimate privacy of the mind. Your private thoughts will be most amusing today!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). It’s easier to understand a clear whisper than an unclear shout. You won’t have to be loud or showy to get your point across.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

It behooves you to move beyond the transactional nature of a relationship and into a more comprehensive understanding of the other person.

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“I’m not going to sing it. Tough,” Benatar told USA Today in an interview published Thursday.

Benatar’s “Hit Me with Your Best Shot” has become a staple in karaoke bars, sports stadiums and movies since it hit the airwaves in 1980. From there, the song about daring “a real tough cookie with a long history of breaking little hearts” to fire away

has become synonymous with the decade known for its neon colors, glam metal bands and aerobics classes.

At its core, “it’s a song saying ‘no matter what you throw at me, I can handle it, I can play in your league,’ “ the song’s writer, Eddie Schwartz, has said. But even if the reference to guns is meant to be tonguein-cheek, Benatar said, “you have to draw the line” – amid the spate of deadly shootings that have thrust the nation into collective grief.

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Will California Legislature allow its workers to unionize?

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alifornia’s dominant Democratic Party is joined at the hip with the state’s unions so it’s not surprising that legislators frequently enact measures aimed at helping their allies recruit and maintain dues-paying members.

Just last month, for instance, language was slipped into a very lengthy budget trailer bill declaring the state’s intention to provide union members who do not itemize their income tax deductions with a refundable tax credit offsetting their dues. In effect, under the “Workers Tax Fairness Credit,” as it’s dubbed, taxpayers would underwrite some or all of the dues pay to their unions.

Dan Walters members It’s one of several measures in recent years clearly aimed at making it easier for unions to maintain membership in the face of a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawing state laws that require public employees to pay dues even if they are not union members. And, one should note, some of the taxpayer-subsidized union dues money would eventually wind up in the campaign accounts of the legislators who voted for the bill and the governor, Gavin Newsom, who signed it.

The Capitol’s mutually beneficial partnership with union organizers, however, has one obvious exception: its own workers.

The Legislature has sidetracked several attempts to allow its employees to form a union, pushed mostly by former Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, who recently became the California Labor Federation’s top official. But the issue seems to be gaining ground this year.

Assemblyman Mark Stone, a Santa Cruz Democrat, did a “gut and amend” maneuver on a bill that had already passed the Assembly and was pending in the Senate. He inserted language allowing legislative employees to unionize and the revised bill then won approval of the Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee.

If the full Senate passes Assembly Bill 1577, it could go to the Assembly floor for approval without running the gauntlet of Assembly committees where Fletcher’s unionization bills died.

“I think giving people a voice in their workplace is something that is core to the values of many in this Legislature,” Stone told committee members. “And that’s really what this bill is.”

Unionization of legislative employees is being helped by the Legislature’s lackadaisical responses to complaints of sexual harassment and other workplace issues – and the new drive is coming just as congressional employees are seeking the same thing.

In May, the House of Representatives passed HR1096, which provided House staffers the legal protections they needed to unionize. And when the resolution took effect this month, workers in eight offices of progressive legislators filed petitions with the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, the first step toward forming a union.

“Congress has little standing to preach to others about the right to unionize and collectively bargain if we are unwilling to recognize that right in our own hallways,” Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Fremont, told the San Francisco Chronicle. “Every worker deserves the right to unionize.”

That’s absolutely true in both legislative bodies. It’s simply hypocritical for lawmakers in either venue to advocate unionization and pass laws that help unions gain and retain members while banning such organization for their own employees.

Stone’s bill still has a way to go. The unspoken resistance to having a union in the state Capitol, even among legislators who have union backgrounds, is still strong. Many want to hire and fire at will and establish their own working conditions without outside oversight.

However, fair is fair and if politicians are going to talk the talk, they should be willing to walk the walk.

CALmatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters. For more columns by Dan Walters, go to calmatters.org/commentary.

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Bumbling Biden sells America’s oil to China

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produce 94,050,000 gallons of merica’s Strategic gasoline, 49,500,000 gallons of Petroleum Reserve diesel fuel, 19,800,000 gallons of holds about 605 million jet fuel and 44,550,000 gallons of barrels of oil in underother oil products. ground salt caverns in Communist China is benefitTexas and Louisiana. It was created following the ing at the expense of Americans 1970s Arab oil embargo as a result of President Biden’s to store oil that could be panic to reverse the consetapped in an emergency. of his disastrous green Roger Oberbeck quences It has fallen to the energy policies by selling our lowest level since 1985 due to most important strategic asset to our Biden’s policies. worst enemy. He has gone begging The Biden Administration has sold to Saudi Arabia and will soon beg more than 5 million barrels (8%) of oil Venezuela. Shame on him. Biden’s from the SPR to China and European disastrous green energy policies that countries. Biden has released approxi- got us into this serious energy shortage mately 260 million (43%) barrels of oil are as follows: from the SPR in the past eight months n Biden cancelled the completion to fight record fuel prices at the pump. of the Keystone XL pipeline wiping Selling the SPR to China and others out thousands of American jobs and does not lower the cost of gasoline. reducing domestic energy production, It does make one wonder what driving up the cost of oil and gasoline. kind of hold on Biden by Communist n Biden suspended oil and gas China could make him give our emerleases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and New Mexico. gency oil reserves to them, which n Biden’s Environmental Proteccompromises our national and energy security. Or is this incompetence tion Agency reinstated regulations that pure and simple? Could this be part of restrict domestic energy production. the $17 million deal between Hunter n EPA issued new regulations for Biden and the Communist China methane emission from oil and gas Company Sinopec? The Biden adminproduction, transmission, storage and istration sold 950,000 barrels of United distribution. The American Petroleum States Strategic Reserve oil to ComInstitute estimated that Biden’s ban munist China’s Sinopec, that Hunter on oil and gas development on federal Biden had business dealings with – lands would cause nearly 1 million the same company with which Hunter American jobs lost and cost the United Biden had business dealings.

States $500 billion to import gasoline.

The Biden Administration had n Biden’s EPA is also pushing a earlier sold 2.5 million barrels of new rule regulating greenhouse gas SPR oil in October and 1.5 million emissions from vehicles. That regulabarrels of SPR oil in November to tion is estimated to raise an average Communist China. That is a total of vehicle’s price nearly $1,000.

4,950,000 barrels of oil, which can n Biden rejoined the Paris Climate

Accord, which will result in more energy regulations and restrictions, and increase the cost of domestic energy, including gasoline and heating fuel. n Biden’s decision to put a moratorium on oil and gas leasing on federal land and his goal of banning hydraulic fracking made the U.S. lose its energy independence. Banning fracking will eliminate 19 million American jobs between 2022 and 2025. n Biden’s green energy policies have resulted in astronomical prices at the gas pump. In November, the average gas price was $2.11. In July, the average gas price in the Bay area was $5.39.

The Biden Administration should be reminded that the United States has much larger and more strategic undeveloped energy resources that can be extracted and processed cleaner and safer right here in the United States, benefiting American workers and businesses.

Global warming appears real, though the cause is questionable, but we need to stop raiding the SPR, foolishly sending cash to our enemies, and going hat in hand to foreign nations.

Roger Oberbeck is a Navy veteran, electrical engineer, Navy nuclear engineer, author and biotech senior validation engineer. He is a member of the Right Stuff Committee and can be reached at rogeroberbeck@ yahoo.com.

Editor’s Note: The White House has denied any oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve has been sold to China or any other foreign nation.

COMMENTARY

Another court-packing ploy would be ruinous Adam Carrington CHICAGO TRIBUNE

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an learns from history that man doesn’t learn from history.” My father used to repeat this line to me, a saying he heard from one of his teachers.

We see the quote’s wisdom in current calls to add justices to the Supreme Court. Those calls came loudly from the political left in reaction to President Donald Trump’s appointments of Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.

They have returned in the wake of the court’s just-completed term. Those justices proved crucial votes in decisions to expand religious liberty, protect gun owners and overturn Roe v. Wade.

We have been here before. In 1937, Congress voted on President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “court-packing” plan.

That plan sought to add up to six justices to the nine already serving.

FDR’s endeavor failed, and deservedly so.

The problem with court packing lies not in its strict legality. Congress sets the number of Supreme Court justices. Thus, it has the legal power to change that number. Moreover, the legislative branch has exercised this power in the past.

The problem with court packing goes deeper. To pinpoint its shortcomings, we must understand the role the courts play in our system of government. The judiciary holds a relationship to the law, unlike any other branch. It must take the law as the law exists and interpret and apply it to decide legal disputes. The judiciary thus depends on the law as the basis for all its reasoning and all

its actions.

Not so with Congress and the president. Those two institutions do rely partly on the law, especially the highest law of the Constitution. They obtain the power to act, legislate and enforce laws from that document. But they also depend on voters, needing their support to retain office. This is their greater dependence, at least regarding the pressure to act. While working through constitutional mechanisms, the people exert significant control over the actions taken by these two branches.

The Constitution’s framers linked the judiciary to the law to better achieve justice. The law seeks to treat all people equally and to give them a fair chance to establish innocence.

The people support such laws in the abstract, voting for them through their elected representatives. But the framers knew the people’s immediate response to events and individuals to which the law applied might involve prejudice and passion. Popular will might wish to skirt the protections of the law, punish a person because he belonged to an unpopular group or convict without process a person accused of a heinous crime. Supreme Court justices are insulated from these pressures by not facing an election and serving for good behavior, meaning essentially for life. Their focus on the law, statutory and constitutional, means they uphold the better version of the people’s will as written down in just and equal laws, not as manifested in immediate reactions. The justices thus can stem the tide of prejudice and passion in service of the better angels of our nature. Due to this needed role, Congress has not changed the court’s composition since 1869.

This task for the justices illuminates the problem with court-packing

schemes, old and new. Then, as now, the plan to pack the court came from intense opposition to court decisions.

This opposition came from a passionate and prejudiced reaction that wished the court to follow the policy preferences of the other branches, not the law as found in the Constitution.

