Daily Republic: Sunday, February 12, 2023

Flyway Festival returns with plenty of activities

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MARE ISLAND —

The breeze had a bite for hikers along the trails Saturday at the 28th San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival, but that didn’t stop people from turning out for the event.

The winter festival gives visitors to Mare Island and along the shoreline an opportunity to see migrating birds in the thousands with ducks, geese, hawks and songbirds as they pass through or winter in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Myrna Hayes, local

Island Heritage Trust, was practically bursting with joy at the return of an in-person event after the past few of years dealing with the pandemic.

The main part of the festival was held in Building 34 on Nimitz Avenue with excursions by boat and foot happening at other areas. It is a little different than before with activities in several buildings along the docks, hiking along the trails and also presentations that are online.

“We were virtual for the last two years,” Hayes said. “Last year we did a hybrid wildlife expo event

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SAN JOSE — College

Covid-19 vaccine requirements are facing renewed scrutiny now that California has walked back plans to mandate the shots in K-12 schools and the state and federal governments are ending their pandemic states of emergency.

The University of California recently softened its vaccine booster requirement. But immunization mandates continue at public and private campuses across the country, prompting debate as to whether they’re still worth the trouble. Students say that, in some cases, verification procedures tripped up class registration.

Dr. Arthur Reingold, an epidemiology professor at UC-Berkeley, notes that UC also requires immunizations for measles and chickenpox, and people still are dying from Covid at rates that exceed those for influenza. As of Feb. 1, there were more than 400 Covid deaths a day across the U.S.

“The argument in favor of mandatory vaccination for Covid is no different than the argument for mandatory vaccination for flu, measles and meningitis,” Reingold

said. “For a 20-yearold college student, how likely are they to die? The risk is very low. But it’s not zero. The vaccines are safe, so the argument of continuing to mandate vaccination fits very well with the argument for the other vaccines we continue to require.”

But Andrew Noymer, associate professor of population health and disease prevention at UCIrvine, said the mandates are harder to justify for vaccines that don’t stop spread of the virus, especially for young healthy college students at low risk from Covid-19, which mostly afflicts the elderly.

“We know people who are vaccinated can still spread it,” Noymer said. “Carrots are better than sticks. There are unintended consequences when people are too draconian, telling a student you can’t register for classes if you’re not vaccinated.”

Gov. Gavin Newsom in October 2021 said California would be the first state to mandate Covid-19 vaccines to attend K-12 schools starting the following academic year. But a bill to accomplish that failed, and the California Department

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FAIRFIELD — A partnership agreement for “near-term improvements” to Highway 37 was announced this week among several state and regional agencies.

“This important partnership fulfills the urgent need to fortify Highway 37 to meet the demands of today while preparing for the longterm challenges of tomorrow with a focus on safety, equity, climate action and economic prosperity,”

California Transportation Secretary Toks Omishakin said in the statement released Wednesday by the state Natural Resources Agency through District 4 of the state Department of Transportation.

The primary focus of the agreement is the estimated $500 million Sears Point to Mare Island Improvement Project. It includes adding a lane in each direction, and converting an existing lane, in

each direction, into an high-occupancy vehicle toll lane. Adding the toll lane would require approval from the California Transportation Commission.

Project design and implementation, officials said, will “minimize impacts to existing natural resources and preserve the potential for future conservation and ecological restoration.”

The project also includes wetlands restoration and the replacement of Tolay Creek, which will increase tidal connectivity with habitats north of Highway 37. It could take up to 15 years to complete.

“It is aimed at reducing peak travel times, where delays approach two hours per day, providing a high-occupancy vehicle lane to make transit service and carpooling a more viable and attractive option, while also addressing nearterm flooding risk on the portion of Highway 37 from Mare Island in

Vallejo to Highway 121 in Sonoma County,” the statement said.

The statement said the improvements to the highway will also improve “the quality of life for lower income workers, including teachers, caregivers and service providers who rely on Highway 37 to access jobs in Sonoma, Napa and Marin counties where affordable housing is in short supply.”

Solano County Supervisor Erin Hannigan, who sits on the Highway 37 Policy Committee, said the

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Turkey-Syria quake death toll passes 25,000 as rescue missions near end

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ISTANBUL — The death toll from earthquakes in Turkey and Syria surpassed a staggering 25,000 on Saturday as fewer victims were being found alive, while the work of some rescue teams was interrupted due to security concerns.

In Turkey alone at least 21,848 people were killed and 80,097 others injured by the two strong quakes that jolted the region earlier this week, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in the

anlıurfa province.

In neighboring Syria, 3,553 deaths have been reported so far.

The head of the White Helmets aid organization, which works in opposition-held areas of Syria, declared that their search-and-rescue mission was now “finished,” dashing hopes that further survivors might be found.

“We did not rescue anyone alive anymore, that is why we moved to the second phase which is the removing of bodies from under

the rubble,” Raed Saleh, the head of the White Helmets told dpa. They tweeted that they have not rescued anyone

since Thursday.

Remarkably, however, a handful of rescues were

Time to increase sizzle for Super Bowl halftime show

Today is America's biggest holiday.

Yep, Abraham Lincoln's birthday. Happy 214th, Abe!

Oh, it's also the Super Bowl, which crowns the champion in the sport played once by Lincoln Kennedy, a former offensive lineman who played at the University of Washington before entering the NFL. Yes Lincoln (!) Kennedy (!) played at Washington (!). One guy, three presidential names.

Enough with blocking and tackling. Today I'm back to pitch my biggest Super Bowl idea. Nothing to do with the game or the commercials. I'm back to strongly suggest the NFL get away from the halftime concert (today: Rhianna, with some surprise guests I won't

recognize), which inevitably is a 12-minute medley of songs mixed with attempts at a bigstage spectacle.

The halftime concert guarantees one thing: Everyone will be dissatisfied.

Viewers either:

n Don't like or know the artist, or

n Love the artist and and don't get enough.

Let's change it. My idea? A real spectacle: Have a halftime event that will make us watch. Evoke drama. In the words of every competition reality show on TV: Go big or go home.

For instance . . . how about a motorcycle jump?

America was riveted by such events 50 years ago. A guy on a motorcycle jumping over 12 buses or 24 cars or the

fountain at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas or the Snake River Canyon. Are you telling me a halftime show of someone jumping a motorcycle over a jet or over 1 million cans of Pepsi (hey!

A sponsorship idea!) wouldn't keep you watching at halftime?

I'd watch it.

Another idea: What if someone walked a tightrope across the top of the stadium? Imagine the danger of them falling. A gust of wind? What if the teams came out on the field and the punters tried to hit the tightrope guy? What if fans could fire Nerf weapons at them (hey! A sponsorship idea!) Would you watch it?

I'd be standing next to my TV like I do late in close Warriors playoff games. There are other options. You could have a contest where

people were shot out of cannons toward the uprights and the survivors would win $1 million in credit at Amazon (hey! Another sponsor idea!).

You could bring a bunch of fans on the field to compete in a tug-of-war or a huge dodgeball game.

Or involve celebrities: Would you watch a dodgeball game that included Paris Hilton, Dennis Rodman, Charlie Sheen, Marjorie Taylor Greene and William Shatner? Of course you would.

The NFL is adept at adapting. The way the game is played now – and the rules that govern it – are the result of evolution. Today's game would be unfamiliar to someone from 1970 or even 1990. Yet we're doing the same thing at halftime of the Super Bowl as we did in 1973 (Woody Herman

and Andy Williams), 1983 (Los Angeles Super Drill Team), 1993 (Michael Jackson), 2003 (Shania Twain and No Doubt) and 2013 (Beyonce).

Those were fine (although I have no idea about 1983. What the heck?), but it's time for a change.

Hey, NFL . . . let's watch a guy be lit on fire and catapulted 100 yards into a small pool next year. Let's have a halftime show of "Wipeout" with a $10 million prize. Let's have David Blaine make the goalposts disappear, then reappear on the sidelines. No offense to Rhianna, but let's make the Super Bowl halftime show interesting. Reach Brad Stanhope at bradstanhope@outlook.com.

Painter Gyoji Nomiyama still full of creative spirit at 102

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FUKUOKA — Artist

Gyoji Nomiyama celebrated his 102nd birthday in December. The recipient of the Order of Culture still paints and even makes appearances at his exhibitions. At his studio in Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture, Nomiyama spoke to The Yomiuri Shimbun about his passion for painting and his memories of coal mines, a recurring theme in his work.

“When I was in my 90s, everyone would remind me there were only a few years left until I turned 100. But when I became a centenarian, they started asking me to live forever. I thought it was funny,” Nomiyama said in front of his birthday cake.

Nomiyama, a pioneer of Western-style painting in Japan in the postwar period, found fame for portraits he created during his stay in Paris in the 1950s.

The artist lives in Tokyo but has had a studio in Itoshima for about 50 years.

He wakes up around 8 a.m., has breakfast and naps until noon. He then paints from noon until midnight, taking naps intermittently throughout the day.

Three oil paintings he was working on were leaning against a wall in his studio. The paintings were covered with strong lines in black, red and brown, but Nomiyama insisted they were not abstract paintings.

“My paintings depict

scenery from my imagination,” he said. “It does not mean I paint things that don’t exist. I paint memories of landscapes I’ve seen.”

Nomiyama was born and raised in Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture, where his father operated a coal mine. He lived in the city until he entered the Tokyo Fine Arts School, predecessor of the Tokyo University of the Arts.

Black coal fields were a familiar scene for Nomiyama in his youth, and the artist often depicts such landscapes in his paintings.

“The nature inside me is something processed, and the smoke and steam of the coal mine are combined in it so there is nothing graceful or soft in my paintings. The colors

are ashen and the ground is hard,” Nomiyama said. Bold black lines feature in his works, giving the paintings a harsh appearance. Nomiyama remembers seeing trees being cut down when his father was on survey trips in the mountains. “I thought they were doing something cruel. I was 10 years old at the time, and I was cheering for nature, telling it not to lose to humans and to rebel,” he said.

The artist was happy to discover that the view from the Nomiyama Gyoji Gallery, which opened last summer in Iizuka, was now a mountain blanketed in green - a dramatic transformation from the past when the site had been used as a coal mine

waste dump.

“’Nature has won,’ I thought,” he said. “I wondered if I could express in my painting the joy of regeneration from something savage and artificial that destroyed nature. I would like to depict things with a cosmic perspective.”

An exhibition featuring 60 pieces by Nomiyama is being held at the Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art through Sunday.

The oldest piece on display, “Portrait of My Sister,” was a graduation project Nomiyama painted in 1943 at the Tokyo Fine Arts School before joining the war effort.

According to Nomiyama, he had wanted to use a style of painting known as Fauvism, characterized by strong colors

and bold brushwork, but he decided to go with a more moderate realism style as knew his mother would be coming to Tokyo to see the exhibition.

“I made a quiet painting that would please my professors so that my mother would not be sad. That’s why I don’t like this painting,” he said.

“This is not simply an example of Nomiyama’s early work,” said Rui Okabe, curator for the Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art. “It is a valuable piece that reflects a situation in which an art student who was about to get conscripted painted a person who was important to him.”

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‘Memorial of Lights’ at Civic Center pond honors life of Mayrene Bates

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FAIRFIELD — Solano

County Superintendent of Schools Lisette EstrellaHenderson first met Mayrene Bates when she was a student at Grange Intermediate School.

Estrella-Henderson and many others from throughout the community gathered early Friday evening at the Civic Center pond near City Hall in Fairfield to remember the longtime educator and community advocate.

Bates died Jan. 6 at the age of 88. She was honored with a “Memorial of Lights” that featured candles launched out onto the pond.

“That was 49 years ago,” Estrella-Henderson said of meeting Bates. “She was the school librarian and she taught me and others about the love of reading for pure enjoyment. Our community is better because of her dedication, support and compassion for public education.”

Bates was a longtime Fairfield-Suisun School District educator and former trustee with the Solano County Board of Education. She served as a librarian, teacher, assistant principal, principal and assistant superintendent of schools. But it was her support for the community that stands out for many.

“Mayrene has volunteered more by accident

than any of us could think of doing,” former Fairfield Mayor Gary Falati said. Bates served as president of the FairfieldCordelia Rotary Club and was named Rotarian of the Year in 1993. She was also named Fairfield-Suisun Chamber of Commerce Educator of the Year in 2003 and was named Solano County Woman of the Year by thenAssemblywoman Mariko Yamada in 2009.

A street is named after her: Mayrene Bates Lane. She was a popular columnist for the Daily Republic for many years.

“This a great turnout and we should expect

nothing less,” Fairfield Mayor Catherine “Cat” Moy said. “Mayrene was a most gracious, wonderful woman. It’s hard to put into words how many lives she has touched.”

Fairfield City Councilwoman K. Patrick Williams led the ceremony and talked of how Bates “meant so much to so many.”

Board of Education member Dana Dean said the Civic Center pond was the right location because “what she gave will ripple on for many years to come. She gave everything she had for this community. Every ounce. She represented a kind of giving

Mike Thompson announces visits to Vaca, Dixon

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VACAVILLE — U.S.

Rep. Mike Thompson will host three community gatherings this week in two Solano County cities.

Thompson will host a session Monday at the Theatre DeVille. The meet-and-greet will occur from 5 to 6:30 p.m.

City officials, and leaders from business, labor, biomanufacturing and the community at-large, are expected to attend.

Theatre DeVille is located downtown at 308 Main St. in Vacaville.

Thompson and his staff will meet with the Northern Solano County agriculture community from 9 to 10:30 a.m.

that we can only attempt to emulate.” Bates’ son, David Bates, talked about the grief he was feeling over the loss of his mother and how she was his best friend. He talked of her growing up in the segregated South, getting educated and making so much of her life.

“People think we came from a middle class family,” David Bates said. “She is an original American bootstraps story. What a trailblazer. She will be sorely missed. I have to try and carry on that legacy.”

Many remembrances followed – and then the candles were launched.

Fans, artists come out for Kyber Con 3 Saturday

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FAIRFIELD — Princess

Leia and R2-D2 enjoyed a “reunion” of sorts Saturday at the Kyber Con 3 event.

The compact con event brought forth cosplayers from all over the area for an afternoon of shopping, presentations and chatting with some celebrities at Fairview Elementary School. There were costume contest with hourly giveaways. Vendors and demonstrations were also included.

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

Loni Moon from My Once Upon A Time, a company that specializes in attending events dressed as pop culture icons, came as the famed “Star Wars” princess.

“It is just a lot of fun,” Moon said.

Van (Arc) O’Bryan

organized the event as part of his Kyber Cave in Vacaville. He said the name comes from a reference in “Star Wars” to the caves where the Jedi could find the crystals to power lightsabers.

Kyber Cave is located in Vacaville and is the place “Star Wars” fans can learn to fight with a lightsaber, create their own and share in the joy of all things “Star Wars.”

“This came about because of John D. Michaels from Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ was going to be in town. He lives in Korea so it’s not every day he is around,” O’Bryan said. “I threw the event really around him.”

“Squid Game” is a South Korean survival drama television series created for Netflix by Hwang Dong-hyuk.

Michaels had no idea what he was auditioning for but the actor, photographer and writer thought it might be fun to try out for the show.

“I moved to Korea and I

had never traveled before, but I realized I didn’t want to go back to America,” he said. “I didn’t know what I was going to do.”

