Daily Republic: Sunday, October 23, 2022

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VACAVILLE — The City Council on Tuesday will consider an envi ronmental impact report for the Greentree Specific Plan and Devel opment Project.

“The Greentree Project is a residential development at a variety of densities, with a wide range of housing types, including sin gle-family, multifamily,

commercial, public parks and open space. The project would include 1,149 dwelling units, with approximately 950 units of higher density housing types located north of Sequoia and 199 units of detached, single-family senior housing located south of Sequoia. Com mercial building capacity for north of Sequoia is estimated at up to 299,345 square feet,” the city reports on its website.

SUISUN CITY — Rhonda Englhardt of Suisun City wore a picture of her mother on the back of her T-shirt Satur day which read, “I walk in memory of Grandma Lori.” Englhardt’s sister, Esther Kalis of Vacav ille, also wore a purple shirt and walked with the memories of her mother.

Lorraine Egger died in 2014 after living with the disease for about

10 years, Kalis said.

“I walk to honor her,” Englhardt said.

Englhardt remembers her mother always being cheerful. She was a single mother who raised five children.

“I love to walk but also I want to do something for a good cause,” Englhardt said during the Walk to End Alzheimer’s at the Suisun City waterfront.

Kalis was not her mother’s caretaker but

Russia hits Ukraine’s power grid

Blackouts leave 1.5 million or more without power

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Ukraine’s critical energy infrastructure was extensively damaged Saturday as Russian troops delivered another large-scale wave of missile strikes, leaving 1.5 million or more people temporarily without power.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia had launched a “massive attack” overnight, with some 36 missiles fired, most of them inter cepted but some that hit their marks.

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is nearing the eight-month mark, and in the past two weeks has been

marked by increased targeting of civilian structures including power and heating facil ities, as the Kremlin looks to leave millions of people without electricity heading into winter.

A top aide to Zel enskyy said Russia is trying to provoke a new refugee crisis for Europe by driving Ukrai nians from their homes.

“Whether Putin will be able to implement his plan depends on Euro pean capitals’ leaders,” Mykhailo Podolyak said on Twitter.

The strikes have increased as Kremlin troops suffer multi ple setbacks on the

Supes to address labor negotiations, pandemic funding

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FAIRFIELD — Solano County supervisors have scheduled an open meeting discussion Tuesday on the “status of labor negotiations” and to consider approval of those contracts that have had tentative agreements reached by Monday. Those contracts have not been specified.

The board also is scheduled to receive a request to shift the Revolving Loan Fund Project from the pan demic negative economic impacts category of the American Rescue Plan Act to the revenue recov ery category, which would move the busi ness assistance funding into the county’s general fund control.

“In addition to the proposed residential and commercial uses, the proposed project includes a range of ame

nities, such as parks, a trail network, open space and infrastruc ture features including

The board has been holding special closed sessions as the deadline for the contract expira tions closed in, including a special closed session Friday, the date many of those agreements ended.

American Rescue Plan Act presentations on one-time employee retention/recognition payments and on Parks and Tourism options also will be made.

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Alzheimer’s event, Saturday.

Mobile phones are so much better than landlines, except . . .

It’s been about 15 years since Mrs. Brad and I got rid of our landline telephone due to persistent telemarketers and our realization that no one would call us on it.

We’d been using our cellphones for years when we literally pulled the plug on our home phone.

Brad Stanhope Like I was sayin’

Like 99% of Americans, we don’t miss landlines, but some times, when I get particularly wistful, I think back to the days way before mobile phones and realize there is some romance to the old landline days. The old landline days, before persistent telemarketers became a thing.

It may be a misty water-col ored memory, but there are

some things that we’ve lost with the switch to 100% mobile phones.

Mysterious callers. I never had caller ID on my landline (for much of my life, caller ID didn’t exist). The result was a mystery that is probably inconceiv able to Gen Z: The phone would ring and you wouldn’t know who it was. Maybe one of your friends? Maybe (in my case) one of your sisters’ friends? Maybe your school? In a house with multi ple children (four in my case), there was always a rush to answer the phone to see who it was. A mystery!

Knowing people’s numbers. How many phone numbers do you know? For me, the answer

is zero, because, like you, everyone I call is listed in my contacts. If not, I punch in their number once, then add them to my contacts. But I bet you can recite your home phone number from when you were a child. You still know it! Think of all the phone numbers you remember from when you had to dial them. When I was a sports editor, there were probably 100 phone numbers (from family members to friends to coaches to random sources) I could dial from memory. Now? There are zero. All that memory space is now taken up by passwords.

Deciding how long to wait before hanging up. This was particularly true before answering machines. You call someone’s house and the phone rings. And rings. And

rings. Do you hang up after five rings? Eight? Ten? I was taught to hang up after four, which seems impatient. Now it’s not an issue. You go to voicemail after the number of rings the person picked.

Dialing challenges. Come dian Louis CK has a bit in which he jokes about how much he used to dislike people who had an 8, 9 or 0 in their phone number because you had to dial them and it took too long. A dial! You had to put your finger in a hole and spin it, then let it return before dialing the next number.

Wrong numbers. You occa sionally get the wrong numbers now, but it’s almost always because someone changed their number. In the old days, you’d dial the wrong number

and someone would tell you, “You have the wrong number.” Occasionally you’d dial it again because you thought you may have misdialed and you’d get the same person, who would be irritated that you’d called again. Oh, the golden days of random wrong numbers.

Now we don’t have to remember any numbers or dial our phones. We rarely get wrong numbers. We always know who is calling us.

It’s a much better world and we wouldn’t go back. But you have to admit: Phone dials were a pretty interesting technology.

After bison gores a hiker in Texas, she posts the video to TikTok

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Rebecca Clark’s solo hiking trip to Caprock Canyons State Park in Texas began earlier this month with two days of beautiful sunrises and tent camping, all of which she chronicled on TikTok. But in her next video post, which has been viewed more than 2 million times, Clark’s trip takes a dan gerous turn.

One minute, she is waiting for a group of bison to clear the trail. The next she’s running for her life as a bison charges at her. The phone falls as the bison gores her back, off camera, sending her tumbling into a thorny bush yelling in pain.

With limited cell service, she told The Washington Post, she managed to get word to her son, and rescu ers reached her about 50 minutes later. The attack left Clark, 54, hos pitalized for six days with a large gash in her back, but she expects to fully recover and return to exploring the outdoors by December.

“I was very lucky,” said Clark, an early-child hood specialist from Boyd, Texas, who described herself as an avid and experienced hiker. She said she forgot she had been recording during the attack, but when she rediscovered the clip in the hospital, she decided to post it on TikTok to warn even the most expe rienced hikers to never be complacent around wild animals.

“The more I watched it, I thought, wow, I was just too close,” she said. “And there are people out there just like me who get confident.”

She credited Caprock Canyons for having exten sive warnings not to get

too close to bison, includ ing a large display in the visitor’s center, but she said it was her second time visiting and she did not pay as close attention as she should have.

Bison can run three times faster than humans, despite weighing up to one ton, according to the National Park Service.

Officials at Yellowstone National Park, which is home to the country’s largest and oldest wild bison herd, warn that bison have injured more visitors than any other animal in the park, includ ing three people attacked in a one-month span earlier this year.

Texas Parks and Wildlife spokesperson Stephanie Salinas Garcia said the agency is aware of Clark’s attack and has kept in touch with her during her recov ery. Visitors to Caprock Canyons should stay at least 50 yards away from bison, Garcia added.

On its website, the agency recommends following the “rule of thumb”: If you close one eye, stretch an arm out and hold your thumb up to the bison, it should com pletely cover the view of the animal - otherwise, you are too close.

In Clark’s video, the animals’ tails begin to swish before one of the bison charges at her.

According to Texas Parks and Wildlife, anxious bison will raise their tails in a question mark, a sign that you are disturbing the animal.

“Other signs of agi tation or disapproval are pawing the ground and lowering its head,” the agency says. “In bison culture, a head-on gaze can communicate a threat or just simply rude behavior, especially to dominant males. If you

see any of these behaviors, leave the area.”

As a general rule, the agency says, if a bison changes its behavior in any way as a result of your presence, you should leave the area. “You are visiting the home of bison,” it notes.

Caprock Canyons, which lies in the Texas panhandle about 300 miles northwest of Dallas, is home to the Texas State Bison Herd. The only remaining examples of the southern plains bison subspecies, they are genetically different from any other bison in the world, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

In 1878, rancher Charles Goodnight and his wife decided to preserve their few remaining south ern plains bison as hunting nearly wiped out the subspecies. The ranch’s owners donated the herd to the state in 1996 and the animals were moved to Caprock Canyons, which is part of their historical range, according to Texas Tech University’s Natural Science Research Labora tory. In the long term, the state hopes to restore the subspecies on a 100,000acre refuge.

On the day of the attack, Clark was solo hiking the park’s Eagle Point Trail, an out-andback trail. On her way out, the herd of bison was blocking the path, so she walked around off the trail to avoid them, she said.

That gave her “con fidence” that she could slowly pass by the herd when she encountered them on her way back, but one of the bison suddenly turned and charged her. As she recorded, it gored her back and flipped her up in the air before throw ing her forward into a mesquite bush, she said.

In hindsight, she said, she should have turned around or waited farther down the trail for the herd to clear, especially when the bison started to swish their tails. She said she had been filming other parts of the hike and was not trying to record the bison, which she discourages.

After the attack, her phone service was too spotty to get through to 911, which was not unusual for many of the remote areas she enjoys hiking, she said. By holding her phone high, she was able to get texts out to her family and friends, who con tacted rescuers. Clark was carried out on foot and taken by ambulance to a hospital, then airlifted to United Regional Hospital in Wichita Falls, Texas.

She said the incident will not diminish her love of hiking, but she plans to take more steps to ensure her safety. Her children will probably buy her a

locator device for Christ mas this year, she said.

“I don’t want to stop doing what I’m doing,” Clark said. “But I just need to make changes.”

Rebecca Clark courtesy photo Rebecca Clark captured this image, a screenshot from her video, of the bison as it turned to attack her.

Nearly

victims have reported domestic violence in past year

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FAIRFIELD — Domestic violence cases representing nearly 1,500 victims have come into the Solano County District Attorney’s Victim Witness office since Oct. 21, 2021.

Jeff Lelea, coordina tor for the office, said he was not sure how many related homicides are being investigated in that one-year period, but the Fairfield police Special Victims Unit reports there are at least two.

The District Attorney’s Office and other advocacy groups on Friday held a “Moment of Reflection” ceremony on the court house steps, on which sat 157 pairs of shoes.

There were women’s and men’s shoes, and shoes belonging to chil dren. There were work shoes and shoes to play in, and some for a walk along the beach or in a park.

Each pair represented nearly 10 victims each, and the 1,495 victims in the county this past year represent four every day.

“It’s kind of crazy to think about,” Lelea said.

Perhaps even more astounding is the number of reported cases likely represents only one-third of the actual incidents of abuse in the county, meaning another 3,000 victims did not step forward.

“I think in general the thing that comes to mind is the first reports are not the first domestic violence inci dents (for those victims),”

Fairfield police Detec tive Dennis Chapman, a member of the depart ment’s Special Victims Unit, said in an interview prior to the event.

He said the reports are just a “fraction” of the actual incidents.

Chapman said why a victim finally steps forward often is because

children are involved, or because she has been threatened by a weapon.

“But I have never had two domestic violence cases that are the same,” Chapman said.

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.”

Lilia Breaux, the program manager for the Special Victims Unit, said that lone statistic “really sticks out.”

The vast majority of domestic violence victims are women at the hands of male intimate partners, but men also are victims. And abuse does not always have to be physical.

“We are here to rec ognize all those whose lives have been touched by domestic violence, and

Report of domestic violence leads to man’s arrest, recovery of gun

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FAIRFIELD — A man armed with a handgun was arrested without inci dent this week after what police describe as a domestic violence inci dent at an apartment complex on the 2200 block of Peach Tree Drive.

Dispatch received a call early Monday about a domestic violence inci dent in progress at the apartment. Officers sent to the scene learned the man in the apartment was armed with a handgun, police report in a commu nity update.

Officers were able to get the victim out of the apartment and shortly thereafter convinced the man to come outside as well, where police report he was taken into custody without incident. Offi cers located the man’s gun, described as a loaded Glock with a high-capac ity magazine.

Kendale McCune-Stan difer, 21, was booked at Solano County jail at 10:35 a.m. Monday on suspicion of inflicting cor poral injury on a spouse or co-habitant and for having an illegal highcapacity magazine, both felony allegations, accord ing to online jail records. Bail was initially set

at a combined $60,000. No case had been filed against McCune-Standi fer in connection with the incident as of the end of the day Friday, accord ing to a search of online court records.

There were 686 docu mented cases of domestic violence last year in the city, police report. Many of those cases involved the same people with a history of domestic violence that was never reported to the police.

Police recommend that

if you or someone you know is the victim of domes tic violence, not to hesitate to ask for help and to not suffer in silence. There are many resources avail able, including the Police Department’s Special Victims Unit, formerly the Family Violence Unit.

Learn more about the unit and available ser vices at https://www. fairfield.ca.gov/govern ment/city-departments/ police/operations-bureau/ investigations/familyviolence-unit.

all those who have lost their lives to domestic vio lence,” District Attorney Krishna Abrams said.

She listed the names of three women she had gotten to know who were later killed.

Chapman said one of the homicides involves a woman who was stabbed multiple times and was found dead by her chil dren. A suspect has been arrested and the case is

Police nab 3 teens at hospital after 1 shot during robbery

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VACAVILLE —

Police are investigating a robbery this week at a local convenience store during which a gun was fired.

No workers or cus tomers at the store were injured, police report, but police suspect the robbery may be linked to a shooting injury suf fered around the same time by a 17-year-old who checked himself into a local emergency room.

Dispatchers received a call about a robbery just before 6 p.m. Tuesday at the 7-Eleven store on the 1000 block of East Monte Vista Avenue. The robbery involved what police described in a commu nity update as “a group of teenagers,” with one of the teens firing a gun during the robbery.

Officers sent to the area began collecting statements and sur veillance video. The 17-year-old arrived at an emergency room a short time later with a gunshot wound police described in the press release as not life-threatening in nature. Officers headed to the hospital where they located the injured teen and two of his companions.

Further investiga tion linked all three to the robbery and deter

mined the teenager had likely accidentally shot himself during the inci dent, police report.

Marveil Massey, 18, of Natomas, was booked into the Solano County jail on suspicion of felony robbery and conspir acy, with bail initially set at a combined $80,000. No criminal charges had been filed against Massey as of the end of the day Friday, accord ing to court records available online.

The other two juve niles were booked into Juvenile Hall on suspi cion of felony robbery and conspiracy, police report. Their names were withheld because they are minors. The age of the second juve nile was not released. Their cities of residence also were not released, other than to report they are from the Sac ramento area.

The case remains under investigation.

Anyone with informa tion about the robbery is asked to call Detec tive Kaley Sullivan at 707-469-4857.

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Solano County District Attorney Krishna Abrams speaks during a Domestic Violence Awareness Month event at the county courthouse, Friday. Seen in the background

are shoes representing the nearly 1,500 reported cases of domestic violence in Solano County between October 2021 and October 2022.

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Thomas Johnson passed from this life, sur rounded by the love of family who were with him and those who were far away, on July 19, 2022. He was born, Thomas Morley Johnson, July 23, 1944, in Mount Vernon, New York, to Ole William Johnson and Virginia (Ferris) Johnson.

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Tom started his elemen tary school years in Hanover, New Hampshire, and con tinued on in Montpelier and Northfield, Vermont.

He would go on to gradu ate from Northfield High School in 1963. After grad uating high school, Tom attended Norwich Univer sity in Northfield, Vermont; Class of 1967. There he com pleted a four-year ROTC program. At the time of his graduation, he was a 2nd Lieutenant of the Norwich University Corps of Cadets. He studied history and government and graduated with a BA in Government.

From college, Tom proudly served his country in the United States Army from 1967 to 1970. He began in 1967 as a Reserve Officer and was appointed as a Reserve Commissioned Officer in 1968. At the time he received his active-duty orders, he was a 2nd Lieu tenant in the Quartermas ter Corps of the USAR. As Tom continued to serve, he was promoted to 1st Lieu tenant of the United States Army. He served in Vietnam as the Supply Management Officer of the Petroleum Depot and Pipeline Platoon Leader. In February 1970, along with six others from his group, he was awarded the Bronze Star medal for meritorious achievement in connection with military operations against a hostile force. Tom remained in the U.S. Army (Standby) Reserve until February 1974.

After his service in the Army, Tom moved to Bir mingham, Alabama, to be closer to his brother and his family. He enjoyed spend ing as much time as he could with his family there and loved them all dearly. In Birmingham, he began his career in the oil indus try by working for the Stan dard Oil Company. By the end of 1971, Tom had moved

Vallejo sets free dump day to curb illegal dumping

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VALLEJO — City res idents have a one-day opportunity next month to clear their homes and properties of unwanted items during a free fall dump day.

