Daily Republic: Friday, February3, 2023

Officials set to talk about closing Matt Garcia academy A3

Local golf courses recognized among best facilities B1

New Covid case numbers track week over week across Solano

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FAIRFIELD — The state of the Covid-19 pandemic remained roughly stable week over week, Solano Public Health reports on its coronavirus dashboard.

Solano County recorded 267 new Covid-19 cases from Jan. 26 through Thursday. The previous week saw 257 new coronavirus cases reported.

There were 328 active cases Thursday. The number of deaths attributed at least in part to Covid-19 remains unchanged at 441. A total of 21 people with the disease were hospi-

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FAIRFIELD — Organizers behind the proposed Pacific Flyway Center reported Wednesday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has issued a provisional permit for the initial phase of the $75 million ecological and educational preserve in the Suisun Marsh.

The Pacific Flyway Fund has filed for grading and building permits from the city, and has applied for its Regional Water Quality Control Board permit. Project representatives were scheduled to meet this week with

THe WasHingTon PosT SAN FRANCISCO —

In Silicon Valley, it felt like the boom times would never end.

The Big Tech companies that won dominance of the internet brought in billions of dollars a year, spending it on eye-popping salaries, gleaming offices and constant acquisition of smaller companies.

But the past year of rising interest rates and falling stock prices has shaken the industry, along with the San Francisco

Bay region it dominates. Now, tens of thousands of layoffs from Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook and dozens of other companies have made it clear: The golden age is over. Speeches about austerity have replaced the free-flowing stock grants and free sushi lunches.

Apple, Amazon and Google parent Alphabet – among the biggest drivers of the West Coast economy – all announced their year-end earnings on Thursday. The reports were widely anticipated by Wall Street analysts

and investors, who have been pushing the companies to cut costs.

Alphabet and Amazon are both still growing, but at much slower rates than they have in the pa st. Apple’s revenue was 5% lower than the same time last year. In conference calls and comments posted online, Amazon and Alphabet’s chief executives both stressed that their companies are still working to cut costs.

“We’re on an important journey to re-engineer our cost structure in a durable way and to build

financially sustainable, vibrant, growing businesses across Alphabet,” Google CEO Sundar Pichai said.

On Wednesday, Facebook parent company Meta called 2023 the “year of efficiency” and said it would remove layers of middle management in an effort to make decisions faster and become more productive, causing the stock to jump more than 23% Thursday.

“We closed last year with some difficult layoffs

talized. Many of those are hospitalized with other ailments but have also tested positive for Covid-19 – now a consistent trend. Solano County’s public health officer, Dr. Bela Matyas, has previously indicated Covid-19 case counts are likely much higher with the use of in-home testing, results of which are not generally reported to government agencies and in many cases are not shared with medical providers if medical treatment is not needed. He has also said the availability of vaccines and changes to personal behavior have slowed the disease throughout the Bay Area.

Migrant flows plummet

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Texas-Mexico border

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MEXICO CITY — A month after President Joe Biden’s administration said it was expanding its humanitarian parole program for migrants from certain countries, Mexican officials warn it’s too early to claim success, even as the number of migrants reaching the border has plummeted.

In an interview with The Dallas Morning News, Roberto Velasco, a top diplomat and chief of the North America bureau at the Mexican Foreign Ministry, highlighted the

drastic drop – as much as a 97% decline – in the number of migrants journeying through Mexico from Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti.

Biden announced on Jan. 5 that the U.S. government is expanding humanitarian passage monthly for as many as 30,000 people from those four countries. But people from those countries who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally will be turned away.

Under the humanitarian program, the

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snowy egret wanders near the Goodyear Slough in Benicia, Wednesday.

Aaron Rosenblatt/Daily Republic Gissell Keilyn, 3, receives her Covid-19 vaccination shot from Mackenzie Canterbury, left, during a Touro University Covid-19 Mobile Clinic at David Weir K-8 Preparatory Academy in Fairfield, Thursday.

Northern shovelers paddle near the Goodyear Slough in Benicia, Wednesday.

Memories of our Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser station wagon

My family had a 1971 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser station wagon when I was growing up. When people think of station wagons, often they think of the movie “National Lampoon’s Vacation.” Well, ours was not like the monstrous green Wagon Queen Family Truckster they use for their adventure-filled cross-country trek, but the car Clark Griswold and his son drive into the used car dealership that he traded in (and that got destroyed) is a Vista Cruiser and looked almost exactly like ours.

I’m not a car guy so I can’t give you its specs or anything, but it had room galore. It was like a mobile boat or something. There was more than enough room for all seven of us in my family and even Sandy, our cocker spaniel/terrier. I usually sat in the pull-up seat in the back with my younger brother Kelvin. The Olds featured a skylight and luggage rack, and the tailgate could open to the side or up and down.

Sometimes we would give my mom’s friend, Ms. Juanita, a ride to church with us and the usual seating arrangement would change. I remember once when Kelvin and I sat in the very back compartment next to the tailgate coming home from church one night and we kept singing our favorite song over and over, “The Night Chicago Died” by Paper Lace. Until our dad made us stop.

The first big trip we went on in the Olds was in 1972 to San Augustine, Texas, as that’s where both of my parents were from. I remember my mom made a bunch of food we stashed in the compartment in the back. We would stop at dif-

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ferent rest stops along the way to eat. Now sometimes Kelvin and I would put the seat down and just lay down in the back and nap while my dad continued to drive.

Stop judging my parents! Yes, if my dad had to jam on the brakes, then Kelvin and I would have been launched like Wade Ballistic Missiles, but it was the ’70s.

Anyway, we had stopped for lunch and some of the food was left in the back of the car, including some sweet potato pies. I feel asleep and I guess during my slumber my foot got smooshed into the aluminum foil covering a pie. So when we got to the next rest stop and my mom saw the imprint of my shoe in the pie, she asked my dad, “What do you want, the heel or the toe?” She told that story for decades afterward.

Even though my dad was a career Navy man, we didn’t move around at all for the first 11 years of my life. We lived in Cape Hart Navy housing in Norfolk, Virginia. But then my dad got orders to move to California to work at some place called Mare Island in Valley Joe, as we called it.

Our road trip across the United States was not as eventful as the Griswolds’ was, but it had its moments. I remember stopping at places like the Petrified Forest, the Grand Canyon and enjoying several other roadside attractions we would take in from time to time.

The Olds had an AM/FM radio, but no tape deck so the only music on demand we had was OT’s portable Panasonic tape recorder. Unfortunately, he only had one mixtape he had made and it included “Eighteen with a Bullet” by Pete

Wingfield, “Island Girl” by Elton John, “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” by Paul Simon and, oddly, “Black Lassie” by Cheech and Chong. That was it – and he played it over and over. By the time we got to New Mexico, I wanted to take a sledgehammer to it.

We got to my Uncle Henry and his wife we called Nana’s house in Oakland like a week later or something and I remember we arrived after dark. A lot of our stuff was bundled together on the luggage rack (not a dead Aunt Edna, though) and my dad asked my uncle if it was OK if we left it there until the morning since it was so late. My uncle said that if we did, someone would take it down for us.

We moved to Fairfield in 1976 and OT used to pick me up from school in the Olds. It was a good news/bad news deal. The good news was I didn’t have to ride the bus home. The bad news was he also had his then-girlfriend, now wife of 40 years, Patty with him and he

would drive me all over town while they would stop and make kissy faces and stuff. The worse part was he made me miss “The Carol Burnett Show” and “Match Game.” OT later rear-ended a car in the Olds by the Americana Theaters (now G&C Auto Body) because he did a double take of some girl walking down the street.

When I learned to drive, I remember when my mom gave me the keys to the Olds and told me I could drive it to school and then back home, that was it. Now I was juiced to be able to actually drive to school and yet, it was a huge station wagon and not exactly the coolest ride so I parked it down the street from Armijo and walked the rest of the way.

One day it was cold and I talked my friend John Nolan into going to Carl’s Jr. for some hot chocolate. We got to the drive-thru, I ordered and right when I was about to drive to the window, I remembered that the night before I had spent the

buck that I thought I had. We started giggling and decided to back out of the drivethru and scram. I still wasn’t the best driver then and I did a “Driving Miss Daisy” and punched the gas instead of the brakes and hit a parked car. That ended up costing me a lot more than a dollar.

The funny thing now is that I thought it was so uncool to be driving a big ol’ station wagon, but a quick search on Google reveals there are many people who specifically seek them out and love them.

And not just people going to Wally World.

Fairfield freelance humor columnist and accidental local historian Tony Wade writes two weekly columns: “The Last Laugh” on Mondays and “Back in the Day” on Fridays. Wade is also the author of The History Press books “Growing Up In Fairfield, California” and “Lost Restaurants of Fairfield, California.”

State’s final monarch butterfly count is in, it’s even better than last year

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SACRAMENTO — The final tallies are in, and it’s been another good year for monarch butterflies in California.

In total, 335,479 of the important pollinators were counted across 272 overwintering spots across the state from Nov. 12 through Dec. 4, according to the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, an international nonprofit organization that organizes the counts annually.

That’s a notable jump from 2021, when 247,237 were counted in California, and 2020, when 1,899 were counted, according to the Xerces Society’s data.

“We can all celebrate this tally,” said Emma Pelton, a senior endangered species conservation biologist at the Xerces Society and the organization’s lead on western monarchs. “A second year in a row of relatively good numbers gives us hope that there is still time to act to save the western migration.”

County sites, the Pismo Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove saw the highest number of local overwintering monarchs with 24,128 counted. It was also the third-largest site in the state.

in the grove.

The Xerces Society conducts a “New Year’s count” annually in January to measure how many monarch butterflies remain in overwintering spots. It’s typical to see lower numbers in the New Year’s count, Pelton said, but she worried that the severe storms that hit the state may have hurt the butterflies.

“I do think we’re going to have seen probably higherthan-usual mortality this winter, because of the severity of these storms,” Pelton said.

That’s because the monarchs could have been blown down from the trees during the high winds, or drowned from the flooding that devastated many areas, Pelton said.

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The majority of the 335,000 monarch butterflies overwintered in groves in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.

In Santa Barbara County, 137,464 monarchs were counted while 133,112 were counted in San Luis Obispo County, according to the Xerces Society. That’s up from the 97,025 in Santa Barbara County and 91,766 in San Luis Obispo County counted in 2021, the Xerces Society’s data show.

The remaining monarchs were spread out across overwintering sites along the Golden State’s coast.

The area around Canopy Trail in Montaña de Oro State Park was second with more than 13,000 monarchs overwintering, according to the Xerces Society’s data.

Other popular monarch overwintering sites in the county included the area off Highway 1 at Cayucos Creek Road, the Morro Bay Golf Course, Main and Surf streets in Morro Bay, and Fiscalini Ranch Preserve in Cambria, according to the Xerces Society.

Two spots in Santa Barbara County had the highest counts statewide with a site owned by The Nature Conservancy coming in at No. 1 with 34,180 monarchs.

Tuesday news conference. “As it’s really tempting to say, ‘yes,’ we’ve seen such wild swings in the population over the last 5-10 years, that I really don’t think two good years in a row is indication of a trend. It could just be a blip.”

Pelton mentioned that it’s estimated the western monarch butterfly population is down about 90% from historical numbers seen in the late 1990s.

“We need to take this second chance and the fact that they came back up to low 100,000s, and run with it,” she said. “Hopefully, (we can) double down on some of those conservation measures when it comes to restoring breeding habitat, restoring and protecting overwintering sites, reducing our reliance on pesticides, and making all of his habitat more resilient to climate change.”

Pelton noted that although we cannot control the weather, humans can control the habitat availability.

“We continue to have sites threatened and being actively developed, having trees cut because people don’t seem to value or be aware of the habitat’s importance for the butterflies, especially when there are nonnative eucalyptus trees,” she said.

Monarch butterflies are classified as endangered by the renowned International Union for Conservation of Nature, but lack similar designation by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has designated the pollinators as imperiled and vulnerable and therefore protected.

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“More than 250 people participated, which is really, really incredible and marks the greatest level of community engagement in the project’s history,” Isis Howard, an endangered species conservation biologist with the Xerces Society, said in a press conference Tuesday. “This important work is volunteer-powered . . . and we truly couldn’t do this work without the dedicated community of volunteers, partners and funders.”

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Monarch butterflies number improving, is it the beginning of a trend?

The 2022 count reflects a second year of rebound from devastatingly low numbers in 2020.

Researchers are still attempting to understand why monarch butterflies saw such a massive decline in population in 2018, 2019 and 2020, but it’s been difficult, according to Pelton.

“We get asked a lot: Do two relatively good years in a row mean that we’ve turned the story around?” she said during the

January storms likely caused higher mortality of monarch butterflies

Despite the encouraging numbers from the fall count, the early January storms likely had an impact on the overwintering butterflies, Pelton added.

The insects typically stay in groves of eucalyptus or Monterey pine trees to conserve energy before migrating north and east to breed in late January and into February. So when the storms hit, the monarchs were likely still clinging to the trees

The species’ decline in recent years has prompted Congress to allocate $10 million to monarch butterfly and other pollinator conservation. The $2-millionper-fiscal-year federal grant program is available to Native American tribes and state departments of transportation to carry out pollinator-friendly practices on roadways and highway rights-of-way.

San Luis Obispo County residents can help the western monarch population by planting native nectar plants in their yards. For those who live at least five miles away from the coast, native milkweed is a good plant to encourage monarch breeding, according to the Xerces Society.

Tony Wade Back in the day

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The Wade 1971 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser station wagon in Norfolk, Virginia, left, and Chevy Chase in a scene from “National Lampoon’s Vacation” with Clark Griswold’s trade-in.

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A monarch butterfly suns itself on a eucalyptus branch in the Pismo Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove, Dec. 9, 2022. More than 129,000 western monarch butterflies were counted in San Luis Obispo County by Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation employees and volunteers in November, the most since 1998.

Officials schedule meeting to talk about closing Matt Garcia academy

tered for good.

Feb. 10 in the Multipurpose Room at 1100 Civic Center Drive.

The school was dedicated to slain City Councilman Matt Garcia in October 2010. It has seen many changes since then. School district trustees heard an update on the state of the school at the Jan. 20 governing board meeting. The challenges that were presented made some board members pose the question of whether the campus should be shut-

“It doesn’t matter whose name is on the school, I’m not for closing any school,” said Teresa Taylor Courtemanche, the mother of Matt Garcia.

“The students, teachers and staff have been through so much due to Covid. Can we stay put for a while and not cause any more unnecessary disruption? Let’s work together as

a community to find solutions that will help and not harm our students.”

The board instructed staff to collect more information before making a decision because some of their questions could not be answered without more research. The results will be presented at the next Fairfield school board meeting at 6 p.m. Feb. 16 at 2490 Hilborn Road.

Dodd introduces elder fraud protection bill in state Senate

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FAIRFIELD — Legislation that would clarify the duties of banks and financial institutions to safeguard elder and dependent adult financial abuse protections was introduced Wednesday in the state Senate.

“Banks must do a better job of preventing the most vulnerable Californians from getting ripped off,” Sen. Bill Dodd, author of Senate Bill 278, said in a statement. “This bill clarifies that if these institutions assist in financial elder abuse – either

knowingly or otherwise – they can be held liable. It will motivate them to detect predatory practices before victims are robbed of their resources, dignity and quality of life – losses from which they may never recover.”

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Dodd, D-Napa, noted elder abuse cases are on the rise, with victims coming from all socioeconomic levels. The Solano County District Attorney’s Office has established a special unit to handle such cases.

“Perpetrators can be

family members, trusted professionals or large financial institutions,” the Dodd statement said. “Such institutions are uniquely positioned to detect financial abuse and take action. Unfortunately, the language of California’s current financial elder abuse law is unclear, leading to conflicting court rulings regarding the standard of proof for holding accountable a financial institution.”

The clarification in the proposed legislation would support victims of finan-

cial elder abuse in meeting their burden of proof.

“Older Californians are the fastest growing segment of our population and face a particularly high risk of financial fraud and abuse,” Caleb Logan, of Elder Law & Advocacy and bill co-sponsor California Low-Income Consumer Coalition, said in the Dodd statement. “Fortunately, banks can prevent seniors from losing their life savings to a scam. SB 278 will clarify existing law to revitalize important safeguards against financial abuse.”

Thompson helps to reintroduce bipartisan background check legislation in House

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FAIRFIELD — The Bipartisan Background Checks Act on Wednesday was reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.

“Last year, we passed the most significant gun violence prevention legislation in three decades in the wake of the tragedy in Uvalde, Texas. The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act will help save lives and is a strong step in the right direction, but we know it’s just the first step,” Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St Helena, and chairman of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, said in a statement.

The legislation, formerly known as House Resolution 8, failed in the U.S. Senate due to a Republican filibuster.

“The Bipartisan Background Checks Act is common-sense gun violence prevention legislation that will do the most important thing gun violence prevention legis-

lation can do: save lives. By keeping weapons out of the hands of dangerous individuals, we can help keep our communities safe and reduce the threat of gun violence,” Thompson said in the statement. Thompson has introduced background check legislation in every Congress since the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary shooting that killed 20 children and six adult staff members. Another key player involved is Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, from Pennsylvania.

“Background checks are the foundation of any common-sense approach to preventing gun violence, which is why more than 90% of Americans support them,” John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety, said in the Thompson statement. “Everytown applauds this bipartisan group of lawmakers for championing a crucial and common-sense step to keep guns out of dangerous hands.”

The statement adds that

the “majority of the Amer ican public has supported laws requiring background checks on all firearm pur chases, with polling data consistently showing that more than 90% of both gun owners and non-gun owners support this provision, including 72% of members of the National Rifle Association.”

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FAIRFIELD — The City Council will update existing and create new goals and priorities at its retreat scheduled Friday and Saturday.

The purpose of the retreat is to “provide direction on the organization’s goals and key projects that will guide the budget and employee activities,” according to the agenda.

The first day will focus on existing goals and priorities, and the second on new goals and priorities, the city reported.

The council on Friday also will consider affirming Mayor Catherine Moy’s appointments to the 22 council committees – 14 of which Moy has assigned herself to – and four staff-based committees.

Moy appointed herself to the Audit Committee with Vice Mayor Pam Bertani and Councilman Scott Tonnesen; the City/Schools Ad Hoc Committee with Councilwoman Doriss Panduro; and the Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District Executive Committee with Councilman Rick Vaccaro. The whole council sits on the main sewer district board and is paid $152.77 for each meeting.

Moy also will serve on the Solano Economic Development Corp. board; Solano Water Authority board with Bertani. She will also represent the city in virtually all things transportation: the Solano Transportation Authority board; the STA Capitol Corridor Joint Powers board; the

STA Arterials, Highways and Freeways Committee; STA State Route 12 Steering Committee; and the STA Transit & Rideshare Committee.

Councilwoman K. Patrice Williams will be on the STA Active Transportation Committee. As is usual for the mayors in the county, Moy will sit on the City/ County Coordinating Council (4Cs) and the Solano County Water Agency board, as well as the Solano County Water Agency subcommittee on water policy. Bertani serves as the alternate for those appointments.

The mayor will also serve on the Travis Regional Armed Forces Committee with Tonnesen as an alternate. The base is in Bertani’s district.

Moy will earn between $300 and $600 a month for the assignments on the Solano County Water Agency, Solano County Water Agency subcommittee (not mandatory) and the Solano Transportation Authority board, the only paid posts other than the sewer district. She is paid $1,560 per month as mayor, while the council members get $1,300 per month.

Panduro and Vaccaro will continue to serve on the Regional 2x2 Homeless Committee, and Panduro will be the voting delegate to the League of California Cities. Tonnesen is the alternate.

Friday’s meeting is set for 5 p.m. at the Police Training Facility, 1717 Rex Clift Drive. The Saturday session is set for 9 a.m.

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SUISUN CITY —

The victim of a vicious assault last month in the city has died and police are searching for those responsible for his death.

Officers responded at approximately 5 a.m. Jan. 15 to a report that an injured man had been dropped off at a local hospital. The victim appeared to have numerous puncture wounds that authorities believe were caused by an edged weapon.

Suisun City police investigators determined the assault happened early that morning on the 200 block of Long Street and continued their investigation from there.

The man received

what police described in the update as continuous care at a local hospital over the past two weeks but died Wednesday as a result of his injuries, police report. Police have withheld the man’s name, age and city of residence, citing the nature of what is now a homicide investigation.

Anyone with information about what police describe in the update as “a disturbance” on Long Street in the early morning hours of Jan. 15 is asked to call the Suisun City Police Department Investigations Unit at 707-421-7373.

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Fairfield-Suisun Rotary preps to honor teens with character awards

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SUISUN CITY — The Fairfield-Suisun Rotary Club will honor the recipients of the 8th Annual Rotary/NorthBay Health Good Character Youth Awards from the Fairfield-Suisun School District at a special ceremony this month.

The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 15 at The Salvation Army Kroc Center, 586 E. Widgeon Way.

The winners include Maria Abueg, Fairfield High School; Sophia Ammons, Early College High School; Jeimy Alvarez Castillo, Armijo High School; Skylar Craft, Armijo High School; Valerie Salazar Duran, Fairfield High School; Brandon Gamboa, Public Safety Academy; Jimmy Green, Fairfield High School; King Hasanni Leonard, Fairfield High School; Jalia Her, Armijo High School; Pia Nhadine Velasco Ibrahim, Early College High School; Harbeen Kaur, Public Safety Academy; McKenzie Mack, Fairfield PAL Teen Center; Madison Meabon, Public Safety

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Academy; Roi Willen Melido, Public Safety Academy; Jimmy Mosby, Fairfield PAL Teen Center; Rocco Palombo, Fairfield PAL Teen Center; Dean Ramos, Early College High School; Claudia Vazquez Rodriguez, Matt Garcia Career and College Academy; Damian Romo, Armijo High School; and Ezekiel Salandanan, Fairfield High School.

The students will receive certificates of appreciation from congressional, state, city and school district officials as well as a cash award from Rotary. This year’s keynote speaker will be Kris Corey, superintendent of the Fairfield-Suisun School District.

The students were nominated by their teachers as teens who demonstrate good character, ethical behaviors or good deeds (e.g. helping younger students succeed in their studies, standing up to bullies, helping others in the community through volunteering).

For more information about the event, call Kelly Rhoads-Poston at 707-646-3293.

FAIRFIELD — U.S. Rep. John Garamendi was appointed to the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, one of two new subcommittees created in January by the Republican majority as part of its rules package.

The other is the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. The subcommittees have already become a partisan battleground.

“House Democrats have made it clear from

the first day of the 118th Congress: We are united and ready to work in a bipartisan manner whenever possible to effectively serve and represent the American people,” Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, said in a statement.

“We have also made it clear that we will stand up against extremism and divisive acts of hyperpartisanship whenever necessary. It is an honor to serve in this role with my distinguished colleagues, and I am ready to get to work putting people over politics and delivering positive change for

every American,” he concluded.

Garamendi on Wednesday also announced he has been appointed to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

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“I’ve served on this committee since my first day in Congress, and that experience culminated with the enactment of the Infrastructure and Jobs Act into law in 2021,” said Garamendi, calling it “a once-in-a-generation investment into modernizing our crumbling

infrastructure, investing in climate resilience, and producing millions of new good-paying jobs.” Related subcommittees to which Garamendi has been appointed include Water Resources and Environment; Highways and Transit; Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation; and the Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management panel.

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FAIRFIELD — A

Virtual Youth Job Fair will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 11 via Zoom.

The 2023 Virtual Youth Job Fair will provide participants ages 15 to 24 the opportunity to learn about paid seasonal and year-round jobs available in the East Bay Regional Park District.

The district is a system of public parks and trails in Alameda and Contra Costa counties west of Solano County, established in 1934. The system comprises 125,000 acres in 73 parks including more than 1,250 miles of trails for hiking, biking, horseback riding and nature learning, according to a press release.

Participants will gain first-hand knowledge from staff who would supervise or work alongside them in many of these positions.

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Registration is required. Participants may save a spot at https://ebparks.zoom. us/meeting/register/ tZUqcuqvpj8qGdaBw6q HvqYaqqaZLLYaUQXx.

Presentations and discussions will include topics such as an overview and tips on the application and interview process; a typical day in a position – job duties, scenarios and the skills needed; park locations, facilities or offices for positions; the career pathways from those positions; and what an ideal candidate looks like for a position. Positions available include interpretive student aides, public safety student aides, recreation leaders, lifeguards, gate attendants and student laborers.

Participants are encouraged to have their cameras on and dress appropriately, as if they were attending a job fair in person.

Farmers can now sell goods to food bank

FAIRFIELD — Solano County farmers who grow leafy greens, fruit or bean- and onion-family commodities may sell their goods to the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano starting this month.

Other food options can be discussed, according to information from the food bank.

The food bank received a grant for the program, which started Wednesday. For more information, call 707-421-9777 or 855-309-FOOD (3663).

Kyber Con returns next week to a school

FAIRFIELD — Kyber Con 3 returns this month to Fairfield.

The event will occur from noon to 5 p.m. Feb. 11 in the multipurpose room at Fairview Elementary School, 830 First St.

This year’s celebrity panel will include John D. Michaels from Netflix’s “Squid Games,” actor Erik Voss, actor Tommy Bechtold, performer Joshua Pilla and actor Alan Fernandes, who played a Tusken raider in “Star Wars: New Hope.”

Come dressed as your favorite character to compete in the costume contest with hourly giveaways. Also included will be vendors and demonstrations. For more information on ticket prices and updates, go to www.kybercave.com/kyber-con-3.

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LOS ANGELES — The voice on the 911 tape was quiet but terrified.

The caller was the first to reach out for help after a gunman opened fire at a Lunar New Year’s Eve party in Monterey Park.

Caller: “We start the car and try to leave and suddenly somebody come next to the window and shoot the window.”

Dispatcher: “Is your girlfriend awake?”

Caller: “I’m not sure.”

In the aftermath of the Lunar New Year’s Eve mass shooting in Monterey Park that left 11 dead and nine wounded, the city

clerk Thursday released the 911 and Fire Department dispatch tapes of frantic callers as Huu Can Tran was making his deadly way through the ballroom.

On Jan. 21, the Monterey Park Police Department responded to a “shots fired” call at the studio, officials said. When officers arrived, there were victims in the parking lot and patrons trying to flee.

Dozens of people were inside the dance hall for a Lunar New Year’s Eve celebration when Tran, 72, walked in and opened fire around 10:20 p.m.

The next day, as officers closed in on him, Tran shot

himself to death. Questions remain about the motive for the attack.

In a news conference last week, L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna said no one has yet recalled Tran visiting the studio anytime during the last five years or having a personal link to any of the victims.

“As of today, based on interviews, they have not been able to establish a connection between the suspect and any of the victims,” Luna said.

There were around 50 or 60 people attending the party that night. Among them was Mymy Nhan, 65, who attended dance classes at the studio

as often as she could. Although the Lunar New Year party was set to go past midnight, Nhan decided to leave early to set up the family shrine to pay homage to her ancestors. The caller in the car first dialed 911 at 10:21 p.m. to report that someone had shot something at the window as they were trying to leave the party early.

“My girlfriend unconscious right now. We just tried to leave,” the man said, his voice shaky. “We tried to leave the party.”

He told the 911 dispatcher that there was a hole in the window and that

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Vallejo police release name of homicide victim found dead in marsh area

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VALLEJO — Police on Thursday released the name of a woman killed last month – 41-year-old Dayna Jones of Richmond. Her name was initially withheld pending notification of her next of kin. Vallejo police

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The guide, with Jessica Alba on the front cover, includes a list of 33 freeadmission activities; an A-to-Z guide to California’s state parks; eight don’tmiss theme park snacks; and five snowy adventures. It also includes “the

confirmed Thursday that her family has been notified.

Officers responded at approximately 11:44 a.m. Jan. 18 to a report of a person in a marsh area near the 200 block of Wilson Avenue.

Officers who arrived there found Jones dead in the water. Her cause of death has not been released.

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Pelosi backs Schiff’s bid for Feinstein’s Senate seat

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Democratic stalwart and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorsed Rep. Adam B. Schiff’s bid for the U.S. Senate on Thursday, as long as incumbent Dianne Feinstein doesn’t seek reelection.

“If she decides not to run, I will be supporting House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff, who knows well the nexus between a strong Democracy and a strong economy,” Pelosi, of San Francisco, said in a statement. “In his service in the House, he has focused on strengthening our Democracy with justice and on building an economy that works for all.”

Schiff chaired the Intelligence Committee until Republicans took control of the House in the 2022 election.

Pelosi’s support comes as California Democrats are increasingly eyeing the Senate seat Feinstein was elected to in 1992. While the incumbent has said she will announce her plans later this year, the 89-yearold is not expected to seek another term. The former San Francisco mayor has faced mounting questions about her mental acuity and frailty in recent years.

The prospect of a rare open Senate seat in California sets the stage for an

expensive and highly competitive battle.

Rep. Katie Porter of Irvine was the first prominent Democrat to announce a bid for Feinstein’s seat last month, quickly followed by Schiff, of Burbank. Veteran Oakland Rep. Barbara Lee has told House colleagues that she plans to run and has started assembling a campaign team. Silicon Valley Rep. Ro Khanna has also said he is considering a run. No prominent Republican has announced plans to run for the office.

Along with Pelosi, Schiff on Thursday also announced the support of 20 additional current and former California members of Congress, including Ted Lieu of Torrance, Brad Sherman of Northridge, Eric Swalwell of Dublin and Henry Waxman of Los Angeles.

“I am honored to have earned the support of Speaker Pelosi and so many of my colleagues from the California delegation,” Schiff said.

“Together, we’ve played an outsized role within the U.S. Congress in protecting our democracy and supporting working families, and I’m excited to continue that work as their partner in expanding health care, combatting the climate crisis, and addressing homelessness.”

House votes to remove Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee

WASHINGTON —

U.S. House Republicans wielded their power Thursday to oust Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee, seizing on past controversies stirred by the Minnesota Democrat as reasons to stop her from returning to the prized slot.

She lost the post in a 218 to 211 vote after a contentious floor debate.

“My leadership and voice will not be diminished if I am not on this committee for one term,” Omar said on the House floor before voting started. “My voice will get louder and stronger.”

Republicans have long targeted Omar, a Muslim woman and refugee who made history as the first Somali-American elected to Congress.

controlled the chamber. Some of her controversies caused bipartisan backlash. She apologized early in her first term for a tweet viewed as antisemitic, and has also apologized over a 2012 tweet that said “Israel has hypnotized the world.” A 2019 comment about Israel when Omar said “I want to talk about the political influence in this country that says it is OK to push for allegiance to a foreign country,” was strongly criticized.

Omar faced further bipartisan criticism in 2021 over a tweet concerning a committee hearing that said “we have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the U.S., Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan, and the Taliban. I asked @SecBlinken where people are supposed to go for justice.”

her, some didn’t shy away from pointing out the effect of her words.

“Representative Omar and I regularly disagree on policy both domestic and foreign,” Minnesota Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips, who is Jewish and served with Omar on the foreign affairs committee, said during the debate. “And she has at times used words that have caused concern, offense and even personal pain to me and others. She and I have spoken face to face on those occasions, and she has apologized and she continues to learn from those missteps.”

Her perspective is invaluable to the House Foreign Affairs Committee.”

Some Republicans voiced hesitations in the days leading up to the vote, but none in the GOP ended up siding with Omar. One Republican, Rep. David Joyce of Ohio, voted present.

Rep.

Prosecutors: Hours of video from Nichols’ fatal traffic stop not released

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Up to 20 hours of unreleased footage from the traffic stop that claimed the life of Tyre Nichols in Memphis have yet to be released, prosecutors say.

The most notable aspect of the never-before-seen clips is the audio, which reveals comments made in the wake of the beating and after an ambulance took Nichols to the hospital, County prosecutor Steven Mulroy told CNN. Mulroy did not say when or to what extent the rest of the footage would

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his girlfriend was “hit in front of her face.”

The dispatcher, with the Police Department, connected him with Monterey Park fire.

“Hi, this is Monterey Park police, we’re responding to a possible shooting, and I have a male who said his girlfriend is unconscious,” the 911 dispatcher said while patching the caller through. “I’m not sure what’s wrong with her.”

The Fire Department dispatcher asked whether the caller’s girlfriend

be made public, noting that decision rests with the City of Memphis and its police department.

It’s been nearly a week since Memphis officials released video – composed of footage from the city’s surveillance cameras and body cameras worn by responding officers – of Nichols’ deadly interaction with police. He was pulled over on Jan. 7 in Memphis’ Hickory Hill neighborhood on allegations of reckless driving, which authorities say they’ve been unable to

“Representative Omar has espoused antisemitic and anti-Israel rhetoric time and again,” Rep. Max Miller, a Jewish Republican from Ohio said during the debate. “She cannot be an objective contributor to the work of the committee and she has brought dishonor to the House of Representatives.”

After first winning her seat in 2018, Omar spent two terms on the foreign affairs panel as Democrats

She attempted to clarify the post, saying in a statement that she “was in no way equating terrorist organizations with democratic countries with well-established judicial systems.”

Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy vowed to remove Omar from the foreign affairs panel, and tweeted after the November midterms that he would do so because of “her repeated antisemitic and anti-American remarks.”

No Democrats voted to oust Omar on Thursday. But in defending

New York Democratic Rep. Gregory Meeks, the leading Democrat on the foreign affairs panel, noted in his own floor speech, “it is undeniable that Representative Omar has made what’s been considered to be offensive antisemitic comments in the past.”

“It is also undeniable that Representative Omar has apologized, learned and been a reliable and productive member of the Foreign Affairs Committee,” Meeks added. “And I’ve watched her work with her colleagues on both sides of the aisle. She cares about her country. She cares about our national security. She cares about diplomacy.

Republicans have frequently focused on Omar in their attacks on moderate Democrats during congressional campaigns. Omar has also faced anti-Muslim comments from some far-right House Republicans. Her 2018 victory made her one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress.

On Wednesday night, Omar tweeted audio of a profanity filled death threat she said her office recently received.

“These threats increase whenever Republicans put a target on my back,” Omar tweeted. “They can continue to target me, but they will never stop me from fighting for a more just world.”

Last week, McCarthy used his authority as speaker to deny two California Democrats from serving on the House intelligence committee. But the only way to remove Omar from the foreign affairs panel was with a floor vote.

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Attorney: Virginia elementary school’s principal wasn’t told of reports 6-year-old had gun

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The lawyer for the former principal of Richneck Elementary School said Thursday that her client was never told the 6-year-old who shot his first-grade teacher may have had a gun at school that day.

some people have assumed inaccurately that Briana Foster-Newton was among the school administrators who were reportedly warned about the firearm.

“Those who were aware that the student may have had a gun on the premises that day did not report this to Mrs. Newton at all,” she said.

News school system. She said she has received threatening voicemails and been subjected to misinformed social media posts since the Jan. 6 shooting.

attend Thursday’s news conference.

Pamela Branch, a Richmond attorney specializing in employment law, said

Branch said her client will be reassigned to another job in the Newport

Branch criticized what she called inaccurate reporting of some details of the shooting and the subsequent investigations. She declined to go into detail and did not take questions.

Foster-Newton did not

“She wants all her former staff, students, and the parents of Richneck Elementary School to know that she completely understands how upsetting and traumatic it has been to hear what has been reported about the horrific shooting of Ms. Abby Zwerner,”

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was awake and could talk to him.

“Can you talk to me?” the caller said to the woman in the car. “No, she cannot talk.”

The dispatcher asked whether he could see blood, and at first the caller said no.

“Is she breathing?” the dispatcher asked. “Taking breaths?”

The caller was quiet and slow to respond.

“Maybe she died,” he said. “I’m not sure.”

In another 911 call, at 10:22 p.m., Nikon Lou warned that the shooter was “reloading.” Lou had raced out of the studio’s side exit. He said the shooting had started two minutes earlier.

“Is anyone hurt?” the operator asked “I don’t know,” he said. “You better send police here right away, he might start shooting again. I’m outside the building. I don’t know if anybody got hurt or not.”

Lou said the shooter had been close to the entrance and “just start shooting.”

“So it was a male?” the dispatcher asked.

“Yeah, male. Just one guy,” Lou said.

“Did he run away on foot or did he go in a vehicle,” the dispatcher asked.

“I don’t know. He’s trying to reload the gun,” Lou said. “And people just ran.”

The dispatcher asked again for a description, and

Lou responded that it had happened too far away.

“I thought he was using a firework, I mean firecrackers,” Lou said. “Still a lot of people outside the building now. So you better send the police.”

Two minutes later, someone from the Clam House, a seafood barbecue restaurant across the street from the dance studio, called in about a gunman.

Three people had run into the restaurant and pleaded with the restaurant owner, Seung Won Choi, to lock the door. There was a man with a gun, they said. The shooter had multiple rounds of ammunition.

The caller from the restaurant told the 911 dis-

patcher that they’d been told that somebody “has a gun and he’s shooting.”

“Where did this person go?” the dispatcher asked.

“I have no idea,” the caller said.

Tran’s next stop was Lai Lai Ballroom & Studio in Alhambra. There, Brandon Tsay, whose family owns the studio, wrested the gun from the shooter’s hands.

Twelve hours later, Tran sat in his van in a Torrance strip mall parking lot. As officers closed in on him, he shot himself to death.

The 911 calls underscore the chaos and pain of the night, as people waited for the police and fire department to arrive. Dispatchers tried

to reassure those waiting for help.

“There are police officers looking for you,” a dispatcher told the caller in the car around 10:26 p.m.

At one point, the dispatchers communicate with one another that there are “several gunshot victims” inside the dance studio.

“Come here, I need help,” the caller in the car shouts out to someone, around 10:28 p.m. “Come here. Police!”

“Sir, do you see the police? Wave to them,” the dispatcher said.

“I saw the police,” the caller responds.

“Just keep waving to them, they’ll get to you,” the dispatcher said.

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Adam Schiff (D-CA), left, listens to former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, in Washington, D.C, May 10, 2022. Pelosi endorsed Schiff’s bid for the U.S. Senate.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 26.

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CALMATTERS COMMENTARY

Double-barreled ‘tort wars’ conflict heats up

Nothing is more pervasive in California’s Capitol than what have been dubbed “tort wars” – skirmishes over rules governing personal injury lawsuits.

No session of the Legislature is complete without at least one clash over who can sue whom for what act and collect damages that can potentially reach hundreds of millions of dollars.

Tort wars pit business and insurance interests against lawyers who specialize in personal injury lawsuits, often in alliance with unions and consumer and environmental protection groups. The battles are waged in courts and in ballot measures as well as the hallways of the Capitol.

A double-barreled showdown is imminent over a law called the Private Attorney Generals Act (PAGA), which authorizes private lawsuits to enforce California’s labor laws. Former Gov. Gray Davis signed the legislation in 2003, just five days after voters decided to recall him.

Its enactment was a big tort wars win for personal injury attorneys and labor unions, both of which had backed Davis in his unsuccessful fight against the recall. They contended that private suits were needed to fill a big void in state labor law enforcement.

The pro-PAGA faction scored two more victories last year when the Legislature passed bills to expand its potential scope, one authorizing employees to refuse to work if they consider it unsafe, and the other requiring employers to reveal wage scales for current workers and potential jobseekers.

However, business groups claim PAGA is a license for outrageous shakedowns of employers for even tiny labor law infractions, and are sponsoring a measure for the 2024 ballot to repeal it. Meanwhile, as the rival factions gear up for a ballot battle, they are also dueling over PAGA’s scope in the state Supreme Court.

Last year, as the Legislature was expanding the reach of PAGA, the U.S. Supreme Court was constricting its scope slightly by invalidating class action suits by workers who had signed pre-employment arbitration agreements.

Another case now pending in the state Supreme Court could expand PAGA’s reach. To make the case even more noteworthy, it involves another burning issue – whether drivers for Uber and other ride-sharing and delivery services are independent contractors or employees.

The state Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling in 2018 that sharply broadened circumstances requiring workers to be considered employees. The Legislature then codified the ruling in the much-debated Assembly Bill 5, carving out very few exceptions. But Uber, Lyft and other companies persuaded voters in 2020 to pass a ballot measure, Proposition 22, exempting their drivers from the law.

The pending state Supreme Court case involves an Uber driver, Erik Adolph, who signed an arbitration agreement before beginning work as a contractor. He contends he was really an employee and therefore entitled to file a class action lawsuit under PAGA.

Adolph won at the trial court level and in a state appellate court, but Uber has now appealed to the state Supreme Court and the contending PAGA factions see it as another potentially landmark case.

Californians for Fair Pay and Employer Accountability, a coalition of major business groups led by the California Chamber of Commerce, has filed an amicus brief on the case saying they are making “combating the widespread abuse of PAGA a priority: to stop its misuse by plaintiffs’ lawyers as a tool to shake down businesses, rather than to ensure Labor Code compliance.”

Attorney General Rob Bonta, on the other hand, submitted a brief supporting the broad application of PAGA.

The court will issue its PAGA ruling this year. Voters will have what may be the last word next year. Tort wars will continue indefinitely, year after year.

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

The Biden administration announced last week that the U.S. will provide 31 Abrams M-1 tanks to Ukraine, and Germany said it will send 14 of its Leopard tanks to Kyiv.

The tank deal and the first anniversary of the start of the war in February offer an opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness and future direction of U.S. military aid to Ukraine, which has been authorized at more than $27 billion in the past year alone – an annual amount not seen since the height of the Vietnam War.

American arms and training, combined with the skill and courage of Ukrainian forces, have been highly effective in blunting Russia’s attack and rolling back some of its initial territorial gains. The question is how to continue supporting Ukraine without inching closer to a direct U.S.-Russian confrontation.

The tank deal itself will not be a game changer militarily. The relatively small numbers involved, and the fact that the U.S. systems reportedly may not arrive in Ukraine for six months to well over a year, are just part of the issue. Daniel Davis, who served in an armored cavalry regiment in a devastating tank battle with Iraqi forces in the 1991 Persian Gulf War, has pointed out that to be fully effective in using them, U.S. personnel required more than a year of training.

The systems are also extremely difficult to maintain, as undersecretary for defense policy Colin Kahl noted recently, suggesting the Pentagon’s initial reluctance to supply the tanks was because the Defense Department “has been very focused on . . . not providing the Ukrainians systems they

can’t repair, they can’t sustain, and that they, over the long term, can’t afford.” These realities greatly diminish the tanks’ role on the battlefield.

So far, the Biden administration has taken some care to avoid providing advanced systems that might provoke a dangerous response from Russia. But the administration’s idea of what might be considered provocative has been shifting. That’s evident in the recent approvals to provide Patriot missile systems and the M-1s – systems the administration had originally withheld, partly out of concern over escalation.

There is no objective measure of what might provoke escalation on the part of Moscow, or a reliable prediction of what that escalation might entail. But the tank announcement has sparked fears in Russia that the U.S. and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization may supply ever more effective and sophisticated systems to Ukraine – which could incite a harsh Russian reaction.

For nearly a year, those worries –including fears that Russian President Vladimir Putin would use a tactical nuclear weapon – have guided the West’s response to the Russian invasion. Such risks could increase if the war drags on and Putin becomes worried about being defeated or deposed. The Biden administration should proceed with caution in deciding what level of weaponry to provide Ukraine in the coming year, when it will probably face intense pressure – both within the U.S. and from Ukrainian officials – to provide Kyiv with combat aircraft and longrange missiles.

Another concern raised by ana-

lysts of U.S. military aid to Ukraine has been the danger that American weapons could fall into the wrong hands. There is no indication this has happened in any significant way thus far, but as the war continues the dangers of weapons being diverted may rise.

In the conflicts the U.S. has been involved in over recent decades, American weapons have ended up with adversaries of the U.S. or of U.S. allies, including the Taliban, Islamic State and the Houthi rebels in Yemen. Cold War-era stocks of weapons from former Warsaw Pact nations and former Soviet republics – including Ukraine – have been resold by arms dealers to repressive regimes throughout Africa, and reportedly even to terror groups such as al-Qaida. This history of diversion suggests a strict monitoring system of arms supplied to Ukraine should be established now to head off potential global proliferation of these weapons in the future.

Perhaps the most important lesson in providing U.S. military aid is that arms alone won’t end the war. They must be accompanied by a diplomatic track if a long war or a dangerous turn is to be averted.

There are no immediate prospects for a negotiated end to the Ukraine war. But given the threats of widespread suffering or the risk of a spreading conflict, it’s not too soon to start preparing the ground for an eventual settlement. It is essential to continue helping Ukraine to defend itself, but that assistance must be accompanied by diplomatic initiatives if the most dangerous potential outcomes of the war are to be avoided.

William D. Hartung is a senior research fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.

these trees.

PG&E lat year announced a project to bury 10,000 miles of California power lines in an effort to prevent igniting fires with its equipment and avoid shutting down electricity during hot and windy weather.

Some of those power lines to be buried are located in Vacaville. Currently, pre-project work identifying and marking underground utilities including gas and water are being done on a 1-mile section of Vine Street.

PG&E’s plan is to trench down the center of Vine Street to relocate all primary electrical lines underground. The residents of Vine Street applaud this effort since each year PG&E tree crews have hacked the natural shape out of hundreds of heritage oak and other trees to keep them clear of overhead power lines, completely destroying the natural shape of

The colossal problem with PG&E’s project is that it will not include burying any cable or telephone lines. The plan is to underground only the primary electrical lines, cut off the top of the utility poles and leave the remaining poles to telephone and cable companies to service – something phone or cable companies have never taken any responsibility for in the past and you can be certain would not do so in the future.

This is so short-sighted it hurts.

As more people are leaving landlines behind and satellites are being placed above the planet to deliver faster utility-line-free internet service, within a few years these abandoned and unused cable and phone lines will stretch across leaning utility poles as eyesores for years down the road.

The utility trench is being dug and power lines will be laid. It is unthink-

able that cable and telephone lines won’t also be included in this upgrade. We call upon city and county leaders and planning and development departments to step up and require the underground placement of all utility lines during this project. It will not only be safer, but will also restore the natural beauty to our streets and neighborhoods.

It would be an absolute travesty if these underground projects throughout our cities were not all-utility inclusive, and resulted in neighborhoods being left with miles of dilapidated utility poles and abandoned cable and phone lines, primed for extinction, standing as grave markers for decades to follow.

I ask city and county leaders and planners to please do the right thing here.

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

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Beyoncé announces Renaissance tour

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Beyoncé on Wednesday announced her forthcoming Renaissance world tour and posted the concert dates on her website. The singer will travel across Europe, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States, with the tour kicking off May 10 in Stockholm and concluding Sept. 27 in New Orleans.

Fans can register for Ticketmaster’s Renaissance tour presale via Beyoncé’s website by signing up for any of three registration groups with different deadlines and different cities – perhaps an attempt to streamline the ticket-buying process and prevent another Eras Tour fiasco. Buyers are permitted to sign up

for multiple registration groups.

Rumors of a Renaissance tour have been circulating since October, when two tickets to see Beyoncé perform “live from anywhere around the world” were auctioned off at her mother and stepfather’s Wearable Art Gala in Los Angeles. The tickets reportedly sold for $150,000.

This marks Queen Bey’s first time hitting the road since she and husband Jay-Z co-headlined their On the Run II tour in 2018. Her first concert since then was last month at luxury hotel Atlantis the Royal in Dubai. The private show was part of a three-day event celebrating the opening of the resort on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah island.

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Zits Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

Pearls Before Swine Stephan Pastis

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Crime logs FairField

TUESDAY, JAN. 31

12:32 a.m. — Grand theft, 300 block of MANZANITA AVENUE

2:41 a.m. — Reckless driver, TAYLOR STREET

5:42 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, 4400 block of CENTRAL PLACE

8:35 a.m. — Hit-and-run with injury, 3300 block of NORTH

TEXAS STREET

10:01 a.m. — Brandishing a weapon, 1900 block of NORTH

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state officials. There are still other permits in the works, including with the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission.

Once the water board permit is in hand, the Army Corps of Engineers permit is finalized and work at the site can begin, Claude Grillo, vice president of the Pacific Flyway Fund, the nonprofit heading the project, said in a phone interview that included Veronica Cornett, who described herself as a volunteer naturalist.

p.m. — Reckless driver, NORTH TEXAS STREET

7:07 p.m. — Battery, 1200 block of B. GALE WILSON BOULEVARD

7:15 p.m. — Shots fired, 1700 block of DANIEL COURT

10:24 p.m. — Trespassing, 800 block of BRIDLE RIDGE DRIVE

11:34 p.m. — Drunken driver, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE

11:40 p.m. — Trespassing, JELLY BELLY LANE WEDNESDAY, FEB. 1

3:30 a.m. — Trespassing, 300 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD

7:44 a.m. — Reckless driver, 3300 block of NORTH TEXAS

7:59 a.m. — Trespassing, 2500 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 9:31 a.m. — Reckless driver, EASTBOUND HIGHWAY 12 11:09 a.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, TABOR AVENUE

12:24 p.m. — Commercial burglary, 600 block of EAST TABOR AVENUE

12:35 p.m. — Trespassing, 700 block of FAIRFAX COURT 12:55 p.m. — Commercial burglary, 2200 block of WALTERS ROAD 1:14 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 3400 block of NORTH TEXAS

1:49 p.m. — Battery, 3300 block of CHERRY HILLS COURT

1:53 p.m. — Battery, 800 block of EAST TRAVIS BOULEVARD

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Grillo said the organization has the $5 million needed for the first phase, which is divided into two parts. Part of that funding is a $1.47 million grant from the Delta Conservancy, which will go toward the boardwalk and other aspects of the 24-acre “Walk in the Marsh” element of the Flyway Center property.

The “Walk in the

and restructuring some teams. And when we did this, I said clearly that this was the beginning of our focus on efficiency and not the end,” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said. His comments came as the company posted its third straight quarterly revenue decline.

Meta’s cost-cutting message drove optimism across the market, sending the Nasdaq to its best close since August. But the tech industry’s hesitant outlook for this year comes amid broad uncertainty about whether the U.S. economy will be able to absorb the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes in a way that avoids a recession. There are numerous signs that inflation is easing and the labor market – outside of the tech sector – appears to be resilient.

But many executives across a range of industries have expressed little confidence they know what the next few months have in store. Shares of Alphabet, Amazon and Apple fell more than 3% in after-hours trading.

San Francisco’s downtown has slowly come out of its pandemic hibernation, as tourists return to the city and some workers go back to their offices. But during lunchtime on a recent weekday, the entrance to Twitter’s headquarters, just off bustling Market Street, was quiet, despite new owner Elon Musk’s command that workers return to inoffice work. Since taking over the company at the end of October, he’s fired more than two-thirds of its employees.

At the end of 2022, nearly 30% of San Francisco’s commercial office space was empty, compared with just 3% at the end of 2019, according

Marsh” is described in city documents as a “network of looping trails, paths and boardwalks.”

“Visitors will be able to walk . . . into the wetlands on paths on which there are plans to develop interpretive displays and ‘viewing hides,’ ” the project website states. “A kayak launch area will offer opportunities for visitors who want to experience nature from the water.”

The 28,000-squarefoot education center that was initially part of that first phase, will be constructed later.

The first part of the initial phase is the grading and other groundwork on the wetland areas and development site, and the second part is the actual construction of more than 2 miles of boardwalk and trails, interactive signage, benches, shade areas and the parking lot.

“We have several other grants that we are working on, and until we have our budget filled, we will continue to apply for money that is out there,” Grillo said. Public donations also are accepted. They are tax deductible. Information is

to CBRE, the global real estate services company. Tech companies have cut almost 80,000 employees in the San Francisco Bay Area since the beginning of 2022, according to layoff tracking website layoffs.fyi.

After a decade of largesse, the biggest tech companies are casting off their reputations as places that offer lifetime employment with free food and high salaries as they embrace the reality that they’re calculating corporations focused on one thing over everything else: making money. During the boom years, tech companies could spend however they wanted, charming Wall Street with consistent growth and spinning tales of how multibillion-dollar investments in cloud services and artificial intelligence would create massive new revenue streams. Now, investors are pushing company managers to get back to basics. To Wall Street, investments in delivery drones and internet-broadcasting balloons look less like innovation and more like expensive distractions.

At the same time, the companies have seized the explosion of interest in artificial intelligence technology as an opportunity to tout their tech prowess. Microsoft recently struck a major deal with OpenAI, a smaller tech company that has released chatbots that have captured regular people’s wonder and attention in ways AI leaders like Google haven’t yet been able to.

The big companies are all pushing AI to the front of their marketing and are trying to launch products faster. Zuckerberg said he’s planning to deploy new artificial intelligence tools to help engineers become more productive and cut projects that aren’t performing or are no longer crucial to the company’s priorities.

available at https://pacificflywaycenter.org/. Bill Way, a spokesman for Fairfield, said the hope is to have the city permits approved by early spring.

“So we are hoping sooner than later,” Way said.

The project site is located east of Interstate 680, south of the Gold Hill Road overcrossing and adjacent to Ramsey Road.

There is a total of 800 acres under control, 560 of which is called the Garibaldi property: half of which will be used for the education center, the trails and boardwalk and other visitor amenities.

Another 185 acres is called the Golden Gate property and the Gold Hill property is 55 acres. Those lands will be used for habitat development and education programs.

The International Bird Rescue organization has already used the land to release some of its rescued animals, and Grillo said it plans to develop and education program as well. The Audubon Society has been involved, and Ducks Unlimited and the California Waterfowl Association also will have education

Facebook is still investing huge sums in building out products for the metaverse – a loosely defined term for a set of digital worlds that the company hopes will be the next major platform for work, recreation and commerce. It even rebranded itself as Meta in 2021.

It’s a sharp shift from previous years, when the companies positioned themselves as engines of innovation and change, despite the bulk of their money coming from traditional revenue streams such as e-commerce, digital advertising, and hardware and software sales. Google’s founders restructured the company in 2015 as Alphabet, saying the change would allow its core business to run separately from new ventures like self-driving cars and a research lab that studied how to prolong life. But eight years later, the company still gets almost all its money from ads and has shut down many of its “moonshot” side projects.

For the past decade, Big Tech firms grew to gargantuan sizes, riding the waves of historically low interest rates and the massive changes wrought by the internet to cement their place among the most profitable and powerful corporate entities in history. At the end of 2021, the peak of the bull market in tech stocks, the combined market value of Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft was nearly $10 trillion – twice the gross domestic product of Japan. Google alone brings in around $750 million every single day. Those massive rivers of money allowed the companies to spend big. Competition for tech workers led to a yearslong arms race, in which companies offered such perks as free laundry, food and massages, and bigger and bigger salaries. Software engineers fresh out

programs. Grillo also hopes UC Davis will be involved.

“

‘Walk in the Marsh’ will probably take us to fall 2024 to complete, and while we could be open to the public in the spring 2025, it will be an ongoing development,” said Cornett, who said the project was delayed about 18 months because of the impact Covid-19 had on permitting agencies.

Given all that, plus changes in staffing that forced additional delays, Grillo said he is as satisfied with the progress as he can be.

The center is the vision of the late Ken Hofmann, former owner of the Oakland A’s, who had land interests in the marsh. He died in April 2018. Fairfield, in March 2019, annexed 273 of the 560 acres identified as part of the project area.

The Hofmann family has put about $2 million of its own money into the project and pledged another $2 million as a match to future funding, whether grants or donations.

Area officials believe

of college could expect to make $180,000 a year in pay and stock grants if they won a coveted Big Tech job. The companies bought their way into new industries, increasing their power.

Google in particular had a reputation around Silicon Valley as being a place where workers could spend their entire careers, moving between projects and steadily progressing up the pay levels while collecting valuable stock options.

Google had never done major layoffs. Even after competitors like Microsoft and Amazon announced huge cuts, Google workers said they expected the company to instead fire low performers in a piecemeal way rather than conduct mass firings.

But the layoffs came, showing up as emails in people’s inboxes in the early morning of Jan. 20. Some workers found out they’d been cut when they tried to log into their work accounts and got error messages. The cuts hit across the company, but Google’s internal incubator, Area 120, a home for employee side projects, was almost completely gutted, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal conversations. Mandatory filings Google made with the state of California show signs that one of the company’s famous benefits might be ending: The layoffs included two dozen massage therapists.

The tech industry is far from crashing like it did when the 2000 dot-com bubble popped. After that crash, tech companies were viewed as somewhat fiscally irresponsible, and the market treated them with wariness, said Tom Essaye, president of Sevens Report Research. They don’t want to fall into that pattern again, so they’re cutting proac-

it will become a major tourism destination, located within about an hour of where more than 10 million people live, and centrally located in the Pacific Flyway, which runs 10,000 nautical miles from the Arctic to Patagonia. It is the migration route for billions of birds, including an estimated 6 million waterfowl in California.

The U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife reports there are more than 50 million birdwatchers in the nation.

The late-Mayor Harry Price was one of the biggest advocates for the project. He believed it would become a tourist attraction that will bring outside dollars into the city and create a lot of local jobs.

He was fond of calling it “a gift for future generations.”

The city has promised 300 acre-feet of water annually to help maintain and manage the wetlands, and is working with Benicia on a backup water allocation as well.

tively, largely to appease shareholders, he said. Amazon has scaled back massively on its plans to expand into brickand-mortar retail stores, with CEO Andy Jassy singling out the division in his memo announcing the company’s 18,000 layoffs. For years, the e-commerce giant had invested in physical stores, even buying the Whole Foods grocery chain for $13.7 billion in 2017.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post. Amazon reported its sales grew more than 9% to nearly $514 billion in 2022 – representing a slowdown from its 22% growth in 2021. Company chief financial officer Brian Olsavsky said the company expected “some slower growth rates for the next few quarters” in the company’s cloud business, a key area watched by investors. Facebook has scaled back on data-center construction, something that had pushed up its costs over the past several years. At the same time, it expanded its stock buyback program, a gift to investors who saw the company’s shares fall heavily last year. Shares jumped nearly 20% after it announced its earnings results Wednesday.

Apple is the one Big Tech company that hasn’t announced major layoffs. The iPhone maker didn’t hire as rapidly as other companies did during the pandemic, and its revenue comes largely from hardware sales and subscriptions, as opposed to e-commerce and digital advertising. The company’s earnings give insight on how consumers around the world are spending, said Dan Ives, an analyst with Wedbush Securities. ”Apple will likely cut some costs around the edges, but we do not expect mass layoffs,” he said.

immigrants must have an eligible sponsor and pass a vetting process to come to the U.S. for up to two years and receive work authorization.

Since Biden’s announcement, encounters across the southwest border with people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela dropped from a sevenday average of 3,367 per day on Dec. 11 to a sevenday average of just 115 on Jan. 24, according to the Department of Homeland Security. “The program has been very successful, but it’s too

early to declare any kind of victory, because we’re facing a dynamic phenomenon,” Velasco said. “The countries of origin, the circumstances, the network of smugglers and their ability to constantly adapt to government policies – all are important factors to consider as we go forward.”

Already, migrants from other countries, including Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, are on the rise, Velasco said.

When Biden announced the immigration policy shift, Mexico agreed to take back 30,000 people a month who come to the U.S. border without proper documentation.

That marks the United States’ growing reliance

on Mexico in managing the northward flow of migrants headed to the Texas-Mexico border. Mexico’s role has expanded from a “sending” country to one “managing” global migration, said Adam Isacson, a security and migration analyst at the Washington Office on Latin America.

“I think Mexico is pretty comfortable now in this role as co-enforcer for the United States,” a role similar to ones played by Turkey and Spain with migrant flows to the European Union, Isacson said.

“Mexico will still have nationalist rhetoric, and they’ll still insist they have a different approach toward migration than the United States does,” he

said. “But deep down, it sure seems like a lot of people in the [Mexican] government believe in deterrence.”

And that means the country’s leverage with the U.S. is increasing, said Ariel G. Ruiz Soto, a policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute in Washington. “Mexico is not powerless,” he said. “Mexico is in a position where (it) can decide how to take better advantage of migration to Mexico and through Mexico.”

Velasco disputes that Mexico is playing the role of a country that “processes” migrants for the U.S. He doesn’t believe Mexico should be locked into any formal agreement on migration. “Our

idea is still that Mexico wants to retain its sovereign capacity to react to U.S. migratory decisions unilaterally,” he said.

For instance, in April 2022, tens of thousands of Ukrainians headed from abroad to the U.S.-Mexico border. After the U.S. allowed them under a “humanitarian parole” program, their numbers at the border dropped from more than 20,000 to 375 in May.

Last summer, when the number of Venezuelans exploded along the Texas-Mexico border, particularly El Paso, Velasco and his team pressed the Biden administration to designate them with the title of “humanitarian parole,” he said.

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Branch said.

The attorney said she is praying for Zwerner and all those affected.

Foster-Newton has been an educator for about a decade and has worked for Newport News schools for six years, according to her attorney.

Since the shooting of Abigail Zwerner, critics have accused the Richneck Elementary administration and division leadership for their responses to concerns about student behavior.

Zwerner’s attorney, Diane Toscano, alleged in a press conference Jan. 25 that school administrators “failed to act” on several reports involving the studentthroughout the morning of the shooting.

Toscano outlined how staff had notified administrators three times about concerns the student had a gun before the shooting. One staff member reportedly searched the student’s backpack but did not find a gun.

Later, another staff member asked to search the student because it was believed he had the gun in his pocket, though was

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substantiate.

Bodycam video shows an officer at the traffic stop pointing his gun while a second shouts, “You’re going to get your a-- blown the f--- out.”

Nichols could then be seen getting yanked out of his car and thrown to the ground, at which point multiple officers immediately converged on the 29-year-old, all of them shouting contradictory orders before the violence begins.

Nichols managed to briefly escape and attempted to make a dash for his mother’s home, some 80 yards away, but he was again captured and assaulted by police.

Nichols died at a hospital on Jan. 10, three days after the traffic stop.

According to a police report, which contradicts the video on several

reportedly told, “Well, he has little pockets,” and was denied the request. Another report said a student went to a teacher crying and said another student had shown him a gun at recess and threatened to shoot him if he told anyone.

These allegations were made public hours before the school board voted to fire Superintendent George Parker III. After the Jan. 25 vote, School Board Chair Lisa Surles-Law said the decision to remove Parker was “based on the future trajectory and needs for our school division.”

Administrative changes at the elementary school have also been confirmed over the last several weeks.

The school reopened this week under the leadership of Karen Lynch, a longtime Newport News administrator.

A division spokesperson also confirmed the assistant principal, Ebony Parker, resigned. A number of new security measures have also been put in place.

Zwerner was released from the hospital, though Toscano said the bullet “remains dangerously inside her body.” She also announced her intent to file a lawsuit against the division.

counts, Nichols was driving too fast toward oncoming traffic.

Officers alleged Nichols was uncooperative and attempted to start a fight, though there is no indication in the video that he was violent with law enforcement officers.

“Detectives noticed that the suspect Tyre Nichols was sweating profusely and irate when he exited the vehicle,” the report said, per NBC News.

“Detectives gave verbal commands to stop resisting and then the suspect Tyre Nichols grabbed for Detective Martin’s gun.”

At no point in the released footage can Nichols be seen reaching for an officer’s weapon.

So far, five officers – Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith – were fired and charged with a slew of felonies, including second-degree murder, in connection with Nichols’ death.

Pentagon: Chinese spy balloon flying over US ‘right now’

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A Chinese surveillance balloon is collecting intelligence over the continental United States “right now,” senior U.S. officials disclosed Thursday, acknowledging that the Pentagon has been monitoring the craft for several days and briefly considered shooting it down before concluding that doing so posed a safety risk.

The balloon is traveling at an altitude “well above commercial air traffic and does not present a military or physical threat to people on the ground,” Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder, a Pentagon spokesman, told reporters in a hastily arranged news conference where he addressed the ongoing situation. The North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, continues to track the balloon’s course, but officials would not specify its present whereabouts.

“Once the balloon was detected,” Ryder added, “the U.S. government acted immediately to prevent against the collection of sensitive information.” Without elaborating, he

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“No one who peddles in antisemitic activity, behavior or language should have any right to serve on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which has an incredibly important role to play in partnering with our strongest ally, the state of Israel,” New York GOP Rep. Mike Lawler said during the debate.

The GOP only went after Omar’s post on foreign affairs and she will be able to keep her slot on a separate panel on education and the workforce. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries tweeted after Thursday’s vote that he intends to see Omar also get a spot on the House Budget Committee.

Thursday’s debate comes after the then-Democrat controlled House

said that similar activity had been observed before – spanning a period of “several years.”

A U.S. intelligence official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, said that similar balloons have been spotted previously over Hawaii and Guam. They have guidance systems on board, the official said.

The striking development comes at a time of peak tension between the world powers, and just hours ahead of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s expected departure for Beijing, where he is to hold a series of long-scheduled meetings with senior Chinese officials. The high-stakes visit, Blinken’s first to the country as the nation’s top diplomat, is aimed at stabilizing U.S.China relationship – a goal that could become more difficult following the espionage aircraft’s appearance in U.S. airspace. The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment, nor did the Chinese Embassy in Washington.

took action in 2021 against two far-right Republicans.

“This to me is just pure revenge politics,” Minnesota Democratic Rep. Betty McCollum said earlier this week about the move against Omar.

Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene lost her committees in a bipartisan vote after Democrats noted her earlier violent rhetoric and embrace of conspiracy theories. A similar push, supported by Democrats and only two Republicans, resulted in the removal of Arizona GOP Rep. Paul Gosar from his committee posts because his social media account posted an animated video of him using a sword to kill Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

The new Republicanled House put Gosar and Greene back on committees. After Thursday’s vote against Omar, Greene could be seen clapping on

Thursday’s disclosure

elicited a furious response from lawmakers in both political parties. Reps. Mike Gallagher (R.-Wis.) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D.-Ill.), the leaders of a House select committee on China, issued a joint statement saying “the Chinese Communist Party should not have on-demand access to American airspace.”

“Not only is this a violation of American sovereignty, coming only days before Secretary Blinken’s trip to the [People’s Republic of China], but it also makes clear that the [Chinese Communist Party’s] recent diplomatic overtures do not represent a substantive change in policy,” they said, adding the incident demonstrates that the threat posed by China “is not confined to distant shores – it is here at home and we must act to counter this threat.”

The incident, first reported Wednesday by NBC News, prompted a series of unusual events as the balloon was observed Wednesday over sparsely populated Montana, officials said. The state is home to numerous U.S.

the House floor.

Republicans pointed out in the buildup to removing Omar that Democrats had acted against their GOP colleagues and changed how things worked in the House.

“We are a body of precedent,” Minnesota GOP Rep. Michelle Fischbach said during a meeting earlier this week, adding that “this precedent was set.”

Comparing Omar’s situation to Greene and Gosar was fiercely dismissed by House Democrats.

“The two individuals that we removed from committees were not removed for their speech. They were removed because they made threats against other members,” Mary-

nuclear missile silos.

President Biden, upon being briefed about the development, requested military options, officials said. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, traveling in the Philippines, convened a meeting with senior advisers to assess how the United States might respond, and they at least briefly discussed shooting down the balloon, one official said in a conference call with reporters. This person, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the Pentagon.

Senior military officers, including Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, advised against such a move, citing concerns that falling debris could put people and property at risk, the senior official said.

Before reaching the U.S. mainland, the balloon initially soared above Alaska’s Aleutian Islands and then over Canada, another U.S. official said. It was not clear from where the balloon was launched initially.

land Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer, a former House majority leader, said on the floor.

Every Minnesota Democrat in the House opposed kicking Omar off the panel, while all four Minnesota Republicans voted in favor of removing her.

“I am Muslim, I am an immigrant, and interestingly, from Africa,” Omar said in her speech.

“Is anyone surprised that I am being targeted? Is anyone surprised that I am somehow deemed unworthy to speak about American foreign policy, or that they see me as a powerful voice that needs to be silenced? Frankly, it is expected. Because when you push power, power pushes back.”

FEBA bids to be annual host of big event

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FAIRFIELD — The Fairfield Expos Baseball Association has submitted a bid with American Legion Baseball to be the permanent host of the annual Western Region 8 Tournament.

FEBA will host its eighth tournament since 1997 this August and the third time in the past three years. Fairfield would now like to be the yearly home of the event like Selby, North Carolina, is for the national American Legions finals and Williamsport, Pennsylvania, is for the Little

League World Series.

The Expos program is supported by both the FairfieldSuisun American Legion Post 182 and Vacaville American Legion Post 165.

“We are working tirelessly to make our goal a reality,” FEBA president Brad Hanson said Wednesday in a letter he sent to the Fairfield City Council. “We are the only American Legion program, in California, that can boast the support of two American Legion posts. All this fits neatly with Travis Air Force Base being such an important part of our community.”

State champion teams fly in each year from Hawaii, Texas, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, California and New Mexico to compete and the Expos would be the eighth team annually if they became the permanent sponsor. Teams are housed, fed, provided transportation and entertained in the community during their stay. There is also an annual banquet prior to the tournament and an opening ceremonies event before the first game.

Hanson said FEBA is being challenged through the Western states, however. Fresno is offering the diamond at Fresno State

University as a host facility.

Tucson, Arizona, is offering a professional baseball complex.

Las Vegas, Nevada, is offering all the nighttime entertainment it provides.

FEBA stands by its facility at Laurel Creek Park, a strong volunteer and sponsorship group that has put on eight tournaments, three international airports within 50 miles (Sacramento, Oakland and San Francisco) and plenty of tourist amenities throughout the Northern California region.

“The national tournament staff has gone on record as

LOCAL BRIEFS

Rancho Solano, Paradise Valley recognized among best facilities

Daily Republic Staff

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FAIRFIELD — Fairfield’s two city golf courses, Rancho Solano and Paradise Valley, have again been recognized among the very best public courses with new honors.

Rancho Solano is ranked No. 21 in Golfers’ Choice Best Golf Courses in California, putting it in elite company with facilities like Dessert Willow (Palm Desert) and Pebble Beach. The annual Golfers Choice lists, generated by GolfPass, are compiled by analyzing the ratings and reviews submitted by members of the Golf-

Pass community. A total of 463 California golf courses were reviewed in 2022, with 40,437 reviews. While Rancho Solano has received numerous awards in the past, this is the first award for Golfers’ Choice Best Golf Courses in California.

Paradise Valley was recognized as a Top 50 Public Range by the Golf Range Association of America for the second consecutive year. Every year, the Golf Range Association of America honors the top 50 ranges and practice facilities that cater to the public golfer.

Criteria for the top 50 look at each facility’s amenities and services, technology

integration, clinics, workshops and more.

Paradise Valley in recent years has expanded its lesson programs and launched the Fairfield Golf Academy. With the practice facilities becoming more favorable for teaching at Paradise Valley, improvements were made to include more teaching space and equipment to complement the custom club-fitting performance center. As a result, the Fairfield Golf Academy has experienced an increase in participation, especially with the junior and women’s programs, according to a press release.

“It’s exciting and a

great honor for Rancho Solano and Paradise Valley to receive distinguished awards such as these,” Jeff Perry, general manager at Rancho Solano and Paradise Valley, said in the release. “We are fortunate that the city of Fairfield has emphasized providing two spectacular golf courses with amenities, course design and conditions that go beyond the expectations of what you would see at a municipal golf course.”

For more information on lessons and teaching programs at the Fairfield Golf Academy, visit www.fairfieldgolf.com.

Armijo High standout ready to join football program at Western Oregon

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FAIRFIELD — Armijo

High School standout

Kaiba Washington has gone from what his head coach called a “raw” freshman to a talented senior wide receiver/ defensive back/kick returner worthy of a scholarship offer.

Washington signed a national letter-of-intent with Western Oregon University on Wednesday afternoon at the Armijo library in front of a large group of family,

coaches, teammates and classmates. Royals head coach Don Mosley said he has more than earned the opportunity.

“Good for him to get this signing,” Mosley said.

“He’s a hard worker who is dedicated to the weight room, the classroom and the field. He was a raw freshman and now he has become a better defensive back and wide receiver.

Sky’s the limit for him.”

Washington is one of two players from the area who signed Wednesday

saying the Fairfield regional tournaments are the best of the many they have overseen throughout the nation,” Hanson wrote in his bid. “All eight regional tournaments (held in Fairfield) have received ‘excellent’ reviews by all involved, including the national tournament staff, spectators, coaches, umpires, the city of Fairfield and most importantly, the 144 participating players.” League City, Texas, was crowned the 2022 champion in Fairfield. The 2021 title went to Honolulu, Hawaii.

Vanden girls on the cusp of another MEL hoops crown

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FAIRFIELD — The Vanden High School girls basketball team moved a step closer to wrapping up its 23rd consecutive Monticello Empire League title with a 94-30 win Wednesday night over visiting Fairfield.

The Vikings improved to 18-7 overall and 7-0 in the MEL. Vanden has a two-game lead with three games to play in league. A win at Vacaville on Friday night would clinch the title.

Gabby Wright had 17 points to lead a balanced scoring lineup for Vanden. Maalia Cherry had 13 points, while Taytum Johnson and Jalyn Kuehnel had 12 apiece. Kalyn Harris also scored nine.

No individual statistics were made available for Fairfield. The Falcons fell to 5-15 overall and 0-7 in the MEL. The Falcons play Friday night at Rodriguez.

Rodriguez holds off Will C. Wood

VACAVILLE — Roniya Vaughn scored 20 points Wednesday night as the Rodriguez High School girls basketball team held off host Will C. Wood 55-54 in a game that was tight for all 32 minutes.

Neither team outscored the other by more than three points in a quarter. Wood held a 27-24 halftime lead before Rodriguez came back with a 31-27 advantage in the second half to notch the win.

TyEese Chappell scored 12 points to help pace the Mustangs. Mia Marquez and Samantha Morris had nine points apiece. Rodriguez improved to 9-15 overall and 5-2 in the Monticello Empire League.

Athena Brombacher led Wood with 20 points, 10 rebounds and four steals. Kailei Gomez had 12 points and Sa’nyah Stewart contributed eight. The Wildcats fell to 11-9 overall and 4-3 in the MEL.

Rodriguez will host Fairfield on Friday night. Wood will host Armijo.

Rodriguez won the junior varsity game 48-44. Breanna Bauser scored 18 points and Tea Madariaga added 16 for

the younger Mustangs in the win.

Boys

basketball

Strong start, finish aid Vanden victory

FAIRFIELD —

Vanden High School’s boys basketball team started and finished strong in a 65-53 win Tuesday night at Fairfield.

The Vikings had an 18-9 edge in the first quarter and a 21-15 advantage in the final period. Vanden improved to 17-8 overall and 6-1 in the Monticello Empire League heading into Thursday’s firstplace showdown at home against Vacaville.

Sterling McClanahan led Vanden with 17 points. Justiz Wilson scored 13 and Luka Radovanovic added 12.

Johnnie Jones led Fairfield with 18 points. The Falcons fell to 6-18 overall and 3-4 in the MEL. Fairfield was set to host Rodriguez on Thursday.

Logan Bailey scored 27 points as the Vanden junior varsity basketball team defeated Fairfield 57-53. Davion Johnson scored 20 points for Fairfield.

Elijah Ditona had 20 points as the Fairfield freshmen earned a 61-52 win.

Rodriguez gets defensive in win

FAIRFIELD — The Rodriguez High School boys basketball team got defensive and held visiting Will C. Wood to seven or fewer points in two of the four quarters en route to a 56-43 victory Tuesday night.

Gianni Miles led the Mustangs with 17 points, six assists and two steals. K.J. Franklin had 10 points and two rebounds. Ian Gutierrez also had nine points, two assists and three rebounds.

Rodriguez improved to 13-11 overall and 5-2 in the Monticello Empire League. The Mustangs were scheduled to play Thursday night at Fairfield.

Wood fell to 11-13 overall and 1-6 in the MEL. Isiah Dixon

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Armijo High School’s Kaiba Washington signed a national letter-of-intent Wednesday to play football and attend Western Oregon University.

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A view of Rancho Solano Golf Course in Fairfield, recently voted as one of California’s top public facilities.

CALENDAR

Friday’s TV sports

Basketball College Men

• Virginia Commonwealth at Saint Louis, ESPN2, 4 p.m.

NBA

• Sacramento at Indiana, NBCSCA (Vacaville and Rio Vista), 4 p.m.

Golf PGA

• AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, GOLF, Noon.

DP World • Ras al Khaimah Championship, GOLF, 12:30 a.m. (Saturday).

Gymnastics College

• UCLA vs. Utah, ESPN2, 6 p.m.

Hockey

NHL

• All-Star Skills Competition, ESPN, 4 p.m.

Soccer EPL

• Chelsea vs. Fulham, USA, Noon.

Saturday’s

Basketball College Men

TV sports

• Virginia at Virginia Tech, ESPN2, 9 a.m.

• Kansas at Iowa State, ESPN, 9 a.m.

• Michigan State at Rutgers, 2, 40, 9 a.m.

• Davidson at Massachusetts, USA, 9 a.m.

• Morgan State at Delaware State, TNT, 10 a.m.

• Texas Tech at Baylor, 5, 13, 10 a.m.

• Auburn at Tennessee, ESPN, 11 a.m.

• Florida at Louisville, ESPN2, 11 a.m.

• Illinois at Iowa, 2, 40, 11:30 a.m.

• George Mason at Loyola Chicago, USA, 11:30 a.m.

• Purdue at Indiana, ESPN, 1 p.m.

• Texas at Kansas State, ESPN2, 1 p.m.

• St. John’s at Xavier, 2, 40, 2 p.m.

• Hampton at Norfolk State, TNT, 2 p.m.

• Bradley at Northern Iowa, ESPN2, 3 p.m.

• North Carolina at Duke, ESPN, 3:30 p.m.

• Villanova at Creighton, 2, 40, 4:30 p.m.

• Oklahoma vs. West Virginia, ESPN2, 5 p.m.

• Florida at Kentucky, ESPN, 5:30 p.m.

• Oregon at Arizona State, ESPN2, 7 p.m.

• Gonzaga at Saint Mary’s, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.

NBA

• Dallas at Golden State, 7, 10, 5:30 p.m.

Football College

• Reese’s Senior Bowl, NFL, 11:30 a.m.

Golf PGA

• AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, GOLF, 10 a.m.

• AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, 5, 13, Noon.

DP World

• Ras al Khaimah Championship, GOLF, 12:30 a.m.

(Sunday)

Hockey

• All-Star Game, 7, 10,

Soccer EPL

• Everton vs. Arsenal, USA, 4:30 a.m.

• Aston Villa vs. Leicester, USA, 7 a.m.

• Newcastle vs. West Ham, 3, 9:30 a.m.

Track and Field

• New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, 3, 1 p.m.

Solano baseball notches second win of season

Daily Republic Staff

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ROCKVILLE— The Solano Community College baseball team has a winning streak going.

The Falcons delivered 12 singles and took advantage of five Cabrillo errors Thursday afternoon in a 5-4 win.

The win came two days after the Falcons earned their first, a 7-4 triumph at home over Skyline of Oakland.

Solano improved to 2-3 overall. The Falcons host Shasta at 1 p.m. Friday.

Alex Gaela, Kevin Parker, James Larson and Victor Vega all had two hits apiece. Robert Searcy, Conner Ross, Dylan Snider and Dylan Trammell also singled. Gale, Larson and Snider had RBIs.

Solano scored two runs in the third inning and closed out its scoring in the sixth with three more runs. Cabrillo had one run in the first, one run in the third and two runs in the fifth.

Miles Phillips got the

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start on the mound for the Falcons and allowed five hits and three earned runs in seven innings. He also had six strikeouts and two walks.

Joshua Petrill struck out four and allowed just three hits and no runs in two innings of relief.

On Tuesday, the Falcons scored two runs in the third inning, one in the sixth, three in the seventh and one more in the eighth.

Miles Meadows and Ross each went 2-for-5 with an RBI for the Falcons. Parker had a double and drove in a run. Snider tripled and drove in two runs.

Trammell picked up the win in relief and pitched 2 2/3 scoreless innings. Dillon Nosrati got the save by striking out the side in the top of the ninth inning. Gregory Ryan started the game and pitched one-hit baseball over three innings with two strikeouts.

Solano got swept its first three games by Butte College last weekend with two games on the road and one at home.

HOCKEY

49ers’ Purdy weighing offseason options on repairing UCL injury

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Hopes for a 49ers Super Bowl trip were all but dashed when Brock Purdy injured his throwing elbow early on in the conference title game against Philadelphia. Though Purdy will need surgery to repair his ulnar collateral ligament, the 49ers are optimistic that the rookie will be able to return to action come training camp at the end of July.

Purdy is still getting second medical opinions, but the consistent feedback is that the 23-year-old will likely need a repair and not a more invasive replacement of his UCL, general manager John Lynch told reporters on Wednesday. However, a UCL replacement, also known as Tommy John surgery, can’t be completely ruled out yet.

The ultimate decision will be made mid-oper-

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led Wood in scoring with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Cory Edwards and Josiah Chavez added seven points each. Wood was set to play Thursday at Armijo.

Vacaville nets road win against Armijo

FAIRFIELD — The Vacaville High School boys basketball team earned a 59-46 road win Tuesday night over Armijo.

The Bulldogs improved to 17-6 overall and 5-1 in the Monticello Empire League heading into Thursday night’s showdown at Vanden. No individual statistics were made available for Vacaville.

Trevor Morris notched a double-double for Armijo with 16 points and 11 rebounds. Kaiba Washington scored 15 points and had five rebounds. Kimani Barker came off the bench to score eight points.

Armijo fell 2-18 overall and 0-7 in the MEL. The Royals were scheduled to be home Thursday night to host Will C. Wood.

Kuch hits 7 treys as VCS sinks Rio Vista

RIO VISTA — Garrett

Kuch made 7 of 10 3-pointers and had a game-high 25 points as Vacaville Christian High School’s boys basketball team picked up a big 76-72 win Tuesday night at Rio Vista.

The Falcons improved to 18-3 overall and lead the Sierra Delta League with an 8-0 record. The win gave Vacaville Christian a two-game-lead in the league race as Rio Vista fell to 14-6 overall and 6-2 in SDL play.

ation when the surgeon can closely examine the ligament.

“The positive bit of news is that it seems to be consistent that the right approach is the one that takes us to the sixmonth mark,” Lynch said. “Everyone will also say, you never know once you get in there. Every surgeon

Kuch also had 10 rebounds to go with six assists, four steals and one blocked shot. Landen Graves contributed 19 points and eight assists. Brian Laxamana had 12 points. No individual statistics were made available for Rio Vista. Vacaville Christian will next play Friday at Esparto. Rio Vista will be at Highlands.

Jesse Bethel shakes off John Swett

VALLEJO — The Jesse Bethel High School boys basketball team continued its dominance Tuesday night in the Tri-County Athletic Association by beating John Swett 64-56 at home.

The Jaguars are 20-4 overall and a perfect 11-0 in league. Bethel closes out league play at 7 p.m. Friday at home against El Cerrito. Senior Diego Pomicpic, a team captain, will be honored before the game.

Christian Trusclair had 18 points, eight rebounds and five assists for Bethel. Hassan Howard had 18 points, three assists and four rebounds. Dwight Stricklen dominated the boards with 15 rebounds to go with 14 points and three blocks. Kenny Brown added nine points and eight rebounds.

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Pacheco’s hat trick helps Armijo roll

VACAVILLE — Edwing Saucedo Pacheco scored three times for a hat trick and the Armijo High School boys soccer team notched a big 4-2 win Tuesday night at Will C. Wood. The Royals grabbed

will tell you that on every surgery, you need to get in to see exactly.”

Dr. Nirav Pandya, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at UCSF, isn’t surprised by this diagnosis. That Purdy was gingerly throwing the football on the sideline – and later able to throw a handful of wobbly emergency

sole possession of second place in the Monticello Empire League. Armijo is now 8-9 overall and 5-2 in league. They were scheduled to host first-place Vacaville on Thursday for Senior Night at Brownlee Field.

Pacheco scored in the first half off a rebound from a shot by Diego Torres. He scored again before halftime when he partnered with Torres for another goal. His final goal came in the second half off the rebound of a shot by Daniel Hernandez.

Torres scored a goal of his own in the second half off an assist from Dawson Le.

Andres Morales scored a first-half goal for Will C. Wood. Gabe Sanchez tallied a second goal for the Wildcats on a penalty kick late in the game.

Wood fell to 7-5-2 overall and 4-3 in the MEL. The Wildcats were set to play Thursday at Rodriguez.

“I’m so incredibly proud of the boys and the play that they brought to the pitch tonight,” Armijo head coach Megan Flores said in an email.

Armijo won the junior varsity match 5-0 as Artemio Perez scored four goals and Isaac Aguirre had one. The younger Royals are 5-1-1 in MEL.

Fairfield rallies to beat Rodriguez

FAIRFIELD — Ryan

Patterson scored a pair of second-half goals as the Fairfield High School boys soccer team shut out Rodriguez 2-0 Tuesday night at Schaefer Stadium.

Patterson scored a penalty kick 50 minutes into the match. He scored again 15 minutes later off an assist from Gedeon Ilunga.

“Our whole back line

passes once backup Josh Johnson left the game with a concussion – is a good indication that Purdy’s UCL is in decent shape despite the tear. Pandya said he would be shocked if surgeons determined that Purdy needed a UCL replacement.

“He has so much less mileage on his elbow, so that works in his favor,” Pandya said. “He probably has good cartilage and muscles. It’s never a good time for surgery, but the fact it’s during his first year is a good sign.”

If Purdy undergoes a repair, he will likely be able to start throwing a ball again after three months and return to action after six months.

“Most people, by a large amount of research, predictably get back after six months,” Pandya said. “The benefits of repair is that you can throw after

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was solid,” Fairfield head coach Aaron Dickey said by telephone. “It was our first clean sheet of the season. We are going to try and fight to keep winning so we can get a playoff spot.”

Fairfield improved to 5-8-4 overall and 2-4-1 in the Monticello Empire League. The Falcons were scheduled Thursday to host Vanden. Rodriguez fell to 4-7-4 overall and also 2-4-1 in the MEL. The Mustangs were set to host Will C. Wood on Thursday.

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Vacaville dominates

VACAVILLE — Nathan Beltran scored three goals for a hat trick and the Vacaville High School boys soccer team overpowered visiting Vanden 7-0 Tuesday night at Tom Zunino Stadium.

Christian Brenes, Alex Verdugo, Elias Ordonez and Gareth Adame also scored for Vacaville. The Bulldogs improved to 12-2 overall and 7-0 in the Monticello Empire League.

“We played beautiful futbol this evening,” Vacaville head coach Tony Bussard said in an email. “It was fun to watch but very cold.”

Verdugo had two assists for Vacaville. Brenes, Ordonez, Dylan Gonzalez and Adame also assisted shots.

Vanden fell to 0-12-1 overall and 0-7 in the MEL. No individual statistics were made available for the Vikings.

Vacaville was scheduled to play Thursday night at Armijo. Vanden was set to play at Fairfield.

Vacaville’s junior varsity boys team defeated Vanden 7-0 as well. The younger Bulldogs are also unbeaten in the MEL.

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A downcast San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) sits on the bench as the final moments tick off in a 31-7 loss in the NFC Championship Game the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday.

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Therapy can help with anxiety disorder, a common condition

Dear Annie: I have had anxiety for years. I’ve gone to counseling and am considering trying medication, but I don’t know what to do. Most of the time, I seem fine. I can get through the day. But 90% of the time, I’m on a knife’s edge. I’m beginning to find the more exhausted I am, too. It has wrecked my sleep. I wish I could be more confident, but much of the time, I feel like I suck at life. Sorry for rambling like this. Is there anything I could be doing? —Crippling Anxiety

Dear Crippling Anxiety: Let me assure you that you do not “suck at life”; these feelings of self-doubt and uncertainty are just your anxiety at play. And you’re not alone in this battle. According to the World Health Organization, almost 265 million people in the world have an anxiety disorder. It’s an incredibly common, albeit difficult, sometimes paralyzing, human condition, but you are indeed taking the right steps to manage it.

Whether you reach out to your former counselor or seek a new one, revisit therapy. It takes time and patience to see lasting change, but don’t give up. Medication, as you’ve mentioned, can also be helpful. Consider having a physical

exam and routine bloodwork done with your primary care doctor first; it’s possible something physiological is having an impact on your anxiety, especially as it pertains to your sleep and mood. Try to take moments each day to practice self-care in whatever way feels best to you. That might mean taking a long walk, meditating before you start your day, or calling a friend or family member to chat when you feel on edge. Remember to be gentle with yourself. Your anxiety is just something you experience -- not something that defines who you are.

Dear Annie: My son has left home several times in the past, only to return because he can’t seem to get his life together.

A year ago, my husband died, and my live-in son, his wife and their baby stayed to “look after me.” They took over my house with their video games, clothing and trash. When my son became very verbally abusive to me, I made them move out. At first, they moved into his mother-in-law’s apartment, but they are now living in a motel room they can’t afford. Now they want to move back in with me, since they can’t make it on their own financially. I don’t

Horoscopes

ARIES (March 21-April 19).

When you feel like you’re not quite getting the attention, respect or remuneration you’re due, it’s an opportunity to step up and a chance to refine the skills and techniques that help you attain greater influence over your world.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

Deep inside, you know who you are and what you want. But distractions make you forget. When you lose the thread, look inward. Get still and reflect on the core of your being.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

To live in the world is to accept premises all day long. To accept every premise thrown at you would lead to a puppet’s life of following a script you didn’t write. Today you’ll question everything and be better for it.

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

You realize that what stands between you and what you want is a habit that is either hard to quit or hard to form. But you are capable of doing either. Much depends on tinkering that first, small move that leads to the bigger ones.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).

Because of the negativity bias humans have evolved to, it’s probably not your first instinct to look on the bright side. Still, you can guide and train yourself to positivity. Optimism needs to be planned for.

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Social flow is your forte. You have a sense for what people want and what they’re avoiding, and you use this to create satisfying interactions and thriving relationships of all kinds.

Employ environmental cues.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

One definition of trauma is “unprocessed feelings.”

There’s a chance it’s not all uncomfortable or painful feelings. There’s a chance it all can be handled quickly and gracefully with someone who knows how. It’s time.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

You can avoid mistakes by taking a step back to ask if the job, system or personal agenda before you is in alignment with your own. It will keep you from getting hemmed into a situation you can’t get out of without a seam ripper.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

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want my granddaughter to be homeless, since she’s just a baby, but I can’t take the constant drama they bring along with them, especially the verbal abuse. Even family counseling did not help our situation. All of my friends and our counselor have advised me not to let them move back into my home. How can I help them out without ruining my own life? — Needing Space

Dear Needing Space: If your son and his family move in, it will only worsen your relationship with them. Tensions will run high, and all of you will grow resentful. I would communicate your boundaries clearly and unequivocally to your son: It is your house, and you will not tolerate the disrespect with which they have treated you and your home. Though it may not seem like it now, this boundary will allow you a better relationship with your son. Offer your babysitting services for your granddaughter, and tell them they are welcome to come over for dinner provided they treat you with respect. This should help them out financially without taking too high of a toll on your mental peace.

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to win today, but there is no prize! The perfectionist will never be totally happy because nothing is ever totally perfect. When it’s good enough, say so and step on.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). Is the thing you like also good for you? Anything can be harmful in the wrong dosage, but some things are harmful in any dosage and better avoided entirely. You’ll have a sense of which you’re dealing with.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). People have their favorite laments they will return to again and again for the sweet release of commiseration. You like to let people vent to a degree if there’s something to bond over, but not enough to dim your bright mood.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). Bundled in with praise and admiration will be requests and expectations. If appreciation obligates you, it’s not appreciation so much as manipulation. You shouldn’t have to agree to anything to be liked.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). The toll to the future is paid with what you’re willing to let go of about the past. You’ll love the sensation of moving forward. The traffic frees up and you can finally take the highway at the speed limit.

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Bridge

safety-play the trumps. If it loses, you try to play the trumps for no loser.

Today’s deal features the same idea but in a completely different guise. How should South plan the play in six diamonds after West leads the heart queen?

North’s two-heart cue-bid showed at least a limit raise in diamonds. East bid a pre-emptive four hearts because he knew of a combined 10 trumps. When South showed his second suit, North couldn’t do less than bid a slam.

The original declarer didn’t find the right line. Thinking West would have the club queen for his overcall, South pitched a spade on the heart king at trick one. Now he was finished, eventually losing one spade and one club.

WHEN THE CRITICAL MOMENT ARRIVES

There are certain deals in which you don’t know where to turn. Perhaps you have to decide between taking a finesse and a safety play in the trump suit. To resolve the dilemma, you need to know whether a finesse in another suit is working or not. So you take that side-suit finesse first. If it wins, you

The right play is to ruff the opening lead in hand. West surely has the spade ace, so declarer needs to present him with two losing options. After drawing trumps, he leads a spade toward dummy’s queen.

What can West do? If he wins with the spade ace, South can discard dummy’s club loser on his spade king. If West plays low, declarer wins with dummy’s queen and discards his two spade losers on the heart ace and king. He loses only one trick.

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8 Grammys storylines, reasons to watch Sunday

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When the Grammys come to us live Sunday from Crypto. com Arena in Los Angeles, the ladies once again are likely to dominate.

Leading all nominees is Beyonce, who, with 28 awards to her name, is the top Grammy performing artist of all time. She is up for nine on Sunday. Right behind her this year is Kendrick Lamar with eight nominations; Adele, Brandi Carlile and Harry Styles with seven nominations each, Mary J. Blige with six; and Lizzo with five.

Some of those awards will be handed out in the Premiere Cer emony, which can be streamed at 12:30 p.m. at live.grammy. com. The main show, hosted by Trevor Noah, begins at 5 p.m. on CBS and available for streaming on Paramount+. Here are some storylines and reasons to watch:

Wall-to wall performances

Keeping with tradition, the Grammy show will be like a streaming concert with a few breaks for awards. There are 91 award categories and less than a dozen handed out during the prime-time show. Among the performers will be Bad Bunny, Mary J. Blige, Brandi Carlile, Luke Combs, Steve Lacy, Lizzo, Kim Petras and Sam Smith.

Adele vs. Beyonce

Two of pop’s biggest divas face off in the three top categories – album, song and record of the year – for the first time since 2017, when Adele swept to victory with the “25” album and the song “Hello.” She accepted that award with some embarrassment and humility, saying tearfully, “I can’t possibly accept this award . . . The artist of my life is Beyoncé, and . . . the ‘Lemonade’ album was just so monumental.”

Here they are again in ‘23, with Adele’s “30” and the single “Easy on Me” up against Beyonce’s “Renaissance” and “Break My Soul.”

Kendrick watch

The most acclaimed rapper of the past decade, Lamar has won 14 Grammys since 2015, all in the rap and music video categories. He has lost album of the year to Daft Punk (2014), Taylor Swift (2016) and Bruno Mars (2018). This year, with “Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers,” he has an outside shot at becoming the first male solo rapper to win album of the year, which has only ever gone to two hip-hop albums: Lauryn Hill’s “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” in 1999 and OutKast’s “Speakerboxxx. . .The Love Below” in 2004. He’ll have to get past Beyonce, Adele, Styles and Lizzo in the album, song and record categories, where

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his single “The Heart Part 5” is nominated.

Country Swift Taylor Swift, who is also in the song of the year race with the 10-minute version of “All Too Well,” is back in country contention for the first time since 2018. The nomination is for “I Bet You Think About Me,” a vault song from the re-recorded “Red (Taylor’s Version)” that features Chris Stapleton on vocal harmonies. She’s up against legends Willie Nelson and Miranda Lambert and hot newcomer Luke Combs.

First for ABBA

The Grammys never cared much for Sweden’s biggest pop exports, ABBA, which charted nearly a dozen Top 20 hits in the U.S. in the ’70s. The quartet didn’t earn a Grammy nomination until 2021, when they got a record of the year nod for “I Still Have Faith in You” from “Voyage,” their first new album in 40 years. That single didn’t win, but now ABBA has three nominations: “Voyage” for album of the year and “Don’t Shut Me Down,” which sounds like an odd disco-pop throwback in the record of the year and pop duo/group performance categories.

New categories

There will be first-time winners in five new award categories. Songwriter of the year, non-classical, consists of nonhousehold names behind the hits by Lizzo, Beyonce, Harry Styles, etc.

Alternative and Americana both get second categories, for performance, in addition to their album award. Alternative includes one of the indie world’s

favorite breakout bands, Wet Leg, who are also nominated for best new artist.

Americana, which is hard to distinguish from the American Roots categories, encompasses the likes of Bonnie Raitt, Brandi Carlile and Robert Plant & Alison Krauss.

Also new are best score soundtrack for video games and other interactive media, and best spoken word poetry album.

Social Change song

We don’t know the nominees for this new Special Merit Award, to be determined by a Blue Ribbon Committee and ratified by the Recording Academy Board of Trustees. In an interview with NPR, singersongwriter and Recording Academy member Maimouna Youssef said the leading candidate is “Baraye,” a protest anthem by Iranian composer Shervin Hajipour inspired by the mass demonstrations there that began after a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman died in police custody after being detained for wearing her hijab too loosely.

Hardcore Baltimore

With the Grammys pandering to the largest possible audience, there isn’t much attention paid to rock anymore, despite it still selling more concert tickets than any other genre.

While Ozzy Osbourne, Beck and Megadeth are among the veterans who turn up in the rock and metal categories, the hot trailblazer is Baltimore hardcore band Turnstile, which released one of the most stunning albums of 2021, “Glow On.” It has three nominations, for the songs “Holiday” and “Blackout,” which are well worth a listen.

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Bridge

problem? Over.”

“Roger.”

You throttle back to 65 as the North-South hands and the bidding come over the airwaves.

“You are in four spades, and West leads the club 10. How do you plan the play? Over.”

It has been a revealing auction. It looks as though West has led a singleton. But what would that mean? You can’t handle a 4-0 trump break, so assume West has three spades. East must have six hearts, so West has three. That would give West six diamonds, and probably he would have rebid two diamonds. So it looks as though West must be 3=3=5=2. Now the way home is clear.

“I play low from the dummy. Over.”

“East wins with the king and switches to the diamond deuce. West wins with the ace and returns a diamond. Over.”

TO PASS THE TIME ON THE HIGHWAY

You are in your semi, cruisin’ down I-95, just south of Washington, D.C., when over the CB radio you recognize your call sign. “Come in Double Dummy, Intrafinesse here. Over.”

“Roger, Intrafinesse. Double Dummy here. Over.”

“Time to solve a bridge

“After winning, I play a spade to dummy’s king. Assuming the queen doesn’t drop from East, I ruff a diamond in hand and run the spade jack. Over.”

“Well played, Double Dummy. This deal was reported by Hungarian Gabor Szots. Having given no one credit, I suspect that he was the declarer. Over.”

“It was lucky West opened the bidding. 10-4!”

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After 21 seasons, “Dr. Phil” is coming to an end so that the daytime TV host can expand his audience with another planned venture.

In a Wednesday statement, CBS Media Ventures and host Dr. Phil McGraw said that the daytime TV star wants to expand his audience in a new venture, as he has “grave concerns for the American family.”

“I have been blessed with over 25 wonderful years in daytime television,” McGraw, 72, said in the statement. “With this show, we have helped thousands of guests and millions of viewers through everything from addiction and marriage to mental wellness and raising children. This has been an incredible chapter of my life and career, but while I’m moving on from daytime, there is so much more I wish to do.”

The syndicated daytime show made its way into the cultural zeitgeist by inviting guests on the hourlong program to break down various concerns including addiction, relationship, health and behavioral issues.

“Dr. Phil” will air original episodes through the current 2022-23 television season, with a final episode planned for the spring. McGraw plans to announce a strategic prime-time partnership, scheduled for an early 2024 launch. The partnership “will expand his reach and increase his impact on television and viewers.”

“I am compelled to enage [sic] with a broader audience because I have grave concerns for the American family, and I am determined to help restore a clarity of purpose as well as our core values,” McGraw said.

“Phil is a valued partner and member of the CBS/King World family, and while his show may be ending after 21 years, I’m happy to say our relationship is not,” said Steve LoCascio, president of CBS Media Ventures. “Phil changed the daytime landscape as the force behind one of the most popular talk shows ever on daytime TV. We plan to be in the

‘Dr. Phil’ business with the library for years to come and welcome opportunities to work together in the future.”

CBS Media Ventures will offer TV stations library episodes of “Dr. Phil” for the 2023-24 season and beyond, the statement said. Classic library episodes will include new content such as wraparounds and intros by McGraw, as well as guest updates.

CBS sources emphasized to Variety that the host made the call to end production on his series. He has been a producer of scripted prime-time programming in recent years, including the CBS crime drama “Bull,” which is based on his life. He also hosts two podcasts.

The popular TV doctor, who has a doctoral degree in clinical psychology and is a licensed psychologist, began his TV career with a featured segment on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in the late 1990s. McGraw, who also participated in a postdoctoral fellowship in forensic psychology, practiced in Texas until he moved to California to launch his show. “Dr. Phil” debuted in 2002. Since then McGraw has sat down with scores of guests and aired many controversial interviews.

According to CBS Media Ventures, the Emmynominated program maintained a top spot in its television genre for the 21 years it aired despite major declines in linear TV viewership. The show is the highest-rated daytime talk show behind Disney’s “Live With Kelly and Ryan,” Variety said.

The cancellation comes on the heels of a legal battle fought by the host and parent company Viacom CBS. In October 2021, a woman who alleged she was sexually assaulted at a Utah ranch sued McGraw and ViacomCBS for negligence, claiming that the popular TV doctor recommended she be treated at the facility on the day she appeared on his show. The case was dismissed last August. Then in October, McGraw and CBS asked a judge to award them more than $400,000 in legal costs for defending the lawsuit.

‘Dr. Phil’ ending after 21 seasons, but it’s not the last we’ll see of McGraw

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three months. So you have May to August to get back to your mechanics and iron out details.”

Surgery is never ideal, but the 49ers have to be relieved by what they’re hearing.

Tommy John surgery would force Purdy out for 9-to-12 months, but it is common among athletes with far more wear and tear on their elbows.

Baseball pitchers, including the eponymous Tommy John himself, have typically needed the surgery because they use that ligament to get torque on their pitches, repeatedly thrown at high velocity. Jake Delhomme, formerly of the Panthers, is the only NFL quarterback known to have had Tommy John surgery, and he had a record of elbow pain and injuries.

A UCL repair is far less invasive and would give Purdy plenty of time to rehab his elbow in time for

the 2023 season. He and Trey Lance will likely be competing for the starting quarterback job, coach Kyle Shanahan told reporters on Wednesday. “I know we have two starters on our team right now that I believe we can win with,” Shanahan said. “So when you have that situation, you’re not that eager to go looking around.”

Though the recovery time following a repair isn’t extensive, there are some concerns to watch for once Purdy returns. Will Purdy feel a little rushed in order to avoid contact on his surgically repaired elbow? Will any lingering soreness impact his play? Will he compensate for any soreness, leaving him vulnerable to injury?

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with Western Oregon. Will C. Wood’s standout receiver and defensive back Darrius Hickenbottom will also be headed north to Monmouth, Oregon, to play for the Division II Wolves.

Wood offensive tackle Raymond Lane signed Wednesday with Adams State in Alamosa, Colorado. Vacaville linebacker Eric Gladney will host a signing ceremony Monday on campus when he will make it official that he will sign with Black Hills State in Spearfish, South Dakota.

Western Oregon was the choice for Washington. He also received an offer from Lincoln University in Oakland, but he wants to major in environmental studies and found the educational and football opportunities at Western Oregon more to his liking.

“I like how they made me feel wanted,” Washington said. “It was a good place all around. I got to hang out with the players and they had a good vibe when together. I want to be a part of something like that.”

Western Oregon is a Division II school that plays in a Lone Star Conference that now stretches all the way from Texas to the Pacific Ocean. The team went 6-5 last season under head coach Arne Ferguson. Junior defensive back Luis Vicino Jr. of Vanden and redshirt

sophomore defensive lineman Jordan Santos from Vacaville are already on the roster.

Washington was named to the Daily Republic’s All-Region team as a wide receiver. The senior caught 20 passes for 456 yards and four touchdowns. Washington also had a nose for the end zone on kick returns. But Western Oregon has signed him primarily as a defensive back, though he said coaches will give him a chance to show what he can do at receiver.

“Wherever they need me, really,” he said. “This has been a goal of mine ever since I was a little kid. To get a scholarship.”

The Wildcats’ Hickenbottom and Lane were also all-region. Hickenbottom was a co-Most Valuable Player in the Monticello Empire League. He caught 24 passes for 432 yards and nine touchdowns and was also a stalwart on the Wildcats’ defense.

Lane helped anchor the Wildcats’ offensive line as an All-Region and All-MEL tackle. Adams State is a Division II member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.

Vacaville’s Gladney will also be in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference once he signs with Black Hills State. Gladney was the All-Region Defensive Player of the Year and a co-Most Valuable Player in the MEL. The senior middle linebacker had a hand in 102 tackles and collected eight sacks.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS RISING WHOLESALE LOCATEDAT1050SonomaBlvd#C47, VallejoCA94591Solano.Mailingaddress198BreezewalkDrive,VallejoCA 94591.IS(ARE)HEREBYREGISTERED BYTHEFOLLOWINGOWNER(S)#1 VinodBerry198BreezewalkDriveVallejo, 94591#2TajinderKumar198BreezewalkDriveVallejo,94591.THISBUSINESSISCONDUCTEDBY: aGeneralPartnership Theregistrantco mmencedtotransact businessunderthefictitiousbusiness nameornameslistedaboveon 02/19/2019. Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.)

/s/VinodBerry INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK ,EXCEPTASPROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYCHANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONJanuary8,2028. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESSANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof SolanoCounty,StateofCaliforniaon: January9,2023 NewASSIGNEDFILENO.2023000043 CHARLESLOMELI,SolanoCountyClerk DR#00060621 Published:Jan.13,20,27Feb.3,2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS FIRST RESPONSE FIRE PROTECTION LOCATEDAT2025DavisDrive,Fairfield CA94533Solano.Mailingaddress2025 DavisDrive,FairfieldCA94533.IS(ARE) HEREBYREGISTEREDBYTHEFOLLOWINGOWNER(S)KevinReynolds 2025DavisDrFairfield,94533.THIS BUSINESSISCONDUCTEDBY: anIndividual Theregistrantcommencedtotransact businessunderthefictitiousbusine ss nameornameslistedaboveon 07/25/2000. Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.) /s/KevinReynolds INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EXCEPTASPROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYCHANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONJanuary9,2028. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESSANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof SolanoCounty,StateofCaliforniaon: January10,2023 NewASSIGNEDFILENO.2023000047 CHARLESLOMELI,SolanoCountyClerk DR#00060625 Published:Jan.13,20,27Feb.3,2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS LUXE NAILSCAPE LOCATEDAT3344NTexasStreet#B, Fairfield,CA,94533Solano.Mailingaddress3344NTexasStreet#B,Fairfield, CA,94533.IS(ARE)HEREBYREGISTEREDBYTHEFOLLOWINGOWNER(S)THUYLA1409JamboreeDrive Fairfield,94533.THISBUSINESSIS

CONDUCTEDBY: anIndividual Theregistrantcommencedtotransact businessunderthefictitiousbusiness n ameornameslistedaboveon 01/01/2023. Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.) /s/THUYLA INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EXCEPTASPROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYCHANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONJanuary8,2028. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESS ANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof SolanoCounty,StateofCaliforniaon: January09,2023 NewASSIGNEDFILENO.2023000038 CHARLESLOMELI,SolanoCountyClerk DR#00060722 Published:Jan.20,27,Feb.3,10,2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS HANDLAID CUSTOM TILE LOCATEDAT1202BalsamWayVacavilleCA95687.Mailingaddress1202BalsamWayVacavilleCA95687.IS(ARE) HEREBYREGISTEREDBYTHEFOLLOWINGOWNER(S)ArmandoOrozco Rodriguez1202BalsamWayVacaville 95687.THISBUSINESSISCONDUCTEDBY: anIndividual

Theregistrantcommencedtotransact businessunderthefictitiousbusiness nameornameslistedaboveonN/A. Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.) /s/ArmandoOrozcoRodriguez INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EXCEPTASPROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYCHANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONJanuary10,2028. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESSANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof SolanoCounty,StateofCaliforniaon: January11,2023 NewASSIGNEDFILENO.2023000052 CHARLESLOMELI,SolanoCountyClerk DR#00060751 Published:Jan.20,27,Feb.3,10,2023

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS BAR STOOL SHOPPE LOCATEDAT1003MurreWay,Suisun CityCA94585Solano.Mailingaddress 131SunsetAve,SuiteE205,SuisunCity, CA94585.IS(ARE)HEREBYREGISTEREDBYTHEFOLLOWINGOWNER(S)TheJK&MHGroup,LLCCASuisun City,94585-3522.THISBUSINESSIS

CONDUCTEDBY: aLimitedLiabilityCompany Theregistrantcommencedtotransact businessunderthefictiti ousbusiness nameornameslistedaboveonN/A Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.) /s/MarissaM.Marzo-Holland,Managing Member,TheJK&MHGroup,LLC INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EX CEPTASPROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYCHANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONJanuary19,2028. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESSANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof SolanoCounty,StateofCaliforniaon: January20,2023 NewASSIGNEDFILENO.2023000118 CHARLESLOMELI,SolanoCountyClerk DR#00060897 Published:Jan.27Feb.3,10,17,2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS GUILLORY REAL ESTATE LOCATEDAT410MeadowviewDr,VacavilleCA95688Solano.IS(ARE) HEREBYREGISTEREDBYTHEFOLLOWINGOWNER(S)#1ClemensGeorge GuilloryJr410MeadowviewDrVacavile, 95688#2DawnTGuillory410MeadowviewDrVacaville,95688.THISBUSINESSISCONDUCTEDBY: aMarriedCouple Theregistrantcommencedtotransact businessunderthefictitiousbusiness nameornameslistedaboveonN/A. Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.) /s/C.GeorgeGuillory INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EXCEPTASPROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYCHANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONJanuary29,2028. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESSANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof SolanoCounty,StateofCaliforniaon:

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS PLUMBING "4" LESS LOCATEDAT5218PutahCreekRoad, WintersCA95694Solano.Mailingaddress5218PutahCreekRoad,Winters CA95694.IS(ARE)HEREBYREGISTEREDBYTHEFOLLOWINGOWNER(S)JohnDouthit5218PutahCreek RoadWinters,95694.THISBUSINESSIS CONDUCTEDBY: anIndividual

Theregistrantcommencedtotransact businessunderthefictitiousbusiness na meornameslistedaboveonN/A. Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.)

/s/JohnnyDouthit INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EXCEPTASPROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYCHANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONJanuary23,2028. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESS ANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof SolanoCounty,StateofCaliforniaon: January24,2023 NewASSIGNEDFILENO.2023000133 CHARLESLOMELI,SolanoCountyClerk DR#00060928 Published:Jan.27Feb.3,10,17,2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS KEY CUTS LOCATEDAT274SunsetAveUnitD, SuisunCity,CA,94585Solano.Mailing address274SunsetAveUnitD,Suisun City,CA,94585.IS(ARE)HEREBYREGISTEREDBYTHEFOLLOWINGOWNER(S)KeirRobertson274SunsetAve UnitDSuisunCity,94585.THISBUSINESSISCONDUCTEDBY: anIndividual Theregistrantcommencedtotransact businessunderthefictitiousbusines s nameornameslistedaboveon 05/13/2013. Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.)

/s/KeirRobertson INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EXCEPTASPROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920 WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYCHANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONJanuary29,2028. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESSANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS NOUVEAUX LOCATEDAT620JacksonStreet,FairfieldCA94533Solano.Mailingaddress 620JacksonStreet,FairfieldCA94533. IS(ARE)HEREBYREGISTEREDBY THEFOLLOWINGOWNER(S)Personof InterestLLCCAFairfield,94533.THIS BUSINESSISCONDUCTEDBY: aLimitedLiabilityCompany Theregistrantcommencedtotransact businessunderthefictitiousbusiness nameorn ameslistedaboveonN/A. Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.) /s/EvaR.Morris INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EXCEPTASPROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40 DAYSAFTER ANYCHANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONJanuary23,2028. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESSANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof SolanoCounty,StateofCaliforniaon: January24,2023 NewASSIGNEDFILENO.2023000141 CHARLESLOMELI,SolanoCountyClerk DR#00060930

Published:Jan.27Feb.3,10,17,2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS LUXE REBORN LOCATEDAT4219DukeCourtFairfield CA94534Solano.IS(ARE)HEREBYREGISTEREDBYTHEFOLLOWINGOWNER(S)OptimalSol'nsLLC4219Duke CourtFairfield94534.THISBUSINESSIS CONDUCTEDBY: aLimitedLiabilityCompany Theregistrantcommencedtotransact businessunderthefictitiousbusiness nameornameslistedaboveonN/A. Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.) /s/HazelL.Balacy INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EXCEPTASPROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYCHANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATION. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESSANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof Solano County,StateofCaliforniaon: January17,2023 NewASSIGNEDFILENO.2023000078

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THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS HIKARI WINDOW CLEANING LOCATEDAT827SageDr,Vacaville, CA,95687Solano.Mailingaddress827 SageDr,Vacaville,CA,95687.IS(ARE) HEREBYREGISTEREDBYTHEFOLLOWINGOWNER(S)HikariWindow Cleaning,IncCAVacaville,95687.THIS BUSINESSISCONDUCTEDBY: aCorporation Theregistrantcommencedtotransact businessunderthefictitiousbusiness nameornameslistedaboveonN/A Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.) /s/MichaelTroup INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EXCEPTASPROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYCHANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONJanuary22,2028. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESSANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof SolanoCounty,StateofCaliforniaon: January23,2023 NewASSIGNEDFILENO.2023000125 CHARLESLOMELI,SolanoCountyClerk DR#00060900 Published:Jan.27Feb.3,10,17,2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS LIVING IN SOLANO COUNTY LOCATEDAT215WykoffDrive,VacavilleCA.Mailingaddress215WykoffDrive, Vacaville.IS(ARE)HEREBYREGISTEREDBYTHEFOLLOWINGOWNER(S)RatleffRealtyIncCAVacaville, 95688.THISBUSINESSISCONDUCTEDBY:

aCorporation Theregistrantcommencedtotransact businessunderthefictitiousbusiness nameornameslistedaboveon 12 /14/2022. Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.) /s/BrandonRatleff INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EXCEPTASPROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYCHANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONDecember13,2027. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESSANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof SolanoCounty,StateofCaliforniaon: December14,2022 NewASSIGNEDFILENO.2022002059

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS CPR TIME LOCATEDAT191AndoverDrive,Vacaville,CA95687CA.Mailingaddress191 AndoverDrive,Vacaville,CA95687.IS (ARE)HEREBYREGISTEREDBYTHE FOLLOWINGOWNER(S)#1LisaA Larsen191AndoverDriveVacaville, 95687#2RobertALarsenJr191AndoverDriveVacaville,95687.THISBUSINESSISCONDUCTEDBY: aMarriedCouple Theregistrantcommencedtotransact businessunderthefictitiousbusiness nameornameslistedaboveon 01/20/2023 Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.) /s/LisaALarsen INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EXCEPTASPROVIDE DIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYCHANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONJanuary22,2028. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEOR COMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESSANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof SolanoCounty,StateofCaliforniaon: January23,2023 NewASSIGNEDFILENO.2023000126 CHARLESLOMELI,SolanoCountyClerk DR#00060906 Published:Jan.27Feb.3,10,17,2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS TONY'S IRON WORKS LOCATEDAT230MagnoliaAveVacaville,CA95688.Mailingaddress230 MagnoliaAveVacaville,CA95688.IS (ARE)HEREBYREGISTEREDBYTHE FOLLOWINGOWNER(S)AntonioPena 230MagnoliaAveVacaville95688.THIS BUSINESSISCONDUCTEDBY: anIndividual Theregistrantcommencedtotransact businessunderthefictitiousbusiness nameornameslisted aboveon 11/01/2022. Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.) /s/AntonioPena INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EXCEPTASPROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYCHANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONJanuary23,2027. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESSANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof SolanoCounty,StateofCaliforniaon: January23,2023 NewASSIGNEDFILENO.2023000129 CHARLESLOMELI,SolanoCountyClerk DR#00060916 Published:Jan.27Feb.3,10,17,2023