Michaels met someone special and they both decided to make their home in South Korea. He has played a lot of villains, but “Squid Game” gave him pause because his character was crude.

“He was just written as this rude, crude guy. I wondered about it.” Michaels said.

Michaels finds it uncomfortable watching himself on screen but does it because he is putting together reels to show for other acting parts. “When I became popular, I became terrified,” he said. “Because in Korea foreign actors are not treated very well.” Michaels attributes it to a culture of disrespect toward foreign actors in particular. He is still working, but not on “Squid Game,” and still living in South Korea.

Daisy Summers of Fairfield decided to come to the event and promote her art. She got a commission as the doors opened to draw a couple in attendance.

“I saw it and thought I should come out and try it,” she said.

Tuesday at the McBride Senior Center, 91 Town Square Place in Vacaville.

From there, Thompson and his staff will head to Dixon to meet with members of the community there from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Creative Space, 160 West A St. in Dixon.

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Congressman Mike Thompson addresses the crowd during the NapaSolano Central Labor Council’s Labor Day Breakfast and Political Kickoff at Ironworkers Hall in Benicia, Sep. 2, 2019.

Thompson represent California’s new 4th Congressional District, which includes north and east Solano County to include Vacaville, Dixon and Rio Vista. The district also includes all or parts of Yolo County, to include Winters, as well as all or parts of Napa, Lake and Sonoma counties.

‘I love Vacaville’ Valentine’s week campaign starts

VACAVILLE — Visit Vacaville is inviting residents and visitors to post photos and stories across social media platforms about what they love most about the city.

It is part of a weeklong celebration during Valentine’s Day week: Sunday through Feb. 18.

“I Love Vacaville Week has been around for a few years now,” Melyssa Reeves, Visit Vacaville president and chief executive officer, said in a statement.

“There was so much excitement in moving to a purely digital celebration in 2022, that we decided to continue the new tradition in 2023. Sharing favorite places and experiences in town on social media comes naturally to nearly everyone now, and it helps us spread the message about Vacaville’s unique and special offerings even farther,”

Reeves sad in the statement. “We also hope seeing these photos and stories will spark some inspiration to get out and try something you haven’t yet done in Vacaville.”

The tourism agency wants people to post using the hashtag, #ILoveVacaville.

Some of the suggested topics are favorite parks or outdoor play spaces for children; hikes and trails for families, four-legged friends and adults; eateries, outdoor patios and picnic spots; flowers, animals and nature shots; and anything positive and encouraging that makes you think #ILoveVacaville.

Additionally, “I Heart Vacaville” stickers are available at the Visit Vacaville Visitors Center, 1671 E. Monte Vista Ave, Suite N-110, in the Nut Tree Plaza. Posts from past events can be found at visit vacaville.com.

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Oscar Towne, center, and Alice Claiborne, left, send floating candles onto the Fairfield Civic Center Pond to honor Mayrene Bates, Friday.

Susan Hiland/Daily Republic Princess Leia and R2D2 met up at the Kyber Con 3 cosplay event in Fairfield, Saturday.

Mix Canyon Road opens to locals; 2nd trouble spot identified on Gates Canyon

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VACAVILLE — Mixed Canyon Road has opened to local residents, but the problems on Gates Canyon Road have doubled.

An evacuation warning was issued for both areas in late January due to hazardous road conditions caused by recent storms – conditions that would keep emergency service and first-responders from getting through.

Some residents did heed the warning and left, but others stayed, Matt Tuggle, the county engineering manager, said Friday in a phone interview.

Gates Canyon Road, above the 2.5-mile marker, and Mix Canyon Road, above the 1.2-mile marker, were closed, and now there is a second location on Gates.

“We had the evacuation order and the shelter-inplace because the roads were not accessible, but at least (Mix Canyon Road) is open to local residents.”

Tuggle said.

“Gates Canyon Road continues to be closed. (It) actually has two locations. So Gates is going to take more work up through the end of the month,” Tuggle said.

Gordon N. Ball Inc. of Alamo was awarded the $1.1 million emergency contract to place retaining walls and rebuild the road failures on 40 feet of Mix Canyon Road and 60 feet

of Gates Canyon Road. Another $300,000 was added to the contract when the second Gates Canyon Road location was discovered, Tuggle said.

The county reported that Mix Canyon Road had experienced a downslope slip at 1.2 miles west of Pleasants Valley Road. The road was in danger of significant slope failure.

The work included removing the slip debris, excavating a footing to solid material, installing an aggregate subbase footing, installing an interlocking block gravity retaining wall, backfilling with two-sack slurry

cement and performing miscellaneous roadway restoration work.

Gates Canyon Road experienced a downslope slip at 2.5 miles west of Pleasants Valley Road and then at a second location farther up into the canyon.

The work outlined is the same as for Mix Canyon Road with the addition of installing a concrete foundation, geotechnical subsurface reinforcement and installing aggregate backfill with a PVC subsurface drain.

Tuggle said had the hillside above the roads slipped down, the county would be looking at clearing the road and maybe

some other minor fixes. But the failures this time were on the downslopes below the roads.

“So you have undermined pavement . . . so you have to do an engineered structural fix,” Tuggle said.

Solano County is not alone in having road issues. Tuggle said Napa County has reported six road failures. Visit https://bit. ly/3X093lH to view a map of the affected areas in Solano County. This link will be updated when either Mix Canyon or Gates Canyon roads reopen.

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VACAVILLE — The City Council on Tuesday will consider an exchange of $1.5 million in Regional Transportation Impact Fee funding, from Fairfield, for the Vacaville Jepson Park Phase II Project.

The funding fills the gap to complete the full $26.5 million project budget. The next segment to be constructed includes roadway widening improvements of Leisure Town Road from Elmira Road north to New Ulatis Creek.

A staff report indicates the money will be repaid to Fairfield in increments of $750,000 over the course of two years. Fairfield plans to use the money in 2025 for a project on Vanden Road in the area of Canon Road. The council meets at 6 p.m. in the chamber at City Hall, 650 Merchant St. The entrance is in the rear of the building.

In brief

Solano LAFCO board to review midyear budget, workplan

FAIRFIELD — The Solano County Local Agency Formation Commission, including a new member and two new alternate members, will review the midyear budget when it meets Wednesday.

The commission also will be updated on the 2022-23 workplan.

Dixon Mayor Steve Bird will take his oath as a voting member, while alternates Supervisor Wanda Williams and Suisun City Mayor Alma Hernandez also will be sworn in.

The meeting is set for 10 a.m. in the Board of Supervisors chamber on the first floor of the government center, 675 Texas St., in Fairfield.

Also on the agenda is consideration of declaring Reclamation Districts 2134 and 2034 as inactive. Appointments to the Personnel, Budget Ad Hoc and Fire Ad Hoc committees also are up for consideration.

The complete agenda is available at https://www. solanolafco.com/meetings/ commission-meeting-february-15-2023/.

Fairfield police set homeless outreach event for March 1

The council will also consider declaring its intent to levy and collect assessments within the Downtown Vacaville Business Improvement District for 2023 and setting a public hearing for Feb. 28 on the assessments.

Additionally, consideration for preparing the 2023-24 Landscape and Lighting Assessment District engineer’s report is on tap, along with a $23,390 contract with the SCI Consulting Group of Fairfield.

Other items include consideration of a new contract with the Vacaville Police Officers Association, with a fiscal impact of $2.5 million through October 2024, with no impact on the current fiscal year budget due to savings from vacancies to offset the $624,000 impact.

A complete agenda is available at https:// www.ci.vacaville. ca.us/government/ agendas-and-minutes.

family/children services,” the city said in a statement.

“Animal Control will also be present to provide pets with free vaccines, supplies and food. A limited number of bicycles will also be given away.”

The event, sponsored by Kaiser Permanente, will occur from noon to 4 p.m. in the parking lot at 1234 Empire St.

Anyone interested in volunteering or vendors who wish to participate should send an email to Police Services Coordinator Mary Ann Dawkins-Padigela at mdawkins@ fairfield.ca.gov.

Zoning administrator sets public hearing on rural Vaca proposal

FAIRFIELD — The Solano County zoning administrator will conduct a public hearing this week and consider a lot line adjustment at 7044 Steiger Hill Road. Ralph Perkins is looking to reconfigure the property line between a 23.04-acre parcel and a 0.41-acre parcel “to create two buildable parcels of 16.03 and 7.42 acres,” the meeting agenda states. The property is about 1 mile west of the Vacaville.

Probe continues into racist incident at Dixon school

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The Tri-City NAACP has released a statement regarding a case of racism reported at John Knight Middle School in Dixon, pledging to work with school officials toward the betterment of students.

“The Tri-City NAACP appreciates DUSD Superintendent Brian Dolan’s swift action in condemning the post in a statement issued to parents and the community,” the statement began, adding praise for further investigation.

“The Tri-City NAACP’s position is that when it comes to hate crimes in our public schools, we must eradicate them with appropriate disciplinary measures and not just a mere slap on the wrist. We must educate the historical wrongness of students’ actions, which may often include parents, so that others don’t

repeat offensive actions,” wrote NAACP President Nikila Gibson. “To maximize students’ learning while in school, we must adopt stronger and clearer policies and procedures, amplifying that hate crimes will not be tolerated in our schools by anyone.”

Earlier this month, Dolan spoke of an Ins-

tagram post made by a male seventh-grader and uploaded during school hours that “is the most disgusting, disturbing, really hateful thing I’ve ever seen.”

The post contained a collage of photos featuring at least 23 students and the school’s principal, all either Black or biracial. The

Roger Loar

Roger “Bud” Loar passed away in his home in Fairfield, CA on November 7, 2022 after a brief battle with cancer. Born in Bloomington, IL on April 10, 1937 to Alwillah and Nelson Loar, he grew up in Peoria, attended the University of Colorado, in Boulder, CO and then moved to the SF Bay Area. Roger held executive positions at Bank of America, American Express, Franklin Mutual Funds, CoreLink, and Vertical Management Systems (VMS). He also ser ved in the U.S. Army in the Psychological Warfare Division and volunteered with church organizations, the United Way in Half Moon Bay, CA and Rotary International in Fairfield, CA.

Roger is survived by his loving wife of 38 years, Pamela, and his children from his first marriage with Ann Loar: son Matthew Mecherle and wife Elizabeth; son Michael Beemer and wife Marla; and daughter Christiane Ellen and husband

header featured a racist epithet and mentioned Black History Month. The student who uploaded the post has not returned to school. The investigations continues until all victims and suspects have been identified, Dolan has said, and full disciplinary action will be taken.

FAIRFIELD — The city has scheduled the next Homeless Outreach Partnership Engagement event for March 1.

“This event is designed to help connect the homeless population to vital r esources including mental health screenings, housing referrals, substance use screenings, EBT card replacement, VA assistance, emergency rental assistance and

The meeting is set for 10 a.m. Thursday in the conference room of the Department of Resource Management on the fifth floor of the government center, 675 Texas St., in Fairfield.

A full agenda for the meeting is available at https://www. solanocounty.com/civicax/ f ilebank/blobdload. aspx?BlobID=40336.

As Peru descends into violent turmoil, California immigrants take sides

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LOS ANGELES —

In the two months since Peru’s leftist former president Pedro Castillo was arrested, driven from office and replaced by his vice-president, Dina Boluarte, protests in the South American nation have grown and spread from the Andean hinterlands to the streets of the capital, Lima.

At the same time, fissures have widened among the 720,000 U.S. residents who identify as being of Peruvian origin, including 91,511 in California, second to Florida’s 100,965.

The polarization here has mimicked Peru’s party-line divisions, pitting those who view Castillo – a former union leader and elementary school teacher who took office in July 2021 – as a champion of the working-class urban poor and the rural Indigenous, and those who regard him as a dangerous populist who tried to dissolve Congress in a coup.

“Since the president was sworn in, they didn’t let him work, they were going to overthrow him anyway,” said Jean Paul Vicharra, a native of Callao, a small city west of the capital.

Vicharra, 23, arrived in Los Angeles just 15 days after Castillo tried to dissolve Congress on Dec. 7 and rule by decree. On that same date, 101 members of Peru’s 130-member parliament voted to dismiss the president, citing his “permanent moral incapacity.”

But many of the president’s supporters, including those like Vicharra in California, assert that the way in which Castillo was removed by congress was itself an illegal coup.

“I left Peru because of the situation my country is facing, it is very complicated,” said Vicharra, who owned a printing workshop in Lima before he emigrated to the United States.

“This political and demonstration crisis affects all businesses,” he continued. “Sales began to drop a lot, now it is worse. People are going bankrupt.”

At least 58 deaths have been recorded in Peru since the protests began, raising concerns by the Organization of American States about excessive use of force by the government. The OAS asked the Boluarte administrations to call early general elections, as a way of resolving the crisis and stemming the bloodshed, an issue on which the Peruvian Congress has not reached consensus.

In Los Angeles, members of the Quechua and Aymara Indigenous peoples in the United States have held five protests since the crisis began.

“We want the repression to stop, the murders to stop, especially in the south of Peru,” said Miriam Agüero, president of the organization, which has sent letters expressing concern to several U.S. Congress members.

Among their demands, Agüero said, is the request for Boluarte to resign and

Unsettled weather will bring drizzles, snow and high surf

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A low pressure system that has brought the Bay Area cooler temperatures, gusty winds and overnight sprinkles will fuel intense surf, gusty winds and light drizzles across the region over the weekend.

Dangerous beach conditions and light rain will be common along the Pacific coast as the system reels in cool, humid air into the Peninsula.

on a new constitution.

for Congress to be closed.

“We are supporting a referendum for a constituent assembly, because the people have to decide,” said the activist from Arequipa, whose parents are of Quechua origin. “Castillo entered with the banner of the new constitution and that is what the people supported. The people know that the 1993 constitution is not made for the wellbeing of the people, but for the well-being of a privileged few.”

Since the end of a vicious civil war in the 1980s and early ‘90s between the Maoist guerrilla group Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) and government forces, which left tens of thousands dead, Peru has struggled to establish the rule of law, raise its economy and curtail the centuries-old oppression of its Indigenous peoples.

The current Peruvian Constitution was drawn up during the mandate of President Alberto Fujimori, after he dissolved Congress and suspended the constitution during the so-called autogolpe (self-coup) of April 1992. Fujimori led the government’s scorched-earth campaign that eventually defeated Shining Path and imprisoned its fanatical leader, Abimael Guzmán, but was widely condemned for human rights abuses. The 84-year-old former president has been in prison since 2007 after being convicted of the crimes of murder and kidnapping in the Barrios Altos (1991) and La Cantuta (1992) massacres. He also was convicted of embezzlement.

Yet Fujimori remains a popular figure among Peruvians and U.S. residents who credit him with boosting the nation’s economy and restoring civil order, albeit at an exorbitant price.

“The way out [to the crisis] is early elections,” says Julio Zelaya, a Union City resident and supporter of Fuerza Popular, a party that in 2021 competed for the presidency with candidate Keiko Fujimori, daughter of the former president. Fujimori was defeated by Castillo of the Peru Libre Party.

Julio Zelaya regards Castillo and Peru Libre as radical leftists, and rejects their call for a referendum

“What they want is to impose a new economic model, in the socialist style like the one in Venezuela and Cuba,” said Zelaya, a former Fuerza Popular Party candidate for one of the two posts in Peru’s Congress representing the Peruvian diaspora.