In the 1930s, at least five justices opposed important elements of the New Deal and seemed poised to undermine it further. They had good grounds for suspecting that FDR and Congress had greatly overstepped their constitutional bounds. They rightly, for a time, opposed pressures to act in conformity with those institutions’ policy preferences, though the “switch in time that saved nine” resulted in the court acquiescing to much of the New Deal eventually.

Today, the political left wants more justices to overturn the court’s recent decisions on religious liberty, the Second Amendment and abortion.

These plans come from policy preferences wrapped in weak constitutional arguments. The court this past term has done much to remove judicial policymaking from its efforts and instead apply the law as written. The opposition to this beneficial direction would seek to make the court into more of a second legislative branch.

As in 1937, this new court-packing scheme is, in all likelihood, doomed to failure. It should go nowhere, another likely unheeded warning to future generations.

Let us recall FDR’s failure to remember the real role of our Supreme Court. And let us seek to encourage and preserve that role for the sake of justice and the rule of law.

Adam Carrington is an associate professor of politics at Hillsdale College in Michigan.

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Will State’s $4.1 billion bet on ‘community schools’ transform K-12 education?

Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — When students returned to the Social Justice Humanitas Academy campus in August 2021, many could barely focus on their high school assignments. They walked out of class. They refused to do work. Drug use and the number of students hospitalized because of suicidal thoughts were on an alarming incline.

Teachers and staff at Humanitas saw the crisis before them – and turned to their long-established playbook for solutions.

“Our philosophy is to meet kids where they’re at,” Principal Jeffrey Austin said, “and take them far as we possibly can.”

Teachers led group discussions about how hard it had been to be separated from friends for 16 months. They focused instruction on addressing learning gaps, even if it meant students were not on track to meet state standards. Teachers called parents regularly and learned of lost jobs and lost loved ones. Many students missed class they were because working, so the school shifted class schedules to accommodate them.

By the end of the school year, students were staying in class and drug use declined, Austin said. Graduation rates at the Los Angeles Unified school in San Fernando remained high, just shy of 100%.

Humanitas’ strength is rooted in its 11-year stature as a “community school” – a model that could take hold at many more California K-12 campuses in the coming years.

California is making a mega-bet – with an unprecedented $4.1 billion investment over seven years – that converting hundreds of campuses in high-poverty neighborhoods into schools like Humanitas offers the best chance to save children’s pandemic-damaged education and address entrenched inequities.

This plan dramatically expands the traditional definition of a public school, overhauling campuses into neighborhood centers that seek to comprehensively meet the needs of students. Health care, mental health services, tutoring, pediatric care and other social supports converge on campus.

Teachers and staff strive to make learning more culturally relevant and to foster a climate in which students have a sense of belonging and parents are a part of decision-making.

Community schools have lofty aspirations to topple barriers that prevent students from learning, such as hunger,

UC From Page A3 students in the community.

UC Davis is building Aggie Square, an “innovation hub” on its Sacramento campus that will include science and technology buildings and student housing. The campus estimates a few hundred undergraduates can spend a quarter there.

Campuses are also hoping to absorb more students in summer courses, which saw a significant increase in enrollment across the UC system in 2020 and 2021 – especially at UC Santa Cruz.

At UCLA, Block said a more robust summer quarter could poten-

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Eugenia Plascencia teaches at Social Justice Humanitas Academy in San Fernando in 2021. Humanitas is a community school, a model that could take hold at many more state campuses. anxiety and depression, racism and housing insecurity. Advocates say community schools could vastly improve educational outcomes at a time of declining enrollment, a youth mental health crisis and intensified learning deficits brought on by long, pandemicforced school closures.

This is the dream, at least. The challenge is pulling it off.

This high-cost experiment is no quick fix, experts say. As waves of exhausted educators leave the profession amid the pressures of dealing with the most intense student needs in a generation, will school staff have the stamina to do the ambitious planning and work to establish the community school stronghold?

“It’s an important moment, and a serious moment, with this amount of money,” said Deanna Niebuhr, California policy director for the Opportunity Institute who has worked to establish community schools. “It’s not clear that this will work.

But we believe it’s our best chance for real change in education.”

In May, 268 districts across the state were awarded $649 million in grants – from $200,000 for schools in the early stages of planning to tens of millions for districts further along or seeking to expand. The L.A. Unified School District, which already has 31 community schools, received $44 million.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has dedicated $166 million to a network of at least five regional technical assistance centers, co-led by the Alameda County Office of Education and the UCLA Center for Community Schooling, that will guide districts and monitor progress.

There are relatively few schools nationwide that follow this robust model – an estimated

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Johnny and Ana Martinez hold their grandson Isaiah and are flanked by their children, pictured from left: John, Joceline, Aden, Francisco, and Patricia. All of the Martinez children have attended Social Justice Humanitas Academy in San Fernando.

5,000, according to the Coalition for Community Schools. And though research is somewhat sparse, some studies have found that well-run community schools lead to better attendance, fewer discipline problems and chronic absences, and better communication with families.

“Good community schools recognize that even with all the support services, it is very unlikely that families who may have a distrust of public systems will access those services without the school first building a relationship with them,” said Hayin Kimner, a senior research fellow at Policy Analysis for California Education.

Humanitas: Their story On paper, Jennie Rosenbaum’s job sounds clear-cut: She is a site coordinator, helping weave social-emotional learning into instruction and school culture. In practice, she’s a force on campus. She often works in the courtyard, a visible presence for when a student needs to speak with an adult. She strategizes with counselors and brings staff and students together to raise issues about what’s needed at school. She searches for

tially enroll an additional 2,000 students. And another 300 seats could open if students graduate more quickly, he said, adding that the campus has increased support services – including the Black Bruins Resource Center, launched last year, and expanded programs for Latinos, Native Americans and Pacific Islanders.

“I’m really confident that UCLA, as crowded as it is, can grow,” Block said.

UC Merced and UC Riverside are estimating they can jointly provide about one-third of the proposed growth.

UC Merced Chancellor Juan Sanchez Munoz told regents his Central Valley campus, which has completed a $1.2 billion expansion project of new

opportunities – like college access programs – for all students, not just those who have top grades or are the most outgoing.

Rosenbaum’s role illustrates another tenant of community schools: breaking down jobrelated silos that can prevent educators from working together to support students.

Once while helping a senior apply for college financial aid, Rosenbaum noticed how the girl, who had recently immigrated to the U.S., couldn’t focus enough to set up an account password. The student confided that her family had run out of food.

Rosenbaum consoled the teen and spoke with a counselor who provided the girl with grocery store gift cards and ongoing emotional support.

“If you don’t have those strong relationships in place, the student isn’t going to share that they need help,” Rosenbaum said.

The school partners with EduCare, a nonprofit that connects the school to social service and funds Rosenbaum’s job.

Organizations like Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services provide individual, group and family therapy. Through these partnerships and others, the school has

student housing, classrooms, research labs and wellness facilities, can add 2,000 more students. A new UC Merced medical school is set to open next year, which will have the capacity to train 200 graduate students to provide health care to the underserved region.

UC Riverside also has the land to grow and aims to increase its current enrollment of 28,000 to about 35,000 by 2035 under its long-range development plan. But the Inland Empire campus is short of faculty, staff and instructional space to serve its current students and would need a significant funding boost to serve more, university leaders say.

The systemwide capacity plan also envisions increasing online courses.

connected families with temporary shelter, food and legal assistance.

Every Humanitas student has a peer mentor, and each teacher “adopts” three or four pupils who are struggling academically or otherwise and checks in with them regularly.

One balmy afternoon last school year, math teacher Eugenia Plascencia fist-bumped and tapped elbows with ninth graders as they entered her classroom, asking each how they were doing. The walls were covered with posters that quoted Malcolm X, celebrated being “unapologetically queer” and asserted that “Black Trans Lives Matter.”

If a student seems really tired or is being disruptive, Plascencia will privately ask, “What’s up? What do you need right now?”

“Instead of getting them into trouble, we get them support,” she said. Humanitas has made efforts to move away from punitive practices and toward restorative justice, which compels students to accept responsibility for their behavior and repair relationships with those they’ve hurt.

Humanitas – founded in 2011 by a group of Sylmar High teachers seeking to create a small autonomous campus within L.A. Unified – served 519 students in 2020-21, and all but a handful are Latino.

Ninety-three percent were identified as economically disadvantaged. The school consistently outperforms its L.A. Unified counterparts.

On Common Corealigned state assessments in 2019, 72% of students met or exceeded standards for English language arts, compared with the district average of 53%. Math scores have varied since 2015, ranging from 65% of students meeting or exceeding standards in 2014 to 40% in 2021. Still, Humanitas students surpassed the L.A. Unified average each of those years. Scores in all subjects dipped in 2021, when school was mainly virtual.

Johnny Martinez, a father of six, has been with Humanitas since its inception. His oldest son was part of the school’s first class of graduates, and his youngest is an upcoming 11th grader. The Pacoima native is one of several parents serving on the governing council, where he votes on staffing and budget decisions. “They respect my point of view,” said Martinez, who runs a construction business.

His Humanitas graduates have gone on to USC, Cal Poly and Cal State Northridge. He’s grateful

Before the pandemic, relatively few UC students took an online course – only 6% in fall 2019 compared with 39% at California State University, according to the report. The emergency remote courses hastily put together at the pandemic’s onset were widely panned; 60% of students who previously took a course specifically designed for online consumption said in a 2020 survey that the remote offerings were worse. But as faculty improved the quality of their online courses, 57% surveyed by the Academic Senate in spring 2021 said their interest in online teaching had increased or remained high. Some campuses are expanding those offerings, notably UC Irvine.

that his kids went to a high school where teachers don’t give up on students.

“Around here, if you have big dreams and hopes for your kid, rumor has it that Humanitas is where you want to send them,” Martinez said.

What’s next?

Advocates caution that becoming a community school is a long-term commitment that may be difficult to sustain without well-coordinated funding.

In an ideal scenario, community schools cut down on social services costs by partnering with organizations that have access to other funding streams, Kimner said.

