Daily Republic: Sunday, October 30, 2022

Families enjoy Halloween tradition at Jelly Belly

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FAIRFIELD — Chil dren dressed as witches, evil jack-in-the-boxes, ghosts and vampires descended Saturday on Jelly Belly for a morning of fun, games and candy.

They were there for the annual Jelly Belly Munchkin Masquerade and Halloween Break fast. The breakfast of French toast, scram bled eggs, bacon and more was followed by some activities with Kelly the Clown.

Dressed as astronauts were Verna Schuetter and daughter Serence Schuetter, 3, who came out for some fun along

with Schuetter’s wife, Rebecca Mia.

“I wanted to do some thing that encompassed space along with sci-fi,” Schuetter said.

Visitors this year got a chance to check out the new Jelly Belly museum after riding a Jelly Belly train around the parking lot. Children at the end of the event got goodie bags with toys and – of course – candy inside.

“It is a little different than in years past,” John Jamison, Jelly Belly’s vice president of retail operations, said of the event Saturday.

He said most years they expect thousands of See Jelly, Page A9

Solano Land Trust, state join Lester family to preserve Dixon Ridge Farms

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DIXON — Solano Land Trust, the state and the Russ Lester family have completed the process to preserve the family owned, 913-acre farm.

The Solano Land Trust announced the partnership in a press release in which it described the property as “prime farmland.”

The farm is owned and operated by Kathy and Russ Lester of Dixon Ridge Farms.

A celebration of the completion of the conservation agreement will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. Monday at Dixon Ridge Farms.

State representatives in attendance may include David Shabazian, director of the state Department of Conservation, and Lynne von Koch-Liebert, exec utive director of the California Strategic Growth Council, along with Nicole Braddock, executive director of the Solano Land Trust.

Dixon Ridge Farms sits between Dixon and Winters, an area containing what the Solano Land Trust describes in the press release as “some of the richest alluvial soils and a climate that supports high-production crops.”

The agreement protects 913 acres of organic walnut

Zoning

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FAIRFIELD — If visi

tors to Suisun Valley want to sample the wines, they would have to go to where the wine is made or, at the very least, where the grapes are grown.

Wine tasting facilities, by zoning regulations, must be an “incidental use” to the agricultural processing or winery, county documents state.

A proposed zoning change to be consid ered Thursday by the Solano County Planning Commission would allow stand-alone tasting facil

ities in the Agriculture Tourism Centers zoning district of the valley.

The change is among 14 amendments to be considered when the com mission meets at 7 p.m. in the Board of Supervisors chamber on the first floor of the government center, 675 Texas St., in Fairfield.

Another change for Suisun Valley would no longer require “retail space to be contained within a building and allow outdoor spaces to be utilized.”

And while not specific to Suisun Valley, public access is an issue that has been aired during discus

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sions about event centers in the valley.

Proposed changes for public assembly locations, according to the county documents, “clarify that ingress and egress may be direct from public road or private road, and if from a private road, then

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a recorded maintenance agreement for all prop erty owners served by the private road shall be in effect.”

A number of the pro posals involve the size, setbacks and other

orchards as well as open irrigated land that produces tomatoes, sun flowers and wheat. Russ Lester and his family have farmed Chandler and Hartley walnuts organically since 1992. At one point, Dixon Ridge Farms was the largest handler of organic walnuts in the United States.

To help ensure healthy soils, Dixon Ridge Farms uses a thick cover crop of legumes to trap nitrogen in the orchards. To help save water, Lester developed a watering system by running drip lines through the trees, so less water is lost to evaporation

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Walnut trees at Dixon Ridge Farms in northern Solano County are watered using a sprinkler system suspended in the trees, which helps reduce water loss. The orchard also uses no chemical fertilizer or pesticides.

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The annual Jelly Belly Munchkin Masquerade and Halloween Breakfast brought out thousands of visitors, Saturday. The Jelly Belly Train transported young and old through the parking lot to the new Jelly Belly museum.

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Joan Bunyad pours wine at the Caymus-Suisun Winery in Fairfield, Thursday.

New island could be paradise with right plan

Are you interested in oceanfront property?

Privacy? A cozy spot in the South Pacific?

Allow me to tell you about an island near Tonga, about 5,300 miles from Fair field. Surrounded by beautiful ocean water, it’s 8 acres – although that size is a bit fluid. The island is 50 feet above sea level, which is higher than Suisun City or Fairfield, so no worry about flooding. And it’s a new property!

Very new. Weeks old, as a matter of fact.

Brad Stanhope Like I was sayin’

Sept. 10. Within a day, an unnamed island (more on that later) emerged and began to grow. Soon it was an acre. Then 8 acres.

The island – technically, it’s an atoll, but let’s call it an island – isn’t unique.

New Zealand. It’s southwest of American Samoa, south east of Fiji. Tonga is actually 170 islands, so maybe the new island could be added without much hassle. Tonga has about 100,000 residents).

(“Welcome to Van Halen,” “Welcome to Rascal Flatts”).

But . . . if you plan to bill it as the world’s newest land mass and a holiday dream spot, con sider the possibilities.

New! Room to grow! Cute fixer-upper! The real estate terms flow for the world’s latest island.

The new island emerged after a volcano on the Home Reef seamount erupted

Smart people point out that islands have been produced during previous sub marine volcanoes in that region, the most recent in 2006. Many of the islands gradually disap pear, but not all. Some remain. A nearby island lasted from 1995 until 2020, which of course was the year when everything in the world went bad.

But still.

A new island. Eight acres of waterfront land. South Pacific. Near Tonga (to help out, Tonga is between Hawaii and

Solano native plant sale comes to Ruhstaller Farm

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DIXON — Solano Resource Conservation District’s annual fall native plant sale returns Nov. 12 at the Ruhstaller Farm and Brewery.

California native and drought tolerant plants will be available for pur chase, organizers said in a statement. Informa tional booths with Solano Resource Conservation District partners will be available, and Morning sun Herb Farm will be selling various herbs and other pollinator plants.

Solano Resource Con servation District staff will be selling Monarch Habitat Kits. Each kit features native milk

weed plants and various nectar plants – enough for someone to create their own monarch way station, according to the statement.

A workshop on how to plant the garden will begin at 1 and 3 p.m.

The event will take place from noon to 5 p.m. The farm and brewery is located at 6686 Sievers Road in rural Dixon.

Forms of payment accepted for the plant sale include card, cash or check. Food and bev erages will be available to purchase separately from Ruhstaller Farm.

For more information, visit solanorcd.org, call 707-678-1655, ext. 3 or send an email to info@ solanorcd.org.

Think of living there! You could build a temporary shelter (I suspect you’d need to bring your own wood), then build a permanent home (again, you probably need to import wood to the new, middle-of-water island). But you’ve got a house, but then consider this option: You build a small port and begin promoting your island as “the newest landmass on Earth” and “the new Pacific paradise.”

This is where the name comes in. If you want to be iso lated and don’t like tourists, the name doesn’t matter. Name the island after yourself or after your favorite musical group

What about Paradise Island? How about Shangri-La? How about Utopia?

People would flock to your island. It’s an island in the Pacific!

Another option is to give it a name that sounds like an existing vacation dream spot. You could call it Mowie. Or Taheetee. Or Cancoon.

Granted, there will be some challenges to this plan. Starting with the soil. It’s not sandy. It’s not even dirty. It’s something else, according to an article in The Washington Post.

“It’s more like a large layer of ash, steam and pumice over the ocean,” Rennie Vaio

mounga, a geologist at Tonga Geological Services, told The Post. Apparently, you can’t even walk on the island (will you sink in? Fall through? I’m not sure), but it’s likely that if and when the island sticks around, it will solidify and you’ll be able to walk on it.

Forget all that. This may be the opportunity of a lifetime! A private island in the South Pacific. I’m not sure who owns it, but I suspect you may be able to simply stake a claim if no one is there (I’m not clear on inter national law, but I’ve watched old movies), then build a para dise for tourists.

One last thought: Stanhope Island sounds good, right? Give me credit for the idea.

Reach Brad Stanhope at bradstanhope@outlook.com.

Fairfield police release name of man arrested in robbery, sexual assault case

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FAIRFIELD — The Police Department has released the name of the man suspected in a robbery and sexual assault case late this week who was captured through the use of technology.

Dewayne Allen Wright, 37, of Oakland, faces a slew of felony allegations in connection with the case and was being held without bail. No crim inal charges had been filed as of the end of the day Friday, according to an online search of court records.

Wright has a history of violent offenses, Fairfield police report in a commu nity update.

He was arrested Thurs day without incident after officers were alerted to his vehicle’s loca tion through the Flock

Automated License Plate Reader system, police report. Officers saw the car and stopped it just after 2 p.m. at the east bound Interstate 80 truck scales in Cordelia.

Wright was under state supervised parole at the time of his arrest, police report.

He was booked into Solano County jail on sus picion of kidnapping to commit robbery, robbery, forced oral copulation, criminal threats, theft through use of an access data card, unauthorized use of someone else’s identity, two counts of pos session of a controlled substance while armed, possession of a controlled substance for sale, being a felon in possession of a firearm and illegal possession of ammuni

tion, according to jail booking records.

Bail for the various allegations was set at a combined $1.1 million.

Wright was also held without bail for a suspected parole violation and for outstand ing warrants.

One of the warrants, out of San Francisco, is for assault with a deadly weapon, corporal injury on a spouse or co-habi tant and criminal threats, all felony allegations, and misdemeanor allegations of battery on a spouse or ex-spouse and damaging a wireless communication device, according to police and jail booking records.

The other warrant is out of Oakland in a case involving allegations of robbery, battery and battery causing serious

injury, according to police and jail booking records.

Fairfield police turned to the community Thurs day morning to identify a man described as a “person of interest” in an armed robbery and sexual assault that occurred at about 7 a.m. that day on the 1800 block of West Texas Street. Police indicated the man was considered armed and dangerous.

The police did not release any information about the victim, nor how the attack occurred. It remains unclear if the victim was known to the attacker.

The case remains under investigation. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the Police Department at 707-428-7600.

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VACAVILLE —

Members of the city Planning Commission will conduct a pair of public hearings when they meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the council chamber at City Hall.

The first public hearing covers the proposed envi ronmental assessment, zoning map amendment and Zoning Ordinance amendment for property located in the city’s North east Growth Area. The proposed changes will affect various proper ties in the Northeast Growth Area, which is comprised of approxi mately 1,400 acres with 72 parcels located in

the northeast corner of Vacaville.

The Northeast Growth Area contains proper ties located within the city limits and in unincorpo rated Solano County.

A second public hearing involves an update on implementa tion of Assembly Bill 1600 and proposed changes to the Rice McMurtry Area develop ment agreement.

The development agreement was originally amended and restated in August 2014 for a term of 10 years, according to a staff report. As part of the 2022 Vacaville Develop ment Impact Fee Update related to AB 1600, the City Council directed staff

to remove the Community Development Contribu tion from certain existing development agreements.

The staff recommends the commission reduce the Community Benefit Contribution amount to zero for the remain der of the 10-year term for the Rice McMur try Area, which is also known as Reynolds Ranch and includes “Chey enne,” Knolls Creek and Rogers Ranch.

The entrance to the chamber is in back of City Hall, which is located at 650 Merchant St.

The complete agenda may be found at https:// www.ci.vacaville.ca.us/ government/agendas-andminutes?locale=en.

Planners seek public input on proposed Northeast, Rice McMurtry area changes

Howl-o-Ween brings dogs, owners out to Vaca park

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VACAVILLE — Andrews Park went to the dogs Saturday for the seventh annual Howl-oWeen Pooch Parade and Costume Contest.

Roger Tiss of Suisun City brought his two dogs and dressed them as but terflies. One dog was in a butterfly atrium costume created with chicken wire and covered in green grass and butterflies on a red wagon.

“I’m a butterfly catcher,” Tiss said. “I made them into dogfaced butterflies.”

Tiss’ poochies, Lucy and Bruno, are rescue dogs and were totally up for the competition.

A new feature this year was the “pupkin patch,” with about 25 pumpkins inside. Nash, a lab mix, picked out his pumpkin, then changed his mind and wanted another one, but his mommy, Brooke Tapps of Vacaville, said no to that and stuck with the

original pumpkin. Tapps came with her boyfriend, Caleb Ingle of Arkansas.

“This is a first for us,” Tapps said. “The dog gets to pick the pumpkin then we take a picture with him, and he gets to put his paw print on the pumpkin.”

It was also Nash’s first public event at 1 ½ years old – and he was being a very good boy.

Across the stage in the competition were 30 animals all dressed up in cute costumes.

The winners this year

were in three categories:

n Most Creative went to Kaya, a pitbull that came dressed as Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh. His mom, Michelle Campbell, said it was his first time in a contest.

n Funniest Furball went to a small Chihua hua, who came dressed as Beetlejuice.

n Dynamic Duo went to a family who dressed as butterflies with a dog named Mia.

“The goal for today was to bring the public

together with their pets because not all city events are for pets and to have a good time,” said Kristen Milliken, coordi nator for Vacaville Parks and Recreation’s special events and arts.

They expected about 500 to 1,000 people Sat urday; Milliken figures it was closer to 500.

“People love getting into costume and love dressing their pets up,” she said.

The event included eight vendors, a face painter and a prize drawing.

County agencies offer Halloween safety tips

FAIRFIELD – Solano County Public Health, the Sheriff’s Office and the Office of Educa tion have teamed up to offer safety tips for Halloween.

The general safety tips include recom mendations for how to handle candy, costume suggestions, trick-ortreating, and walking and driving tips.

Inspect candy before eating

n Have a trusted adult sort through all candy before it is eaten.

n Throw away any opened bags or boxes.

n Throw anything away that is not individu ally wrapped unless it came from a trusted known source.

n Throw away any homemade items unless they came from a trusted

known source.

n Throw away any thing that looks like there has been any tampering with the packaging or that looks suspicious for any reason.

Walk safely

n Walk on the side walk instead of the street.

n If you must cross the street or an intersec tion, look both ways before crossing.

n Remind children to walk, not run.

n Bring flashlights so you can see and be seen.

n Plan your route ahead of time.

n Stick to familiar areas that are well lit. Wear a costume that is both fun and safe

n Some Halloween injuries are caused by trips and falls from cos tumes, so wear a costume that fits your body and

FAIRFIELD — A federal grand jury in Sacramento returned an indictment Thursday charging a Fairfield man with being a felon in pos session of a firearm.

The indictment against Michael David Punzal Jr., 40, was announced by U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert in a press release.

Court documents show Punzal was found to be in possession of a firearm Aug. 30, according to the

press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California.

Punzal is prohibited from possess ing firearms due to seven prior felony convictions, including a 2014 federal conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm, Talbert reports in the press release.

This case is the product of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; and the San Francisco

Police Department.

Punzal faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine if con victed, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighbor hoods, a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the com munities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.

Vaca Parks and Rec to discuss master plan

VACAVILLE — The city Parks and Recreation Commission will discuss the Parks and Recreation Master Plan when it meets at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the council chamber at City Hall.

The entrance to the chamber is in back of City Hall, which is located at 650 Merchant St.

A number of com mittee reports also are on the agenda, which may be found at https:// www.ci.vacaville.ca.us/ government/agendas-andminutes?locale=en.

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Aaron Rosenblatt/Daily Republic Children pick out pumpkins at Larry’s Produce in Fairfield, Friday.

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The Howl-o-Ween Pooch Parade and Costume Contest drew 30 contestants to Andrews Park in Vacaville, Saturday.

Roger Tiss of Suisun City came out for the Howl-o-Ween Costume Contest at Andrews Park in Vacaville, Saturday.

Emma Bridges

March 24, 1932 — Oct. 14, 2022

Emma (Emmi) Bridges, 90, passed away peacefully on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, at her home in Fairfield, California. Emmi was born on March 24, 1932, in Wies baden, Germany.

In 1974, she moved to the U.S. and became a U.S. citizen. Emmi worked at the Travis AFB AAFES for over 20 years in the Fine Jewelry Department. Jewelry was one of her passions, as was travel.

One of her favorite places was Hawaii, which she trav eled to often. She loved hosting parties at her home and playing card and board games with her family.

She is survived by her husband of 48 years, Marvin Bridges; son, Rainer Weiss, who cared for her in her last days; daughter, Nicole Stewart; two grandsons, Christopher (Tamara) Weiss and Brandon Stewart; and two great-grand sons, Christopher Jr. and Caiden Weiss; she is also survived by her youngest brother, Karl-Werner Funk, who resides in Germany.

A visitation and viewing with family will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, at Bryan-Braker Funeral Home, 1850 W. Texas St., Fairfield, California. Interment will be held at 2:15 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, at the Sacra mento Valley National Cemetery, 5810 Midway Road, Dixon, California.

Arrangements are under the direction of Bryan-Braker, 707-425-4697. You may sign the guest-book at www.bryan braker.com.

Reps introduce bill to rename Mare Island VA clinic

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MARE ISLAND —

Federal legislation has been introduced to rename the Mare Island Veterans Affairs Clinic as the Delphine MetcalfFoster VA Clinic.

Metcalf-Foster is a lifelong resi dent of Vallejo, the daughter of a 9th Cavalry Buffalo Soldier, a disabled U.S. Army Reserve and veteran of Operation Desert Storm. She is a Bronze Star Medal recipient, and after retiring as a sergeant in 1996, she became an advocate for veterans.

“Delphine MetcalfFoster has dedicated her life in service to our country, our com munity and her fellow veterans,” Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St Helena, said in a statement. “She is the epitome of self lessness, and this is well-deserved recogni tion. I look forward to working to pass this leg islation in the House and for President Biden to

sign it into law, making this a reality.”

Metcalf-Foster was the commander of the Disabled American Vet erans Ozie Boler Chapter 21 in Vallejo, DAV Department of Califor nia in 2004-05, and DAV National Commander in 2017-18. She is also a life member of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

In 2018, she was recognized in 2018 as one of the “Mighty 25: Influencers Supporting the Military Com munity.” She was selected in 2019 as the grand marshal for the 166th Vallejo Fourth of July Parade.

Metcalf-Foster contin ues to volunteer at VA facilities, is a member of the Solano-Napa Habitat for Humanity board of directors, the VA North ern California Health Care System Veteran and Family Advisory Com mittee, the VA Advisory Committee on Women Veterans, and the VA Research Advisory

of employee contracts come to supes for

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FAIRFIELD — The Solano County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will discuss its federal and state leg islative platforms for 2023 and consider signing off on a number of employee contracts.

The board meets at 9 a.m. in the first-floor chamber of the govern ment center, 675 Texas St., in Fairfield.

As part of its consent agenda, the supervisors also will consider rec

ognizing Nov. 7-13 as Operation Green Light for Veterans in Solano County, “a time to salute and honor our active, transitioning and retired service members . . . .”

The board also will consider sending letters in support of two grant applications to help fund the groundwater sustainability implemen tation plan.

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

Vacaville Festival of Trees returns with fundraising events

VACAVILLE —

Deadlines are fast approaching for the 2022 Vacaville Festival of Trees, the annual fun draiser for Opportunity House homeless shelter.

Tickets for the Fes tival of Trees Gala are available through Nov. 14, with last-minute prices increasing Nov. 7.

The gala is Vacav ille’s premier holiday event and takes place the evening of Nov. 28 at the Sunrise Event Center, 620 Orange Drive. The gala is sponsored by Kaiser Permanente and KCM Home Loans. This year’s gala theme is

“Santa Claus Lists and Peppermint Twists.”

Tickets are $225 ($250 after Nov. 7) and can be pur chased online at https:// bit.ly/FoTGala2022.

The gala is held in con junction with the 32nd annual Vacaville Festival of Trees auction, which starts Nov. 7. Dozens of fully decorated, large and small Christmas trees will be displayed in downtown Vacaville businesses and sold to the highest bidder in an auction that closes at 11:59 p.m. Dec. 1.

While the trees may be viewed at any time, attendees of the Nov. 17 Winter Wonder Walk can get a close-up view while they sip wine

or hot chocolate and stroll through down town Vacaville.

The WonderWalk, which will occur from 5 to 8 p.m., is spon sored by the Downtown Vacaville Business Improvement District. Tickets are available at https://bit.ly/2022Winter WonderWalk. Proceeds will be shared with Oppor tunity House, event organizers report.

Finally, the festival’s Holiday Bake Shoppe opens Nov. 1 and runs through Dec. 31. Support Opportunity House by purchasing holiday cookie dough kits and freshbaked or frozen holiday cookies and treats made by staff and residents in

the shelter’s commer cial kitchen.

This year’s offer ings include Peppermint Twist, Snowy Ginger and Pumpkin Chai Snicker doodle cookies as well as Marshmallow Crispy Treats and Whoopie Pies.

To place bids on Christ mas trees online, to place cookie orders and arrange delivery or pick-up, and for updates on all events and activities planned for this year’s festival, visit vacavillefot.org or follow Festival of Trees on Face book and Instagram or the Opportunity House events page on Facebook.

For additional ques tions, send an email to info@vacavillefot.org.

school board reviews school nutrition programs

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FAIRFIELD — Trust ees in the Fairfield-Suisun School District heard a presentation Thursday about finances for the child nutrition programs –a presentation that looked ahead to how a new state law may change where and how the district pur chases food.

The district’s nutri tional programs include a Seamless Summer Feeding Program, and Community Eligibility Provision School Nutrition Programs which includes At-Risk After School Supper Program.

The Fairfield-Suisun district in 2018-19 served 551,949 breakfasts, according to a staff report. That number increased to 647,234 for 2021-22.

Lunches also saw an increase from 1.839 million in 2018-19 to 2.121 million in 2021-22.

The district served 1.779 million reimburs able meals in 2020-21 and received $5.966 million,

according to the staff report. The district served 2.831 million reimburs able meals in 2021-22 and received $12.025 million. The ending fund balance for the 2021-22 school year was $6.3 million.

Dan Mitchell, direc tor of Child Nutrition, said the Covid-19 pandemic changed the number of children served during those years because of the additional meals made during the summers.

The district was in a better position financially because of the reserve funds that had been saved.

“This made it so there was no impact on our general funds,” Mitchell said.

Inflation is taking a bite out of the program this year.

“We are spending on average $1 million a month,” Mitchell said.

The district is looking at some projects in the future to make it easier to serve students.

Those projects include upgrades to walk-in refrig erators at Rodriguez High

School; and at Dover, K.I. Jones, Laurel Creek and Nelda Mundy elemen tary schools. Plans also include kitchen remodels for Fairfield High School, B. Gale Wilson Middle School and at the Mary Bird Early Childhood Edu cation Center. Plans are in the works to purchase new transportation vans for food and a refrigerated truck for transporting food between schools.

Mitchell said the district will face some potential hurdles due to Senate Bill 490 which, starting Jan. 1, 2024, will make public institutions, including schools, budget for and purchase Amer ican-made food unless the cost to do so is more than 25% of the cost of imported food.

An identified compli ance issue is finding locally grown foods during the months of April through November.

“This may cause us a bit of heartburn,” Mitchell said.

The new requirement could limit the variety

of food for students for those months, along with increasing paper work, he said.

“Another issue is that we could see an increase in food costs,” Mitchell said.

The district will also need to keep paper work for three years. That paperwork would be subject to audits.

“I don’t expect that to be a problem,” Mitchell said.

There are some exemp tions to the law that might apply to schools, including a portion of the law that states it shall not apply to:

n The Child and Adult Care Food Program.

n The Summer Food Service Program.

n The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

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n All children younger than 12 years should be accompanied by an adult.

n Older youth, if unac companied by an adult, should stay in groups.

n Do not trick-or-treat by yourself.

Drive safely n Be extra cautious when driving Halloween night by slowing down in residential areas; scan ning intersections for chil dren potentially crossing; and making sure your headlights are on to see pedestrians.

n While driving chil dren, have them get out of cars on the curb side of the street, not facing traffic.

n Do not drink and drive; designate a driver or ride home if you plan to drink alcohol.

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a shley Vinyard puts decorations on a Christmas tree dedicated to her late husband, Kolby lankford, preparing for the Festival of Trees at Vacaville Ice sports, nov. 26.

This year’s auction begins nov. 7.

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Rural Dixon special events center plan up for review

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FAIRFIELD — A use permit application for a special event facility on Rio Dixon Road goes before the Solano County Planning Commission on Thursday.

Angelina Guzman pro poses to use an existing 2,269-square-foot barn at Bella Vista Farms to host weddings, community events and private gather ings, the staff report to the commission states.

If approved, 36 events would be allowed annu ally with a maximum of 151 individuals per event. The actual event would be limited to 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. with setup start ing at 8 a.m. and final cleanup by 11 p.m. Over night lodging or stays and outdoor amplified sound are not proposed. Exterior lighting and 61 parking spaces are proposed on site, the staff report states.

A Bella Vista Farms webpage shows the prop erty is already being advertised for special events, complete with planning, cater ing and photography services listed.

A new, freestanding, 721-square-foot rest room facility is proposed, according to the staff report. Events may also occur outdoors within the proposed lawn area north of the event barn if a 100-foot setback is main tained from property lines or occur 200 feet away from any residence on an adjoining parcel.

No commercial kitchen is proposed. Caterers would set up warming trays and bring food in for events, the staff report states.

The proposal is set for a public hearing.

Two other public hear ings are in the agenda.

One is for a zoning petition by Scott Seibel to rezone 5.2 acres from Rural Residential “RR-5” to Rural Residential “RR-

2.5.” The property is located northwest of the intersection of Shelton Lane and Crom well Lane, 0.3 miles north of Vacaville. The other relates to pro posed changes to the zoning regulations, con tained in Chapter 28 of Solano County Code, to revise and update sec tions pertaining to public hearing notices, maximum size for sec ondary dwellings, wireless communica tion facilities permit life of approval terms and miscellaneous text corrections.

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Agencies collect boxloads of medication as part of national take back campaign

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FAIRFIELD — Drivers lined up anonymously Sat urday to drop off their old, unwanted pills and liquids at the Fairfield Police Department parking lot.

Pills of all sizes and shapes came in plastic or paper bags for the 23rd biannual Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The event happens in April and October.

“If people missed it in April they have another chance today,” Crime Pre vention Specialist Ilea Martin said.

People in their vehicles arrived over the course of four hours to drop off their unwanted or expired prescription or over-thecounter medication.

“It is a way to responsi bly dispose of the expired, unused or unwanted

prescription drugs,” Martin said.

Residents brought in hundreds of pounds of medication from overthe-counter aspirin to prescription pills. The back of a police truck filled with 16 boxes by noon.

“We had a lot people in the morning,” Martin said. “We had at least 40 cars.”

Fewer people took advantage of the opportu nity in April.

Pills were all dumped together Saturday into large boxes, taped shut and then taken to the U.S. Department of Jus tice’s Drug Enforcement Administration office in Sacramento, where they will be destroyed at an undisclosed incinerator.

The service is free. Drivers just pulled up and handed the bags to one of the officers – no ques

tions asked.

New this year, the DEA was collecting vape pens or other e-cigarette devices from individual consumers only after the batteries are removed from the devices.

“We also came dressed for Halloween in cos tumes,” Martin said of the team on hand Saturday to accepted the unwanted medication.

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Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses.

Thompson and Rep. John Garamendi, D-Wal nut Grove, introduced the bill. Each is running for re-election, though in dif ferent districts they are currently serving.

Thompson is running in the new 4th Congressio nal District. His opponent is Matt Brock, R-Vacav ille. Garamendi is running in the new 8th Congressio nal District. His opponent is Rudy Recile, R-Vacav ille. Both districts include portions of Solano County.

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The law also states the requirement will not apply to agricultural food products purchased by or provided to a public institution through the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The Fairfield-Suisun School District receives food from the USDA and the Department of Defense. That food includes things like fresh fruits and vegetables.

“We pay nothing for the DoD food,” Mitchell said.

Mitchell said the dis trict has an allotment through the DoD that works out to $400,000 a year with no handling fees.

Sullivan Language Immersion Academy gets new mascot

SuSan Hiland SHILAND@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

FAIRFIELD — The Sullivan Language Immersion Academy has a new mascot and colors.

The board approved cyan and black for the school colors and the snow leopard as the new mascot.

Sullivan Principal Ashley Kelley gave a brief review Thursday night of the process to trustees of the FairfieldSuisun School District

I-80 lane closures start Monday for restriping, other express lane work

daily Republic Staff DRNEWS@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

FAIRFIELD — Over night lane closures on Interstate 80 between Fairfield and Vacaville start Monday.

California Department of Transportation crews will be restriping and placing temporary con crete barriers along the mainline through Nov. 15. The closures will be in effect from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.

The work will be on westbound I-80, from Leisure Town Road to Davis Street in Vacav ille on the week of Oct. 31. Crews on Friday will switch to eastbound I-80 to restripe from the Green Valley Road over crossing to the truck scales in Cordelia.

Restriping work will continue Nov. 7-8 on west bound I-80 between the Highway 12 connector to the Suisun Valley/Pittman Road overcrossing, and between Oliver and Rock ville roads.

Crews from Nov. 9-15 will be restrip ing eastbound I-80 from Davis Street to Leisure Town Road in Vacaville.

The work is part of the I-80 Express Lanes Project.

For 24/7 traffic updates, visit 511. org or https://twitter. com/511SFBay. For realtime information, visit the Caltrans Quick Map at http://quickmap. dot.ca.gov.

along with two of her stu dents who spoke in both English and Spanish for the presentation.

A Sullivan Language

Immersion Academy Advisory Committee made up of eight stu dents, five staff and five community members met Sept. 22 to go over the options.

The list of proposed mascots included mon archs, cobras, chameleons, suns, macaws, geckos, black bears and snow leop ards. The proposed colors were cyan, black, bright red, deep purple, burnt orange, golden yellow, bright green, light brown and light gray.

The colors chosen by 75.9% of 458 votes were cyan and black, the district reports. The mascot chosen by 65.6% of 369 votes was a snow leopard.

Trustees on Aug. 12, 2021, approved the relocation of the Dual Immersion Program, which serves children in transitional kindergar ten through fifth grade, from B. Gale Wilson to what was then the vacant Sullivan campus begin ning in the 2022-23 school

year. B. Gale Wilson now serves sixth- through eighth-graders.

Staff recommended changing the name from B. Gale Wilson Elementary School to B. Gale Wilson Middle School to ensure the name reflects the current grade configuration.

Site adminis tration from B. Gale Wilson and Sullivan met March 8 with the B. Gale Wilson School Site Council and March 15 with the Dual Immersion staff to propose two potential

names for the Sullivan campus: Sullivan Lan guage Immersion School and Sullivan Language Immersion Academy.

The names were reflec tive of the changes made to each campus.

A vote showed 71% of the school site council and 70% of the dual immersion staff in favor of Sullivan Language Immersion Academy as the new name for the Sullivan campus, the dis trict reports.

Suisun looks

property after inverse

daily Republic Staff DRNEWS@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

SUISUN CITY — The owners of property at the southwest corner of Sunset and Railroad avenues initiated inverse condemnation because they said city plans for a portion of that property have made it impossi ble to sell.

City staff concluded that realignment of that area is necessary for future traffic flow.

The Suisun City council on Tuesday will consider buying the land for $725,000, of which $285,336 is for attorney costs. If approved, the purchase would come from the Offsite Street Improvement Program.

The council meets at 6:30 p.m. in the council chamber of City Hall, 701 Civic Center Blvd.

The public session follows a 5:30 p.m. closed session during which the council will be updated on

two matters of anticipated litigation, two property negotiation matters and labor negotiations.

Also on the public session agenda is the pre sentation on the structure and function of Develop ment Services, which was postponed from the pre vious council meeting.

A full agenda for the meeting is available at https://www.suisun.com/ government/city-council/ city-council.

School board reviews current, future maintenance projects

SuSan Hiland SHILAND@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

FAIRFIELD — Trustees in the FairfieldSuisun School District on Thursday heard an update on completed maintenance projects and those planned for the future.

Deferred Mainte nance is 1.25% of the General Fund budget, according to the staff report, or $3.2 million for the 2021-22 year.

The budget includes $3.8 million in deferred maintenance during the current school year.

Additional funds for maintenance proj ects can come from

Elementary and Second ary School Emergency Relief Fund III for flooring replacement and HVAC replacement; Schools Healthy Air, Plumbing and Efficiency programs as designated by Assembly Bill 841 for HVAC repairs; and Child Nutrition Program funds for cafeteria table replacements.

The district is looking at several projects for the coming years, including roofing, floor ing, HVAC, lighting, painting and more.

District official in the staff report note the dis trict has faced hurdles to moving on with

other projects, including funding, unfilled custo dial positions and some surprises like asbestos found in the Armijo High School gym, a main water line break, HVAC fail ures, the district office elevator failure and break-ins and incidents of vandalism that have cost the district money that could have been used for the future projects.

Meds

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She came dressed as a nurse.

Similar collections happened at the Rio Vista Police Depart ment and the Dixon

Dixon

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The commission meets at 7 p.m. in the Board of Supervisors chamber on the first floor of the government center, 675 Texas St., in Fairfield.

Also on the agenda

Police Department.

The 22nd annual National Take-Back Day in April saw 4,427 law enforcement agencies participate, the DEA reports. Col lection sites numbered 5,144 and a total of 360 tons of medical waste was collected and dis posed of properly.

is a zoning petition to convert 5.2 acres at the intersection of Shelton and Cromwell lanes, just north of Vacaville, from rural residential with a minimum 5-acre lot size to a minimum of 2.5 acres.

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

Group recently welcomed Dr. Kasra Behizad. Dr. Behizad is a board certified family medicine physician who earned his medical degree at Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California. He completed the Family Medicine Residency program at Kaiser Permanente, Vallejo and an Integrative Medicine Certification at Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine. Dr. Behizad is currently accepting new patients. His practice is located at 100 Hospital Drive, Suite 200, Vallejo. (707) 427-4900

Kasra Behizad, MD Physician at Sutter Medical Group

Courtesy image/Sullivan Language Immersion Academy

The new mascot for sullivan l a nguage Immersion academy was approved by the school board, Thursday.

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Fairfield police representatives Cathy Ramblas and Pat Horn gather dropped off prescription drugs for the Prescription Drug Take Back Day in Fairfield, saturday.

Don’t

Chaseedaw G KAISER HEALTH

Watch enough TikTok videos and you’re sure to see one extolling a special kind of do-it-your self dentistry. Not about brushing and flossing, except maybe flossing with strands of your hair. These are videos on drill ing into your teeth and cementing gems to them or filing your teeth to reshape them.

People have been styling their teeth for centuries across the globe throughout North and South America, Africa, and Asia. But social media – particularly TikTok, where everything old and new is nip/ tucked into short videos with trendy sounds and served up fresh to young eyes – has breathed life into trends like tooth gems. Celebrities such as Drake, Rihanna, and Bella Hadid wore them years ago. Now, some TikTok influencers are selling DIY gem kits.

But it doesn’t stop there. There are DIY tooth replacement kits and bedazzled grills avail able online for under $25, and recipes for homemade toothpaste and whitening treatments. The TikTok hashtag #DIYdentist has 2.6 million views. It’s enough to make any licensed dentist or ortho dontist cringe.

The professionals wholeheartedly agree that DIY dentistry is a very bad idea. Dental care can be expensive, and orthodontic treatment is usually considered cos metic and not covered by dental insurance – which 65 million Americansdon’t have. And, according to the 2020 “Annual Review of Public Health” report, people who are low-income, uninsured, members of racial minority groups, immigrants, or living in rural areas are more likely to have poor oral health.

So, is the high cost of dental treatment driving these viral trends among young people, or is it the lure of suppos edly painless, instantly changed smiles?

Dr. Ruchi Sahota, a Fremont, California, dentist and spokesperson for the American Dental Association, said she can understand why patients want to try DIY den tistry at home. “I just don’t know how [they] could do it safely,” she said, especially altering the shape of their teeth. While filing teeth is some thing a dentist might do to smooth out imperfections or create space between

teeth during treatment for braces, for instance, some people are doing it them selves to smooth away chips in teeth or create vampire-like fangs for aesthetic reasons. “When we practice dentistry, we do it with the back ground information of years of training, X-rays, and the experience that helps us decide when and how to do the treatment,” Sahota said.

Even tooth gems applied correctly with oral bonding materials are troublesome, she said, because they “are adding something to your teeth that will also attract bac teria. You’re increasing your risk of cavities, of gum infections. And you’re increasing your risk of chipped teeth, of inflammation inside your mouth.”

DIY prices are cer tainly part of the allure.

On Amazon, a 25-piece tooth gem kitwas selling for $12.99 from Tondiamo, a brand that also sells chil dren’s earwax removal tools, waterproof adhesive bandages, and chainsaw chains. The kit comes with 10 rhinestones, a mini-LED keychain to cure the adhesive, four wooden sticks, five dispos able applicator brushes, and five cotton rolls.

But no instructions.

Reviews on Amazon complained of the gems not sticking. Some sug gested using nail glue – which is toxic and can damage tooth enamel. But among Amazon’s “fre quently bought together” suggestions: a bottle of epoxy resin glue.

A gold-plated, sin gle-tooth grill front for $7.98 from TCOTBE and a set of silver-plated, brass fronts for $10.99 from OOCC both advertised that “one size fits most,” but reviewers said other wise. “Save your money and use foil (old school

your own teeth!

do. “Patients have been drinking or swishing with lemon water, or maybe apple cider vinegar, and that has caused acid or erosions on their teeth,” she said. “The patients will say, ‘Oh, yeah, you know, I saw online that, you know, this will be better for my health. And so I’ve been doing it every night.’ That’s when I’ll bring a mirror and show them exactly what the effect of that trend has made on your teeth.”

way) if you want a grill lol,” one buyer warned. Bleeding gums were a common complaint among the reviewers.

Perhaps the most bizarre DIY find was a temporary tooth repair kit for under $25 from CZsy. It came with plastic “veneers” in different shapes for missing teeth, and moldable plastic beads for repairs.

It also did not come with printed instructions, but these were buried in the product description on Amazon’s site:

1. Drop into hot water above 130 degrees for about two minutes.

2. Shape the size what you want.

No company informa tion or websites could be found for some of these brands, but the products had one thing in common: a bar code sticker reading “Made in China.” Instead of responding to a request by KHN for an explana tion of its policies, Amazon removed the listing for replacement teeth. The other items were still available to order at publi cation time.

It’s not just DIY den tistry giving licensed professionals a toothache. Vendors touting certifi cates to apply composite veneers and partials – den tures that replace missing teeth when someone still has multiple natural teeth in place – are sprouting up on social media. Vendors like Marie’s Beauty Bar in Philadelphia will apply composite veneers over less-than-perfect smiles – in this case, start ing at $1,999 per hour with a $499 deposit – as a lower-cost alternative to porcelain veneers, which require shaving down the natural teeth. The merchant advertises veneer training for $5,999. Marie’s Beauty Bar did not respond to emails or voice messages

seeking comment.

DIY dentistry isn’t just a phenomenon of young people on social media. “There are teens, ado lescents, even adults that are trying these things,” said Dr. Amber Bonnaig, a dentist in Marietta, Georgia, and a state direc tor for DentaQuest, a Boston company. “A major contributing factor is lack of access to dental care.”

DIY can appear a viable alternative, espe cially since a person with severely damaged teeth, in severe pain, or with mounting dental bills from repairing DIY damage rarely dis plays the disappointing results on TikTok. Social media users, for the most part, display carefully curated highlights, not adverse reactions.

“The ‘cool thing’ right

now is all these hacks to make things supposedly easier or more acces sible,” she said. Caveat emptor, or let the buyer beware, she cautioned.

Reviews from influenc ers who often receive free services in exchange for promotional posts may be biased. Bonnaig warned that complications could occur many days, weeks, or months after treatment.

Even when people aren’t daring to drill their own teeth, they can do damage with other social trends like drink ing “healthy Coke,” a concoction of balsamic vinegar – which has a higher acid content than the actual soft drink – and flavored carbonated water. It’s a recipe for severe erosion of tooth enamel.

Sahota has seen what these viral trends can

Such low-cost hacks may end up costing patients far more in the long run. Sahota sug gested that consumers looking for safe ways to enhance their smiles can scour the products on the Mouth Healthy site that sports the ADA seal of acceptance. Bonnaig and Sahota both implore patients to discuss their oral and cosmetic con cerns with a dentist.

Every tooth and every mouth is unique, and there is no safe one-size-fitsall DIY hack. “You can have a beautiful smile,” Sahota said, “even if it’s not perfect.”

Kaiser Health News is a national news room that produces indepth journalism about health issues. Together with Policy Analysis and Polling, KHN is one of the three major operating pro grams at Kaiser Family Foundation. KFF is an endowed nonprofit orga nization providing infor mation on health issues to the nation.

Articles explain state’s chronic housing shortage

At its best, journalism sheds light on important issues in hopes that a more informed public will press official dom to confront and resolve them.

California’s chronic shortage of housing is one such issue and two very recent arti cles, one in the Los Angeles Times and the other in The New York Times, delve into how the crisis developed and why dealing with it is extraordi narily difficult.

The Los Angeles Times details its city’s history of encouraging sprawling sin gle-family neighborhoods while packing the poor into confined neighborhoods, where deadly diseases such as Covid-19 run rampant.

It begins with the death of Leonardo Miranda, “who rented a shed and shared the kitchen, bathroom and dining room in the main house.”

After Covid-19 attacked Miranda, “it spread to a man who slept on three red cushions in the laundry room. Then to a grandfather and grandson who wedged two mattresses into one room. By the time Covid-19 was finished with the three-bed room home, shared by eight, Miranda and the grandfather were dead.”

The article continued:

“More homes are overcrowded in Los Angeles than in any other large U.S. county, a Times analysis of census data found – a situation that has endured for three decades, with no sign of abating.

“In places like the Pico-Union neighbor hood, where Miranda lived, generations of families squeeze into tiny apartments. Construction workers, seamstresses and dishwashers live in close quarters. Day laborers bunk with half a dozen or more strangers in living spaces intended for one or two people.

“Within these confines, Covid-19 advanced without mercy: orphan ing children, killing breadwinners and shattering families.”

One of the article’s most poignant pas sages describes how the city’s “leaders bulldozed Mexican neighborhoods in Chavez Ravine, forcing out thousands with the promise of new, low-cost, public housing to meet the needs of a city exploding in pop ulation after World War II. Then real estate interests exploited the communist para noia of the Red Scare to defeat the housing projects, and instead, the city gave the land to the Dodgers for a stadium to entice the team’s move from Brooklyn.”

By happenstance, The New York Times article by Ezra Klein picks up where the Los Angeles Times’ article ends. Klein lays out in detail why current state and local gov ernment policies make it so infuriatingly difficult to build the low-income housing that would relieve deadly overcrowding and the homelessness it spawns.

In 2016, Klein notes, Los Angeles voters approved a $1.2 billion ballot measure to build 10,000 new apartments for the home less and Mayor Eric Garcetti boasted, “The voters of Los Angeles have radically reshaped our future, giving us a mandate to end street homelessness over the next decade.”

However, “Six years later, neither the mandate nor the money has proved to be nearly enough. In 2016, Los Angeles had about 28,000 homeless residents, of whom around 21,000 were unsheltered (that is, living on the street). The current count is closer to 42,000 homeless residents, with 28,000 unsheltered.”

The 2016 ballot measure produced just 3,357 units “and the most recent audit found the average cost was $596,846 for units under construction – more than the median sale price for a home in Denver. Some units under construction have cost more than $700,000 to build.”

Klein details the impediments to building cost-effective housing and concludes, “This is the paradox of housing development in Los Angeles and so many other cities. The politics of the affordable housing crisis are terrible. The politics of what you’d need to do to solve it are even worse.”

Both articles should be mandatory reading in the Capitol.

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

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Send letters to Letters to the Editor, the Daily Republic, P.O. Box 47, Fairfield, CA 94533, email to gfaison@ dailyrepublic.net or drop them off at our office, 1250 Texas St. in downtown Fairfield.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The change our community needs

I have known Jack Flynn since he was in my eighth grade American history class at Green Valley Middle School. Even then, it was obvious he had the knowledge, drive and civic pride far beyond his years. I have seen how Jack is invested in the Fair field-Suisun School District, local politics and grassroots advocacy for a long time now.

Jack served as a student trustee on the Solano Community College Dis trict governing board from 2021 to 2022. In this position, Jack declined his stipend in order to save taxpayers money while advocating for improv ing college facilities and supporting services so all students have the oppor tunity to succeed. In comparison, incumbent Trustee Jonathan Richard son was an ineffective board president who has sided with administration 100% of the time while failing to listen to students, teachers, parents and clas sified staff. His actions to censure other board members, extend contracts of ineffective upper management employees and ignore public input of employees, students and parents have led to an ineffective and divisive dis trict. The community of the district deserves better.

In this election, voters in Trustee Area 5 have an opportunity to elect a new, bold leader who will listen to all perspectives and opinions before making a decision. Jack Flynn is the candidate who will hold the district administration accountable and stand up for our community on the school board. I know Jack Flynn will serve as an excellent school board member and he has earned my total and com plete support.

Dustin Cloud Vacaville

Yes on Measure S

I take pride in serving the Fairfield and Suisun area; we are a community that comes together and supports one another. One of the pillars of our com munity is the Fairfield-Suisun School District. Our local schools play a valu able role in fostering our sense of community and camaraderie. Our local schools have supported the community for years and now it is our turn to come together and support our schools.

Over my 13 years here, I have had a close relationship with our local schools. Having several parishioners who have graduated from our local public schools, Bethel has partnered with the school district in various ways. We have come together working hand in hand to help benefit local stu dents. Our local schools do an excellent job helping our students grow as they progress through Fairfield-Suisun schools. I have witnessed this first hand. Despite the great job our schools do in readying students for successful futures, classrooms, labs and job train ing facilities are outdated and in need of repairs.

Measure S repairs and upgrades our local schools without increasing taxes. All funds raised by Measure S will only go to Fairfield-Suisun schools. Every penny of Measure S is reviewed by an independent citizens’ oversight com mittee that makes sure only priority projects are being completed. No funds can be taken by the state or go towards administrators’ or teachers’ salaries or benefits.

This November, I am voting Yes on S to repair and upgrade our local schools. I hope you will join me in raising up our students, schools and community – without increasing taxes.

Anthony Gilmore Fairfield

No on Vaca Measure Q

Can Vacaville School District leaders be more “tone deaf” to what is going around them in Vacaville?

Raging inflation is at a 40-year high of 8.3%, gas costs up 44%, bacon is up 18%, milk 15%, utilities up 16.6%, food cost rising over 11.4% this past year.

Vacaville residents are being finan cially crushed and yet, here they are recommending the homeown ers and business owners take on an additional 20-year general bond obli gation of $439.6 million with Measure Q. (Vacaville School District Impartial Analysis of Measure Q).

With the bond and funding infor mation contained in the Independent Auditor’s Report of June 30, 2021, Measure Q, if passed, along with our current bonds, will result in a general bond obligation on taxpay ers of $819.8 million. This is assuming the district can obtain 6% interest rates during this time of escalating interest rates. The district’s inter nal audit reveals total assets are at $186.431 million, which means they are borrowing $4 of liability (risk) for every dollar of district assets. Seri ously, in this economy, with a $4 to $1 liability vs. assets ratio, I cannot see any reasonable bank, bonding company or risk manager that would give the district a favorable rate on the proposed Measure Q bonds.

The school district’s Tax Exten sion Projection Graph for Measures V, A and Q predicts our home and busi ness taxpayers will be paying this debt until 2052. Considering the district is coming to the taxpayers every five years with yet “another bond,” I am afraid this bond abuse has no end in sight for any taxpayer.

The California Policy Center Report “Comprehensive Review of California School Bonds” notes school districts from 2001 to 2014 placed more than 1,147 general obligation bonds on ballots; 911 of these have “passed” and created a bond obligation to home and business owners of $146 billion. End the abuse. Vote no on Q.

Tom Gouvea Vacaville

The cost of ignorance

The last time I voted it was based on titles, political affiliation and gender because that’s what was and is promoted.

I’ve learned the hard way of empty promises that were never fulfilled.

This year I invested the time to meet Suisun City candidates and ask relevant questions of our resi dents’ concerns.

As a homeowner and small-busi ness owner, I am seeing how this city is being eaten alive by garbage and inac tion. I realized that giving my vote to a color (blue or red), while not consider ing the people representing it, will be a costly mistake. After meeting candi dates and asking questions and voicing concerns, I learned that the only can didates who are qualified and willing to dedicate the time and energy to take Suisun in the correct direction are James Berg for mayor with Katrina Garcia and Charles Lee for City Council seats.

While the acting mayor is recit ing memorized lines and can’t go into discussion or actual solution, Jane Day has not been seen at any events or had any events planned, Princess Washington is not yet ready to serve on our council and Jenalee Dawson is an extremely busy woman who hasn’t been to many city meetings over the years.

We need people who are ready to jump in and work for the citi zens. James, Katrina and Charles are best-qualified leaders ready to serve the people.

Mihaela Stir Suisun City

Support Measure S for Fairfield-Suisun schools

As a retired teacher/school site administrator in our local FairfieldSuisun schools, I’m writing to urge our

community to vote Yes on Measure S to upgrade our aging schools without increasing taxes.

To succeed in college and careers, graduates of local schools must be skilled in today’s technologies, science, math and engineering. Yes on Measure S provides updated classrooms, science labs, job training facilities and technology to meet rising academic standards and serve our community for decades to come.

Most Fairfield-Suisun schools were built 40 to 70 years ago and need urgent repairs and upgrades.

Roofs leak and deteriorating portable classrooms, gas lines, plumbing and outdated electrical systems need to be replaced.

Voting Yes on Measure S will not increase tax rates beyond what we already pay. Measure S extends the current tax rate previously approved by voters to fund school repairs and improvements.

Measure S requires strict fiscal accountability including an indepen dent citizens’ oversight committee, annual audits, public spending disclo sure, and detailed project list ensure funds are spent as promised.

Please join local teachers, parents, business leaders and elected leaders in voting Yes on S to upgrade our local schools without increasing taxes.

Laurie J. Halcomb Fairfield

Measure S necessary for our future

Ever notice that the places with the worst crime also have the worst schools? Likewise, the places with the best schools have the highest property values. Want low crime and for your home to be worth more? Then vote Yes on Measure S.

Students perform better when in better facilities. We can all see that our local schools, which were built 40 to 70 years ago, need some attention. If we want to improve our prospects for the future of Fairfield and Suisun City, we have to invest in our education.

Let’s commit to our future by showing our children that we care about their present.

Anthony Adams Suisun City

Scott Mulvey is my choice for District 5

We need action in District 5, not promises.

We have heard the promises for the past two years. But we still have daily prostitutes, heavy gang activities, and litter all over North Texas Street.

Scott has taken action in Fairfield by taking the homeless off the streets and giving them the way out when no one else would. Daily action of feeding our whole community by providing a daily food bank that distributes fruits, vege tables and can goods.

Thank you, Scott, for taking action even when no one sees it. You have my family vote.

Richard Caringello Fairfield

Why vote Moy for Fairfield mayor

Fairfield has not become a safer, cleaner or friendly town, in fact it’s becoming more like the towns and cities that most moved here to escape.

Wise voters know that if you keep electing the same leadership you are going to get the same results. It is time to change course and Cat Moy is the person who has the experience and courage to not only recognize our problems but implement changes to fix them.

Rod Ferroggiaro Fairfield

Dan Walters

Crime logs

THURSDAY, OCT. 27

4:37 a.m. — Drunken driver, 1100 block of BUCKTHORN LANE 7:25 a.m. — Robbery, 1800 block of WEST TEXAS STREET 8:02 a.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, PEABODY ROAD 8:06 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, 100 block of BROGAN COURT 8:43 a.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 1400 block of PHOENIX DRIVE 9:42 a.m. — Forgery, 2400 block of WATERMAN BOULEVARD 9:48 a.m. — Vandalism, 500 block of JACKSON STREET 10 a.m. — Forgery, 1100 block of FIFTH STREET 10:06 a.m. — Grand theft, 2800 block of CANDLEBERRY WAY 10:19 a.m. — Grand theft, 600 block of PARKER ROAD 10:39 a.m. — Trespassing, 1900 block of WEST TEXAS STREET 10:41 a.m. — Forgery, 4000 block of GREEN VALLEY ROAD 11:45 a.m. — Residential burglary, 300 block of EAST TABOR AVENUE 12:09 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 1400 block of PHOENIX DRIVE

1:14 p.m. — Forgery, 2900 block of VISTA GRANDE

1:30 p.m. — Fight with a weapon, 900 block of DANIEL STREET

1:38 p.m. — Battery, 1000 block of WEBSTER STREET 2:23 p.m. — Grand theft, 1200 block of DANA DRIVE

2:36 p.m. — Commercial burglary, 1500 block of HOLIDAY LANE

2:51 p.m. — Reckless driver, EASTBOUND AIR BASE PARKWAY

3:47 p.m. — Reckless driver, MANUEL CAMPOS PARKWAY 4:05 p.m. — Trespassing, 1400 block of HOLIDAY LANE

4:43 p.m. — Drunk and disorderly, CASCADE LANE

5:24 p.m. — Reckless driver, CLAY BANK ROAD 5:48 p.m. — Reckless driver, MICHIGAN STREET 6:05 p.m. — Residential burglary, 300 block of TABOR AVENUE

8:19 p.m. — Drunk and disorderly, 3300 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET

9:05 p.m. — Vandalism, 1900 block of ELIJAH STREET 10:34 p.m. — Hit-and-run with injury, 700 block of EAST TABOR AVENUE

FRIDAY, OCT. 28

7:46 a.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 200 block of BEGONIA BOULEVARD 8:37 a.m. — Reckless driver, NORTH TEXAS STREET 9:19 a.m. — Vandalism, 2200 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 9:22 a.m. — Vandalism, 2900 block of SHAVER STREET 9:49 a.m. — Vandalism, 1300 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD

10:12 a.m. — Forgery, 1100 block of ALASKA AVENUE 10:51 a.m. — Shooting into a dwelling, 300 block of EAST TABOR AVENUE 11:03 a.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, WESTBOUND AIR BASE PARKWAY 11:08 a.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 1000 block of JOHNSON STREET 11:26 a.m. — Brandishing a weapon, 400 block of MADISON STREET 11:54 a.m. — Vehicle theft, PACIFIC AVENUE 12:21 p.m. — Drunk and disorderly, 1900 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 2:02 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 2300 block of SANCTUARY DRIVE 2:10 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 500 block of PARKER ROAD 2:27 p.m. — Vandalism, 2300 block of SANCTUARY DRIVE 2:36 p.m. — Drunken driver, EASTBOUND HIGHWAY 12 3:04 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, NORTH TEXAS STREET 3:26 p.m. — Battery, 2400 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 4:03 p.m. — Grand theft, 1100 block of VAN BUREN STREET 4:16 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, WESTBOUND HIGHWAY 12 4:34 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 1700 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 4:55 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE

5:30 p.m. — Vandalism, 1400 block of WEST TEXAS STREET 6:01 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 2500 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET

7:46 p.m. — Reckless driver, EAST TABOR AVENUE 7:56 p.m. — Trespassing, 2100 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 10:36 p.m. — Residential burglary, 1600 block of CLAY STREET 10:43 p.m. — Drunken driver, GRANT STREET 11:08 p.m. — Reckless driver, WATERMAN BOULEVARD

SuiSun City

THURSDAY, OCT. 27

2:48 p.m. — Fraud, BUENA VISTA AVENUE 3:06 p.m.

Fraud, 700 block of CIVIC CENTER BOULEVARD 3:11 p.m.

Vandalism, 700 block of CIVIC CENTER BOULEVARD 5:53 p.m.

Assault, 100 block of MAIN STREET

FRIDAY, OCT. 28

12:10 a.m.

Fraud, 600 block of FULMAR DRIVE 10:22 a.m.

Assault, SUNSET AVENUE / PINTAIL DRIVE 2:37 p.m.

Reckless driver, MARINA BOULEVARD / HIGHWAY 12

p.m.

Grand theft, 500 block of MARINA BOULEVARD 4:36 p.m.

Vandalism, 200 block of TRAVIS COURT

At least 146 dead in Seoul Halloween crowd crush

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SEOUL — At least 149 people died and another 75 were injured Saturday night into early Sunday after a huge crowd celebrating Hal loween in the narrow streets and alleys of the Itaewon area of Seoul became crammed in so tightly that many could not move or breath, according to fire depart ment officials.

Witnesses reported a chaotic scene of par tyers – as many as 100,000, by some esti mates – massed into a few blocks near the Itaewon subway station. The area of restau rants and bars is popular with young people and foreign tourists.

Many of the victims were in their 20s and 30s, though some were teens, fire officials said. They included both Koreans and foreigners. On one street, as contained chaos swirled around them, pairs of young people desperately performed CPR on people lying on the pavement.

What wasn’t evident as of early Sunday morning was a precipitating event, if there was one. While there were rumors cir culating, no reports surfaced immediately of something setting off a surge of people some where in the vicinity.

Emergency services agencies started receiv ing dozens of frantic phone calls about 10:30 p.m. local time, according to local media reports, all reporting

victims in respiratory trouble or cardiac dis tress. Some 50 minutes later, the reports said, the fire department upgraded the seriousness of the incident, dispatching some 2,400 emergency responders and an esti mated 142 ambulances.

The density of the crowd was such that people kept getting pressed closer and closer together, a situation wors ened by the fact that some were still partying in the streets while others were pouring out of bars and clubs to head home.

“As people in the front fell over, those in the back were crushed,” a witness told Yonhap News Agency.

Soon, bodies covered in blue blankets were arrayed on the pave ment with bewildered and confused onlook ers wandering around in their midst.

People who an hour earlier had been cele brating were weeping and covering their faces in horror, videos and still

images from the scene showed. Many were cos tumed in all manner of garb, from flashy party clothes to garish Hallow een costumes.

About 45 people died on the scene, and the rest died in hospitals, a local official said at a news conference.

As reports became more serious, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol called on “all related ministries and agencies” to come to the aid of the injured. He ordered an immedi ate investigation, to be headed by the country’s prime minister.

Itaewon is a colorful center of Seoul nightlife. In a city that can make them feel unwelcome, foreigners flock to the area. Seoul’s gay com munity is also centered there. And while there are other nightlife dis tricts – Gangnam is popular with wealthy expats and elite Seou lites, and Hongdae is popular with college stu dents – Itaewon tends to

have more diverse, con sistent throngs.

With most coronavi rus restrictions dropped, this was the first big Hal loween celebration in Seoul since the pandemic hit in 2020. In 2021, many people stayed home, and strict rules kept the ones who came out from getting too rambunctious. The pent-up excitement let loose on Friday: At bars and clubs, patrons expressed surprise at how crowded Itaewon was – and some fears about how chaotic Satur day would be.

Disbelief, confusion and shock showed on the faces of the young people still at the scene early Sunday. On back streets just a few blocks away, some partyers were still reveling at bars. Many did not know about the disas ter until they tried to leave and found themselves blocked by the emergency vehicles and officials who had taken over the main area, wheeling bodies onto ambulances.

As families searched for their missing relatives, many bodies were still unidentified. They had been moved to a nearby gymnasium for identi fication, which was just beginning by 4:30 a.m. local time.

Seoul officials said they were keeping a list of people calling to ask about missing relatives.

Local police said there was not yet a system set up for families to be noti fied about the status of victims unless they knew the hospital where a loved one had been taken.

visitors for the event.

“We had people waiting today at the door before we opened,” Jamison said.

With the pandemic, they have learned to streamline the Halloween activity by bagging candy and toys early, he said.

“It is one of the easiest events we have, really,” Jamison said.

regulations related to accessory build ings and secondary dwellings in various zones, as well as changes to wireless communica tion facility regulations and some minor develop ment standards.

Additionally, there are some proposals about how hearings and how the public is noticed about hearings will be conducted. One of those changes would allow the county not to have to renotice affected neighbors if a hearing is continued.

“Current regulations require mailed notices to property owners within

a certain radius of the subject site or onsite posting of the public notice and do not set a maximum time frame for continuances,” the county document states.

“Proposed amendments eliminate the option to post a public notice on the project site and limits con tinuances to no more than 35 days from the hearing day without re-noticing the neighboring property owners. Public noticing via mail and newspaper display ads will remain.”

Other procedural changes will be consid ered, including appeals to the Board of Supervisors.

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

New this year was a Trunk or Treat event put on by the Chelu Solano Low Rider Car Club Council from Vallejo.

“We have never done this before,” car club founder Pete Duenes said.

They surpassed 100 cars in just a few hours, he said, with more coming through the gates every minute.

The cars rolled into the parking lot and set up

some scary, some com plicated and all unique trunks with bowls of candy for children.

“This is a safe place for kids to trick-or-treat and it is in the daytime,” Duenes said. “And we are having fun.”

tion agreements between Solano Land Trust and local landowners, amounting to more than 12,000 acres of protected Solano County farmland.

Duenes said members of the car club council hoped their participa tion would help expand the day’s experiences for visitors.

“We came earlier this year for Candy Palooza for a car show and that

was fun,” Duenes said. Robert Perez served as emcee for the event and made the flat wooden trophies for the winners of the costume contest.

“This is a safe place for kids to do this,” Perez said.

during watering.

The farm has tried ecologically minded inno vations over the years, including a renew able energy facility that creates energy by burning residual walnut shells to create heat used in the walnut processing operation. The result is the creation of biochar, which is then spread over the soil in the orchards to increase soil health and then is stored in the soil as a means of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Lester is a longtime supporter of the work the Solano Land Trust does in conserving land and has served on the board and other advisory com mittees. He has seen the number of conserva tion agreements increase vastly in that time. There are now 32 conserva

Lester comes from three generations of farmers who worked in the Santa Clara Valley before the region devel oped into the center of the nation’s tech industry.

“Those 500,000 acres of farmland that are now Silicon Valley had some of the best cli mates and soils in the world, and it’s all paved over now,” Lester said in a press release. “That is why I am so adamant about the preservation of farmland.”

He regards the permanent protec tion of this farm as a dream come true.

Lester received a degree from nearby University of Califor nia, Davis, and met his wife there. They deter mined to build their life in a region where agri culture still had a chance.

The agreement to keep the land in agriculture will continue whether Russ Lester leaves the farm to his family or any subsequent owner in the future. The land is per manently preserved for its agricultural uses while also protecting values like open space, scenic views and habitat for wildlife.

The Dixon Ridge Farms Conservation agreement was funded by a state program called Sustainable Agricul tural Land Conservation Program, which is a com ponent of the Strategic Growth Council’s Afford able Housing and Sustainable Communities Program and supports California’s greenhouse gas emission reduction goals by making strate gic investments to protect agricultural lands from conversion to more GHGintensive uses.

It also contributes to implementation of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Execu tive Order N-82-20, which calls for the acceler

ated use of nature-based solutions to address the climate and biodiver sity crises.

Protecting agricultural lands from conversion to urban or rural res idential development promotes smart growth within existing juris dictions, ensures open space remains available and supports healthy agricultural and tribal food systems, resulting greater food security, according to the press release. Healthy and resilient food systems are becoming increasingly important in meeting the challenges occurring and anticipated as a result of climate change, accord ing to the press release.

For more information about conservation agree ments, send an email to Tracy Ellison, con servation director for Solano Land Trust and project manager of the Dixon Ridge Farms Conservation Agreement, at tracy@ solanolandtrust.org.

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The Chelu Solano Low Rider Car Club Council from Vallejo provided a special experience for visitors at the annual Jelly Belly Munchkin Masquerade and Halloween Breakfast with a Trunk or Treat Car Show, Saturday.

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Emergency services gather, Sunday, in Seoul, South Korea’s Itaewon area, after huge crowds of people stampeded at Halloween parties, according to authorities.

Investors reach for astrology of finance

Uneasiness and uncer tainty abound in the world today and certainly in the capital markets.

The daily changes in the stock market are guilty of wiggling around. Such behavior is an open invitation to those who believe there are mes sages lying within a chart of such wiggling.

Mark Sievers Wealth matters

ket rally, rather than a true bull market. I would suggest you per sonally show “resistance” to this logic.

Plenty of main stream investors use some version of trend-following.

Exxon, Chevron reap $31 billion profit from energy crunch

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Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. amassed more than $30 billion in combined net income as politicians blast Big Oil for raking in massive profits at a time when consumers are struggling with soaring inflation and energy shortages worldwide.

Why do the markets move? Most investors, analysts and even financial journalists will attribute the movements to news. The reasons can range from new jobs data, a firm being acquired or a somber speech from a central banker. Yet in the peripheral areas of finance, a small, dedicated cult of “chartists” or “tech nical analysts” believe the movement of stocks, bonds and currencies can be divined by the making and interpreting of charts.

Their methods are many, varied and strangely named. Shortterm moving averages price falls below a longterm moving average becomes a “death cross.” A stock climbing in price must fall back before rising again is the “Fibo nacci retracement levels.” Such backslid ing is supposed to stop at levels based on Fibo nacci numbers. Fibonacci, a great mathematician of the Middle Ages, would be offended.

The “ichimoku cloud,” popular in Japan, con structs a cloud by shading the area between two averages of high and low prices over the past week or months. A price above the cloud is auspicious; one below it is ominous. I wonder whether they use crayons?

As Burton Malkiel, an economist at Princ eton and author of “A Random Walk Down Wall Street,” has noted, a true chartist needs only such information and “does not even care to know what business or indus try a company is in, as long as he or she can study its chart.”

These methods, though silly, have attracted attention lately as the S&P 500 has wiggled around. After slump ing to a low June 17, the index has climbed. It peaked Aug. 16 at an intra day high almost at the 200-day moving average, a supposedly critical tech nical level.

An asset that has fallen in price but is rising is supposed to meet “resis tance” at such levels. To chartists, an asset that fails to “break through” a resistance barrier is an indication of a bear-mar

Eugene Fama, the Nobel prize-winning economist, and Kenneth French identified factor investing, which is used by some quantitative funds. But this method actually has intuitive reason sup porting it. The factors break into component like “size” (small companies earn higher returns than bigger ones – because they are riskier) or “quality” (low-debt, stable busi nesses earn better returns than riskier ones). Another such factor is momentum: stocks that are rising tend to keep rising.

I have some sympa thy for chartists’ obsession with levels and trends.

As an example, there is no real difference between a euro being worth $1.0001 or $0.9999, but these figures matter in for eign-exchange markets for both symbolic and practi cal reasons. Traders tend to place orders near round numbers and transac tions tend to be done with round numbers. Thus, more activity is necessary for the euro to fall from $1.0001 to $0.9999 than for it to fall from $1.0487 to $1.0485. When placing orders, investors try to figure out where others are placing theirs. That can help them place a stop-loss order, to close a trade that moves against them, at a sensible level.

If enough investors look at technical levels to inform their behav ior, then those levels begin to matter.

The value of technical analysis may be indirect in what it tells us about market conditions. During strong upward or down ward markets, technical analysis is usually ignored. When markets wiggle, the story is different. No longer facing eupho ria or fear, investors are simply uncertain and rest less. Then the astrology of technical analysis attracts attention. But it still is not a good idea. Although, the message may be that the more you hear about tech nical analysis, the clearer it is that no one has any clue as to why the markets are moving.

Mark Sievers, president of Epsilon Financial Group, is a certified financial planner with a master’s in business administra tion from the University of California, Berkeley Contact him by email at mark@wealth matters.com.

Exxon posted the highest profit in its 152-year history, while Chevron announced its secondbest quarterly result as natural gas demand and prices surged. Those earnings follow strong results posted by European peers Shell Plc and TotalEnergies SE earlier this week.

Even as the supermajors bask in profits unimagined just two years ago during the darkest days of the pandemic, oil executives are under pressure by government leaders to ease prices at the pump for con sumers and cut global-warming emissions. Meanwhile, sharehold ers have been demanding higher returns and an end to costly exploration programs, adding to commodity-price pressures.

“We recognize the pain that high prices cause,” Exxon Chief Exec utive Officer Darren Woods said during a conference call with ana lysts. “Unfortunately the market we’re in today is a function of many of the policies and some of the narrative that’s floated around in the past.”

Woods warned that policies like windfall-profit taxes may “solve a political problem” in the short term but contain “significant long-term negative consequences” for the global energy system.

The strength of the American oil industry’s earnings come in stark contrast to tech giants that supplanted them atop of the S&P 500 Index for much of the past decade. Commodities produced from wells, refineries and chemical plants are not only more resilient to inflation and recession than the ad-based revenues of Alphabet Inc. and Snap Inc.

For Exxon, third-quarter pershare profit of $4.68 exceeded $3.89 median estimate from ana lysts in a Bloomberg survey. Net income of $19.7 billion sur passed the all-time high of $17.6 billion amassed during the second quarter.

Exxon bucked the trend of weaker refining earnings, benefit ing from record crude-processing in North America and high diesel demand. In Europe, a continent-

wide scramble to stash natural gas ahead of winter swelled the prices Exxon received for the fuel by 22%, more than offsetting the pain from a 12% drop in what the company fetched for crude.

The explorer also lifted output in key oil zones such as the Permian Basin and Guyana, where combined production reached the equivalent of 920,000 barrels a day during the quarter.

Expectations among analysts rose after Exxon’s Oct. 4 trading statement said that robust natural gas prices more than offset a dip in crude markets. The strong earnings streak is expected to continue through the current quarter; Exxon is forecast to post full-year profit in excess of $50 billion – more than Amazon. com Inc., Procter & Gamble Co., and Tesla Inc. combined.

Meanwhile, Chevron’s third-quarter earnings of $5.56 per share surpassed the median $4.94 forecast among analysts in the Bloomberg Consen sus. Net income was $11.2 billion, down slightly from the all-time high of more than $12 billion in the prior three months, according to a company statement on Friday.

“We delivered another quarter of strong financial performance with return on capital employed of 25 percent,” Chevron CEO Mike Wirth said in the statement. “At the same time, we’re increas ing investments and growing energy supplies, with our Permian production reaching another quar terly record.”

The sheer size of the com bined profits – equivalent to roughly $14 million an hour – is sure to amplify criticism from US President Joe Biden and other leading Democrats about profiteer

ing, particularly as war rages on in Ukraine. Biden already has singled out Exxon and Shell and the latest profit reports come little more than a week before Americans head to the polls.

Still, US oil supermajors are suf fering less political whiplash than their European peers, which are subject to windfall profit taxes and greater calls to invest in low-car bon energy, despite some of the world’s biggest profits still being rooted in fossil fuels.

Exxon’s stock rose 2.25% in midday trading in New York. Chevron advanced less than 1%.

In recent weeks Exxon has overtaken Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. in market value and is now back in the S&P 500 Index’s top 10 stocks for the first time since 2019. The shares touched a record high this week and have soared more than 70% this year as high oil and gas prices combined with more modest capital spending.

Shareholders have been the main beneficiaries of Exxon’s post-pandemic comeback. At the beginning of the year, Woods reac tivated share repurchases that had been on hold for more than half a decade. The $15 billion-a-year buyback program is about the same cash outlay as Exxon’s dividend, already the second-largest in the S&P 500 Index.

Despite the windfall from high energy prices, Woods has locked long-term spending at about $22.5 billion a year – 30% below pre-Covid levels – with produc tion growth from Guyana and the Permian Basin largely offset ting asset sales and natural field declines elsewhere. Woods set a goal of lowering breakeven costs to the equivalent of about $30-a-bar rel by 2027, down from $41 in 2021.

BloomBerg News

Three of Twitter Inc.’s top executives who were said to be fired after Elon Musk completed his take over are poised to collect more than $100 million in severance and payouts of previously granted equity awards.

Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal, who stepped into the role less than a year ago, is eli

gible to receive roughly $50 million, accord ing to calculations by Bloomberg News. Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal and Vijaya Gadde, head of legal, policy and trust, are in line for about $37 million and $17 million each, respectively.

The three and other major Twitter execu tives were among those to depart after Musk took

the helm at the social media giant on Thursday, people familiar with the matter said. Their exits cap more than six months of public and legal wran gling that now have ended with Musk, the world’s richest person, seizing the CEO job.

Like many top leaders at big public compa

nies, Agrawal and his lieutenants were enti tled to severance equal to a year’s salary and cash-outs of unvested equity awards if Twitter was bought and they lost their jobs in the process, according to the terms of the company’s sever ance policy.

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Gas prices in excess of $7 a gallon are displayed at a Chevron gas station in Mill Valley, as gas prices surge in the state, Oct. 3.

Be sure to visit for future events

This week

THINGS TO DO

I Fairfield

8 p.m. Saturday Pete Escovedo

Downtown Theatre, 1035 Texas St. www. downtowntheatre.com.

I Suisun City

Noon Sunday Jazz Sunday Champagne Brunch Marina Lounge, 700 Main St., Suite 106. www.marina loungesuisun.com.

6 p.m. Wednesday

Hot Mic Wednesdays Marina Lounge, 700 Main St., Suite 106. www.marina loungesuisun.com.

7 p.m. Thursday

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

I Vacaville

3 p.m. Sunday ‘Men are from Mars –Women are from Venus LIVE’

Vacaville Performing Arts Theatre, 1010 Ulatis Drive. https://vpat.net.

8 p.m. Sunday Live Music Center Fall Rock Showcase Journey Downtown, 308 Main St. www.journey downtownvenue.com.

8 p.m. Friday

Big Head Todd and the Monsters Vacaville Performing Arts Theatre, 1010 Ulatis Drive. https://vpat.net.

9 p.m. Friday

Dueling Pianos: Jason & Lindsay Makse Restaurant, 555 Main St. duelingpianovacaville. com/events.

7 p.m. Saturday Ramana Vieira and Ensemble: A Journey to the World of Portuguese Fado and Beyond Journey Downtown, 308 Main St. www.journey downtownvenue.com.

9 p.m. Saturday

Dueling Pianos: Jason & Lindsay Makse Restaurant, 555 Main St. duelingpianovacaville. com/events.

I Vallejo

5:30 p.m. Wednesday

Allan “Ace” Vega Empress Lounge, 330 Virginia St. https://empress theatre.org.

1 p.m. Saturday

Three Day Weekend Band Vino Godfather Winery, 1005 Walnut Ave. www. vinogodfather.com.

Strong Authors Luncheon lineup to greet guests

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FAIRFIELD — A half-dozen authors are scheduled to speak during the Solano County Library Foundation’s Authors Luncheon from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 6 at The Clubhouse at Rancho Solano.

Diane Power Zimmerman grew up at the Nut Tree as a fifth generation Solano County resident immersed in the family business.

She says living at Nut Tree was always interesting and often magical. Along with her five siblings and 11 cousins, she began work at age 12 in the Toy Shop; she subsequently worked in every department. After graduating from the University of California, Davis, she became an assistant manager for Nut Tree’s fast-food concept restaurant, The Coffee Tree.

A year later, she enrolled in a two-year graduate program at the University of the Pacific, and then pursued a successful career as a speech pathologist, educator and school admin istrator. Mid-career, she obtained a Ph.D. in organizational development from the Fielding Graduate Institute.

After 36 years in public education, she retired as superintendent of schools and launched her second career as an author. She has since co-authored five books on educational leadership. “Nut Tree: From a California Ranch to a Design, Food, and Hospitality Icon” is her first business book. She draws from her deep roots in Northern California to tell a story of a unique 20th century business.

She lives with her husband, Rich, on their ranch in Suisun Valley.

Danise Payne holds a bachelor of arts degree in French and is a circus clown with 25 years of experience.

She graduated from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College in 1978 and toured with the Red and BlueCourtesy photos

Fairfield man performing in Sondheim play

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FAIRFIELD — Scott A. Jackson is a big fan of Stephen Sondheim.

The first play he ever acted in, “Into the Woods,” is a Sondheim play, and the play he currently preparing for, “Sunday in the Park with George,” is a Sond heim play, too.

His first venture on stage was while he was at Thiel College in Greenville, Pennsylvania.

His interest in the theater comes from his parents, who Jackson said made a point of taking their five children to

the theater. It seems the whole family was musically inclined.

Jackson plays piano and the saxophone, but is the only sibling to make his way onto the stage.

Eight years ago he did his first professional production at what was then the Retro Dome in San Jose, but has evolved into what is the San Jose Playhouse, where his current production opens Nov. 17.

“It’s a beautiful show. It has been on my bucket list for my whole life,” Jackson said. The book, or script, is written by James Lapine.

Jackson plays two roles in the

Vaca museum unveils ‘Solano Skies’

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VACAVILLE — The Vacav ille Museum will be starting a new art exhibit in November.

The exhibit, “Solano Skies: A History of Aviation in Solano County,” begins Saturday and will run through Aug. 5, 2023.

It explores the role that avi ation has played in Solano communities through military, commercial and recreational flying. The museum curated the exhibit to highlight stories from several prominent resi dents whose legacies affected aviation in Solano County, including but not limited to Lt. Gen. John Gonge, Col. Maye Lieback and Brian Power.

Beyond personal accounts, the exhibit will feature a 6-foot plane propellor, model airplanes, artifacts commem orating the military service of museum members, Nut Tree Airport memorabilia and more. They worked closely with other local histor

ical experts, and give special thanks to Rowland Freedom Center, Vallejo Naval & Histor ical Museum and Travis Air Force Base Aviation Museum for their time and resources.

The Vacaville Museum is a nonprofit, membership-sup ported organization dedicated

to collecting, preserving and interpreting Solano County history. The museum is open to the public from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Thurs day through Saturday at 213 Buck Ave.

The museum encourages donation-based-admissions.

two-act, musical drama that was inspired by Georges Seurat’s paint ing, “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.”

The artist led the pointillism movement, but is broadly viewed as a French impressionist from the later half of the 19th century.

In the opening act, Jackson plays Louis, the baker, and in the second act, he plays Charles Redmond, an art dealer.

The male lead, George, is played by Jackson’s husband and

onetime San Francisco Opera stalwart, Steven Guggenheim. The female lead, Dot, is played by Julia Wade, who returns to her San Jose roots from the East Coast to play the part.

The first act focuses on George and the char acters he watches in the park and puts into his paint ing. The second act is a later generation of that painter and how he uses his great-grandfa ther’s work for inspiration. The

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Empress to host locally produced hip-hop show

Todd R. H ansen

THANSEN@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

VALLEJO — Jay Worthy, RBL Posse, DJ Dame TFM and four rising artists are scheduled to perform at the GoodFellas and Friends hip-hop show Nov. 4 at the Empress Theatre.

Malachi Maddux, of Alias Music in Vallejo, is produc ing the show.

This is the first venture into producing a show for Maddux, also known as Alias.

“This is the first real one,” said Maddux, who performed in a group called Alias and turned that into the name of his business, which started in artist management. He has been in Vallejo for 14 years.

“I did some test runs. I do a lot of venues with a lot of artists, but this is the the first time I’ve been hands-on from start to finish,” Maddux said.

Maddux realized he was going to all the venues, meeting the club owners and arranging a lot of details anyway, so why not get paid for the effort?

“And I enjoy doing all the behind scenes stuff,” he said.

Maddux has shows planned for San Jose and at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, and is working out the details for a show in Oakland as well. Along the way he will be back at the Empress with a “reimagined symphony” show featuring the hip-hop work of Andre Nick atina being performed by an orchestra.

Nickatina used to perform under the name of Tre Dog.

“I was blown away when I heard it,” said Maddux, adding the past performances have brought in a much more diverse audience that also is

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“Solano Skies: A History of Aviation in Solano County” will be on display at the Vacaville Museum through Aug. 5, 2023.

JACKSON

COUNTER-CLOCKWISE,

FROM TOP LEFT: Carolyn Jung; Dianne Power Zimmerman; Dotty Schenk; Penny Warner, Danise Payne and Melissa Larsen will speak Nov. 6 at the Authors Luncheon.

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musical drama is about the challenges of life and love and art.

But acting and singing on stage is only a wonder ful distraction for Jackson, whose primary work is as a voice therapist at NorthBay Medical Center.

“I love what I do, and I’m pretty happy doing the acting as a side gig,” Jackson said. “I do love it, but I also love my hospital job.”

Jackson was busy during the worst of the pandemic because so many patients had to be intubated and their throats and vocal cords often were damaged and required his kind of therapy to heal properly.

But Jackson said he also has worked with profes sional actors and singers, many of their names he said the public would recognize, but cannot reveal because of medical privacy laws.

He said there are not that many voice thera pists around, and even

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a bit older than the usual hip-hop crowd.

But first, Maddux has to get through his Nov. 4 show at the Empress.

Worthy, from Vancou ver but now based in Los Angeles, “has been con sistently making noise in the Bay Area since 1994,” the promoter said about the music. He recently released his album, “You Take the Credit, I’ll take the Check.”

RBL Posse, managed by Alias, is from the Hunters Point area in San Francisco. They released 10 songs in 2021 in col

fewer who share a theatri cal and singing background like he does.

Jackson came out to Arizona from Pennsylva nia to complete his master’s degree at the University of Arizona. He moved to Fair field in 1997 to take the job at NorthBay.

Jackson’s bucket is not empty. He said he would love to do the play “Fun House” some day, and the stage version of “Titanic” as well.

The play runs Thurs days through Sundays through Dec. 11.

The performances are at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, with 2:30 p.m. matinees Saturday sand Sundays, except Nov. 19. There is no performance Nov. 24.

The tickets are $55 for regular admission; $50 for students, seniors, educators and military; and $45 for youth. The cost is $25 for previews.

The theater is part of the 3Below Theaters located at 288 S. 2nd St.

For more information, go to https://sanjoseplayhouse. org/sunday-in-the-parkwith-george/.

laboration with a variety of artists.

Monroe Flow offers a little genre nostalgia. His current song, “The Top,” fits that bill.

Tickets are on sale at https://www.eventbrite. com/e/goodfellas-andfriends-jay-worthy-rblposse-monroe-flowdj-dame-tfm-tickets412327291027. All seats are reserved for the 8 p.m. show. Doors open at 6:30. p.m. The theater is located at 330 Virginia St.

Maddux is also helping Christian Mathew, a member of RBL Posse, to publish and promote his new book, “A Part of Sur vival: From the Block to the Booth.”

“It’s a must read,” Maddux said.

Rihanna returns with ‘Lift Me Up’ ballad from ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’

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RiRi season is upon us.

Rihanna dropped a new song, “Lift Me Up,” on Friday, the pop super star’s first single as a lead artist since 2016. A lush ballad long on fluttering string instruments – and with a movingly tender vocal performance – “Lift Me Up” is from the soundtrack to the highly anticipated new Marvel movie “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and arrives months before Rihanna is due to play the halftime show at Super Bowl LVII in February.

The song was cowritten by Rihanna with the Nigerian singer Tems (she of the sinuous “Essence” and the woozy “Wait For U”), “Wakanda Forever” director Ryan Coogler and composer Ludwig Göransson, who also produced the track.

In a statement the artists

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Units of The Greatest Show on Earth. She has performed with five cir cuses and became the first Black woman clown in a circus in Europe.

Payne was featured in Ebony magazine, on Entertainment Tonight and NBC’s “Today” show. She is a member of The Circus Fans Association of America, the Circus Historical Society and the Screen Actors Guild.

“Elbows in My Ears: My Life with Little People, Tigers, and Wardrobe Trunks” is Payne’s literary debut.

Dotty Schenk grad

described “Lift Me Up” as “a tribute to the extraordinary life and legacy” of actor Chad wick Boseman, who played the title role in 2018’s “Black Panther” before dying of colon cancer in 2020 at age 43.

“Burning in a hope less dream/ Hold me when you go to sleep,” Rihanna sings, her voice darting in all kinds of unexpected directions, “Keep me in the warmth of your love when you depart/ Keep me safe, safe and sound.”

“After speaking with Ryan and hearing his direction for the film and the song, I wanted to write some thing that portrays a warm embrace from all the people that I’ve lost in my life,” Tems said in the statement. “I tried to imagine what it would feel like if I could

uated from the State University of New York with a degree in com mercial and graphic art. She is an organist and harpist and currently lives in Northern Califor nia with two cats.

She has written and illustrated four books, including “Mishka’s Dream,” “Fire in the Wine Country” and “Shadow, the Sand hill Crane.” Her newest book, “Bartholomew and the Great Quake 1906,” will be available at the luncheon.

Melissa Larsen grew up in the Bay Area in a family of writers, believ ing she was the weird one for not writing.

This didn’t last long. She graduated from NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study

sing to them now and express how much I miss them.” She added: “Rihanna has been an inspiration to me, so hearing her convey this song is a great honor.”

“Lift Me Up” comes nearly seven years after the release of Rihanna’s most recent studio album, 2016’s wily and soulful “Anti,” which spun off a Hot 100-topping single in the dancehall-inflected “Work” – one of her 14 No. 1 hits – and earned Grammy nominations for urban contempo rary album and record of the year (for “Work”), among other awards.

Since then the 34-year-old has collab orated with the likes of N.E.R.D., Kendrick Lamar, PartyNextDoor

with a degree in met aphor and a novel she couldn’t quite figure out.

After interning at liter ary agencies, working at Penguin Random House as an editorial assistant, she decided to pursue her master of fine arts degree at Columbia Uni versity and finally figure out the novel.

“Shutter” was published in June 2021 by Berkley. It has been reviewed by The New York Times and named a “Most Anticipated Novel” by PopSugar, Bustle, Buzzfeed and CrimeReads.

Larsen is now at work on another novel, in between teaching cre ative writing classes for Columbia and UCLA Extension.

and DJ Khaled and focused on her hugely lucrative fashion and cosmetics brands. In May, the singer gave birth to her first child with rapper

Though few details have been announced, the “Wakanda Forever” soundtrack is due Nov. 4, a week ahead of the movie’s opening on Nov. 11. The first “Black Panther” film was accompanied by an album curated by Ken drick Lamar with songs by the Compton-born rapper – including his and SZA’s Oscar-nominated

“All the Stars” – as well as the Weeknd, Travis Scott, James Blake, Vince Staples and South Afri ca’s Babes Wodumo and Yugen Blakrok.

Other authors include Penny Warner, author of the “Codebuster’s Club” series and 40-plus other books; and Carolyn Jung, author of “East Bay Cooks,” “The San Fran cisco Chef’s Table” and “Great Food Finds San Francisco.”

Covid vaccination cards will be checked when checking in. Masks must be worn when not eating or drinking.

There are no physi cal tickets. Volunteers at the check-in table will provide guests with their table number.

The Clubhouse at Rancho Solano is located at 3250 Rancho Solano Parkway in Fairfield.

For tickets or more information, visit https://solanolibrary foundation.org/.

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Professors sue Cal State after banning caste discrimination In brief

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Two Hindu professors are suing the head of their uni versity system to oppose the addition of caste to an antidiscrimination policy amid a broader battle over whether colleges should explicitly call out caste-based bias.

The California State Uni versity System professors argue that naming caste as a protected characteris tic unfairly targets Hindus and wrongly suggests that oppression and discrimina tion are among Hinduism’s core tenets. Sunil Kumar and Praveen Sinha contend in the complaint, filed Monday, that Hinduism is about compassion and equanimity – principles directly opposed to a discrim inatory caste system.

“We fully and vehemently oppose all forms of prejudice and discrimination,” Kumar said in a statement announcing the federal lawsuit, previously reported by Religion News Service. “But CSU’s Interim Policy singles out all Indian origin and Hindu staff and stu dents solely because we are Indian and Hindu. This by its very definition is discrimina

tion and a denial of our basic civil rights.”

Caste is a social hierarchy to which people are assigned at birth. Dalits, sometimes pejo ratively called “untouchables,” face prejudice and violence in South Asian countries despite laws against caste discrimina tion. In India, the caste system originally applied to Hindus but now applies to people of various religions.

California State, the nation’s largest four-year public uni versity system, announced in January that it had added caste to its anti-discrimination policy after years of activism from Dalits. The policy now identifies caste as a subcate gory of race and ethnicity.

That university system fol lowed the lead of several other colleges, including Brandeis University and Colby College, that have made caste a pro tected characteristic in recent years as younger Hindus increasingly advocate against caste-based bias. Lower-caste Hindus in the United States often report microaggressions aimed at revealing their caste status, said Dheepa Sundaram, a professor of Hindu studies at the University of Denver.

California State spokes woman Toni Molle said adding caste to the anti-discrimination policy “reflects the university’s commitment to inclusivity and respect, making certain each and every one of our 23 CSU campuses always is a place of access, opportunity and equity for all.”

Naming caste as a pro tected characteristic, however, is contentious among some Hindus. The D.C.-based Hindu American Foundation, which represents the California State professors, says the university system is unfairly targeting Hinduism and that it has no right to define the religion at all, much less as a discrimi natory faith.

Suhag Shukla, the founda tion’s executive director, said no other California State policy “demonizes” any other reli gion, ethnic group or race – a fact that means Hindu commu nity members are being denied equal protection under the law.

“CSU has turned nondiscrimination on its head by adding a category that it defines as inherent to an already minoritized com munity and exclusively polices only that community

- Indian and Hindu students and faculty,” Shukla said in an email.

In their lawsuit, Kumar and Sinha point to times when Cal ifornia’s state government has referenced caste in conjunc tion with Hinduism; they say those instances bolster their argument that making caste a protected characteristic targets Hindus.

Kumar, an engineering professor at San Diego State University, and Sinha, an accounting professor at Cali fornia State University at Long Beach, also said they do not identify as belonging to any caste. They said they worry that the university system will ascribe a caste to them for purposes of adjudicating dis crimination cases.

Opinions on naming caste as a protected characteris tic tend to diverge along the lines of age and immigra tion status, Sundaram said, with immigrants less likely to support such a move than Hindus whose fami lies have lived in the United States for generations. Nearly 9 in 10 U.S. Hindus are immi grants, according to the Pew Research Center.

Harvest Fest up next for Fairfield-Suisun congregation

FAIRFIELD — Mount Calvary Baptist Church invites the community

to Harvest Fest 22.

event is billed as a commu nity event for the entire family. It will feature carnival food, a costume contest, game truck and lots of candy for children on Halloween.

Times are 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the church’s campus in Fairfield at 1735 Enterprise Drive, Building 3.

The harvest festival is the latest in a series of community outreach efforts from the church. Those efforts include a food pantry that’s open to the community from 1 to 3 p.m. each Thursday at the Fairfield campus, and the food pantry turkey giveaway that’s scheduled from 1 to 3 p.m. Nov. 17 in anticipation of Thanksgiving.

A community Thanksgiving meal is scheduled at noon Nov. 12 at the Fair field campus. Those who arrive will receive a free, hot Thanksgiving meal with all the trimmings – to go. Meals will be available while supplies last.

Masks are required for all food pantry visits. No signups are required for the turkey giveaway. Turkeys will be available Nov. 17 while supplies last.

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NON- DENOMINATI ONAL PR ES BYTERIAN

Dear Annie: “Rita,” as I love to call her, is the best spouse in the world. We met when I was 21 and she was 25.

I was homeless and a server at a restaurant. I didn’t have much going for me in my life.

I remember seeing her walk in and sit down at a table with some family members of hers. I knew I needed to talk to her. She was beautiful, and the room was glowing around her. I ended up being her server, and by the end of the meal, I had her phone number. I found out later that night, while having a drink, that she was just coming out of a long-term, long-distance relationship.

I told her about my predic

Horoscopes

by Holiday Mathis

Today’s birthday

You have a clear sense of the personal work that needs to be done, and you’ll figure out how to align your values with your circumstances. As a result, life becomes smooth and brilliant! What you do for a paycheck or the benefit of society will be the same thing you do for enjoyment and the satisfaction of a deeper purpose. Aries and Virgo adore you. Your lucky numbers are:

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Your social circle will expand one conversation at a time. There's no need to force anything. Casual fun is magic. Plans come together organically, and wherever you find your self, you'll be in good company.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Whether you are a member of the cast or a member of the audience, you will feel the responsibility of a fantastic finish. An enthusiastic closure will set you up for the next experience.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). If you were a movie director, right about now you'd be yelling, "Cut – let's take the scene over from the top." Keep your eyes open because, though you won't be completely in charge of it, you will get some kind of lucky do-over.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You may find yourself a bit stuck. But you can free things up by making a change. Any little change will do: a thought, a sock or the order of the business – any move will be a move in the right direction.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Whatever you do to elevate the ordinary is a noble pursuit. Of course, it helps that you're in on the secret knowledge: There's no such thing as ordinary, only people taking for granted the miraculous weaving of life.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). One excel lent thing to lose is your fear of losing. But even if you can't get rid of that, take the risk you've been thinking about anyway. Aban doning the need to be totally in control, you'll gain the outcome you dreamed of.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). If your desire could be manipulated by a dial, it would help to turn it way down today. The less you require, the more fully you'll experi ence what's available. Satisfaction comes in an inverse proportion to want.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The importance of thoughtfulness cannot be overstated. You don't have to make a big gesture to be kind. It is the little things that let a person know you're thinking about them that mean the most.

I found my ‘forever always’ when I was homeless in pregnancy: AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION GREAT FOR MOM, BABY

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You do what seems normal to you, but another person finds it remarkable. In your mind, compassion and respect are the qualities you want to bring to every interaction –not goals to be articulated but values to be inhabited.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The reptilian brain has been keeping humans alive for thousands of years. So, try not to blame it too much for firing those fightor-flight signals. Just say, "Thanks for the message," and then cozy up to your fear.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). It's a good day handling unfinished business. Life can get a little messy, and it makes every thing go better to tie off the open loops and tidy up so you can move on with your head held high.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). When pro viding someone with all they need prevents them from learning how to help them selves, it's no help at all. Step back and ask, "How can I give without enabling?"

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Matthew Morrison played to his Scorpio roots with a starring role in the series "American Horror Story." Morrison is a triple-threat Broadway entertainer who drew on all of his considerable talents to create the lovable teacher Will Schuester of the tele vision series "Glee." Morrison was born when the sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars and Uranus were all in the soulful realm of Scorpio, suggesting heightened powers of intuition. His natal Jupiter, the planet of luck, is in Leo.

Holiday Mathis at HolidayMathis.com.

Dr. Colleen TownsenD FOR THE DAILY REPUBLIC

As autumn settles in, the days become shorter and cooler. Now comes the season for cold, flu and other viruses.

Avoiding infections and limit ing spread of infections during and after pregnancy benefits the baby and the whole family. The vaccines rec ommended in pregnancy include influenza (once per flu season per pregnancy), TDaP (once per preg nancy) and Covid-19 (initial vaccines and boosters).

All of these infections can cause respiratory illness in pregnant indi viduals. Each of these infections has unique risks for the pregnant patient and the pregnancy. After deliv ery, each of these infections in the infant’s mom raises the risk for the baby to have a serious illness during early infancy.

Many parents who are young and healthy do not always see the bene fits of vaccines to protect themselves. However, the need for vaccines for pregnant patients also prevents infection in the baby, and prenatal providers can give fact-based explana tions of each vaccine. This information helps pregnant patients and their fam ilies understand the need and safety with regard to vaccines and allows them to make informed decisions

about their health care choices.

Pregnant women are at high risk of serious complications of influenza infection, more commonly known as the flu. These risks include higher rates of intensive care unit admission, preterm or early delivery, and mater nal death. Vaccination for influenza in pregnancy markedly decreases the risk for each of these complications.

To further prevent problems in pregnancy related to influenza, preg nant patients with flu-like illness can be treated with antiviral medica tions, regardless of vaccination status. Since infants cannot be vaccinated until they are 6 months old, they need the protection from influenza from the vaccinated mom. Vaccination of the mother and family members pro vides a significant layer of protection for the newborns both during and after pregnancy.

Pertussis, or whooping cough, is prevented for adults with the TDaP vaccine. Whooping cough does not necessarily put a pregnant patient or the pregnancy at high risk of complica tions. However, newborns and infants who are exposed to pertussis from family members or in the community have very high risk for serious illness and complications.

Newborns cannot be vaccinated for pertussis. Pregnant moms can decrease the risk of infection for their babies by getting vaccinated in preg

nancy, even if they have completed a series and booster before pregnancy. A vaccine in pregnancy passes the immune response to the baby during pregnancy. Moms who were not vac cinated in pregnancy can also prevent passing pertussis to their infant when vaccinated after pregnancy. Vaccines play an important role in improv ing the rates of infections and limiting complications.

Currently, it is recommended that pregnant women are vaccinated and boosted to prevent Covid-19 during the pregnancy and post-partum period. Pregnant patients who are not vaccinated for Covid have higher rates of complicated illness with Covid-19 infection, as well as higher rates of significant pregnancy compli cations. Current information has not shown risk for negative side effects or reactions specific for pregnant patients who are vaccinated.

Pregnancy is an excellent time to engage in taking care of the pregnant individual and taking steps to improve their health. Vaccination is a great step forward in self-care, as well as parent ing. Please talk with your health care provider about the vaccines during pregnancy that can protect the preg nant parent and the growing baby.

Colleen Townsend, M.D., is the regional medical director for Part nership HealthPlan of California, a partner of Solano Public Health.

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The need for vaccines for pregnant patients also prevents infection in the baby.

Warriors’ rally falls short to Hornets in OT

By M adeline K enney BAY AREA NEWS GROUP

CHARLOTTE, N.C. —

The Warriors overcame a double-digit deficit after the break and held a fourpoint lead with about a minute remaining but couldn’t hold on and fell to the Charlotte Hornets 120-113 in overtime.

Back-to-back Hornets’ baskets knotted the game up at 107 with about 23 seconds remaining.

The ball was in Stephen Curry’s hands to deliver

the dagger in his home town. But Dennis Smith Jr. smothered Curry, who barely got a shot off at the buzzer that was off the mark, sending the game into overtime.

The Warriors were outscored 13-6 in over time to drop their fourth straight game in Char lotte. Curry hasn’t won in his hometown since Feb. 25, 2019 – and won’t get another chance until next season.

All five starters finished in double-digit scoring.

Curry led the way with team highs in points (31) and rebounds (11). He also added six assists in 39 minutes. Jordan Poole contributed 24 points off the bench but nothing in overtime. He left the game in the final seconds with an apparent foot injury.

The Warriors came alive in the third quarter after a lethargic opening half plagued by cold shooting, shoddy defense and too many fouls, and kept that energy for the remainder of the game.

The Hornets, playing without LaMelo Ball (ankle), Cody Martin (quad) and Terry Rozier (ankle), had the advan tage for the entire first half and most of the third, though the Warriors grad ually chipped into it after the break.

Jordan Poole forced a steal and turned it into a two-point basket, but contact made with a Hornets player sent the 23-year-old crashing down the floor. He was slow to get up and winced

in pain as he held his right shoulder.

But Poole seemed just fine on the Warriors’ next possession, knock ing down a 3-pointer to put Golden State up 80-78 for their first lead of the game.

Curry doubled his first half points in the third quarter alone, scoring 12 points and making two 3s.

The Warriors’ defen sive struggles continued against the Hornets as they allowed Charlotte to

take a 62-50 lead into the break. That more than doubled the points the Magic scored in the first half of a blowout loss to the Orlando Magic the night before.

The Warriors com mitted 14 fouls in the first half, surrendering 13 points at the foul line. Meanwhile, Golden State went to the free throw line only eight times. By the end of the game, the Hornets had 31 free throw attempts to the Warriors’ 16.

Nickson ignites amazing final drive as Armijo edges Fairfield

M att Miller MMILLER@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

FAIRFIELD — Willie Nickson orchestrated an incredible final drive and, despite the lopsided nature of the rivalry in recent years, he and his Armijo High School teammates needed every second to put away Fairfield 18-12 in a wild Friday night football finale at Schaefer Stadium.

Nickson and the Royals took the ball over at their own 6-yard line with 48 seconds to play.

Vanden rallies to win nail-biter against Rodriguez by 7-6 score

niCK deCiCCo SPECIAL TO THE DAILY REPUBLIC

FAIRFIELD — A Vanden High touchdown with 1 minute, 49 seconds remaining in Friday’s game at Coach Ed Hopkins Stadium capped a dramatic, come-frombehind 7-6 victory for the Vikings over host Rodriguez.

The victory elevated the Vikings to 4-1 in the Monticello Empire League and 9-1 overall. The Mus tangs fell to 3-2 in the MEL and 6-4 overall. The Vikings Sac-Joa quin Section playoff brackets announcement is due Sunday.

Vanden was pushed to 4th down twice on the drive. On the gametying play, Vikings quarterback Tre Dimes rolled to his left, threw a 5-yard dart to Simeon Wydermyer and evened the score at 6 apiece.

“It was a great game and, in the end, our guys made the plays they had to make,” said Vanden head

coach Sean Murphy. “We practice that pressure-type of situation and, in the moment, the guys were able to stop making mistakes and start executing and that ended up being the difference.”

The game-winning point-after attempt was not without contro versy. Vanden’s Rafael Ortiz Velez booted a kick that was called no good by officials, but flags were thrown. A Vikings player was called for improper equipment, a dead-ball foul. Ortiz Velez’s second attempt split the uprights as Rodri guez coaches shouted their desire to decline the penalty. Rodriguez head coach Myles King called it a contro versial call.

“I’m not really sure why they were able to kick another one because I wanted to decline the kick,” King said. “It’s a blur right now. I feel like we were just winning.”

One of King’s assistant coaches

said the dead-ball nature of the call nullified an opportunity to decline it. For Vanden’s part, Murphy said he saw calls against both teams on the missed kick.

The rest of the game deliv ered what the fight card promoted, a battle between the often-stel lar Vanden offense and a lights-out Rodriguez defense that held its pre vious three opponents scoreless.

The Mustangs looked poised to make it a fourth straight scoreless foe for much of Friday night’s tilt. Twice in the first quarter, Vanden sniffed the goal line – one down just inches short – but the Mustangs shut them down.

Later in the first half, with the Vikings 1 yard shy of the red zone on a 3rd-and-17, a Vanden drive ended in a turnover when Rodri guez’s Jeremiah Hill intercepted the Vikings’ pass.

Vacaville shuts out Will C. Wood

M att Miller MMILLER@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

VACAVILLE —

Vacaville High School’s football team locked up its sixth straight Monti cello Empire League title Friday night and earned it outright after a 28-0 win over rival Will C. Wood at Tom Zunino Stadium.

The Bulldogs scored touchdowns in the first and second quarter, and added two more scores in the final period for the win. Vacaville improved to 7-3 overall and went unbeaten in the MEL at 5-0.

Wood fin ished 5-5 overall and 2-3 in the MEL.

In other action, Vacaville Christian

lost its season finale 57-40 to Highlands. Rio Vista earned a 42-0 win over San Juan and is likely bound for the playoffs.

At Vacaville, Eric Gladney had a 3-yard touchdown run in the fist quarter and went over for a score from 1 yard out in the fourth quarter. Jeffrey Holden had a 9-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. Brady Mott intercepted a pass from Wood quarterback Mason Sayre and raced for a touchdown in the fourth quarter.

Micah Navarro converted all four extrapoint kicks.

Vacaville racked up 325 yards of total offense while holding Wood to just 45. Quarterback Alex

Barkley finished 14 for 21 passing for 164 yards. Cristian Diosdado rushed for 95 yards on 24 carries. Mott had five receptions for 63 yards.

Sayre was held to 39 yards passing and was intercepted three times. Manny Delatorre was stopped for just 38 yards after rushing for some big games all season.

At Vacaville Chris tian, the Falcons lost an offensive shootout to Highlands. That dropped Vacaville Christian’s final record to 2-8 overall and 2-3 in Sierra Delta League play.

Wesley Krier had four rushing touchdowns for the Falcons. Dominique Ruff raced 90 yards with a kickoff return for touch

down and also had a 65-yard run off a sweep.

Linebacker Kobe Powell keyed the Vacav ille Christian defense. Dylan Eddings and DJ Seymour inter cepted passes.

At Rio Vista, quar terback Matthew Bodle threw two touchdown passes to Isaiah Turner and another to Tony Bellante. Damien Cas tellanos also had a rushing touchdown.

Quarterback Emmett Medders had a touch down pass of his own for the Rams to Shawn Kit tlings and another to Mathew Canedo.

Rio Vista finished its regular season 6-4 overall and 4-1 in the SDL.

Five plays into the drive, the sophomore quarterback hit his senior receiver Kaiba Wash ington with a 42-yard sideline completion. After a timeout with only two seconds remain ing, Nickson rolled left, found no receiver open and decided to race 18 yards to the goal line, bullying his way into the end zone for the winning touchdown.

“I had to do it for my team,” Nickson said. “I’ve never played a game like that in my life. We never gave up and fought from the first quarter to the fourth quarter.”

Armijo finished its season 4-6 overall and 1-4 in the Monticello Empire League. Fairfield put up what was likely its best performance of the season, stayed in the game the entire night but still settled for a winless season of 0-10 overall and 0-5 in the MEL.

“Our guys came to play,” Fairfield head coach Alex Hubbard said. “Our guys learned a lot from this game. We finally put together four quarters.”

The game was tied 6-6 heading into the fourth quarter. Wash ington turned in the first bit of magic in the final period when he raced 73 yards on a punt return for touchdown.

Fairfield wasn’t done, however, and on Armi jo’s next series Nickson went back to pass and the ball pop out of his hands. Jimmy Green grabbed it out the air and raced 55 yards for a defen sive scoop and score to make it 12-12.

Not only did the Falcons score their first touchdown of the league season, they had two.

49ers make moves on eve of facing Rams

CaM inM an BAY AREA NEWS GROUP

LOS ANGELES —

Nearly halfway through the 49ers’ season, their offense is catching up to their injury-depleted defense in needing reinforcements.

Summoned from the practice squad Saturday, a day before the 49ers visit the Los Angeles Rams, were:

Wide receivers Willie Snead IV and Tay Martin, along with defensive tackle T.Y. McGill.

Deebo Samuel and Kyle Juszczyk each will miss his first game of the season because of inju ries from last Sunday’s 44-23 home loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.

Samuel did not prac tice all week because of a hamstring strain, thus depriving the 49ers of their catalyst from their seven-game, regular-sea son win streak over the Rams. Juszczyk had six stabilizing screws perma nently inserted into his right ring finger after he broke it on a third-quar ter reception last game.

Wide receiver Jauan

Jennings also might miss his first game this season. He’s listed as questionable after a hamstring injury limited him to individual con ditioning outside of practice all week.

Available in that wide receiver corps for Jimmy Garoppolo are Brandon Aiyuk, Ray-Ray McCloud, Danny Gray, Snead and Martin.

Snead was promoted to the active roster, and offensive lineman Blake Hance was released in a corresponding move.

Chrsitian McCaffrey also figures to draw mul tiple targets along with a heavy dose of carries in what should be his most extensive action since his Oct. 20 trade from the Carolina Panthers.

With Juszczyk unable to serve as a lead blocker, the 49ers could divy up his role between tight ends Ross Dwelley and Charlie Woerner, as well as possibly con verting running backs Jeff Wilson Jr. and Ty Davis-Price.

Cornerback Jason

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Rodriguez HIgh School’s Jeffery Missouri, far right, attempts to tackle Vanden’s Elijah Fisherman, second from

right, during Friday night’s football game at Rodriguez. The Vikings edged out the Mustangs 7-6.

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Erique Duncan raced five yards for a scored with 1:54 to play in the second quarter. It was Fair field’s first touchdown since a 47-6 loss at Dixon on Sept. 23.

Armijo got the scoring started on the first play of the second quarter when Kymani Baker went 14 yards for a touch down. Neither team was able to convert an aftertouchdown conversion and Fairfield missed two field goal attempts, one that bounced off the cross bar and out.

“Words cannot explain how I felt about this game,” Armijo head coach Don Moseley said. “There was a lot of frustration from execution problems. But Willie played with a lot of determination and our guys played to the

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“We had a tough time executing all night,” Murphy said. “Their defense played extremely well.”

Rodriguez scored on its first possession. After stuffing Vanden 3 yards shy of the end zone, the Mustangs marched 97 yards on a sixplay, three-minute drive

final whistle.”

Nickson ended up throwing for 146 yards and was Armijo’s leading rusher with 46. Washing ton had seven catches for 105 yards and also made a drive-stopping intercep tion on defense.

Fairfield quarterback Isaiah Nolan threw for 106 yards. Josh Tucker made five catches for 47 yards. The Falcons defense also made some big stops behind the line of scrimmage.

After the game, Hubbard said he has every intention of continu ing to coach the Falcons.

The former Fairfield High standout has had a chal lenging first season but hopes some of the ground work has been set for a brighter future.

“I have no intention of coaching anywhere else,” Hubbard said. “I’m a Falcon for life. I’ve been a Falcon since the second grade when I was playing Pee Wee football.”

capped when Kenen Jones fired a rocket to Leroy Bryant down Rodriguez’s own sideline for a 6-0 lead. The point-after attempt was blocked.

“We wanted to win,” King said. “We felt like we were the better team and that we could have won. We definitely feel like that. All credit to Vanden. They played hard, too. And that’s why they’re a state champion because they play four quarters of football.”

what would be his season debut, after getting acti vated off an injury list and undergoing 13 months of knee rehabilitation on last year’s season-open ing ACL tear.

REPORT

MEL selects Vanden’s Thrower as top volleyball player of year

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FAIRFIELD — Vanden High School’s Anaya Thrower was named the Monticello Empire League Player of the Year in voting by coaches Friday.

Thrower had 177 kills and 93 blocks during the season.

The all-MEL first team included Mea Todd, Mackenzie Golden, Alexa Simmons and Kyra Gossett of Vacav ille, Thrower, Sumerlyn Spencer, Fran King and Jada Cuffie of Vanden, Kaylie Reyes of Armijo and Olivia Apelado of Rodriguez.

Honorable mentions selections, include:

n Armijo (4): Alexis Williams, Amanda Ret, Erina Conception and Victoria Vera.

n Fairfield (6): Aaliyah Martin, Ariana Zaldivar, Jada Rillera, Kyra Vang, Kyra Puckett and Careena Domingo.

n Rodriguez (6): Stephanie Lott, Khaycee Cadenas, Arden Billings ley, Julie Adao, Aliyah Palwick and Emma Bar rington.

n Vacaville (4): Ebony Lewis, Ashley Chiong, Aria Woltz and Alyssa Guilliee.

n Vanden (2): Breanna Davis and Ariah Isadore.

n Will C. Wood (4): Gwen Duncan, Athena Brombacher, Vivian Lavin and Kayla Ramirez.

Vacaville advances to section semifinals

VACAVILLE — The Vacaville High School girls volleyball team out lasted visiting Vista del Lago in five sets Thursday night to advance to the Sac-Joaquin Section Divi sion II semifinals.

Vacaville rallied to win the match, 21-25, 25-14, 20-25, 25-22, 15-10. The Bulldogs improved to 23-6 overall and will face Rio Americano of Sacra mento on Tuesday night.

Mackenzie Godden had 18 kills for Vacav ille, while Ebony Lewis and Alexa Simmons had

12 apiece. Kyra Gossett picked up 21 digs and Lewis had 19. Mea Todd finished with 51 assists.

The Bulldogs are the last of the local teams still in the playoffs after Vacaville Christian lost Thursday to Big Valley Christian 25-21, 25-23, 26-24 in Merced.

Water Polo Rodriguez girls earn playoff berth

FAIRFIELD — The Rodriguez High School girls water polo team qualified for the Sac-Joa quin Section Division II playoffs and will begin postseason compe tition at home Tuesday with a 3:30 p.m. match against Sonora.

The Mustangs enter the playoffs with a 14-6 overall record. Rodriguez won the Golden Empire League with a 7-0 mark. Sonora is 15-6 overall and won the Mother Lode League title with a 10-0 record.

The winner of the match faces No. 1 Wood creek on Thursday in the quarterfinals.

Rodriguez is having one of its best seasons in years. The Mustangs are coming off a firstplace finish in the recent Julian Szmidt Memorial Tournament where they won their first trophy in 21 years of competition.

Rodriguez beat Dixon 15-3 on Wednesday to clinch to the GEL crown. Kate Frankel had four goals in the match and Mia LiCausi had three. Natalie Graham and Taylor Babich had two goals apiece. Lula Rider, Hero Rider, Zawadi Kapapa and Lauren Babich also scored.

Cross Country Bulldogs win MEL team titles

VACAVILLE — Vacaville High School’s Donovan Cheruiyot and Kate Kimball of Rodri

guez were the individual varsity champions during Wednesday’s Monticello Empire League Cross Country Finals at Lagoon Valley Park.

Cheruiyot covered the 3-mile course in 15 minutes, 47.30 seconds.

The Vacaville boys won the team title with 15 points, Rodriguez was second (46) and Will C. Wood took third (80).

Kimball ran the course in 19:23.32. Vacaville nar rowly won the girls title over Rodriguez, 28 to 32, with Wood third (74).

Vacaville swept the top five boys spots with Justus Hundley in second (16:19.6), Jackson Stream third (16:28.77), Lorenzo Cilia fourth (16:59.68) and Josiah Rowland fifth (17:15.01).

The rest of the boys’ top 10 included Diego Cortes of Rodriguez in sixth place (17:21.92), Eric Burns of Rodriguez in seventh (17:33.46), Vacaville’s Joseph Ortega in eighth (17:34.18), Haydn Bennion of Rodri guez in ninth (17:55.48) and Evan Mitchell of Vacaville in 10th (18:18.59).

Kaitlene Ofilan of Rodriguez followed Kimball in second place for Rodriguez (19:32.10). Vacaville’s Khloe DeLaTorre was third (19:45.39), followed by Lilian Luu of Armijo in fourth (20:07.77), Ruby Burton of Vacaville in fifth (20:35.71), Gabri ella Swartz of Rodriguez in sixth (20:39.64), Vacav ille’s Jessie Lenox in seventh (20:49.97), Marissa McLaughlin of Vanden in eighth (20:52.08), Vacaville’s Reagan Fisher in ninth (21:01.83) and Paulina Peterson of Vacaville in 10th (21:31.82).

College

Solano women’s volleyball rips Marin

ROCKVILLE —

The Solano Community College women’s volley ball team made quick

work Friday night of visiting Marin, earning a decisive 25-6, 25-5, 25-10 victory.

“The team played really well together, focused on some solid serving and ran a ter rific offense with the team hitting,” Solano head coach Darla Williams said in an email. “We are trying to push ourselves to think about each match being a playoff game.”

The Falcons are now 9-0 in Bay Valley Con ference matches and 21-7 overall.

Sammy Brown led the Falcons at the net with 12 kills, served 16-for-16 and had two aces. Hannah Del Rio added seven kills. Dani Rydjord also added seven kills and 20 assists. Haley Woodworth served 12-for-12 with two aces.

Codi LePak-Murphy served 13-for-13 with four aces and four kills for the Falcons. Lili Ayala chipped in four kills and two blocks. Layla Morales added two aces and 10 assists.

Solano is on the road Wednesday at Napa Valley College and Friday at Los Medanos. Both matches begin at 6 p.m.

Solano soccer settles for 1-1 draw

ROCKVILLE — Ani Lopez scored an unas sisted goal 11 minutes into the match Friday, but the Solano Commu nity College women’s soccer team settled for a 1-1 draw against visiting Yuba.

The Falcons’ lead held a 1-0 lead until the last 10 minutes of the match when Veronica Jauregui scored a goal for Yuba off an assist from Jac queline Lopez. Solano fell to 3-9-2 overall and 2-2-2 in the Bay Valley Conference.

Kate-Lynn Jimenez had three shots on goal, Claire Sawin, Ani Lopez and Amber Morales each had two, while Abigail Arteaga added one. Goal keeper Jessica Biasotti made four saves.

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