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VACAVILLE — Edwin Markham Elementary School Principal Jose Bermudez greeted every student, parent, teacher and school employee like a long-lost friend Wednesday, because in a way, they all are to him. Bermudez had previously served a three-year stint as prin cipal at Markham, along with previous turns as a teacher and assistant principal. He returns this year to the sprawling campus at the corner of Markham Avenue and Brown Street after a year working in state office. “I’m back. I couldn’t stay away,” Bermudez said while placing traffic cones in the parking lot before the steady flow of cars began on campus. “It’s been really exciting meeting with all the teachers and planning the new schoolMarkhamyear.” was one of the 17 schools in the Vacaville School District that began the 2022-23 school year Thursday with just under 13,000 students. The school is part of the SPICE program, or Spanish/English Peer Immersion and Cultural Education. Students will be well-versed in both languages upon“Markhamgraduation.is a community school and a safe place,” Ber mudez said. “We hardly get any health strike football R. H anSen

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The next order of busi ness was introducing our planning committee: Vic toria Moore Bartels, Brian Evans, Claire Cepeda Kelley, Ed Lockhart, Roberta Arnold-Nichols and Frederick Wallace. I probably owe them an apology for using their freshman pictures on the twin 60-inch moni tors we employed, but the anguished looks on their faces was kinda worth it. A little self-deprecation always goes a long way so at the outset I said I could tell many of them were looking at me and think ing, “Man! That’s so cool! I had no idea Al Roker was in my class!” I hadn’t seen Les Hathaway since I accom panied him to a Van Halen concert in 1984 and helped him sneak highpowered camera lenses in so he could take pics to sell later. I’ve owed him $13.50 for that ticket since then so I pulled out an envelope with that amount in it (not adjusted for infla tion) and gave it to him. I talked about how high school could be an awkward time when it came to relationships and relayed the story of when I was at a house party as a freshman slow dancing to the Bee Gees’ “Too Much Heaven” with a girl I had a huge crush on named C.C. Davenport. It was heaven . . . until suddenly the song ended and a fast tune, Lakeside’s “It’s All the Way Live,” came on and a Soul Train line started. By my forth time down the middle of the line, I was out of moves and started inventing dances based on whatever I saw in the kitchen/living room. Thus I pioneered “The Cuckoo Clock,” “The Macramé Pot Holder” and the ever-popular “70s Bead Curtain Boogie.” Oi. Next I said that while many alumni know that Pat Morita, Mr. Miyagi in “The Karate Kid,” went to Armijo and that Johnny Colla of Huey Lewis and the News did as well, that Armijo actually had a tie to new wave group Duran Duran. While Google says they took their name from a character in the Jane Fonda movie “Bar barella,” it lies! It was really because when I played basketball at Armijo, I kept saying it over and over to try to get teammate/class mate Duran Wilson to pass me the basketball. I would be wide open and yelling, “Duran! Duran!” He never passed it to me, he shot it. I used a includedcouldcliqueswesillycliquesandjock,preppy,divided2032Iinme-the-basketball”“Duran-never-passed-similarjoke2012andLawdwillin’willdustitoffagaininaswell.Thewaymanyofusourselvesintonerd,bandgeek,stoner,valleykidsotherhighschoolallseemkindanow.Isuggestedtryonsomenewthatmanyofusbelongtonowthatthefollowing:

Fairfield freelance humor columnist and acci dental 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.

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— Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Richard Mal abuen, a Vallejo native and 2018 Benicia High School graduate, is an aircrewman who is part of a mission that helps provide airborne com munication links to nuclear missile units of U.S. Strategic Command. He is part of the nation’s nuclear deter rence mission at Strategic Communica tions Wing One. “I joined the Navy during the pandemic,” Malabuen said as part of an article released through the Navy Office of Community Outreach. “I knew it would be a stable job to have during uncertain times.”

An article that appeared in Wednesday’s Daily Republic should have stated that the appearance of Title IX pioneer Pamela Price will begin at 5 p.m. Sept. 8 in the Solano College theater, Building 1200. She will speak about her experiences as an undergraduate at Yale University.

The Navy’s presence on an Air Force base in the middle of America may seem like an odd location given its dis tance from any ocean. However, the central location allows for deployment of aircraft to both coasts and the Gulf of Mexico on a moment’s notice. This quick response is key to the success of the nuclear deterrence mission. The Navy command consists of a wing staff, the Center for Naval Avi ation Technical Training, and three fleet air reconnaissance squad rons: The “Ironmen” of Fleet Air Recon naissance Squadron 3, the “Shadows” of Fleet Air Reconnais sance Squadron 4 and the “Roughnecks” of Fleet Air Reconnais sance Squadron 7. Malabuen serves with Fleet Air Reconnais sance Squadron 4. “My favorite thing about my job is getting to fly,” Malabuen said in theStrategicarticle. Com munications Wing 1, or

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raffling off year books of tance.peoplehumorIblywhichawkwardschoolrespectiveourhighyears.Iwasasociallyteenager,isprobaredundant,andsometimesusedtokeepatadisIamnow aware that I do that and instead I try to use my humor to serve others – in this case, as the emcee, as I did for our 30th. When you have an audience comprised lit erally of your peers, most of whom have had a few drinks and are sated after dinner and cake, you really only have to meet them halfway to be engaging and entertain ing. I started off by having everyone stand while I sang the Armijo school hymn, “Hail Armijo Hail,” and fight song, “Down From Under” – both taught to me by Class of 1956 grad Sharon Maupin Tonnesen. While my classmates, like myself, did not know them, much less sing them back in high school, they were in fact still the official hymn and fight song back then.

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n The These Kids/ Grandkids ’Bout to Get On My Last Nerve Clique. n The Get the F Offa My Lawn Clique. n The I’m Retired and I Have No Idea What Day of the Week it is and I Don’t Care Clique. n The I Hurt My Back . . . While Taking a Nap Clique. n The I Have No Idea Who This Person is at My High School Reunion, But I’m Gonna Pretend I DoTheClique.special guest speakers were classmate Kevin Christian, who told an amusing story about Dr. Victor Agnello, who was Most Talented in our class and who passed away in 2014. Two past teachers also spoke – Mr. Doug Hambright, who taught at Armijo for more than 30 years, and my favorite teacher, 90-yearold Mr. Alex Scherr, who drove up from Nevada with his wife Judy. After the program, the dancing commenced. Years melted away as spontaneous joy, aided by the transformative magic of music, brought out the teens still alive and well inside the grand parents who crowded the dance floor. Thankfully, they stretched out first. I did not subject anyone to my dance moves except to slow dance to “The Lady in Red” with my wife Beth. It was wonderful to catch up with people and the Armijo Class of 1982 sent forth into the world doctors, nurses, artists, teachers, house wives, lawyers, pilots, members of the military, musicians, stay-at-home moms, stay-at-home dads, correctional offi cers, pastors, CFOs, CEOs, writers, computer engineers, mechanics and so many more who have made their mark on society in some way. We’ve added meaning and purpose to our indi vidual lives thisthatinrelationshipsthroughandreveledtheoh-so-brieftimeweareallallottedonEarth.Tillwemeetagain....

T he andmixermeet-and-greetbookendedSaturday,maindidlastour1982ClassHighArmijoSchoolofcelebrated40threunionweekendanditinstyle.TheeventwasandwasbyaFridaynightaphotomeetup at the old courthouse steps Sunday, followed by brunch at Cast Iron Grill in Suisun ClassmateCity.Ron Lanza of Wooden Valley Winery graciously hosted the mixer at his lovely facil ity. Shrieks of surprise and squeals of excite ment would break out whenever someone new walked in and would be followed by tight hugs. Subsequent conversations would be punctuated with the special kind of laugh ter that only old friends can share. For me, it was especially great to see Karen Johnson, who I had not seen since the days when we good-naturedly clowned each other in Mr. Sullivan’s news paper class. I had scanned the senior pictures of my 1982 yearbook and had them made into a bound mini-yearbook, which I brought. It was most useful for identification. My high school basket ball jersey, given to me by my coach Jay Dahl at his retirement party in 2005, had been relegated to the memorabilia table for our 30th reunion in 2012. But thanks to Bright Line Eating, I was able to wear it to the mixer. My only minor com plaint was that the 18-year-old rocker in me hangs his head in shame as 58-year-old rocker me admits it: The music was a tad too loud. I found it hard to communicate with people I hadn’t seen in years, and competing with Joan Jett, Kool and the Gang and The Cars for sonic space was straining my voice, which I needed forOurSaturday.mainevent was held, just as our 30th was, at the Paradise Valley Clubhouse. We had 83 folks show up and it featured a mem orabilia table as well as an in memorium table where classmates could add AssociationbymoneyPost-itawayteachersblessingsremembrances/forclassmates/whohadpassedusingheart-shapedNotes.WeraisedforascholarshipsellingArmijoAlumniappareland

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DAILY REPUBLIC — Friday, August 19, 2022 A3 Fairfield high schoolers to be part of Youth Air Protectors programBudgets, fees set for lighting, landscaping special districts FSUSD says welcome to its more than 21K students Aaron Rosenblatt/Daily Republic photos First-graders line up after recess to return to their classroom on the first day of school at Sullivan Language Immersion Academy, Wednesday. The academy serves students in transitional kindergarten through fifth grade. M att Miller basedthatsiontofifthkindergartenstudentstheexperiencewasopened2022-2321,000doorsSchoolinwasguages,KelleyataroundmunicatingaoccasionallytheansweringonImmersionnewandwitheachpalMMILLER@DAILYREPUBLIC.NETFAIRFIELD—PrinciAshleyKelleygreetedparentandstudenta“GoodMorning!”“BuenosDias!”attheSullivanLanguageAcademyUnionAvenuewhilequestionsindrop-offarea,andpullingoutwalkie-talkieandcomwithstaffcampus.“I’mprettygoodmultitasking,”said.Intwolannoless.TheSullivanAcademyoneof33schoolstheFairfield-SuisunDistricttoopentomorethanstudentsastheacademicyearWednesday.Itjustabrand-newforthoseatacademy.TheacademyservesintransitionalthroughgradeandishometheDualImmerProgram,aprogramisacademicallywhereSpanish is used as a vehicle of instruction. Teachers use the Common Core State Standards to guide instruction in language arts, mathematics and all otherSullivan’ssubjects. dual lan guage program follows the 90-10 model in which English is the language of instruction for 10% of the time starting in kinder garten. The percentage then increases annually until both English and Spanish are used equally in fifth“Ourgrade.objective is when they leave the fifth grade they will be proficient in English and Spanish and not only be bilin gual but also bi-literate,”

Kelley said. “It’s amazing being here, building this together through com munity efforts. Seeing it come to fruition is reason to celebrate.”Students aligned and sat on the black top to listen to Kelley as she directed them to their classrooms. Teach ers held up signs to meet their young charges before guiding them to their new classrooms. Many wore T-shirts with a big, colorful “Hola!” on it. Anabel Rios brought her three daughters, Valentina, third grade, Vienna, first grade, and Alessia, early kindergar ten, to Sullivan. She said the girls were excited to come to their new school. They know it will be a unique“Theyexperience.usually stick with their English, but they get excited when they start to recognize words in Spanish and know what someone is talking about,” Rios said. “They are excited to continue their bilingual careers here.” So was first-grade teacher Jessica Latorre, or Señora Latorre, to her new“I’vestudents.been teaching with this program for two years and I just love it,” Latorre said. “I love this community. We are like a big family. These programs are special. Wherever they move this program, I’ll be there.” Kelley said she is a military spouse. She was thrilled to help pilot the new academy in the“Itdistrict.was important to me to work in a dis trict with a diverse population,” Kelley said. “We want to see all diver sity of students succeed.” Students at Cleo Jessica Latorre, far left, teaches her first-grade class on the first day of school at Sullivan Language Immersion Academy in Fairfield, Wednesday.

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The three winners in the first Youth Photo Contest –two of whom appeared at the City Council meeting Tuesday – were rec ognized for their prizeMarkussnapshots.Taliaferro won the $125 first prize in two categories. His photo of “Larry’s Produce” was first in the Landmark category, and his photo “Glass Architecture in Downtown,” a picture of the county government center, won in the Down townMichaelcategory.Lamb labeled his photo of a smiling little girl in pink overalls as “Hope for Our Future Through Out Roots.” It took first in the Faces of Fairfield villeAtwood’sFinally,category.Samanthaphoto,“RockHikingTrails,”won in the Nature category. Taliaferro and Lamb became centerpieces of photos being taken by city staff during the award ceremony at the councilTheremeeting.were12 entries from seven photographers in the contest. more therapists have left because of the working conditions. Kaiser is also violating laws by not linking patients to other care networks while the therapists are on strike, she said. Kaiser Permamente said it is committed to sup porting therapists through the “unprecedented” demand for mental health care. The shortage of mental health profession als is affecting all health care providers, Kaiser said, not just its properties. “We are aggressively recruiting and hiring ther apists and long term, we are working to address the shortage and ineq uitable distribution of trained mental health pro fessionals that is affecting the nation by investing $30 million to build a pipe line of culturally diverse mental health profession als across California,” Kaiser said in a statement. Therapists in adult and child mental health clinics who provide indi vidual psychotherapy see an average of five to seven patients per day, Kaiser reported. In addition, they have an administrative structure in place to ensure an appropriate amount of preparation time and time to support ongoing education. “We have invested in psychological support teams that can help all employees who are dealing with burnout-related issues,” the statement continued. “And we are actively collaborating with our mental health clini cians on other ways to care for themselves while they help us serve the unprece dented demand for care.” Sorenken said many do feel stretched too thin and are working long hours, while patients are having to wait too long for followup “Peopleappointments.don’t want to risk their livelihood,” Sorenken said. “We have had more thera pists leave than be hired because of that.” Kaiser Permanente has been negotiating with the union for more than a year. There are two issues that have been bar gained over: One is wage increases and the other is the union’s demand to increase the time thera pists spend on tasks other than seeing patients. An issue being nego tiated with the National Union of Healthcare Workers is the amount of time therapists spend on administrative tasks such as documentation, planning and other office activities rather than directly treating patients. In recognition of ther apists’ concerns and priorities, Kaiser said it has proposed an increase in the scheduled time allocated to administra tive tasks, but the union is demanding still more administrative time. As an example, Kaiser showed, under the current collective bargaining agreement, a 40 hour per week therapist whose only job is to provide patient therapy would spend 34 hours seeing patients with six hours reserved for administrative tasks. The company has pro posed increasing the time for administrative tasks in this example to 7.2 hours, leaving 32.8 hours to see patients. The union is demanding nine hours for administrative work, which would leave 31 hours to see patients “The union’s demand flies in the face of a 30% increase in demand for mental health care and NUHW’s own commit ments to help improve access to mental health care,” Catsavas said in the email statement. “Our patients cannot afford a proposal that significantly reduces time available to care for our patients and their mental health needs.”

Kaiser said through the entirety of its 12 years of existence, NUHW has used the threat of strikes “as a bargaining tactic in every contract negotia tion.” This is the second time in a year the union has called on mental health providers to walk away from patients, the company said. More than 2,000 Kaiser Permanente ther apists have been striking throughout Northern Cali fornia since Monday. They have protested at several hospital locations. Strik ers assembled Thursday in Vacaville and return to Vallejo in the coming weeks, until an agreement can be reached. The strikers found the Vallejo community and area patients supportive of their mission. “I think the community hears us, the patients hear us, and they all empathize with us,” Sorenken said. “It remains to be seen if Kaiser executives do.”

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Gordon Elementary on Dover Avenue arrived to find a new drop-off location and the moving of portables. Measure J funding will bring $21.3 million in improve ments by next year with nine new class rooms, a new library, a reconfigured main office, expanded parking and a new play structure all anticipated to be com plete by August 2023. B. Gale Wilson on Cherry Hills Court in Fairfield is now the district’s only middle school to no longer have elementary students on the campus, which has never before happened. Other new things around the district included John McMor ris taking over as principal at Armijo High School. Early Learning opportunities have increased in the number of Earlyalongkindergartentransitionalclasses,withMaryBirdChildhoodEduca

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attack could devastate electronic devices and power sources across the state,” Dodd, D-Napa, said in a press release. “With the aggression we’re seeing from Russia and other hostile nations, it makes sense to be pre pared for the possibility, however remote. Adding it to the list of reasons to declare an emergency makes sense.”

The City Council this week approved a three-year grazing license with Solano County and Pacific Livestock Inc. for the 288-acre Wilcox Triangle Property, located adjacent to the western runway of Travis Air Force Base. The city and county are co-owners of the property. The city will receive about $6,190 annually. The rent collected can only be used to maintain and make needed repairs on the property. In other action on Tuesday, the council: n Recognized Greg Stepanicich for his 24 years of service as city attorney. He served in the U.S. Air Force Reserves at Travis Air Force Base. n Declared Sept. 4-10 as National Suicide and Prevention Week. Fair field accounted for 34% of suicides in the county in 2021, and had 31 suicides in the first three months of 2022. n Approved the addi tion of adding a two-year limited term senior infor mation technology analyst position in the IT Depart ment; and an administra tive assistant position and a management analyst position I/II in the Housing Services Depart ment. Eliminated an office assistant I/II position and a senior management analyst position in the Housing Services Depart ment. The cost of the IT position is estimated at $175,000 to $230,000 a year and will be allocated across the departments related to the city’s energy project. The Housing Ser vices changes will result in a net savings of $14,186. n Approved an $800,000 loan and amended purchase and sale agreement with APRR Management LLC, and authorized execution of a promissory note, deed of trust and assignment agreement for phasetoloanmonths,formonths,beLoantheTheManuelNorthandtheing/architecturalengineerplansfordevelopmentofahotelfast-foodrestaurantatTexasStreetandCamposDrive.fundswillcomefromIntergovernmentalFund.Thecitywillpaid5%peryearfor12and7%peryearanadditionalsixifneeded.Theallowsthedevelopergetthroughthedesignoftheproject.

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A worker sets up construction cones around the new 24-foot Christmas tree along the Suisun City Waterfront, Thursday. The new Christmas tree was planted Thursday and resides a few yards from the old Christmas tree. Farmers & shoot R Staff limited to 100 shooters. The cost is $35 for anyone who wishes to come and only have lunch. The event is to be held at the Yolo Sportsman Association, 24189 Avia tion Ave., in Davis. To register or for more information, go to www. cfbf.com/farmpac. council OKs grazing lease Travis base districts have vacancies, but no elections Council

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The Cordelia Fire Protection District and the Maine Prairie Water District each will have to appoint one member to fill out their full boards, but there will be no elections in the four special districts that might have otherwise been on the Nov. 8 ballot. Two of the three incum bents on the Cordelia board will return – Aaron McAlister and Jim Frische – but the board will have to replace Tim Senior. Similarly, Harold E. Robben Jr. and Mort Triplett return to Maine Prairie, but the board will have to replace Ryan J. Mahoney.Theincumbents in two Solano Irrigation District divisions were unchallenged; and three candidates filed for three open seats on the Rural North Vacaville Water District, including new comer Ken Swenson, who is an electrician for a utilityThedistrict.SID incumbents are John Kluge and Derrick Lum. Swenson will join Elizabeth Miles and Steven Strickland, both incumbents.

The California Emer gency Services Act authorizes the gover nor to declare a state of emergency when speci fied conditions of disaster or extreme peril exist, and streamline aid to severenaturallywhichneticandquakes,includeSomecommunities.affectedconditionsearthfloodswildfires.Electromagpulses,arecausedbyspaceweather or may be weaponized by an enemy, could damage significant portions of the nation’s infra structure, including the electrical grid, communi cations equipment, water and wastewater systems, and even cars, Dodd said in the press release. Such an attack could be part of a nuclear strike, and Russia remains the United States’ largest and most capable rival, according to the 2021 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Com munity. The government says Russia is expand ing and modernizing the capabilities of its weapons of mass destruction, which could penetrate DODD Daily Republic Staff

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n Approved a $200,000 professional services agreement with Vestra Resources Inc. for geo graphic information system (GIS) assessment and strategy for infra structure planning. The funds come from the General Fund ($100,000), Sewer Mains Cap Projects Fund ($50,000) and Municipal Water Utility Fund ($50,000). n Authorized an agree ment for the exchange of property between the city Aaron Rosenblatt/Daily Republic plants new Christmas tree in Suisun City R Staff

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The City Council this week denied the appeal by Auto Service and Towing, doing business as Payless Towing, which had its business license revoked. The city action against the company was taken May 31. Payless Towing is located at 1350 N. Texas St. According to city doc uments, the business was found to be in viola tion of multiple municipal codes during an investiga tion that started in April. The violations included a zoning code violation. There were four inci dents of vehicles being impounded at the North Texas Street location, which the city states is in violation of the busi nessThelicense.business owners were directed by the council Tuesday night to work with city staff to get all the permits and other paperwork in order. In other action, the council: n Approved amend ments to the declaration of Easements, Covenants and Restrictions among Fairfield, Tallen Califor nia LLC, 99 Cents Only Stores LLC, McDonald’s USA LLC, against real property located at the corner of West Texas Street and Beck Avenue. It will no longer prohibit or limit the sale of automo bile and other motor vehicle accessories, pro hibit or limit the sale of groceries and food service supplies, and sets rules for gyms and other retail and office space uses on the various parcels.

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BridgeCrossword by Phillip Alder Difficulty level: SILVER Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 grid contains the digits 1 through 9, with no repeats. That means that no number is repeated in any row, column or box. Solution, tips and computer program at www.sudoku.com Yesterday’s solution: creators.combyDist.EnterprisesJanric2022© 8/19/22 I’m looking for a way to limit social media time but stay connected

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). It may feel important to declare your boundaries. Relation ships are defined by actions, not words. When it’s not going strictly by your rules, just remember that you can go by your own rules, and that’s what matters. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). A calm mind makes you better at just about everything. getting to that calm mind is an essential discipline to learn and eventually master. You may even create a method of calming that’s unique to you, yet helpful to many. CANCER (June 22-July 22). For the most part, you’re a lover, not a fighter. Still, some things are worth fighting for. Today it’s enough just to notice what they are and experience the surge of feeling that comes with appre ciating them. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll employ your talent for sensing the motives of others. You’ll counteract any force threaten ing your goals. It will be strategic to keep your plans secret. Relat edly, an effective use of silence will make a statement that words cannot. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Your network keeps giving. You’ll learn what you need to get to the next place then return with a long list of new ques tions to ask. The more you know, the more comfortable you get with the reality that you’ll never know it all. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). When something happens easily, it feels fated. In today’s case something falls together and gets tied up in the bow of destiny. Note the difference between “easy” and “automatic,” which is more an indicator of habit than fate. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). A flurry of new people and chal lenges comes with the chaos of a new venture. It will be invigo rating to dance with the disorder instead of attempting to control it. Eventually things will order themselves. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). The dance of relation ships is one of stepping back to get closer. Honor your need for space and become sensitized to the spatial needs of others. The oxygen in these spaces is what makes togetherness spark. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). Today’s project may not seem like a fertile ground for self-expression, but with your imagination it won’t be too hard to find an approach that elevates. Somewhere inside every job is an opportunity to be fully yourself. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). Ask for what you need. In doing so you’ll create the change that sets off a hundred other improvements. You may not have the support you want now, but it will come even tually. Meanwhile, be your own champion. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Remember the time when the unexpected change shook up your perspective and then some thing truly positive came out of it? That’s great because it will happen again. When it goes a bit sideways, hang in there. Write Holiday Mathis at HolidayMathis.com. by Holiday Mathis birthdayToday’s A surge of power; with faith, courage and vision you’ll harness the winds of fortune to do your bidding. You change or drop many old rules you had for yourself as love renders all micromanaging unnecessary.

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KEEP PARTNER IN YOUR MIND In his “Devil’s Dictionary,” Ambrose Bierce defines an egotist as “a person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.” At the bridge table, try to bear in mind partner’s problems. What seems a clear-cut line of defense to you might not be so obvious to him. Try to find a play that makes everything readable to partner. In today’s deal, against four hearts, West led the diamond three: six, ace, eight. East flashed back the diamond five, confident of getting a ruff. But when South nonchalantly played the queen, West wasn’t so sure of the position. Instead, he switched to the club queen at trick three. Carefully, declarer covered with dummy’s king. South ruffed the club return, drew trumps and claimed. East was unhappy. “Why do you think I played back a diamond so quickly at trick two? So that I could get a club“Well,switch?”firstof all,” replied West, “it would have been most improper of me to draw an inference from the speed of your play. Equally, it was wrong of you to try to clarify the situation by your tempo.“Ifdeclarer’s diamond four were the club four, my switch would be the only way to defeat the contract. You could have made it easy for me. At trick two, cash the club ace. Then I will know to give you the ruff.” “But what if South is void in clubs?” tried East, in desperation. “That would give me Q-J-10-7 of clubs. I would have led from that holding at trick one, not my dangerous low diamond away from the king.” East, a person of low taste, mumbled an apology.

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Dear Annie: I’m feeling conflicted about my phone. Recently, I deleted all my social media apps – Instagram, TikTok, Twitter –because I was getting so frustrated about all the time I waste on them. I would just open and close them 100 times a day and waste hours endlessly scrolling. Out of all the content I consumed, probably 95% of it was useless. It was just a convenient distraction. I really liked having no social media. I spent more time reading and socializing face-toface, and I was able to focus on schoolwork more. The problem is that all my friends use these apps constantly to socialize and make plans. I felt out of the loop, and I found myself not getting invited to as many social events because I wasn’t in the Insta gram group message. I ended up redownloading all my apps, but now I’m worried about falling back into the old pattern of wasting hours every day on them. Any advice?! — Striving for Moderation Dear Striving for Mod eration: Social media companies – very intention ally – make moderation nearly impossible. These apps are designed to suck you in and keep you spending more time on them. If you want more of a behind-the-scenes look – and some scary information about how your personal data might be used against you – check out the documentary “The Social bestilltobrowser,anddeleteexceeded.iPhonesigateTherereasonsentirely,optit’sForDilemma.”youngpeople,especiallyhardtooutofsocialmediabecauseoftheyoumentioned.arewaystomityouruse,though.offerafunctiontoset“timelimits”forcertainapps,lockingyououtoncethetimelimitisYoucouldalsosimplytheappsfromyourphoneonlyaccessthemonawebwhenyouhaveaccessacomputer.Thisway,you’llbeintheloop,butyouwon’tdialedin24/7.

Dear Annie: In a recent column, you responded to “Wearied Widower,” who is engaged to be remarried. He wanted to know how to respond to rude comments about his engagement.Myhusband and I were married last September. We were both 63 at the time. We re-met at our high school reunion but have known each other since third grade. This is a second marriage for both of us, and we are so very happy together. We have both helped each other in some very pro found ways to heal from past traumas. All who know us feel it is a beautiful story. We had a beautiful wedding –at our beautiful new home we had just bought – with 35 guests, a caterer, DJ and tent. I wore a gown, and there were flowers everywhere. We asked that in lieu of gifts, a donation be made to our guests’ favorite charity.

My youngest son was the best man, and his toast made us cry. It was so beautiful; we have been through very rough times. My oldest son walked me down the aisle. My husband’s daughter was my maid of honor. Both of our mothers, 93 and 89, walked down the aisle. My mom and I danced together, and I was the lead, just like my dad used to be when he danced with her. The guests witnessed all our happiness and love that day. There are so many wonderful comments a person can make on this occasion, or simply say nothing at all and just enjoy it. During all the laughing and dancing, my husband’s friend’s wife, who is our age and someone I’d never met, said to my husband, “Why would you bother getting married so late in life?” He looked right at her, a woman who has braces on her teeth, smiled and said, “Why would you bother getting braces?” I love my husband. Thanks for listening. — Happily Married Again Dear Happily Married: Con gratulations on your love story! You’re absolutely right – there are a whole host of positive com ments one can make at a joyous and celebratory time like this. To you, “Wearied Widower” and anyone else out there, I encourage you to relish in your happiness regardless of how others perceive it and never let the naysayers get you down. Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

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T.I. admits he punched one of the Chainsmokers after kiss on the cheek Tribune ConTenT AgenCy Turns out you can’t have whatever you like when it comes to dealing with rapper T.I. The Chainsmokers’ Andrew Taggart found that out the hard way when the “Bring Em Out” artist punched the DJ in the face after he apparently shocked T.I. with a kiss on the cheek. On Tuesday, the DJ duo’s official TikTok account shared a video with their 2.5 million followers that didn’t show the smack but detailed the events leading up to it. The video –captioned “My bad T.I. won’t happen again . . . unless?” – begins with footage of T.I. and both members of the group cordially hanging out at a crowded club. Then it cuts to Taggart and Alex Pall, the other member of the Chainsmokers, in a vehicle recall ing what had happened at theThevenue.“Live Your Life” artist responded to the TikTok video Wednesday on “IInstagram.lovethe Chain smokers, man. They make great music,” he said in a 17-minute video. “There’s really not much more to the story than you’ve already heard. I think the impor tant thing to take away is that afterwards, we had a drink, we took a shot – you know what I’m saying? And we moved on.”

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DRNEWS@DAILYREPUBLIC.NETFAIRFIELD—It has been described as the “best thing” the Solano County supervisors do. Now the county is looking for residents who are 100 years of age or older – and those who will turn 100 before the end of the year – to join the Board of Supervisors in October for the annual Centenar ianACommemoration.statementreleased by board Chairman John Vasquez states if you or someone you know would like to have a centenar ian, or a Solano County resident who will turn 100 by Dec. 31, recognized by the Board of Supervi sors, contact 2nd District Supervisor Monica Brown at 707-784-3031 or send an email to Covid-19bethetheearliestSolanoCounty.comMEBrown@atyourconvenience.Thisisthe16thyearforcelebration,andlikepasttwoyears,willheldvirtuallyduetoconcerns.

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Portions of the FBI affidavit used to secure a search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate should be unsealed, a federal judge in Florida said. U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart on Thurs day said the Justice Department hadn’t “met its burden” for keeping the entire document sealed and asked the gov ernment to propose by noon on Aug. 25 what information in the affida vit should be kept secret. “I’m not prepared to find that the affidavit should be fully sealed,” Reinhart said during a hearing in West Palm Beach on a request from news media organizations and others to publicly release the Reinhartaffidavit.made the remarks moments after Jay Bratt, the Justice Department’s counterin telligence chief, told him that the ongoing investi gation would be “severely compromised” if the affi davit is released, adding that a line-by-line redac tion of the document was unrealistic.Brattsaid the inves tigation is in the “very early stages” and that the affidavit is very detailed, “lengthy” and contains “substantial grand jury information.” He said the DOJ is concerned that its release will identify names of agents and iden tities of witnesses. The judge said the government is free to propose that everything be redacted but he is unlikely to agree. He said he will propose his own redactions if he disagrees with DOJ’s proposals. The Justice Depart ment and Trump agreed last week to release the warrant and other doc uments that described the items seized during the Aug. 8 search as well as the laws that may have been violated. But the government said the more-detailed affida vit contains information, especially about wit nesses, that needs to be protected while the inves tigation is Trump,ongoing.who claims the search was politically motivated and unneces sary, did not file a motion seeking to unseal the affi davit, despite saying in public statements that the judge should do so. Trump spokesman Taylor Budo wich posted on Twitter Thursday “the whole affi davit should be released.”

Mayor From Page One with a positive corona virus test continues to rise, up to 39. It was 32 on Aug. 4 and 35 on Aug. 11. However, the number of patients in intensive care units with the disease held steady at eight from the last report. There were five Aug. Vaccination4. rates con tinue to hold steady at 75% of the popula tion 5 or older who have been fully vaccinated and 84% of that population that has received at least one shot. There have been 180,174 booster shots administered, the county reported. The county reports 1,669 children who are 6 months to 4 years have received a vaccine shot (7.4%), while 13,328 (35.9%) of chil dren 5 to 11 have been vaccinated. Fairfield added 253 coronavirus cases for a new total of 29,077. Vallejo added 330 for a count of 32,417. Vacav ille is at 26,896 cases after 184 were added, the countySuisunreported.City (7,537) added 49 cases; Dixon (5,150) added 42; Benicia (4,327) added 40; Rio Vista (1,495) added 10; and two new cases took the unin corporated area total to 217, the county reported. Matyas has previ ously indicated Covid case counts are higher with the increased use of in-home testing, results of which are not generally reported to government agencies and in many cases are not shared with medical providers if medical treat ment is not needed. The monkeypox count is up to 21 cases in Solano County, with 19 of those confirmed. About 400 people have received vaccine shots at Public Health clinics. From One

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voters have three candidates from which to select as mayor: four-term incumbent Harry Price, Councilwoman Catherine Moy and businessman Chauncy Banks. Votes in Districts 1, 3 and 5 also have a decision to make: Dis trict 1 – K. Patrice Williams, Nora Dizon and George Kennedy; Dis trict 3 – Doug Carr and David Verza; and Dis trict 5 – incumbent Doriss Panduro, Scott Mulvey and Jeremy Ferrell.

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“A live video feed of the presentation will be available for centenarians, their family and members of the public on the day of the presentation,” the statement said. “Our resi dent centenarians are not just the longest living, but they are war heroes, Rosie the Riveters and members of the Greatest Generation who contributed so much to their communities. We can never say thank you enough to our centenar ians for we continue to learn from them.”

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graffiti or tagging here, because the community respects this place. We have a community aspect here. They don’t just come for the education, but they come for the love and bond. We hold a lot of events here, like picnics.” Deanna BerumenMoon said her children Mateo, fifth grade, and Amelia, fourth grade, haven’t stopped talking about the return of “Mr. B,” and talk about how much fun he is to have in charge. “He is so involved with all the kids,” BerumenMoon said. “This school is so family oriented. Everything has a cultural focus. There are so many things I like about it, things like the back-toschool fair.” It remains a special place for teacher Zyana Bocanegra, an alumni herself of Markham. Every school year is like “coming“There’shome.”really a feeling of familiarity for me,” Bocanegra said. “It’s nice to work with some of the teachers that taught me when I was a student. It’s always excit ing to see all the smiling faces and get ready for the new school year.” It’s the first year at Markham that the 900 students can see the full fruits of Measure A funding. Many per manent classrooms have replaced porta bles and the expansive multipurpose room was completed last year. At Vacaville High, con struction continues as the new second gymnasium nears completion, along with the remodeling of the library and certain classrooms. Principal Adam Wight took over the school in 2020 amid the Covid-19 pandemic, and finally feels a sense of “normalcy” return ing to the East Monte Vista“We’recampus.ready to go,” Wight said. “The last three years in this profes sion has been a challenge. Things are pretty smooth now that we are not dealing with the latest Covid protocols. It’s been a trying time and it is nice to get down to the normal busi nessVacavilleahead.” High is welcoming 2,041 students this year, a healthy increase of enroll ment. There are many new teachers as well: Wight has hired 17 this year and 25 of the total 92 in the past two. The Vacaville School District also has many in new leadership posi tions. The new leadership includes Ana Farina, coordinator, College Readiness; Adam Rich, director, Maintenance and Operations; Charleston Brown, principal, Will C. Wood High School; Traci White, principal, Browns Valley Elementary; Thomas McHale, princi pal, Willis Jepson Middle School; Lynn Benevides, coordinator, Expanded Learning Opportunities; and Shayla Bowman, prin cipal, Fairmont Charter Elementary.“Icouldn’t ask for anything better for my last first day of school,” Superintendent Jane Shamieh, who is retiring at the end of this school year, shared in an email. “The students are ener getic and excited to be at school, our teachers are all back on campus ready to tackle the year ahead. I can just tell, this year is going to be one to remember.”Shamiehsaid Will C. Wood will be the first of 15 campuses that will receive solar panels on campus through Measure A funding. Markham, Kairos and Padan are next. The district believes it will result in $50 million in energy savings over the next 30 years. The project is expected to be finished by winter 2023. College District board. She will replace Sarah E. Chapman, who chose to run for Vacaville City CouncilWhileinstead.none of the four available seats on the college board will appear on the ballot with single candidates in each trustee area – incumbent Karimah Karah (Area 1), incumbent Annie M. Young (Area 2), incum bent Denis Honeychurch (Area 4) and now CargoReed (Area 6) – there are 41 contested races that will appear on the various Nov. 8 Thatballots.total includes eight state races, includ ing the local area seat on the Board of Equaliza tion, the U.S. Senate office and three congressio nal contests that involve parts of Solano County. It also includes the countywide decision for the 11th Assembly Dis trict between incumbent Lori Wilson, D-Suisun City, elected in April to fill out the final eight months of the term vacated by Jim Frazier, and Jenny Leilani Callison of Vacav ille, who does not list a party affiliation. Wilson and Callison are in a runoff after finishing as the top two vote-getters in the June 7 primary, respectively.Awinner will also finally be decided for the 3rd District seat on the Solano County Board of Supervisors through the runoff between Suisun City Councilwoman Wanda Williams – the top vote-getter in a five-can didate primary race – and Fairfield Councilman ChuckFairfieldTimm.

Fifth-graders work on an assignment on the first day of class at Edwin Markham Elementary School in Vacaville, Thursday. ‘We’re ready to go. . . . Things are pretty smooth now that we are not dealing with the latest Covid protocols.’

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Fairfield voters within Trustee Area 5 of the Fairfield-Suisun School District will decide between incumbent Jon athan R. Richardson and Jack Flynn. Two other seats that were avail able on the board will not appear on the ballot because of single can didates filing in each: Trustee Craig Wilson (Area 1) and Trustee David Isom (Area 7). Those residents in Trustee Area 2 of the Travis School District have five candidates for two seats: incumbent Riitta DeAnda; Matthew Bidou, a retired ath letics director; parent Maria Figueroa; Will Wade, a retired mili tary officer; and Nikolaus Sutton, a school construc tionMeghananalyst. Thompson will return as the repre sentative of Trustee Area 1. She is the lone candi date and her name will not appear on the ballot. Larry Brumfield’s name will appear on the ballot, but as he is the lone candidate seeking the final days or weeks of the term vacated by Wilson after she went to the Assembly, he will be the next Suisun CityHemayor.will be replaced in short order, however, when the full, four-year term is decided between James Berg, who ran for the Assembly in June, and Councilwoman AlmaSuisunHernandez.Cityvoters also will select two council members from among five candidates, includ ing Councilwoman Jane Day. Also seeking a seat on the council are Prin cess Washington, Katrina Garcia, Jenalee Dawson and Charles Lee Jr. Vacaville has three contested council races. A District 1 representative will be chosen between Councilman Gregory Ritchie II and Joe Des marais, an emergency management director. District 4 will have a new council member to be decided among Chris tian Scott, a business owner and paster, Sarah Chapman, who sits on the Solano Community College District board, and Kristin Navarro, a businesswoman.District6 Council woman Jeanette Wylie is being challenged by Tapac H. Chastain, who doesn’t list a profession, former appointed Coun cilman Raymond Beaty, a nonprofit executive direc tor, and Jennifer House, a business development consultant.Othercontested elec tions include: Municipal n Benicia City Council (two seats): Incumbents Christina Strawbridge and Lionel Largaespada, and challengers Terry Scott, retired business executive, Kari Birdseye, communication special ist, and William (Billy) Innes, retired educator. n Dixon City Council: District 1 – Michael Cere mello, businessman, and Jim Ernest, business owner; District 2 – incum bent Scott Pederson and former mayor Thom Bogue; City Clerk Kristin M. Janisch also will appear on the ballot, but is the lone candidate. n Rio Vista City Council: Two-Year Term – Appointed incum bent Robie Williams and Sarah Donnelly, business owner. The contest for two four-year seats on the council also will appear on the ballot, but with only two incumbent can didates, Eric “Rick” Dolk and Edwin A. Okamura. n Vallejo City Council: District 2 – Don Jordan, businessman, tax pre parer, Garrett Toles, inci dent commander, Diosdado “JR” Matulac, academic support pro vider, and Cassandra James, program grant coordinator; District 4 –Charles Palmares, quality control inspector, Chris Platzer, mariner, Ravi Shankar, business owner, and Ruscal Cay angyang, who sits on the Vallejo City School Dis trict board. Education n Dixon School Dis trict (three seats): Incum bents Jewel Fink and Lloyd L. McCabe, chal lengers Julian Y. Cuevas, Ian Arnold and John Gabby. n Vacaville School District: Trustee Area 1 –Nancy Dunn and Jacqui Nguyen. Trustee Areas 3 and 5 had single candi dates and will not appear on the ballot. n Vallejo City School District: Trustee Area 5 –board members John Fox and Ralph (Tony) Gross, and Ajit S Bhandal, a naturopathic practitioner. Trustee Area 3 had one candidate and Trustee Area 1 had no candidates. Neither will appear on the ballot. California Lottery |

“I am hopeful that the unsealed portions of the affidavit will provide some much needed clarity as to the motivations under lying this investigation,” Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba said in a statement. The “highly unusual” release of an affidavit could ultimately hurt Trump rather than the government, former federal prosecutor Jen nifer Rodgers said. The judge may allow the DOJ to redact agent and witness names but allow details of alleged crimes committed. “That will mean Trump doesn’t get to know who the witnesses are, and the public will learn of damning evidence against him,” Rodgers said.

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Dodd From Page A5 and the Fairfield-Suisun School District. The city will give 16,105 square feet of right-of-way along Atlantic Avenue, East Atlantic Avenue and Cement Hill Road for 27,878 square feet of the Air Base Parkway offramp, adjacent to Fairfield High.

n Authorized the grant deeds transferring prop erty, easements and similar instruments related to the Villages at Fairfield Development (Parcels C and G). n Authorized changes to the design services agreement with Callander Associates Inc., to prepare plans and specifications for the Linear Park Node 4A – 2030 N. Texas Project, which is part of the Central Fairfield Revi talization. The cost is $883,461 from the Park Capital Fund. The city received $5.7 million from the state and an additional $2 million in state grant funds to construct a new building at the site and other project amenities. n Approved the plans and specifications and awarded a $313,200 con tract to All About Building Inc. for Fire Station 35 –Alterations and Fire Station 40 – Door Replace ment Project. The money comes from the Public Buildings Capital Projects Fund. n Authorized a change to the Memoran dum of Understanding among the Dixon, Rio Vista, Suisun City, Vacav ille, Solano County Transit and the Solano Transpor tation Authority for inter city taxi card program services.

n Suspended competi tive bidding and approved the $211,755 purchase of automatic passenger coun ters from Urban Trans portation Associates for Fairfield and Suisun Transit Vehicles. The money comes from the Public Works Transporta tion Fund.

Daily Republic Staff directionsdriving.mayover-the-countertionalcohol.drivingtheDepartmentofareforpoint,frombypromotetoofThecrashesontionslocationFriday6aDepartmentDRNEWS@DAILYREPUBLIC.NETVACAVILLE—PolicewillconductDUICheckpointfromp.m.tomidnightatanundisclosedwithinthecity.CheckpointlocaarechosenbasedahistoryofDUIandarrests.primarypurposecheckpointsisnotmakearrests,buttopublicsafetydeterringdriversdrivingimpaired.Duringthecheckofficerswilllooksignsthatdriversundertheinfluencealcoholand/ordrugs.TheVacavillePoliceremindspublicthatimpairedisnotjustfromSomeprescripmedicationsordrugsinterferewithAlwaysfollowforuseand read warning labels about driving or “operating heavy machinery,” which includes driving a car. While medicinal and rec reational marijuana are legal, driving under the influence of marijuana is illegal.Ifyou plan on drinking or taking medications that may affect your ability to drive safely, plan to stay at home, Piro said in the release. Drivers charged with a first-time DUI face an average of $13,500 in fines and penalties, as well as a suspended license. Vaca PD plans DUI checkpoint Friday SOLANO DAILY REPUBLIC — Friday, August 19, 2022 A9 You May Be Entitled To Social Security Benefits Kay E. Tracy, Esq.* Social Security Attorney Representative, An Associate of Leibovic Law Group, LLP www.socialsecurityprofessional.com Are You Disabled & Can’t Work? *Practice limited exclusively to Social Security Disability since 2009. Licensed by the State of Nebraska in 1985 (not by CA); member 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1985; 9th Circuit Court of Appeals,2015, U.S. Supreme Court: 1987. This is an advertisement. Free Consultations No Fees Unless We 711 Jefferson St. Suite 201 Fairfield, CA 94533 Phone: KayT@leiboviclawgroup.com707-439-3346 Law Offices of FAVARO, LAVEZZO, GILL CARETTI & HEPPELL OPEN FOR BUSINESS For a Consultation Call (707)www.flgch.com422-3830 Charles B. Wood, of Counsel • Landlord/TenantDisputes/Leases • Divorce/Custody/Visitation • Wills/Trust & Disputes/ProbateEstate • Business Workouts • Real Estate Law community-based orga nizations that operate California state preschool programs and transitional kindergarten programs are collaborating to offer countywide support for advancement, workforce recruitment, education, funding assistance and specialized training for Solano County early learning and childcare professionals. The Office of Education is the lead agency for the ELC Work force Pathways program and will also be reg istering applicants for the pathways program at thisForevent.more informa tion about the Early Learning Career and Education Expo, contact Breana Marino, early learning inclusion liaison, at SolanoCOE.net.BMarino@ Expo

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Garrett and Josh Rojas. The lead got out of hand in the fifth inning when Joc Peder son dropped a hard-hit, but fairly routine fly ball in left field to set up hot-hitting Christian Walker for a two-strike single. Jake McCarthy and Carson Kellymade it pay with two RBI singles to make it 5-0 and force Webb out of the game. He’d given up nine hits and three walks. But the loss wasn’t all on Webb. Listless at-bats from Wednesday night’s loss continued into Thursday against Zac Gallen, who faced the minimum batters until Joc Pederson’s two-out single in the sixthEvaninning. Longoria’s double down the third base line put both runners in scoring position for Brandon Belt, who struck out on a head-scratching bunt attempt. high school football season kicks off Friday for area teams

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n Then comes a run play, and Bosa is blast ing into the backfield and wrapping his arms around a running back for a would-be tackle for loss.It looked all too familiar for O’Connell, the Vikings’ first-year coach who was the Los Angeles Rams’ offensive coordinator the previous twoSaidseasons. O’Connell: “Obviously with a pass rush the Niners have – I experienced it five times over the last two years playing against them –they change the way you have to play the posi tion, the discipline of rhythms and reads, and Giants listless as Webb falters in loss to D’backs

The Vikings went 13-2 overall and won the Division 3-AA state title by beating Aquinas of San Bernardino 14-13. But the season didn’t start out easily as Vanden needed a late rally on “the road,” though it was at George A. Gammon Field because Yuba City had to move the Vandengame.gave up 20 points before scoring 37 unanswered to claim the victory. Quarterback Tre Dimes, a returning senior, had two touch down passes and ran for another in the comeback.

Most of the team’s open on the road, and one area team is even headed out of state. State cham pion Vanden heads to Yuba City, Rodriguez takes on Bear Creek in Stockton, Armijo will be in Sacramento to meet El Camino, and Vacav ille take on Davis in the renewing of an old rivalry that has featured manyWillmeetings.C.Wood is the only team with a home game. The Wildcats host Pioneer of Wood land. Vacaville Christian, meanwhile has a road trip to Nevada to take on Sparks. Rio Vista will be down Inter state 5 in Newman to faceFairfieldOrestimba.has a bye this week. The Falcons, with new head coach Alex Hubbard, will open the season Aug. 26 at Benicia. Vanden at Yuba City

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Cam Inman BAY AREA NEWS GROUP EAGAN, Minn. — Even before Nick Bosa produced a masterpiece in Thursday’s prac tice, Minnesota Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell knew what could be coming in their second and final joint practice with the “They49ers.can change a game with their pass rush, especially with Nick on the edge,” O’Connell said. “I mean, getting to see him work in person, you see why he’s such a special player each and every week in this league.” Bosa, a fourth-year defensive end, domi nated with an array of pass rushes, pass deflec tions and run stops. That complete package should have him in the NFL Defensive Player of the Year conversa tion and vault him to overdue All-Pro rec ognition. Consider this sequence Thursday: n Bosa tosses a thirdstring tight end to the side, cuts inside and touches Kirk Cousins for a would-be sack. n Next, Bosa is pushing aside left tackle Christian Darrisaw – a 2021 first-round pick who’s been mentored by 49ers’ counterpart Trent Williams – and uses that bull rush to blindside Cousins. (Bosa had, by rough estimates, six sacks this practice.)

2022 schedule Aug. 19: at Yuba City Aug. 27: Douglas Sept. 2: at Burbank (Sacramento) Sept. 9: Foothill Sept. 16: Rancho Cotate Sept. 30: at Armijo* Oct. 7: Vacaville* Oct. 14: at Will C. Wood* Oct. 21: Fairfield* Oct. 28: at Rodriguez* * Monticello Empire League Coach: Sean Murphy 2021 record: 13-2, 4-1 MEL See Kickoff, Page B10 See Vanden, Page B10 See 49ers, Page B10

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m aTT mIller MMILLER@DAILYREPUBLIC.NETFAIRFIELD—Vanden High School’s varsity football team had a season for the ages in 2021. The Vikings finished 13-2 overall and had an amazing five-game winning streak through the play offs highlighted by a 14-13 win over Aquinas of San Bernardino for the State 3-AA Championship. But as hard as it might be, head coach Sean Murphy is emphasizing to his new team that the school’s incredible achievement came last year. The 2022 season is a fresh start and it begins Friday with a trip to Yuba City. “They’re not wearing champi onship shirts and we don’t really talk about last year,” Murphy said. “This team has to go out and create its own identity. They will take their own journey and they need to be ready to hit on all cylinders in Week Fortunately1.” for Murphy and his coaching staff, the shelves are far from bare. As many as seven starters return to both sides of the ball. Many Northern California prep sports publications give the 2022 Vikings high marks, includ ing MaxPreps, which has the team rated as the 36th best in the state. It might even be the year when the Vikings can take a run at QB is suspended 11 games, fined $5M. B2

Yuba City scored two late touchdowns to make the final score close, one coming on the final play of theYubagame.City finished out its season 7-4 overall and lost to Patterson 52-48 in a Sac-Joaquin Section Divi sion III playoff game. It was the third meeting between the school and Vanden has won all of them, includ ing a 34-33 overtime win in 2017 in the section playoffs.

the second off Logue on a run-scoring single from Jonah Heim and a two-out solo home run by Mathias. Neuse tied it in the fourth on a two-run home run, which brought home Seth Brown, who doubled off Dunning with one out. Logue had a regretta ble beginning to the fourth when he hit Nathan iel Lowe on the backside with a 3-2 pitch and then walked Adolis Garcia. Predictably, both scored, with Lowe scoring on Heim’s single and Garcia on a sacrifice fly by LeodyTheTavares.Rangers chased Logue in the fifth when Lowe hit a three-run home run for a 7-2 lead. Logue first walked Semien, with Corey Seager following with a single to center. It chased Semien to third, with Vimael Machin coming off the bag and missing an opportunity to convert a strong throw by Cal Ste venson into the second out. Seager took second, and Lowe followed with a home run to right center. In his first game as catcher after being the designated hitter two games, Shea Langeliers showed his defensive prowess. Langeliers cut down Marcus Semien down on a steal attempt with a perfect throw to the bag. He later retrieved a wild pitch by Logue off the backstop and flipped the ball to Logue at the plate in time to get a slidingLangeliersHeim. also doubled in the seventh inning and later scored on a wild pitch. He homered the previous night.

m aTT mIller reallylikedown“Butofwasn’tbecomeorplayershaddigits,forecastsMosttheticepullSeanaswithseason2022MMILLER@DAILYREPUBLIC.NETFAIRFIELD—ThehighschoolfootballkicksoffFridayanticipationashighthelocalheatindex.VandenheadcoachMurphyhadtoatleastonepracindoorsbecauseofhightemperatures.SacramentoValleycallfordoublemeaningcoachesbetterhavetheirfullyhydratedcrampingcouldaproblem.“Thetemperaturebad,”MurphysaidTuesday’spractice.whenthesunbeatsontheturffieldthatallday,itgetscooking.”

Aaron Rosenblatt/Daily Republic file (2021) Vanden High’s Tre Dimes drops back to pass in a game at Vacaville, Oct. 15. Dimes threw for 3,262 yards and 46 touchdowns, both city records, and accounted for 54 TDs overall. He leads the Vikings at Yuba City Friday.

State-champion Vanden hopes to keep foot on the gas in 2022

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Rodriguez at Bear Creek (Stockton) Rodriguez won last year’s meeting 45-0 on their home turf, scoring four touchdowns in the

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Tribune ConTenT AgenCy Joe Starkey, the longtime Cal radio broadcaster best known for letting the world know that “The band is out on the field” from the 1982 Stanford-Cal game, announced on Thurs day that 2022 will be his final year. It will conclude a nearly five-decade long run as the Voice of Golden Bears football for one of the Bay Area’s legendary sports broadcasters, who also was the radio voice of the San Francisco 49ers 20 seasons and a long run as sports director at KGO-AM. Starkey was also the first broadcaster for the Bay Area’s two hockey teams, the breathlesswinningwhiletheMoenfieldStanford’slater.rememberedthe“TheJoseGoldenOakland/CaliforniaSealsandtheSanSharks.Butit’shiscallforPlay”thathasstoodtestoftimeandisstill40yearsAfterdeclaringthatbandisonthebeforeCal’sKevinranamemberofStanfordbandoverscoringthegame-touchdown,aStarkeysaid

• Little League World Series, Teams TBA, 7, 10, Noon.

• A.U. Softball, Team Mulrpola vs. Team Jacquish, ESPN2, 1:30 p.m. Fighting • UFC 278, early preliminaries, ESPN, 4 p.m. • UFC 278, preliminaries, 7, 10, 5 p.m. UFC 278, preliminaries, ESPN, 6 p.m. Baltimore 1 Seattle 11, L.A. Angels 7 San Diego 10, Miami 3 Boston 8, Pittsburgh 3 N.Y. Yankees 8, Tampa Bay 7 Cleveland 8, Detroit 4 N.Y. Mets 9, Atlanta 7 St. Louis 5, Colorado 1 Houston 3, Chicago White Sox 2 L.A. Dodgers 2, Milwaukee 1 Thursday’s Games Texas 10, OAKLAND 3 Arizona 5, SAN FRANCISCO 0 St. Louis 13, Colorado 0 Houston 21, Chicago White Sox 5 Milwaukee 5, L.A. Dodgers 3 Chicago Cubs 3, Baltimore 2 Pittsburgh 8, Boston 2 Toronto 9, N.Y. Yankees 2 Tampa Bay 7, Kansas City 1 Atlanta 3, N.Y. Mets 2 Washington at San Diego, (N) Friday’s Games SAN FRANCISCO at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. Seattle at OAKLAND, 6:40 p.m. Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m. Boston at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at Detroit, 4:10 p.m. Kansas City at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m. Houston at Atlanta, 4:20 p.m. Texas at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. Washington at San Diego, 6:40 p.m. St. Louis at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. Miami at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Saturday’s Games Seattle at OAKLAND, 4:15 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO at Colorado, 5:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 10:05 a.m., first game Mets at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m., second game Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 10:05 a.m. L.A. Angels at Detroit, 10:10 a.m. Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m. Boston at Baltimore, 1:05 p.m. Kansas City at Tampa Bay, 1:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 3:10 p.m. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. Texas at Minnesota, 4:10 p.m. Houston at Atlanta, 4:15 p.m. St. Louis at Arizona, 5:10 p.m. Washington at San Diego, 5:40 p.m. Miami at L.A. Dodgers, 6:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games SAN FRANCISCO at Colorado,12:10 p.m. Seattle at OAKLAND, 1:07 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 9:05 p.m. Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 10:35 a.m. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 10:35 a.m. N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 10:35 a.m. Houston at Atlanta, 10:35 a.m. L.A. Angels at Detroit, 10:40 a.m. Kansas City at Tampa Bay, 10:40 a.m. Texas at Minnesota, 11:10 a.m. Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m. Washington at San Diego, 1:10 p.m. St. Louis at Arizona, 1:10 p.m. Miami at L.A. Dodgers, 1:10 p.m. Boston at Baltimore, 4:10 p.m.

• Little League World Series, Teams TBA, ESPN, Noon.

• PGA, BMW Championship, Round 3, 3, Noon.

• U.S. Amateur, quarterfinals, GOLF, 9 a.m.

• DFL, Borussia Dortmund vs. Werder Bremen, ESPN, 6:20 a.m.

Big Ten reaches massive TV deal after adding UCLA, USC to fold Los A ngeLes Times

Saturday’s TV sports

• Little League World Series, Teams TBA, ESPN, 4 p.m. Golf • DP World, Czech Masters, Round 2, GOLF, 4 a.m.

• WNBA playoffs, New York vs. Chicago, ESPN, 9 a.m.

• MLB, San Francisco at Colorado, NBCSBA, 5 p.m.

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• Banana Ball, Savannah teams, ESPN, 4 p.m.

• MLB, San Francisco at Colorado, NBCSBA, 5:30 p.m.

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• Little League World Series, Teams TBA, ESPN, 2 p.m.

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

• Little League World Series, Teams TBA, ESPN, 10 a.m.

• MLS, Seattle vs. L.A. Galaxy, ESPN, 7 p.m.

• WNBA playoffs, Phoenix vs. Las Vegas, ESPN2, 6 p.m. Boxing • Top Rank, Nevarretevs. Baez, ESPN, 7 p.m. Football

• Little League World Series, Teams TBA, 7, 10, 10 a.m.

• Little League World Series, Teams TBA, ESPN2, 4 p.m. Basketball

• EPL, Southampton vs. Leicester City, USA, 7 a.m.

• PFL Playoffs, ESPN, 11 a.m. Motor Sports

• International Cup Championship, Teams TBA, ESPN2, 8 p.m. Softball • A.U. Softball, Team MCCleney vs. Team Chidester, ESPN2, 11 a.m.

Ultimate

• PGA, BMW Championship, Round 2, GOLF, Noon. Soccer

• U.S. Amateur, semifinals, GOLF, Noon. Hockey • 3ICE Hockey, 5, 13, 1 p.m. Mixed Martial Arts

• Little League World Series, Teams TBA, ESPN, 2 p.m.

• MLS, San Jose vs. Los Angeles FC, NBCSCA, 7 p.m.

Deshaun Watson suspended 11 games, fined $5 million by NFL

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LOS ANGELES — The Big Ten has finalized a monumental media-rights agreement inspired by the NFL’s coast-to-coast take over on Sundays – and paves a path to ending those late-nightUSC and UCLA games that only part of the country watches. As of next fall, the conference will feature morning games on Fox, afternoon games on CBS and primetime games on NBC. “I think this media deal will give more attention to the West Coast schools,” Big Ten Commis sioner Kevin Warren told The Times. “We’ll be starting at 9 in the morning Pacific time, and because of the quality of the games, with fans across four time zones, it’s going to give validity and credi bility to all our games, from the morning, throughout the day and into the night.” The Big Ten, which officially adds USC and UCLA in 2024, announced the deal Thursday. The seven-year pact that begins in 2023 is worth more than $1 billion per season. In fact, the total value of the deal is nearly $8 billion, with financial escalators that could push it to nearly $10 billion, according to individuals with knowledge of the negotiations but not authorized to speak about it on the record. The massive deal could give UCLA some high-caliber ammu nition in its bid to secure Big Ten membership and ward off the Uni versity of California regents who have openly raised the possibility of blocking the move. Warren, a former Minnesota Vikings executive, said some of the strategies and truisms he learned in the NFL are reflected in this“Oneagreement.thingthat I really admire about the NFL is they have done a really good job of creating brand credibility and fan avidity,” he said. “The way you do that is you have to make it as simple as it can possibly be for fans to find the content that they’re looking for. With this new structure, I want fans on Thursday to start thinking about what they’re going to be doing on Saturday, to know that they’ll be able to start their day with Fox and roll right into an afternoon with CBS and an evening with NBC. “Then I want our fans to hear on Sunday about all the great college football that they watched on Saturday. The cross-market ing opportunities are going to be Thepowerful.”agreement gives the Big Ten unprecedented coast-tocoast“Fromexposure.atelevision standpoint it totally cements the Big Ten as having a national footprint,” said Sean McManus, chairman of CBS Sports. “[Having USC and UCLA] makes the selection process easier, because you now have two teams with a great national following and a West Coast presence, and it delivers to us the second-largest television market in the country. So from a value standpoint, the confer ence is more valuable with USC and UCLA in it.”

Deshaun Watson of the Cleveland Browns runs a drill during training camp at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus, July 30, in Berea, Ohio.

• EPL, Teams TBA, 3, 9:30 a.m.

• PGA, BMW Championship, Round 3, GOLF, 9 a.m.

Tribune ConTenT AgenCy NEW YORK — Cleve land Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson struck a deal with the NFL to play games in 2022. Then he insisted he was innocent coming off a staged inhouse apology last week. Watson has been suspended for 11 regular-season games and fined $5 million as part of an 11th-hour agree ment struck Thursday between the league and NFL Players’ Association, the league announced. He also must “promptly undergo a professional evaluation by behavioral experts” and “follow their treatment program.” Still, Watson said in a press conference Thurs day that “I’ve always stood on my innocence and always said I’ve never assaulted anyone or disrespected anyone, and I’m continuing to stand on that.” He said this despite Judge Sue Robinson saying Watson’s pattern of conduct, in rampant alleged sexual assaults, had been “more egregious than any before reviewed by the ThisNFL.”comes after Watson had told a Browns team reporter last week that, “I’m truly sorry to all the women that I’ve impacted in this situa tion” and “my decisions that I made in my life that put me in this position I would definitely like to haveDavidback.”Mulugheta, Wat son’s agent at Athletes First, deleted his own tweet that read: “To be clear, Judge Robinson repeated the NFL’s nar rative. She received a brief from the NFL weeks before we had the oppor tunity to talk to her. In our 1st call with the Judge she referred to ‘Deshaun’s pattern of behavior’. Her mind was made up before we ever presented a counter.”After deleting that tweet, Mulugheta tweeted: “Deshaun has always stated he is innocent of sexual assault. Nothing has changed in what he said. He also said he is remorseful, the decisions he made have created this situation. The settle ment allows him to move forward with his life andThecareer.”bottom line: Watson and his camp are splitting hairs between an apology and admission of guilt here that is diffi cult for the general public to stomach or process as valid. Yet he will play football this season all the Headsame.coach Kevin Ste fanski, who played Watson in the Browns’ preseason opener, said he won’t put Watson on the field the rest of the preseason. So the next time Watson will be eligible to play a game is Dec. 4 at the Houston Texans, against the franchise that traded him, in the city where he allegedly committed rampant sexual assaults and harassments that prompted his trade to Cleveland and this suspension.Thursday’s agree ment preempted a ruling by NFL appointee Peter Harvey, who heard the league’s appeal to Rob inson’s initial six-game sentence. Robinson had noted Watson’s “lack of expressed remorse” in her initialThisruling.compromise hap pened despite the NFL’s hard push and strong rhetoric, all the way up to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, that Watson should be suspended indefinitely.Brownsowners Jimmy and Dee Haslam, who paid Watson a record $230 million fully guaran teed this offseason – and who structured his con tract to reduce any major financial hit to his 2022 salary – stood in Wat son’s defense in person on Thursday, as well. “I think in this county, and hopefully in the world, people deserve second chances, OK?” Jimmy Haslam said. “I really think that. I strug gle a little bit … is he never supposed to play again? Is he never sup posed to be part of society? Does he get no chance to rehabilitate himself? “And you can say, well, that’s because he’s a star quarterback,” Haslam added. “Well, of course. If he was Joe Smith, he wouldn’t be in the head lines every day.” What a horrifying admission, saying the quiet part out loud, that Watson’s football ability is what has afforded him his second chance. By the way, why does he need a second chance if he’s innocent? Rhetori calThequestion.NFL and Browns each will contribute $1 million, too, to create a fund of $7 million along with Watson’s fine, per the league’s announce ment. The fund will support non-profit orga nizations that “educate young people on healthy relationships, promote education and prevention of sexual misconduct and assault, support survivors, and related shortthatommendedsix-gameandrespectingbutenhancewhileconductagreement’slectiveclaimgroundsionanextendedallaleagueinprocessAugustYorkattorneypredictionsuspensionconclusion.”tionwhichaddressingHarveyJudgesion.moreaationwithmentstatement.NFL,”saryonted“Deshauncauses.”hascommittodoingthehardworkhimselfthatisnecesforhisreturntotheGoodellsaidina“Thissettlerequirescomplianceaprofessionalevaluandtreatmentplan,significantfine,andasubstantialsuspenWearegratefultoRobinsonandPeterfortheireffortsinthesematters,laidthefoundaforreachingthisThelengthofWatson’sfulfilledtheofMiami-basedBradSohn.SohntoldtheNewDailyNewsinearlythatheviewedthisasa“casestudyoptics”withboththeandunionneedingwin,andthatthiswouldturnouttobeannegotiationwith8-to-10gamesuspenandafine.SofindingamiddleletstheNFLPAthatthenewcolbargainingpersonalpolicyworks,theNFLgetstothedisciplinestilllooklikeit’stheprocessRobinson’sinitialruling—arecpunishmentappearedtofallwellofherfindings.

• NASCAR, Xfinity Series race at Watkins Glen, USA, •Noon.IndyCar, Bommarito Auto 500, USA, 3:30 p.m. Soccer • EPL, Wolverhampton vs. Tottenham, USA, 4:30 a.m.

• MLB, Seattle at Oakland, 2, 40, 4 p.m.

• NFL Preseason, San Francisco at Minnesota, 5, 4 p.m. Golf • DP World, Czech Masters, Round 3, GOLF, 3:30 a.m.

BASEBALL American League East DivisionWL Pct GB N.Y. Yankees 73 46 613 Tampa Bay 63 54 538 9 Toronto 63 54 534 9½ Baltimore 61 57 517 11½ Boston 59 60 496 14 CentralWDivisionL Pct GB Cleveland 63 55 534 Minnesota 61 55 526 1 Chicago White Sox 61 58 513 2½ Kansas City 48 72 400 16 Detroit 45 75 375 19 West WDivisionL Pct GB Houston 77 43 642 Seattle 65 54 546 11½ Texas 53 65 449 23 L.A. Angels 51 67 432 25 OAKLAND 43 76 361 33½ National League East DivisionWL Pct GB N.Y. Mets 76 43 639 Atlanta 73 47 608 3½ Philadelphia 65 52 556 10 Miami 52 66 441 23½ Washington 39 80 328 37 CentralWDivisionL Pct GB St. Louis 66 51 564 Milwaukee 63 54 538 3 Chicago Cubs 50 67 427 16 Cincinnati 46 70 .397 19½ Pittsburgh 46 72 .385 20½ West WDivisionL Pct GB L.A. Dodgers 81 36 692 San Diego 66 54 550 16½ SAN FRANCISCO 59 59 500 22½ Arizona 55 63 466 26½ Colorado 51 69 . 425 31½ Wednesday’s Games OAKLAND 7, Texas 2 Arizona 3, SAN FRANCISCO 2 Cincinnati 1, Philadelphia 0 Chicago Cubs 3, Washington 2 Minnesota 4, Kansas City 0 Toronto 6,

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This year’s Big Game is scheduled to take place on Nov. 19 in Berke ley – one day short of the 40-year anniversary of “The Play” from Nov. 20, 1982. It will be Starkey’s regular season game, and Cal will also host “Joe Starkey Day.” “It has been an incredible privilege to have the best seat in the house to watch Cal foot ball since 1975,” Starkey said in a statement. “My first position in sports casting was in 1972, and I have had some truly special assignments. But of all the places I have worked, the one constant has been Cal football. I can’t begin to thank all of the Cal players, coaches, staff and professors who have made this fairy tale journey so incredibly satisfying. The Univer sity of California is a very special place and I couldn’t be prouder to have made at least a small contribution of joy to this iconic academic institution.”

• NASCAR, Cup Series qualifying at Watkins Glen, USA, 9:30 a.m.

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John Takeuchi is a member of the Central Solano Citizen Tax payer Group. T he recent Demo cratic bill on climate and taxes increases the funding for the Inter nal Revenue Service by an additional $80 billion over 10 years, with the purpose of collecting more revenue by enforcing existing tax laws. Bloomberg reports that the agency will use the money to “add auditors, improve customer service and modernize technol ogy.” I have general sympathy for this idea, but the more I read from its defenders, the more wary I feel. The general chorus is that the IRS doesn’t have the people or technol ogy needed to perform its mission. For instance, the nonpartisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities says that budget cuts have left the IRS “depleted,” with the agency losing 19% of its budget and 22% of staff between 2010 and 2021. The agency has also been struggling to replace workers who leave. A recent Washington Post article by Catherine Rampell details the backward state of information tech nology at the IRS, where “paper tax returns aren’t scanned into comput ers; instead, IRS employees manually keystroke the numbers from each doc ument into the system, digit by digit.” And the GAO has criticized IRS cybersecurity software and called an essential technology upgrade “trou bling” given that it’s not slated to finish until 2030. The agency also uses fax machines, an obsolete version of Windows, and the programming lan guage of COBOL, which was designed in 1959 and standardized in 1968. While COBOL is still used in the private sector, such as in many banks, it is ill-suited for the kinds of inno

Opinion T he election season is uponSure,us.November is months away, but candi dates for most offices and ballot measures will soon be final ized. The Tax Watcher does not usually comment on can didates. We examine ballot measures by the state and local agencies, and comment on those that have tax or policy impacts on us citizens. Here are the local mea sures and one state proposition that we’re looking Propositionat.30 will tax individ ual incomes above $2 million to fund programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. We have two main objec tions. First, “tax the rich” sounds OK – it doesn’t affect most of us – until you think about the effects. Remem ber the old saying, “A poor man never gave me a job.” California’s heavy tax ation and over-regulation has driven businesses, their (wealthy) owners and the jobs they provide out of the state –an exodus that’s accelerated over the past decade. The state taxing them some more is really dumb. Second, “green” policies are based on the scam known as “climate change” – it was called “global warming” until temperatures stopped rising more than 35 years ago. Global warming is a controversial, unproven theory. Both prem ises are wrong. Proposition 30 is Thewrong.state Legislature has been working on several bills that hurt most of us – one to increase the minimum wage, another to tax the wealthy to fund antipandemic measures. If they make the ballot, we’ll probably oppose them. Solano County put Measure E on the ballot. This 1/8% sale tax tries to play on the terrible damage caused by wildfires. It’s a general tax – only a majority vote is needed for approval –so the proceeds go into the county’s general fund. There is no guarantee, despite many promises, that any of the money will go to our rural fire districts or other wildfire mitigation efforts. We are opposing this tax and will explain why in an upcoming column. The Fairfield-Suisun School Dis trict put Measure S on the ballot. It’s another bond – for nearly $250 million this time – for a lengthy “wish list” of things. The Tax Watcher is opposing this measure. We’ll go into details in another column. The city of Dixon put a sales tax – Measure D – on the ballot. It’s for general city purposes. The city of Vallejo’s Measure P is a general sales tax for various purposes. The Vacaville School District put Measure Q on the ballot. We’re study ing that one and may comment later. Benicia put Measure R on the ballot, another sales tax for general cityWepurposes.urgeevery voter to seek out information on state propositions and local measures. It takes some effort, but you’re going to pay for them so you ought to know what you’re voting on – and why. We’ll be discussing these ballot measures and other government activ ity at our general meetings in the coming months. We meet for lunch the second Friday every month at Benicia Grill II in Fairfield. If you want to know what local governments are doing, come, see, listen – and get involved.

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I propose an alternative. Plenty of government agencies, or for that matter private institutions, have improved their performance without extra money, whether in America or abroad. So tell the IRS to start moving into the modern age, and after they have shown they can make better progress, give them the money they need to finish the job. Tyler Cowen is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is a professor of eco nomics at George Mason University and writes for the blog Marginal Revolution.

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O ne cannot overstate the importance of Colorado River water in the evolution of Southern California from a collec tion of small cities and villages into a megaregion of 20-plus million people – more than the population of all but three states. In the early years of the 20th century, Los Angeles imported water from the eastern slope of the Sierra to fuel its growth, but the semi-arid region still needed more and in the 1920s looked to the Colorado River, California’s eastern border with Arizona, which at the time was only lightlyImperialtapped.Valley farmers had been drawing water from the Colorado for several decades but most of the river’s water, originating in runoff from the Rocky Mountains hundreds of miles away, ran freely into what was then called the Gulf of California.Southern California created a multiplecounty Metropolitan Water District, dubbed “the Met.” Its voters passed a bond issue and in 1934 the federal Bureau of Reclamation began work on the Parker Dam, creating Lake Havasu, while the Met began building a 240-mile aqueduct to carry the lake’s water to Los Angeles, San Diego and the region’s other fast-growing cities. Simply put, without that water, more than a million acre-feet a year, Southern Califor nia’s economy and population could not have become as large as they did. Eventually, the region needed more water and the Califor nia Aqueduct, carrying water originating as far north as Mount Shasta, became an even more important source. As Parker Dam was being built to serve Southern California, the federal government was building the much-larger Hoover Dam (creating Lake Mead) and later still another major dam, Glen Canyon (Lake Powell). Other states – particularly Nevada and Arizona – began demanding bigger shares of the river’s water as their own popula tionsOverboomed.thepast several decades, those using shares of the river’s water have squabbled more or less constantly over who gets what, while the Colorado’s flow drifted downward due to drought. Water levels in Lake Mead and Lake Powell have declined to levels that threaten their viability and the federal gov ernment has insisted that states bordering the river reduce their diversions. Multiple-state negotiations failed to gen erate an agreement so on Tuesday, the Bureau of Reclamation, while allowing talks to continue, issued mandatory reduc tions hitting Arizona hard, with a 21% reduction, imposing much smaller cuts for Nevada and Mexico and, somewhat surpris ingly, declaring “no required water savings contribution for California in 2023.”

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It was a recognition that the Met was already making serious conservation efforts and, it would appear, the fact that the Impe rial Irrigation District has very senior rights to more than 3 million acre-feet of Colorado River water each year. Tuesday’s action is a milestone of sorts in the history of Colorado River diversions, but certainly not the last word. It’s possible that the affected states –Arizona particularly – will go to court and if the river’s flows continue to decline, which seems inevitable, there will be continued pressure from the Bureau of Reclamation to reduce diversions even more. The million-plus acre-feet of Colorado water that Southern California takes each year is still important but the region is not as dependent on it as it once was. Rather, it’s just one aspect of California’s larger water supply crisis. The Imperial Irrigation District’s muchlarger share symbolizes the fact that in California, agriculture is by far the largest consumer of water. Slowly, the state is moving toward reducing farm water to improve wildlife habitat and maintain urban supplies and Imperial’s relatively huge allotment of Colorado water – larger than Arizona’s – could become a major factor in that shift. CalMatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how Cal ifornia’s state Capitol works and why it matters. For more columns by Dan Walters, go to calmatters.org/commentary.

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vations that have come to the American payments sector through Silicon Valley, starting withIt’sPayPal.easyto say the IRS has not had the staff or the money to do the necessary upgrades. But hold on: These software upgrades are supposed to save money by enhancing produc tivity, letting organizations do more work with fewer people. A reasonable person can be forgiven for asking whether an agency with a $13.7 billion budget really doesn’t have enough to front some cash. You might argue that IRS was too liquidity-constrained to shell out the cash up front, but is that argument believable? The improvements from better software usually pay off rather quickly, precisely because the soft ware is labor-saving. The U.S. has plenty of small to mid-sized busi nesses and nonprofits with shrinking staffs and budgets. Yet most of those institutions have been able to upgrade to better software, often repeat edly. Unlike the IRS, many state tax agencies at least use scanners, and those are hardly the wealthiest or most nimble institutions in Ameri canWhensociety.Isee that the IRS reduced staff by 22%, I imagine an alternate reality in which the IRS had replaced a good deal of its office staff with better information technology, as many American businesses started to do in the 1990s. In this parallel uni verse, the staff of the IRS is down and the productivity of the IRS is up, as has happened to so much white-collar office work. But that is not the world we live in. The advocates for additional funding should better understand why not everyone in America is thrilled with the agency’s new budget boost. It’s not just a bunch of kooks who fear “an army” of weapon-toting IRS agents, or rich people who feel they shouldn’t have to pay their fair share. It’s normal people who think it’s a bad idea to reward an agency that seems so dysfunctional.Forexample, according to the GAO’s exhaustive report, a major milestone in upgrading the agen cy’s 60-year-old database has slipped several years, from 2014 to 2030, despite the project being radically scaled back. The agency has also “revised the program’s cost, schedule, and scope goals on numerous occa sions, including seven times between 2016 and 2019.” That does not inspire much confidence. To be clear, I am on board with the basic idea that we ought to enforce existing tax law better rather than cre ating new tax hikes. Former treasury secretary Larry Summers and others have put forward compelling argu ments for that conclusion. But are we so sure that another $80 billion is what will induce superior IRS performance?

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In honor of ‘High School Musical 2’ turning 15, here’s every song ranked Disney Channel/TNS file From left, Zac Efron, Olesya Rulin and Vanessa Hudgens in “High School Musical 2.”

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3. ‘I Don’t Dance’ The irony of this number, of course, is that Bleu absolutely does dance – excep tionally well, in fact. So it’s nice to see the future Broadway star’s talents – and Grabeel‘s, for that matter – on full display here. Major props to whoever found an excuse to choreo graph a sporty showstopper for these unlikely duet partners that inspired a generation of viewers to ship Chad and Ryan. #ChyanForever.

7. ‘What Time Is It’ While not unlistenable by any means, “What Time Is It” is definitely the weakest opening number of the “High School Musical” trilogy. To be fair, nothing was ever going to live up to Troy and Gabriella’s karaoke kismet from the first movie. But kudos to the chore ographers for crafting some of the most ambitious and inno vative dance sequences ever staged in a school hallway.

5. ‘Work This Out’ A brazen ode to capitalism and a workers’ rights anthem in one movie musical? It’s called range, people. This number is like if “It’s a Hard Knock Life” from “Annie” were 50 times better and also had Zac Efron doing that cool shaky leg move. You know the one.

Word SleuthDaily Cryptoquotes Christi Carras LOS ANGELES TIMES W hat time is it? Time to celebrate the 15th anniversary of “High School Musical 2” by ranking all the songs from the exqui sitely corny sequel to the smash-hit movie musical that started it Whereall.were you when the TV event of the season pre miered on Disney Channel? (I was at a sleepover chugging Capri Sun and scarfing down those doughy sprinkled sugar cookies from the grocery store.) The year was 2007, the month was August, and school was just about to start – but at that moment, it truly felt like the real summer had just begun. The original “High School Musical” film – which was popular enough to spawn two follow-up features, a concert tour and a spinoff TV series on Disney+ – starred a young Zac Efron as Troy Bolton, Vanessa Hudgens as Gabriella Montez, Corbin Bleu as Chad Danforth, Monique Coleman as Taylor McKessie, Lucas Grabeel as Ryan Evans and Ashley Tisdale as Sharpay Evans. For any sane people out there who haven’t watched “High School Musical 2” approximately a thousand times since its highly anticipated Disney Channel debut and are in need of a refresher: The second film in the trilogy sees the East High Wildcats spend a summer working and/or loung ing at the fictional Lava Springs Country Club in Albuquerque, NewLeadingMexico.up to the country club talent show, micro-con flicts abound, lots of teen angst ensues and several show-stop ping numbers are performed by the returning ensemble. In the words of Sharpay, here’s how they rank, ranging from “abso lutely” to “. . . not.”

10. ‘Everyday’ Not even Efron and Hudgens’ endearing onscreen chemistry as star-crossed lovers Troy and Gabriella could save this talent show snoozefest. If you’re surprised by this hollow number’s dead-last ranking, I can only assume it’s because you forgot it was in the movie at all, and I don’t blame you one bit.

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2. ‘Gotta Go My Own Way’ I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: No “High School Musical” movie would be com plete without a juicy breakup ballad from the No. 1 teenage drama queen, Gabriella Montez, and this one is easily the best of the three. There are so many standout moments in this number, but my per sonal favorite is when Gabriella finally leaves Troy and runs to her mom, who – I gather – was patiently waiting in her minivan while her daughter spent nearly four minutes dumping her boy friend in song. Incredible.

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The most memorable part of this poolside finale is Miley Cyrus’ blink-and-you’ll-missit, fan-voted cameo. (Who else feels like they deserve a cast ing-department credit for doing their civic duty and booking the Hannah Montana for this project?) The lyrics are cliché. The choreography is fun. What more can you expect from the closing number of a “High School Musical” movie?

While the co-president of the drama club’s rockin’ rendition of “You Are the Music in Me” is a hard skip on the “High School Musical 2” soundtrack, Efron and Tisdale deserve points for conducting a masterclass in physical comedy in this scene.

In empathy with the summer weather, the Senior Life Master was really warming to his classes, and the students were warming to him. This particular Saturday it was standing room only, the 100-degree temperature outside not hurting attendance. Sometimes (the SLM began) bridge players below the top level think that experts never make mistakes. We may rest assured that this isn’t the case. As you cannot see all of the cards, it is impossible to do the right thing all of the time. Also, there are occasions when an expert makes not only a mistake but a downright howler. This deal was played at the 1979 European Team Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland.Auctions that start at the five-level are something of a lottery. You should try to get the best result possible, not the best possible result. Against six spades, West led the club queen. East overtook with the king and continued with the ace. South ruffed high, and West discarded a diamond. Next, declarer drew trumps. Then, he cashed the diamond king, played a diamond to the ace, led a low heart to his ace and finessed the heart 10. East gratefully scooped up the queen: down one. Declarer had won this title in 1977. However, not this time! As I’m sure you have all noticed, he should have ruffed the diamond five in his hand at trick nine. When East discarded, he would be known to have begun with no spades, two diamonds and nine clubs, and therefore exactly two hearts. The moral: Always get a complete count when you can.

4. ‘You Are the Music in Me’ I’m a sucker for a good Troy-Gabriella duet, and every harmony to this melody is truly chef ’s kiss. Shout-out to our geeky piano queen, Kelsi (Olesya Rulin), for compos ing yet another banger for the Romeo and Juliet of early 2000s Disney Channel.

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9. ‘You Are the Music in Me’ (Sharpay Version) Before Taylor’s Version, there was Sharpay’s Version – but unlike Swift’s re-recorded gems, some of Sharpay’s demo tracks prob ably should have stayed in the vault (looking at you anscenewhich“Humuhumunukunukuapua’a,”too,hailsfromadeletedunwiselyresurrectedforextendedcutofthefilm).

6. ‘Fabulous’ I admit this fan-favorite number’s middling placement might be a consequence of it getting overplayed in late ele mentary school. (You had to be there.) Nonetheless, it’s an undeniable classic, and Tisdale deserves at least half an EGOT for this capital-P Performance.

1. ‘Bet On It’ I mean, how could any thing possibly top an angsty Zac Efron prancing and leaping across a golf course while belting one of the catchi est songs ever written for TV? From the golf club choreog raphy to the CGI reflection of sadboi Troy gazing into the Lava Springs Country Club abyss, this delightful cheese ball of a number from arguably the cheesiest installment in the entire franchise is pure gold.

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fiction thriller “Orphan Black” in Maslany2016.prepared for the new show by reading the Marvel comic books, which introduced SheHulk in 1989, helping the actress capture the phys icality and personality head to represent the hero’s“It’sheight.an alienating feeling to be in that [motion-capture] suit,” Maslany said. “You sort of feel separate from the other actors, and you’re walking on these plat forms that take up a lot of space in “Thatrooms.all informed what She-Hulk is, who she is, and how she feels about the space she takes up and how she feels about people’s responses to her.” Maslany enjoyed adding another female hero with a unique story to the interweaving Marvel Cinematic Uni verse of series and films. “I just hope, if we do continue to pursue her story line, that it contin ues to be as surprising to me as this script was,” Maslany said. “It really just bucks all of the tropes, or winks at the tropes. It’s so aware of the Marvel of it all – that meta feel to this show.

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The Falcons will be under the bright lights and also have the addi tional glow from nearby Reno. Vacaville Christian had a great season in 2021, going 9-2 overall and 5-1 in Sierra Delta League action. Sparks finished 3-5, though according to MaxPreps, is the No. 48 ranked team in Nevada. Rio Vista at Orestimba The Rams went 3-8 in 2021 after skipping all of the 2020 season because of the Covid-19 pandemic. It was simply too much for Rio Vista to field a spring football team with all the other sports happening at the same Orestimbatime. went 5-6 last year. Last year’s clash went into overtime with Orestimba coming away with a 12-6 win over Rio Vista. the Monticello Empire League title, though the Vacaville Bulldogs have won the title six straight years and rarely have a down year. The only blemishes on the Vanden 2021 schedule were a 35-17 loss to Vacaville and a 38-31 overtime loss to Rancho Cotate. Part of this year’s confidence begins with a quarterback who has thrown for more than 4,000 yards in three seasons. Senior Tre Dimes threw for 3,262 yards last season, completed 56% of his passes and found the end zone with 46 scoring strikes. He was secondteam“Lastall-MEL.year we were installing a new offense and to have Tre back we are farther along than this time last year,” Murphy said. “He’s an amazing athlete and student of the game. He spends a lot of time watching film and has really grown as a leader. He’s definitely a playmaker.”Lining up behind Dimes will be senior running back Elijah Fisherman and junior Jordan Jones. Fisherman rushed for 388 yards and two touchdowns in 2021, while Jones had 360 yards and five TDs. Both are back in Mur phy’s new variation of the spread offense. “They are locked in and will make a huge difference in what we want to do,”Murphy said. “They look good and will definitely prog ress in another year of thisTheoffense.”wide receiving corps will be led by first-team, all-Monticello Empire League selec tion Brayden Chavez, who had 459 yards and five touchdown in league alone. He finished with 801 total yards and five touchdown. Chavez is joined by junior Mar cellus Chandler, senior Simeon Wydermyer and senior Zackary Shelton. The offensive front features senior Kayson Dahl at right guard, senior right tackle Aiden Stragalinos, senior center Zach Davis, junior left guard Mason Wedertz and junior left tackle Evan Marshall. Dahl was second-team all-MEL on a unit made up of experienced players and newcomers. The defensive front features among its group senior end Abraham Sanders, junior nose guard Tyler Mendoza and end Orion Null. Null led the team with 116 tackles in 2021. The linebackers are senior Devin Martin, senior Kyron JacksonDavis and Jones. “Our front seven is going to be solid and exciting to watch,” Murphy said. “They know what they are doing and progressing well.” The defensive backs are young and ready to be tested. Chandler, Wydermyer, Chris Clark and Eugene Jackson are back there. Murphy said they will be using “their athleticism to fly “They’llaround.” go through their growing pains,” Murphy added of the DBs, “but they are makingRafaelprogress.”OrtizVelez will handle the kicking and punting duties. “I think they are a dis ciplined team,” Murphy said. “They are very focused on football and get better every day. They have been pro ducing well and that’s encouraging. We’re looking to have a good preseason, then take a run at league and see how the playoffs go. We want to repeat as section champion.” B1

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‘Boring’ offense Working on a neigh boring field, the 49ers’ offense wasn’t anywhere near as electric as Bosa or their feisty defense, which nearly provoked a few fights amid taunts and hard pushes. Wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk initially offered the boilerplate response about joint practices – “It was good work going against somebody different in a different environment” –before honestly divulging his true feelings. “I didn’t like it. I thought it was a waste of time, personally,” Aiyuk said. “It was boring for Indeed,sure.”the 49ers offense mostly labored around midfield, unable to produce any true touchdowns. Trey Lance was 11-of-17, but didn’t have great protection (three sacks) and he had two passes ricochet off the hands of Aiyuk and Deebo Samuel. “It was like Day 1 stuff, basic stuff,” Aiyuk added about the offense’s mundane approach. “I was getting a little irritated only touching the ball three times the past two days, but that’s beside the point.” Page B1

About an hour after practice, Bosa headed for the team bus in his white socks while carry ing his cleats. He didn’t walk alone. He was with Williams, arguably the NFL’s top offensive lineman and someone who’s been swapping tips with Bosa for two years.

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FIU linebacker dies suddenly at age 22 Tribune ConTenT AgenCy FIU linebacker Luke Knox died late Wednes day night after being hospitalized, according to an FIU NoKnoxofficial.was22.cause of death was Panthersgiven.coach Mike MacIntyre was sad dened by the sudden loss of “WeKnox.cannot express the heartfelt sorrow we feel because of the passing of our teammate and friend, Luke Knox,” MacIntyre said in a tweet. “I had the honor of coaching Luke at Ole Miss and at FIU. “While I admired his passion for football, his genuine love for his family and teammates is what I will always remember.” FIU canceled football practice on Thursday, and grief counselors were madeKnox,available.a6-3, 245-pound junior who had been majoring in business, is from Brentwood, Tenn., a suburb of Nashville. He would have turned 23 on Sept. 19. His brother is Dawson Knox, a former Ole Miss tight end who now plays for the Buffalo Bills. Luke Knox was a firstteam All-State linebacker on a Brentwood Academy high school team that won three straight state titles. He made 18 tackles for losses as a senior. Knox was a three-star recruit, signing with Ole Miss out of high school. He spent four years with the Rebels, making two starts. He was switched to tight end in the spring of 2021.