“They are not democrats,” Zelaya continued. “They think of Abimael Guzmán – he said that you have to take from the rich to give to the poor. That’s why they want a change to the constitution.”

Other Pervuvian residents of California suggest that their homeland’s

problems go far beyond partisan politics.

“Castillo has done the same as Fujimori by shutting down Congress,” said Milagros Lizárraga, a Peruvian activist and community leader in Southern California, who thinks that none of Peru’s political parties, regardless of ideology, are helping the society’s most vulnerable sectors.

“There is a double standard everywhere. Every time the polarization is stronger and there is no dialogue,” Lizárraga said. “They are throwing the

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This system’s cool, northwest winds will bring temperatures down to the mid-50s on Saturday afternoon in the Bay Area. As winds from the coast spread inland, they’ll climb up to California’s highest peaks, causing temperatures at ski resorts like Kirkwood to fall wellbelow freezing.

These winds will stream moisture into the summits of the Sierra Nevada, leaving Tahoe and the mountains around Yosemite with a blanket of snow by the end of Saturday.

Coastline impacts

A rush of northwest winds along the coast will fuel rough surf conditions from Sea Ranch in Sonoma County to Big Sur. The European weather model is trending toward wind gusts up to 30 mph

along Highway 1 Saturday morning, causing waves to rise up to 22 feet. Some of these winds will then spread inland, raising 20 to 25 mph gusts across the wider Bay Area by the afternoon.

These winds will ferry moisture from the Pacific Ocean and raise a chance for light drizzles and showers across the Peninsula and the hillsides of the Bay Area. Any showers that do develop will be light and add up to a few hundredths of an inch.

But as today’s winds and rain showers spread east and into the Sierra Nevada, they’ll quickly evolve into a mix of wintry weather.

Snow in the Sierra, slight chance in Big Sur

The cold air that’s in place and the moisture that has streamed in overnight will create the perfect ingredients for Sierra Nevada snow. The rain/snow line will settle at around 4,000 feet. This means that areas below the line will mostly get rain while areas right above the line will get snow.

The low-pressure system will drop the heaviest rounds of snow through most of the early Saturday hours, and will gradually

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A man looks at pictures of civilians who died during the nationwide demonstrations against President Dina Boluarte in the Tupac Amaru square in Cusco, Peru, Thursday.

Gourmet, specialty burger joint coming to Cordelia area

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FAIRFIELD — Inday Pahwa

is adding to his food empire on Pittman Road.

The franchise owner of the Del Taco, Jersey Mike’s Subs and Mountain Mike’s Pizza is opening the gourmet and specialty burger restaurant, Mooyah Burgers, Fries & Shakes, at 251 Pittman Road.

“We hope to open mid-March, specifically the second or third week of March,” said Pahwa, who is president of Bay Valley Development.

He said it is a high-end burger franchise using never-frozen certified Angus beef. It also offers a number of gourmet options, such as bacon jams, five different kinds of cheeses and 17 sauces, all of which can be incorporated in the customers’ build-their-own sandwiches.

It will offer eight flavors of ice cream, including vanilla, Hershey’s chocolate, Reese’s, Oreo and more.

“We bake the (non-GMO potato and multigrain) buns in-house and it’s real ice cream in the shakes,” he said.

There will be turkey burgers and black bean vegetarian options as well.

But it is not all about the food with Pahwa. He also has developed relationships with Leaven Kids and the Fairfield Community Services Foundation as well as some other charities he has been supporting since 2015 when Jersey Mike’s opened. He said he also hopes to connect with the Matt Garcia Foundation in the near future.

“Every year we partner with different charities when we give away an entire day’s revenues, and we have been doing that since 2015,” Pahwa said.

Del Taco was the first of his franchises in 2008. Mountain Mike’s was the retooling of the Straw Hat Pizza he brought into the area as well.

Pahwa hopes to add to the Mooyah franchise in time.

“So this is our first location, and if everything goes well, we will expand in Solano County or Contra Costa,” he said.

Mooyah was started in 2007 in Plano, Texas, by American veterans Rich Hicks and Todd Istre. They sold the franchise in May 2017 to private equity firms Gala Capital Partners LLC and Balmoral Funds LLC.

Pahwa is friends with one of the

investor principles, and decided to buy a franchise.

There are more than 100 Mooyah restaurants in 20 states and nine countries. The closest to Fairfield is one in Walnut Creek.

Pahwa said the unusual name was invented by one of the founders to describe how a cow would said “booyah.”

Appliances face tougher energy standards

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The Biden administration on Friday proposed stricter energy standards for household washing machines, refrigerators and freezers to reduce emissions while also saving consumers money.

The Energy Department said the changes to regulations, which have not been updated in over a decade, would save Americans about $3.5 billion a year on energy and water bills while reducing emissions of harmful greenhouse gases. Homeowners would save an average of $295 over the 14-year life of a new clothes washer and $130 over the life of a new refrigerator.

Appliance companies, however, would need to invest approximately

$2 billion over the next three years to update product designs and manufacturing lines to comply with the new standards, the Energy Department conceded. The department estimated that in one of the more likely of five economic scenarios, the compliance costs could cause a 15 percent to 30 percent drop in the industry’s value. But it also said that revenue could grow substantially.

“With today’s proposals, we’re building on a decades-long effort with industry to ensure tomorrow’s appliances work more efficiently and save Americans money,” said Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm.

“Over the last 40 years, at the direction of Congress, DOE has worked to promote innovation,

improve consumers’ options, and raise efficiency standards for household appliances without sacrificing the reliability and performance that Americans have come to expect.”

The new appliance standards, which could come into effect as early as 2027, are being proposed amid a national furor over possible federal regulation of gas stoves because of their potential health impacts. Conservatives have sought to depict the Biden administration as waging a war on household appliances, but experts in energy efficiency say the standards proposed Friday are long overdue and could produce big savings for consumers.

Under the Energy Policy and Conservation

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Robert Hess, vice president of Global Strategy, and economist Robert Eyler of Economic Forensics and Analytics will speak at the annual EDC Breakfast Meeting set for March 21.

Chris Rico, president and chief executive officer of the Solano Economic Development Corp., is also scheduled to speak on “Moving Solano Forward III: Where is Solano Heading?”

The breakfast will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, 2200 Gateway Court, in Fairfield, with check-in at 8 a.m. The program runs from 8:30 to 10 a.m. The cost is $40 per person.

To register, go to https://solanoedc. wufoo.com/forms/ m10rsae91l67q7r/.

For more information, contact Pat Uhrich at pat@solanoedc.org or call 707-864-1855.

Travis Credit Union offers free tax prep services

Travis Credit Union, in partnership with the IRS and United Way Bay Area, is offering free tax services.

services started Saturday and run through April 13 at the Travis Credit Union headquarters, 1 Travis Way, in Vacaville. Individuals must have an appointment.

To find out if qualified and to schedule an appointment, go to MyFreeTaxes. org or text “Taxes” to 211211.

Solano College cosmetology salon reopens to the public

The Solano Community College Cosmetology Department reopened its salon Wednesday to the community for the first time since before the Covid-19 pandemic began. The facility will be open from 9 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Wednesdays. It is closed for lunch from 11:30 a.m. to noon. All work will be performed by students under the close supervision of instructors.

Act, the Energy Department is required to conduct regular reviews of appliance efficiency standards. Although the department is not required to tighten the standards, it usually chooses to do so. The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, however, wants to end the reviews that are performed every

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The service is offered through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, which helps residents who make $60,000 or less, individuals with disabilities, senior citizens and limited-English speaking taxpayers.

“For over a decade, this partnership has brought over $2.5 million back to our community in free tax returns and continue to lift our communities through financial wellness through this valuable service,” Kevin Miller, chief executive officer of Travis Credit Union, said in a statement.

The tax preparation

Salon services include shampooing, hair cutting, nail care, skin care, hair coloring and highlights, and some chemical treatments. Prices for these services are generally lower than in the community.

The facility is located at the Fairfield campus in Building 1600 (Room 1610), 4000 Suisun Valley Road. Free parking is provided adjacent to the salon.

For more information, or to schedule an appointment, call 707-864-7180.

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NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT OF FIFTH FIVE-YEAR REVIEW

Travis Air Force Base (AFB) announces the star t of its Fifth Five-Year Review of soil and groundwater cleanup at 20 environmental restoration sites on Travis AFB in Solano County, California.

When a remedy leaves residual contaminants in place, the Superfund law requires site owners to evaluate their cleanup systems every 5 years for protectiveness, until the site has been cleaned up sufficiently to allow unrestricted access.

The purpose of the Five-Year Review is to evaluate the per formance of all remedies and their progress toward achieving site cleanup objectives. This Fifth Five-Year Review will verify if the remedies are protective of human health and the environment.

Upon completion of the review, a Five-Year Review report will be issued. The report will provide protectiveness statements and, if needed, will recommend actions to be taken before the next Five-Year Review. The final report will become a part of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC) Administrative Record and will be available for public review on the AFCEC public website (https://ar.afcec-cloud.af.mil/Search.aspx) and the Travis AFB public website (http://www.travis.af.mil/About-Us/Environment/ Document-Library/). You may also ask for an electronic copy of the report sending an email to enviropa@travis.af.mil.

any issues or concerns about the cleanup actions at the 20 environmental restoration sites on Travis AFB, if you have knowledge of the implementation of the active remedies, or if you want to be placed on the avis AFB mailing list, please contact Louis Briscese, 60th AMW Public Affairs, at (707) 424-5743 or via email at louis.briscese.1@us.af.mil.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Please contact Mr. Chet Storrs, the Travis Remedial Project Manager, at (707) 424-2812 or via email at chet.storrs@us.af.mil. Additional information on environmental cleanup at the base may be found on the Travis AFB Environmental Restoration Program website (http://www.travis.af.mil/AboutUs/Environment/Document-Library/) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency website on Five-Year Reviews (https://www.epa.gov/superfund/ superfund-five-year-reviews).

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From left, Inder Pahwa, Inday Pahwa, Karl Dumas and Mark Lillis in front of Mooyah Burgers, Fries & Shakes.

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six years under the act. “More stringent federal efficiency standards are likely to increase costs for manufacturers and consumers without providing meaningful energy savings,” the group says on its website. “Most appliances covered by the program now operate at or near peak efficiency.”

In an email Friday, AHAM Vice President Jill Notini said this is the fifth generation of standards for refrigerators and the seventh for clothes washers. “Standards are a balancing act,” she said. “Manufacturers must deliver efficient products while still providing the features, performance and affordability that consumers expect.”

But Andrew deLaski, the executive director of the Appliance Standards Awareness Project, said that “the best models [of refrigerators and washing machines] have gotten much more efficient while others still use older technologies that cause higher utility bills each month.”

Today, 15 million refrigerators are sold in the United States every year, and a typical new one uses 75 percent

less energy than its 1973 counterpart while offering roughly 20 percent more storage capacity and more useful fea tures, the Energy Department said in a news release. Over that time, the Energy Department has raised the efficiency standard for refrigerators three times.

The Energy Department says the future holds more innovation. It esti mated that over 30 years, the standards proposed Friday for refrigerators and freezers could save the country as much as $20.4 billion on energy and water bills, cutting energy use by 12 percent and carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 179.2 million metric tons.

Over the same 30-year period, the United States could save as much as $14.5 billion with the use of new clothes washers and reduce carbon dioxide emis sions by as much as 53.2 million tons.

The Biden administration proposed new standards for household clothes dryers last year. If approved, the new regulations would be a landmark for appliances that were caught up in President Donald Trump’s efforts to freeze or roll back energy-effi ciency standards. At that time, the Natural Resources Defense Council – along with consumer and low-income advocates, and a number of states – sued the Energy Department because it did not take action on 25 standards.

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Housing duel between state, local governments intensifies

The long-simmering duel between California’s state and local governments over housing is entering a new and more confrontational phase. Local governments in the San Francisco Bay Area had until Jan. 31 to submit plans for meeting their state-imposed quotas for facilitating housing construction, and many of them missed it. They were supposed to identify enough land for the required number of housing units and the steps they were taking to make development feasible.

While declaring state, regional and local housing needs has been underway for decades, until recently there was virtually no backlash for failure. However, the most recent version, aimed at adding 2.5 million housing units by 2030, a million of them affordable to low-income families, is different. The state Department of Housing and Community Development has embraced more critical oversight of the plans submitted by city and county officials, rejected those it deemed insufficient and threatened penalties for noncompliance, such as a loss of state housing funds.

The official pressure is clearly aimed at blunting the ability of local not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) activists to persuade local officials to resist the state quotas and/or impose conditions on housing projects that would make them unfeasible.

That syndrome is most evident in the Bay Area’s many small enclaves of wealthy families living in multimillion-dollar homes. Simply put, their residents don’t want to have their neighborhoods’ bucolic ambience altered by apartment houses for what Victorian novelist and playwright Edward Bulwer-Lytton described as “the great unwashed” – ordinary folk lacking upper-class education and wealth.

On Jan. 31, the last day possible, the city council of the tiny, very wealthy San Francisco Peninsula community of Atherton adopted –with obvious reluctance – a plan for 348 new housing units. It acted over the objections of many high-income NIMBYs, including Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry and venture capitalist Marc Andreessen. Whether the plan will pass state muster is still uncertain.

Across the bay in Orinda, another upscale community in Contra Costa County, city officials were on the verge of adopting their 1,359-unit plan when it was revealed that one of the parcels it designated for housing was just 1 foot wide.

The schemes to evade state quotas have largely been uncovered by pro-housing groups, which tip off local news media, and the publicity then forces officials to backtrack. However, the “yes-in-my-backyard” (YIMBY) groups don’t just blow whistles. Last week, a few days after the Jan. 31 deadline passed, a coalition filed lawsuits against 12 local governments that had failed to meet it.

“There’s no excuse for these cities to be in violation of state law,” Sonja Trauss, executive director of one group, YIMBY Law, said. “Cities have had years to plan for this. They’ve also received resources and feedback from us, our volunteer watchdogs, and HCD. These cities are trying to push the responsibility onto other communities and avoid having to welcome new neighbors. It’s time for them to be held accountable.”

The suits mirror those filed by housing advocates in Southern California when cities in that region missed their deadline last fall.

One goal of the Bay Area actions is to establish that the targeted communities are subject to one of the many new pro-housing laws, dubbed “builder’s remedy.” It exempts lowand moderate-income housing projects from local design control if the local governing body doesn’t have an approved housing plan.

Whether the pressure on local communities actually results in 2.5 million units is questionable. That would require more than a doubling of current housing construction when other factors, such as interest rates, material costs and the supply of construction labor, tend to discourage construction.

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.

Fairfield, Guamanian communities suffer losses

It is with a heavy heart that I write this letter about a good friend and great pillar of the community, my friend Mayrene Bates.

She dedicated her life to education. She was truly the ultimate professional educator of our times. Mayrene also served in a volunteer capacity for numerous nonprofit organizations providing countless hours and financial support, which always benefited the youth of our community. She always had a smile on her face with a very welcoming personality.

She will be missed dearly by many professional associates and countless friends.

Mayrene’s death comes as the Guamanian community mourns the loss of two great women this past year: Mrs. Dina Cruz and Mrs. Tydingco.