The events is an effort by the city to take a bite out of the tons and tons of trash and debris that people dump illegally each year in the city.

City officials estimate the Vallejo Maintenance Department disposes of more than 150 tons of ille gally dumped material each year, the city reports. That’s equal to the weight of the Statue of Liberty, minus the base; ninetenths as heavy as a house or 20 times as heavy as an elephant.

The city is working with Recology VallejoAmerican Canyon and Caltrans Bay Area District 4 to host the free dump day from 7 a.m. to noon Nov. 12 at 100 Solano St. Participants will need to enter from the north side of Sonoma Boulevard.

This free dump day is open to Vallejo residents

as the Chevron Corporation.

In 1976, he met the love of his life, Kathy. They married in Nashville in Feb ruary 1979. The fol lowing year, Tom and Kathy made the big decision to relo cate to California so Tom could continue his career with Chevron. Together, with Kim (age 9), they made their new home in Suisun City. Tom contin ued to work for Chevron at the Richmond distribution center until he joined Kathy in retirement in 2004.

Prior to retirement, Tom and Kathy enjoyed square dancing with the Pals and Sals in Vacaville and they were among the found ing members of the Grand Squares on Travis Air Force Base. Tom was a member of the Lassen Street Church of Christ in Vallejo. Tom also served on the Solano County Grand Jury.

Tom’s greatest joy in life was his family. The love he had for his family ran so deep.

He is survived by his chil dren, Donald Stroud (Leigh Anne), of Duluth, Georgia, Eva Myatt (Charlie), and Kimberlee Bagos (Al) all of Vacaville, California; six grandchildren (four with spouses); five great-grand children; a sister-in-law; nieces and nephew; friends, and friends who were more like family.

Tom was preceded in death by his wife of 40 years, Kathy; his parents; and both of his siblings.

The family would like to take this opportunity to thank the staff, at VCRC, for the kindness and loving care that you bestowed upon Tom and the family.

There will be an infor mal celebration of Tom’s life at 11:15 a.m. Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, at the Sacra mento Valley National Cem etery, 5810 Midway Road, Dixon, California. Please dress comfortably, wearing your favorite red, white and blue patriotic attire!

You know you’ll be too overdressed for Tom if you’re not in a T-shirt and maybe some shorts! Some thing, no matter the weather, Tom wore every single day!

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you make a donation to a charity that Tom supported, The Wounded Warrior Project.

Laura Ann (Shope) Daum

Jan. 23, 1948 — Oct. 6, 2022

Laura passed away peacefully at home in her sleep on Oct. 6, 2022.

Laura was born Jan. 23, 1948, in Indio, California, to George Albert ‘Al’ Shope and Montie ‘Honey’ (Hinkle) Shope. When she was a little girl her family moved to Red Bluff, California, where she and her four siblings spent the bulk of their childhood.

Laura graduated from Red Bluff High School in 1966. Just after high school she attended Heald Business School in San Francisco.

While visiting family in Red Bluff, Laura met and fell in love with Jim Daum, who was her brother Wes’ best friend. Laura and Jim married on July 15, 1973. They settled in Northern California and had one son together, Christopher.

Laura worked for 38 years at Baja Construc tion and worked her way up to being President of the company, she was well respected in her industry and loved by her coworkers and staff.

Laura was a beloved wife, mother, grammy, sister,

auntie, cousin and friend. She was loved by everyone she met. Laura had the ability to make people feel at ease and cared for when they were around her. Her favorite activities were trav eling, shopping, antiquing, reading, spending time with her granddaughter Made leine, and spoiling her family and friends.

Laura is survived by her husband, Jim; son and daughter-in-law, Chris and Anne; granddaughter, Mad eleine; brother, Lee Shope; sister, Dana McCarty; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Wes Shope; and sister, Sue (Shope) Richardson.

Interment will be at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, Dixon, California.

In lieu of flowers, dona tions may be made to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation in Laura’s name.

Arrangements under the care of Bryan-Braker Funeral Home, 707-4254697, www.bryanbraker. com.

Keiko ‘Kay’ Lieberman Dec. 31, 1933 — Aug. 19, 2022

Keiko ‘Kay’ Lieberman was born in Tokyo, Japan, to Mr. and Mrs. Gunichi Matsue on Dec. 31, 1933. She passed away at her home in Suisun at the young age of 88, on Aug. 19, 2022, with her daughter at her bedside.

Kay met her husband, Stanley Arthur Lieberman, when they were both 19, while he was stationed at Yokota Air Base near Tokyo. After a few years apart, Stanley returned to Japan to marry Kay. They were 24 and were married for 62 years. Kay and Stan raised five chil dren and adored their two grandchildren.

The couple purchased a house near Travis AFB in 1979 after Stan retired from the Air Force. They lived together in Suisun for 40 years.

Kay was employed at Travis Base Exchange as a customer service super visor, retiring in 1997. She enjoyed growing vegeta bles in her backyard with Stan and harvesting per simmons and plums from

the trees they had planted. Stan made the coffee for both of them to enjoy with their break fast, that he also liked to prepare for Kay. They couldn’t resist having a favorite treat to go along with the coffee.

Stan passed away in January 2019 and was given full military honors at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery. After a service scheduled for Nov. 1, 2022, Kay will join her beloved husband there for eternity.

Kay is survived by daughters, Jennifer (Suisun) and Donna (Vacaville); sons, Mark (Los Angeles) and Jeff (Sacramento); granddaugh ter, Danielle (Denver); and grandson, Julian (Boulder).

Husband, Stanley, and son, David preceded her passing.

The service for Kay will be held at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, 5810 Midway Road, Dixon, California.

Arrangements were made by BryanBraker Funeral Home, 707-425-4697.

Fairfield Planning Commission again takes up Edison RV appeal

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FAIRFIELD — The city Planning Com mission will endeavor Wednesday to finish its work on an appeal concerning garbage signage and containers at the proposed Edison RV Storage facility on Edison Court.

The commission, on a 4-1 vote at its last meeting Oct. 12, par tially agreed with Steve Mirabito, of Storage Pro at Fairfield LLC, and reduced the size of the trash enclosure.

The panel will reconsider the signage

required, and whether the storage company should have to provide two cubic-yard con tainers for waste and recycling.

The project calls for developing storage space for up to 138 vehicle, and solar carports, on about 4.21 acres at 490 Edison Court.

The commission meets at 6 p.m. in the council chamber at City Hall, 1000 Webster

St. The meeting will be streamed live at www.youtube.com/user/ FFCATV/live.

The public may also access the meeting at https://fairfieldca. zoom.us/j/9706560749 8?pwd=a1dnaVY2Uz FINU4xaU5sS0FET09 qZz09 or by calling 408638-0968. The Meeting ID is 970 6560 7498. The passcode is 66781819.

Susan Wau traud Johnson entered this world March 18, 1964, to parents Wautraud ‘Wally’ and Walter Johnson, joining her brother Michael in Fairfield.

Susan gradu ated from Armijo High School in 1982, and soon entered the title and escrow industry. Her zest for life, love and hot air balloons brought her to Park City, Utah, in 1992, where she lived for the next 30 years. Continuing her career in title and escrow, Susan worked for First American Title Company and continued her success ful career by establishing Metro National Title as one of the premier title compa nies in Park City.

In 1999, Susan wel comed her person into the world, Sonoma ‘Sunny’ Wayan Mougenot, and from that day forward, spent boundless energy toward the health and happiness of her daughter and soulmate. Susan manifested

with fierceness and passion. An avid traveler and explorer, Susan circled the world in three months and visited five conti nents. Her mission was to love and be loved and she showed us all by example how to ‘SEIZE LIFE!’

Despite the busyness of her life with work and her travel and adventures, Susan returned home to Fairfield almost monthly to spend time with her parents and round up her high school friends for live music and drinks at some of her favorite Suisun Valley venues.

Her passions were unlim ited but included music, dancing, garage sales, the men in her life, sunsets, the moon, being by water and NOW.

Susan left this world on June 22, 2022, after a long and hard-fought battle against cancer sur rounded by love, her daugh ter and her best friend . . . her mother. She was preceded in death by her brother, Michael, and her father,

pected passing of our much beloved Kenneth Michael LaPlant on the evening of Oct. 12, 2022, at 9:25 p.m. He arrived at Pied mont Henry Hos pital late day Oct. 11th in McDonough, Georgia, and was admitted to the ICU early the following morning due to difficulty breathing. Having been visited multiple times by family that morning and night, and with no prog nosis, he passed within minutes following a family visit.

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ifornia. After mass layoffs in the spring of 1996, he eventu ally relocated to the state of Washing ton in 1998 to con tinue his rigging career, which even tually fizzled out and left Ken at an impasse within in his career path.

Ken made a bold entry into the world on Nov. 10, 1965, in the small town of Cortland, New York. He was the proud son to Gerald Russel LaPlant and Patty Jack LaPlant. Kenny, as he was fondly known, was a force to be reckoned with. He carved his own path, even at a young age.

He and his family moved from upstate New York and he began his new life as a military brat in the small town of Suisun City, Califor nia, while his father, Gerald, humbly supported his small family working at Travis Air Force Base. Ken would soon be a big brother when Thomas Russell LaPlant was born in October 1967. Ken’s mom, Patty, noted that even as a young child, he was a bossy boy, so Tom bore the brunt of his brother’s big per sonality and willfulness.

Ken would move with his family abroad for several years to Yokota AFB in Japan and have lots of new experi ences from the time he was 8 to 11 years of age. When they returned to the states, he grew up on Dahlia Street in Fairfield, California, and graduated from Fairfield High School in 1983.

Ken entered the Armed Forces to then return home and put in several years working as a rigger at Mare

Years of being away from the family took a toll on him and his family. And sadly, his mother Patty succumbed to a four-year battle with cancer, wherein more despondency and iso lation left him to his own devices. Ken ended up spending, unbeknownst to himself, several of his last remaining years imprisoned and isolated even more.

Shortly after Ken’s moth er’s departure, his father, Gerald, moved to Georgia to live near his son Tom and his family, for the remain der of his years. Fortu nately, by October 2021, Ken was released from the state of Washington just in time to be able to move to his father’s home in McDonough, Georgia. He finally found his way back to his father, brother and family and was able to be present with his father for his final three months, when Gerald finally passed away on Jan. 1, 2022.

Ken was a funny and larger-than-life personality wherein you loved him or you hated him, or both; but he stayed true to who he was and who he wanted to be. His big presence and his thundering voice and laugh will be missed, but will ever be etched in our hearts and minds.

He left behind his brother, Thomas; sister-inlaw, Stephanie; nephews, Travis (and family) and Caleb, and nieces, Rachel and Bethany.

You are ever loved and will be forever missed ‘Big Brother’ - ‘Unc’.

Thomas Johnson July 23, 1944 — July 19,

Susan Johnson

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CDC panel does not recommend school-entry mandate for Covid vaccine

Todd R. H ansen THANSEN@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

FAIRFIELD — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is not likely to recommend that Covid-19 vaccines be mandatory for school entry.

Instead, the Advi sory Committee on Immunization Prac tices recommended to the CDC that it issue a recommendation that all residents 6 months or older should get a Covid -19 vaccine shot.

“So they are treating it like influenza,” Dr. Bela Matyas, the Solano County public health officer, said in a phone inter view Friday.

Matyas has said in the past the CDC rarely goes against the recommenda tion of this committee.

“And now the ball is in the court of the state,” he said.

Matyas said the com mittee’s decision pretty much follows the CDC’s approach to Covid vacci nations, which has been to lower the age approval for getting a shot as the vac cines were approved, and recommending vaccina tions for anyone eligible.

“It’s very much in the keeping with everything they have been doing during the pandemic,” Matyas said.

The advisory com mittee met Thursday and Friday.

Matyas said he does not know when a deci sion by the state will be announced.

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being adjudicated.

The other case was also a fatal stabbing involving two women in a romantic relationship. The inves tigation is complete and has been sent to the Dis trict Attorney’s Office for review and possible crim inal charges.

“Domestic violence is today’s assault and battery, and tomorrow’s homicide,” said Abrams, adding she believed each of the nearly four dozen people who attended the event likely knows a victim of domes tic violence.

“It really affects the whole family. It affects the children who see it. It affects the family,” Abrams said.

She said the effects can be long-lasting, especially for the children.

Vacaville police Chief Ian Schmutzler gave a shout out to all those individuals and agencies working against domes tic violence, and called on everyone to support those people.

“So I guess my biggest message today is advocate for the advocates,” Sch mutzler said.

Lelea said everyone can be an advocate for the victims, too.

“If you have friends who are going through this . . . it’s our responsibility to say something if we see something,” Lelea said.

The courthouse event was followed by another gathering at the county Events Center during which Debra Newell was the guest speaker.

Newell wrote a book about surviving her violent marriage, a story that became the basis of a podcast and the Netflix series, “Dirty John.”

“We thank God she is alive to tell her story,” Abrams said, “and thank God her daughters are alive.”

City buys bank property for downtown mixed-use project

Todd R. H ansen THANSEN@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

FAIRFIELD — The down town is going to get taller.

That is one of the ways Fair field Councilman Scott Tonnesen explains the Heart of Fair field vision.

“The whole plan for down town is make it a walkable community,” said Tonnesen, who represents the downtown district on the City Council.

The recent work to put in bright green bicycle lanes, convert some side streets to one-way avenues, and adding stop signs to replace stop lights is part of that vision.

It also includes plans for apartment units scattered across the entire area.

The city announced this week it has purchased the former Bank of America building at the corner of Texas and Great Jones

streets for $2.11 million. The property also includes a former barber shop and the former investigation office for the Police Department. The plans are for mixed uses, with high-density

residential.

“We own the whole block now,” Tonnesen said.

The empty lot behind the bank along Great Jones also is zoned

for high-den sity, multi-unit housing, as is the 2.5-acre site of the former Sam Yeto school at Madison and Broadway streets, and the site of the old Dairy Queen, where the Praise Covenant Church is located near Ding’s Cocktail Lounge.

There has been discussion about adding housing at all those locations. The church controls the Texas Street prop erty, but Tonnesen said there has been talk about adding resi dential units.

The zoning was approved years ago when the Heart of Fair field plan was being developed.

“What I tell people is down town Fairfield is going to get taller . . . four, five stories,” Tonnesen said.

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The city of Fairfield has bought the old Bank of America building on the corner of Great Jones Street and Texas Street.

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Officials mark completion of portion of massive I-80/I-680/Highway 12 project

Daily Republic Staff DRNEWS@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

FAIRFIELD — Offi cials this week marked the completion of the latest portion of a massive project to revamp the con vergence in Fairfield of Interstate 80, Interstate 680 and Highway 12.

California Department of Transportation and Solano County Transpor tation Authority officials on Thursday celebrated the completion of what’s described in a press release as “a critical phase in the project to improve the Interstate 80 (I-80), Interstate 680 (I-680), and State Route 12 (SR-12) freeway interchange in Solano County.”

Funding for the twoyear, $93.7 million project includes $53.2 million in funding from Senate Bill 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, and $9 million in federal funding.

“The I-80/I-680/ SR-12 interchange is an important conduit for the people in the Bay Area,” Caltrans District 4 Direc tor Dina El-Tawansy said in the press release.

“Completion of this phase of the project will signif icantly benefit motorists in the Napa Valley, Sacra mento and the greater Bay Area. We look forward to beginning work on the next phase for this vital interchange.”

The I-80/I-680/ Highway 12 project is a multiple-year, mul tiple-phase effort near Fairfield’s Green Valley and Cordelia Vil lages neighborhoods that includes Package 1 through Package 7. Package 1 was com pleted in 2017 with a new

Green Valley Road Inter change and westbound Highway 12 connector from westbound I-80 to westbound Highway 12

The just-completed phase of the project, known as Package 2A, will improve the flow of traffic through the reconfigu ration of three freeway ramps at the interchange.

It replaces the exist ing single-lane eastbound Highway 12 to eastbound I-80 connector with a new two-lane connector and bridge structure, con structs a new off-ramp from eastbound Highway

12 to Green Valley Road, and creates a new offramp from eastbound I-80 to Green Valley Road and southbound I-680.

Motorists using this new interchange should experience improved travel times and enhanced safety while residents will benefit from reduced cutthrough traffic on local streets, Caltrans reports.

“The completion of the I-80/I-680/SR12 Package 2A Project will greatly enhance the flow of traffic and improve safety for commuters and freight traffic traveling through

LEFT: This map provided by the California Department of Transportation shows the area of the newly completed I-80/I-680/ Highway 12 interchange.

this busy interchange,” Vallejo Mayor Robert McConnell, chairman of the Solano Transportation Authority board, said in the press release. “Addi tionally, this project will improve Solano Coun ty’s economy by getting workers and goods to their destinations more quickly and more efficiently.”