But any financing strategy should consider districts in areas of the state with fewer health and human service organizations, said Alex Briscoe, head of the California Children’s Trust.

At Humanitas, services change yearly based on available state, federal and philanthropic funding.

If a partnering organization’s grant runs out, or if it goes out business, staff must scramble to fill that gap. And they have to be scrappy; Humanitas is funded in the same way as other L.A. Unified schools, which requires “a lot of moving nickels and dimes around,” Austin said.

The ethos-driven aspects of the model may be harder to implement and measure, experts said. For example, how do you evaluate whether there are healthy relationships between staff and students?

Ensuring that curriculum is culturally and linguistically relevant to students will be a heavy lift too, said Cora Watkins, director of L.A. Unified’s community schools initiative – and could require changes in teacher credentialing programs.

And all this comes amid pandemic burnout and workforce shortages.

“People in education are so exhausted and overwhelmed,” said L.A. County Office of Education Supt. Debra Duardo, a champion of the model.

“Adding anything can feel like you’re asking people to do more than they can possibly do.”

Austin said one of Humanitas’ early mistakes was asking too much of teachers. At one point, there were 17 committees teachers could join.

“It’s a lot of work,” said Plascencia, who gets to work at 7:30 a.m. and often leaves at 5 p.m.

“For some people, getting here is very refreshing. . . . Other people are like, ‘They’re asking me to do a lot of emotional labor.’ But it makes my job so much more meaningful.”

Jail From Page A3 According to the complaint, Catalano mocked the death of Guttenberg’s daughter, said she was “rotting in hell,” and disparaged the 14-year-old with racist and sexist insults.

“We are having a party every night of this Parkland trial,” said one message. “So glad to celebrate blood and death.”

The complaint indicated the messages became more vicious in June, with Catalano joking that Guttenberg’s daughter may have been sexually abused by family members.

In a June 24, message Catalano celebrated receiving his concealed weapons permit and said he wished Guttenberg’s daughter “was alive so I could show it to her. But damn . . . she got slaughtered and is now in hell. CELEBRATE.” Nikolas Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty in October to 17 counts of first-degree murder.

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Animals From Page One “It just evolved from there,” Smith said.

Sadly, she lost Funky Chicken at just 10 months old to cancer, but his legacy lives on in the work that she does for other creatures at Funky Chicken Rescue.

She currently has a few chickens inside her house with diapers on, a baby goat and a baby peacock.

“These are all very special needs animals,” she said.

They need round-theclock care that can’t be accomplished with them outside on the 20-acre property.

“I mean who doesn’t have a baby peacock in their house?” she joked.

The farm is currently closed to visitors because of the avian flu. She expects to be back open in

the fall for private tours.

“Once the migration season is over, the flu should die out,” she said.

“The heat also does a good job killing it.”

The fear of the avian flu is very real for her because if just one bird gets sick with it the state will come in and kill all the 200-some birds she has including the emu.

She plans to have another paint party sale in October with more artwork from more of her rescues helping out.

“We might sell glasses with the artwork on them too,” she said.

She is working at being very creative to help raise money for her farm.

“The more money we have the more animals we can help,” she said.

Volunteers are very welcome to come out and help also.

For more information about the nonprofit, visit funkychickenrescue.com.

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The Oak Fire burns through trees, near Jerseydale, Sunday.

The fast moving fire burning outside of Yosemite National

Park has forced evacuations, charred over 14,000 acres and has destroyed several homes since starting Friday.

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Panel From Page One for their lives that day, according to testimony presented during Thursday’s hearing.

Former deputy White House chief of staff Tony Ornato, Trump’s former Secret Service lead agent Robert Engel and another agent have hired private lawyers, choosing not to rely on agency-provided counsel, Jan. 6 panel members have said.

“I think if they’re hiring criminal defense counsel, then I think they probably have concerns about their potential criminal liability,” Rep. Adam Schiff, a Democrat from California, said Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”

The Homeland Security Department’s watchdog has opened an investigation into the loss of the Secret Service text messages and has instructed the agency to stop its own internal investigation.

Cheney said the panel could potentially subpoena Virginia “Ginni”

Thomas, the conservative activist whose husband is Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, about pushing false narratives around the 2020 election and the riot at the Capitol.

“We certainly hope that she will agree to come in voluntarily, but the committee is fully prepared to contemplate a subpoena,” Cheney said.

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, who refused to comply with the panel’s subpoenas, was convicted of criminal contempt of Congress on Friday. Each of the two counts on which he was found guilty carry a maximum of one year in prison.

Another committee member, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a Republican from Illinois, told ABC’s “This Week” that ignoring subpoenas comes with consequences.

“Come in. You can plead the Fifth if you want in front of our committee, but you can’t ignore a congressional subpoena or you’ll pay the price,” he said. “That’s to any future witnesses too.”

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“Aviation resources and the wildland community are stretched even thinner in today’s day and age – and not just us, but all across the world.”

Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency for Mariposa County on Saturday due to the effects of the Oak fire.

The blaze was one in a string of fires to hit the area in recent weeks. About seven miles to the southwest, the Agua fire burned 421 acres and destroyed three structures after it was sparked by a vehicle crash Monday.

About 17 miles to the east, firefighters reported 79% containment of the Washburn fire burning in Yosemite National Park, having threatened a grove of giant sequoias and scorching 4,856 acres since July 7.

But those fires were rapidly outpaced by the Oak fire, which sent up a pyrocumulus cloud so large it could be seen from space and darkened skies with smoke for hundreds of miles, prompting air quality advisories as far away as Barstow and the Victor Valley.

Its cause remains under investigation.

In the historic Yosemite-gateway town of Mariposa, residents and businesspeople kept a wary eye to the east as the familiar rhythms of evacuation returned.

“There’s a very ominous cloud of smoke over the hill,” said Aanthony Lerma, tour and volunteer director for the Mariposa Museum & Historical Center.

“I grew up here. I’m used to fires and procedures,” he said. “I’ve been evacuated a few times myself. I just pray that families over that way are safe.”

Lerma said he opened the museum Saturday morning for its president, a high school teacher, and his wife, who had to evacuate their home.

“They’re going to be camped out in the classroom today,” Lerma said.

“They’re trying to stay safe and pray their house doesn’t burn down.”

For evacuees, lodging in town was scarce, forcing many to head toward the valley.

“We’re full with evacuees,” said Alyssa Wildt, manager of the Mother Lode Lodge on Highway 49.

Wildt said many of the usual weekend tourists visiting Yosemite had canceled because of the fire, but the vacancies quickly filled with locals.

“Today we have a bunch of fire crews looking for rooms,” Wildt said. “We don’t have them. I believe most of town is full.”

Caleb Salas, manager of H&H Lumber, was on the job despite his home in Lushmeadows being under an evacu-

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Burnt vehicles on a property near Darrah and Triangle roads smolder after the Oak Fire tore through the area east of Mariposa, Saturday. ation order.

“Half my staff are out,” Salas said. “Who knows where they went – Clovis, Sonora.”

Salas said he thought his home was still safe, but he was worried about animals he’d had to leave behind: ducks, pigs and a cat that wouldn’t come to him.

“Once it’s shut down, you can’t go back,” he said.

The fire was reported around 2 p.m.

Friday near Highway 140 and Carstens Road and quickly spread to the north, south and east at what officials described as a dangerous rate. It was being fueled primarily by dense, dry vegetation and fanned by steep terrain, officials said.

Parts of the Central Valley have endured 13 consecutive days of triple-digit heat, although temperatures in the low to mid-90s prevailed in the higher-elevation area where the fire started, said Felix Castro, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Hanford.

The air was very dry, with a relative humidity of 8% or 9%, and that combined with the ongoing extreme drought meant vegetation had reached near-record dryness, he said. A recent study found this to be the driest 22-year period in at least 1,200 years and concluded the conditions have been intensified by temperatures sent rising due to greenhouse gasses accumulating in the atmosphere.

“Our drought indices are about as low as they can get, including the last two to three years, for much of our region, with the greatest dryness in the Sierra,” Castro said.

Flames chewed through parched grass, brush and woodland oak, advancing into timber stands littered with conifers killed by both drought and bark beetle infestations, to which drought-weakened trees are more susceptible, fire officials said. These dead conifers tend to carpet the ground with needles and are more likely to fall over both before and during fires, helping to carry flames higher up into canopies and posing a risk to firefighters, Zagaris said.

The dry, dead trees are particularly combus-

tible and release large amounts of energy as they burn, stoking the massive cloud of smoke and ash that could be seen for miles over the fire, he said. Such clouds are capable of making their own weather.

“When you get a pyrocumulus column, it can pick up a pretty goodsized branch and actually draw it aloft into the column and in some cases drop it a mile or two miles down the head of the fire, which starts additional spot fires,” Zagaris said.

These columns eventually collapse, dropping air and debris instead of sucking them up, spreading flames in all directions and creating dangerous conditions for personnel on the ground, he said.

Firefighters on Saturday were “dealing with explosive fire activity,” said Natasha Fouts, public information officer with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. That included long-range spotting, in which embers are hurled miles ahead of the fire, as well as area ignition, in which swaths of land go up in flames after the embers land in dry fuel beds, she said. About 403 personnel were assigned to the blaze, with more on the way, Fouts said. They were chiefly focused on protecting structures and getting fire lines established, she said.

The fire was threatening the communities of Lushmeadows, Midpines, Jerseydale and Bootjack, from which about 6,062 people had been evacuated as of Saturday afternoon, officials said. No injuries had been reported, although at least 10 structures had been destroyed and another 2,000 were threatened.

The fire’s rapid progression in its first hours forced officials to move an evacuation center from the New Life Christian Fellowship church, which had been used in prior fires, to Mariposa Elementary School.

By noon Saturday, more than 60 people had checked in to the evacuation center at the school, said Taylor Poisall, spokeswoman for the American Red Cross of Central California.

Beds with privacy screens were set up in the school cafeteria and

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A helicopter tanker drops water on the Oak Fire burning in an area east of Mariposa, Saturday. three daily meals are being served, Poisall said.

A pet shelter was also opened at the school by the Central California Animal Disaster Team.

“We had a lot of people evacuate last night with their animals,” Poisall said. “Animals are family too.”

Emmanuel Scudder and his son-in-law Israel Lopez were driving to a Christian men’s conference in San Jose on Friday afternoon when his wife, Jaimie, called to tell him she had received a fire warning from Mariposa County.

It did not seem threatening then, but half an hour later she called back.

“Turn your butts around,” she told him. “We have to get the animals.”

Scudder, a chaplain for the nonprofit Merced County Jail Ministry, arrived at his home in Bootjack 2 1/2 hours later to find that his wife and a friend had corralled the four dogs and three of the cats. The barn cat was missing.

“I called the Sheriff’s Department last night,” Scudder said. “They said they would get somebody on it.”

They did.

“The firemen found our fourth cat and let us know today,” he said.

Scudder is now staying at the evacuee center with the two large dogs.

The rest of the family and pets have gone to stay in Tracy, he said.

Of the house, he has no information.

“As of last night they saved it,” he said. Since 8 a.m. Saturday he has not had an update.

“I’m glad everyone in our family is safe and the animals are safe,” he said. “The property we can replace.”

Daily Republic

Monday, July 25, 2022 SECTION B

Giants swept by Dodgers in four-game series for first time since 1995 Tribune Content Agency LOS ANGELES — In four games against the Dodgers, the Giants held exactly two leads.

Both times, it didn’t even take a full inning for them to vanish.

Swept Sunday in the finale of this fourgame series, 7-4, the Giants chased Clayton Kershaw early but it didn’t matter. They rallied for to take a 2-1 lead in the third but immediately coughed it up in the bottom half and

never led again.

The four-game sweep was the first at the hands of the rival Dodgers since 1995 and dropped them 16.5 games back in the NL West, a larger gap than any since the end of the 2019 season.

The only other time they led in 36 innings this series came in the eighth on Thursday, 6-5, before the Dodgers rallied for four runs in the bottom half.

On Sunday, Alex allowed four Cobb

runs – three with two outs (increasing the Dodgers’ two-out scoring total this series to 20 runs) – by the end of the third inning, but it was Tyler Rogers who surrendered the decisive blows in the seventh inning.

Any momentum from their 7-2 stretch heading into the All-Star break was halted over the past four days in Los Angeles.

Ruf heating up Facing Kershaw in the future Hall-of-Fam-

er’s first outing since he started the All-Star Game, nobody on the Giants put together better at-bats than Darin Ruf, whose two-run homer in the fifth tied the game at 4 and knocked Kershaw from the game.

Before slugging his 11th home run of the season, Ruf saw 11 pitches in his first at-bat (before striking out swinging), then worked a full count and drew a walk in his second trip to the plate. Since the cal-

endar turned to July, only the Astros’ Yordan Alvarez has hit as many home runs as Ruf in fewer at-bats.

Ruf’s fifthinning homer was his fifth of the month – in 44 at-bats (Alvarez: 5 HRs in 40 ABs) – nearly doubling his total from the first three months of the season. After taking a .673 OPS into the month, Ruf’s mark for July is .976.

The second of Yermín Mercedes’ doubles set up Thairo Estrada’s two-RBI

knock that gave the Giants their only lead of the game, 2-1, before they gave it up in the bottom of the third.

The Giants’ four runs off Kershaw were three more than they had mustered against Dodgers starters’ in the three previous games of this series. It was also the sixth time in 54 starts against Kershaw that the Giants had tagged him for four or more See Swept, Page B8

Hight, Pruett, Enders and Sampey qualify No. 1 at Sonoma Sonoma Raceway

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Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Paul Blackburn (58) is pulled from the game by Oakland Athletics manager

Mark Kotsay during their game against the Texas Rangers in the fifth inning at the Coliseum in Oakland, Sunday.

Oakland A’s scare Rangers in a rally that falls just short Tribune Content Agency Adolis Garcia saw, swung at, and promptly blasted the first ball he saw far above the Coliseum’s left field fence.

Oakland’s Paul Blackburn’s rude welcome back from his first AllStar berth saw him give up that titanic two-run blast alongside a RBI double in the first inning of the A’s wild 11-8 loss to the Texas Rangers.

Things didn’t get much better for Blackburn in what ended up being one of the silliest games of

the season.

If Texas’ first inning was all about power, their third inning displayed their ability to play socalled ‘small ball.’ Garcia smacked a single through a crack in the defense, and then he stole second.

That gave him an opportunity to race home on a Leody Taveras single.

Taveras followed up with a steal of his own, but couldn’t advance any further once Blackburn induced a flyout to left fielder Chad Pinder.

The Rangers appeared to be poised

for another big inning in the fourth when former A’s star Marcus Semien doubled off Sheldon Nuese’s glove at third. Corey Seager and his 22 home runs were to be followed up by Nathaniel Lowe, Jonah Heim, and Garcia. But Blackburn got himself out of the two-out dilemma when he picked off Semien, who had strayed a bit too far off the bag to recover.

A review upheld a call vociferously protested by Texas’ $175 million man.

Corey Seager had to walk back to the dugout

for only a few minutes, since Oakland’s anemic offense quickly burned through all three of their allotted outs. When he got his second opportunity of an at-bat against Blackburn, he mauled a 91 MPH four-seam fastball into the deepest part of center field and over Ramon Laureano’s outstretched glove. And as a popular Smashmouth song goes, the hits didn’t stop coming for Texas.

Jonah Heim hit a double, Garcia walked, See A’s, Page B8

SONOMA — Looking to become the first driver in NHRA history to win four straight races at Sonoma Raceway, Funny Car’s Robert Hight secured the No. 1 position in front of a capacity crowd on Saturday at the 34th annual Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals.

Leah Pruett (Top Fuel), Erica Enders (Pro Stock) and Angelle Sampey (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also qualified No. 1 at the 12th of 22 races during the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season and the second stop of the three-race NHRA Western Swing.

Hight’s run of 3.825-seconds at 332.75 mph from Friday in his 11,000-horsepower Auto Club Chevrolet Camaro held up, giving the Funny Car points leader his third No. 1 qualifier this season and 74th in his career. In addition to his three straight wins at Sonoma, Hight also has five victories in 2022, including two in a row, and he will open eliminations against Jeff Diehl on Sunday.

“There’s a lot on the line, but we just need

Tribune Content Agency David Quinn has a lot of work ahead of him now that he’s been tabbed to be the next San Jose Sharks head coach.

Perhaps Quinn’s most important job will be trying to maximize the talents of the numerous veteran holdovers from last season’s team that went 32-37-13.

Only two NHL teams last season scored less than the Sharks, who had just three players eclipse the 20-goal mark, not nearly enough to overcome even occasional defensive breakdowns.

The Sharks also ranked 21st in goals allowed.

Still, a first-year coach can breathe new life

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San Jose Sharks’ Erik Karlsson (65) talks with San Jose Sharks’ Marc-Edouard Vlasic (44) during their game against the Washington Capitals at the SAP Center in San Jose, in 2019. into a roster.

Seven ago after DeBoer replaced McLellan, Burns went

years Pete Todd Brent from

60 to 75 points and played more than two minutes per game. Tomas Hertl went from 31 to 46 points and evolved into a better two-way player,

and a then-36-yearold Joe Thornton became the Sharks’ leading scorer with 82 points in 82 games.

That 2015-16 Sharks team went to the Stanley Cup Final after missing the playoffs the year before.

No one should expect the same turnaround this upcoming season from the Sharks, who have missed the playoffs for three consecutive years.

Still, they can get a lot closer to becoming a contender if several key players return to form.

Here are five Sharks players who could benefit from the coaching change.

1. Erik Karlsson: It’s See Quinn, Page B8

See Sonoma, Page B8

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Can head coach David Quinn’s hiring breathe new life into these San Jose Sharks players careers?

to take it one round at a time,” Hight said.

“You’ve got to try to be perfect and you have to be aggressive out there.

To win rounds and come out on top, you’ve got to be on edge, and I’ve got the best guys in the business behind me to get this done. We’re very confident right now because we’ve won the last two races and we qualified No. 1 here, but you have to continue to take it one round at a time because the competition is so good. There’s a lot of good cars right now so to do what we’re doing makes it that much more special.”

Defending world champ Ron Capps qualified second with a 3.846 at 334.48 and Alexis DeJoria qualified third with a 3.867 at 330.63.

In Top Fuel, Leah Pruett earned her first No. 1 qualifier this season and 12th in her career when her pass of 3.689 at 327.59 in her 11,000-horsepower Rayce Rudeen Foundation Top Fuel dragster stood up. Pruett closed out qualifying with a solid run as well, giving her confidence heading into eliminations. She’ll start raceday against

LOS ANGELES — With one lunge toward first base Saturday evening, Evan Longoria landed back on the injured list for the third time this season and the Giants lost yet another member of their starting infield to injury.

Sitting in front of his locker in the visitor’s clubhouse here the next morning, Longoria said he was “sad . . . sore . . . (and) disappointed.”

An MRI scheduled for Monday will determine the severity of the strain in his right hamstring, but as soon as he felt it “grab” while running out a ground-ball double play in the fourth inning of Saturday’s 4-2 loss to the Dodgers, he knew he was destined to miss more time this season.

A strained oblique and a torn ligament in his finger have already cost him 45 games this

season, and he will miss a minimum of 10 more before he is eligible to return from his latest ailment. Because he didn’t feel it “pop,” Longoria said he is hopeful this absence will be a brief one, maybe less than a month.

These nagging injuries come a season after Longoria, 36, was forced to miss half of last season with a shoulder he injured colliding with Brandon Crawford and the same finger, which he injured on a hit-by-pitch.

“Off, on, off, on,” Longoria said, describing his IL stints this season. “It’s really all I’ve know this year. It’s frustrating. . . . That’s really all I can say. I don’t know what else I can do. I feel like I do everything to prepare myself and hydrate and sleep. The body just See Sore, Page B8

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DON’T CALL ME SHIRLEY COCKTAIL Jennifer Heffner/The Washington Post photos

Dirty Shirley

as the drink of summer?

Surely, you can’t be serious

M. Carrie Allan

SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON POST

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t was tempting to write a Dirty Shirley story that embraced minimalism: How to make a Dirty Shirley Don’t!

The end.

But the Dirty Shirley phenomenon – to the extent it exists – offers so much to unpack: What defines a good drink? If a drink goes crazy on social media, does it always have legs in the bar world? Can better ingredients “fix” a drink that, in its usual form, makes many craft bartenders roll their eyes so far into their heads they can see their own back tattoos?

To explain: The Shirley Temple is the world’s most famous “mocktail,” a mix of grenadine and ginger ale or Sprite most often served to children and named for the dimpled child movie star of the 1930s. Some origin stories claim it was made for the wee Temple after she made a fuss wanting the maraschino cherries in her parents’ cocktails, but the adult Temple disavowed the drink and even sued to prevent commercial versions with her name. Boozy versions have long existed, some traveling under the witty name of Shirley Temple Black (the actress’s married name).

In May of this year, the New York Times ran a story headlined “Is the Dirty Shirley the Drink of the Summer?” It noted that millennials returning to the city post-pandemic were driving a trend that went far beyond one bar in SoHo: TikTok videos of the drink had been viewed by millions.

I’d never heard of a Dirty Shirley, but I could see the visual appeal – scarlet grenadine trickled in for an ombré effect, a perky neon cherry. But the recipe – just a Shirley Temple “dirtied” with alcohol – answered the headline’s question: Not of my summer. The very idea had my tooth enamel filing a grievance.

Fearing the pandemic had so decimated New York’s hospitality scene that craft bartenders who

would once have guided these kids to better drinks had all left town, I went about my day, after yelling at some TikTokers to get off my lawn.

Soon my inbox began filling with opportunistic pitches. Vodka companies explained why their vodka was the one for the drink of the summer. There was a pitch for a canned version, a version with tequila, a version with rum. A glut of content referencing the drink!

Saturday Night Live’s Bowen Yang told Jimmy Fallon: “I just heard the Dirty Shirley is the drink of the summer.” The Today Show team mixed some up. Many outlets referenced the Times’ headline but erased its question mark, turning the Shirley’s summer supremacy into a fact.

A whole bunch of folks were trying to make fetch happen.

It had clearly already happened on TikTok, where 40% of users are 18 to 24 and you can watch many videos of pretty young people preening and posing with pretty red drinks, declaring this “Shirl Girl Summer” or griping about how the drink has been a thing for years – thanks, lamestream media, for finally catching up.

Slowly (but Shirley), I became uneasy. After all, there was a time when I loved Fuzzy Navels.

Then I turned 19. Was I aging out of the cocktail culture, my recoil the boozehound equivalent of when geezers gripe about today’s music without bothering to explore it?

So I made the drink, half hoping it’d be like that moment in “Ratatouille” when the cynical critic takes one bite of Chef Rat’s food and finds his carapace stripped away, humbled by the taste of a childhood comfort.

Look: I generally believe in live and let drink. You should do you, and given the individuality of every human palate, it’s pointless to tell people what they should like.

Studies have repeatedly shown people’s taste perceptions change with age.

We find bitterness less aversive as we get older because we don’t taste

DIRTY SHIRLEY COCKTAIL it as strongly. My love of bitter Negronis probably just shows I’m one day closer to death.

Still: The Dirty Shirley is trash.

It’s like the sweetest soda imaginable. The vodka disappears in the drink, probably part of the appeal for those who don’t yet enjoy the taste or burn of alcohol. Then there are those neon cherries, disturbingly meaty in texture.

I started reaching out to bars and eavesdropping on orders. Was there really a sudden craze for this drink? Who would order it more than once?

None of my favorite bars in D.C. reported real upticks. Several bartenders had never heard of it.

Morris American Bar general manager Doug Fisher knew of the drink.

“It’s not really what we do, but we’ll make it if someone asks. We’re in the business of saying yes,” he said. “But it won’t look like those online pictures, because we use the good cherries.” (The tender, gooey little cherries favored by craft bars look more like black olives. They aren’t #adorbs. They just taste amazing.)

Some spots like the Dearborn in Chicago – which put a drink called Shirley’s Sister on its nonalcoholic menu early in the year and whose publicist had noted which way the TikTok was ticking – have tried to capitalize on the trend. Beverage director Sarah Clark said they’d sold nearly 300, boozy and non, the preceding week. Made with cherries, cranberries, lemon zest and rosemary, it sounds like a good drink. Because it’s not a Dirty Shirley.

Over the past month, I’ve come to picture what

TikTok users are drinking and what cocktail lovers are drinking as a Venn diagram, with only a petal of shared space – probably consisting of drinks that are not only great for the ‘gram but delicious and balanced.

I asked cocktail writer Robert Simonson about what drives this virtual and actual “virality” in the drinks world.

A number of modern drinks “were obviously made for Instagram, made to be beautiful and eye-catching, and then they get photographed a million times by people who drink them . . . which of course causes more people to order them and photograph them,” Simonson says, mentioning the Gunmetal Blue at Porchlight in New York and the Pina Verde, which started at Polite Provisions in San Diego but didn’t fully hit till it was launched at Boilermaker in New York.

That one, Simonson says, was more “slow motion viral,” happening over the course of a few years. But there are certainly drinks that “whenever you see one of them, everyone orders one.”

He mentioned one in particular that I’d seen firsthand: If the Dirty Shirley’s the drink of the summer, no one’s told the espresso martini. That drink has been around since the 1980s, but at least three times I’ve been at a bar asking about the purported Dirty Shirley craze, while watching espresso martinis flying out the door – IRL as they say.

Wesley Mannings, general manager at Denson Liquor Bar, has seen no uptick in Dirty Shirley orders. But “our new espresso machine paid for itself in a week,”

he says. Clark in Chicago confirmed: “We were baffled by the amount of coffee we were going through; then we realized it was all for cocktails.”

Who can fully explain what makes a drink pop up again? And how to make a bad one go back into hiding? Do we just wait for TikTokers to age out of it?

I suppose I get the cheeky, ironic appeal of the Dirty Shirley. You have to appreciate the ouroboros of an adult drink riffing on a kid’s drink created to mimic an adult drink.

But a drink does not become kid-friendly sheerly by virtue of being nonalcoholic. Nor, obviously, is a drink great for adults sheerly by virtue of containing alcohol. Adulthood is not childhood with added booze; adulthood is childhood with added complexity.

Surely it warrants drinks to match?

I’ve tried to provide one here – a more balanced but still sweet and cherried take on the purported “drink of the summer.” Please, don’t call it Shirley.

DON’T CALL ME SHIRLEY 5 minutes 1 serving Despite the name, this is sort of a Dirty Shirley for pickier cocktail drinkers. Rather than hiding a stiff shot of booze under a pile of sugar, this uses a black cherry vodka (we recommend Black Infusions, made with real cherries), herbal Pimm’s liqueur and lemon juice for a drink that’s still refreshing and summery, but more balanced and complex.

Where to Buy: Look for Luxardo or Amarena cherries (not the neon-red ones!), available at liquor stores and specialty stores for garnishes and for their syrup, if you don’t have grenadine.

Ice 2 dashes Angostura bitters 1 ⁄2 ounce grenadine (or the syrup from real maraschino cherries) 3 ⁄4 ounce fresh lemon juice 1 ⁄2 ounce Pimm’s liqueur 1 1⁄2 ounces black cherry vodka 3 to 4 ounces lemon or lemon-lime soda, to top Amarena or maraschino

cherries, for serving Fill a highball glass with ice. To a cocktail shaker, add the bitters and grenadine (or cherry syrup), then fill twothirds of the way with ice. Add the lemon juice, Pimm’s and cherry vodka, and shake quickly to chill and combine.

Strain into the glass, then top with the soda and garnish with the cherries.

Nutritional facts | Calories per serving (using 3 ounces soda): 212; Total Fat: 0 g; Saturated Fat: 0 g; Cholesterol: 0 mg; Sodium: 15 mg; Total Carbohydrates: 21 g; Dietary Fiber: 0 g; Sugar: 17 g; Protein: 0g.

Recipe from Spirits columnist M. Carrie Allan. Tested by M. Carrie Allan.

DIRTY SHIRLEY COCKTAIL 5 minutes 1 serving The Dirty Shirley is an alcoholic version of the Shirley Temple, itself a kid’s version of an adult cocktail. Named for the ringleted child star of the 1930s (who disavowed the drink and even sued to prevent companies from releasing commercial versions using her name), the rosy, neon cherry-enhanced drink has had alcoholic variations floating around for years.

Especially when made with commercial grenadine and lemon-lime soda, it is aggressively sweet. Those who prefer their drinks less so should steer clear – or try a bitter lemon soda, a good craft grenadine (look for brands that include an acidic component in their ingredient list. They may not be as scarlet!). Or try a more restrained variation.

Where to Buy: Grenadine is widely available at grocery and liquor stores.

2 ounces vodka 1 ⁄2 to 1 ounce grenadine, to taste 6 to 8 ounces lemonlime soda, ginger ale or a mix of the two Maraschino cherries, for serving Fill a highball glass with ice. Add the vodka and grenadine, then top with soda and/ or ginger ale to fill. Stir gently to combine, then garnish with the cherries and serve.

Nutritional facts | Calories per serving (using 1/2 ounce grenadine and 6 ounces soda): 240; Total Fat: 0 g; Saturated Fat: 0 g; Cholesterol: 0 mg; Sodium: 21 mg; Total Carbohydrates: 28 g; Dietary Fiber: 0 g; Sugar: 23 g; Protein: 0 g.

Traditional recipe adapted

by Spirits columnist M. Carrie Allan.

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Inflation, higher housing costs and rising interest rates are the warning signs cited by those who see a recession coming.

Most Americans believe a recession on the horizon Here’s how experts say to prepare for one

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even in 10 U.S. consumers see an economic downturn ahead, assuming one hasn’t already started. But awareness doesn’t equal preparedness – two in three admit they aren’t ready for what they think is coming, according to a survey from MagnifyMoney, a personal finance website.

“When you are living paycheck to paycheck and seeing everything around you go up in price by the day, it can be really scary,” said Matt Schultz, chief credit analyst at LendingTree, which owns MagnifyMoney.

“You know you don’t have a lot of wiggle room to pay bills. We are seeing some of that fear in this survey.”

People are clearly concerned that things will get worse before they get better, he said. But if there is a silver lining, they are preparing, or at least trying to.

A separate survey from Empower, the retirement plan manager based in Greenwood Village, found that about three in four Americans are preparing for a recession by delaying purchases, boosting savings, paying off debt more aggressively and looking at “side hustles” to earn more income.

Who is more likely to feel unprepared? Women, adults in younger generations and lowerincome households, according to the MagnifyMoney survey.

Inflation, higher housing costs and rising interest rates are the warning signs cited by those who see a recession coming. And the steps people are taking to prepare were similar to what Empower found in its survey – cut back spending, stick to a budget and build up emergency savings.

Whether those darker views reflect a sober assessment of what is to come or setting the stage for a self-fulfilling prophecy, consumers would do well to brace for a slowdown, experts said.

“It makes for an exceptionally difficult time for families to reach their personal goals,” said Wayne Winegarden, a senior fellow of business and economics at the Pacific Research Institute in Monterey. “How

in several assistance packages to deal with the outbreak and economic downturn. Those federal stimulus checks likely won’t be coming to the rescue this time, and they wouldn’t be particularly helpful if they did.

A popular definition of a recession is two consecutive quarters of declining economic activity. That is likely already baked in. But unusually strong growth in the first half of 2021, when the economy was rebounding from the worst of

tion,” Schultz said.

When it comes to paying down debt, the equation isn’t as clear cut, said Winegarden.

Inflation erodes the value of A different kind of downturn money, so yesterday’s debt can Recessions vary in what trigbe paid in future dollars that are gers them, and what excesses in worth less. Technically speakthe economy they correct. The ing, it is worth stretching out next downturn, however, could those payments. But most credit be more like those seen in the cards and consumer revolving 1970s and early 1980s when debt now carry variable interest inflation was more of a problem. rates, which are rising alongside Service workers at restauinflation. Paying those debts rants, hotels and entertainment should be a priority. venues suffered huge job Another reason to get losses during the shortaggressive about paying A separate survey from Empower, the retirement plan manager based in lived pandemic recession down debts, even if they in the first half of 2020. The are at a fixed rate, is if Greenwood Village, found that about three in four Americans are preparing Great Recession, which folsomeone thinks their job lowed a housing bubble for a recession by delaying purchases, boosting savings, paying off debt might be at risk in a downand financial crisis and turn. Being free of debt more aggressively and looking at “side hustles” to earn more income. was a drawn-out slog, devwill make it easier to astated the mortgage and maneuver financially and construction industries and the pandemic, distorts any com- hasn’t manifested either, but avoid a default that could wreck pretty much anyone tied to parison. An official declaration added the words “stay tuned.” credit scores. residential real estate from of a recession will likely involve Consumer confidence is colInvestors might want to 2008 on. Veteran Colorado tech a more complicated calculation, lapsing, but consumer spending consider buying shares in comand telecom workers know how and economists are divided on is not. U.S. retail sales rose panies that are paying dividends brutal the 2000-2001 recession when that might happen.

8.9% nationally year-over-year and are likely to grow those was for their aspirations.

“More formally, we don’t in June, which in most years The Federal Reserve is view the first half as a reces- would be a sign of a still healthy payouts through any downturn, expected to keep raising inter- sion,” said Chris Varvares economy. But the increase was Taylor said. While those stocks est rates and tightening the co-head of U.S. Economics for just below the pace of inflation, could still go down in value, divmoney supply to bring inflation, S&P Global Market Intelligence, meaning the extra spending rep- idends would help offset that. at a four-decade high, under during a webinar. Industrial resents a keeping up rather than And losses in more conservative stocks have been less than those control, which historically has production and hiring remained a moving forward. in growth stocks. been around 2%. The hope is “In simple terms, consumrobust this year, which wouldn’t It is also important to keep for a soft landing, but the Fed be the case if a recession ers did not buy more stuff in losses in the market this year is willing to trigger a recession June – they bought less product were underway. in perspective given the huge to break the back of inflation Even though the economy but paid more for it. This is run-up since late March 2020. running above 9%. technically contracted in the not a comfortable position as it Strange things are happening “For the first time in my first half of the year, employ- makes consumers feel down- and the economy may feel unte38-year career, the Federal beat, which is one of the reasons Reserve is not going to bail out ers still added 2.2 million net confidence is sliding,” said Neil thered, but that is typical in the market by lowering inter- new jobs nationally and nearly Saunders, Managing Director of periods of adjustment and tranest rates or flooding the system 50,000 in Colorado through GlobalData in comments on the sition, said Tom Nun, a portfolio strategist at Empower. with liquidity. They are doing May. Unemployment rates June retail sales numbers.

“One of the worst things you the exact opposite,” said Fred moved lower despite the slower Dipping into accumulated momentum.

A more likely scecan do when you are faced with Taylor, a partner and managing savings and drawing on credit director at Beacon Pointe Advi- nario is that employers will pull made that possible, but there are uncertainty is to make rash deciback on unfilled job openings sors in Denver. limits to how long that can go on, sions,” he said.

While most forecasts call for Taylor said that when stocks rather than let workers go. The Saunders said. any recession to be less severe go down in value, fixed income open jobs go away before the than others in recent history, investments will normally rise, occupied ones do.

Workers might find it harder How to prepare consumers shouldn’t be sanbalancing out the losses. But Consumers need to save guine, Winegarden said. The stock markets are down by 20% to hop around as they have the or more and bond markets are past year, and another piece of more, but inflation makes it world has been full of surdown 10% to 15% because of advice would be to plant roots harder to set money aside as prises this decade, and more rising interest rates. Investors until inflation is once again basic living costs consume more could be coming.

“The economic environment are getting hammered left and under control. But the lack of of each paycheck. Inflation right. So far, they aren’t showing slack in labor markets, which also erodes the value of those is dominated by a huge tail risk, are being driven by deeper savings, requiring that more a very large risk,” he warned. any signs of panic.

Nor should people expect demographic trends, could also money be set aside. That could “We are very economically insethe kind of help the federal mean fewer layoffs compared to reflect why many people realize cure. It’s like when you are on that rougher times are ahead, a balance beam and you are government provided during the past three recessions.

Schultz said big job cuts but feel unable to get ready. getting pushed. We could fall the pandemic when Congress “There is no vaccine for infla- really far.” approved a record $4.6 trillion would be a game changer and a do you squeeze a nickel and a penny? Those become the important considerations.”

clear signal that a deeper downturn is at play. Keep a close eye on the tech sector, which has been an important driver of job gains and higher wages in recent years.

Another scenario is one of high inflation that depresses economic growth, known as stagflation. The economy muddles along but higher prices persist and consumers are squeezed and miserable for far longer than they want to be. Varvares said that scenario

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From left, Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer and Brandon Perea in “Nope.”

6 key Spielberg references to watch out for in ‘Nope’ Los Angeles Times Plenty of filmgoers who’ve already seen Jordan Peele’s highly anticipated “Nope,” which opened last weekend, have left the theater in high spirits. Others have left scratching their heads, trying to decipher the perplexing puzzles of the “Get Out” and “Us” filmmaker’s horror/sci-fi epic.

But what comes across clearly to everyone in Peele’s third film is his affection for Black cultural history and all kinds of films, both classic and obscure.

One of the first scenes alludes to one of the first moving images in film history – a man riding on a horse, captured by 19th century inventor Eadweard Muybridge. Sprinkled through “Nope” are low-key shoutouts to Alfred Hitchcock, Sidney Poitier’s classic western “Buck and the Preacher” and the not-so-classic “The Scorpion King,” starring Dwayne Johnson aka the Rock.

Perhaps the most obvious riffs in “Nope” are those saluting Steven Spielberg – particularly his 1977 sci-fi classic, “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” Peele has said in interviews that the filmmaker behind “E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial,” “Jaws,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” and numerous other blockbusters is one of his earliest and most important influences.

Let’s examine some of the homages to Spielberg in “Nope.” Spoilers are ahead, so proceed at your own risk. n Flying saucers. As in “Close Encounters,” the existence of unidentified flying objects is at the core of “Nope.”

In both films, the UFOs – now

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“unidentified aerial phenomena/UAPs,” as one character in “Nope” complains – fly swiftly in the darkened skies, wreaking havoc on power lines and electrical equipment. In “Close Encounters,” Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) becomes obsessed after seeing a UFO flying above him. In “Nope,” Horse wrangler O.J. (Daniel Kaluuya) suspects that the strange vessel he saw darting in the sky may be connected to the strange behavior of his horses, as well as the sudden death of his father. n Clouds. In both films, the UFOs use clouds as camouflage. One of the most famous scenes in “Close Encounters” depicts a young boy who is abducted by the occupants of a vessel that appears and disappears in a cloud. In “Nope,” O.J. and others discover that one large cloud on the horizon never moves even when the wind moves other clouds around it, which clues them in to the UFO’s hiding place. n Aliens. O.J.’s first glimpse of “aliens” in “Nope” comes when he spots three hiding in his stable, which bear a resemblance to the otherworldly creatures in “Close Encounters.” (He soon finds out that they are not aliens at all, but the children of his neighbor, former actor Jupe (Steven Yeun), wearing masks to prank him. n Trucks. Both Roy and O.J have scary close encounters with UFOs while sitting alone in their trucks. n The power of three. In “Jaws,” three men (Dreyfuss, Roy Scheider and Robert Shaw) set out alone in a small boat to kill the great white shark terrorizing a small coastal town. O.J. joins forces with his fast-talking

sister Emerald (Keke Palmer) and a nervous electronic store clerk named Angel (Brandon Perea) to get photographic proof of the UFO in “Nope.” n ”E.T.” This one may be a bit of a stretch for some viewers, but bear with me.

Arguably the most disturbing incident in “Nope” is a flashback to a 1990s sitcom starring Jupe and a chimpanzee named Gordy. During a taping, Gordy becomes startled by the popping of a balloon and goes on a rampage, attacking and maiming cast members as the young Jupe hides a table and watches in horror.

When the blood-covered Gordy spies Jupe, he slowly approaches the terrified child.

But instead of attacking, Gordy calmly extends his hand toward the youth, mimicking a fist bump motion their characters perform on the show. Jupe carefully reaches toward Gordy, but before their fingers connect, the simian is gunned down from behind.

As horrific as the scene is, it was hard, given all of the film’s other Spielberg reference, not to be reminded of the connection between the boy Elliot and the scared alien in “E.T.” Although the extraterrestrial was seen as a threat by adults, the youth and the alien were bonded, using their fingers to express their friendship.

And it’s perhaps that absence of innocence – the adult Jupe exploits the incident for profit by erecting a small museum to the carnage – that leads him to his fate later in the film.

Many of you may say “nope” to that reference.

But who knows? Others may say “yup.”

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ANOTHER DEAL FROM THE KANTAR OEUVRE As I mentioned yesterday, Eddie Kantar, who passed away earlier this year, had a knack for deals that had instructive points in all aspects of the game – bidding, defense and declarerplay. Here is another example.

What do you think of the bidding, and how should the play proceed after

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by Phillip Alder West leads the spade two against three no-trump?

South is right to rebid two no-trump, which is in principle game-forcing. If North surprisingly has a four-card major, he can show it now.

(This is one reason why the opener bids two no-trump, not three no-trump, with 18 or 19 high-card points. It leaves the three-level open for further discussion.)

West leads fourth highest from his stronger unbid suit. East wins with the king and returns the eight, higher of a remaining doubleton. When West takes South’s 10 with his jack, he should realize that he must get his partner back on lead for another spade through declarers’ remaining queen-doubleton.

West shifts to the heart nine (top of trash): two, 10 (bottom of equals when playing third hand high), ace.

South has only eight top tricks. He cashes two club winners, and West discards a revealing heart. It seems that West started with 4=4=4=1 distribution. On the third club, West pitches another heart, keeping equal length with the dummy in diamonds.

Now, though, declarer plays four rounds of diamonds. West wins the last and cashes the spade ace, but he must concede trick 13 to South’s spade queen.

A nice endplay.

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The amount of the purchase price or consideration in connection with the transfer of the license and business, is $50,000.00 It has been agreed between the Seller/Licensee and the intended Buyer/Transferee, as required by Sec 24703 of the Business and Professions Code, that the consideration for the transfer of the business and license is to be paid only after the transfer has been approved by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

Dated: 07/15/2022 Three Murti, LLC /S/ By: Boj Karki, Member & Manager /S/ By: Kashi Kandel, Member & Manager Joti, LLC /S/ By: Navjot Sroa, Manager 7/25/22 CNS-3607497# THE DAILY REPUBLIC DR#00056619 Published: July 25, 2022 FAIRFIELD-SUISUN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NOTICE INVITING PROPOSALS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that FAIRFIELD-SUISUN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, acting by and through its Board of Education, hereinafter referred to as the District will receive sealed proposals from qualified Bidders, up to, but no later than August 23, 2022 on or before 12:00 PM local time and will not be opened publicly, for the award of contracts for the following: RFP #2151-23 Digital Signage - Hardware Interested Bidders are referred to the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District Purchasing Department website, https://www.fsusd.org/Page/15594, for all communication, instructions, and forms. The RFP packet will be posted by 4:00 pm on July 27, 2022. Questions and/or RFI regarding this RFP will be accepted until 4:00 pm on August 4, 2022, and must be submitted in email to: Melissa Iriarte at melissair@fsusd.org – using the subject line of “RFP #2151-23 Questions”. It is the responsibility of the Bidder to check the website for addenda and/or updates.

Proposals are due at the Purchasing Office for time and date stamping on or before 12:00 pm PST on August 23, 2022. One original and one electronic version (usb drive) response must be submitted in a sealed, clearly marked envelope. All proposals must be received and time and date stamped in the Purchasing office by the above due date and time. Proposals received after the due date and time will be returned unopened to the Bidder. No exceptions. Faxed or emailed RFPs will not be accepted.

All proposals must conform and be responsive to this RFP, and all necessary documents must be enclosed. Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, to waive any informalities or irregularities therein, and to accept the proposal in whole, or portions of the proposal that, in the opinion of the District, is in the best interest of the Fairfield- Suisun Unified School District.

No Responder may withdraw their RFP for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for the opening.

Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District reserves the right, in its sole discretion and subject to applicable laws, to determine the criteria and process whereby proposals are evaluated and awarded.

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. CA-22-914031-AB Order No.: 02-22003688 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 7/7/1993. 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): EUGENE GERMANY AND LILLIE R. GERMANY, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS Recorded: 7/20/1993 as Instrument No. 1993-00065159 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of SOLANO County, California; Date of Sale: 8/24/2022 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: At the Santa Clara St. Entrance of the Vallejo City Hall, located at 555 Santa Clara Street, Vallejo, CA 94590 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $35,012.53 The purported property address is: 1317 REBECCA DRIVE, SUISUN CITY, CA 94585 Assessor's Parcel No.: 0173-452-080 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 800-2802832 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-22-914031-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 800-280-2832, or visit this internet website http://www.qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-22-914031-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: 800-280-2832 Or Login to: http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA22-914031-AB IDSPub #0179688 7/25/2022 8/1/2022 8/8/2022 DR#00056532 Published: July 25 Aug. 1, 8, 2022

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Scoreboard BASEBALL Tuesday’s Games AL All-Stars 3, NL All-Stars 2 Wednesday’s Games No games scheduled Thursday’s Games Detroit 7, OAKLAND 2, first game OAKLAND 5, Detroit 0, second Game L.A. Dodgers 9, SAN FRANCISCO 6 Texas 8, Miami 0 Houston 3, N.Y. Yankees 2, first game Houston 7, N.Y. Yankees 5, second game Friday’s Games OAKLAND 5, Texas 4 L.A. Dodgers 5, SAN FRANCISCO 1 Cincinnati 9, St. Louis 5 Chicago Cubs 15, Philadelphia 2

Sonoma From Page B1 Jim Maroney and after finishing as runner-up in Sonoma last year, Pruett will try to finish the job on Sunday and pick up her second consecutive win this season in the process.

“It’s extremely exciting to qualify No. 1 and it shows just difficult it is for anybody,” Pruett said.

“We know exactly where we’re at. It feels like the work has been validated and we’re just going to keep digging on that. If we’re able to do what we did in Denver and make it to the final and possibly win it, that’s when we’re really going to see it come full circle. We are racers and we are finally feeling

A’s From Page B1 Taveras singled, Kole Calhoun also got on base, and all four eventually scored during an inning where the A’s just could not get an out.

By the time Kotsay mercifully pulled him from the game, Blackburn’s line read eight earned runs allowed on 10 hits. In came David McKay, who happened to be making his A’s debut while pitching for his sixth professional club in 2022. The right hander gave up a couple more hits and pushed Blackburn’s earned run tally to 10 before he finally got out of an inning where the Rangers batted around.

In Blackburn’s defense, he could have given up a

Quinn From Page B1 been said before, but the Sharks need to get more bang for their buck from Karlsson, who is entering the fourth year of his eight-year, $92 million contract. Over the last three seasons, Karlsson, as he’s battled injuries, has averaged 0.61 points per game, which ranks 21st among all defensemen who have played at least 130 games in that time.

The Sharks last season went to a more conservative forechecking system to help limit goals against.

We’ll learn more about what Quinn has in mind for the Sharks as the weeks go on, but perhaps a

Miami 8, Pittsburgh 1 N.Y. Yankees 7, Baltimore 6 San Diego 4, N.Y. Mets 1 Toronto 28, Boston 5 Atlanta 8, L.A. Angels 1 Tampa Bay 7, Kansas City 3 Cleveland 8, Chicago White Sox 2 Milwaukee 6, Colorado 5 Arizona 10, Washington 1 Houston 5, Seattle 2 Saturday’s Games OAKLAND 3, Texas 1 L.A. Dodgers 4, SAN FRANCISCO 2 Cleveland 7, Chicago White Sox 4, first game Chicago White Sox 5, Cleveland 4, second Toronto 4, Boston 1 Houston 3, Seattle 1 Chicago Cubs 6, Philadelphia 2, 10 innings Minnesota 8, Detroit 4 St. Louis 6, Cincinnati 3 Pittsburgh 1, Miami 0

Raceway, something that has eluded her thus far.

“It’s been a dream season to this point,” Enders said. “It’s always big to qualify on the pole.

The other two we have this season we’ve carried it all the way through on Sunday and got it done.

Hopefully, the trend continues, but the field is stacked and it’s super tough. We’ve got work to do and this is my favorite place to race, but we’ve never had super successful Sundays. We’re hoping to change that tomorrow. We just have to have a positive mindset and work really hard together, and one thing I have is the best team in the world. I wouldn’t want anyone else behind me, that’s for sure.”

Defending world champ Greg Anderson,

who has six wins in Sonoma, made a big move on Saturday into the second spot with a run of 6.518 at 209.43, while Coughlin will start raceday from third thanks to his 6.521 at 210.90.

Sampey put on an incredible show on Saturday in Pro Stock Motorcycle, making the quickest run of each session and blistering the track record with an incredible pass of 6.700 at 200.95 on her Mission Foods/Vance & Hines Suzuki. That run closed out qualifying and also tied the third-quickest run in class history, putting Sampey in a prime position heading into eliminations. It’s her third No. 1 spot of 2022 and 56th in her career as she looks to leave Sonoma with the points lead in the class.

single run and it still would have been too much to overcome for an Oakland offense that didn’t get their second hit until the fifth inning. That’s when the Oakland crowd finally had something to cheer about when Nick Allen’s groundout produced the first Oakland run of the day. Martin Perez carved through the A’s to the tune of seven innings pitched, four hits allowed and a lone earned run.