Not only did they serve the Guamanian community with grace and finesse, along with professional, political leadership skills, they served the parish of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church for decades.

Besides both raising large families, they found the time to participate in many events at the parish. Both Mrs. Cruz and Mrs. Tydingco will be missed by their families, friends and

Why

First, let me say that I have grown up in what I’ve termed America’s version of apartheid, which took on the image of segregation by the melanin of one’s skin complexion.

The question I raise in context is done so and related to a question that has been raised by the American news related to NFL football quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts.

They have been asked the question, “What does it feel like to be the first two Black people to play against each other in a Super Bowl?”

Believe me, I understand the significance of the question because of America’s racial strife, but I think it is an insensitive question (at least to one of the two) because Mahomes is the progeny of two people whose

church. May their souls rest in peace.

Gary Falati Fairfield

Community rallies to return wayward sheep to ranch

On the morning of Monday, Jan. 9, our 10 sheep managed to leave our pasture in Gibson Canyon Road in Vacaville. For the next four hours in unrelenting rain, neighbors used their cars to barricade Hilltop Lane, top and bottom and all driveways, cut a hole in our fence to drive the sheep through and with the help of family we managed to capture six of the sheep. The other four remained at large for the next two days.

With the help of neighbors and strangers who served as sheep spotters and coordinators, the Solano County Sheriff’s Office, Solano County Animal Control, the California Highway Patrol, the 911 operators and all of the strangers who allowed us access to their property and yards and came out in miserable, cold rain to offer help, late Wednesday afternoon, one by one, we caught the last sheep.

In all, over a span of three days, 21 family, neighbors and strangers gave generously of their time. There is no way to adequately thank these people for their help. In a time of

much negative media reporting, these people need to know their actions show that generosity and kindness do still exist.

Jacqueline Pelton Vacaville

Travis pharmacy access inadequate

I have written to Rep. John Garamendi about this same situation and hope he can find a way to provide some relief for users of the only pharmacy at Travis Air Force Base.

I am a retired Air Force veteran (21-plus years), and me and many of my veteran colleagues, plus the thousands of active duty people and their dependents at Travis are subject to a serious problem. These thousands of active duty personnel and their dependents at Travis, and thousands of veterans living in the local area – and with the local VA pharmacy and the David Grant Medical Center pharmacies at Travis now closed – everyone (active duty, dependents, veterans) is being served by only one small pharmacy in the base Exchange. This is untenable.

Something needs to be done to fix this. I suggest that prescriptions from doctors at the VA and Travis Air Force Base be filed for free at local pharmacies.

Jerry Mulenburg Fairfield

melanin is classified as Caucasian and the other Black. Why is it insensitive? Because the question negates the existence and contribution of one of Mahomes’ parents and his Caucasian ancestry.

Mahomes is termed by the melanin classifiers as “biracial,” yet for the sake of hype, this discussion has been turned into a circus of focus on the description of his melanin rather than his character, which the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said was the more important recognition.

The God that I serve says, “He created them male and female and blessed them. And he named them Mankind when they were created.” –Genesis 5:2 NIV. No one was intended to be identified by their melanin.

Our differences are created by mankind’s inhumanity to each other, exacerbated by a focus that makes one better than another based on the insanity of what you look like as some sort of superiority.

Let me remind you of how my mother, who had a Irish “Caucasian” grandmother, responded to me when I asked her why there were people with different “skin tones.” She said, “Morris, God loves flowers, and we are God’s flower garden.”

This came from a woman whose community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was burned down in the Tulsa riots of 1921. She could have easily poisoned me against people and their melanin, but she didn’t. So why make it about race?

The Rev. Morris A. Curry Jr. is a pastor and a resident of Vacaville.

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SOLANO VOICES

Dan Walters

Crime logs

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THURSDAY, FEB. 9

6:45 a.m. — Robbery, 300 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD

agreement is important.

“I know what the commuters are facing because I made that commute myself when I was going to Rohnert Park,” Hannigan said, a reference to her days working for an insurance company.

9:04 a.m. — Battery, 1100 block of KENTUCKY STREET

9:41 a.m. — Forgery, 2000 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET

10:15 a.m. — Commercial burglary, 900 block of BECK AVENUE

10:35 a.m. — Vandalism, 2000 block of HUNTINGTON DRIVE

11:01 a.m. — Fight with a weapon, 5300 block of ZACHARY COURT

11:53 a.m. — Forgery, 1900 block of GRANDE CIRCLE

2:50 p.m. — Forgery, 1400 block of HOLIDAY LANE

1:09 p.m. — Trespassing, 700 block of EAST TABOR AVENUE

4:41 p.m. — Forgery, 4300 block of THE MASTERS DRIVE

5:27 p.m. — Fight with a

of Public health put the mandate off another year. Then, last week the department conceded the mandate was no longer being considered.

Nationally, many colleges and universities have no Covid vaccine requirement, but they remain prevalent in states such as California, New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts, said Jessica R. Barsotti, whose Newport Beach law firm is fighting them in court. A parent group called No College Mandates has a spreadsheet to track the status of mandates at colleges across the country.

It’s unclear how many employees and students have been blocked from campus because they were not vaccinated for Covid. College and university officials indicate the numbers are small, though the policies may lead students to withdraw or choose a different school.

University of California campuses require students to get primary vaccination against Covid-19 in order to be on campus, with medical or religious exemptions. But UC in December softened its booster requirement by allowing an opt-out, the same as for annual flu shots.

UC said in its policy revision that the “combination of primary series, earlier boosters, and naturally occurring immunity provides a large majority of the university community with adequate protection to reduce the public health risk faced during earlier stages of the pandemic.” UC added that it will continue to “evaluate the need for adjustments to the Covid-19 vaccination program.”

California State Universities require both primary Covid-19 vaccination and recommended booster shots, with medical

weapon, 1000 block of SCOTT STREET

5:29 p.m. — Forgery, 1400 block of MICHIGAN STREET

5:54 p.m. — Battery, 1500 block of MICHIGAN STREET

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and religious exemptions. But Michael Uhlenkamp, spokesman for the CSU chancellor’s office, said that “we are in the process of reviewing the policy to ensure that it aligns with future guidance.”

At San Jose State, students had mixed responses when asked about the ongoing Covid-19 vaccine mandate. Isaac Mello, 20, who’s studying mechanical engineering, said that although he’s had the shots and not had Covid, an error in submitting proof of vaccination kept him from getting into a class he wanted last fall. He said the policy no longer seems necessary now that mask requirements have ended.

“That kind of sucked,” Mello said. “At this point, I don’t think it should be required.”

Lauryn Hall, 23, who’s studying justice, had a similar verification hassle because she had Covid before getting her booster. She called the snag annoying but “not a big deal.” She said she wouldn’t be upset if the vaccine requirement ended but also said, “I don’t think there’s a problem with it.”

Merilou Isse, 21, who was wearing a blue surgical mask, said that “overall it’s a good safety precaution.” Though she wouldn’t be concerned if the policy ended because cases are going down, she also felt it’s not a hassle and that “people are still getting Covid, so it’s still fair to require it at this time.”

California community colleges set their policies individually, but several indicated that their boards now are reconsidering their Covid vaccine requirements. Among them are ChabotLas Positas Community College District and San Jose-Evergreen Community College District.

She said it is not just the time lost to commuting, but the cost of gas, child care and other everyday needs that cost more because of the extra commuter time, especially if delayed by congestion.

Other agencies listed as part of the partnership are the California State Transportation Agency, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission.

“By uniting MTC, Caltrans and CalSTA with BCDC, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the Natural Resources Agency, the partnership agreement really highlights how important it is to make both near-term and longterm improvements to the Highway 37 corridor; not just for drivers but also for the Baylands and the plants and animals who live there,” Metropolitan Transportation Commission Chairman Alfredo Pedroza, a Napa County supervisor, said in the statement. “This is a team effort and the time to get to work is now.”

Hannigan said she raised the issue of fixing Highway 37 back in 2013, but with little response. So she is delighted to see some progress, the first step of which is the

environmental review. Hannigan said the cost for that alone will be close to $100 million. The overall project, which would include raising the highway up, is closer to $8 billion to $11 billion, Hannigan said.

“It seems the price tag goes up $1 billion a year,” said Hannigan, pressing why it is important to start work now.

More than 40,000 vehicles travel on Highway 37 each year.

The statement notes the highway has been prone to traffic congestion and periodic flooding, a problem that is expected to increase with rising sea levels – eventually submerging the thoroughfare.

“Rising sea levels are expected to cause greater and more frequent inundation. Nearly the entire length between Novato and Vallejo is predicted to become permanently submerged as sea levels rise if modifications are not made. The result would be additional traffic congestion on distant roadways, economic loss and reduced opportunity for

commuters from disadvantaged communities,” the statement said.

The warning comes despite the acknowledgement that the tidal and seasonal wetlands the highway intersects serve as “nature-based climate buffers to sea level rise and extreme weather events while existing within a landscape of urban areas, agricultural land, and other infrastructure.”

“A suite of long-term resiliency projects will make the entirety of Highway 37, from the intersection with U.S. 101 in Marin County to the intersection with Interstate 80 in Solano County, resilient to sea-level rise over the long term,” the statement said.

Caltrans completed the Planning and Environmental Linkages Study in December that envisions not just two lanes in each direction, but also a fully protected bicycle and pedestrian path and rail connectivity, according to the statement. The preferred alternative identified in the Plan-

ning and Environmental Linkages Study is “a fully elevated causeway that will enable habitat restoration by restoring hydrological connection between San Francisco Bay and the Baylands.”

Hannigan said there is pushback on the nearterm project, notably U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman, D-San Rafael, who considers the interim project flawed. He does support the larger project goals.

“The ‘commitments’ (the agreement) contains are also vague and subject to their overriding imperative of finalizing a flawed environmental impact report for the interim project and implementing that project without any major changes,” Huffman wrote. “Those who share my concerns about the interim project and those who share my strong support for the ultimate project will need to stay engaged and keep working to ensure that the improved messaging reflected in this partnership agreement translates to actual improvements in the interim project.”

her black lab, Ming, to check out the festival, which she had never before attended.

with some of it online and parts hiking.”

The space was smaller than what they have done in the past but filled with plenty of things to see. The presentation was filmed and placed on Facebook.

“It feels almost like we are starting from scratch, again,” Hayes said. “We are in the processes of healing and coming back.”

Hayes said she was shocked by the support of locals and fans from far away when she placed a crowdfunding request online.

“We were asking for $5,000 to cover the event and nearly have received all that we asked for,” she said. A small amount of the money will go to help the animals that were living at the Mare Island Preserve in 2020. The Mare Island Heritage Trust was locked out of the Mare Island Preserve by the city of Vallejo, which cited safety

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made as late as Saturday, including a 2-month-old baby in Hatay province, reports said.

So far, 102,388 people have been evacuated from 10 quake-stricken southern provinces, Turkish disaster agency AFAD added. More than 166,000 rescue teams and volunteers were working, including more than 8,000 foreign personnel.

Erdoğan said on live TV in the anlıurfa province that more than 1.5 million people were taking shelter in tents, public dormitories, or hotels.

Turkish universities will switch to distance learning for this semester, in part to open up space for homeless victims to move into student dormitories, Erdoğan added.

In addition to the deaths

issues after a fire burned through some of the area.

Visitors can get up close with nature’s best pesticide – bats – while at the event. The Northern California Bat Rescue organization brought out about a half-dozen different bats including the Mexican Free Tailed Bat and Brown bats.

“These are the bats that you will see around here flying at night,” said Corky Quirk, one of the volunteers. “They eat moths.”

in Syria, 5,276 people are injured. International aid has been slow to trickle in.

Around 5 million people are believed to have been affected by the earthquakes in Syria, according to the World Health Organization.

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has arrived in the Syrian city of Aleppo, a U.N. source told dpa, while U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths is scheduled to visit.

While Tedros was touring shelters, an unidentified man stopped him to plead with him: “We are now in crisis. Please remove the sanctions on Syrians. . . . We are hungry. . . . (Everything) I own (has) been destroyed.”

The WHO chief said he welcomed the U.S. decision on Friday to issue a six-month license to allow earthquake relief to Syria, which would otherwise be

Quirk pulled bats from a tight V-shaped container while they roosted and took a little nap – and with gentle pulling showed visitors the wing span of the tiny creatures.

“They are important for the environment,” she said. “Many people don’t realize how many bugs they eat.”

Terri Shore drove over from Sonoma on the backroads to get to the event.

“It is such a beautiful day but chilly,” she said.

Shore came over with

prohibited due to the sanctions on the country, and he hoped this measure would help.

Aleppo, in the northwest part of the country, is controlled by the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Tedros’ plane carried about 35 tons of vital medical equipment, and a second plane will arrive within two days, Syria’s state-run SANA news agency reported.

Meanwhile, a convoy from Saudi Arabia carrying aid supplies entered rebel-held areas in northwestern Syria, marking the first such shipment by an Arab country.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and state-run Saudi Television said the convoy was accompanied by a team specialized in search-andrescue missions.

At this point, however, six days after the disaster, the chances of survival

“I actually didn’t even now they had hiking trails over here,” she said.

There are several hiking trails which are pretty and peaceful.

Also at the building was Mavis Muller of Weaving Watersheds, who created a 6-foot-tall, heart-shaped basket and stand made from found grasses, bark and other natural elements. People tided a ribbon on different areas in support of the environment.

“At the end of the day tomorrow I will burn it,” Muller said.

She calls it a “flaming hearts be well basket” and has been creating and burning them for 20 years.

“This is my life’s work,” she said. “Helping to bring awareness to the environment.”

The festival will continue from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday with more hikes – both guided and free form – along with art shows and more presentations.

are vanishingly small.

Nonetheless, a handful of remarkable rescues were reported after five days of searching.

A 4-year-old girl named engül was pulled alive in Turkey’s Gaziantep after 132 hours, state broadcaster TRT said. Teams then reached her father moments later.

A Turkish couple in the southern province of Adıyaman were brought to safety on Saturday after being trapped under the rubble of a collapsed home for more than 129 hours, TRT said, while a 2-month-old baby was rescued alive in Hatay province, state news agency Anadolu reported. At least four people were pulled alive from the rubble on Friday night in the Syrian city of Jableh, according to the Syrian Red Crescent.

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taper off by the afternoon. Across the Sierra Nevada Mountains, up to half a foot of snow is possible at the highest elevations including Mt. Price, Donner Peak, Kirkwood and Round Top.

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ball between the executive and the legislative, between the president and Congress. They are divided, seeing their interests and no one is making sacrifices, seeing the wellbeing of the people.”

In the absence of an agreement in Congress, Boluarte on Feb. 2 presented a proposal to legislators to advance national elections to October, meaning that current office holders would leave their posts in December 2023; the new office holders elected in October would serve until July 2026. Congress would need to approve any such plan to move up elections.

The Peruvian crisis reflects a prolonged power struggle, said Julio César Baluarte, who gave up

The system will be cold enough to produce snow across the Santa Lucia Range. Most storms that bring precipitation across this region generally get rain, however the cold air will surge farther south and will bring snow to the Big Sur Mountains including Pimkolam Peak and across Santa Ynez Mountains. Up to one and half

law and political science to pursue acting in his homeland. He believes the constitution must be changed.