SB 1 provides $5 billion in annual transporta tion funding shared equally by the state and local agencies.

For more informa tion about the I-80/I-680/ Highway 12 project, visit the project website at https://dot.ca.gov/cal trans-near-me/district-4/ d4-projects/d4-solano-i-80i-680-sr-12-interchange.

Police partner with steakhouse to boost Special Olympics

Daily Republic Staff DRNEWS@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

FAIRFIELD — Police from agencies across the area will team up with Texas Roadhouse to offer a free meal to all comers who are seated from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday to benefit Special Olympics.

And while the lunch is free, members of law enforcement who will work as servers for the event encourage exces sively large tips. This is, after all, a fundraiser.

Solano County law enforcement officials promise “a tier-one dining experience” for a meal that includes a pulled pork sandwich, steak fries, fresh baked honey cinnamon and butter bread and a nonal coholic beverage.

No substitutions are allowed. In fact, the combination is the only food Texas Road house will serve during the three-hour event.

Texas Roadhouse, will, however, swap out a meat item for a dinner salad to accommodate vegans and vegetarians.

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only, with proof of res idency required to participate.

Acceptable items include tires; furniture, to include mattresses; general garbage; yard waste; all appliances, to include refrigerators;

meal, guests will be asked to leave a mon etary “tip” for the excellent service they received. Those tips will be donated directly to Special Olympics.

The Fairfield event is one of hundreds of conducted by the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Northern California. The goal of the Law Enforce ment Torch Run is to partner with communi ties to support Special Olympics programs through fundraising and public education, while enhancing the quality of life of area athletes.

No reservations are needed. If the turnout is greater than antici pated, Texas Roadhouse will create a waitlist for all parties and text them when there is a table available.

Several law enforce ment agencies are participating.

No delivery will be available. Those who are unable to attend the lunch event may donate directly at https:// p2p.onecause.com/ texasroadhouse.

e-waste, which is essen tially anything with a plug; and metal objects.

Unacceptable items include household haz ardous waste, chemicals, propane tanks, sharps (needles) or medical waste, and construction and demolition debris.

Residents will be allowed to make multi ple trips throughout the course of the event.

Courtesy photos ABOVE: An aerial view shows the newly constructed I-80/I-680/ Highway 12 interchange in Fairfield.

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VACAVILLE — Lin Colonel came to the Nut Tree Shopping Center on Saturday with her husband and children to spend the afternoon looking for home improvement ideas.

“I’m thinking a little bit about Christmas,” Colonel said.

Lin Colonel and her husband Joey just bought a new house and are finding projects popping up here and there.

“I’m just looking around,” she said Satur day at the Solano County Home Show and Fall Festival at the Nut Tree Family Fun Park.

The show is located at the Harbison Event Center, at 1661 E. Monte Vista Ave., behind the plaza area, and features plenty of family fun and ideas for decorating.

Event organizer Shawna Arzadon said she was thrilled to have so many vendors present.

“This year we have 95 vendors, that is more than last year,” she said. “And we have different kinds of vendors.”

Along with vendors for solar panels were vendors selling clothing, pottery and even home made candles.

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This year was a little different because Arzadon also wrapped a few new fun activities into the home improvement ideas, such as a scarecrow contest.

“We have nine partici pants,” she said.

People get a chance to vote on their favor ite scarecrows this weekend. Winners will be announced Sunday at the end of the home show.

A dog costume contest Saturday featured several pups showing off their costumes.

Visitors also got a chance for take part

Suisun council to meet in closed session

SUISUN CITY — The City Council has scheduled a special closed session for 5:30 p.m. Thursday to discuss the legal case of Louisa Pickering and Michael Picker ing v. City of Suisun City.

The council will meet in open session prior to going behind closed doors, and will take public comment.

The meeting is virtual. The public may access it by going to https://zoom.us/join or by calling 707-438-1720. The Meeting ID is 893 8364 2774.

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cal and more.

Allan Brownlee pro vided music Saturday. DJ Adams will provide enter tainment Sunday.

in pumpkin bowling, a ring toss, tic tac toe, and had a pumpkin patch to wander through.

This show has been going on since 2015 with thousands of visitors over the weekend. Arzadon said she is expecting about

3,500 people this weekend. The vendors offer a wide range of products and services on upgrades, repairs for heating and air, solar, kitchen and bathroom, doors and windows, screens, garage flooring, alarms, electri

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The show contin ues from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are available at the gate.

Free parking is avail able at the end of Nut Tree Road behind Fen ton’s Creamery.

For more information and a discount admission coupon, go to www.solano homeshow.com.

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Tristan Colonel, 3, of Vacaville is dressed as a pumpkin for the costume contest at the Solano County Home Show and Fall Festival at the Nut Tree Family Fun Park, Saturday.

One of the scarecrows entered into the scarecrow contest is on display at the Solano County Home Show and Fall Festival at the Nut Tree Family Park in Vacaville, Saturday. There are nine entries in the scarecrow contest.

Wells Fargo Bank launches Inclusivity Project in Fairfield State reports Solano County unemployment rate back below 4%

Wells Fargo this week announced its commitment to the Black and African American entrepreneur ial community with a $335,000 investment in The Inclusivity Project, a program of the Northern California Small Busi ness Development Centers.

The announce ment came Thursday in Fairfield.

This program creates collaborations between like-minded organiza tions to provide no-cost mentorship, advising, workshops and network ing opportunities to the Black and African Amer ican small business and entrepreneurial com munity., according to a press release from Wells Fargo. The program is part of Wells Fargo’s larger goal of broadening diversity and inclusion in all aspects of its business and part of an intentional focus to expand access to the resources needed to start and grow Black and African American small businesses.

For more information about The Inclusivity Project, visit www.the inclusivityproject.com.

Retail space leases along Texas Street in Fairfield

Premier Com mercial helped Mary Alice Bedingfield lease 6,000 square feet of retail space at 801 and 803 Texas St. to Ayman Odeh.

The transaction was announced in a press release.

SAFE employees help nonprofits during month of service

Putting together bags for families with children facing cancer. Sorting food at regional food banks. Creating kitchen kits for refugees new to the Sacramento region. Serving meals to mothers and children getting

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their lives back on track. Staffing fundraisers. Writing letters to those in hospice.

These were some of the activities that many of SAFE Credit Union’s 750 employees partici pated in during the credit union’s Building Com mYOUnity Month in September. From indi viduals making dog toys out of old T-shirts to hosting birthday parties for children in the VOA homeless shelters, SAFE employees found many ways to support the causes they care the most about.

Altogether, SAFE employees volunteered at 20 nonprofits in the Greater Sacramento region, the credit union reports in a press release.

Volunteerism is a part of the culture at SAFE. Each employee receives 16 hours of paid time off each year to volun teer. Employees are encouraged to volunteer on their own, with their co-workers as a teambuilding exercise, or sign up from a regularly updated list of opportu nities put together by a team focused on SAFE’s volunteer efforts.

SAFE, which operates in Solano and a dozen other counties, launched its Building CommY OUnity Week two years ago, but this year decided to extend it to a full month to make a bigger impact in the community.

To learn more about SAFE’s Building Com mYOUnity Week, call Carole Ferguson at 916-836-6318.

Do you have some busi ness-related news to share? Send it to Susan Hiland at shiland@ dailyrepublic.net. Be sure to include Biz Buzz in the subject line.

Stocks climb, bond rout wanes

Stocks climbed as the global bond rout faded, with volatility showing no signs of abating amid Friday’s $2 trillion options expiration and another raft of cor porate earnings.

The S&P 500 pushed higher amid several twists and turns. Two-year yields fell, while 10-year rates traded off session highs. The Japanese yen rebounded in an apparent wave of dollar sales.

-Bloomberg

Todd r. H ansen THANSEN@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

FAIRFIELD — The number of local Solano County jobs went down for the second time in three months, according to the state’s latest unemploy ment report.

The lone excep tion was August when the job market did not change from July.

However, Solano County residents are finding jobs elsewhere as the unemployment rate for September dropped to 3.8% and 200 more res idents were working, up from 193,500 in August to 193,700, the Labor Market Information Division of the state Employment Development Department reported Friday.

The biggest local job gains came in public edu cation with 800 additional jobs, the EDD reported.

The jobless rate in August was 4.2%. The rate in September 2021 was 6.3%.

Unemployment state wide fell to 3.7%, down from 4.1%, while the national rate was at 3.3% in September, dipping from 3.8% a month earlier, the EDD reported. The rates in September 2021 were 6.1% and 4.6%,

respectively.

The Solano County civilian workforce was listed at 201,400, down from 202,000, but the number of residents seeking unemployment benefits also dipped, from 8,500 to 7,700, the EDD reported.

The farming sector added 100 jobs (1,900), but the non-farm ing sectors went from

137,600 jobs to 137,100, the EDD reported.

The hardest hit area was retail, with 400 fewer jobs, and in the Leisure and Hospitality sector, which fell 300 jobs – all indicating a drop in dis posable income spending by the consumer.

The local building market continues to hold steady as construction added 100 jobs to 12,600,

the EDD reported.

Solano County ranked 31st among the state’s 58 counties and was last among the nine Bay Area counties with Contra Costa County the closest at 3.1%.

San Mateo County had the lowest unemploy ment rate in the state at 1.9%. Imperial County had the highest at 16%, the EDD reported.

Macron accuses U.S. of trade ‘double standard’

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French President Emmanuel Macron slammed U.S. trade and energy policies for creat ing “a double standard” with Europe as resent ment builds over the economic price the con tinent is paying over Russia’s war in Ukraine.

“The North Ameri can economy is making choices for the sake of attractiveness, which I respect, but they create a double standard” with lower energy prices domestically while selling natural gas to Europe at record prices, Macron said at a news confer ence in Brussels following a meeting of European Union leaders.

“In addition they allow state aid going to up to 80% on some sectors while it’s banned here -- you get a double standard,” he added. “It comes down to the sincerity of transatlan tic trade,” he added.

The EU has been chafing over the U.S. stim ulus package known as the Inflation Reduction Act, which provides sub sidies for electric cars made in North America and provides what European officials say

is unfair support for green economy.

The 44-year-old Macron will be hitting these points hard when he visit Washington D.C.

for a state visit in early December. That’s a bit more than a year after the bilateral relationship suffered a major blow when Australia dropped a

mega deal to buy French submarines in favor of nuclear-powered subma rines from the U.S.. France briefly recalled

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Rebecca Schlafer helps out a student in her fifth-grade class on the first day of school at Edwin Markham Elementary School in Vacaville, Aug. 18. According to the Employment Development Department, Solano added 800 additional jobs in the public education sector in September.

Suisun Valley church service offers blessings to animals

SuSan HilanD SHILAND@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

SUISUN VALLEY —

The animals were sniffing each other Saturday and the horses neighed a few times from a truck after being blessed by the Rev. Sam Alexander.

Rockville Presbyterian Fellowship Church once again blessed the animals people brought by for the morning event.

The animals are blessed near St. Francis’ feast day because of his love for animals as expressed in his prayer, “Canticle of Creatures.” St. Francis of Assisi is the patron saint of animals

and many churches offer animal-blessing services.

Usually this happens Oct. 4, but not all churches

do it on that day.

“The animals care for us, too,” Alexander said. “People come looking for

a blessing because they believe in ‘spirit.’ ”

More than a half-dozen animals were blessed, including animals from church members Kris Herman-Jones and her daughter, Bonnie Jones, 9. They come each year to bless their horse Frankie. This year Frankie was joined by another horse.

Gary Dreibelbis helped organize the annual event for the church again this year. Dreibelbis said he was happy to welcome everyone back for the in-person blessing of crea tures large, small and those in-between.

Fairfield tax preparer pleads guilty to $1.5M tax fraud scheme

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DRNEWS@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

FAIRFIELD — A tax preparer in Fairfield has pleaded guilty to a tax fraud scheme that cost the government more than $1.5 million, the U.S. Attorney’s Office reports.

Myrna N. Kawakami, 70, of Fairfield, pleaded guilty Thursday to making and subscrib ing a false tax return, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced in a press release.

Court documents show Kawakami ran a tax preparation busi ness on the 2200 block of Champagne Court in Fairfield called K.I.M. Tax Book Ser vices, where she assisted taxpayers in prepar ing fraudulent federal income tax returns, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Cali fornia in Sacramento.

The returns claimed thousands of dollars in itemized deductions based on ineligible expenses, resulting in fraudulent tax refunds,

In brief

Talbert reports. The total amount lost by the Inter nal Revenue Service as a result of Kawakami’s fraudulent preparation of 1,035 tax returns between the2012and2015taxyears is nearly $1.562 million.

Talbert in the press release made no mention about possible enforce ment action against Kawakami’s clients.

Kawakami also sub mitted fraudulent tax returns on her own behalf, “significantly underreporting the income from her tax business and claiming education credits based on ineligible expenses,” Talbert reports in the press release. By doing so, Talbert reports Kawakami reduced the amount of tax she owed for 2013 and 2014 by approximately $40,390.

Kawakami is sched uled to be sentenced Feb. 23 by U.S. Dis trict Judge Troy L. Nunley in Sacramento. She faces a maximum statutory penalty of three years in prison and a $100,000 fine, the U.S. Attorney’s Office reports.

Officials: 2 nurses dead at Texas hospital

FORT WORTH, Texas — A suspect who shot and killed two nurses was detained after he was shot by a police officer at Methodist Hospital in Dallas Satur day morning, authorities said.

According to reporting by Star-Telegram media partner WFAA-TV, the two victims were both nurses who were shot near the hospital’s maternity ward.

— Tribune Content Agency

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The Rev. Sam Alexander blesses a dog during the Blessing of the Animals event at Rockville Presbyterian Fellowship

Church in rural Fairfield, Saturday. More than a half-dozen animals were blessed.

Kris Herman-Jones and her daughter, Bonnie Jones, 9, wait to have their horse Frankie and his companion blessed at Rockville Presbyterian Fellowship Church in rural Fairfield, Saturday. They take part in the service each year.

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Will misinformation police come for your doctor?

Can wet hair make you sick?

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Your mom may have warned you that going outside with wet hair will make you sick. But is this just a superstition or can damp hair outdoors make you ill?

Sorry, mom, but the short answer is no.

Wet hair in a cold environment can make you feel cold and uncom fortable. But it will not give you a cold.

bathroom countertops with disinfectant, espe cially when someone in your household has a cold.

3. Use tissues

Sneeze and cough into tissues. Discard used tissues right away and then thoroughly wash your hands.

4. Don’t share

Scott Anderson Ask Dr. Scott

Assembly Bill 2098, recently signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom, empowers the Medical Board to disci pline licensed physicians who “disseminate misin formation or disinformation,” accord ing to a recent summary of the legislation in The Wall Street Journal (“Califor nia to Doctors: Agree or Shut Up,” WSJ, Oct. 12, 2022). Seven of the board’s 15 members are not physicians, including an environmental lawyer.

AB 2098 was backed by the California Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Emergency Physicians.

Stifling free speech by physicians, however, is an approach that ignores medical history. Major advances in medical science are often scorned by officialdom. Con versely, “standard” therapies eventually become old-fashioned, if not harmful. Times change. Opinions change. Medicine changes.

The doctor-patient relationship, by contrast, has been sacrosanct since the days of Hippocrates (460-370 BC). The heavy hand of the Thought Police should not rest on the shoulder of a physi cian talking to patients. Consider past examples that illustrate examples of “misinformation” that proved right, or “informa tion” that proved wrong.

Ignaz Semmelweis (1818-1865) outraged his contemporaries in the Austro-Hungarian empire by advocating handwash ing by physicians. Most doctors went straight from performing autopsies to delivering babies, and a high incidence of “child bed fever” resulted from a complete lack of hygienic methods. Semmelweis was ostracized for his views and died in a mental hospital. Today he is con sidered a father of modern antiseptic techniques.

Barry Marshall (b. 1951) and Robin Warren (b. 1937) discovered a microbe called Helico bacter pylori, which they postulated as a cause of stomach ulcers. The Gas troenterology Society of Australia considered their

views unworthy of consid eration. After proving the bacterium could induce ulcers, Marshall and Warren were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology in 2005.

Arnall Patz (19202010), a Johns Hopkins University ophthalmolo gist, suspected that high dose supplemental oxygen was contributing to neona tal blindness, by causing a condition called retrolen tal fibroplasia. Colleagues, predictably, reacted with outrage. National Insti tutes of Health officials warned that failure to give high-dose oxygen would “kill a lot of babies by anoxia to test a wild idea.”

Clinical trials, however, proved Patz correct. He was co-recipient of the prestigious Lasker Prize, and neonatal blind ness decreased by 60% after oxygen levels were adjusted downward in later years.

Frank Billings (18541932) popularized the “Focus of Infec tion Theory,” leading to millions of unnec essary tonsillectomies and dental extractions. The Focus of Infection Theory was abandoned, based on later research. The wholesale removal of healthy tissues, to foster better health, is no longer routine surgical practice.

Newsom reassured Californians that AB 2098 will be enforced for “egregious instances in which a licensee is acting with malicious intent or clearly deviating from the required standard of care.” But why should we take the governor’s word that restraint will be exercised? I served as an expert consultant for the Medical Board on various cases, over the years. I do not recall encounter ing informal limitations on the board’s investiga tory authority.

In George Orwell’s novel “1984,” children of dystopian totalitar ian society informed on parents, who were dragged off to the Min istry of Truth. Might our patients turn on us if we express unorthodox views or discuss alternative treatment options? The hated East German secret police, known as the Stasi, turned a third of that country into informers. Family members, friends and co-workers engaged

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in mutual surveillance. Is that what we want in our medical clinics?

Will the Misinforma tion Police stop with AB 2098 or will doctors be asked to affirm support for governmental edicts?

Margaret Thatcher, Brit ain’s Iron Lady, observed: “Nothing is more obsti nate than a fashionable consensus.” A couple of doctors are filing suit against AB 2098, on First Amendment grounds. I hope they achieve success.

Scott T. Anderson, M.D. (standerson@ucdavis. edu), is a clinical pro fessor at the Univer sity of California, Davis Medical School. This column is informational and does not constitute medical advice.

Viruses transmitted through bodily fluids cause colds, influenza and Covid-19. You need to come into contact with the fluids to be infected by the viruses. This usually happens when people who are sick sneeze, cough or blow their noses.

Wet hair won’t make you more attractive to viruses and doesn’t increase your chances of getting sick.

Follow these six tips to protect you and your family from catching a cold:

1. Wash your hands

Clean your hands often with soap and water. If soap and water aren’t available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.

2. Disinfect your stuff

Clean kitchen and

This is one time that it’s best to keep to yourself. Don’t share drinking glasses or uten sils with other family members. Use your own glass or disposable cups when you or someone else is sick. Label the cup or glass with the name of the person with the cold.

5. Steer clear of people who are sick

Practice social dis tancing by avoiding close contact with anyone who has a cold.

6. Take care of yourself

Eat well, exercise, get enough sleep and manage stress levels to keep illness at bay.

You can rest assured that if you go outside with wet hair you don’t have an increased chance of getting sick. Wet hair in the colder months just causes tem porary discomfort.

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Hurricane Roslyn expected to reach Mexico’s Pacific coast Sunday

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Hurricane Roslyn is expected to hit Mexico’s Pacific Coast at near or major hurricane strength Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Roslyn, which grew to a Category 4 storm in less than 24 hours, was moving toward the northwest at around 8 miles per hour, as of 8 a.m. Saturday.

Forecasters with the

NHC said in a Satur day morning update that the center of the storm is expected to move parallel to the south western coast of Mexico through midday.

The hurricane will then turn inward, towards Mexico’s west-central coast, likely making land fall along the coast of the state of Nayarit, just north of Puerto Vallarta, on Sunday morning.

Crime logs

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THURSDAY, OCT. 20

7:07 a.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, WESTBOUND AIR BASE

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7:48 a.m. — Trespassing, 1400 block of WEST TEXAS STREET 8:25 a.m. — Fight with a weapon, 2200 block of GATEWAY COURT 8:33 a.m. — Hit—and—run with injury, 3000 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD

8:48 a.m. — Vandalism, 2800 block of CARMEL WAY 10:07 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, 2200 block of CABERNET COURT 10:43 a.m. — Trespassing, 2100 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET

11:19 a.m. — Forgery, 5000 block of BUSINESS CENTER

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Noon — Fight with a weapon, 300 block of PITTMAN ROAD 12:58 p.m. — Trespassing, 2300 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 1:03 p.m. — Brandishing a weapon, 3300 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET

1:45 p.m. — Grand theft, 5000 block of RED TOP ROAD

2:40 p.m. — Sexual assault, 3400 block of ASTORIA CIRCLE 4:27 p.m. — Grand theft, 300 block of TULIP STREET 5:07 p.m. — Reckless driver, OLIVER ROAD

5:28 p.m. — Drunken driver, 1800 block of VERMONT STREET

6:53 p.m. — Shots fired, 200 block of DEL LOMA COURT 6:59 p.m. — Vandalism, 1100 block of CAPISTRANO COURT 7:27 p.m. — Reckless driver, NORTH TEXAS STREET

10:12 p.m. — Trespassing, 2200 block of SANTA CLARA STREET 11:12 p.m. — Reckless driver, 1800 block of KOLOB DRIVE 11:56 p.m. — Vandalism, 2200 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET

FRIDAY, OCT. 21

1:18 a.m. — Vandalism, 1900 block of GRANDE CIRCLE 5:37 a.m. — Trespassing, 1800 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 7:20 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 1000 block of EISENHOWER STREET 8:23 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 1500 block of MEADOWLARK DRIVE 9:29 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, 1600 block of WOOD CREEK DRIVE 9:38 a.m. — Grand theft, 2500 block of TURRI COURT 9:49 a.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, TRAVIS BOULEVARD 10:29 a.m. — Commercial burglary, 2300 block of NORTH

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The board meets at 9 a.m. in the first-floor chamber of the govern ment center, 675 Texas St., in Fairfield. A closed session on additional labor negotiations is scheduled to follow the public session.

TEXAS STREET 11:02 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, 3100 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 11:04 a.m. — Grand theft, 2500 block of TURRI COURT 11:38 a.m. — Robbery, 400 block of UNION AVENUE 12:21 p.m. — Trespassing, 1900 block of WEST TEXAS STREET

12:31 p.m. — Hit-and-run prop erty damage, 300 block of EAST TABOR AVENUE

1:42 p.m. — Reckless driver, 2900 block of CORDELIA ROAD 2:30 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, PEABODY ROAD 3:30 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 1300 block of HOLIDAY LANE 4:11 p.m. — Brandishing a weapon, 4400 block of CENTRAL WAY 4:15 p.m. — Forgery, LINEAR PARK PATHWAY 5 p.m. — Sexual assault, 1600 block of GLENMORE DRIVE 5:05 p.m. — Vandalism, 1400 block of JEFFERSON STREET 6:37 p.m. — Brandishing a weapon, 1900 block of WEST TEXAS STREET 6:40 p.m. — Vandalism, 2000 block of CLAY BANK ROAD 7:36 p.m. — Grand theft, 800 block of ILLINOIS STREET 7:55 p.m. — Vandalism, 600 block of ASBURY LANE 8:17 p.m. — Drunken driver, PEABODY ROAD 9:37 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 900 block of EMPIRE STREET 9:59 p.m. — Reckless driver, BECK AVENUE 10:16 p.m. — Hit-and-run prop erty damage, EASTBOUND AIR BASE PARKWAY 11:19 p.m. — Trespassing, 800 block of TAYLOR STREET

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THURSDAY, OCT. 20 9:14 a.m. — Vandalism, 700 block of CHULA VISTA WAY 10:49 a.m. — Burglary, 600 block of FRIEDA DRIVE 12:16 p.m. — Fraud, 100 block of SUNSET AVENUE 2:18 p.m. — Vandalism, 900 block of SHELDUCK COURT 5:35 p.m. — Fraud, 800 block of SUNSET AVENUE

FRIDAY, OCT. 21 12:49 a.m. — Reckless driver, PETERSEN ROAD / FULMAR DRIVE 8:28 a.m. — Grand theft, 1600 block of MAXWELL LANE 6:22 p.m. — Vandalism, HUMPHREY DRIVE / CHYRL WAY

Also on the agenda is a presentation of the National Associa tion of Counties on its 2022 Achievement Award recognizing the postLNU Lightning Complex Fire outreach efforts by Solano County.

A full agenda for the meeting is avail able at https://www. solanocounty.com/depts/ bos/meetings/videos.asp.

Maximum sustained winds are currently near 120 mph and are expected to strengthen through out the day.

“Although some weakening is possible beginning [Saturday], Roslyn is expected to still be near or at major hurricane strength when it makes landfall on Sunday,” the NHC said.

Mexican authorities have issued a hurricane

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she visited her every chance to got.

“I do this to remember her,” she said.

Alzheimer’s disease has not gone away so once again groups, individu als and even people living with Alzheimer’s walked along the waterfront for the annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s.

Participants wore a variety of costumes, from plain T-shirts with team names or businesses to tutus and purple capes.

Julia Routson-Thomas came with the North ern Solano Democratic Club where she is the vice president. This is the second year for the club to come out for the walk.

“It affects us all,” Routson-Thomas said of the disease. “Dementia doesn’t spare any family.”

About 600 people came out this year to walk, or in some cases to roll in wheelchairs, along the waterfront.

Participants could buy large Promise Garden flowers, which came in colors of blue, yellow, purple and orange. Each color holds a meaning: Blue means the person has Alzheimer’s, yellow

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battlefield in the east and southeast.

They also follow the appointment of a new commander of Russia’s forces in Ukraine, Air Force General Sergei Surovikin, named to the post two days before the initial big powerplant strikes.

On Saturday, regions ranging from Volyn in the Ukraine’s west to Zapor izhzhia in the southeast reported strikes on power facilities Saturday.

Air alarms, indicat ing possible missiles in the vicinity, sounded from the Transcarpathia region in the south west to Kharkiv, more than 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) to the north east, to occupied Kherson.

At least 18 long-range missiles were reportedly shot down. Ukrainian offi cials, including Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, continue to put out urgent calls to allies for better air defense systems.

Many regions suffered blackouts, and several will also have water sup plies cut off temporarily, authorities said. By late

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dedication of additional land for the city’s sewer pump station site, dedi cation of two water well sites and improvement of storm water detention facilities. Approximately 6 acres north of Sequoia are planned to func tion as a neighborhood park, 4.5 acres south of Sequoia to function as a second smaller park and 19.8 acres to function as public trail corridor/ open space . . . . Addi tional acreage has been

warning for a 250-mile stretch of coast from Playa Perula to El Roblito, and for the Islas Marias, an archipelago of four islands located some 60 miles off the Nayarit coast.

A warning is typi cally issued 36 hours before the anticipated first occurrence of trop ical-storm-force winds, conditions that make outside preparations diffi cult or dangerous.

Hurricane conditions are expected to reach the coast within the hurricane warning area by Saturday night and early Sunday, according to the NHC.

Winds will likely reach tropical storm strength by Saturday after noon, making outside preparations difficult or dangerous. A storm surge – which will likely be accompanied by “large and destructive ways”

near the coast – is expected to produce sig nificant coastal flooding.

Rainfall – with maximum amounts of 8 inches in Jalisco, western Nayarit including Islas Marias and south eastern Sinaloa – might lead to flash floods and mudslides – officials said.

“Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to com pletion,” the NHC warns.

means someone is caring for an Alzheimer’s patient, purple means loss and orange means support for the cause and vision for the future.

The Alzheimer’s Asso ciation’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the world’s largest event to raise awareness and money for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. Held annually in more than 600 communities nation wide, the event calls on participants of all ages and abilities to reclaim the future for millions, according to the national association’s website.

afternoon some cities, including Mykolaiv, which has been targeted by Russia for months, had the power back on, its governor said.

Extensive power outages were reported is Khmelnytskyi, about 217 miles southwest of Kyiv and even further from the front lines in the Donbas and Kherson regions. More than 670,000 residents were left without power there, or more than half the region’s population, said Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the presi dential office. Explosions were also reported in the Volyn and Rivne regions, even further west.

Ukrenergo, Ukraine’s national power grid oper ator, said it was limiting electricity supplies to the capital, Kyiv, and at least 10 additional regions. A presidential aide esti mated almost 1.5 million are without power.

Zelenskyy earlier this week said recent attacks had damaged almost onethird of Ukraine’s power stations, and that esti mate is sure to rise.

The scale of new damage on Satur day “is comparable or even exceeds” what was seen from the

dedicated to retention basins that are part of an integrated stormwa ter management plan that has been designed to accommodate storm water flows from exist ing development west of the project site and from within the project site,” the city reports on its website.

The project area is centered roughly along Sequoia Drive.

The council meets at 6 p.m. in the chamber in the back at City Hall, 650 Merchant St. The public session follows a closed session at 5 p.m., during which the council

Bob Panzer organized the walk in Suisun City this year with the help of many volunteers. He said he was excited to see that by early morning Saturday they were only $15,000 short of the goal of raising $180,000 locally. They were about $10,000 shy of the goal by midafter noon Saturday.

“That surpassed what we raised last year,” Panzer said.

There were 96 teams registered this year with nearly 600 participants.

The money raised through the various walks helps with research and

development on treat ments for the disease.

Event announcer Tony Wade explained to partic ipants that dementia is an umbrella term for more than 70 types of loss of brain function.

“As long as they have not found a cure, we will keep walking,” Wade said.

Those who could not take part in the event may still support the cause by donating to the local cam paign at https://act.alz. org/site/TR/Walk2022/ CA-NorthernCaliforniaan dNorthernNevada?pg=en try&fr_id=15426.

Oct. 10-12 strikes on energy facilities, Ukren ergo said on its Telegram channel. It asked customers to limit elec tricity consumption to conserve power.

Kremlin forces initially launched wide spread strikes on energy facilities and other civil ian targets two days after the Kerch Strait Bridge from annexed Crimea to mainland Russia was damaged in an explo sion that Moscow blamed on Ukraine.

Although the attacks were seen as retaliation for the bridge bombing, days later, Putin sug gested that Russia’s military had missed some of its targets in that round

will be updated on labor negotiations.

The environmental impact report includes consideration of the water supply assessment. Several other related matters are also on the agenda.

Additionally, the council will consider an addendum to the environmental assess ment involving land use changes for the North Village Development Project, which accord ing to the city website is “a master-planned devel opment in the city of Vacaville consisting of a variety of uses including

of attacks, and needed to complete the job.

The ongoing air cam paign suggests Russia, with its troops now under Surovikin’s command, is “seeking to destroy the will of the Ukrainian people,” said Mick Ryan, a military strategist and retired Australian army general.

Surovikin is believed to have spearheaded Russia’s brutal bombing campaign against civil ians in Aleppo, Syria’s second largest city.

“As an air force officer, it is clear he has succumbed to the theory that populations can be shattered by aerial attack,” Ryan said in a Twitter thread.

residential, commercial, business park, public (college), school (ele mentary), park, and open space.”

It is planned for 880 acres east of Inter state 505, south of Midway Road, north of Vaca Valley Parkway and west of Leisure Town Road.

A $3 trip fare for the city’s direct microtran sit program is also to be considered.

A full agenda for the meeting is avail able at https://www. ci.vacaville.ca.us/ government/agendasand-minutes?locale=en.

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The Vanden High School student leadership group helps everyone stretch for the Walk to End Alzheimer’s event at the Suisun City waterfront, Saturday.

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A man takes pictures with a phone beside a damaged building in Lyman, Donetsk region after the recapture of the area from the Russian forces, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Friday.

Italy’s Meloni sworn in as first female prime minister

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Giorgia Meloni was sworn in as Italy’s new prime minister to become the country’s first female leader heading its most right-wing government since World War II, after President Sergio Mat tarella tasked her to form an administration.

At the Quirinale Palace in Rome on Saturday, Italy’s new Cabinet took an oath following Meloni’s coalition’s election win. An official handover cere mony will take place with her predecessor, Mario Draghi, on Sunday.

She will address both houses of parliament next week for a confidence vote that’ll confirm she holds a majority.

Meloni faces govern ing at a difficult time, with investors watching closely.

A premiership involves steering the euro area’s third-biggest economy and its mammoth debt through an energy crisis compounded by rising interest rates and slowing economic growth.

She has picked League party’s Giancarlo Gior getti as finance minister.

Giorgetti is a compromise, since he is a longtime law maker, a top figure in Matteo Salvini’s League party and a former eco nomic development minister in Draghi’s gov ernment. She also chose Antonio Tajani, of Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia party, as foreign minister and deputy premier. Salvini himself has become infrastruc tures minister and also deputy premier.

Meloni’s coali tion – which includes her Brothers of Italy party, former premier Berlus coni’s Forza Italia and Salvini’s League – had indicated her as their candidate earlier Friday,

Church

“It was good to see everybody this year,” he said.

Carla Grokenberger lives nearby in Suisun Valley and brought her dachshund mix, Carrie, who is 3 years old. She is a longtime member of the church and has done this several times for her animals.

“They are all God’s creatures,” she said. “It is nice to recognize them as a part of our life. They bring us a lot of joy.”

Her dogs were a lifesaver during the Covid-19 pan demic, she said.

Grokenberger went back home and brought her senior dog Callum, 15.

“He is an escape artist, even at his age. I had to bring him sepa rately and really watch him,” she said.

The nonprofit Campus Cat Coalition was there to help educate people on how to help control the feral cat population.

The 501(c)(3) taxexempt organization was formed by a group of students, faculty, staff and local residents ded icated to protecting and supporting the feral/com munity cats living on the nearby Solano Community College campus.

Wendy Phillips, the nonprofit’s founder, has a mission to humanely stabilize and naturally reduce the number of community cats on the Solano College campus through trapping, spaying/neutering, rabies vaccinations, making sure they get general veter inary care, getting the kittens born fostered or adopted and creating

overcoming tensions that had emerged during the past few weeks.

Italy’s economy is expected to shrink by 0.2% next year, one of only two euro zone countries facing a contrac tion in output alongside Germany, according to the latest forecasts by the International Mone tary Fund. Much of that is due to the two countries’ dependence on Russian fossil fuels.

Energy crisis

Italy has spent over 66 billion euros ($64.3 billion) so far to protect its economy from the worst of the energy price hikes and more will likely be needed. One of Meloni’s first acts as premier will be to decide how much money to give to companies and families that continue to be damaged by the energy crisis.

During the electoral campaign, Meloni had vowed not to increase the country’s borrowing and she’s lucky to have

a 9 billion euro spending cushion left by her prede cessor Draghi to help deal with initial emergencies.

Meloni has however been under pressure from ally Salvini and his party to spend more to help Ital ians cope. It remains to be seen how the differences within her coalition play out in the coming months.

If the past few weeks are any indication, it won’t be easy. Since her decisive electoral victory on Sept. 25, she’s been struggling to keep her coalition on track.

Sabotage

She first had to face an attempt by Berlusconi to sabotage her choice for Senate speaker last week when his Forza Italia lawmakers walked out of parliament. Meloni managed to elect her candidate anyway by col lecting stray votes from opposition members.

This week, Berlusconi continued to wreak havoc when an audio message was released by news wire LaPresse in which he

praised Russian President Vladimir Putin saying he’d rekindled their friendship through gifts and letters, and blamed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for Russia’s invasion.

The remarks so angered Meloni that she threatened to break up the coalition and not form a government if her allies were unable to commit to supporting Ukraine along with Italy’s partners in the European Union and in the NATO mili tary alliance.

Such tensions under score how difficult it may be to govern the country even with a wide majority in parliament. She may have difficulty getting cabinet approval for further weapon and economic aid to Ukraine and rifts in other areas are likely to emerge.

80,000 people rally in Berlin in solidarity with Iran protests

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BERLIN — Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Berlin on Saturday in sol idarity with ongoing protests in Iran.

A total of 80,000 protesters from across Europe gath ered at Berlin’s Victory Column and the sur rounding area, according to a police estimate. A march then lead through the German capital’s government district.

The demonstra tion was organized by the Woman Life Freedom Collective, which is seeking to end oppression and discrimi nation in Iran.

Iranian activ ist Hamed Esmaeilion, whose wife and daugh ter were killed when

a Ukrainian passenger plane was shot down near Tehran in 2020, spoke at the Berlin demonstration.

He called on the inter national community to halt nuclear negotia tions with Iran and expel ambassadors.

“We all have dreams, and our dreams will only become reality if Iran is freed from the shackles of an Islamic republic,” said the 45-year-old, who was cheered on by protesters.

The demonstration in Berlin was peaceful, with police describing it as “mostly free of disturbances.”

Again and again, pro testers called for the overthrow of the Islamic system and chanted “Death to Khamenei.”

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Carla Grokenberger brought her dachshund mix, Carrie, to be blessed at Rockville Presbyterian Fellowship Church in rural Fairfield, Saturday. Carrie is 3 years old and this was the second time she was blessed at the church’s Blessing of the Animals.

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People participate in a protest against Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi outside of the United Nations in New York, Sept. 21. Protests have broke out over the death of a 22-year-old Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini. Protesters in Berlin joined in solidarity, Saturday.

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Italian President Sergio Mattarella, second from left, welcomes new Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, middle, as she arrives for the swearing-in ceremony of the new Italian government at the Quirinal Palace in Rome, Saturday.

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THINGS TO DO

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6 p.m. Sunday; 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday and Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday; 8 and 11:59 p.m. Saturday

‘The Rocky Horror Show’ Downtown Theatre, 1035 Texas St. www.downtown theatre.com.

I Suisun City Noon Sunday Jazz Sunday

Champagne

Brunch Marina Lounge, 700 Main St., Suite 106. www.marinalounge suisun.com.

6 p.m. Wednesday Hot Mic

Wednesdays Marina Lounge, 700 Main St., Suite 106. www.marinalounge suisun.com.

7 p.m. Thursday

Karaoke Thursdays & Open Mic Marina Lounge, 700 Main St., Suite 106. www.marinalounge suisun.com.

I Vacaville

9 p.m. Friday

Dueling Pianos: Jason & Nick Makse Restaurant, 555 Main St. dueling pianovacaville.com/ events.

8 p.m. Friday Under the Halloween Cherry Moon: Prince Tribute Concert & Dance Journey Downtown, 308 Main St. www. journeydowntown venue.com.

9 p.m. Saturday

Dueling Pianos: Jason & Nick Makse Restaurant, 555 Main St. dueling pianovacaville.com/ events.

I Benicia

6 p.m. Sunday Poker Night

The Rellik, 726 First St. www.therellik tavern.com.

5:30 p.m. Thursday

Jim Funk

The Rellik, 726 First St. www.therellik tavern.com.

5:30 p.m. Friday Brooks and Charlie The Rellik, 726 First St. www.therellik tavern.com.

9 p.m. Friday Goth Night

The Rellik, 726 First St. www.therellik tavern.com.

5 p.m. Saturday Chicken Tenders and Halloween Party

The Rellik, 726 First St. www.therellik tavern.com.

8:30 p.m. Saturday

Duo Sonic The Rellik, 726 First St. www.therellik tavern.com.

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1 p.m. Sunday Level Set Band

Vino Godfather Winery, 1005 Walnut Ave. www.vino godfather.com.

5:30 p.m. Wednesday

Greg Rahn Band Empress Lounge, 330 Virginia St. https:// empresstheatre.org.

1 p.m. Saturday Bayonics

Vino Godfather Winery, 1005 Walnut Ave. www.vino godfather.com.

Pete Escovedo schedules single show in Fairfield

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FAIRFIELD — Bay Area jazz legend Pete Escovedo brings his Latin Jazz Orchestra to the Down town Theatre in Fairfield on Nov. 5 for a single performance.

The master percussionist’s music flows between Latin jazz, salsa, funk and R&B styles. In addition to his many years as a bandleader, Escovedo also spent three years in Santana, and is the father of pop star Sheila E.

Pete Escovedo is an artist who broke down the barriers between smooth jazz, salsa, Latin jazz and contemporary music. His name has been synonymous with musical excellence for more than 50 years.

Escovedo has said he believes there is healing through music and has donated his time to numerous charity events to help children around the world by teaching the importance of music and how it goes beyond race and

culture to bring people together.

He has recorded 10 solo albums, two albums with his daughter Sheila E., and the Latina Familia live album with Sheila E. and Tito Puente. His latest CD produced and arranged by his son Peter Michael Escovedo, “Rhythm of the Night,” is a col lection of nine “old school” soul and R&B hits, re-arranged and transformed into an explosion of Latin jazz articulated through a 14-piece Latin jazz orchestra.

Vanden students prep to open award-winning ‘Hard Candy’

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FAIRFIELD — Drama stu dents at Vanden High School are busy setting the stage for a one-act play early next month that offers audiences a pair of separate short performances.

“Hard Candy” is a one-act comedy about people interview ing for a job who are willing to do anything – bribery, nepotism, blackmail, seduction and even an attempt at mind control – to get to the top of the corporate ladder.

Vanden drama teacher Jerald Bolden said students in the

Bingo fundraiser aims to support local artists

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VACAVILLE — The Saturday Club of Vacaville and On Stage Vacaville will co-host a Bingo Bonanza to support performing artists in the community.

The event will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. Nov. 13 at The Saturday Club, located at 125 W. Kendal St.

This fundraiser features an afternoon of bingo with treats, wine and prizes. Tickets are $25 each and include one bingo card for one game and a chance to win bingo prizes. Libations and treats will be served. A total of seven bingo games will be played during the event. Additional bingo cards may be purchased for $5 each or six cards for $25.

Proceeds will benefit both

The Saturday Club and On Stage Vacaville. Tickets are available at www.saturdayclubvacaville.com. Street parking will be avail able on the blocks surrounding the event. A free public parking lot is located two blocks away on the corner of Main and Cernon streets, in front of

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Escovedo was honored at the 2021 Latin Grammys with a Life time Achievement Award. The show starts at 8 p.m. at the Downtown Theatre, 1035 Texas St. Doors open at 7 p.m. for those who purchase separate VIP tickets, which include a meet-andgreet on stage with Escovedo and his family.

For tickets and additional information, visit https:// ftpresents.com/events/peteescovedo-latin-jazz-orchestra/.

Ariza to sign pair of books at Suisun Valley venue

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SUISUN VALLEY — Vacaville native and award winning photographer Dennis Ariza this week will sign his latest book, “Photograph ing California,” as well as his previous book, “Bodie, A Ghost Town!”

The book-signing will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday at the Village 360 Gallery, 4949 Suisun Valley Road in rural Fairfield.

“Bodie, A Ghost Town!” was released last year and takes the long view of a town that once was and chron icles its history over time through photography. This photographic journey has been met with lots of enthusiasm and appreciation.

“Photographing Califor nia,” released this year, is largely about day trips in Cal ifornia that sometimes include overnight stays around the eastern Sierra Nevada. The book also makes recommen dations on where to stay, the best time of the year to visit the location and times of

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Pete Escovedo and his Latin Jazz Orchestra, featuring Juan and Peter Michael Escovedo, will perform Nov. 5 at the Downtown Theatre in Fairfield.

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Vanden High School students, from left, Sara Amar, Cody Daniels, Cameron Jones and Lily Eldard rehearse a scene from “Hard Candy,” Friday.

Who should take over for Noah, Corden?

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Wanted: Late-night hosts. Must work evenings, play well with others and have an incredibly thick skin.

With Trevor Noah leaving "The Daily Show" on Dec. 8 and James Corden departing "The Late Late Show" some time next year, two high-profile – and highpressure – jobs will soon be open.

First, let's eliminate some strong candidates.

Amber Ruffin, the break out star of NBC's "Late Night," has been bandied about as a contender, and with good reason. She's one of the brightest, most original voices in all of comedy. But Ruffin told me this past summer that she's got a rock-solid contract with NBCUni versal and can't imagine competing against her mentor Seth Meyers.

It's also fair to assume that no superstars are going be interested in either gig. I'd love to see Amy Poehler, Chris Rock or Tina Fey step in, but that would be like getting Tom Cruise to join the cast of "General Hospital."

Here are seven names that are real possibilities:

For 'The Daily Show'

Roy Wood Jr.: Hol lywood insiders think current correspon dents have the inside track. Comedy Central executives are even con sidering a host rotation. That would be a mistake; viewers like to know who's manning the ship. Wood, a talented standup, would be the most obvious choice but if the show wanted a more cynical captain, it would anoint Ronny Chieng.

Samantha Bee: The former correspondent, who got passed over the last time around. proved she can handle hosting duties with the success of the Emmy-nomi nated "Full Frontal With Samantha Bee." Now that TBS has canceled the show, Bee's dance card is wide open.

Larry Wilmore: Comedy Central owes Wilmore. The network canceled his provoca tive talk show way too soon, dissing a talent who played a major role in

creating gems like "The Bernie Mac Show" and "Insecure." Time to make up for past sins.

Fabrizio Copano: Before taking over the "Daily Show," Noah was a major star in South Africa, but virtually unknown in the States.

Copano has a similar background. The come dian has already hosted shows in his home country of Chile but flew under the radar during the recent 10,000 Laughs Festival in Minneapolis.

Those lucky enough to catch his act saw a sharp stand-up with a worldly perspective. It'd be fun to watch another outsider grow into the job.

For 'The Late Late Show'

Bryant Gumbel: When David Letterman moved to CBS and con trolled the 11:35 p.m. slot, he tapped Tom Snyder, an eccentric personality with a gift for gab. If the network decides to once again use that slot for a more conventional talk show, it would be wise to chat with Gumbel, one of the best TV interviewers of all time. Gumbel, 74, may not be interested. But it doesn't hurt to ask.

Taylor Tomlinson: NBC tried to appeal to young viewers a few years ago by tapping social media personality Lilly Singh to take over the post-Meyers spot. Good idea, wrong per sonality. YouTube isn't nearly as strong a train ing camp as comedy clubs. If the network wants a rising star, it should consider the 28-year-old Tomlinson, a phenom who openly dis cusses sexuality, mental health and religion.

Eric Andre: Let terman gets credit for reinventing the talkshow format but no one tore it apart quite like Ernie Kovacs, who treated the TV set like a laboratory for outra geous experiments. His spirit lives on in Andre, a wild card who owes more to "Jackass" than Johnny Carson. His Adult Swim series, "The Eric Andre Show," would have tested the limits of network standards. But isn't that what the midnight hour is for?

Am Can students set stage for ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time’

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AMERICAN CANYON — Students in the American Canyon High School Theatre Arts program will present “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time” early next month.

The story is Simon Stephens’ adaptation for the stage of Mark Haddon’s award-winning novel of the same name. Perfor mances are scheduled Nov. 3-6.

The story follows Christopher Boone, a young autistic teen, who discovers a dead dog on his neighbor’s lawn that he suspects has been murdered. Despite the warnings of others, he persists in solving this curious incident. Audience members are invited

to embark with Christopher on his journey of self-discovery as he uncovers shocking truths about reality and betrayal, all while navigating his way through life as a teenage boy in Swindon, England.

Summer Heartt is the school’s drama teacher.

Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3-5 and 2 p.m. Nov. 6, which is billed as a sensory-friendly performance.

Tickets are available in advance and cost $8 for stu dents and senior citizens, $12 for adults. Ticket prices increase $5 if purchased at the door. For more information about the show and to purchase tickets in advance, visit www. achsdrama.org.

Jukebox the Ghost rediscovers Queen’s magic

Queen frontman Freddie Mercury once said that “you either have the magic or you don’t. There’s no way you can work up to it.” He couldn’t have known that Jukebox the Ghost would one day emulate his garb and mirror his moves with an annual tribute show. Nor could he have known that the ebullient trio would spare none of their abun dant magic – that melodic charm that propels us into euphoria while watch ing a performance in perfect sync.

But it did take the band time to work up to that. Ben Thornewill (piano and vocals) met Tommy Siegel (guitar) and Jesse Kristin (drums) as underclassmen at George Washington Uni versity, where they played quad shows, benefit con certs and a few battles of the bands; one victory claimed them a spot opening for a not-yetdenounced Kanye West. Still, by the time they graduated and began touring in 2007, they considered a show with 10 audience members “a good night,” Thornewill says. Lacking fans, they made do with spunk.

“We were doing 150, 160 dates a year, on the road 220 days a year,” Thornewill says. “We’re asking onstage if anyone can put us up or sleeping on floors.”

In the 15 years since, Jukebox the Ghost has played on David Let terman’s and Conan O’Brien’s late-night shows and performed at Chicago’s Lollapalooza

festival, and the band is still touring on six full-length albums that feel dramatically jubi lant. That theatricality did not go unnoticed by reviewers, who were quick to compare Jukebox the Ghost to that other campy pop group.

The name, Hallo Queen, came first; the idea to put on a yearly October mini-tour with one set of original songs and another of Queen clas sics came second. Since

2015, the shows, described by Thornewill as “the biggest party of the year,” have grown, and they now feature gimmicks like a spinning fortune wheel and a costume contest. Queen’s influ ence has seeped beyond a yearly jam and into Jukebox’s original music, with killer solos, sweeping harmonies and intricate twinkling piano riffs.

“We’ve just embraced the weirdness,” Thornewill says. “We learned that by

doing Queen. . . . When we do the HalloQueen show, or cover a tune, it feels really good. Everyone’s dancing. What is that? How do we tap into that vein and put it into our own music?”

In its sixth album, “Cheers,” the band found its formula: timeless tunes, rich with glee and glamour, topped by catchy lyrics on love, life and a love for life. On the final, titular track, Thornewill sings with Broadway con viction, “Cheers to all the dreamers, the every day believers/Here’s to more of the everyday.” He invites the listener to sing along.

“My goal is just to bring joy. I know that sounds a little tacky, but I’m just up there to have a good time, to look out and see like 1,000 people smiling and jumping and dancing,” Thornewill says. “It gives me life. That’s the ulti mate for me.”

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Drama 1 and Drama 2 classes will also present two other short stories.

“Hard Candy,” written by Jonathan Rand, is among the top seven mostproduced high school short plays for more than

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The Saturday Club is a 113-year-old civic club dedicated to fostering cultural arts in Vacaville.

Monthly lunch meetings take place at the Kendal Street clubhouse where the club’s members enjoy live performances from local performing arts ensembles and guest speakers. The Saturday Club Foundation awards annual scholarships to high school students who plan to study the arts at the collegiate level.

On Stage Vacav ille is a 501(c)(3)

a dozen seasons between the 1998-1999 and 2014-2015 academic years as documented by the Educational Theatre Association, according to Rand’s website. It won the Judy Lee Award for Dramatic Writing in 2000 and was an International Thespian Playworks winner in 1998.

Showtimes are at 7 p.m. Nov. 4-5 in the

organization dedicated to the promotion, support, development and growth of arts appreciation and programming for the Vacaville community.

The nonprofit is 100% volunteer-run and has supported performing arts in the community for 21 years. It relies on donations and com munity-based financial support to bring quality arts and entertainment to Vacaville and the sur rounding areas.

For more informa tion on Saturday Club membership, call 707761-7108 or visit the club’s website. For more information about On Stage Vacaville, includ ing ways to donate, visit onstagevacaville.org.

Little Theater at Vanden High, 2951 Markeley Lane in Fairfield.

Tickets are $5 for students and children younger than 12, $10 for adults and are available at https://vandendrama. ludus.com/22527. There’s also a link there to donate to support the Vanden High School drama program.

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the day. The writing of “Photographing Califor nia” began more than eight years ago.

Ariza is the current president of FairfieldSuisun City Visual Arts Association and a member for the past 10 years. He is the featured artist at the Solano Town Center Gallery for the current show, “In the Country.”

The show, which runs through Saturday, fea tures work by some of the more than 70 participat ing association members.

The mall is located at 1350 Travis Blvd.

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e l igh r ic kard, center, plays Christopher Boone in “The Curious incident of the dog in the night-time” at American Canyon High school. Trey Wills, left, plays Mr. Hearts and Justin Macaraeg plays ed Boone.

Shervin Lainez/The Washington Post Jukebox the Ghost members Tommy siegel, Ben Thornewill and Jesse Kristin met at George Washington University in the mid-2000s and have performed as a band since.

THE TAX WATCHERS

Time for another term limits vote in Fairfield

Some 30-odd years ago, Cal ifornia adopted term limits for state officials. Fair field’s City Council wanted to know whether term limits might be appropriate for the council. It appointed 12 citizens to research the subject and report back.

The Term Limits Commit tee chairman was Fred Barnes, a retired Air Force weatherman and chairman of the City Planning Commission. I was privileged to be a member. Fred did most of the legwork, contact ing other cities and even going to Sac ramento with Mike Coyle, our attor ney member, to talk with legislators. We produced a six-page report in April 1992.

Our conclusion was that term limits could overcome the main deficiencies of continued incum bency and improve governance of the city. We recommended that the city consider such a law and suggested the following: a limit of two consecutive four-year terms and the ability to run again after “sitting out” for four years.

At that time a general law municipality like Fairfield did not have authority to limit the terms of its council members. Our report convinced the City Council to ask the public for its preferences and it placed such a measure on the November 1995 ballot. Voters confirmed the committee’s recom mendations by huge majorities.

Also in 1995, the state Legisla ture revised the California Code to enable cities that did not already have a term limits law to place the question on the ballot. It’s time to think about it again.

How would term limits for City Council members lead to more transparent and account able government? The committee report discusses the most obvious faults of incumbency that could be overcome.

One that we called “political apathy” has two forms. The first is when the public feels that voting makes no difference to them – they don’t vote. It’s evident that the great majority of Fairfielders – and likely the residents of most cities –don’t pay much attention to what their government is doing. This voter apathy results in the prime advantage of incumbency: name recognition. It also makes cam paign funding from people who want an official’s support all the more decisive.

We believe most elected offi cials enter office with good intentions. They want their city to be the best that it can be. After a while, though, the second form –official apathy – sets in. Officials begin doing what they or the staff think is important – or buckling to pressure to “do something” about the crisis of the moment – instead of seeking and responding to cit izens’ concerns. Never mind the costs or past results.

Of course we want a reason able level of government. But how do we keep that freshness of think ing? That close relationship with the public?

Term limits is the most direct way. A candidate who has won the voters’ confidence will bring new ideas and energy.

We urge the City Council to revisit the original question and to ask the voters.

John Takeuchi is a member of the Central Solano Citizen Tax payer Group.

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Troy Williams was a great delivery person and will be missed

Troy Williams had a big heart. He was my Daily Republic delivery person for several years.

I am elderly and have been a resident of Cordelia Village for 37 years. Retriev ing my newspaper in this windy area of Fairfield has become increasingly diffi cult for me over the past few years. The DR would blow down the block or end up in the wet gutter (the price I had to pay for subscribing to the DR I guess?).

But this all changed when Troy Wil liams became my DR delivery person. He was my DR angel!

My newspaper began appearing on my front doorstep or my small table at my entryway.

Thank you, Troy, for your faithful kind ness to a senior citizen. May God bless you as you rest in peace.

My sympathy to his family and friends, the City Church community and to the Daily Republic for his kind and faith ful service.

Dolores Kouba Fairfield

Really, The Right Stuff?

I find myself taking exception, once again, to a column in The Right Stuff, Oct. 3, 2022, by Jim McCully, “Mistakes and the lessons learned.”

McCully, who always makes a juve nile point of describing all Democrats as the “Democrat Socialist Progressive Peo ple’s Party,” (how fifth grade) lumps all Dems together as trying to destroy our society. Really? Hyperbole? He says in his column that “we” got played by the Dem ocratic Party and the mainstream media. He stated the First Amendment guaran tees freedom of the press, and that’s how important a free press is, and that’s how important “accurate information was deemed for proper governance. Look where we are now.”

Where we are now is that we have hun dreds of reliable news sources in our country and other countries, i.e. the BBC. In very general terms, they report basi cally the same news based on fact; and yes, sometimes the press gets it wrong. Normally, they will correct themselves.

The major networks report the news fairly and accurately. I get my news from multiple sources. Fox News has a real bad reputation for lying. So does Donald Trump. So how can McCully, with a straight face, declare the mainstream media is corrupt and lying?

I’ve written letters to the editor in the past, questioning The Right Stuff’s accu racy, i.e., in an Earl Heal column related to the insurrection, he insisted that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi did nothing to help try and stop the insurrection. We now have video proof that she and Sen. Chuck Schumer definitely called for help.

I at times agree with some of the infor mation presented in The Right Stuff, but have to state their “facts” are not always accurate.

Cindy L. MacDonald Suisun City

Vote Yes on S for strong schools, strong community

Fairfield is a terrific place to live and raise a family. A big reason why our com munity is such a special one is our schools. I understand this firsthand having grown up in Fairfield and graduated from our schools. I taught and coached at Armijo High School, served 16 years as mayor and spent two terms on the FairfieldSuisun School District school board.

Our schools have provided so much for our kids and our community – we need to give back. To keep pace with today’s indemand career fields like health science, engineering and technology, our class rooms, science labs and job training facilities must be upgraded. Voting Yes on S will allow these needed repairs and upgrades to be completed with locally controlled funding that cannot be taken away by the state.

Best of all, Measure S will not increase our tax rates by one penny. Voting Yes on S simply extends our current tax rate.

Every penny from Measure S goes to our schools and an independent citizens’ over sight committee and annual audits will ensure the funds are spent properly.

Whether or not you have children in Fairfield-Suisun schools, I urge you join me in voting Yes on S for quality local schools without increasing taxes.

Gary Falati Fairfield

A vote for Jack Flynn also a vote for the future

If you like the fact that members of the Fairfield-Suisun School District Gov erning Board are “yes men” and “yes women” for Superintendent Kris Corey, then vote for Jonathan Richardson. If you want an independent thinker who will hold the district accountable, vote for Jack Flynn.

Jack Flynn has been participating in his democracy since he was 12 years old. How many people can say that? As a senior in high school, he saw there were inequities in the district with regard to how meals were served. Early College, unlike the other high schools, did not have breakfast. Since he and his friends, many of whom were raised by single parents, could not afford to drive to Rodriguez High School to pick up their breakfast and then drive to Solano College to attend school, he lobbied and petitioned for equi table treatment for him and his peers.

Because of Jack Flynn’s advocacy and perseverance, he was able to get Early College High School students’ breakfast as well. The Daily Republic wrote a great article about it.

Jack Flynn served as the student trustee on the Solano Community College Governing Board. He has a proven record of advocacy and affecting policy in his 18 years, and who better to serve on the school board than someone who has had the most recent experience in the Fair field-Suisun School District educational system. Generation Z deserves an oppor tunity to shape their future.

For independence, accountability, fresh ideas and experience in K-12, vote for Jack Flynn for Fairfield-Suisun School District School Board, Area 5. Sharon Goodchild Fairfield

K. Patrice Williams best choice for Fairfield Area 1

I marked my Nov. 8, 2022, General Election ballot for K. Patrice Williams, J.D., for Fairfield City Council member, District No. 1. For many reasons, I trust K. Patrice Williams will serve all the res idents of Fairfield inclusively, both the housed and the homeless. She has accrued an amazing compilation of civic, business and community leadership experience. I have observed some of her exten sive work in Fairfield and throughout Solano County.

K. Patrice Williams understands the many complexities of homeless ness. She founded Hazel’s Transitional Housing for women as one way of pro viding housing to some. While no one has the complete answers for sheltering our homeless neighbors, K. Patrice listens to many points of view and then works cooperatively to seek practical solutions to problems.

She has gained knowledge of and deep respect for the importance of the mili tary through her community involvement as an honorary commander of Travis Air Force Base. As Fairfield is closely con nected to Travis Air Force Base, this experience will serve her well.

I was deeply impressed when K. Patrice and her company, BrandGov, partnered with the California Depart ment of Public Health and Solano County Public Health to fight the spread of Covid19. She was able to obtain a grant from the California Department of Public Health and created the Solano Mobile Testing Unit. This mobile unit provided free Covid-19 testing throughout Solano County during the height of the pandemic.

Join me in voting for a highly educated and skillful digital and marketing smallbusiness owner who has the ability to build relationships and coalitions among government, business and the community.

Frances L. McCullough Fairfield

Supervisor backs Wanda Williams for supervisor

I enthusiastically support Wanda Wil liams for supervisor in the 3rd District.

Wanda has worked to solve homeless ness by helping to forge a partnership between law enforcement and Solano County mental health. She has worked to preserve our open space as the manager for public access of the Solano Land Trust.

Wanda’s career is preserving our open space; she will never support develop ment that is bad for the county.

Wanda is deeply committed to pro tecting Travis Air Force Base. She understands the importance of Travis to Solano and will do everything she can to protect Travis.

Please join me in supporting Wanda Williams for supervisor.

Monica Brown, Solano County Supervisor, 2nd District Fairfield

Jack Flynn for FairfieldSuisun School Board

Jack Flynn knocked on my door expressing he was running for FairfieldSuisun School District Board, Area 5. I proceeded to give the third degree in questioning him about what he can do for the students in the area. I was impressed with his answers.

I have two grandchildren in the Fair field-Suisun district. I agree with his priorities to invest in the classroom, create more career paths for students, attract and retain the best and brightest teachers, fiscal accountability on admin istration and social/emotional support for students.

After just meeting Jack for a short time, I will vote for him on the board. He is a fine young man who truly cares about our students.

Betty Austin Fairfield

Who is really gutting our Constitution?

Let me get this straight. Fascists: “a form of government featuring a dictato rial single ruling party that is supported by big money, controls the media and uses outright force.” A quote from a recent On the Left columnist.

What we have now is a one-party rule. House, Senate, the presidency. Our pres ident has weaponized the Department of Justice and they now arrest parents at school board meetings, invade private res idences, shackle and drag away American citizens illegally, and arrest those dem onstrating against abortion. They do this through the FBI.

Democrats are owned by big money inside and outside of America.

Domesticating the courts? The Dem ocrats were so wild about this they promised to pack the court. They want their way no matter what.

Trumpian death threats? Get real. What do people think Nancy Pelosi has been doing all through her reign? How do people think she kept her crew to vote every time as she wished?

The election? I believe Stacey Abrams has still not conceded in Georgia. And Hillary Clinton is still saying the election was stolen from her.

Control the media? I don’t think so. MSNBC spews lies hour after hour and CNN, after convicting Trump of all kinds of crimes, has come to the realization it is not good reporting and is unloading their talking heads.

Restrict the right to vote? Georgia is voting and the turnout is amazing. Their new law was called Jim Crow 2.0 by our president. Funny, so far this early voting turnout has surpassed previous midterm elections.

Inflation? If it is worldwide, I guess we shouldn’t complain. Oh, I forgot. It was 1.4% when Joe Biden became presi dent and on the first day he shut down our oil production. Now we are begging our enemies to help us out. We were totally oil-independent and supplying other nations with oil. Now all the world hurts.

Joann Wagersmith Fairfield

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Jewish federation celebrates first phase of campaign

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FAIRFIELD — The Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund hosted an exclusive gathering Oct. 13 to celebrate the initial donors to the Federation’s Cen tennial Campaign.

The campaign was inaugu rated in 2010 to safeguard the future with permanent endow ment gifts to ensure Jewish continuity.

Personifying the desire to leave their imprint on the Jewish future, 377 individuals and fam ilies have stepped up to pledge or already contributed a total of $220 million to the campaign, the federation reports in a press release. Of those, 120 have com mitted or given $250,000 or more.

Almost $110 million of that $220 million has been real ized through lifetime or legacy gifts, the federation reports. The remaining $110 million is in the form of visionary legacy commit ments that will be actualized as part of donors’ estate plans.

These centennial gifts, when added to permanent endowments funded by donors prior to 2010, will provide significant funding to support communal needs, includ

ing the community’s agencies and synagogues, areas of particular interest such as Israel, scholar ships and education, and to meet unforeseen future needs and emergencies.

“The overwhelming generos ity of our donors humbles me in the first phase of the campaign,” said Joy Sisisky, Federation CEO, in the press release. “Each gift represents a seed planted for future generations. The Cen tennial Campaign is federation personified, a center for Jewish philanthropy working to secure and strengthen the Jewish people in the Bay Area, Israel and around the world. It is the inter

section of our past, present and future. We look forward to having all members of the Jewish com munity to consider their legacy.”

The celebration was the first event hosted on the newly refurbished second floor of the federation building, which was underwritten with oversight by Jackie Safier, chief executive officer of Prometheus Real Estate Group. Safier was honored at the event, along with recognized leaders who have driven the vision of the campaign, including Laura Lauder, immediate past Endowment Committee Chair woman and the first major donor to the Centennial Campaign, and Jim Koshland, who has served as chairman since its inception 12 years ago.

“It’s about learning why you want to give to the community and having a lifelong story about what you care about,” Koshland said in the press release. “The success of this campaign is a partnership between lay leaders and staff.”

The program included renowned scholar Rabbi Ed Feinstein of Valley Beth Shalom in Encino, master of ceremonies; former Endowment Committee chairman Dan Safier; Michael

Krasny, former host of the award-winning KQED Forum, in conversation with Julie Platt, chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of the Jewish Feder ations of North America and immediate past chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles.

Donor names are displayed on The Wall of Honor, a center piece of the federation’s lobby that stands as an enduring tribute to the Centennial donors’ generosity, recognizing those individuals and families whose gifts begin at $250,000. Guests also viewed messages from com munity donors in The Book of Life, a treasury of testimonials documenting personal thoughts, stories and values that inspired their philanthropy.

“Gifts given to the Centen nial ensure that we can meet the moment for generations to come, that our community has the kind of Jewish federation that we want – compassionate, relevant and farsighted,” Sisisky said in the press release.

The federation’s East Bay office is located at 2121 Allston Way, Suite 200, Berkeley and may be reach at 510-809-4900.

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Bethany Lutheran to host Christmas Craft Fair next month

VACAVILLE — Bethany Lutheran will host its annual Christmas Craft Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 5 at Bethany Lutheran School.

The outdoor event fea tures craft vendors, a bake sale, free elf photos, letters to Santa, holiday music and prize drawings throughout the day.

Prizes include an acrylic painting by awardwinning Vacaville artist Randy Pauley, themed gift baskets and an Easter egg tree decorated with handmade Scandina vian ornaments.

The school is located at 1011 Ulatis Drive.

Refreshments will be sold. Plenty of free parking is available.

For more information, call 707-365-3726.

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49ers vs. Chiefs offers Super Bowl nostalgia

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SANTA CLARA — Nostal gia will sweep through Levi’s Stadium on Sunday, and not all memories are worth celebrating.

In fact, here comes a dou ble-whammy to remember: the 49ers’ only Super Bowl losses, from the 2012 and ’19 seasons.

For starters, the Kansas City Chiefs (4-2) are coming to face the 49ers (3-3) in their first matchup since Super Bowl LIV on Feb. 2, 2020, when a fourthquarter collapse doomed the Niners to a 31-20 heartbreaker.

Second, it’s alumni weekend,

and that means commemo rating the 10th anniversary of their NFC Championship-win ning team under Jim Harbaugh, who’s expected to attend Sun day’s tribute. That team was the 49ers’ first to lose a Super Bowl, albeit after a gutsy effort in a blackout-delayed, 34-31 defeat to the Baltimore Ravens.

Vanden rolls over Fairfield in 42-0 victory

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FAIRFIELD —

Vanden High School’s football team scored in a variety of ways Friday night before giving the depth chart extensive game action in a 42-0 win over Fairfield.

The Vikings improved to 8-1 overall and 3-1 in the Monti cello Empire League. Meanwhile, Rodriguez defeated Will C. Wood 28-0 Friday to set up what should be a pretty good regular season finale between the the Vikings and the Mustangs.

Playoff positioning will be at stake.

“A lot of guys that are role players or on the scout team got to play and that was a posi tive,” Vanden head coach Sean Murphy said. “We still have some things to fix up, some mental errors, before next week. That game is going to go a long way toward playoff seeding.”

Fairfield struggled to get anything going offensively and fell to 0-9 overall and 0-4 in the MEL. Despite getting the ball inside the 5-yard line on one series, the Falcons still suffered their fourth straight shutout defeat. It was their sixth shutout

loss of the season.

“They didn’t quit, and that is very positive,” Fairfield head coach Alex Hubbard said. “We’re trying to continue to get better and build toward the future.”

Vanden got its scoring started in memorable fashion when Marcellus Chandler raced 40 yards with a punt return for a touchdown. Two weeks ago Chandler was carted off the field and taken by ambulance to the hospital. The visit was cautionary and he avoided serious injury and was back on the field.

Later in the first quarter, Elijah Fisher man capped a short drive with a 3-yard touchdown run. Less than two minutes later, Kyren Jackson-davis blocked a Fairfield punt and teammate Matthew Davidson was able to scoop up the ball and run it a short distance for a third touchdown.

The Vikings scored twice in the second quarter. Quarter back Tre Dimes found Leon Robinson with a 40-yard touchdown pass. Fisherman scored his second touchdown on the Vikings’ next series, racing in for a score from

5Solano girls volleyball teams net playoff bids

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FAIRFIELD — Five area high school varsity volleyball teams have been selected to compete in the Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs, which begin Tuesday night.

Monticello Empire League champion Vacav ille earned the No. 2 seed in Division 2 and will host No. 15 Grant of Sacramento. Rodriguez will head to Merced in Division 2 to take on El Capitan.

“The team worked hard and they are looking forward tour playoff game,” Rodriguez head coach Christopher Co said. “They don’t want the season to end just yet, but they know they have a tough road ahead of them. The team this year has so much spirit and fight left in them.”

Vanden, the MEL’s runner-up, is the No. 7 seed in Division 3 and will be home to take on No. 10 Lincoln.

“We have seen Lincoln in past years,” Vanden head coach Cindy Scolav ino said. “They are good,

but so are we. I believe we are ready to face anyone in these playoffs and give them all they can handle. Over the last three weeks, this group has really come into their own.”

Vacaville Christian won the Sierra Delta League and was awarded the No. 6 seed in Divi sion 5. The Falcons will have a home match at the Will C. Wood gym against No. 11 Le Grand. Rio Vista is No. 12 in Divi sion 5 and will play at No. 5 Bear River.

All five matches will be start at 7 p.m. Quar terfinal matches are Thursday with the semi finals Nov. 1 and the finals Nov. 5.

Division 2 features top-seed Whitney, Vacav ille, Rio Americano, Del Oro, El Capitan, Tracy, Vista del Lago, Bella Vista, Linden, Cosumnes Oaks, Manteca, Rodri guez, Woodcreek, Golden Valley and Grant. Bear Creek and Cordova will have a play-in match Monday.

The Division 3 field

Alas, Super Bowl aspira tions are renewed, courtesy of Thursday night’s blockbuster trade bringing former Stanford running back Christian McCaf frey from the Carolina Panthers. His father, Ed, was on the 49ers’ last Super Bowl-winning team, that coming in 1994 when Mike Shanahan was the offensive coordinator.

What does it all mean for the current 49ers? Inspiration? Distraction?

At the very least, they’ve got a much-anticipated homecom ing. The 49ers are coming off a 10-day road trip, which opened

with a rout of the coach-firing Carolina Panthers, followed by a third-annual layover in West Virginia, and capped by a 28-14 loss at the run-dominant Atlanta Falcons.

Here are a few things the 49ers, as injury-riddled as they are, must do for a seventh straight win at home:

Cover Kelce

Tight end Travis Kelce’s seven touchdown catches should be warning enough, that he remains Mahomes’ go-to guy.

“The way that he gets open

and the way he can move in and out of routes, and Andy Reid knows how to make calls to get him open,” linebacker Dre Greenlaw said.

Coach Kyle Shanahan (the aforementioned Mike’s son) said Kelce uses his elite footwork to separate from defenders, then uses “the best hands in the league” to snag throws from “a top thrower on the planet,” in Mahomes. “If you try to get him head up and he’s got two ways to go, you got no chance,” Shanahan said.

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Rodriguez notches third-straight shutout, wins over Will C. Wood

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FAIRFIELD — Rodri guez High topped Will C. Wood 28-0 Friday night at Coach Ed Hopkins Stadium to roll to its third consecutive shutout victory and keep its playoff outlook rosy.

Since falling to Monticello Empire League-leading Vacaville to open league play, the Mustangs (6-3 overall, 3-1 MEL) have held MEL foes Fairfield, Armijo and Wood (5-4, 2-2) scoreless.

Rodriguez stifled the Wildcats, who never took a drive into the red zone in Friday’s tilt. The Mus tangs won the turnover battle, with Jeffery Mis souri securing the game’s only interception and

Zack Carvalho recover ing a fumble.

“The defense did an excellent job,” said Rodriguez head coach Myles King.

Wood also was ham pered by the absence of quarterback Mason Sayre, who exited the game with a knee injury after being sacked for a loss on the final play of the Wildcats second drive of the game.

“I really thought we were in the game,” said Wood head coach Jacob Wright. “We just turned the ball over too many times and couldn’t get those key stops.”

Offensively, Rodriguez scored one touchdown per quarter en route to victory.

On its six-play, 58-yard

opening drive, Jeremiah Hill grabbed a pass from Dylan Burke in stride and under coverage as he sprinted out of the end zone to put the Mustangs up 7-0. A 61-yard toss from Burke to Andreas Garcia – the longest play of the night – helped set up the TD.

Later, in the second quarter, Garcia took a reverse down his own sideline to put Rodriguez up 14-0 with 8 minutes and 42 seconds left.

The Mustangs came within striking distance on their final possession of the first half, but a 45-yard field goal attempt fell short of the goal posts.

The Mustangs went up 21-0 in the third quarter when Burke hit Leroy

Bryant with a 19-yard catch under pressure.

Bentley Williams capped the scoring with 5:19 to go as he took a handoff around the left side of the line and found paydirt.

Matteo Arias converted all four point-after touch down attempts.

“This one really solid ified all of our hard work that we’ve been putting in since January,” King said. “I’m very excited for our players, for our staff, for our whole program as a whole.”

In the final week of the regular season, Rodriguez faces Vanden while Wood takes on Vacaville.

Rodriguez won the junior varsity contest, 42-12.

Vacaville football displays solid all-around effort against Armijo

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VACAVILLE — Vacaville High School’s football team scored early and often en route to a 44-6 win Thursday night over Armijo at Tom Zunino Stadium.

The Bulldogs were ready to post a shutout before the Royals ended that with a late touchdown. Armijo quarterback Willie Nickson hit receiver Kaiba Washington with an 84-yard TD pass in the final second.

Vacaville improved to 6-3 overall and 4-0 in the Monticello Empire League. Armijo fell to 3-6 overall and 0-4 in the MEL.

The teams close out the regular season next week with rivalry games. Vacaville will be at Will C. Wood and Armijo hosts Fairfield.

Vacaville put up 17 points in the first quarter, 13 in the second and 14 in the third to run away with

the win. The Bulldogs clinched a share of the MEL title and can win it outright by beating the Wild cats next week.

Jemeir Buckner got the scoring started with a 74-yard kickoff return for a touchdown. Jon Navarro was able to collect a fumble and get a touchdown. Micah Navarro kicked both extra points and added a 23-yard field goal in the period.

Vacaville quarterback Alex

Barkley completed a 13-yard touch down pass to Buckner in the second quarter. Navarro converted the extra point. Cristian Diosdado later in the period raced 45 yards for a score. This time the extra-point kick failed.

In the third quarter, Barkley struck again with a 17-yard TD pass to Brady Mott. Max Galeano kicked the extra point. Diosdado had his second touchdown later in the third by going a short 1 yard for a score. Navarro hit the extra point.

Vacaville was able to pile up 305 yards of total offense to Armijo’s 140. Barkley threw for 180 yards and Diosdado rushed for 86.

Armijo quarterback Willie Nickson threw for 120 yards and a touchdown. Washington finished with two catches for 92 yards and the late score.

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Rodriguez High School’s Andreas Garcia runs the ball down the field for a touchdown during the football game

against Will C. Wood at Rodriguez in Fairfield, Friday. The Mustangs earned a 28-0 win over the Wildcats.

Sunday’s TV sports Baseball

• MLB Playoffs, NLCS, San Diego at Philadelphia, FS1, 11:37 a.m.

• MLB Playoffs, ALCS, Houston at N.Y. Yankees, TBS, 4 p.m.

Basketball

• NBA, Sacramento vs. Golden State, NBCSBA (Fairfield and Suisun CIty), NBCSCA (Vacaville and Rio Vista), 5:30 p.m.

Football

• NFL, Green Bay vs. Washington, 2, 40, 10 a.m.

• NFL, Detroit vs. Dallas, 5, 13, 10 a.m.

• NFL, Kansas City vs. San Francisco, 2, 40, 1:25 p.m.

• NFL, Pittsburgh vs. Miami, 3, 5:15 p.m.

Golf

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

• The CJ Cup, GOLF, 11:30 a.m.

Hockey

• NHL, Anaheim vs. Detroit, ESPN, 2 p.m.

• NHL, San Jose vs. Philadelphia, NBCSCA, 4 p.m.

Motor Sports

• F1, U.S. Grand Prix, 7, 10, 10:30 a.m.

• NASCAR, Dixie Vodka 400, Cup Race, 3, 11:30 a.m.

Soccer

• EPL, Wolverhampton vs. Leicester City, USA, 6 a.m.

• EPL, Leeds vs. Fulham, CNBC, 6 a.m.

• EPL, Tottenham vs. Newcastle, USA, 8:30 a.m.

• MLS, Conference Semifinal, Montreal vs. New York City, ESPN, 10 a.m.

• MLS, Conference Semifinal, Austin vs. Dallas, ESPN, 5 p.m.

Volleyball

• College Women, Wisconsin vs. Michigan, ESPN2, 10 a.m.

Warriors ease up on shootarounds to keep legs fresh

By C.J. Holmes SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

SAN FRANCISCO —

Two games into the 2022-23 season, the Golden State War riors haven’t had a pregame shootaround.

Ahead of Friday’s game against the Denver Nuggets at Chase Center, head coach Steve Kerr told reporters that the team is beginning to ease back on them in an effort to keep players as fresh as possible.

“It just feels right this year to have that be our default,” he said.

Shootarounds are informal pregame prac tice sessions that are

common at the college and professional levels of basketball. In them, teams can go over offen sive and defensive concepts. Players can watch film, get shots up and work up an early sweat. Coaches can communicate any necessary adjustments before games.

However, all that requires early morn ings and a certain level of effort that’s not always necessary for a veteran team like the Warriors. Stephen Curry, Klay Thomp son and Draymond Green don’t need them to find their rhythm.

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Utah at New Orleans, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Phoenix at. L.A. Clippers, 7 p.m.

Astros shut down Yankees again, grab commanding 3-0 series lead

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NEW YORK — Studies suggest that brain activity may continue for several minutes after you’re declared dead. This Yankees season will last until the Houston Astros inevitably beat them one more time.

But, for all intents and purposes, the Yankees’ season flatlined in the sixth inning of a 5-0 loss to Houston in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series on Saturday night – with 47,569 people at Yankee Stadium to serve as witness. The Yankees fell behind, 3-0, in the bestof-seven series.

The sixth inning was when ace Gerrit Cole loaded the bases with no outs and walked off the mound with body language of someone who walked out of a morgue after identi fying a body.

And it was when reliever Lou Trivino allowed all three runs to score to turn a 2-0 deficit turn into a insurmountable gulf.

Only once in major-league

history has a team overcome a 3-0 hole in the playoffs. The 2004 Red Sox stormed back to beat the Yankees in seven games to advance and win their first World Series in 86 years.

These Yankees – with their sud denly impotent offense – won’t be getting that far. They might be lucky if they win the next two games to force a Game 6 in Houston on Tuesday.

The Yankees, who needed all five games to beat the Guardians in the AL Division Series, will turn to Nestor Cortes, their best regularseason starting pitcher, on Sunday night in hopes of staving off an Astros celebration one more day. Houston will counter with righthander Lance McCullers.

The Yankees have hit just 12-for-94 (.127) for the series.

The Yankees had a chance to make it close in the eighth. They put runners on the corners with one out for Anthony Rizzo, who lined out to second base. Then Aaron Judge

grounded weakly to third base to end the threat.

On Saturday, the Yankees recorded just three hits. The other two came in a meaningless ninth inning with two outs. Meanwhile, Houston went ahead, 2-0, on a strange error and a home run from the No. 9 hitter in the second inning. The Astros had six hits.

Astros starting pitcher Cristian Javier held the Yankees to one hit over 5 1/3 innings. He had pitched seven scoreless against them in a combined no-hitter earlier in the year, and the Yankees’ counter was to fill the lineup with three lefty hitters – Anthony Rizzo, Oswaldo Cabrera and Matt Car penter. They went a combined 1-for-9 with two walks.

Aaron Judge was 0-for-4 and struck out twice to drop his playoffs batting average to .156.

Cole went five innings, giving up three earned runs on five hits, two walks and seven strikeouts.

Rangers hire former Giants skipper Bochy

By evan Grant THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS

Heading into their 52nd season, the Rangers still have not managed to win a World Series. But, for the first time ever, they have a manager who has.

The Rangers agreed to terms with Bruce Bochy to take over as the 20th full time manager in club history, the club announced on Friday.

He agreed to a threeyear contract covering the 2023-25 seasons.

Bochy 67, who has been retired for the last three seasons, has taken two different teams to the World Series and won three titles with San Francisco in 2010, 2012 and 2014.

“I am incredibly excited to be joining the Texas Rangers,” Bochy said in written statement.

“Over the last several days, I’ve had extensive conversations with Chris Young and other individ uals in the organization, and I had the chance to meet with Ray Davis. Their vision and commit ment to putting together a club that can contend and win year in and year out is impressive, and I became convinced I wanted to be a

part of that.

“If I was going to return to managing, it had to be the right situ ation. I strongly believe that to be the case with the Rangers, and I can’t wait to get started.”

A formal press confer ence to introduce Bochy will be held at Globe Life Field on Monday.

It bucks the long-term trend for the franchise: They have hired an accomplished and suc cessful manager with championship creden tials. And it speaks to GM Chris Young’s stated intent to build a “champi onship culture.”

“On behalf of the entire organization, I want to welcome Bruce and Kim Bochy to the Texas Rangers,” Young said in a statement released Friday. “In his 25 years with San Diego and San Francisco, Bruce was one of the most successful and respected managers in Major League Baseball.”

With a calm and steady presence, he has a remarkable ability to connect and communi cate with players, coaches, and staff, and his teams have always played with maximum effort.”

Solano College women’s volleyball sinks Mendocino in straight sets

Daily r ePuBliC staff

DRNEWS@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

ROCKVILLE — The conference-leading Solano College women’s vol leyball team took on second-place Mendocino and came away with a strong three-set victory Friday night, 25-21, 25-16, 25-16.

Crystal Carroll led the defense with 19 digs, serving 18-for-18 with two aces. Head coach Darla Williams said Carroll was aggressive all over the court and played some solid defense.

Sammy Brown led the way on offense with 13 kills and chipped in 12 digs. Hannah Del Rio had a strong night with 10 kills and three blocks. Kelsey Wall also added 10 kills and 13 digs while serving 12-for-13 with two aces.

Dani Rydjord led with 32 assists, added 10 digs and served 12-for-13. Lili Ayala chipped in three blocks and Rachel Lin

added 10 digs. Lin also had a strong passing night.

“We were very pleased with our serve-receive passing tonight,” Williams said in an email. “Our exe cution on passing allows us to run a faster offense.

Crystal, Rachel, Sammy and Kelsey were our main passers tonight. They did an exceptional job.”

Solano improved to 7-0 in the Bay Valley Con ference and 19-7 overall.

The Falcons travel Wednesday to Yuba College before returning home at 6 p.m. Friday to take on Marin.

Solano soccer falls to Los Medanos

ROCKVILLE — The Solano College women’s soccer team dropped a 6-1 decision Friday on the road to Los Medanos.

The Mustangs scored four times in the first half and added two more after the break. The Falcons fell to 2-9-1 overall.

Claire Sawin scored

Solano’s only goal on an unassisted shot at the 46-minute mark in the second half. Fatima Guzman and KateLynn Jimenez added shots on goal that were turned away.

Jessica Biasotti made six saves as the goalkeeper.

Solano has a 4 p.m. game Tuesday at Marin.

Prep volleyball Vanden girls rally to beat Rodriguez

FAIRFIELD — The Vanden High School girls volleyball team rallied from two sets down Thursday night to beat Rodriguez 19-25, 24-26, 25-13, 25-17, 15-10.

Sumerlyn Spencer had 12 service points, 11 kills and 15 digs. Breanna Davis added 11 service points, 10 digs and 25 assists. Fran King collected 10 service points, 16 digs and

18 assists.

Soleil Sands added 12 kills and Jada Cuffie had 17 among Vanden’s big hit totals.

The Vikings closed out the regular season 12-3 in the Monticello Empire League and 17-13 overall.

Rodriguez did not provide statistical leaders.

Vanden won the junior varsity match 25-14, 25-23. Dani Rubi had an ace, five digs and three service points. Piper Olson had 13 service points, two aces, five digs, 11 assists and one kill. Sophia Montano also had three solo blocks, three digs, three kills, two service points and an ace.

The JV “B” squad earned a 25-17, 25-15 win. Amaya Baker had five digs and an assist. Erin Veatch had two kills, two blocks and a dig. Esabelle Goco-Alojada contributed three digs and three assists. Neharah Saave dra had four digs and two assists.

Kahkonen shines but Sharks fizzle

By Curtis Pashelka THE MERCURY NEWS

Goalie Kaapo Kah konen looked solid as he made 35 saves in his first start in a week but the San Jose Sharks’ season-long offensive woes continued Saturday with a 2-1 loss to the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center.

Kahkonen stopped 28 of 30 shots in the first two periods but only Kevin Labanc was able to score for the Sharks, who now have two goals or less in regulation time in each of their seven games so far.

The Sharks, who were hoping to build on Thurs day’s overtime win over the New York Rangers, were once again outscored in the second period. They allowed an even-strength goal to Yegor Sharang ovich at the 13:21 mark and a power play goal to Dawson Mercer just 2:22 later as the Devils took a 2-0 lead.

Labanc responded for San Jose with his first goal of the season with 3:45 left in the middle period, but the Sharks were unable to add a second goal.

The Sharks went

0-for-2 on the power play, which included a chance with the man advantage with under four minutes left in the third period.

The Sharks still have not scored a goal in the third period this season and top-line forwards Tomas Hertl and Timo Meier have now com bined for one goal and three assists in the first seven games.

Mercer’s goal came after Evgeny Svechnikov was called for goalie inter ference at the 14:29 mark of the second, as the Sharks forward skated into the Devils’ crease and

bowled over goalie Mack enzie Blackwood.

Mercer’s goal, which came after a pass from Nico Hischier, was the first power play marker the Sharks had allowed this season. The Sharks came into Saturday’s game 20-for-20 on the penalty kill and had also killed the first two pen alties they took against the Devils.

The Sharks were also outshot 20-8 in the second period. For the season, they’ve been outscored 16-4 and outshot 103-51.

The Sharks (1-6-0), who have 12 goals in

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Net

Second Flight 13 - 14 Net 1st, Berna LaPointe, 28 2nd, Barbara James, 31 3rd, Dottie Foltz, 32* 4th, Chris Robertson, 32*

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Chip-Ins

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Birdies

Mona Begell No. 9

Nine Arounders

backs all could match up with Kelce, and that includes safety Jimmie Ward, if he plays with a club-like cast on his left hand. “The best (tight end) in the league right now is my guy (George) Kittle, but right now, as you see, Kelce is out there catching more balls receiving,” Ward said. “. . . If I get to cover him I welcome the chal lenge. Should be good. Get to hit him, tackle him, cover him.”

Block Chris Jones

Jimmy Garoppolo’s third-down overthrow to Emmanuel Sanders wasn’t the 49ers’ only offensive gaffe late in their Super Bowl loss to the Chiefs. Chris Jones literally had a hand in things, too, as he deflected three passes.

“He’s a huge human being,” rookie right guard Spencer Burford said. “Technique is going to be a big thing this week, just basing off the fact he can be disruptive in the way they use him in their defense.”

the red zone, if the 49ers make it there enough.

Jeff Wilson Jr. figures to have more heavy lifting to do before McCaffrey takes over, and before Elijah Mitch ell’s post-bye return. Wilson must atone for his first-quarter fumble that the Falcons returned for a 14-0 lead last game.

Unlike his previous three games, Wilson did not bust a run over 30 yards against the Falcons. “Some runs are literally inches away from being big hits,” Burford said. “It’s lit erally fixing little tweaks, because it’s 4 or 5 inches from a big run, I kid you not.”

Deebo time?

It always feels like desperation time coming off a loss. Hence, they made a play to drop four draft picks for McCaf frey. Before he becomes their offensive catalyst, that role remains prop erty of Deebo Samuel.

2nd,Kim Wink, 59/42* 3rd, Judi Moses, 60/42* 4th, Rene Romiski, 60/42*

Third Flight

1st,Sandy Latchford, 62/40

2nd, Ann Rollin, 63/42*

3rd, Kim Weaver, 63/42*

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Rio Vista Women’s Golf Club

Game of the Day: Cha Cha Cha – Stroke Play

There were 3 chip-ins: Jackie Evans on Hole 1; Eileen Foster on Hole 10; Terry Sutter on Hole 14.

One birdie on Hole 5: Jackie Evans; Doris Sundly was closest to the pin on Hole 10 at 27’ ½”; broke 100: Mitch Ybarra, 93; Thea Rock, 96; Denise Sargent-Natour, 96; Sandy Smith, 97

First Place Team: Thea Rock, Lynn Traver, Donna Nunes, Pat Kistler: 131

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Third Place Team: Mitch Ybarra, Diane Scholz, Jill Smith, Lynn Grace: 136

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their seven games, finish their four-game road trip Sunday evening in Phila delphia against the Flyers.

The Sharks were looking to win back-toback games for the first time since near the end of last season when they beat the Chicago Black hawks at home and the Vegas Golden Knights on the road in over time on April 23 and 24, respectively.

Kahkonen got his first start in a week after he allowed five goals on 25 shots in the Sharks’ 5-2 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks last Saturday at SAP Center.

Kahkonen wasn’t helped a ton by the skaters in front of him that night, as the power play allowed two goals against, but he still carried a .814 save percentage into Saturday’s game in Newark after two starts.

Kahkonen had to make 10 saves in the first period, including two on the penalty kill. The Sharks also had some trouble early in the game dealing with New Jersey’s speed, which led to some quality Devils chances.

Burford is looking forward to facing Jones, having already encoun tered Los Angeles Rams’ Aaron Donald and the Falcons’ Grady Jarrett. Playing the Chiefs’ 3-technique, Jones is key to how their defensive front is so gap sound.

“He’ll start rushing and try to play the line of scrimmage,” Burford said. “You have to get on him early. The earlier you can get your hands on him, the more momentum he won’t have to build off, coming off the rush.”

Chris Foerster, the 49ers’ run-game coordinator and offen sive line coach, said they’ve reviewed Super Bowl film to study Jones. “Every week is going to be a challenge for interior guys, so we have to work on details to protect the quarter back,” Foerster said. “He’s a load. He’s a big, strong physical guy who, when he wants to, can be an absolute game-wrecker.”

Revive run game

Last game’s dismal rushing output had out siders freaking out, even though the 49ers essen tially resorted to a pass-oriented, catch-up attack. Still, they’ll need to re-establish a ballhogging ground game to win the time of posses sion and limit Mahomes’ possessions.

Enter: McCaffrey. Well, perhaps not imme diately, nor in a full-time capacity, but maybe in

Vanden

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12 yards out.

Vanden’s final touch down came early in the fourth quarter when Davidson scooped up a fumble and went 35 yards for a score.

Rafael Ortiz Velez made all six of his pointafter kicks.

Jeff Carr scooped up a fumble with five minutes left before the half for Fairfield. The Falcons got deep into

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“It’s a hit or miss thing with him,” Foer ster said. “They’re not defending him differ ently. We’re putting him in very similar situations and there are opportuni ties, some missed by him and others we have not executed for him.”

Samuel’s production isn’t bad, but he certainly isn’t the rushing-game asset as he was a year ago. The 49ers, curi ously, haven’t employed him much on short tosses in the backfield. Time to get creative, maxi mize his All-Pro talents and get him the ball into open space. Or just do the same for McCaffrey, sooner or later.

Samuel has only 31 rushing yards (13 carries) since Garop polo relieved Lance in the Week 2 home opener; Samuel had 105 yards (10 carries) in the season’s opening five quarters with Trey Lance at quarterback.

Swarm Mahomes

Ideally, the 49ers pin Mahomes in the pocket. Realistically, he’ll escape and cause havoc.

“He’s really good at everything and I think the biggest thing is trying to keep him from extending plays,” Nick Bosa said. “He’s obvi ously really good in the pocket, but that’s where we want to keep him.”

If Mahomes isn’t rolling out of trouble or taking a zone-read run around the edge, he could do what others have done against the 49ers defense: dart up the middle for yards. The latest example was Marcus Mariota’s thirdand-15 dash – against a six-man rush – on the Falcons’ go-ahead touch down drive last Sunday.

Vanden territory before the drive was turned away on fourth down by an interception from Ugene Jackson.

Fairfield’s Rae’sean Austin also intercepted a pass late in the game. Jimmy Green made several tackles. The Falcons had very few plays of positive yards, the biggest being a 12-yard pass from quarterback Isaiah Nolan to Carr.

Fairfield closes out its season next week with the finale at home against Armijo.

Placer and Hilmar. Pioneer and Pacheco are in the play-in match.

Division 5 has topseed Ripon Christian, Bret Harte, Big Valley, Bradshaw Christian, Bear River, Vacaville Christian, Mariposa County, Stone Ridge Christian, Woodland Christian, John Adams Academy, Le Grand and Rio Vista.

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Sharks goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen (36) makes a second period save on a shot by the Devils’ Miles Wood (44) at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, Saturday.

Online dating lets women make the first move

Dear Annie: My ques tion concerns the fact that I received a heart icon on my profile on a dating website that I joined. I am new at this.

He is a widower, and I want to reply by thanking him for the heart and then send a message. Should I ask him a question regard ing his profile? I’m not very good at beginning a conversation; I’m somewhat shy.

Annie Lane Dear Annie

I have never pursued a man, and being on the website, I feel like we (the women) are pursu ing men as well. What do you

think? — Online Dating

Dear Online Dating: As a woman in 2022, it would be totally appro priate for you to heart him if you want to heart him or to thank him for the heart and then send him a message. Go for it! If you don’t try, you never know what could have been.

Dear Annie: Regarding “Anxious in Portland,” there might be another reason his wife may not be locking the door or closing it completely. The answer could be ADHD. My husband had the same issues.

Horoscopes

yourself as you allow for the shift. It will take a little time to adjust and release the uneasy energy.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). No one is without weakness. Seek collaboration. It will be very lucky to let others handle what you’re not so good at while you offset the balance by giving your best to your considerable strengths.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). While you may sign a signature to your work, hopefully it’s superfluous. You want the work itself to be your signature. You seek to stand out and blend in all at once – to live at the juncture of original ity and relevance.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The truth has power. Suppressing the truth is like containing explosives in a pressure cooker. In a related story, being unable to tell it like it causes bodily stress – see the science behind lie detectors.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Get the job done. Don’t worry about doing it perfectly or even better than others. Don’t worry about making top dollar either. Go for “good enough,” which is better than going for something so impossible it’s demotivating.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You will enjoy learning as much as you can about the way things work. Your aim will be to abide by the established laws and boundaries until you know the rules well enough to break them.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). While no one can give you more time, people can sure give you more ways to waste it. Be proactive in avoiding distractions. Get ready to defend yourself against what may cause you to lose focus.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: At age 14, Ryan Reynolds landed his first movie, which happened to be filmed in Sri Lanka. Three months in the war-torn country without his parents instilled courage and self-reliance in this intu itive Scorpio. Reynolds has traveled extensively and expressed his love of new places – no surprise, as his natal Venus and dreamy Neptune are both in the sign of travel, Sagittarius.

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While it would kill him if any thing happened to us by his not closing the door all the way or not locking it, it doesn’t happen. He still frequently fails to lock the doors.

I understand that now, after his diagnosis and after spending years of being angry. I do have to check the doors at night. If he is working late in his shop, I text him and put a sticky note on the door to remind him.

If your letter writer’s wife has ADHD, it’s a brain chemical issue, not immaturity. — More Understanding Wife

Dear Understanding Wife: Thank you for telling us of your

FOR YOUR HEALTH

experience with your husband’s ADHD and how it relates to not locking doors at night. Quite a number of readers offered similar advice, and I greatly appreciate it.

Dear Annie: I wanted to share something that has worked for me, as well as for several members of my family and a friend, to cure our alco holism. It is the program called Rational Recovery. Because of our alcoholism, we all read the book and quit. One has to be fed up with drinking and its consequences. This is just one alternative to Alcoholics Anony mous. — Alternative to AA

Dear Alternative: Thank you for your recommenda tion, and if Rational Recovery helped all of you stop drink ing, I applaud their program. At the same time, I’m not sure why you sought an alterna tive to Alcoholics Anonymous, which has been so successful for nearly a century in helping countless alcoholics stop drink ing, one day at a time, and live productive and happy lives for many years.

Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

Protect your family from lead in water

A nquAnitte OrtegA FOR THE DAILY REPUBLIC

Most tap water from public water systems used for drinking in California is not contaminated with lead, according to United States Environmental Protection Agency. However, California is making efforts to keep drinking water lead-free.

Drinking water that flows from the water main to a house’s water meter comes from the water service lines (the pipes or the fittings). The public water utilities in California are replac ing water service lines that contain lead over a 10-year period, according to the Childhood Lead Poisoning Pre vention Branch. Water utilities are not responsible for replacing privately owned service lines or private wells, so this water should be tested if used for drinking.

For more information about testing water, visit https://www.epa.gov/lead/ protect-your-family-sources-lead or call 800-426-4791.

How does lead get into drink ing water? Over the years, water may become contaminated with lead through corroded plumbing materials. Corrosion involves a chemical reaction between water and plumbing materi als that wears away the metal. Water with high acidity or low mineral content may speed up corrosion in pipes and fixtures that may release lead into drinking water.

To address these concerns, Congress passed the 2011 Safe Drinking Water Act, which lowered the maximum lead content of plumbing products such as pipes, pipe fittings, plumbing fit tings, fixtures, solder and flux. This is known as the Lead and Copper Rule, which provides additional protection to keep drinking water safer from corro sive materials.

Brass or chrome-plated faucets and fixtures with lead solder are the most common source of lead contamina tion in drinking water, according to the EPA. Homes built before 1986 may have lead pipes, plumbing fittings or fixtures. Some water crocks may also be contaminated with lead and should not be used to store drinking water unless you know it does not contain lead.

The Childhood Lead Poisoning Pre vention Branch offers these suggestions to reduce lead exposure in tap water:

n Let cold tap water run at least 30 seconds before using it to cook, drink or make baby formula.

n Let tap water run for 1 to 5 minutes, if it has not been used for six hours or more.

n Remove faucet strainers and run water for 3 to 5 minutes occasionally (to conserve running water, be sure to collect it to water plants not used for food).

n Never use lead solder for plumb ing.

n Change brass faucets bought before 2010. If possible, use a certified

water filter that removes lead from tap water.

Childhood lead poisoning continues to be a harmful environmental health problem that affects many young chil dren in Solano County, according to the Childhood Lead Poisoning Preven tion Branch. Lead poisoning is more dangerous for children younger than 6 years old because their bodies are rapidly growing and developing and tend to absorb more lead. Lead can affect children’s brains and nervous systems and can cause permanent learning and behavioral problems that can directly affect school performance.

Childhood lead poisoning is diffi cult to identify, as most children with lead poisoning do not look or act sick. A blood lead test is the only way to iden tify lead poisoning in children, which is why it is important for parents to ask the doctor about blood lead testing.

Children at risk should be tested for lead at both 12 and 24 months of age.

However, if there is a concern about lead exposure, a doctor can do a test at any age. Children receiving MediCal are eligible for free lead testing.

Private health insurance may also pay for the test.

For additional information, visit www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/clppb.

Anquanitte Ortega is a senior health education specialist from Solano Public Health’s Maternal & Adolescent Health Department.

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