Oakland’s bats had been serviceable for the last ten games, batting a respectable .241 with 48 runs scored over that span. This uptick in offense had coincided with Ramon Laureano’s hot streak, where he had hit eight home runs in the last 20 games. For the majority of the game, Sunday’s A’s looked more like the unit that had preceded this offensive uptick

though, and they couldn’t manage more than a walk here or a single there for most of the afternoon.

And then out of nowhere, the A’s took slapped relief pitcher Garrett Richards around in the eighth inning. Stephen Piscotty’s homer headlined a fourrun inning that could’ve ended up even more disastrous for the Rangers had third baseman Josh Smith not made an absurd over-the-shoulder grab in shallow left to end the inning. Sean Murphy hit his 11th home run of the season in the top of the ninth to make the score closer, and then Chad Pinder slammed another home run to inch the A’s even closer.

Then came Tony Kemp, who went over the right field wall for Oakland’s third home run in as many at-bats. It was the first

time the A’s had hit backto-back home runs since 2006 against, you guessed it, the Texas Rangers.

Texas lit up the scoreboard to the tune of 16 total hits with two home runs and three doubles among them. Meanwhile, the A’s totaled 12 hits, six of those for extrabases with most of those coming after the game was thought to be a rout.

Oakland’s hitters looked like completely different men than the one who had looked so lost against Perez. It seemed as if every A’s hitter was guaranteed to pound the ball in the late stages of the game. The A’s will have to face a slew of hitters capable of those kinds of big nights on Monday. The division-leading Houston Astros will waltz into the East Bay riding a fivegame win streak.

more aggressive style can lead to increased scoring opportunities and a more dangerous Karlsson.

Karlsson’s offensive zone start percentage ranged from 51.3 to 57.6 in the last three years.

That number was above 60 percent for much of Karlsson’s time in Ottawa, so perhaps that’s a way for Quinn to get more production from the two-time Norris Trophy winner.

That’s if Quinn trusts other defensemen enough to take more defensive zone starts.

Adam Remember, Fox won his Norris with Quinn as his coach.

2.

Marc-Edouard Vlasic: Vlasic’s ice time dipped more than five minutes per game the last two seasons as he primarily became a third-pair

defenseman under former coach Bob Boughner. Now Vlasic has a chance for a fresh start.

Is a return to a top-four role out of the question for Vlasic? The Sharks don’t have an obvious choice to fill out their top two defense pairs after Karlsson, Mario Ferraro and Jaycob Megna. Can either Matt Benning and Markus Nutivarra, who have never more than averaged 17-plus minutes per game, fill that void? Is there room for Nikolai Knyzhov on the 23-man roster?

Vlasic, 35, might be the best option. For years, too, he was the Sharks’ leading penalty killer. But last season he was seventh among all Sharks defensemen in shorthanded time on ice. Maybe he helps fill

the void after the departure of Brent Burns.

3.

Kevin Labanc: Perhaps no Sharks player made more visits to Boughner’s doghouse than Labanc, whose ice time and per-game point production fell to careerlows last season before he had shoulder surgery in December.

Labanc’s offensive skills are undeniable, but consistency and commitment to a two-way game have been questioned.

Labanc, should he remain with the team, will also have to compete just to get into the lineup after the Sharks bolstered their forward depth.

Still, while the Sharks’ forward additions are all hard-nosed, no one has the scoring pedigree of Labanc, who averaged

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Sore From Page B1 doesn’t want to work the way it used to.”

With various injuries between Brandon Belt, Crawford, Tommy La Stella and Longoria, the Giants’ projected starting infield has shared the lineup for three games this season. Crawford is still out with knee inflammation stemming from an awkward slide in to home plate. La Stella missed the start of the season after offseason Achilles surgery and currently rehabbing from a stint on the Covid list that began July 7. Belt, who has missed 30 games between Covid and knee inflammation, is the only starting infielder currently active.

“It’s been a challenge.

Not an insurmountable one, but a challenge,” manager Gabe Kapler said. “I don’t think it’s unusual to have injuries around the league. But to not have Crawford for extended periods of time, to not have Longo for extended periods of time, to be kind of shuffling our first basemen because Belt hasn’t been healthy and active as much as we all would like, it’s all challenging.

“At the same time,

Swept From Page B1 runs and only the fourth time he failed to complete five innings against the Giants.

Cobb buckles down Alex Cobb left a 4-4 ballgame with two outs in the sixth inning, pitching deeper than Kershaw (4⅓ IP) and staying in longer than anyone could have expected after he needed 72 pitches to make it through three innings.

After a three-run third inning that tied the game at 4, Cobb retired eight straight batters before issuing a two-out walk that ended his outing. But by nearly over 25 assists a season from 2017 to 2021. Maybe there’s a role for him under Quinn.

4. Radim Simek: Like Labanc, it’s no guarantee that Simek will be in the lineup any more under Quinn than he was under Boughner.

Simek, either because of injury or healthy scratches, only played in three of San Jose’s 27 games as his average time on ice dropped to a career-low 13:17.

Simek has two years left on his four-year, $9 million contract. If he’s still with the Sharks by the start of the regular season, he’ll likely compete to be on the Sharks’ third defense pair with Nutivaara and Benning. When he’s at his best, though, Simek provides a phys-

it’s part of our jobs, to be good under those circumstances and not let them defeat us mentally. That’s where we are. We’re just going to be resilient and tough through this period.”

One “silver lining” of Longoria’s latest IL stint, Kapler said, was the opportunity to get an extended look at rookie David Villar, 25, who led the Triple-A Pacific Coast League in home runs when he was called up and has put together a .211/.404/.368 batting line in his first 15 majorleague games.

“David is important to us now and he’s important to our future,” Kapler said. “I think it’s a great opportunity for him to establish himself in the way that Luis González and LaMonte Wade Jr. have done. Look, if he’s able to play regularly for us and be a stable bat in our lineup, I think that’s a huge win for the Giants – and for David.”

Although he won’t play everyday, Kapler said, Villar should get the majority of the playing time at third base absent an external move (Longoria is eligible to return a day after the Aug. 2 trade deadline). Once La Stella and Crawford return, the Giants will also have the flexibility to pencil in La Stella or Wilmer Flores at third, too.

completing six innings, Cobb provided important relief to the Giants bullpen, which has no days off to recover until Aug. 5.

However, the Giants’ Jekyll and Hyde bullpen allowed three Dodgers runs to break the tie in the seventh inning.

Entering Sunday’s game, San Francisco’s relievers had posted the fifth-worst ERA (5.17) of any bullpen in the majors in July, coming after they posted the eighthbest mark in June (3.30).

The up-and-down performance dates back to the start of the season, when their 2.22 April ERA was the secondbest in the majors but followed it with the worst of all 30 clubs in May (6.26). ical element that a few other Sharks blueliners might not have.

5. Logan Couture: Couture had a good season in 2021-2022. To go with his usual role of matching up with the opposing team’s top centerman, Couture had 23 goals and 56 points, third most on the team, in 77 games.

But can he get to another level? With a deeper group of forwards around him, perhaps.

A few times last season, Boughner moved Timo Meier alongside Couture’s line just to help the second line generate some offense. Now with Oskar Lindblom and William Eklund possibly in top six forward roles, that should help Couture’s offensive production.

Monday’s TV Sports

5-day forecast for Fairfield-Suisun City

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Tonight

Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Boston, 4:10 p.m.

San Diego at Detroit, 4:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 5:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m.

Colorado at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m.

Washington at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.

Texas at Seattle, 7:10 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Houston at OAKLAND, 6:40 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO at Arizona, 6:40 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m.

Miami at Cincinnati, 3:40 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Toronto, 4:07 p.m.

Cleveland at Boston, 4:07 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m.

San Diego at Detroit, 4:10 a.m.

L.A. Angels at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Colorado, 5:40 p.m.

Washington at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.

Texas at Seattle, 7:10 p.m.

like we get to race, and that’s what is most exciting for us.”

Doug Kalitta stayed in the second spot with his 3.694 at 331.45 and points leader Mike Salinas jumped to third after going 3.696 at 332.67 on Saturday.

Enders grabbed the No. 1 spot from Elite Motorsports teammate Troy Coughlin Jr. on Saturday, as the Pro Stock points leader jumped to the top with a standout run of 6.506 at 210.97 in her Melling Performance/ Elite Motorsports Camaro.

It gives Enders, the fourtime world champion, her third No. 1 qualifier of the season and 26th in her career and she will open eliminations against Fernando Cuadra Jr. Enders will also try to pick up her first win at Sonoma

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Baltimore 6, N.Y. Yankees 3 San Diego 2, N.Y. Mets 1 Kansas City 6, Tampa Bay 3 Milwaukee 9, Colorado 4 Atlanta 7, L.A. Angels 2 Arizona 7, Washington 2 Sunday’s Games Texas 11, OAKLAND 8 L.A. Dodgers 7, SAN FRANCISCO 4 Chicago Cubs 4, Philadelphia 3 Miami 6, Pittsburgh 5, 10 innings N.Y. Yankees 6, Baltimore 0 Toronto 8, Boston 4 L.A. Angels 9, Atlanta 1 Cincinnati 6, St. Louis 3 Minnesota 9, Detroit 1 Kansas City 4, Tampa Bay 2 Chicago White Sox 6, Cleveland 3 Milwaukee 10, Colorado 9 Houston 8, Seattle 5 Washington 4, Arizona 3 San Diego at N.Y. Mets (n) Monday’s Games Houston at OAKLAND, 6:40 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO at Arizona, 6:40 p.m.

Miami at Cincinnati, 3:40 p.m.

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Basketball • The Tournament, ESPN2, 4 p.m.

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Baseball • MLB, San Francisco at Arizona, NBCSBA, 6:30 p.m.

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

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