“We have a Constitution written by a dictator, made to satisfy personal and political whims,” said the Lima native and Palm Desert resident, who didn’t vote in the 2021 elections because he deemed no candidate worthy of being president.

“For things to flow more or less well, we have to make a profound change in our [government] system,” Baluarte stressed.

Since Fujimori’s departure in November 2000, only two presidents have finished their terms: Alejandro Toledo (2001-06) and Ollanta Humala (2011-16). Humala’s successor, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2016-18), resigned in the aftermath of a bribery scandal.

“They have all been corrupt,” said Miguel

inches of snow may fall at the highest peaks of the ranges with a dusting in the foothills near Highway 1. Some of this snow will be visible from the western slopes of the Salinas Valley near King City. As the low moves south, sunshine, dry and warmer weather is on tap for Sunday across Northern California.

Tinker Salas, a professor of Latin American Studies at Pomona College. “In this case they have not been able to prove corruption against Pedro Castillo,” but Castillo’s own blunders and lack of political experience have given his enemies an opening to remove him, Tinker Salas said.

Tinker Salas said that the Peruvian right, which controls Congress, didn’t count on the ability of Indigenous people and social organizations to mobilize and bring protesters into the streets en masse.

“They have faced a Peru that they do not know,” Tinker Salas said, “the deep, Indigenous Peru, the one from the interior of the country that saw in Castillo its first ruler who represented them even with all his faults.”

Shelby Knowles/Bloomberg Ocean Beach after a rainstorm in San Francisco, Thursday, Jan. 5.

Bill to ban TikTok in US reflects growing concerns in Congress

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WASHINGTON —

A group of lawmakers has revived legislation to ban TikTok in the U.S. as doubts grow about the viability of an effort to keep data it collects from falling into the hands of the Chinese government.

Sens. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican, and Angus King, an indepen dent from Maine who caucuses with the Dem ocrats, have introduced legislation that would block the popular videosharing platform because it is controlled by China and there are fears the Beijing government could compel it to share data on U.S. users.

The fate of the legislation – similar to a measure that failed in the last Congress – is unclear as it’s likely to draw opposition from the powerful tech lobby and pits lawmakers against millions of mostly young users of the platform. But the proposal reflects an emerging consensus on Capitol Hill that something must be done as questions mount about whether efforts to wall off U.S. data from people in China can succeed.

TikTok’s Chief Executive Officer Shou Zi Chew is slated to appear before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on March 23 and is expected to address questions about how the company handles user data, among other concerns. The Biden administration, through the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., has been working on an arrangement that would store U.S. data on servers hosted by Oracle Corp. Lawmakers and experts have raised questions

about whether that setup would successfully keep the data from leaking to China. Under Chinese law, companies can be compelled to share data with the government. TikTok Inc. Chief Operating Officer Vanessa Pappas during a Senate hearing in September that the company has strict controls over access to data and where it’s stored, and that the company wouldn’t give that data to the Chinese government.

The Rubio-King bill is one of many proposals that have been introduced in recent days to deal with concerns over TikTok.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who has been critical of TikTok in past, has not endorsed any specific measures and Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the Democratic chairman of the Intelligence Committee, is pursuing his own legislation that gives the administration authority

to pursue restrictions on a whole host of foreignowned apps but doesn’t specifically target TikTok.

The Rubio-King bill, which was first introduced last Congress by Rubio along with Reps. Mike Gallagher and Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., has added a key lawmaker with King, who has been active on cybersecurity issues.

“Make no mistake –every ‘private’ enterprise in China has direct ties and on-demand informationsharing requirements with the national government,” King said in a statement referencing TikTok.

Meanwhile, Sen. Michael Bennet, a Colorado Democrat, wrote to the CEOs of Apple and Google urging them to bar the platform from their app stores, citing national security concerns.

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A group of lawmakers has revived legislation to ban TikTok in the U.S. as doubts grow about the viability of an effort to keep data it collects from falling into the hands of the Chinese government.

Is carbon dioxide an existential threat to humanity?

My knowledge of human evolution, derived from my background as an anthropologist and physician, informs my medical practice. Humans can adapt to live in nearly any ecological environment, from tropical rainforests to frozen tundra.

As I write these words, the East Coast of the United States is experiencing near Arctic levels of cold exposure.

“So much for global warming,” to use the punchline from a snowshoveling cartoon I read years ago.

Is carbon dioxide

(CO2) an existential threat to humanity, at 4 parts per 10,000 in the atmosphere? This level was 15 times higher in the age of the dinosaurs, the Mesozoic Era. Water vapor and methane exert stronger greenhouse effects. Plants require carbon dioxide in order to survive and produce oxygen. How, then, can carbon dioxide be viewed as a pollutant?

A study in Illinois published in Environmental Research in 2020 reported 1,935 cold-related deaths and 70 heat-related deaths over an eight-year period. Cold contributed to 94% of deaths caused by environmental temperature.

Geologist Paul Olsen was interviewed for Climate Week NYC (“You

Asked: Dinosaurs Survived When CO2 Was Extremely High. Why Can’t Humans?” Sept. 20, 2022, State of the Planet). Professor Olsen opined that we have seen higher levels of CO2 in Earth’s pre-history but explained that “the problem is the rate of change.” Organisms and ecosystems may lack “. . . sufficient time to adapt to climate change through both evolution and migration.” Is that hypothesis compelling?

Cycles of climate change and mass extinctions antedate human existence, demonstrating natural causation. For example, the Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction, End Triassic Mass Extinction and Cretaceous Paleogene Mass Extinction are cited in the Olsen

interview. Similar events date back cumulatively to 443 million years ago, after the Ordovician Period. Why focus on human-associated carbon dioxide production as a potential cause of future extinctions?

The Olsen interview suggested associations between mass extinctions and “rapid changes in CO2 levels,” but the trends did not jump out at me upon inspection of the provided illustrative graphs. Moreover, the dinosaur extinction was caused by an asteroid crash, a cataclysmic event of another category. Why dwell on one potential variable in looking at complex animal populations and ecosystems?

Variations in temperature and climate pre-date the emergence of mammals, let alone that of human beings, or our petroleum products. If our concern is to prevent extinctions of endangered species, why not focus on habitat preservation, minimizing water pollution, protecting species from accidental destruction and similar proven strategies?

Climate change advocates propose collectivist, if not socialist, responses to the emergency they see emerging due to climate change. Consider the enthusiasm for public transportation over private vehicles, for collectivist housing over suburban living and for elimination of gas stoves, most recently. This

paternalistic aspect inherent to climate evangelism is disturbing. Climate activists seem to reject nuclear reactors, which emit no greenhouse gases. Wind turbines, by contrast, scar the landscape while killing birds. Is wind energy environmentally desirable?

The climate change community assures us a consensus has emerged, conclusively showing that human beings are changing the world’s climate in a dangerous manner. But science is rarely conclusive. Recall that Albert Einstein turned physics on its head with his Theory of Relativity, which partially supplanted Newton’s Laws of Motion. Is climate science a specific field?

If so, what is its definition? Online sources suggest to me that anyone with a bachelor’s degree in a field tangentially related to environmental concerns may claim to be a “climate scientist.” Many “experts,” including Climate Czar John Kerry and former Vice President Al Gore, lack scientific backgrounds. The East Anglia Climategate scandal, centering on editorial emails, demonstrated that climate science “peer review” is biased.

Scott T. Anderson, M.D., Ph.D. (standerson@ucdavis.edu), is the medical director of Para Ti Global. This column is informational and does not constitute medical advice.

Why scream therapy might be just the mental health break you need

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If you’re feeling stressed, overwhelmed or anxious, there’s a mental health tool that’s simple and free: screaming.

Emory University professor Harold Gouzoules, who holds a master’s in psychology and a doctorate in zoology, has studied screams – from both humans and animals – for decades. He’s detected that screams convey six types of emotions: fear, pain, surprise, happiness, anger, and frustration or sadness.

Scream therapy was first introduced in the 1970s by celebrity therapist Dr. Arthur Janov. It’s also known as scream meditation and primal scream therapy. Janov argued that mental health issues stemming from repressed childhood trauma could be alleviated through guiding screaming sessions.

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While scream therapy is not without its detractors, proponents say it can be useful for releasing built-up tension and emotion, removing mental blocks and increasing feelings of empowerment.

Meditation expert Tristian Gribbin, founder of meditation site Flow demonstrated the technique during a TEDx Talk, asking the audience to scream into towels.

“Notice how after you scream, you feel lighter, better and ready to face your day. You will have more ease in your communications with others,” Gribbin said.

If you’d like to try some unguided scream meditation on your own, here are a few tips:

n Find a space that brings you comfort and where you can be alone.

n Grab a towel, pillow, or blanket – anything that can help muffle sound.

n Take a few deep breaths, and on the last breath, release and scream.

Beyond the meditative benefits, studies have shown that screaming promotes maximal muscular power during exercise.

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Be sure to visit for future events

This week

THINGS TO DO

I Fairfield

8 p.m. Saturday House of Floyd Downtown Theatre, 1035 Texas St. www. downtowntheatre.com.

I Suisun City

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

7 p.m. Wednesday Cultural Exchange Wednesdayz Marina Lounge, 700 Main St., Suite 106. www.marina loungesuisun.com.

7 p.m. Thursday Karaoke Marina Lounge, 700 Main St., Suite 106. www.marina loungesuisun.com.

7 p.m. Friday Art of Seduction:

The Red Room Marina Lounge, 700 Main St., Suite 106. www.marina loungesuisun.com.

8 p.m. Saturday Jammin Jay Lamont & Mo Jones, Steph Sanders, Host Shea Suga Marina Lounge, 700 Main St., Suite 106. www.marina loungesuisun.com.

I Vacaville

9 p.m. Friday

Dueling Pianos: Jason Marion & James Michael Day Makse Restaurant, 555 Main St. duelingpiano vacaville.com/events.

9 p.m. Saturday

Dueling Pianos: Jason Marion & Jason Hemmens

Makse Restaurant, 555 Main St. duelingpiano vacaville.com/events.

I Benicia

6 p.m. Sunday Super Bowl Sunday

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

7 p.m. Tuesday Open Mic Night

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

7 p.m. Wednesday Karaoke

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

5:30 p.m. Thursday Jeff Tamelier & Darby Gould

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

9 p.m. Thursday

DJ Rue Hefner

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

4:30 p.m. Friday Hipster Cocktail Party

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

8:30 p.m. Friday Wake the Neighbors

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

4:30 p.m. Saturday

5-0 Boyz and Wyldz

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

8:30 p.m. Saturday

Kid Dynamite

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

I Vallejo

5:30 p.m. Wednesday

A film by Stewart Udall: ‘The Politics of Beauty’ Empress Theatre, 330 Virginia St. www. empresstheatre.org.

1 p.m. Saturday

David and Bobby Vino Godfather Winery, 1005 Walnut Ave. www. vinogodfather.com.

Vallejo Symphony set to continue 90th

with ‘Fairy Tales’

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VALLEJO — The Vallejo Symphony will continue its 90th season this month with “Fairy Tales,” the second of the season’s three concerts.

Performances will begin at 8 p.m. Feb. 25 and 3 p.m. Feb. 26 at the Empress Theatre, 330 Virginia St.

The show features Julia Perry’s “Short Work for Orchestra,” Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto and Maurice Ravel’s “Ma mère l’oye” (“Mother Goose”) ballet. The featured pianist is Elizabeth Dorman.

Ravel’s “Mother Goose” began its life as a group of piano miniatures, which later were orchestrated and then finally expanded into the ballet score the symphony will present. It is described in press materials as “a magical score filled with wonder on every page, and finishes with

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one of the most-pro found climaxes of the 20th century.”

Grieg’s Piano Concerto was to prove influen tial to impressionists such as Ravel. Its second movement is “a heartfelt response to the birth of his daughter,” according to press materials.

Perry, an African-American woman living in the mid-20th century, produced “brilliantly crafted music is a unique expres sion of neoclassical sensibilities distilled through the challenges she faced as a female composer of color in the United States,” the symphony reports.

Dorman is praised by the San Francisco Chronicle for her “elegance and verve.” She enjoys performing music both new and old as a soloist and chamber musician.

A finalist of the 2018 Leipzig International Bach Competi-

tion, Dorman has been widely recognized as a leading performer for her interpretations of Bach’s music on the modern piano. She has appeared as soloist with orchestras including the Louisville Orchestra, the Leipzig Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra, the Santa Rosa Symphony, Symphony Parnassus and as a keyboardist at the San Francisco Symphony. She has been presented at the Kennedy Center, Davies Symphony Hall, Herbst Theater, Merkin Hall, Carnegie’s Weill Hall, Leipzig’s Hochschule für Musik, and her live solo performances have been nationally broadcast on NPR and public radio.

“Meet the Music” program

A pre-concert talk will occur one hour before each orchestra performance and feature conver-

‘Most lifelike’ Lincoln portrait on display after years in obscurity

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The National Portrait Gallery unveiled a rare portrait of President Abraham Lincoln on Friday, ahead of Lincoln’s 214th birthday. The nine-foot-tall portrait, painted by W.F.K. Travers in 1865, is one of only three known full-length renderings of the 16th president and will be on loan to the Smithsonian gallery in downtown D.C. for the next five years.

The painting, which hung for decades in relative obscurity in a municipal building in a small New Jersey town, has been newly restored and is now part of the “America’s Presidents” gallery.

There are plenty of photographs of Lincoln, but, like most subjects of the day, he sits stiffly and somberly, and of course, is rendered in black and white. This portrait – painted in color, face relaxed with a hint of a smile, and body standing at its full 6-foot-4 height – offers

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sations between Maestro Marc Taddei and Dorman to offer insights into the program.

Vallejo Symphony on radio KZCT 89.5FM, Vallejo, is the radio home of the Vallejo Symphony. The concert will be rebroadcast at 10:30 a.m. March 10. Dorman is scheduled to appear in a live interview. Vallejo Symphony also contributes concert recordings to KDFC FM San Francisco for its Bay Area Mix program and website. The Vallejo Symphony Orchestra has been featured nine times since 2015.

Ticket information

Single tickets are available online at www.vallejosymphony. org. Discounts are available for groups of 10 or more. For more information, visit the website or call 707-643-4441.

Bacharach: 20 essential songs

Mikael Wood LOS ANGELES TIMES

Music poured out of Burt Bacharach like martinis out of an ice-cold shaker.

For more than half a century, the composer, producer, conductor and sometime performer provided the soundtrack for a persuasive and accessible idea of American sophistication – on the radio, in movies, on television and on Broadway. Bacharach, who died Wednesday at age 94, used his songs to toy with harmony and rhythm and to sneak elements of jazz and classical music into hitparade pop.

Yet to listen to one of his dozens and dozens of classic tunes – which he wrote with lyricists including his most

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Elizabeth Dorman is the featured pianist for the Vallejo Symphony Orchestra’s “Fairy Tales” concert at the Empress Theatre in Vallejo, Feb. 25-26.

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perhaps the best opportunity today to see Lincoln as he really was. At least, that’s what his

friends thought. Ward H. Lamon, a close friend and bodyguard, wrote in 1888 that the paint-

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steadfast collaborator, Hal David, and his ex-wife Carole Bayer Sager – was never to feel intimidated by the expertise that close listeners knew he was showing off.

Here, in chronological order, are 20 of his finest songs.

1. The Drifters, ‘Mexican Divorce’ (1962)

After crafting a witty arrangement to illustrate Bob Hilliard’s lyric about “an old adobe house where you leave your past behind,” Bacharach met Dionne Warwick, then a background singer, at the recording session for this Drifters tune.

2. Dionne Warwick, ‘Don’t Make Me Over’ (1962)

Bacharach and David’s first hit with Warwick can still startle you with its blend of romantic desperation and rock-ribbed defiance. No wonder Warwick borrowed its title for a recent documentary about her life and career.

3. Jackie DeShannon, ‘What the World Needs Now Is Love’ (1965)

Listen to the way this waltz-time classic moves between the certainty of the chorus and the uncertainty of the verse; it’s as though the music itself were convincing DeShannon that what she’s singing is true.

4. Dionne Warwick, ‘Alfie’ (1967)

One of Bacharach’s trickiest melodies – and the one he identified as his personal favor-

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ing was “the most lifelike picture of Mr. Lincoln I have ever seen on canvas.”

It “presents a real likeness of the man, with his rugged features and irregularities of personal appearance, true to life,” he wrote. Even if Lincoln’s face were covered, friends would recognize him immediately just by “the trunk and limbs.”

Little is known of the artist, W.F.K. Travers – even his full name is unclear, with different sources calling him George W.F. Travis, W.R. Travers, W.F. Travers and William F.K. Travers. He was once thought to have been German, but recent scholarship suggests he was Dutch and lived all over the world, including Germany, according to Lincoln biographer Ted Widmer. Travers came to the United States in 1862, though a long-repeated story that he tried to join the Union Army but was rejected for a medical condition has not been substantiated.

What is known is that Lincoln sat for Travers in 1864, and that Travers completed the oil painting in Germany shortly after Lincoln’s assassination in April 1865. He soon sold it to an American diplomat living in Frankfurt.

In 1876, the painting popped up at an exposition in Philadelphia, where, as one legend goes, Mary Lincoln “was so overcome by its lifelike appearance that she fainted and was carried out of the hall.”

For years, it hung in the U.S. Capitol while Congress debated whether to purchase the canvas, until it was finally sold to the Rockefeller family. In the 1930s, Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge – daughter of William Jr. and niece of John D. – built a lavish hall

5. Dusty Springfield, ‘The Look of Love’ (1967)

Has any film comedy ever yielded a song sexier than Springfield’s sultry invitation to take a lover’s vow (and seal it with a kiss)? Composed for the 1967 James Bond spoof “Casino Royale,” “The Look of Love” literally defines the concept of bedroom eyes.

6. Aretha Franklin, ‘I Say a Little Prayer’ (1968) Franklin’s lead vocal cooks, obviously. But pay

in Madison, N.J., where she lived, which she called the Hartley Dodge Memorial Building in memory of her deceased son. She filled the hall with art, including the Lincoln portrait, and then donated it to the town in 1935. The Hartley Dodge Foundation maintains the building and its art to this day.

For decades, Widmer wrote last year, the painting was “hiding in plain sight where it was seen by very few Americans outside the townspeople who filed past it on their way to pay parking tickets and water bills.”

In 2017, a part-time archivist discovered that a marble bust of Napoleon sitting in the corner of the borough council room had been sculpted by Auguste Rodin, prompting the foundation to reassess all of the art in its collection. The loan of the Lincoln portrait to the National Portrait Gallery is part of that reassessment.

the Tijuana Brass, ‘This Guy’s in Love With You’ (1968)

A comically straightforward sentiment becomes an improbably dramatic proclamation.

8. Dionne Warwick, ‘Do You Know the Way to San Jose’ (1968)

Warwick famously disliked this sprightly character sketch about a failed actress who ditches cutthroat L.A. for her quieter hometown. Or at least she did until it earned her her first Grammy.

In addition to Lincoln’s likeness, the painting is filled with symbols noting the president’s place in history. He stands in front of a bust of George Washington and a rendering of the painting “Washington Crossing the Delaware” by Emanuel Leutze, one of the most famous images in the world in the mid-1800s. Lincoln’s hand rests on a bound copy of the Constitution, next to a scroll bearing a draft of the 13th Amendment. Behind the scroll is a small statue of an African American man rising as he pulls the chains from his body.

The painting was unveiled at a ribbon-cutting Friday morning and is now open to the general public. On Saturday, Feb. 18, it will be featured in the gallery’s “Presidential Family Fun Day,” along with life-size 3D models of Lincoln’s hands and face, which visitors are welcome to touch.

11. The Carpenters, ‘(They Long to Be) Close to You’ (1970)

Instantly recognizable from its opening piano plinks, the sibling duo’s first chart-topper is a master class in yearning whose gorgeous melody credibly embodies David’s lyric about angels sprinkling moon dust. See also: Stevie Wonder’s live talkbox rendition from “The David Frost Show” in 1972, later sampled by Frank Ocean on 2016’s “Blonde.”

12. The 5th Dimension, ‘One Less Bell to Answer’ (1970) Swanky grown-up soul music in no hurry to get anywhere.

13. Burt Bacharach, ‘Something Big’ (1973)

Bacharach wasn’t a powerhouse singer by any means, but his laid-back croon had an undeniable vibe, as heard in this gently philosophical bossa nova in which he compares himself to “a grain of sand that wants to be a rolling stone.”

ingly tidy, which is why Hayes blew so many minds with the 12-minute psychedelic-soul odyssey he made of “Walk on By.” Among those minds: the RZA, who sampled Hayes’ version in the Wu-Tang Clan’s “I Can’t Go to Sleep,” and Beyoncé, who did the same in her “6 Inch.”

10. B.J. Thomas, ‘Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head’ (1969)

An Oscar winner, a No. 1 hit and a Bacharach specialty: a happy song that sounds sad (or is it the other way around)?

14. Luther Vandross, ‘A House Is Not a Home’ (1981)

An R&B slow jam so perfect that Kanye West sampled it for his song “Slow Jamz,” Vandross’ epic reading of this jilted lover’s lament carried Bacharach’s songwriting to new emotional heights.

15. Christopher Cross, ‘Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)’ (1981)

Bacharach’s second Oscar-winning tune took Dudley Moore’s drunken playboy character more seriously than the charac-

ter did himself.

16. Naked Eyes, ‘Always Something There to Remind Me’ (1983)

First cut in the early ‘60s, this bouncy meditation on the painfulness of memory could still pull heartstrings two decades later.

17. Dionne & Friends, ‘That’s What Friends Are For’ (1985)

A song of the year Grammy winner for Bacharach and Sager, “That’s What Friends Are For” offered Warwick and her famous friends –Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight and Elton John – all the room they needed to play.

18. Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald, ‘On My Own’ (1986) As good a song as anyone’s ever written about the reality of romance in middle age.

19. Elvis Costello, ‘God Give Me Strength’ (1996)

The post-punk troubadour teamed with Bacharach to write this sumptuous ballad for Allison Anders’ sort-of Carole King biopic, “Grace of My Heart.” Then, they kept at it and made a whole album of original tunes, 1998’s “Painted From Memory.”

20. Ronald Isley, ‘Anyone Who Had a Heart’ (2003)

Bacharach followed the Costello collab by drafting Isley to sing an album of his classics, including this one, in which Isley runs the full gamut from whispering to pleading.

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Burt Bacharach, American pianist, composer and music producer, died Wednesday.

Church of England considers whether to stop referring to God as ‘he’

LONDON — The Church of England is considering whether to stop referring to God as “he” after priests asked to be allowed to use gender-neutral terms instead.

The Church said it would launch a new commission on the matter in the spring to decide whether to propose changes or not.

Any potential alterations, which would mark a departure from traditional Jewish and Christian teachings dating back millennia, would have to be approved by synod, the Church’s decision-making body.

The Rt. Rev. Dr. Michael Ipgrave, Bishop of Lichfield and vice-chair of the liturgical commission responsible for the matter, said the Church had been “exploring the use of gendered language in relation to God for several years.”

“After some dialogue between the two Commissions in this area, a new joint project on gendered language will begin this spring,” he said.

“In common with other potential changes to authorized liturgical provision, changing the

wording and number of authorized forms of absolution would require a full Synodical process for approval.”

The specifics of the project are as yet unclear.

The bishop’s comments came in response to a question asked at synod by the Reverend Joanna Stobart, vicar of Ilminster and Whitelackington in Somerset, about the progress on developing “more inclusive language” in services.

It is currently unclear what would replace the term Our Father in the Lord’s Prayer, the central Christian prayer which Jesus Christ is said to have instructed his followers to say together down the generations.

Conservative critics have hit back at the possibility of changes, with the Reverend Dr. Ian Paul telling the Telegraph that they would represent an abandonment of the Church’s own doctrine.

“The fact that God is called ‘Father’ can’t be substituted by ‘Mother’ without changing meaning, nor can it be genderneutralized to ‘Parent’ without loss of meaning,” he said.

“Fathers and mothers are not interchangeable, but relate

to their offspring in different ways. If the liturgical commission seeks to change this, then in an important way they will be moving the doctrine of the Church away from being grounded in the scriptures,” Paul added.

A spokesman for the Church of England said: “This is nothing new. Christians have recognized since ancient times that God is

neither male nor female, yet the variety of ways of addressing and describing God found in scripture has not always been reflected in our worship.

“There has been greater interest in exploring new language since the introduction of our current forms of service in contemporary language more than 20 years ago.

“As part of its regular

program of work for the next five years, the Liturgical Commission has asked the Faith and Order Commission to work with it on looking at these questions.”

“There are absolutely no plans to abolish or substantially revise currently authorized liturgies, and no such changes could be made without extensive legislation.”

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Members of the church attend the Church of England Synod, at Church House, in London, Tuesday.

Staying connected in the age of Covid, smartphones

Dear Annie: I am in my 70s and have seven grandchildren who I love very much. I am writing because my 4-year-old granddaughter does not want to hug me, and I’m not sure what to do about it. I think I know the cause, which started when she was 2 and the whole world was coping with the pandemic.

Annie Lane Dear Annie

instead I would simply hug the air. I doubt if she understood why I didn’t hug her. Now when I see her, if I put my arms out for a hug, she shakes her head no and hides behind a couch or something like that. She is definitely letting me know that she doesn’t want to hug.

When I would see her when she was 2 and 3 years old, we could not hug because everyone was saying, “keep your distance” because of Covid19. So we would do “air hugs” and “bear hugs,” which meant that I would open my arms as if I were about to hug her, but

I have told my son and daughter-in-law about this and said that it was those early experiences during the pandemic that reinforced the message of “don’t touch.” They say I’m probably right, but I don’t want to understand the problem; I want my little granddaughter to hug her grandpa!

Horoscopes

by Holiday Mathis

Today’s birthday

You continue to feel powerfully in charge of your life. What’s new will be the frequent reminders of how you touch the lives of others just by being you. You’ll speak for a group, you’ll create effective systems and you’ll make connections to help everyone build and grow. Two epic celebrations will go down in the books. Gemini and Virgo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 13, 5, 3, 26 and 11.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Sometimes you want to know more, but mostly you want to belong more – the communion of people, the web of nature, the great animating orbits. In that spirit, you’ll get out of your head and let your heart lead.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Everyone around is trying to solve the apparent problem or blame the obvious culprits. You’ll have remarkable success doing something different. You’ll key into the hidden problem within your realm of control.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The process that most educates you now will be one of unlearning. The backdrop must be disassembled, the frame disregarded, the premise challenged. One question can break everything wide open.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). It was an unpopular opinion at the time and still is, but rationalist philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz boldly stood behind his statement that “this is the best of all possible worlds.” You’ll find reason to do the same today.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). It’s normal for our perception of what is valuable to be so strongly influenced by others it becomes difficult to identify our own preferences. This is why you may have to go out of your way to figure out what brings you joy.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). One of the best things to spend money on now is the advice of experienced people who can save you from needlessly wasting your time on that which will not bring you any closer to your goal.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Falling in love goes about the same as other kinds of falling. By the time you realize what’s happening, it’s already too late. You may as well relax and hope for a soft landing.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). As you assess the considerable challenge before you, you’ll experience a rush of vitality. Any result that comes of this mission is less important than the sense of purpose to be gained here. This is who you really are.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Your current goal is within reach, or so it seems, though it would be helpful to know if this is a moving target along the lines of a carrot on a string. Ask someone who’s achieved the aim.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). In solitude, people can survive, but not thrive. A sense of togetherness, like food, air and shelter, is a basic human need. Reach out. Chances are the connection will be as essential for the other person as it is for you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). To meet a high standard in a moment is one thing. To maintain it over time is quite another. It may seem difficult to keep up the work at this stage in the process, but it gets easier as you go.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’ll take pleasure in your work. The tangible rewards will seem like icing on the cake. People will gravitate to you and the fun you create in environments and circumstances that are not usually associated with fun.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Today we celebrate the birthday of the 16th president of the United States of America, Abraham Lincoln. This Aquarian humanitarian rose from a childhood of poverty to become the leader who saved the union and abolished slavery. “I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms until there shall no longer be a doubt that all men are created free and equal.” — Abraham Lincoln

Write Holiday Mathis at HolidayMathis.com.

My daughter-in-law says that the more I see her, the more comfortable she will be with me and the more likely we can hug as time goes along. What do you think? — Feeling Isolated

Dear Feeling Isolated:

Despite how you signed your letter, you are by no means alone. Millions of people were told not to touch for two years, and we do not know the longterm consequences of this. I suspect there will be studies down the road addressing this issue. In the meantime, listen to your daughter-in-law and spend as much time as possible with your granddaughter – and with all of your grandchildren.

Dear Annie: I feel disconnected from a society in which many people are disconnected.

FOR YOUR HEALTH

I see parents looking at their phones when they should be giving their children their undivided attention.

They think they are not disconnected because they have 500 “friends” or 1,000 “followers,” but most people have few real, meaningful connections with close friends and family members. Our children should not be competing with a bunch of strangers for our attention.

If you put away the phone, they will remember it, and that gesture will mean the world to them. And, while you may not know what is trending on TikTok, you will know your children. You will have conversations and connections with them that phone-obsessed parents don’t have with

their children.

If the kids are young, may I suggest that they get flip phones instead of phones with internet and social media? If I had anything to do over, it would be not giving my daughter a smartphone until she was at least 15 or 16. It changes us all, and not for the better. — Missing the Old Days Dear Missing the Old Days: Thank you for your warning, which is a good one. Many of us are more addicted to our smartphones than is healthy, and we are just now discovering the number of negative consequences. We learn even more as the years pass.

Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

THE POWER OF SOCIAL TOUCH

How a loving caress really can ease anxiety

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When Valentine’s Day arrives Tuesday, many people will show their love and affection with cards, chocolates and gifts, but there is another way to make your partner or family member feel good –through touch.

Studies show that social touch is essential to our mental well-being and can reduce stress and pain while helping us bond with one another.

Physical isolation during the coronavirus pandemic led many to develop “skin hunger” and resulted in an uptick in mental health problems.

One 2021 study surveying almost 1,500 participants reported that deprivation of intimate touch from close family and partners was associated with worse feelings of anxiety and loneliness.

Lack of friendly or professional touch from friends, acquaintances or work colleagues did not have the same impact on mental health.

How we can feel social touch

Social touch is so important for our well-being that we have specific cells in our skin to detect it.

Our skin gives us the power of discriminative touch, which allows us to feel the pressure, texture and vibration of objects. But our skin also has sensors known as C-tactile fibers or afferents that are specifically sensitive to social touch from people and the caress of a loved one.

C-tactile fibers innervate hairy skin and are optimized to detect the gentle stroking touch of one to 10 centimeters [half – to four inches] per second that many people say is pleasant. If the movement is too fast or too slow, not only are the C-tactile fibers less responsive but people also find the sensation less pleasing.

Interestingly, they are also more attuned to warmer temperatures of around 32 degrees Celsius [almost 90 degrees Fahrenheit], akin to the warmth of a person’s skin.

There are individual differences, however, in the need and craving for social touch. “I think touch is very important,” said Mariana von Mohr, a researcher specializing in social cognition at Royal Holloway University of London. “But at the same time, we have to be a bit careful about these individual differences because there are people that might prefer to connect in some other way.”

But in general, intimate touch between loved ones is important for emotional regulation and social buffering, where being together with others

helps us handle and recover from stress.

The

benefits

of social touch

Social touch causes the release of the social-bonding hormone oxytocin in the brain, which is thought to reduce anxiety and pain.

Von Mohr’s research has found that romantic partners felt less pain when receiving slow, stroking touch compared with a faster touch. Other studies have found that touch enhances intimacy between couples.

In one study, 84 adult women participated in an experiment showcasing the soothing power of affective touch on feelings of social exclusion. Each participant played Cyberball, an online ball-tossing game, with two other players who, unbeknown to the subjects, were bots that would eventually stop throwing the virtual ball to the participant.

When that happens, it can produce a profound sense of social exclusion, and it even led to “one participant actually smashing the computer,” Von Mohr said.

But when half of the participants received a slow, affective touch from the experimenter afterward, their feelings of social exclusion were partially mitigated. The other half of participants who received a fast-stroking touch, which would not activate C-tactile fibers, did not experience similar relief.

This is akin to a mother comforting a child after a similar experience of social hurt, Von Mohr said. “We do this sometimes without realizing how good it is,” she said.

All mammals that have been studied have C-tactile fibers, suggesting that these sensory cells – and the ability to detect social touch – are evolutionarily conserved and essential, said Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, a biological scientist specializing in touch research at Columbia University’s Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute.

From skin to brain for pleasurable social touch

Research suggests that socialtouch-sensitive neurons may be key for making the touch of a loved one feel good, which in turn helps bind us.

A study in Cell this month found that directly stimulating neurons in female mice – similar to C-tactile fibers in humans – can release dopamine, a neurochemical associated with reward, in their brains. These Mrgprb4 neurons are also necessary for female mice to be receptive to sexual advances from male mice.

Using optogenetics, a now-mainstay neuroscience technique that allows

researchers to manipulate the activities of specific neurons by shining a light on them, researchers activated the Mrgprb4 sensory cells on the back, an important area for social touch in mice where they groom and huddle together.

The researchers saw that the female mice would lower their backs in response to the light, which is lordosis, a female mouse sexual behavior indicating receptivity to a male mouse.

The finding that activating cells in the skin can trigger a “social touch-like behavior even without other sensory cues” such as the presence of another mouse “was pretty surprising,” said Abdus-Saboor, who was an author of the new study.

Stimulating Mrgprb4 neurons was pleasurable, and female mice spent more time in designated sections of the cage where researchers activated the cells. Intriguingly, stimulating these sensory neurons and engaging in sexual behavior both released dopamine in the nucleus accumbens, a key brain area associated with reward.

But when the researchers genetically ablated these Mrgprb4 sensory neurons, sexual experiences no longer released dopamine and the female mice began rejecting the male mice’s advances after their first experience. The male mouse’s touch was no longer rewarding, and the male’s advances were no longer welcome. The female mouse would even become combative with her paws up, making herself inaccessible to the male.

“I sometimes think she throws a punch,” said Leah Elias, a postdoctoral researcher at Johns Hopkins University who conducted the study as a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania.

Though this study examined the importance of pleasurable touch to sexual behaviors in mice, the researchers say the Mrgprb4 cells also play a role in other forms of affiliative social touch such as play.

Before the touch signals reach the brain, “even at the first relay station in the skin, there are already dedicated cells that are competent to engage social stimuli,” Abdus-Saboor said. Their research opens up a potential target for future therapeutics that can use the skin to access reward circuits to help treat trauma or depression.

“Just by activating these neurons in the skin, you kind of have a highway to the brain,” Elias said. “It’s kind of a gold mine.”

With just a hug, a caress or a gentle squeeze of the hand, we can already take advantage of the power of social touch.

To feel better, healthier and more connected, skin deep is a good place to start.

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Studies show that social touch is essential to our mental well-being and can reduce stress.

Eagles, Chiefs remodeled into Super form

DaviD Murphy THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

PHOENIX — There’s no such thing as rebuilding in the NFL. It is a buzzword, nothing more. It is a thing that gets said when there is nothing of substance to say. It is a preemptive excuse. Rebuilding is nothing more than a rebranded version of stinking. If a general manager is saying it, teams are lowering their own bar.

That is the lesson of Super Bowl LVII. Look at the rosters of the Eagles and the Chiefs. Listen to their philosophies. Most of all,

Vikings forge on without top star

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MMILLER@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

FAIRFIELD — Micheal Holloway knows a deep postseason run by his Vanden High School boys basketball team is going to require contributions up and down the lineup.

The Vikings recently lost the services of their top player, Tyler Thompson, after he hyperextended a knee. The recovery time will be six weeks, well past the end of this basketball season.

"The guys realize they are going to have to spread the work a little bit," Holloway said. "Without (Thompson) on the court, it changes this. It means Jaylen (Robinson) is going to have to step it. It gives Sterling (McClanahan) the chance to show that he is one of the best players in the area. It means Edric (Dennis) is going to have to step up. We don't have to have one person make up Tyler's 21 point a game. We can spread it out among three or four guys."

Vanden still went out and claimed a share of the Monticello Empire League title Thursday night with a 78-62 win at home over Rodriguez. Vanden matched Vacaville's 8-2 league record, though the Bulldogs won both meetings between the two.

McClanahan went for 17 points in the win. E'Jay Rogers scored 12, while Robinson and Dennis had 11 apiece. The Vikings are now 19-9 overall heading

consider the facts.

n Of the roughly 50,000 snaps logged by Eagles and Chiefs players during the 2022 regular season, roughly 14,000 came via players in their first year with the team. That’s more than a quarter of the playing time.

n Players with one or two

years of service account for roughly 25,600 of those 50,000 snaps.

n Players who have been with the Chiefs and the Eagles for more than three seasons have combined to log just 23.4% of the teams’ snaps this year.

The conventional wisdom says that the Super Bowl is a place for master planners and developers. Reality is, it’s a place for architects and remodelers. Winning in today’s NFL is about making the most of the resources and space at one’s disposal. The evolution of roster-building is a lot like the evolution of IT

infrastructure. Agility, responsiveness, adaptability – those are the keys.

At least, those have been the keys for the Eagles and the Chiefs. They are here at Super Bowl LVII because of the way in which they have managed to reinvent themselves in a short period of time.

For the Chiefs, that meant a complete overhaul of their offensive line after a Super Bowl loss in which the Buccaneers manhandled them up front. It meant trading away a superstar receiver in favor of complementary parts and salary-cap

flexibility. It meant recognizing the roster slots that required significant capital investment and those that could be filled with low-cost, plug-and-play draft picks as their quarterback’s salary swelled.

For the Eagles, it meant parting ways with the coach and the quarterback around whom they’d structured themselves. It meant taking targeted swings on the trade market and waiting to find value in free agency. More than anything, it meant finding a coach with the right mental-

Vanden secures

2 top seeds

as

into the Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs. "We played well defensively and were able to get out in transition," Holloway said. "Our passing game was good. We've been struggling to make the right passes at the right time. We were able to execute our game plan."

Rodriguez finished up in third place in the MEL at 7-3. Fairfield finished 5-5 with Will C. Wood 2-8 and Armijo 0-10.

Boys soccer Vacaville wrapped up the title with a perfect 10-0 record in league.

Tony Bussard's team

heads to the playoffs with a deep roster and big scorers like Alex Verdugo and Nathan Beltran.

"We will take it one game at a time come Tuesday, but we have dreams of bringing home a section title to Vacaville High School," Bussard said in an email.

The rest of the league leaders featured Armijo with a record of 7-3 and Wood at 5-5.

Notables:

n Trevor Morris scored 51 points and hit seven 3-pointers for Armijo in a loss to Fairfield. He had 28 points and 16 rebounds in a loss to Vanden.

n Vacaville's Gavin Hamill had 33 points in a

win over Will C. Wood.

n Sterling McClanahan went for 32 points as Vanden defeated Armijo.

n Johnnie Jones scored 26 points for Fairfield in its win over Armijo.

n Fairfield's Nicko Ignacio scored 25 points and hit five 3-pointers in the Falcons' win over Wood.

n Vacaville's Nathan Schnell scored 21 points in a loss to Rodriguez.

Girls basketball

The Vanden girls appear primed for the playoffs after finishing with a perfect 10-0 league season. That's 40 straight league wins for head

Solid pitching effort helps lift Solano baseball to a win over Diablo Valley

Daily r epublic Staff

DRNEWS@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

ROCKVILLE — Pitch-

ers Miles Phillips and Jacob Reguera combined on a five-hitter as the Solano Community College baseball team beat visiting Diablo Valley 9-2 Saturday afternoon.

Phillips worked five innings, allowed three hits, no earned runs, walked one and struck out four. Reguera pitched the final four and allowed just two hits, no earned runs, one walk to go with four strikeouts. Solano improved to 3-6 overall.

James Larson and

Dylan Snider each had a double, two singles and three RBI. Miles Meadows, Victor Vega and Conner Ross all had two hits. Dylan Tram-

mell singled and drove in a run. Kevin Parker also had an RBI. The Falcons will be back in action Tuesday for a 2 p.m. game at Skyline in Oakland.

Boys Soccer

MEL coaches make all-league selections

FAIRFIELD — Vacaville High School’s Nathan Beltran was named the Offensive Player of the Year in the Monticello Empire League in voting by coaches Friday night, while Will C. Wood goalkeeper Zach Rabold was the Defensive Player of the Year.

Beltran scored a league-high 21 goals and

also had 13 assists for the unbeaten Bulldogs. Rabold had 28 saves for the season for the Wildcats and posted three shutouts during league play.

Christian Brenes, Max Galeano and Alex Verdugo were also all-league for Vacaville. Other all-leaguers included Abraham Perez Ascencio (Armijo), Edwing Saucedo Pacheco (Armijo), Diego Torres (Armijo), Carson Sacca (Wood), Gabe Sanchez (Wood), Gedeon Ilunga (Fairfield), Kaleb Aguilar (Fairfield), Evan Wadsworth (Rodriguez), Haydon Taylor (Rodriguez) and Braulio Ochoa (Vanden).

Cameron Blythe of Rodriguez was the Coach of the Year.

Vacaville wraps up unbeaten MEL title

VACAVILLE — Vacaville High School’s boys soccer team completed its unbeaten Monticello Empire League season with a go-ahead goal in the 60th minute for a 2-1 win over visiting Will C. Wood on Thursday night at Tom Zunino Stadium.

Alex Verdugo pulled in a crossing pass from Christian Brenes and booted in the game-winner. Vacaville improved to 15-2 overall and 10-0 in the Monticello Empire League heading into next week’s playoffs.

Nathan Beltran scored for the Bulldogs in the first half. Will C. Wood’s

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area hoop teams move on

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FAIRFIELD — It turns out that both the boys and girls basketball teams at Vanden High School had a lot to celebrate when they held a viewing party together on campus Saturday afternoon for the announcement of the Sac-Joaquin Section playoff pairings.

Both teams received No. 1 seeds in Division III. Both teams will also await the winner of play-in games between Foothill and Casa Roble to see who their first opponents will be.

The Vanden teams are two of 12 in northern Solano County awarded playoff berths. Play-in games for the girls begin Monday with first-round matchups set for Tuesday. Play-in games for the boys will be Tuesday with the first round games beginning Wednesday.

"We're very excited that both teams got the one seeds," Vanden girls co-head coach Jake Johnson said. "It was fun to see the boys and girls celebrate together."

What better place for Johnson and his wife

and co-coach Allison Johnson to be Tuesday night for Valentine's Day. They will be courtside as their Vikings host a game. at 7 p.m.

Casa Roble is 15-11 overall and went 9-3 for second place in the Golden Empire League. Foothill is 15-7 and went 9-3 for second place in the Greater Sacramento League. Vanden is 21-7 and won the Monticello Empire League with a perfect 10-0 mark.

The Will C. Wood girls got a home game Tuesday. The No. 5 Wildcats will host No. 12 El Dorado. Wood is 15-9 overall and finished as the runner-up in the MEL to Vanden with a 7-3 record. El Dorado is 14-12 overall and took second place in the Sierra Valley League at 9-1.

The Rodriguez girls drew a No. 16 seed in Division II and will host a play-in game Monday against No. 17 Granite Bay. The winner gets top-seed Christian Brothers in Tuesday's first round. The Mustangs are 10-17 overall and finished third in the MEL with a 6-4 record. Granite Bay gets in despite an

9 area high school soccer teams advance

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FAIRFIELD — The Sac-Joaquin Section released the playoff pairings in all divisions Friday afternoon for boys and girls soccer and six teams from the Monticello Empire League will participate.

Dixon also saw both of its team qualify, along with the Rio Vista boys. Girls games will be held Monday, Wednesday and Friday with the boys slated this week for Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Times, dates and locations for finals have not been announced.

The MEL champion Vacaville girls will be at home at 6 p.m. Monday for a match in Division II. The eighth-seeded Bulldogs will take on No. 9 Granite Bay. Vacaville is 11-3-5 overall and finished first in league with a 9-0-1 record. Granite Bay is 3-6-4 overall and finished fifth in the Sierra Foothill League with a 2-6-3 mark. A date with top-seed St. Francis is possible in Wednesday's

quarterfinals.

The Rodriguez girls are also in Division II. The Mustangs are the 11th seed and head Monday to No. 2. Tracy. Rodriguez is 8-2-2 overall and finished second in the MEL at 8-1-1. Tracy is 7-3-6 overall and finished third in the Tri-City Athletic League with a 4-1-5 record.

The Vanden girls are in Division III. The Vikings were given the No. 14 seed and will head Monday to Folsom to take on No. 3 Vista del Lago. Vanden is 7-5-2 overall and finished third in the MEL with a 4-4-2 record. Vista del Lago is 10-4-5 overall and finished second in the Capitol Valley League with a 6-1-3 record behind champion and top-seed Christian Brothers. Dixon, meanwhile, earned a No. 5 seed in Division IV and will host No. 12 Venture Academy of Stockton on Monday. The Rams are 15-4-1 overall and finished second in the Golden Empire League with a 10-2 record. Venture Academy is

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Vanden HIgh School’s Edric Dennis, left, shoots the ball over Cameron Brewer of Rodriguez during the boys basketball game in Fairfield at Vanden, Thursday.

Sunday’s

A’s swap former top prospects in deal with Marlins

A lex Simon BAY AREA NEWS GROUP

OAKLAND — With pitchers and catchers reporting just around the corner, the A’s made a trade of former top draft picks. Oakland acquired outfielder J.J. Bleday from the Marlins and sent lefthanded pitcher A.J. Puk to Miami in return, the team announced on Saturday.

Bleday, 25, was taken with the fourth overall pick by the Marlins in the 2019 MLB Draft out of Vanderbilt and was MLB’s No. 20 overall prospect before 2021.

The left-handed hitting outfielder didn’t make his MLB debut until last year, batting .167 in 238 plate appearances. He hit 10 doubles, two triples and five homers, but struck out 67 times.

With the A’s set to start their spring on Wednesday with pitchers and catchers report, Bleday will be a part of an Oakland out-

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Carson Sacca scored in the first half and goalkeeper Zack Rabold made some big saves.

field mix that will likely include Ramón Laureano, Seth Brown, Tony Kemp and Esteury Ruiz on the major league roster. Bleday, Conner Capel, Cristian Pache, Cal Stevenson likely competing for a fifth spot.

Puk, 27, was the sixth overall pick in the 2016 MLB Draft by the A’s and was once considered one of the top prospects in baseball. But the 6-foot-7 lefty battled health issues for most of his time in Oakland ahead of 2022, only pitching in 24.2 big league innings before 2022.

Last year, Puk had his best season, pitching 66.1 innings across 62 appearances and tallying four saves, a 3.12 ERA and 76 strikeouts. He’ll likely remain a top bullpen arm for Miami.

Puk will join fellow former top A’s prospect Jesus Luzardo in Miami, who the A’s traded for Starling Marte at the 2021 trade deadline.

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“The last three years have been building to this point,” Vacaville head coach Tony Bussard said in an email. “We have seniors that have worked so hard year after year to get here.”

Wood fell to 8-7-2 overall and 5-5 in the MEL.

Armijo secures win over Fairfield

FAIRFIELD —

Armijo High School’s boys soccer team held off Fairfield 2-1 Thursday night at Schaefer Stadium, locking up second place in the Monticello Empire League and a playoff berth.

Armijo improved to 10-10 overall and 7-3 in the MEL. It will be the second playoff trip in four years for the Royals and the first since 2020. Matches begin next week.

Defender Angel Murillo Padilla scored a first-half goal for Armijo for a 1-0 lead at halftime. Defender Andres

Orozco found the net for a goal off of a free kick in the second half.

“It was an overall great game,” Armijo head coach Megan Flores said. “We had some players bouncing around into new positions again due to injury and illness but everyone stepped up to the plate and got us that win.”

Fairfield scored off a free kick in the second half. No individual statistics were made available. The Falcons finished the regular season 6-10-4 and 3-6-1 in the MEL.

Armijo’s junior varsity earned a 4-0 win with goals from Jason Kudsk, Artemio Perez, Haroon Salarzai and Benjamin Tooley.

Girls Basketball Vanden completes perfect MEL season

FAIRFIELD — Alyssa Jackson scored a gamehigh 21 points and the Vanden High School girls basketball team completed an unbeaten league season Friday night with a 74-17 win over Rodriguez.

Taytum Johnson and Calonni Holloway had nine points apiece. Jaylen Kuehnel scored eight. Vanden is 21-7 overall heading into the playoffs and finished 10-0 in the Monticello Empire League.

Roniya Vaughn had

eight points for Rodriguez. The Mustangs are 10-17 overall and finished 6-4 in the MEL for a playoff spot.

Wood cruises past rival Vacaville

VACAVILLE — Athena Brombacher scored 28 points, pulled down eight rebounds and had six steals Friday night as the Will C. Wood High School girls basketball team finished up the regular season with an 81-55 win over Vacaville.

Sa’nyah Stewart added 10 points for the Wildcats. Wood improved to 15-9 overall and finished 7-3 in league.

Brynlie Headrick scored 31 for Vacaville in the loss. Vacaville moved to 14-10 overall and finished 5-5 in MEL.

Boys Basketball Vanden enjoys share of MEL title

FAIRFIELD — Vanden High School’s boys basketball team grabbed a share of the Monticello Empire League title Thursday night after a 78-62 home win over Rodriguez. Both teams were fighting for a share of the crown with Vacaville. Vanden was able to capture it by out-

scoring Rodriguez in each of the first three quarters. The teams finished with a flurry in the final period with 26 points apiece.

Vanden improved to 19-9 overall and finished 8-2 in the MEL. Rodriguez is 15-12 overall and 7-3 in league. Both teams are playoff-bound.

Sterling McClanahan led the Vikings with 17 points. E’Jay Rogers scored 12, while Jayden Robinson and Edric Dennis had 11 points apiece. Cam Brewer and Joe Gould led Rodriguez with 18 points apiece. Gianni Miles scored 11 and Jerel Victory had nine.

Vanden had a 14-12 edge after the first quarter and made it 32-25 at halftime with an 18-13 edge in the second quarter. The Vikings pushed their lead further with a 20-11 advantage in the third quarter.

Vanden won the junior varsity game 65-56. Logan Bailey scored 34 points for Vanden (17-7 overall, 9-1 MEL).

Fairfield wins, but Morris scores 51

FAIRFIELD — Fairfield High School’s boys basketball team closed out its season Thursday night with an 83-78 win over Armijo at a raucous Ronald D. Thompson Gymnasium.

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coaches Allison and Jake Johnson, 113 out of the last 114 and 148 out of the last 150.

The Vikings cruised past Rodriguez 74-17 in the league finale Friday night, making it a week where they scored 186 points in two games and allowed just 25. Wood was second in league at 7-3, Rodriguez finished third with a 6-4 and Vacaville was fourth at 5-5.

Notables:

n Vanden's Alyssa Jackson set two school records when she went for 50 points and had 10 3-pointers in a win over Armijo.

n Brynlie Headrick had 20 points and hit her milestone 1,000th point for Vacaville in a win over Rodriguez. Headrick followed that up with 31 of her team's 38 points in a loss to Will C. Wood.

n Samantha Morris scored 22 points and Roniya Vaughn had 21 for Rodriguez in a loss to

Vacaville on the road.

n Athena Brombacher went for 28 points to go with eight rebounds and six steals in a win for Will C. Wood over Vacaville.

Girls soccer

Vacaville doubled-up on the pitch as the Lady Bulldogs also came away with a championship after positing an undefeated 9-0-1 record. Rodriguez is headed to the playoffs with a solid 8-1-1 record. Vanden might be, too, after going 4-4-1.

Notable:

n Lesly Mendoza scored twice for Armijo in a win over Fairfield.

Wrestling

The league championships were held last weekend with Vacaville winning 12 of the 14 weight classes. Boys and girls were wrestling in Sac-Joaquin Section division tournaments Saturday with the Section Masters scheduled for next Friday and Saturday at Stockton Arena.

sophomore with the Royals who was born with Down Syndrome.

Tiemann was encouraged by physical education instructor Melissa Wilson to go out for the team and welcomed by head coach Mike Sapapo and her teammates. Tiemann had tremendous support of her teammates, members of both the boys and girls basketball programs, the student body, and opponents alike. Well done.

Realignment no more with the MEL?

Fairfield High School may remain a member of the MEL after all.

The new proposal authored this week by the section's realignment committee has the six MEL teams remaining intact. Pioneer keeps its city rivalry with Woodland and Fairfield keeps its neighboring rivalries in place and avoids the long trips around the Sacramento region. Three more realignment meetings are set before the final proposal is chosen in April. Stay tuned.

Jericho knocking down walls

Philadelphia Eagles QB Jalen Hurts (1) runs the

during

the San Francisco 49ers at Lincoln Financial Field, Jan. 29.

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ity for a young team in transition.

“You have to make things happen in this business, in this league,” said Chiefs general manager Brett Veach, who got his start with the Eagles before following Andy Reid to Kansas City and eventually ascending to general manager. “Things aren’t just going to fall in your lap. Good luck is a product of preparation and timing and the Eagles have done a good job of adjusting and adapting over the years and maybe having a thought process or path charted out and then have to veer. You have to be able to do that, whether that be in free agency signing players or trading players and having to kind of alter your route. You have to have a plan and stick to it but also take calculated swings.”

That calculated aggressiveness has been a hallmark of both the Eagles and Chiefs. After

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13-4-5 overall and finished third in the Central California Athletic Alliance with a 9-1-4 record.

For the boys, undefeated MEL-champion Vacaville earned a home match Tuesday night in Division II. The Bulldogs are ranked No. 4 in Division II and will host No. 13 Lodi. The Bulldogs are 15-2 overall and finished 10-0 to win the MEL. Lodi is 8-7-3 overall and fin-

Kansas City failed to come to terms on a contract extension with Tyreek Hill, the Chiefs moved quickly to trade him to Miami in exchange for a boatload of draft picks. In his place, they signed a series of veterans who would serve as complementary parts in an offense built around Patrick Mahomes’ connection with tight end Travis Kelce.

In some ways, the Chiefs’ pivot with Hill was similar to the one the Eagles were forced to execute after Carson Wentz unraveled. Howie Roseman and owner Jeffrey Lurie deserve credit not just for their decision to unload Wentz, but to do it in a way that allowed them to quickly build a competitive team around Jalen Hurts.

“I think we stuck to our priorities,” Lurie said. “We’ve always been a believer in building through the draft and yet being aggressive in every other way we can find talent, sometimes thinking outside the box. I give Howie and his staff a lot of

ished third in the Tri-City Athletic League with a 5-4-1 record.

Armijo also qualified in Division II and was handed a stiff challenge right from the get-go. The Royals are the No. 16 seed and hit the road Tuesday to play at top-seed Rio Americano in Sacramento.

Armijo is 10-10 overall and finished second in the MEL with a 7-3 record.

Rio Americano won the Capital Athletic League with a 10-0 record and are currently 18-1 overall. Will C. Wood was given the No. 14 seed in Division

Leilani

Tiemann inspires her Armijo classmates

Congratulations to Leilani Tiemann for completing a great season with the Armijo High School junior varsity girls basketball team. Tiemann is a

Early Sac-Joaquin Section realignment proposals had the Falcons moving out of the Division III MEL into a newly configured Division IV Golden Empire League with Capital Christian, Dixon, El Camino, Foothill, Mira Loma, Pioneer and Wood. Pioneer would have been the team that replaced Fairfield in the MEL.

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Armijo High School's junior defensive lineman Jericho Johnson continues to turn heads in the national recruiting chase. Johnson announced this week on his Twitter account that he has standing offers now from the University of Alabama and Georgia, two national powers in the vaunted SEC. That makes it 15 schools that have made offers to Johnson. With USC and Michigan also on his list of 15, he has offers to four of the top 10 recruiting classes as ranked by 24/7 Sports on its website, 247Sports.com.

11-17 record and an 0-10 finish in the Sierra Foothill League.

Vacaville's girls also got a play-in game Monday night in Division II. The Bulldogs are the No. 18 seed and will play at No. 15 Lodi with the winner playing Tuesday night at No. 2 seed Vista del Lago. Vacaville is 14-10 overall and finished the MEL 5-5. Lodi is 12-13 overall and tied for third at 5-3 in the Tri-City Athletic Conference.

The Dixon girls are No. 15 in Division IV and host No. 18 Highlands on Monday with the winner getting No. 2 Calaveras on Tuesday. Dixon is 14-12 overall and went 8-4 for third place in the Golden Empire League. Highlands is 14-8 overall and won the Sierra Delta League with a 9-1 record.

Sacramento League. Casa Roble is 21-7 overall and champions of the Golden Empire League at 12-0. Vanden will take on that play-in winner Wednesday. The Rodriguez boys will host a play-in game Monday in Division II as the No. 14 seed against No. 19 El Capitan. The Mustangs are 15-12 overall after finishing 7-3 for third place in the MEL. El Capitan, making the trip from Merced, is 16-12 overall and finished third in the Central California Conference at 8-4. The winner takes on No. 3 Del Oro on Tuesday.

Vacaville's boys are a No. 10 seed in Division II with a 20-7 overall mark and are co-championship in the MEL at 8-2. They play at Whitney in Rocklin on Wednesday, which is 17-10 overall and finished third in the Sierra Foothill League at 5-5.

credit for thinking outside the box, being aggressive, which is the mentality of our organization, and at the same time making strategic decisions that really paid off. Some of them were really unpopular, and that’s part of it.”

The Chiefs and the Eagles are two different teams at two different junctures. For Roseman, there is plenty of hard work left to do on the road ahead. In James Bradberry, Javon Hargrave, and C.J. Gardner-Johnson, they have a trio of pending free agents who will enter the offseason looking for hefty contracts. They have a quarterback who could command a top-of-themarket contract extension as soon as this year. They have a center who talks openly about retirement, and a right tackle who is nearing a point where he could start doing the same.

But the Eagles of 2022 look less like the Eagles of 2017 and more like the Chiefs after their 2019 championship run.

In Hurts and left tackle Jordan Mailata, they appear to have long-term

III. The Wildcats have a journey ahead Tuesday at Folsom for a matchup at No. 3 Vista del Lago. Wood is 8-7-2 overall and finished third in the MEL at 5-5. Vista del Lago is 11-4-4 overall and finished second in the Capital Athletic League with a 6-2-2 record.

Dixon is an 11th seed in Division IV and will play Tuesday at No. 6 Liberty Ranch in Galt. Dixon is currently 11-3-3 overall after finishing 7-3-2 for third place in the Golden Empire League. Liberty Ranch is 9-2-4 and fin-

solutions at two of the game’s hardest-to-fill positions, the latter of them signed to a team-friendly contract that will help offset the raise that Hurts will soon get. The teams who talk about rebuilding are mostly talking about the need to find a couple of players like that. Maybe that mentality is what hurts those other teams. Get to the top of the draft, pick the best quarterback available, then do it again in two or three years. It’s worth noting that the Eagles and Chiefs were both coming off playoff seasons when they drafted their current quarterbacks. In 2017, nine players were selected before the Chiefs traded up to snag Mahomes. In 2020, the Eagles grabbed Hurts in the second round. These were wildly different moves with different levels of risk, but both were a product of their organizations’ understanding of value. When you see it, you damn the torpedoes and move aggressively to seize it. Do that often enough, and the building never stops.

ished second in the Sierra Valley Conference with a 6-0-4 record.

The Rio Vista boys head right for the Division VI quarterfinals with only eight teams in that bracket and not the 16 the others divisions feature. The Rams will be home Tuesday to take on No. 5 Colfax. Rio Vista is 11-3-3 overall and finished 10-2-2 in the Sierra Delta League for second place. Colfax is 10-5-2 overall and took third in the Pioneer Valley League with a 9-4-1 record.

Rio Vista's girls got in Division V with the No. 12 seed and will play Tuesday at No. 5 Millennium of Tracy. Rio Vista is 8-10 overall and finished third in the Sierra Delta League at 7-3. Millennium is a solid 21-5 and won the Central California Athletic Alliance with a 10-1 record.

Among the boys, Vanden got its No. 1 seed in Division III after going 19-9 overall and tying for the MEL championship with Vacaville at 8-2. Foothill is 9-13 overall and finished 6-6 in the Greater

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The game featured big dunks, 3-point shooting and a huge night by the Royals’ top player in defeat. Fairfield jumped out to a 21-13 first quarter lead and made it stand for the win. