Daily Republic: Friday, October 21, 2022

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VACAVILLE — There was a bit of a gap in the responses from the City Council candidates for District 2 and District 6.

District 2 incumbent Gregory Ritchie and two hopefuls for the

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VACAVILLE — A trio of candi dates for the District 4 seat on the City Council have myriad issues they believe the district and the city face headed into the next four years.

District 6 seat – Jennifer House and Raymond Beaty – opted not to respond to the Daily Republic’s request for comment on this ques tion: Name two issues critical to your district, and one for the city, what you think needs to be done about each, and how you would

effect those desired outcomes.

Joseph Desmarais, the only other candidate for District 2, stated “my No. 1 issue is to deliver on qualityof-life projects and programs for the community.”

“Over the last few decades the

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The list includes crime, home lessness, stability in the Police and Fire departments, the budget, Alamo Creek flooding, and improve ments to roads and sidewalks.

Each candidate was asked by the Daily Republic to answer this

question: Name two issues criti cal to your district, and one for the city, what you think needs to be done about each, and how you would effect those desired outcomes.

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VACAVILLE — Public safety, housing, issues surrounding homelessness – including mental health – are weaved into what the three candi dates for mayor view as the city’s top priorities.

Each was asked by the Daily Republic to respond to this question: While mayors only have one vote in City Council decisions, it is a position of leadership. Name three critical issues facing the city and indicate how you would influence public policy on those issues.

Joseph Green wrote, “There are many important issues we are facing in Vacaville and three that I would like to highlight are housing, public safety and mental health.”

His general theme was to look forward and not to the past, but clearly disagrees with city deci sions on housing, specifically, but also believes Vacaville needs to refocus how it approaches other issues.

“As mayor I would revisit how we are truly investing in our public servants such as police and fire. We are struggling in these recruitment and retention areas and we need true leader ship to stop the slow bleed that’s growing in these departments,” Green stated.

“Our housing issues are growing and we have the power and ability to fix this. We cannot continue with business as usual. We need to focus back on the people of our community as a priority. I would not criticize past decisions but I would create a relationship with each council member and district to reinforce our commitment to providing affordable housing for our residents in need,” and on the topic of mental health, “we need to ensure our students, employees and all residents have the support needed in this area. When influencing policy that impacts our commu nity wellness, I would highly advocate for active wellness programs, music- and art-based organi zations and others that would promote a healthy community,” Green said.

The other two candidates, Vice Mayor Jason Roberts and former police Chief John Carli, offered many issues layered into broader cate gories. In fact, Carli offered his full candidate

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Old school trick or treating tips from a master

Can two contrary things be true at the same time? Abso lutely! I have not eaten processed sugar in nearly three and a half years and have never felt better in my life. There are several documentaries and other resources about the dangers of sugar available and I choose not to pass out candy to children at Halloween.

All that said, I also have very fond memories from back in the day of participat ing in the annual Oct. 31 salute to sugar. In the ’70s we raised the custom of trick or treating to an art form, transformed it into a science and now it is the stuff of legend.

The critical thinking skills I honed playing chess, checkers, Stratego, Scrabble and Battle ship paid off when it came to mapping out my multiple-phase plan of candy attack on the big night. Now, I should mention that my plans were only effec tive because back then only very small children were escorted by their parents, unlike today. This was when we lived in Navy housing in Norfolk, Virginia, and we would go out at dusk and come back in total darkness –straining to carry our hauls.

Costumes: It was preferable back then to have one of those Ben Cooper or Collegeville cos

tumes, but many kids wore homemade ones or hand-me-downs. I was miffed at first when my mom said she wasn’t going to buy me a Hong Kong Phooey costume and I could just use my older brother’s Super man one since he was too old to trick or treat (when you have more bass in your voice than the adults answering the door, it’s time to call it quits). But I later discovered what a literal bless ing in disguise it was.

You see, I would go out in a homemade costume, say as a hobo (it was the ’70s and that was an acceptable thing back then), collect ample amounts of candy and then return home. I would go to the backyard where I would do a quick change and put on my Superman costume (cheap rayon suit and even cheaper plastic mask) that I had stashed there earlier, switch to a fresh bag and then double up.

Candy haulers: Using one of those plastic jack-o-lanterns for trick or treating was a rookie mistake. They just didn’t hold an adequate supply of the free sweets. My mom once brought some home for me and my brothers to use and on Hallow een they mysteriously could not be found. I mean, they could have been found if anyone thought to look in the sewer in the nearby cul-de-sac.

The best candy haulers were pillowcases. Not fancy, not cool, but effective.

Tactics: The key was to keep it simple. We’d ring the door bell, say “trick or trick” and “thank you.” That was it. Some times the adults wanted to chat you up and I would go all Harpo Marx on them. That was for two reasons; first, because I was gonna be coming back around with my second costume and they might recognize my voice and second, and more impor tantly, it wasted time and time was candy.

Quality of candy: I knew from past Halloweens which houses had the best candy and I would hit them first before they ran out. The cream of the crop were full-sized, name brand candy bars like Snick ers, Milky Way, Butterfinger and so on. I never understood the whole “fun-size” thing. How is a smaller candy bar fun? It’s fun for the manufactur ers to get more money for less candy, I suppose.

Then there was the off-brand candy that could be OK, but not top tier. Then you had the elcheapos who handed out those grandma hard candies, taffy or Dubble Bubble, which is not candy but gum. That blecchy stuff ended up in the sewer with those plastic jack-o-lanterns.

Houses to avoid: The ones I learned to skip were the ones with adults who were way too

into Halloween. I mean, they started decorating their houses in September (or just left them decorated all year) and got a kick out of scaring you.

I remember a couple who lived across the street from my best friend Sam Inabinet who fit this bill. The wife was dressed as the Bride of Frankenstein and when you came up to her house, the door was propped open and she was sitting in a chair with a bowl of candy and spooky organ music playing in the background. She would hold some candy out and when you reached for it, her husband, dressed up as Frankenstein’s monster and hidden next to the door, would grab your hand and you would try not to befoul your Ben Cooper costume.

Asking kids to egg your house: Like I said at the begin ning, I do not eat sugar and do not pass out candy. That said, this is America and people can make their own choices. I am not a crusader or anything. Therefore, there is no way I would be one of those people who instead of candy gave kids stickers or erasers, much less a toothbrush. Doing that back in the day was just asking kids to egg your house.

I never egged anyone’s house, although I was a sympa thizer with the aggrieved kids who did. The reason I never did had nothing to do with me being morally superior to anyone.

Florida Army vet walking 1,000 miles to Missouri for epilepsy awareness

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From his career in the Army to a life-chang ing medical diagnosis in his 30s, Ryan O’Connor doesn’t view life’s obsta cles as roadblocks but rather as challenges he can overcome.

O’Connor, whose nick name is “ROC,” spent time as a cook in the Army, helping to serve in the name of freedom before having his own taken away by seizures that started at the age of 36. More than a decade later, O’Connor’s epilepsy is an ongoing battle and a force to be reckoned with.

“You might not see my medical condition on a daily basis, but it is there and it’s a hidden monster I have to deal with,” he said. “There are 3-4 million Americans at this point that are walking around with active epilepsy. I don’t want people living in the shadows anymore.”

Though some might consider such a diagno sis as a stroke of bad luck, epilepsy has been a well of strength for O’Connor to draw from – especially as he walks 1,000 miles from Florida to Missouri

to help others who strug gle with seizures.

“One day, I thought, ‘What can I do that a lot of people can’t do?’ . . . I can do nine, 10, 12 hours on a treadmill without even thinking,” O’Connor said. “I want to be a voice.”

The Army veteran set off from Longwood on Oct. 1, walking 22 miles and reaching Mount Dora by nightfall. Ultimately, he hopes to achieve dis tances of 30-40 miles per day, walking as many as 100,000 steps to reach his destination – the head quarters of 1st Phorm, one

of ROC’s favorite supple ment companies.

Marissa O’Connor, Ryan’s wife, is following his footsteps while driving a rented RV, which will help provide rest stops and a place to sleep on the way. In addition, she’s helping to promote ROC Stop Seizures, the 501(c) (3) the couple established in the name of epilepsy awareness and research.

O’Connor isn’t able to drive, but has managed to get his seizures mostly under control with the combination of a ketogenic diet, a brain implant from AdventHealth and a small dose of medication. Still, he recognizes how many other epilepsy patients, especially adults, need help and further research to improve their lives.

“There’s so much infor mation out there about childhood epilepsy, but there’s not enough infor mation about adult and adult-onset epilepsy,” O’Connor said. “The biggest goal would be to find a cure for epilepsy and find a way to stop seizures permanently for people.”

While his “Journey of 1,000 Miles” won’t be easy, O’Connor finds

motivation to keep going when thinking of the mil lions of people who could benefit from additional funding and awareness of epilepsy.

BRIGHT spot

Rather, it was for two reasons. First, if I took even a single egg from our fridge my mom would know it. Second, the speed of modern communication sources like email, texting, Twitter and Facebook pale next to the light ning speed gossip shot around the neighborhood.

If a house in the neigh borhood got egged, my mom would hear about it. She would quickly deduce that missing eggs and egged house meant a guilty son and that’s when my dad’s Dreaded Belt would come out to play.

Plus, I would have to go clean it up and apologize.

The trusters: It never ceased to amaze me that some people would just leave a massive bowl of candy on their front porch with a sign that said, “Please Take One.” They would be my second stop after the big bar folks, but invariably I’d arrive too late and the only thing left would be the note in the bowl. One year someone even took the bowl.

OK, that was me.

Fairfield freelance humor col umnist and accidental local historian Tony Wade writes

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Suisun council looks to clean up illegal dumping problem

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SUISUN CITY — Litter blowing about is unsightly enough, but illegal dumping on a larger scale has become a bigger problem – and resi dents are letting the city know about it.

The City Council held a kind of public brain storming session Tuesday night to come up with possible solutions to the problem. Dozens of ideas were offered, but it came back to one primary need: enforcement.

“The one thing we have to do in our community is enforcing the ordinances. We need to start writing tickets,” Brian Ferrero, calling into the meeting, told the council.

With greater enforce ment, members of the public said, also comes the need for more painful fines.

A number of people told the council the fines should start at $1,000 and go up from there. Council woman Wanda Williams said the law allows the city to go as high as $10,000.

The staff told the council it would have to put in more teeth to

the existing city ordi nance, which tops out at a $500 fine for repeated offenses.

It was also suggested that offenders be required to clean up litter and illegal dumping sites as part of their penalties.

More aggressive use of trespass laws also was high on the public’s list.

One of the problem areas is Railroad and Sunset avenues where illegal dumping occurs frequently. The city actu ally took legal action against the landowners and is now working with the owners to find ways to keep the area cleaned.

The council was told a recent cleanup effort yielded six large trash containers of refuse. A squatter issue is also forcing the landowners to go through the legal evic tion procedure.

Trash along Highway

12 is also an issue, and some complaints have focused on the many garbage hauling trucks driving through the area.

“I’m frustrated with the trash trucks going through the city. And even if they are only (releasing) one or two items, there are thousands of loads going through the city,” Coun cilman Mike Hudson said.

Other suggestions included using signs –maybe similar to the large no fireworks signs the city puts out come July – to warn folks about the potential fines, More lighting in troubled areas, and placing trail cameras throughout the city also were popular ideas.

“I like the idea of light ing out there. People don’t like to do dark deeds in the light,” Hudson said.

City Manager Greg Folsom, answering calls for boulders or ditches

More wildlife coming into cities for food, water; but cats are bigger issue

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SUISUN CITY — The Humane Animal Service reported there have been more wildlife making their way into urban areas due to the wildfires and the drought.

“If we get a call for a wild animal – a coyote or mountain lion or a bear – we will respond,” Sgt. Mike Ramirez, direc tor of the service, told the Suisun City council on Tuesday.

He said he chased a coyote out of Suisun City not too long ago, but the primary calls for service are for squirrels, raccoons and opossum looking for food and water.

The problem is they drive the neighborhood dogs crazy, so barking incidents increase and conflicts between neigh bors follow.

Ramirez has been with the service since it started 36 years ago.

It has contracts with Suisun City, Fairfield, Vacaville and Dixon total ing $882,000. Suisun City’s share is $88,200. The two largest shares, $351,918, about 39.9% each, is paid by Fairfield and Vacav

ille, which also represents the vast majority of calls for service.

During 2022, through Oct. 15, there have been 5,000 calls for service, said Dave Roth, president

of the service board.

The two officials gave a rundown of what the service provides, but the primary issue of interest

to prevent people from driving into troubled areas, said it would be better to install guardrails, but that comes with a cost.

Police Chief Aar0n Roth reminded everyone that criminal enforcement is not as easy as taking a photo and going to a judge. In the case of mis demeanors, for example, officers are required to witness the crime.

Roth also noted that he, or some other department, would likely have to hire someone to take whatever surveillance is collected

Home assistance program expands for transitional housing needs

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FAIRFIELD — The City Council this week approved a program to assist “residents who are homeless or at risk of homelessness while assisting families with becoming self-sufficient and getting them back on their feet.”

The Tenant-Based Rental Assistance program uses Home Investment Partnership funds from the state of California Housing and Community Develop ment Department.

The current program has some restrictions so

the Fairfield Housing Authority has placed new guidelines for TenantBased Rental Assistance program participants “who have completed and complied with the TBRA rules and regula tions. Doing so will allow the city to use the TBRA program for temporary transitional housing with a permanent housing solution,” the staff report to the council states.

“The city will target the most vulnerable population and serve 30 households per year with the avail able funding,” the report

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FAIRFIELD — Fire crews from the Suisun Fire Protection District spent more than six hours putting out a 40-foot trailer fire that forced the CHP to close two west bound Interstate 80 lanes on Wednesday.

Water tenders from the Montezuma and Vacaville fire protection

districts were called in to help with the fire, which started about 8 a.m. near the truck scales, Suisun rural Fire Chief Alfred Abruzzini said.

Abruzzini said the last crews left the scene about 2:30 p.m.

A California Highway Patrol officer first spotted the big rig on the shoul der of the interstate. The trailer was smoldering at that time.

“We arrived on scene to find a fully involved trailer,” Abruzzini said.

The driver of the semi was able to unhook the truck from the trailer, and once the primary fire was knocked down, he hooked back up and took the trailer into the weigh station area.

“Then we had to dump all the trash out,” Abruzz ini said. “And that’s a lot of trash (40-foot trailer),

8 feet high.”

A unit from Clean Harbor responded to the scene and helped spread the trash around so the fire crews could make sure everything was doused. The remains were put into large trash containers.

The CHP reported the two slow lanes were closed for about 40 minutes. There were no injuries.

Supes meet Friday for labor negotiations

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FAIRFIELD — Friday is the deadline for when many of the Solano County employee union con tracts expire.

The Board of Supervi sors will meet in closed session at 9:30 a.m. to discuss those labor negotiations.

After the closed session is done, with no specific time listed, the board is scheduled to consider new contracts for International Union of Operating Engi neers, Stationary Local 39, representing skilled craft and service main tenance employees, as well as related contract considerations for the confidential, senior man

agement and executive management employees.

The supervisors will start the meeting in open session and will take public comment. They meet in the first-floor chamber of the govern ment center, 675 Texas St., in Fairfield.

Because it is uncertain how long the board will be in closed session, the lack

of a set time for the public session afterward makes it difficult for the public to know when the board will reconvene.

Obituary

Ashu Malhotra Dec. 6, 1954 — Oct. 15, 2022

Sardarni Ashu Malhotra, 67, of Fair field, California, unexpectedly left us on the afternoon of Oct. 15, 2022.

Ashu is survived by her husband of 44 years of marriage, Dr. Bhalinder Pal Singh Malhotra; daughters, Simran and Iccha, and son-in-law, Mohit, along with their three beautiful grandchildren, Jannat, Tamana and Armaan.

A funeral service will be held in Ashu’s honor at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, at Vaca Hills Chapel, 524 Elmira Road, Vacaville. Followed by a Sikh religious prayer at Guru Nanak Sikh Temple, 2948 Rockville Road, Fairfield, California.

Suisun introduces deputy fire chief, new Light and Air Unit

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SUISUN CITY — Greg Renucci was lauded Tuesday for his work as interim fire chief as the city looked for a new head man.

He was then applauded during a public badge pinning ceremony as the new deputy fire chief.

Renucci thanked his family and friends for their support, and said his tenure as interim chief would not have been possible if not for the Fire Depart ment’s staff.

Oaths of office were also issued for fire engi neers Luis Rivera and Chris Lujan.

The ceremonies were conducted by Fire Chief Brad Lopez.

Renucci began his career with the Suisun City department as a

volunteer in 1997. He worked his way up to volunteer captain, then moved over to the paid staff and worked his way up the command ladder as well. He was made fire captain in 2017, and in 2021 into 2022 served nearly a year as the interim chief.

The promotion honored Tuesday night was actually awarded in April.

His mother, Suzette Renucci, did the actual pinning of the badge.

The department also took the time to show off its new Light and Air Unit, which was delivered in September. The unit, among other capabilities, allows fire fighters to fill up their air tanks on scene.

“It will allow us to be a lot more efficient in the business we do,” Lopez said.

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VACAVILLE — The city is offering afford able internet and devices through the federal Affordable Connectivity Program, a $14 billion Federal Communica tions Commission benefit program that creates broadband accessibility

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and complete the inves tigations. He said while having a full complement of officers will help with all crime enforcement, it is not sufficient to dedicate one person to the illegal dumping issue.

The city’s first dedi cated code enforcement officer started working recently, and has been taken on a tour of the city to point out some of the bigger problem areas.

“Blighted property will be a priority with our new code enforcement officer,” Folsom said.

Other possible actions the council considered is requiring vacant proper ties to be fenced; adding resources to Public Works to focus on garbage cleanup; or possibly con tracting with a third party for garbage cleanup.

Jenalee Dawson told the council the Business Improvement District was ending its third-party garbage contract due to cost, and suggested the city look at stepping in to help the businesses.

However, it also was noted that businesses need to do a better job of keeping their sites clean.

The council was reminded that whatever

for low-income residents.

“The benefit provides a discount of up to $30 per month for eligible house holds toward internet service for work, school, health care and more,” the city said in a statement. “Additionally, a one-time discount of up to $100 may be applied to purchase a laptop, desktop computer or tablet from partici

pating providers, with a household contribution of $10 to $50 toward the pur chase price.”

For more information, go to cityofvacaville.gov/ broadband. It includes a list of providers.

“Individuals can also contact preferred pro viders directly to learn more about offered pro grams and eligibility,” the

resources it puts toward the problem has to come from someplace else, and resources are limited.

The council was told in the staff report that the Public Works and Police departments “currently coordinate a monthly cleanup on one identified site per month.”

But the issue is a divided one: public prop erty and private property, the latter of which creates its own set of problems.

“Staff cannot enter the property and clean up without property (owner’s) legal permis sion, generally in the form of a right of entry. The normal process is to have code enforcement contact the property owner and notify them of the vio lation and provide an opportunity for volun tary compliance,” the staff report states.

“When volun tary compliance is unsuccessful, the case escalates to citations and starts proceedings to cause abatement of the nuisance. If a property

owner continues with non compliance then the city could request an abate ment order through the courts and the city could clean the property at our cost and lien the prop erty for those costs,” the report states.

Another consensus issue was to make sure commercial and apart ment complexes have larger trash contain ers. Enclosure areas and

The meeting was pub licly noticed Thursday as an urgency matter even though the county was aware earlier in the week that the meeting was going to be held. was the growing feral cat population.

city announced. The Affordable Con nectivity Program replaces the Emer gency Broadband Benefit Program estab lished in February 2021 to help lower the cost of high-speed internet for eligible households during the Covid-19 pandemic.

the containers should be locked, too. And residents, Donna LeBlanc pointed out, are supposed to keep their trash bins behind fences and not left out on the streets or driveways.

There was some debate at the end of the long dis cussion about forming an ad hoc committee to take the issue further, an idea Hudson and Councilwoman Jane Day supported, but it lacked consensus.

Williams and Vice Mayor Alma Hernandez said it seemed too early to take the discussion away from other open public forums, and Hernandez even suggested holding a special meeting on the topic, possibly at the com munity center.

Wildlife

Roth said between 2010 and 2015, the clinic established by the service’s sister organi zation, SPCA Haven of Solano County, did about 60,000 spay and neuter procedures, which helped keep the cat pop ulation down.

However, between the pandemic and the lack of veterinarians in Solano County willing or able to do the proce dures, the clinic has all but shut down. The SPCA basically does proce dures on those animals that it adopts out, the council was told.

“People are telling us we have to do something about the cats or they are going to start shooting them off their property,” said Deborah Arsich, who works with several of the cat rescue groups.

“And people are starting to poison them, and that is not good for any of us.”

The council was urged to get together with the other cities and help fund the clinic. Roth said there are voucher programs other cities use that have been suc cessful. The programs

offer discounts for resi dents to spay or neuter their pets. Most of the “wild cat” population, rescue groups report, start as pets.

In other action, the council:

n Authorized the city manager to execute a contract amendment with Granicus LLC for website and subsite design and hosting ser vices for the Police Department’s website, and adding an open forms license. There is $60,000 in American Rescue Plan Act pan demic funds in the budget for the work. The one-time fees are $7,200. The first-year annual payment is $12,700, and subsequent years have a 7% cost increase. Exam ples of subsites include libraries, leisure centers, festivals and tourism. The city can create and manage subsites or partner with Granicus.

n Authorized the city manager to execute a professional services agreement with Rincon Consultants Inc. to com plete an environmental review and document for a residential project south of Railroad Avenue, between Olive Avenue and Humphrey Drive. The developer is responsible for the $49,273 in costs.

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Firefighters extinguish a big rig fire at the California Highway Patrol scales along westbound Interstate 80, Wednesday.

Fairfield council OKs $70M in bonds for affordable housing

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FAIRFIELD — The City Council this week approved the issuance of $70 million in revenue bonds to finance the Parkside Flats affordable housing project.

The development is described in city doc uments as a 168-unit affordable rental housing project to be located at 1600 Woolner Ave.

“Affordable Housing Alliance II Inc. and Sutton Place Development Corp.

entered into a Disposition and Development Agree ment with the Fairfield Housing Authority, dated Feb. 10, 2020, under which the FHA agreed to sell to the developer . . . property owned by the FHA located at 1600 Woolner Ave. to develop Parkside Flats . . . . The bonds will be issued by a Joint Powers Author ity to finance most of the development costs of the project,” the staff report to the council states.

The bonds will be payable only from project revenues and

assets and none from the Fairfield Housing Authority, the city or its taxpayers “under any cir cumstance,” according to the staff report.

The action was taken Tuesday.

In other action, the council:

n Suspended competi tive bidding and approved entering into a $1.38 million contract with Westnet Inc. to install First-In Alerting Platform Systems in the Dispatch Center and Fire Stations 35, 37, 38, 39, 40 and 41. It

replaces the aging alert ing system. The funding source is the Public Build ing Capital Improvement Fund.

n Suspended competi tive bidding and approved $952,258 to purchase 11 replacement police vehi cles from the National Auto Fleet Group. The funds come from the Police Department Vehicle Replacement Fund.

n Approved a $100,000 contract amendment with Karen Kramer Workplace Investigations for as-

CDC advisory panel to consider Covid vaccine as school mandate

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FAIRFIELD — The immunization panel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Pre vention on childhood vaccines is considering whether to recommend Covid-19 shots be man dated for school entry.

The Advisory Com mittee on Immunization Practices met Thursday and could make a deci sion by Friday, Dr. Bela Matyas, the Solano County public health officer, said in a phone interview.

“Then it will be up to the state (Department of Public Health) to make it mandatory or a recom mendation,” Matyas said.

“Most of the children’s vaccines are mandatory (for school entry), but not all,” Matyas said, noting as an example, the flu vaccine.

There were 267 new coronavirus cases reported Thursday in Solano County, taking the pandemic total to 110,556. Of the new cases, 251 were actually from the seven-day period from the previous report Oct. 6.

That puts the daily average at 35.86, a level Matyas said is nearing the pre-surge baseline. The 10-day average was at 38.6, down from 42.8 as reported a week earlier.

That Oct. 6 report showed a slight bump in numbers, but the imme diate decline across the data indicates the county is not experiencing, yet, an expected winter surge.

Matyas also reported that 30,634 residents

have received booster shots specific to the latest omicron variant, taking the total number of boosters administered to 181,993. The percentage of residents, 5 or older, who have been fully vac cinated did not change. It held at 72%, with 81% having received at least one shot.

There have been 2,103 children 6 months to 4 years old who have been vaccinated (9.3%), while the number for 5 to 11 did not change, 13,257 (35.7%).

There were no new Covid-related deaths reported, keeping the total at 440, while the number or residents in hospitals with a positive corona virus test dropped from 20 Oct. 6 to 13 Thurs day, the county reported. There continued to be

two patients in area intensive care units with the disease.

Fairfield jumped over the 30,000 case threshold with 84 new cases, taking the total to 30,043. Vallejo added 72 cases for a new total of 33,517. Vacaville is at 27,677 after 66 new cases, the county reported.

Suisun City (7,755) added 22 new cases; Dixon (5,272) added six; Benicia (4,523) added nine; Rio Vista (1,547) added eight; and the 222 case total for the unin corporated area of the county did not change, the county reported.

Matyas has previously indicated Covid-19 case counts are likely much higher with the 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 treatment is not needed.

The county adjusted its monkeypox total back to 39 after a reporting error was discovered.

needed legal and investi gation services in Human Resources. The funds come from the General Fund.

n Approved an amended development agreement with Albert D. Seeno Construction Co. This was the final action on a matter addressed in a public hearing Oct. 4.

n Approved, in sepa rate items, the changes to the city building and fire prevention codes to meet with state changes that go into effect Jan. 1.

n Annexed the Fair

field Industrial Center into Community Facilities Dis trict No. 2012-2 and set fees to pay for the impact on public safety, open space operations and park maintenance.

n Annexed Valley Strong Credit Union to Community Facilities Dis trict No. 2012-2 and set fees to pay for the impact on public safety, open space operations and park maintenance.

Fairfield council raises awareness on domestic violence

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FAIRFIELD — Close to 900 city residents were victims of domestic vio lence in the past year.

The 886 total repre sents about 73 incidents per month from October 2021 to this year, a proclamation approved Tuesday by the Fair field City Council and recognizing October as National Domestic Awareness Month states.

“Acknowledging and bringing awareness to domestic violence is a key part of destroy ing such a vicious cycle,” Lilia Breaux, the Domestic Violence Program manager in the Police Depart ment, said following the presentation of the proclamation by Council woman Pam Bertani.

The department has

a Special Victims Unit that works on domes tic violence cases. The members are detec tives Dennis Chapman, Darin Miller and Jeremy Nipper.

The National Coali tion Against Domestic Violence reports “nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States. Each year, thousands of women and men are victims of inti mate partner violence in Solano County,” the proclamation states.

Fairfield police Chief Deanna Cantrell will join District Attorney Krishna Abrams and Vacaville police Chief Ian Schmutzler as speakers as a Domes tic Violence Awareness event scheduled for noon Friday at the courthouse steps at 530 Union Ave. in Fairfield.

states. The program has been expending between $500,000 and $600,000 each year.

The action was taken Tuesday.

In other action, the council:

n Out of closed session, City Attorney David Lim announced an $80,000 workers compensation settlement with Brian Pereira.

n Approved the plans and specifications and awarded a $3.23 million contract to FBD Vanguard Construction Inc. for the Grange Middle School Safe Routes to School and Pavement Preservation Project. The funds come from the Capital Streets Fund.

n Approved a two-year $372,961 Technology Soft ware-as-a-Service Agree ment for microtransit and

paratransit in-advance scheduling, dispatch and management software with the Routing Company. It is in prepara tion for the new micro transit and related paratransit services the city will soon launch. The total includes a 20% con tingency. Transportation Development Act funds will be used for the pur chase.

n Approved two sub stantial Community Development Block Grant Program amendments to the 2019-20 Action Plan.

The city is reprogram ming $110,000 in CDBG Cares Act funds for the development of a tempo rary emergency Pallet Shelter “to help prevent the spread of Covid-19.”

Entitlement funds of $89,000 from the prior year will also be utilized for a total of $199,000.

n Increased the dis patcher proficiency pay from 5% to 7% and approved the contract

changes with the Fairfield Employees’ Association. The General Fund cost to the city is $485,746.

n Approved filing of a $4.97 million claim with the Metropolitan Trans portation Commission for Transportation Develop ment Act and State Transit Assistance Funds for fiscal year 2022-23. About $3.71 million will be used for the fixed route com muter and local bus service operations and about $1.26 million for paratransit DART, Reduced Fare Taxi, and Intercity Taxi programs.

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a pedestrian wearing a face mask walks along West Texas street in Fairfield, Thursday.

I’ve become the odd one out with group of office friends

Dear Annie: A small group of “friends” from work has been culti vated over the past one to two years. We are all in our 40s-50s. We’ve bonded through some after-work events and activities. At first, I was really happy with this development because I felt like I had finally found my people. However, as time wears on, I realize that I’m the background friend.

Annie Lane Dear Annie

I have been myself with this group and have invested a great deal emotionally. On occa sion, two of them seem to flaunt their get-togethers (just the two of them), which I think is rude. Since this is an unavoid able situation due to our work environment, it wears on my mental health and affects my work. It’s like middle school all over again. How do I grace fully divest myself emotionally and physically from this clique? I’m not going to be irrelevant, and I’m not anyone’s back ground friend. I’m tired and I’m done. Thanks. — Not Your Third Wheel

Dear Third Wheel: Whether

it’s on the playground or around the water cooler, being excluded from any social group stings.

Before fully removing yourself from the clique, consider whether you’ve made a concerted effort to be active in the group.

The two co-workers you mentioned who spend time together oneon-one – is this because they have purposefully nurtured their individual friendship or because they aren’t sure whether you’re interested in being a bigger part of it, too?

Suggesting a group lunch or weekend excursion, if it’s appropriate, could be just what the others need to see you’re breaking out of the background and diving into the foreground.

On the other hand, if it’s truly immature and alienating behavior on your co-workers’ parts, you’re better off keeping things cordial and professional with them at work, but pursuing the more meaningful, two-way friendships you have outside the office.

Dear Annie: I have a friend, and I suspect she is being

Horoscopes by Holiday Mathis

ARIES (March 21-April 19).

It’s easier to be your charming self when you’re comfort able. Getting comfortable is tricky though, especially with new people and situations. Expect a learning curve, but with repeated exposure you’ll soon settle in.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

If you try too hard to forget something, you’ll remember it well, and if you try too hard to remember something, you’ll forget it. The act of writing things down will magically aid with both remembering and forgetting.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

What if you knew that no matter which choice you made, it would get criticized? What would you do then? That’s the action aligned to your inner most desire. It’s worth carrying through, critics or no.

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

Positive self-talk is much easier to achieve when the talk of those around you is also posi tive, or at least neutral. It’s not difficult to get distance from negativity. All you have to do is excuse yourself and walk away.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You anticipate boredom, thus avoid ing it. You’ll decide ahead of time what you need out of the situation. And if that’s not enough, you’ll make sure you have interesting diversions and

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You take pleasure in learning. Your higher mind paves the way for you to experience adventures and thrills that would not be possible were you to stay in the realm of the known. More highlights: a transportation upgrade, additions to your chosen family and a social interest that brings humor and fun to your days. Pisces and Virgo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 7, 49, 30, 18 and 42.

options to use your time well and keep you alert.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

Relationships should energize you or give you something in the exchange – for instance: a sense of community, a helper’s high, laughter, learning or fun. If interactions leave you feeling drained, consider why.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

In the same situation as the others, you’ll take something totally different. They need to hear your insights and you need to hear theirs. The sharing will help you understand your own mind and appreciate your originality.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

abused by her boyfriend. The boyfriend has been to jail before, and I have honestly always had a bad feeling about him. I asked her if she is scared of him or if he hurts her. She told me no, but she came to me one time with a black eye and a few bruises. She said she fell.

I am really at my wits’ end, and I’m not sure what to do. She comes to me crying when they get into an argument or fight. I have seen him raise his hand to her before. Please tell me what to do. — Terrified

Dear Terrified: You need to contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233 immediately. They will counsel you on how to proceed and how to talk your friend into getting the help that she needs.

Ideally, your friend would be contacting them herself, but it sounds like she is unwilling to do so at this point. Good for you for keeping your friend safe. Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

It takes more time than seems reasonable to regain your con centration after an interruption. To honor your thought process and avoid frustration, prevent interruptions before you start your important work.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). Tenacity, in its less auspicious form, is called stub bornness. Be careful what you apply yourself to because it will have staying power now. Once you make up your mind, you won’t change it soon.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). You don’t always feel like being as social as the situ ation requires, but you put on a smile and get things done. In other words, you take care of business, and business takes care of you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). Don’t talk about your ideas; just act on them. Later, instead of sharing ideas, you’ll have exciting stories to share, which are far more interesting both to hear and to have lived.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’re not afraid of being wrong because what defines you more is your sincere inter est in finding out what is right. One must be confident in their intellect to challenge their own perceptions and conclusions.

Write Holiday Mathis at HolidayMathis.com.

Bridge

REMEMBER THE PAST, PLAN FOR THE FUTURE

Mark Twain said, “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”

Putting that into a bridge context, is it true that if we bid accurately, we don’t have to remember anything else? Of course not! When playing a bridge deal, it is important to remember the past – the bidding – when planning for

by Phillip Alder

the future – the making or breaking of the contract.

In today’s deal, South is in four spades. West leads the heart king. Which 10 tricks should South have his eyes on?

South’s opening bid was a classic weak two: a good six-card suit and some 6-10 high-card points. Despite having such a strong hand, North knew that a slam was unlikely.

When the dummy came down, South saw 10 tricks: six spades, one heart, one diamond and two clubs. Without further ado, he said, “Ace, please.” However, his jaw dropped onto the table when East produced a trump. Suddenly, 10 tricks had shrunk to nine.

South, as always at trick one, should have taken a moment to wonder what might go wrong. If he had recalled the auction, he would have realized that a 7-0 heart split was a danger, especially given the prevailing vulnerability. The heart two should have been played from the dummy at trick one, not the ace. As it doesn’t help West to switch, he continues with top hearts. South ruffs the third, draws trumps and finally cashes the heart ace in safety.

If there are no trumps left, a winner at trick one will still be a winner at trick 13.

You may contact Phillip through his website, bridgeforeveryone.com.

COPYRIGHT: 2022, UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE Sudoku by Wayne Gould

Bridge

10/21/22

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

REMEMBER THE PAST, PLAN FOR THE FUTURE Mark Twain said, “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”

Putting that into a bridge context, is it true that if we bid accurately, we don’t have to remember anything else?

Difficulty level: SILVER

solution:

Word Sleuth

Jon Stewart addresses Ye and ‘weird Jew paranoia bulls—’

Tribune ConTenT AgenCy

Funnyman Jon Stewart took a few minutes to address a busy week of celebrity anti semitism before running off to a 1 p.m. “Jewish media mafia meeting” after his Wednes day podcast.

His sarcastic refer ence was to comments made by performer Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, who said during a Tuesday interview with NewsNation host Chris Cuomo that after he wore a “White Lives Matter” shirt to a fashion show, “The Jewish underground media mafia already started attacking me.”

Stewart, on his “The Problem with Jon Stewart” podcast, accused the “Gold Digger” rapper of lumping all Jews into

one category while seeing non-Jews as individuals when it comes to busi ness dealings.

“If you are Jewish, then you’re part of the Jewish mafia,” the former “Daily Show” host observed. “But if you’re not, then you’re just a guy who is a d— to him in business.”

The 59-year-old comic introduced that podcast episode by apologizing to fans that “I don’t have a ton of time today because I have a Jewish media mafia meeting” to attend. Stewart lamented how “weird Jew para noia bulls—” has almost become normalized.

“It’s mind-blowing how easily to me it flows from people’s mouths,” he said. “And everybody is just like, ‘Wow, that was weird.’ ”

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Zits Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

Pearls Before Swine Stephan Pastis

Dilbert Scott Adams

Baby Blues Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott

Baldo Hector Cantú

Views: Candidates

Vacaville City Council has overprior itized new residential housing growth in District 2 without paying equal attention to the supporting infrastruc ture and services needed to maintain the high quality of life of our seniors, residents and families deserve,” Des marais said in his response.

He said he would prioritize road repairs and improvements, fund Fire Department staffing needs, and enhance school security.

“I will make the safety of our kids a high priority,” he wrote.

Desmarais also said the city must be prepared for what he views as “an inevitable economic slowdown.”

“This means strengthening our small-business community and con tinuing our biotech industry attraction efforts. Over the next few years we need to focus on support ing our small-business community through increased marketing visibil ity, reduced fees, improved parking availability and most importantly, a community where people feel safe vis iting and spending their money.”

Two of the four District 6 candi dates did respond: Tapac Chastain and incumbent Jeanette Wylie. Both pointed to growth as the source of problems in the district.

“District 6 is a fast-growing area of Vacaville and new housing comes with increased traffic. Jepson Parkway, connecting I-80 and Air Base Parkway, has heavy traffic often moving at unsafe speeds. However, sections of roadway remain two lanes, and vehicles moving at high speeds fail to safely navigate the roundabouts, leading to traffic accidents and some fatalities. I will advocate for rumble strips and more effective signage to be installed to notify drivers of the round about at Vanden and Leisure Town. I will continue to advocate for cross walks on Nut Tree Road to improve pedestrian safety, especially near the parks and the school,” Wylie said in her response.

Wylie said the traffic issues are compounded by the commute out of the city, so she supports the council’s efforts to bring more jobs to the area.

“Irresponsible growth has become dangerous and we are being told to pay more for less service. The section of Vanden Road between Vacaville and Fairfield should have been improved before proceeding with developing the area, working with developers, the county and the conjoining cities is what needs to be done,” Chastain said.

“District 6 neighborhoods across from parks are lacking crosswalks to parks. The current District 6 council representative has repeatedly stated it is difficult to add crosswalks. I disagree. I feel it is dif ficult attending funerals, and am compelled to point out a crosswalk is two lines painted on the street and a sign on each end.”

Chastain said growth has caused issues with schools, particularly overcrowding at the Travis School District campuses in the city, and problems with infrastructure. Chastain also opposes additional assessments to the residents and said Measure M funds should be used to correct many of these problems.

“Vacaville currently generates over $10 million a year in Measure M tax dollars. We were promised this would be used for maintenance and improvements in the community and instead this summer City Council decided to use Measure M tax dollars for pool parties. At the same time they voted to pay a consultant $100,000 to do a study and begin the process of adding additional assessment fees on properties throughout Vacaville,” Chastain said.

Looking at the larger picture, Wylie pointed to the need for “adequate housing for all residents.”

While it is not a unique problem to Vacaville, she emphasized the kind of housing approved over the past 10 to 15 years has created a situation where “people are unable to purchase a ‘starter home’ . . . . Seniors also face housing issues, and I will continue to look for creative ways to help older adults age in place in their homes or provide affordable alternatives.”

She said the city needs to focus on building “missing middle” workforce housing.

Complete candidate responses are available at www. dailyrepublic.com.

In briefTruss resigns as UK prime minister

Liz Truss quit as U.K. prime minister after a brief and chaotic tenure that saw her announce a massive package of tax cuts before unwinding most of it in the face of a market rout.

Truss, 47, said she was resigning after just 44 days in office, and is set to become the shortest-ruling prime minister in British history. She said the Conservative Party aims to choose her successor within a week, and that she will stay on as premier until then.

— Tribune Content Agency

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packaged platform.

Carli, for example, included community response to homeless ness, supportive housing for at-risk residents, mental health alternative response, wildfire pro tection and emergency preparedness under the general category of public safety.

Under the category of efficient and effective government, he included local control and regional partnerships, fiscal sus tainability, Parks and Recreation, Public Works and infrastructure.

And he listed sup porting local business, economic development, Vacaville culture and community vital ity, residential growth and housing devel opment, biotech manufacturing and indus try development, Leisure Town community devel opment, Lower Lagoon Valley development, a vibrant downtown Vacav ille, traffic safety and congestion under the cat egory of smart growth.

Roberts noted, “It is difficult to focus on three particular issues as cities are entire eco systems and should be looked at holistically: public safety/emergency preparedness, housing, economic development, city services, ameni ties, tourism, revenue (taxes), and education are all interconnected. However, a balanced and fluid approach is essen tial to address concerns before they become true issues. In order to accom plish this, policymakers and staff need to lean forward into longer range planning by looking at data, trends and commu nity input.”

The vice mayor noted the incredible cost of wildfires and how “a natural disaster can turn a community and

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homelessness and crime as the two issues most affecting the district, and the need for affordable housing as a pressing issue across Vacaville.

She said there must be a “coming of the minds” to resolve the district issues, “to seri ously brainstorm ideas, seek creative new ways to redevelop older neigh borhoods, parks and schools and to create a plan of action for District 4.”

“We need a repre sentative from various sectors of the city and county, school districts and economic develop ment to participate in continuing to enhance the quality of life in Dis trict 4. I am willing to listen, explore and share what has been attempted and what is working here in Vacaville and else where,” Chapman said.

Homelessness and the Alamo Creek flood ing issues rose to the top of District 4 con cerns for Christian Scott. He proposes develop ing a commune of sorts to address the unshel tered, and calls for a plan to clean the creek every two years, which he contends will lower insurance rates.

“We spend $7 million of our budget per year on homelessness and are no closer to management let alone a solution. For $500,000, we can buy a piece of land I’ve scouted out on the edge of the city

city upside down within hours.” He also called for insurance reform and having an active voice in Sacramento.

“I will be advocating for the re-establishment of the Solano County Disaster Council, ensure that not just Vacaville’s emergency operations plan is current and includes whole community input but encourage surrounding cities to keep theirs up to date as well . . . . I find it appalling and borderline fraudulent that someone can pay into insurance for decades and have their insurance canceled due to ‘increased risk.’ ”

Carli praised the city’s response to the LNU Lightning Complex Fire, and added, “as mayor I will focus efforts to explore a countywide joint powers agreement, and direct staff to ensure the future safety of Vacaville and the greater Solano County during times of crisis.”

He called response to public safety a complex issue, one that is more than “simply funding police, fire and emer gency medical services personnel, which is necessary given the projected business and population growth in the next several years, and the significant decline in staffing and recruiting in public safety.”

Also under public safety, Carli stated about the homelessness response, “these services provided here in Vacav ille require a personalized approach to helping indi viduals in need, which is why I created the Community Response Unit using Federal COPS funding,” and about sup portive housing for at-risk residents, he lauded the more regional approach that is emerging, and said “as mayor, I will appoint council members to work with other county elected officials to collab oratively work together to improve this public

limits and place our five tiny houses, our 40-foot staffing raiser and our heating/cooling building. We can install solar and there is already a well. We can grow crops and raise livestock. I have gathered volunteers for medical, mental health, drug and alcohol counsel ing and contractors and supplies to provide a solu tion to homelessness as well as save the city mil lions,” Scott wrote.

“We are considered a flood zone due to the Alamo Creek overflow ing every year. We can commit to clean ing out the creek every two years to promote better drainage and save homeowners thousands of dollars on mandatory FEMA insurance.”

Kristen Navarro is most concerned about crime in the district, par ticularly along Alamo Drive, and said she would “push to get a substation established in that area of town and would like to also see our bike path once again patrolled.”

She also contends the district has been neglected by the city, with a need to improve the parks, roads and side walks, and “upgrades and beautification to help maintain prop erty values,” adding, “I will work to get Measure M funds ded icated to our primarily suburban district for improvement projects.”

Each candidate also had a different priority facing the city as a whole.

Navarro pointed to the understaffing of the Police and Fire depart ments, noting that has

health and safety crisis. I will direct staff to restart the Vacaville Homeless Roundtable, and explore funding opportunities and private partnerships to provide case management resources and outreach to those experiencing homelessness in our com munity. I will direct staff to strengthen the Com munity Response Unit’s ability to be successful in its outreach efforts.”

Roberts was more general on the topic, but emphasized a more flexible approach to housing is needed.

“While it is difficult to influence market rate housing, the city can plan and diversify the types of housing and help reduce some of the potential cost of homes. The current City Council has already taken steps to reduce impact fees charged to developers from a flat rate to a tiered system, reducing the cost to build for smaller homes and increase the cost for very large homes. I am advocating for a true sliding scale on a cost per square foot. Cities need to start being proactive with housing/development models and possibly look at inclusionary housing developments, true ‘mixed use’ zoning, and create a partnership with developers and citizens to have more win/win/ win policies put in place,” Roberts stated.

Roberts discussed eco nomic development in terms of land use, recruit ing companies that pay well, city amenities and workforce development.

“On the policy and advocacy side, cities need to create an environ ment attractive to quality businesses – safety, parks, good schools, homes affordable for their employees, shop ping, restaurants and infrastructure.

“Having turnkey properties ready for developers and com panies to make the transition into our city,

establish community ben efits agreements so they have buy-in into the com munity, and setting up partnerships with educa tion institutes to provide work force,” Roberts stated. “For example, Vacaville is pursuing biotechnology and bio manufacturing, working with companies, land owners, supply chain companies, and education organizations . . . allow ing the city to increase funding for the various aspects needed to attract more/better business and increase quality of life for citizens and visitors.”

Carli addressed this topic under the broad brush of smart growth, but noted the need to support existing businesses.

“Our local economy thrives on small busi nesses, which create the unique experience we love about our city. It is important that our gov ernment is efficient and effective in providing the services needed to make this happen,” Carli said in his response, adding on creating new oppor tunities that “there is a need to carefully plan for supportive business space, workforce devel opment and . . . the culmination of housing, business, employment, retail, tourism, enter tainment, activities and industry, all come together to create a living condition that we desire.”

Green concluded, “policymaking goes beyond special inter est: It’s about the wants and needs of the commu nity. I am running to be the voice of the people of Vacaville and will commit to leading a council of people who care enough to engage in the com munity and vote for what’s right.”

The full responses of all three candidates can be found on the Daily Republic website at www. dailyrepublic.com.

CHAPMAN NAVARRO SCOTT

forced some services to be shut down or curtailed.

“Both continue to lose seasoned professionals to other cities that prior itize public safety and have more desirable com pensation packages. Most Vacaville residents are unaware that, due to understaffing, our Fire Department has one ambulance browned out and our police recently had to dissolve both our Community Response and Vice Units,” Navarro stated. “Put simply, we cannot expect to recruit and retain the best if we are not meeting or exceeding the compen sation of our neighbor cities. Vacaville can only remain a safe city if public safety is able to be proactive, instead of in a state of triage.”

Scott said the top priority is the budget and circled back by saying if homeless costs are reduced, Vacav ille will save.

“We are carrying a $320 million deficit that we have no plan to pay off. By saving money on homelessness expendi tures and cutting the fat from our budget, we can begin to exercise fiscal responsibility and move toward deficit elimina tion,” he said.

Chapman said “the one issue critical for

the city is affordable housing. It is my belief that attacking the afford able housing issue and continuing to bring good jobs to Vacaville, we will have a positive effect with a reduction in the unsheltered and a decline in larceny and theft crimes.”

“The city can and should continue to create a development environ ment through building code, funding and policy that encourages develop ment of missing middle housing (condos, town homes and apartments); housing that is built for the local workforce on limited budgets that includes prorated unit requirements for some low- and very low-income housing. This is the type of housing our local workforce, seniors and families need,” Chapman said.

“This can be done through smart zoning, investing in infrastruc ture, creating pathways with the local community college to build the local workforce and continu ing to invest in economic development staff and programs in the city.”

The candidates’ full responses can be found on the Daily Repub lic website at www. dailyrepublic.com.

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CHP provides new slate of free teen driver classes

Daily Republic Staff DRNEWS@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

FAIRFIELD — The California Highway Patrol has started new Start Smart teen drivers classes.

“These classes coincide with National Teen Driver Safety Week, which runs Oct. 16-22. Drivers between 15 and 19 years of age are at greater risk of being involved in fatal crashes. The Start Smart program is designed to help teens learn how to avoid dis tractions and address the dangers typically encoun tered by drivers in their age group,” the CHP said in a statement.

Start Smart is a free class designed to help teenage drivers become aware of the responsi bilities that accompany being a licensed California driver. Parents or guard ians are required to attend with their teenage driver as they participate in the two-hour class, comple tion of which, the CHP reports, may lower the cost of a young driver’s

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vehicle insurance.

Classes are being offered at CHP area offices throughout the state.

The program is sup ported with a grant from the Start Smart Teen Safety Education Program XV.

Parents and teenag ers can register for a class by calling the Solano CHP Office at 707-4282100. More information about Start Smart and California’s provisional licensing law is avail able on the free CHP Start Smart mobile app, which includes access to the California Driver Hand book and a trip logger to track driving time as teens prepare to obtain their driver’s license.

There are nearly 792,970 licensed teenage drivers in California, which increased by 6% since last year, the CHP reports.

Funding for the program was provided by a grant from the Cal ifornia Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Parents arrested after 2-year-old ingests fentanyl

The parents of a 2-year-old in Northern Califor nia were arrested this week after the child allegedly ingested fentanyl while in their care, authorities in Butte County said.

The parents, both in their early 20s, had taken their child to a location on Concow Road to be treated by Cal ifornia Department of Forestry and Fire Protection personnel Monday after reporting that the child had ingested “an unknown substance while in the care of someone else,” according to the Butte Interagency Nar cotics Task Force.

— Tribune Content Agency

Crime logs

FairField

TUESDAY, OCT. 18 7:27 a.m.

Reckless driver, WESTBOUND HIGHWAY 12 7:43 a.m.

Grand theft, 1600 block of FAIRFIELD AVENUE 8:06 a.m.

Fight with a weapon, 2100 block of ALLSTON PLACE 9:06 a.m.

Commercial burglary, 4800 block of BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE 9:14 a.m.

Trespassing, 2500 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 9:31 a.m.

Trespassing, 800 block of EAST TRAVIS BOULEVARD 9:40 a.m. — Commercial burglary, 2300 block of SOUTH WATNEY WAY 12:05 p.m. — Fight with a weapon, 1500 block of EMPIRE STREET 12:51 p.m.

Grand theft, 1300 block of WEST TEXAS STREET 2:49 p.m.

Reckless driver, HEATH DRIVE 2:51 p.m.

Hit-and-run property damage, 5700 block of FLAG COURT 3:52 p.m.

Trespassing, 2700 block of SOHO LANE 4:22 p.m. — Reckless driver, DOVER AVENUE 5:50 p.m.

Hit-and-run property damage, 100 block of

SERRANO DRIVE

7:57 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 3300 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 9:39 p.m. — Vandalism, 2900 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 9:49 p.m. — Vandalism, 100 block of HAWTHORN DRIVE WEDNESDAY, OCT. 19 12:31 a.m. — Hit-and-run prop erty damage, 1500 block of GATEWAY BOULEVARD 5:59 a.m. — Vandalism, 4400 block of CENTRAL WAY 8:24 a.m. — Reckless driver, LOPES ROAD 9:35 a.m.

Hit-and-run with injury, 900 block of EAST TRAVIS BOULEVARD 9:36 a.m.

Residential burglary, 1100 block of ALASKA AVENUE 9:43 a.m.

Vehicle theft, 3900 block of BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE 10:53 a.m.

Forgery, 900 block of JEFFERSON STREET 11:35 a.m.

Vehicle theft, 1400 block of MONROE STREET 12:47 p.m.

Assault with a deadly weapon, 2200 block of CURRIER PLACE 12:59 p.m. — Vandalism, 900 block of OHIO STREET 1:14 p.m.

Trespassing, BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE 1:16 p.m.

— Hit-and-run property damage, AIR BASE PARKWAY 1:21 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 1000 block of WEBSTER STREET

1:44 p.m. — Battery, 1900 block of PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE 2 p.m. — Vandalism, 500 block of DAKOTA STREET 2:01 p.m. — Reckless driver, EASTBOUND INTERSTATE 80 2:27 p.m. — Battery, 1300 block of MONROE STREET 2:28 p.m. — Drunk and disorderly, 1300 block of GOLD HILL ROAD 3:10 p.m. — Vandalism, 900 block of OAKBROOK DRIVE 3:17 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 100 block of HAWTHORN DRIVE

3:40 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 100 block of HAWTHORN DRIVE 4:24 p.m. — Trespassing, 1300 block of GATEWAY BOULEVARD 4:38 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 3200 block of HARTFORD AVENUE

5:02 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 3000 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET

5:07 p.m. — Residential burglary, 1500 block of

MONROE STREET

5:12 p.m. — Battery, 1500 block of MICHIGAN STREET 5:14 p.m. — Drunken driver, 5000 block of DOMINICAN COURT 5:53 p.m. —

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Sanchez ready for title fight at Cache Creek

M att Miller MMILLER@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

FAIRFIELD — Alan Sanchez is 31 years old but that doesn’t dampen his youthful enthusiasm for a return to the boxing ring after a 17-month layoff.

The Fairfield native will highlight a night of boxing Oct. 29 presented by Don Chargrin Produc tions and Paco Presents Boxing at the Cache Creek Resort in Brooks. Sanchez will be going up against

undefeated Saul Bustos of Los Angeles in a 10-round fight for the WBA Fede centro Title.

“I can’t wait for this fight to happen,” Sanchez said by telephone Thurs day afternoon. “I feel good. I’ve been training a long time and I just want to have another fight. I’ve been training nonstop, running marathons and half marathons.”

Sanchez has a career record of 21-5-1 with 10 knockouts.

He is the former WBC Continental American’s Welterweight Champion.

Bustos, who trains with the famed Freddie Roach’s Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, is eager to make the most of this moment. This is his chance to win a WBA title and earn a world ranking. Bustos is 15-0-1 with eight knockouts.

“I know he’s unde feated and he’s hungry,” Sanchez said. “He doesn’t want to lose that unde

feated record. He trains with Freddie Roach, so I know he’ll come strong.”

The undercard also features another Fair field boxer in super bantamweight Ivan Vergara. Vergara comes into his fight 8-1 with two knockouts. Other Northern California fight ers expected to fight on the card are Blake “The Beast” McKernan, 13-1 with six knockouts, out of Sacramento and Kevin “No Mas” Montano,

3-0 and two knock outs, who trains out of Sacramento.

Paco Damian said in a press release he is grate ful to be back at the Cache Creek Casino Resort and for the opportunity to put on a main event and strong undercard at the new events center. He has been doing shows at Cache Creek for the past eight years.

“We are thrilled to be able to give local fight ers opportunities at a

world-class venue like Cache Creek and enter tain Northern California fight fans,” Damian said in the release. “The main event is something special. We have a great fight that has a WBA title on the line. I am excited to bring this type of fight to the Northern Califor nia area and to watch it as this is the first fight we will be doing at Cache Creek in two years.”

Tickets may be pur chased at cachecreek.com.

Karlsson scores in OT as Sharks net first victory

By Curtis Pashelka BAY AREA NEWS GROUP

Erik Karlsson scored 49 seconds into overtime as the San Jose Sharks beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Thurs day for their first victory of the season.

Timo Meier collected a loose puck beside the Rangers’ net, circled behind, and then found an open Karlsson, who fired it into an open net past an out-of-posi tion Igor Shesterkin for their first win of the David Quinn era.

Wood, Rodriguez square off on gridiron with identical records

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FAIRFIELD — The records are identical and much will be learned Friday night on who builds a better resume for the Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs as the Rodriguez High School football team hosts Will C. Wood.

Vacaville hosted Armijo on Thursday night at Tom Zunino Stadium. Results of that game are available online at dailyrepublic. com. Fairfield will be at Vanden on Friday. Vacaville Christian has a Saturday night game against Sierra Delta League leader Esparto.

Will C. Wood at Rodriguez

The Mustangs are 5-3 overall and 2-1 in the Monticello Empire League. Rodriguez has wins in league over Fairfield (33-0) and Armijo (18-0) to go with a loss to Vacaville (41-12). The Wildcats are also 5-3 overall and 2-1 in the MEL with wins over Fairfield (42-0) and Armijo (38-6) and a loss to Vanden (49-21).

Rodriguez shut out Armijo in last week’s win as Gabriel Batres had a hand in 12 tackles, five of

them sacks, and also recovered a fumble. Quarterback Kenan Jones threw for 70 yards and a touch down and also rushed for two short scores. Leroy Bryant caught four passes for 64 yards, including a 35-yard strike from Jones.

Vanden pulled away to beat Will C. Wood. The Wildcats’ quarter back Mason Sayre still threw for 110 yards and two touchdowns. Manny Delatorre rushed for 132 yards and caught three passes for 30 yards and two touchdowns. Zaire Fortune also caught six Sayre passes for 63 yards.

49ers trade for former Stanford star RB Christian McCaffrey

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SANTA CLARA — If the 49ers wanted Chris tian McCaffrey, they could have taken him with the No. 3 draft pick in 2017. Instead, they took his Stanford class mate, Solomon Thomas.

Well, the 49ers got a mulligan.

McCaffrey is coming to the 49ers via a trade with the Caro lina Panthers, ESPN’s Adam Schefter first reported Thursday night, well ahead of the NFL’s Nov. 1 trade deadline approaches. A league source con firmed the trade.

In return, the 49ers will give up four draft picks, none of which

are of the first-round variety, in part because their 2023 first-round pick was included in last year’s package to Miami to move up for Trey Lance. Dealt to Caro lina are three picks next year (second, third and fourth rounds) and a fifthrounder in 2024, NFL Network reported.

This 49ers’ regime of coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch has historically made trade-deadline deals, and now they’ve made one with someone they’ve known all 26 years of his life.

Before McCaffrey came to Levi’s Stadium as a 2017 rookie, he recalled how Shanahan may have been his bab ysitter in their Colorado

days, when Ed McCaf frey (Christian’s dad) played for the Broncos from 1995-2003 under Mike Shanahan(Kyle’s dad). Shanahan noted back in 2017 that McCaf frey’s dad, Ed, “was the man” and was why Sha nahan used to wear No. 87 in college. Speaking of college, Lynch went to Stanford and played with Ed McCaffrey.

Asked earlier Thurs day if the 49ers would enter the trade market, Lynch told KNBR 680-AM: “Because we had a very complete roster, the best trade we can make right now are with the inactive list or IR list, just to get our guys back.”

Lynch then mentioned the likely returns of

defensive end Nick Bosa and left tackle Trent Williams, rather than single out Elijah Mitch ell, their season-opening running back who’s been out since Week 1 with a sprained knee. Mitchell is expected to miss two more games then return after the bye.

McCaffrey, 26, has seen his career derailed in recent seasons by inju ries, not to mention the fact he is on one of the NFL’s worst franchises. He missed 23 of 33 games in the 2020-21 seasons.

But McCaffrey has been healthy this season. His team, however, has been so ill that it fired its coach after the 49ers beat the Panthers two Sundays ago.

Logan Couture and Radim Simek both scored and Sharks goalie James Reimer finished with 21 saves as the Sharks evened their record on this four-game road trip at 1-1-0.

Couture scored a first-period power-play goal to give the Sharks a lead for the fifth straight game. After the Rangers got even-strength goals from Filip Chytil and Artemi Panarin to take a 2-1 lead, the Sharks’ got a huge goal from Simek at the 13:10 mark of the second to tie the game.

Simek took a pass from Matt Nieto, eluded two Rangers skaters, and beat Shesterkin with a shot from the slot for his first goal since Dec. 28, 2021.

In the second period this season, the Sharks have now been out scored 14-3 and outshot 83-42. Still, consider ing how they had to play from behind in every other third period this season, a 2-2 tie after 40 minutes wasn’t the worst thing.

Reimer had 19 saves in the first two periods, as he made his fourth start of the season.

The Sharks finish the road trip with games against New Jersey and Philadelphia on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.

Special teams played a big role for the Sharks early on, as they killed all four penalties they took in the first period to improve to 19-for-19 on the PK this season.

Sharks coach David Quinn has remained positive with his

A’s catcher Sean Murphy named Gold Glove finalist

By MiChael Nowels BAY AREA NEWS GROUP

Sean Murphy, the defending American League Gold Glove catcher and one of few bright spots on a rebuilding A’s team this season, is in the running for a repeat defensive award after MLB announced the finalists at each posi tion Thursday.

Murphy is joined in the AL catchers’ race by Cal Raleigh of the division-rival Seattle Mariners and Jose Trevino of the Yankees.

The A’s catcher logged 1,004 innings over 116 games behind the plate, both up from last year’s Glove-win ning campaign. He ranked fifth in the AL in both pitch framing and strike rate, per MLB’s

Baseball Savant, but was second in MLB in pitches caught at 3,269, showing just how much the A’s relied on him. His caught-stealing per centage (31.15) ranked ninth in MLB.

Murphy is the only A’s player nominated as a finalist for a Gold Glove. No Giants players made the cut.

Three former A’s are finalists: Braves first baseman Matt Olson, Blue Jays third baseman Matt Chapman and Rangers second baseman Marcus Semien.

Three other players with Bay Area ties also were named final ists: Washington High (Fremont) graduate Steven Kwan of the Guardians among AL

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Rodriguez High School’s Bentley Williams runs the ball for a touchdown during the football game against

Benicia at Benicia High School, Sept. 23. Williams and the Mustangs host Will C. Wood Friday night.

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CALENDAR

Friday’s TV sports Baseball

• MLB Playoffs, NLCS, San Diego vs.Philadelphia, FS1, 4:30 p.m.

Basketball

• NBA, Boston vs.Miami, ESPN, 4:30 p.m.

• NBA, Denver vs. Golden State, NBCSBA (Fairfield and Suisun CIty) or ESPN, 7 p.m.

Figure Skating

• ISU Grand Prix: Skate America, USA, 4:30 p.m.

Football

• College, Tulsa at Temple, ESPN2, 4:30 p.m.

Golf

• DP World, Mallorca Open, GOLF, 4:30 a.m.

• The CJ Cup, GOLF, Noon.

• BMW Ladies Championship, GOLF, 8 p.m.

Motor Sports

• F1, U.S. Grand Prix, Practice, ESPN2, 11:55 a.m.

• NASCAR, Contender Boats 300, Xfinity Qualifying, USA, 3 p.m.

Saturday’s TV sports Baseball

• MLB Playoffs, ALCS, Houston vs. N.Y. Yankees, TBS, 2 p.m.

• MLB Playoffs, NLCS, San Diego at Philadelphia, 2, 40, 4:30 p.m.

Basketball

• NBA, L.A. Clippers at Sacramento, NBCSCA (Vacaville and Rio Vista), 7 p.m.

Figure Skating

• ISU Grand Prix: Skate America, 3, Noon.

• ISU Grand Prix: Skate America, USA, 5 p.m.

Football

• College, Iowa vs. Ohio State, 2, 40, 9 a.m.

• College, Syracuse vs. Clemson, 7, 10, 9 a.m.

• College, Cincinnati vs. SMU, ESPN, 9 a.m.

• College, Kansas vs. Baylor, ESPN2, 9 a.m.

• College, UCA at Oregon, 2, 40, 12:30 p.m.

• College, Ole Miss vs. LSU, 5, 13, 12:30 p.m.

• College, Texas vs. Oklahoma State, 7, 10, 12:30 p.m.

• College, Purdue vs. Wisconsin, ESPN, 12:30 p.m.

• College, Memphis vs. Tulane, ESPN2, 12:30 p.m.

• College, Holy Cross vs. Lafayette, NBCSBA, 12:30 p.m.

• College, Mississippi State vs. Alabama, ESPN, 4 p.m.

• College, Minnesota vs. Penn State, 7, 10, 4:30 p.m.

• College, Washington vs. Cal, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.

• College, Montana at Sacramento State, ESPN2, 8 p.m.

Golf

• DP World, Mallorca Open, GOLF, 5 a.m.

• The CJ Cup, GOLF, Noon.

• BMW Ladies Championship, GOLF, 8 p.m.

Hockey

• NHL, San Jose vs. New Jersey, NBCSCA, 10 a.m.

Motor Sports

• NASCAR, Contender Boats 300, Xfinity Race, USA, 1:30 p.m.

Pickleball

• PPA, n2grate DC Open, 5, 13, 10:30 a.m.

Soccer

• EPL, Nottingham Forest vs. Liverpool, USA, 4:30 a.m.

• EPL, Everton vs. Crystal Palace, USA, 7 a.m.

• EPL, Chelsea vs. Manchester United, 3, 9:30 a.m.

Astros tip Yankees 3-2, now hold 2-0 lead in the ALCS

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HOUSTON — So close.

Aaron Judge just missed it.

If the Yankees were playing in Yankee Stadium on Thursday night, his eighth-inning blast to deep right gets over the short porch, a one-run deficit turns into a one-run lead and maybe they hold on to head home with the ALCS all tied up.

The dimensions at Minute Maid Park weren’t so kind to Judge though. His blast was caught at the wall by Kyle Tucker and the Houston Astros wound up holding on for a 3-2 win that has them up 2-0 in this best of seven.

Judge coming up empty was par for the Yankees’ postseason course.

They barely hit enough to get past Cleveland in their Division Series and now their icy-cold bats aren’t doing anything facing the American League beast that still is having their way with them. So far in the ALCS, the Yankees have been manhandled by two of the best starting pitchers in the league, Cy Young favorite Justin Verlander in Game 1 and 17-game winner Framber Valdez in Game 2.

Valdez allowed only two unearned runs while striking out nine over seven innings, then the Astros bullpen put away the Yankees, who were held to four hits.

Bryan Abreu worked a scoreless eighth, then closer Ryan Pressly made it two saves in two nights pitching the ninth to close out the Yankees. Josh Don aldson walked with two outs in the ninth to put the tying run on, but Presley struck out pinch-hitter Matt Carpenter to end the game.

The Yankees fanned 13 times in Game 2 after whiffing 17 times in the series opener.

In seven postseason games, the Yankees have had six hits three times, five hits twice and now four once.

The Yankees now need to beat the Astros four times in five games to go to the World Series after losing seven of nine meetings this season. Game 3 is scheduled for Saturday at Yankee Stadium.

The last time the Yankees won a postseason series after losing the first two games was the 2017 ALDS when they rebounded to take the final three in a best of five against Cleveland.

BASEBALL

MLB Playoffs

Championship

San

Houston

Thursday’s Game American League Houston 3, N.Y. Yankees 2,

Friday’s Game National League San Diego at Philadelphia, 4:37 p.m. Saturday’s Games American League Houston at N.Y. Yankees, 2:07 p.m. National League San Diego at Philadelphia, 4:45 p.m.

BASKETBALL

NBA

Thursday’s Games Milwaukee 90, Philadelphia

L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers, (N) Friday’s Games New Orleans at Charlotte, 4 p.m. San Antonio at Indiana, 4 p.m. Chicago at Washington, 4 p.m. Orlando at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Toronto at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Boston at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Detroit at N.Y. Knicks, 4:30 p.m. Memphis at Houston, 5 p.m. Utah at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Denver at Golden State, 7 p.m. Phoenix at Portland, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s Games L.A. Clippers at SACRAMENTO, 7 p.m. San Antonio at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. Detroit at Indiana, 4 p.m. Boston at Orlando, 4 p.m. Toronto at Miami, 5 p.m. Cleveland at Chicago, 5 p.m. Houston at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Memphis at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at Denver, 6 p.m.

HOCKEY NHL

Games Florida 4, Philadelphia

Winnipeg 4, Colorado 3 St. Louis 4, Seattle 3 Thursday’s Games SAN JOSE 3, N.Y. Rangers 2, OT Boston 2, Anaheim 1 Montreal 6, Arizona 2 Toronto 3, Dallas 2 Pittsburgh 6, L.A. Kings 1 Columbus 5, Nashville 3 Ottawa 5, Washington 2 New Jersey 4, N.Y. Islanders 1 Minnesota 4, Vancouver 3 Carolina at Edmonton, (N) Buffalo at Calgary, (N) Winnipeg at Vegas, (N) Friday’s Games Tampa Bay at Florida, 4:30 p.m. Detroit at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Seattle at Colorado, 6 p.m. Saturday’s Games Minnesota at Boston, 10 a.m. SAN JOSE at New Jersey, 10 a.m. St. Louis at Edmonton, 1 p.m. Arizona at Ottawa, 1 p.m. Toronto at Winnipeg, 4 p.m. Dallas at Montreal, 4 p.m. L.A. Kings at Washington, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh at Columbus, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at Nashville, 5 p.m. Buffalo at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Colorado at Vegas, 7 p.m. Carolina at Calgary, 7 p.m.

LOCAL REPORT

Solano College women’s volleyball enjoys sweep against Contra Costa

Daily Republic Staff DRNEWS@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

ROCKVILLE —

The Solano Community College women’s volley ball team earned a road sweep Wednesday against Contra Costa, winning in three sets 25-13, 25-9, 25-19.

“It was a great win on the road,” Solano head coach Darla Williams said in an email. “We stayed steady and aggres sive the entire match. The entire team shared in the win, both defensively and offensively.”

Eryka Ferrer led the defense with 13 digs. Sammy Brown paced the offense with 13 kills and zero errors. Hannah Del Rio and Kelsey Wall both chipped in six kills apiece.

Crystal Carroll served 17-for-18 with five aces and added eight digs. Dani Rydjord chipped in five kills, 17 assists and four aces. Layla Morales added 6-for-6 serving and eight assists. Jailynn Bermudez served 8-for-9 with two aces and added four digs.

The Falcons improved to 6-0 in the Bay Valley Conference and will start the second half of the conference season at 6 p.m. Friday by hosting

Mendocino. Solano is 18-7 overall.

Solano women’s soccer edged out

ROCKVILLE —

The Solano Community College women’s soccer team allowed three first-half goals and lost Tuesday to visit ing Yuba, 3-2.

Solano scored for the first time just before half time when Kate-Lynn Jimenez put away an unassisted shot with two minutes to play in the half. The Falcons scored again in the second half at the 72-minute mark when Ani Lopez had an unassisted goal of her own.

Claire Sawin had four shots on goal for Solano. Rebecca Smith had two shots and Amber Morales had one shot. Jessica Bia sotti made three saves as goalkeeper and Sawin made seven.

Solano fell to 2-8-1 overall. The Falcons play at 2 p.m. Friday at Los Medanos.

Prep Volleyball Vanden girls net sweep over Armijo FAIRFIELD — The

Vanden High School varsity girls volleyball team swept Armijo on Tuesday night, 25-12, 25-6, 25-8.

Sumerlyn Spencer filled up a stat line with 20 service points, five aces, four digs and five kills. Fran King had five kills, 11 assists, six aces and four digs. Ariah Isadore had 10 service points and four kills.

Makenzie Lovell helped Vanden with six service points and six digs. Breanna Davis had five digs and 12 assists. Soleil Sands added four kills and Jada Cuffie knocked down three kills.

“They looked like a well-oiled machine,” Vanden head coach Cindy Scolavino said in an email. “Communication was up and ground coverage was outstanding.”

Vanden improved to 11-3 in Monticello Empire League matches.

Vanden’s junior varsity team won 25-17, 25-11 and improved to 11-3 in MEL matches.

Lamiracle Lebon had nine kills, was 8-for-10 serving with three aces and one block.

Lydia Keele had four kills, two service points with an ace. Danica Rubi was also perfect with seven serves

to go with three aces and three digs.

The JV “B” team lost 15-25, 25-19, 15-13 and fell to 10-4 in the MEL. Miyaka Otomo was 17-for-18 serving with 10 aces and one kill. Ava Chandler was 7-for-9 serving with two aces, one kill and one dig.

Middle School Grange flag football tops Garcia Academy

FAIRFIELD — The Grange Middle School flag football team on Wednes day defeated the Matt Garcia Academy 22-0.

King Lynch ran for two touchdowns and caught a pass for a touchdown. Great defense led to their fourth shutout and and a 4-0 record.

Crystal flag football rips B. Gale Wilson

FAIRFIELD — The Crystal Middle School flag football team earned a 48-0 win Wednesday over B. Gale Wilson.

Head coach John Sanders said it was an overall great collective effort with contributions from all players.

Dombrowski has Phillies on the cusp of World Series contention in 2 years

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By the middle of December in 2020, the Phillies were 5½ years into a stagnating rebuild. They had put a cart filled with high-salaried free agents ahead of the twin horses of drafting and development, and the whole endeavor stalled.

As owner John Middleton sought a new architect, what he really needed was a handyman.

Dave Dombrowski had done both. He built a World Series champ from the ground up with the expan sion Florida Marlins in 1997 and pennant winners with the Detroit Tigers in 2006 and 2012. But he also inherited the talent-rich Boston Red Sox in 2015 and took them over the top in 2018.

So, Middleton didn’t take no for a final answer before persuading Dombrowski to head the Phillies’ baseball operations. What has fol lowed – a two-season process hhthat

has pushed the 140-year-old fran chise to within three wins of its eighth National League pennant – has been unlike almost any challenge in the 66-year-old executive’s distin guished career.

“I think every situation’s differ ent,” Dombrowski said Wednesday in San Diego before Game 2 of the NL Championship Series. “I don’t know what’s normal. Usually the only consistency is, when there’s a change, somebody’s not happy with what’s going on, so you have to analyze every situation that you go into. I’ve been in all different type of scenarios.”

Sometimes, the problem is easy to see. In Boston, Dombrowski took over a young core, led by Mookie Betts, but a roster that lacked top-

of-the-rotation pitching. His biggest moves, then, were to sign free agent David Price after the 2015 season and trade for Chris Sale a year later. With the Phillies, the problems were below the surface. The orga nization sparkled on the outside, with Bryce Harper, J.T. Realmuto, Zack Wheeler, Aaron Nola, and Rhys Hoskins forming a star-stud ded core. But the foundation was rotten from years of neglect or mis management. The farm system, for instance, lacked top-end talent and wasn’t in sync with the majorleague club.

Fixing the Phillies would require bolstering the infrastructure of what Dombrowski described as a “top-heavy organization.” It involved improving the bottom half of the roster, reorganizing the front office, revamping the minor leagues, and making other changes that could only be detected by popping the hood.

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Is the US a democracy?

There is occasional quibbling in the online Daily Republic comments with regard to whether the United States is a democracy, a republic or something else. While we are often referred to as a democracy, technically, we are a republic, where the voters elect representa tives to make laws. In a democracy, voters make laws directly. We have that in California through our initiative process, often described as “direct democracy.”

So, what is an “indirect democracy?” I call it a demo cratic republic.

The framers of the Consti tution did not trust democracy. They feared mob rule. They also knew democracies had always failed in the past. So, they gave us a republic where a tiny frac tion of the adult population – the “worthy ones” – would be able to vote, and they entrusted the states with deciding the specifics of voting rights.

In the beginning, voters elected state leg islatures and U.S. representatives, but state legislatures elected U.S. senators. Legislatures selected “electors” who voted for president, often involving no popular vote. Women gener ally could not vote, and neither could people in servitude. With few exceptions, only propertyowning or taxpaying white men over the age of 21 – constituting only about 10% of the popula tion – could vote.

But starting as early as the 18th century, we started becoming more democratic. Georgia, Vermont, New Hampshire, Kentucky and Delaware all removed the property/taxpay ing requirement for voting before 1800. More states started choosing presidential electors by popular vote.

The march toward democracy continued in the 19th century. By the 1824 election, most states had popular elections to select presidential elec tors, and all states but one (South Carolina) were on board for the 1832 election.

By the Civil War, all states had removed the property requirement for voting (though a few held out on the taxpaying requirement until later). Passage of the Reconstruction Amend ments (13th, 14th and 15th) after the war gave virtually all adult male citizens the right to vote.

States and territories started giving women the right to vote in 1869, with Wyoming Terri tory leading the way. Wyoming was also the first state giving women the right to vote when it was admitted to the Union in 1890. Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Washington, California, Oregon, Montana, Arizona, Kansas, Alaska, Illinois, North Dakota, Indiana, Nebraska, Michigan, Arkansas, New York, South Dakota and Oklahoma all followed Wyoming before 1919, when the 19th Amend ment extended suffrage to women throughout the United States.

In 1913, the 17th Amendment required U.S. senators be elected in each state by popular vote. And in 1971, the 26th Amendment dropped the voting age to 18.

Today, more than 70% of our population can vote. We are still a republic, but the term “indi rect democracy” fits, too. So does “democratic republic” or even “democracy” (although with our odd way of electing presidents, our undem ocratic Senate, the Senate filibuster rule and the growth of voter suppression, some rankings call us a “flawed democracy”). Some people call us a “constitutional republic,” and that is fine, too.

Have we gone too far with democracy so that the framers fear of mob rule is a risk? Perhaps we have. The open and free internet and its fre quent anonymity have created a breeding ground for mob mentality. Our adversaries have seen that weakness and are exploiting it. Are we able to defend ourselves when enemies can use our strengths – freedom and democracy – against us?

We are not going to roll back freedom or democracy, so our only choice, if we are to prevail, is to become better citizens. We need not fall for disinformation or misinformation. We need to become better informed, checking our sources of information, and relying only on trust worthy sources.

The Enlightenment political philosopher Mon tesquieu, who the framers read, said a republic was the most difficult form of government to sustain, because it depended on the “political virtue” of its citizens, and people tire of governing themselves. They are tempted to elect a strong man who sides with them and will care for them, and that eventually leads to autocracy, sustained by fear rather than political virtue. Once autoc racy takes hold, it is exceedingly difficult to get a republic back.

So, as Benjamin Franklin, emerging from the Constitutional Convention in 1787, famously said when asked what type of government the framers had given us: “A republic, if you can keep it!”

Richard L. (Rick) Wood lives in Fairfield.

Letters to the editor

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Dear John, time for you to go

It’s time for us to to part our ways with John Garamendi.

Let’s start with his “Make it in America.” We had a president who wanted to do just that and Gara mendi opposed him. While Donald Trump lowered corporate taxes to attract companies to come home, Garamendi supported a bill that bribes companies with $42 billion in incentives to come home. Gara mendi attacked California’s major oil company for making $6.5 billion in profits in 2021, but never men tioned the same company lost $5.5 billion in 2020.

Garamendi: “Specifically, my amendment would eliminate an anti quated section of the Electoral Count

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Act of 1887 that would allow Secre taries of State and State Legislatures to decertify legitimate election results.” He neglected to inform the public that people in several states believe they had their constitutional election laws violated and it’s why they issued alternate electors.

Garamendi said, “History will remember what transpired at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.” Yes it will. On Fox News, concerning the riots in Minneapolis, Garamendi said exactly what the president said on Jan. 6: “Protest peacefully.” He then stated, “beware of those encour aging violent activities, you may be used to create a violent situation”; any similarities to Jan. 6? Gara mendi’s deceiving remarks about our president during the Mueller investigation were many. He voted twice to impeach a president who made America great again. Gar

amendi stated, “it took two years before Nixon went down, we’ll see where it goes.”

So now Garamendi is a proud progressive as stated in his news letter. John Bachell, national chair of the CPUSA, expressed his plea sure with the “progressive evolution of the Democrat Party. The commu nist agenda has been totally absorbed by this mainstream party.” He said it not me.

Garamendi is silent about our border security, sanctuary cities, illegal immigration and fentanyl poisoning Americans. He passes tril lions of dollars in spending bills that redistribute wealth in the name of social justice and further indebt his constituents.

Garamendi will not get my vote.

Hank Schwarzbach Fairfield

Just say ‘no’ to most state, local measures

For each election year, voting on proposi tions and measures has been relatively easy. As a general rule, I vote no on every proposition or measure. That being said, I always study both sides of each issue being presented.

California state coffers are so flush, that rather than use its $76 billion surplus for such things as schools, music and arts education, reducing air pollution and wildfire prevention, our gover nor, still churning from his recall attempt, has chosen to give it away to some taxpayers, hoping to buy extra votes in November. Instead of using existing the surplus cash, he prefers to pass propositions and increase taxes to finance these additional expenditures.

Here are my thoughts on why I have voted no on each proposition and measure except for one.

No on Proposition 1: California already has the most liberal abortion laws in the country. But that is not enough for Gavin. After the courts ruled that abortion laws are for states to decide, he saw this as an oppor tunity to use California taxpayer money to fund abortions for those who live out of state, all under the disguised banner of “reproductive freedom.” Don’t fall for it.

Even for those who are pro-abor tion, this is a bad law that will cost taxpayers money they don’t have. The state Legislature has already increased abortion funding by $200 million this year. The Newsom for California Governor cam paign is the second highest donor in support of this proposition, donating $1.2 million.

No on Propositions 26 and 27: Cloaked under the banner of “per manent solutions for homelessness, mental heath and addictions,” these propositions do nothing more than feed gambling addictions. The largest gambling casinos and online gambling conglomerates have contributed nearly $300 million to promote the passage of these propositions.

If they were truly interested in solutions for the homeless and

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mental health sufferers, their $300 million would have been well spent donating directly to these causes rather than buying advertising spots to mislead voters into thinking expanding gambling, espe cially online for youth, is a good idea.

No on Proposition 28: These education proposi tions always agitate me. Of course, arts and music education are impor tant and necessary. They should be funded by budgets already in place.

Remember the California Lottery that passed in 1985, promising con tributions to California schools from the state lottery with 80% of lottery revenue going to schools? Did you know that actual school contributions from the lottery are unchanged from 12 years ago, despite revenue that has soared in recent years thanks to enormous jackpots?

Rule changes quietly imple mented over the years by state lawmakers eliminated the require ment that higher amounts go to education. Today only 23 cents from every lottery dollar goes toward schools, with increasing amounts paid to jackpots.

How can that be when we were promised 80% would go to schools when the proposition was passed? Well, they lied. California Lottery revenues have soared to more than $7 billion, more than doubling the amount from a few years ago. Vote no on Proposition 28 and demand that state legislators return to schools the 80% of lottery revenues as prom ised. The cash is there with no debt and no additional taxes.

No on Proposition 29: This is the third time in as many elections that special interest has placed dialysis propositions on the ballot. Califor nia voters overwhelming rejected an almost identical measure last elec tion. The pandemic has taken its toll on our health care workers. This proposition would lead to understaff ing and overcrowding of hospitals.

No on Proposition 30: Califor nia is already spending more than $50 billion for climate change includ ing $10 billion to transition to zero emission vehicles. Since new Cali

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fornia law requires that rideshare companies must be 90% zero emis sion in an unachievable seven years, how about a proposition to increase taxes to try and achieve it? Absurd. Lyft has contributed more than $15 million in support of this prop osition hoping California taxpayers will pick up the tab for the billions of dollars in upgrades Lyft requires to become compliant.

Yes on Proposition 31: Here is an exception to my general voting rule. Everyone knows that tobacco prod ucts are deadly. Tobacco-related diseases kill more than 40,000 Cali fornians each year. Any measure that reduces tobacco access, especially to youth, is a good thing. Yes on Propo sition 31 is the right choice.

No on Measure Q: This is a $229.5 million general obligation bond debt. Why take on more debt when there is a $76 billion surplus? Look at your property taxes now. In addition to our 1% property tax assessment, my wife and I pay an additional $1,278 each year for bonds debt.

Somehow voters always fall for these measures that affect schools, thinking it is a good thing. The right way forward is to use existing funds responsibly (like the lottery and surplus) for supporting schools, Vacavillians already passed the $194 million Measure A bond. There are plenty of funds to use wisely without adding to our debt. Instead, let’s vote in stewards with fiscal responsibility to manage these school resources properly.

N0 on Measure E: Property values are continuing to increase and as adjustments are made the county will receive more tax revenue. This sales tax increase is unnecessary. Solano County residents are paying higher costs of housing, food, energy, util ities and fuel. No new taxes. Better management is the solution.

And finally, but of significant importance:

No on Gavin Newsome. Yes to Brian Dahle. Time to let the pendu lum swing the other way.

Danny Wells is a resident of Vacaville and can be reached at danny@ dannywells.com.

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Who is Black Adam and why should you care? A spoiler-free guide

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Smashing a place for himself (and his throne) in the increas ingly crowded comic book superhero movie space this week is Black Adam.

Starring box office jugger naut Dwayne Johnson, “Black Adam,” opening Friday, is the titular antihero’s origin story, and will also introduce a new team of superheroes to the DC Extended Universe.

Johnson’s debut as Black Adam has been a long time coming. The wrestler-turnedactor was originally announced to play the character back in 2014, and was expected to debut with his rival Shazam –the superhero formerly known as Captain Marvel (no, not that Captain Marvel) – in the same film. Those plans were eventually scrapped and the Black Adam-less “Shazam!” was released in 2019.

In “Black Adam,” John son’s Teth-Adam instead shares screen time with the Justice Society, featuring heroes por trayed by Aldis Hodge, Pierce Brosnan, Noah Centineo and Quintessa Swindell. The film’s cast also includes Sarah Shahi, Bodhi Sabongui, Marwan Kenzari and Mohammed Amer.

Here is everything you need to know about Black Adam and the Justice Society before watching “Black Adam.”

Who is Black Adam?

Black Adam – also known as Teth-Adam – debuted in the 1945 launch issue of “Marvel Family” about Captain Marvel (who has since been renamed Shazam for obvious reasons) and his family.

As could be expected for a comic book character with a history that spans nearly 80 years, Black Adam’s origin story and background have been rebooted over the years. But he is generally known as a hero-turned-villain-turned(sometimes)-antihero with ties to ancient (and, more recently, fictional) North Africa.

Black Adam wields super powers bestowed upon him by magic, including flight, superhuman strength, invul nerability, enhanced speed and the ability to shoot light ning. His powers are triggered by saying the magic word “Shazam,” much like the super hero Shazam, his modern-day successor and rival.

Where does ‘Black Adam’ fit in the world of DC superhero films?

Directed by Jaume Col let-Serra, “Black Adam” is a spinoff film set within what is known as the DC Extended Universe. The long-gestating project is most closely asso ciated with “Shazam!” (2019)

because of the character’s comic book history, though there are no explicit ties to any of the other DCEU films. (The DCEU faithful will notice at least one familiar face, however.)

The DCEU is a shared superhero universe that launched with “Man of Steel” (2013) and features charac ters such as Superman (played by Henry Cavill), Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), Aquaman (Jason Momoa) and Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie). “Black Adam” will be the first DCEUset film since 2021’s “The Suicide Squad.”

Beyond “Black Adam,” upcoming DCEU films include a couple of sequels (“Shazam! Fury of the Gods” and “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom”) as well as a couple of other solo debuts (“The Flash” and “Blue Beetle”), all slated for 2023.

Films based on DC comics characters set outside the DCEU continuity include Todd Phillips’ “Joker” (and its upcoming sequel) and Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” (and its future spinoffs and sequels).

Any crossover potential?

In the comics, Black Adam is mainly associated with Shazam as his archenemy, so uniting these two on screen would be a natural progression. He has both fought with and against various superhero teams over the years, including the Justice Society and the Justice League, so future confrontations or col laborations with either teams or their members could also happen. (And yes, that also means Black Adam has fought with and against Superman –another hero with a power set similar to his own.)

Wait, the Justice Society and the Justice League are different?

Yes, the Justice Society of America and the Justice League of America are two different superhero teams.

The Justice Society is the oldest of DC’s superhero teams, debuting in 1940. The lineup has changed over the years, but its original members included

Doctor Fate, Hawkman, Green Lantern, the Flash, Atom, Hourman, Sandman and the Spectre. Familiar names from the DCEU such as Super man, Wonder Woman, Shazam and Black Canary have also had stints as part of the Justice Society.

The better-known Justice League, a sort of revamped version of the Justice Society, made its comic book debut in 1960. The original team comprised Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman and Martian Manhunter – char acters those who have seen “Justice League” (2017) should be familiar with. Different incarnations of the team have also included Cyborg, Blue Beetle, Hawkman, Mera, Supergirl and Black Canary. In the comics, it was eventu ally revealed that the Justice Society and the Justice League operate on different Earths within the multiverse.

What is the Justice Society’s lineup in ‘Black Adam’?

The Justice Society intro duced in “Black Adam” comprises Hawkman, Doctor Fate, Atom Smasher and Cyclone – the aliases of Carter Hall, Kent Nelson, Al Roth stein and Maxine Hunkel, respectively.

Carter Hall/Hawkman and Kent Nelson/Doctor Fate are both characters who debuted in 1940 and are among the found ing members of the Justice Society. Although aspects of his backstory have changed over the years, Hall is gen erally understood to be the most recent reincarnation of a prince of ancient Egypt who has been reincarnated count less times and retains all of the memories of each of his lives. A special metal in his super hero suit gives him enhanced strength, sight, healing and the ability to fly.

Nelson is a skilled sorcerer who has access to magical artifacts – like the Helmet of Fate – that give him additional powers. Besides his brilliant mind, his powers include flight, controlling elements, seeing the future and conjuring illusions.

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The Senior Life Master was ready to start another class. George Bernard Shaw (he began) claimed that a life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but also more useful than a life spent doing nothing. Let’s look at this bridge deal and see if you agree. (The SLM referred his students to the first page of the notes.)

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his fourth-highest heart seven: three, nine, queen. South played a spade to dummy’s queen and called for the club four: three, jack, king. West shifted to a spade. Declarer won in hand and played another club, claiming 11 tricks: three spades, two hearts, three diamonds and three clubs. How many mistakes were made?

(The SLM gave them a minute to analyze the deal.)

No doubt you have seen one defensive error. When declarer led the club off the board, East shouldn’t have spent his life making a mistake by doing nothing. He should have put up the ace and returned his last heart. This would have established his partner’s suit while West still had an entry in the club king. The contract would have gone down one.

However, declarer also made a mistake – by doing something. He had only eight top tricks, so he had to develop a ninth in clubs, which would involve losing the lead twice. If the hearts were 5-2, the contract was in jeopardy. As it was clear West had led from the heart king, declarer should have played the heart four at trick one. This would have cut the defenders’ communication in the suit.

When you have two stoppers in the suit led and there are two high cards to drive out, it is usually right to duck the first trick.

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George Bernard Shaw (he began) claimed that a life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but also more useful than a life spent doing nothing. Let’s look at this bridge deal and see if you agree.

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They get the “rom” part right in “Ticket to Paradise” but it could use some more “com.”

The fault may be in the movie’s market ing, which makes it look like a quippy romantic comedy in Bali. Which it’s not. Co-star Julia Roberts has acted oppo site handsome co-star Javier Bardem in that Indonesian utopia –“Eat Pray Love” – but she and George Clooney mostly shot the Bali-set “Paradise” in Austra lia. And, after they trade mildly amusing insults in the first couple scenes of “Paradise,” it shifts to a more contempla tive look at what went wrong with their charac ters’ marriage.

Georgia (Roberts) is a gallerist and jump suit enthusiast who was married to attor ney David (Clooney) two decades ago. They divorced and, as Georgia notes, have tried not to be in the same time zone ever since. That ends when their daugh ter Lily (Kaitlyn Dever) announces her vaca tion in Bali has turned to forever in Bali because she has fallen in love with a seaweed farmer. They head to Indonesia to attend her wedding, but in fact, to break it up.

There’s some thing a little sour in that premise: a roman tic comedy that doesn’t believe in romance and in which the two leads can’t stand each other. That sourness holds back the first third of “Para dise” and gets confusing when the marriage-dis ruption begins since somehow smart, together Lily is completely duped by her bickering parents’ show of fake support. Has she never met them?

A certain amount of fakery comes with the rom-com territory. We’re willing to go with things like everyone in “Paradise” being fab ulously wealthy and having perfect skin if the script is clever enough –which “Paradise” isn’t quite – or if the charac

ters have enough charm, which Dever, Clooney and especially Roberts do. One miscalculation: funny Billie Lourd, in what’s supposed to be a comic supporting role, is stuck playing Lily’s man-hungry bestie, who seems to have wandered into the movie from about 1937.

Unexpectedly, romance saves the day. Lily’s bond with her beau (Maxime Bout tier) is sweet, as is the idea that Georgia and David’s marriage may not have turned out well but it gave them a daughter who did. And Clooney and Roberts have legit chemistry, which is not surpris ing since they’re friends in real life and since they’re playing varia tions on roles they’ve already tackled in three “Ocean’s” movies.

That’s not the only element of the movie you may feel like you’ve seen before.

Writer/director Ol Parker isn’t an espe cially stylish filmmaker but, as in the “Exotic Marigold Hotel” and “Mamma Mia” sequel, he proves adept at shift ing the action between beautiful couples falling in love while standing in front of gorgeous, sundrenched vistas.

That’s not a formula for a classic movie but, if you like Roberts and Clooney, it may be just the ticket for you.

‘Ticket to Paradise’ coasts on charm of Julia Roberts and George Clooney

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PETITION OF: AUDREY R MEDINA ON BEHALF OF AUKELE ROSE BARTZ, A MINOR CASE NUMBER FCS058813

TOALLINTERESTEDPERSONS:

Petitioner: Audrey R Medina on behalf of Aukele Rose Bartz, a minor filedapetitionwiththiscourtforadecree changingnamesasfollows:

Present Name: a. Aukele Rose Bartz

Proposed Name: a. Aukele Rose Gadberry Jr.

THECOURTORDERSthatallpersonsinterestedinthismattershallappearbefore thiscourtatthehearingindicatedbelowto showcause,ifany,whythepetitionfor changeofnameshouldnotbegranted. Anypersonobjectingtothename changesdescribedabovemustfileawrittenobjectionthatincludesthereasonsfor theobjectionatleasttwocourtdaysbeforethematterisscheduledtobeheard andmustappearatthehearingtoshow causewhythepetitionshouldnotbegranted.Ifnowrittenobjectionistimelyfiled, thecourtmaygrantthepetitionwithouta hearing.

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Date: DEC. 16, 2022; Time: 9:30 am; Dept: 22

The address of the court is SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, County of Solano 580 Texas Street Fairfield 94533 Old Solano Courthouse

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SECOND AMENDED NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ROSALYN MICHELLE DELIMA Case Number: P050371

Toallheirs,beneficiaries,creditors,contingentcreditors,andpersonswhomay otherwisebeinterestedinthewillorestate,orboth,of: Rosalyn Michelle Delima, aka Rosalyn De Lima

APetitionforProbatehasbeenfiledby: Jasmyne Delima intheSuperiorCourtofCalifornia,County of: Solano

ThePetitionforProbaterequeststhat: Jasmyne Delima beappointedaspersonalrepresentative toadministertheestateofthedecedent.

ThepetitionrequestsauthoritytoadministertheestateundertheIndependentAdministrationofEstatesAct.(Thisauthority willallowthepersonalrepresentativeto takemanyactionswithoutobtainingcourt approval.Beforetakingcertainveryimportantactions,however,thepersonal representativewillberequiredtogivenoticetointerestedpersonsunlessthey ha vewaivednoticeorconsentedtothe proposedaction.)Theindependentadministrationauthoritywillbegrantedunless aninterestedpersonfilesanobjectionto thepetitionandshowsgoodcausewhy thecourtshouldnotgranttheauthority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows:

DATE: NOV. 1, 2022 TIME: 9:00 a.m. DEPT.: 22

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, County of Solano 580 Texas Street, Fairfield, CA 94533

If you object tothegrantingofthepetition,youshouldappearatthehearingand stateyourobjectionsorfilewrittenobjectionswiththecourtbeforethehearing. Yourappearancemaybeinpersonorby yourattorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, youmustfileyourclaimwiththecourtand mailacopytothepersonalrepresentative appointedbythecourtwithinthe later of either(1)four months fromthedateof firstissuanceofletterstoageneralpersonalrepresentative,asdefinedinsection58(b)oftheCaliforniaProbateCode, or(2) 60 days fromthedateofmailingor personaldeliverytoyouofanoticeunder section9052oftheCaliforniaProbate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may wantto consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court

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AttorneyforPetitioner:DavidP.Ritzinger 190S.OrchardAve,SuiteA-100 Vacaville,CA95688 (707)365-6510 DR#00058642 Published:October14,17,21,2022

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CASE NUMBER (NUMERO DEL CASO) FCS057321

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Thename,address,andtelephonenumberofplaintiff'sattorney,orplaintiffwithoutan attorney,is: (Elnombre,ladireccionyelnumerodetelefonodelabogadodel demandante,odeldemandantequenotieneabogado,es): MarcA.Schwarz,Esq.(Bar#292758) MendelsonSchwarz,APLC 5805SepulvedaBlvd,Suite850,ShermanOaks,CA91411 Date(Fecha):OCT19,2021 /s/A.JeanbyClerk,Deputy(Adjunto) DR#00058595 Published:Oct.14,21,28Nov.4,2022

SUISUNCITY DEPARTMENTOFPUBLICWORKS

NOTICETOCONTRACTORS

SealedproposalswillbereceivedbytheCityClerkoftheCityofSuisunCity,701Civic CenterBlvd,SuisunCity,CA,94585until2:00P.M.onWednesday,November9,2022, forworkinaccordancewiththeprojectplansandspecificationstowhichspecialreferenceismade,asfollows:

StateRoute12LandscapeImprovements

ThisworkislocatedonHighway12,fromCivicCenterBoulevardtoWaltersRoad,in SuisunCity.

Theworktobeperformed,ingeneral,consistsofsupplyingalllabor,materials,tools, equipment,implementsandmethodsofprocesstocompletethefollowingwork,whichincludesbutisnotlimitedto:Landscaping,irrigationinstallation,fenceremoval/replacementandinstallation,horizontaldirectionalboringforashortirrigationconduit,anddeweedingcentermedianisland.

Timeisoftheessenceonthisproject.Contractorshalldiligentlybeginconstructionwork uponreceivingtheNoticetoProceedfromtheCity.Whilethecontractorwillbeprovided 80workingdaystocompletetheproject,includingthecorrectivepunchlistitems,the Contractorshalldiligentlyprosecutetheworktocompletionasthefundingsourceonthis projectmandatesacompletiondatebyJune30,2023.

OBTAININGCONTRACTDOCUMENTS:CopiesoftheContractdocument,specificationsanddrawingsmaybeobtainedbyloggingonto http://www.blueprintexpress.com/suisuncityorbycallingBPXpressReprographicsat707745-3593.Theseitemsmaybeobtainedatasetpriceof$40.00,plusshipping,andis non-refundable.

PlansandspecificationsmaybeinspectedattheDepartmentofPublicWorks,701Civic CenterBlvd.,SuisunCity,CA94585,andmaybepurchasedfor$35.00perset.Mailed requestsshallbeaddressedtotheDepartmentofPublicWorks,CityofSuisunCity,701 CivicCenterBlvd.,SuisunCity,CA94585.Apostageandhandlingfeeof$15.00shallbe addedpersetofplansandspecificationstobemailed.Specialarrangementsmustbe madeforovernightmailservice.PleasecalltheCity(707-421-7340)toverifytheavailabilityofplansandspecifications.

Proposalswillbeopenedandreadaloudat2:00P.M.atCityHall,onthedayspecified above.

Nopre-bidmeetingisscheduledforthisproject.

Forbondingpurposes,theEngineersEstimateis$1,9500,00.

Inquiriesorq

uestionsbasedonallegedpatentambiguityoftheplans,specificationsor estimatemustbecommunicatedasabidderinquirypriortobidopening.Anysuchinquiriesorquestions,submittedafterbidopening,willnotbetreatedasabidprotest.

PursuanttotheprovisionsofSection1770etseq.oftheLaborCodeofCalifornia,the DirectorofIndustrialRelationsfortheStateofCaliforniahasascertainedthecurrentgeneralprevailingrateofwagesforemployerpurposes,inSolanoCounty,StateofCalifornia.

InaccordancewiththeStateofCaliforniaAdministrativeCodeTitle8,Group3,Article2, Section16109,PublicationofPrevailingratesbyAwardingBodies,copiesoftheapplicabledeterminationsoftheDirectorareonfileatthePublicWorksDepartmentoftheCity ofSuisunCityandmayberevieweduponrequest.Ifthereisadifferencebetweenthe minimumwageratespredeterminedbytheSecretaryofLaborandtheprevailingwage ratesdeterminedbytheDepartmentofIndustrialRelationsforsimilarclassificationsof labor,theContractorandhissubcontractorsshallpaynotlessthanthehigherwagerate.

PursuanttoSection1773oftheLaborCode,thegeneralprevailingrateofwagesinthe countyinwhichtheworkistobedonehasbeendeterminedbytheDirectoroftheDepartmentofIndustrialRelations.ThesewageratesappearintheDepartmentofTransportationpublicationentitle dGeneralPrevailingWageRates.Futureeffectivewagerates, whichhavebeenpredeterminedandareonfilewiththeDepartmentofIndustrialRelationsarereferencedbutnotprintedinsaidpublication.

TheContractorshallpossessavalidClassAorC27StateofCaliforniacontractor slicenseatthetimethecontractisawarded.

Bidsarerequiredfortheentireworkdescribedherein.ThiscontractissubjecttoState contract,nondiscriminationandcompliancereq uirementspursuanttoGovernmentCode, Section12990.

Thesuccessfulbiddershallfurnishabidbond,aFaithfulPerformanceBond,Materials& LaborBondand,whenworkiscompleted,aone–yearwarrantybond.TheContractor andallsub-contractorsshallpossessavalidSuisunCitybusinesslicensepriortostartof work.

TheContractorshallcomplywithallSenateBill854(SB854).InformationontherequirementsofSB854canbefoundbyclickingonthefollowinglink: https://www.dir.ca.gov/public-works/publicworks.html.

NocontractororsubcontractormayperformanyworkforthisprojectunlesstheyareregisteredwiththeCaliforniaDepartmentofIndustrialRelations(DIR).Workperformedon thisprojectissubjecttocompliancemonitoringandenforcementbytheDIR.TheContractormustpostjobsitecompliancewithTitle8CaliforniaCodeofRegulationsSection 16451.Also,theContractorandhissubcontractor(s)arerequiredtosubmitcertified payrollrecordstotheLaborCommissioner.CertifiedPayrollRecordsmustbesubmitted onlineaftersettingupanonlineaccount:https://apps.dir.ca.gov/ecpr/DAS/AltLogin.

TheCityofSuisunCityreservestherighttopostponethedateandtimefortheopening ofproposalsatanytimepriortothedateandtimeannouncedintheadvertisement.

Allproposalsshallbevalidforaperiodofsixty(60)daysafterthebidopening.TheCity ofSuisunCityreservestherighttorejectanyandallbidsortowaiveanydefectsorinformalityinthebidding. DR#00058766 Published:Oct.21,28Nov.4,2022

Green explains mini-documentary on punch of Poole and aftermath

By M adeline K enney BAY AREA NEWS GROUP

SAN FRANCISCO — The War riors have said they would like to move on from the now infamous practice punch Draymond Green landed on Jordan Poole earlier this month. But the controversy remains a topic of discussion, in part, by Green’s doing.

Green’s self-produced mini-doc umentary on TNT, released shortly before the season opener Tuesday, reignited conversations about the mid-practice fight.

In the segment, Green, who gave TNT behind-the-scenes access to his preseason, discussed what it was like for him to see one of his “worst moments” go viral.

Two days after the release, Green, speaking at a tech confer

ence in San Francisco, explained his decision to discuss what he called “the elephant in the room” during the TNT segment.

“It was my journey through the preseason,” Green said Thursday at TechCrunch Disrupt. “Unfor tunately, preseason went a little different than most preseasons.

“In doing that, when I look at a project like that and it’s my journey through the preseason, you have to be willing to address those things although they’re not the best things, although it’s something I’m not proud of at all. Who wants to watch that if you’re not going to address the elephant in the room? So I though it was very important to address it and acknowledge it in a way of owning up to my mistakes and yet being apologetic but also understanding we have a season

to prepare for. We’re all moving forward together to go and try to defend our championship.”

Neither coach Steve Kerr nor Stephen Curry had seen the TNT segment about the punch, though news of it existing piqued Curry’s interest.

“Did he say something crazy?” Curry inquired.

No, Green didn’t, a reporter assured Curry, though the timing of its release was in question.

“I haven’t watched it so I can’t really get you an answer,” Curry said. “He’s been in production, the new media stuff, I’m sure that’s not going to end. But hopefully every thing is in light of trying to protect the team and make it about what we’re trying to do on the floor as the priority.”

Kings need to find ways to deal with adversity to find success this season

By Chris BiderM an THE SACRAMENTO BEE

SACRAMENTO —

The Kings had their moments to step on the Blazers throats. New shooting guard Kevin Huerter had a sequence in which he nailed a 26-foot 3-pointer, then stole the ball mid court and went the other way for a layup. And with 5:37 to go, Doman tas Sabonis got a bucket before dishing an assist to De’Aaron Fox for a corner 3 on the next possession.

That made it a 104-99 Kings lead inside of five minutes left. Fox had 33 points and looked like the star of the game. Throughout the Kings’ season opener it appeared Fox was having an early-season signature performance. A tone-set ter for a potential All-Star season – one the Kings will need from him if they’re going to snap their 16-year playoff drought.

But that 3 was also Fox’s final basket in a dejecting 113-108 loss. He missed a 15-footer, had a turnover out of bounds, charged over a Portland defender while driving to the basket, and missed an open 3 from the corner on a step-back that

Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee/TNS Kings guard Davion Mitchell lies on the court after being fouled in the first half during a game at Golden 1 Center in sacramento, Wednesday.

would have been his best move of the night, had he sunk the shot.

The Blazers closed the game out better than the home team, and the rowdy crowd inside Golden 1 Center left the arena waiting for their new-look team’s first win of the season.

“I had a charge call and I think I missed a 3 in the corner that went in and out,” Fox said. “I don’t think they (the Blazers) did anything spectacu lar. At the end of the day, I have to be able to put the ball in the basket.”

Fox finished with 33 points on an efficient 12-of-21 shooting perfor mance, including making

5-of-9 from distance, but had eight turnovers to seven assists. New shoot ing guard Kevin Huerter went 6-of-9 from 3 and had 23 points in his Sac ramento debut. It was an impressive outing for the new backcourt, par ticularly the efficiency (Huerter was plus-16 in 29 minutes coming off a recent ankle tweak).

But the Kings fouled too much early, had three quarters where they allowed more than 30 points to Portland, and were outscored in the paint 56-38. Sabonis had 13 points with just four rebounds. The Kings’ center, hub of their offense from the

elbow and running pickand-rolls, struggled when Portland collapsed in the paint and defended him with length. Too often Sabonis would drive to the basket without an obvious outlet and the space-and-pace attack would lose both.

“We definitely should have won that game,” Sabonis said. “I feel like in the first half, we went away from our basket ball and moving the ball. I don’t know if it was them pressuring us or the first game of the season excitement. Definitely have to be better, includ ing myself.”

It certainly won’t get any easier with the L.A. Clippers coming to town Saturday, but the Kings could have rookie Keegan Murray in the lineup for his NBA debut. He missed time this week due to the league’s health and safety protocols, but he worked out at shootaround and the court before Wednesday’s game.

Adding Murray to the mix will be one of the many wrinkles the newlook Kings will have to adjust to. They had four new players who were getting incorporated into the rotation Wednesday.

Kickoff

Darrius Hickenbot tom was busy for the Wildcats on defense. He had a hand in 10 tackles and recovered a fumble. Jarren Ford also had nine tackles and Diego Madriz inter cepted a pass.

Fairfield at Vanden

The Falcons are 0-8 overall and 0-3 in the MEL, losing to Wood (42-0), Rodriguez (33-0) and Vacaville (38-0). Scoring an offensive, or defensive, touchdown would be a big step for Fairfield.

Jimmy Green had big tackle numbers for Fairfield with 15 in the Vacaville game. Jeff Carr had eight tackles and Josh Tucker deflected two passes. The Falcons’ offense couldn’t get much going against the Bulldogs’ defense.

Vanden is 7-1 overall and 2-1 in MEL. The Vikings have wins over Armijo (42-6) and Will C. Wood (49-12) and a loss to Vacaville (28-13).

Vanden’s offense came out strong last week against Will C. Wood. Quarterback Tre Dimes threw for 201 yards and a touch down. Elijah Fisherman rushed for 123 yards and a score. Dimes’ top receiver was Simeon Wydermyer with two catches for 76 yards.

Karen Jacksondavis keyed the defense with 11 tackles. Orion Null had a sack and Chris Clark picked off three passes.

San Juan at Rio Vista

Rio Vista improved to 4-4 overall and 2-1 in league after

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left fielders, Stanford product Tommy Edman of the Cardinals at both second base and utility in the NL, and Saint Mary’s product Corbin Burnes among NL pitchers.

Winners will be announced Nov. 1.

Murphy, who just completed his fourth season in the majors, also was a significant factor for the A’s at

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messaging to the team in the last two days since he watched his team lose 5-2 to the New York Islanders on Tuesday.

Asked how he stays positive after a 0-5-0 start, Quinn said, “Because I believe in this

beating Vacaville Chris tian last week 61-14. The Rams also had a win over Golden Sierra (61-14) and a loss to Esparto (48-42).

Tony Bellante did it all in the win over Vacav ille Christian. He rushed for 219 yards and had four touchdowns. On defense, Bellante had a hand in 13 tackles. Michael Lorton was close by with a hand in 12 tackles.

San Juan is 2-6 overall and 0-3 in league with losses to Vacaville Chris tian (54-14), Highlands (42-6) and Esparto (55-12). Quarterback Drew Hasen threw for 93 yards. Hezekiah Hall and Aiden Broadnax rushed for touchdowns.

Vacaville Christian at Esparto

Vacaville Christian had its strong run in the SDL sidetracked by Rio Vista. The Falcons are now 2-6 overall and 2-1 in league, beating San Juan (54-14) and Golden Sierra (43-7) before falling to the Rams (66-18).

Quarterback Brenden Jackson had a 3-yard touchdown pass to DJ Seymour and a 35-yard scoring strike to Wesley Krier. Dominique Ruff added an option pass to Gio Calderon.

Esparto is 5-3 overall and 3-0 in the SDL, beating Highlands (6321), Rio Vista (48-42) and San Juan (55-12). Silas Umbay led the way in the win over San Juan with 97 yards rushing and two touchdowns, 55 receiving yards and a score, and he had a hand in 14 tackles.

Guillermo Avina rushed for 119 yards and three touchdowns for the Spartans. Luke Simpson had two sacks and Jason Chavarria made two interceptions.

the plate, even as they recorded some franchise lows in batting. He led the team with a batting average (.250), on-base percentage (.332) and OPS (.759).

The winners of the Gold Glove Awards are determined by a com bination of votes from managers and coaches around the league in addition to the SABR Defensive Index, which measures a player’s runs saved against the average defensive player at his position.

group, we as coaches, and I said that to them. I said, ‘hopefully you guys think you’re as good as we think you are, and I know we’re not that far off.’

“There’s a lot of belief within the staff and they need to feel the same amount of confidence that we feel in them. That’s the only way we’re going get out of this.”

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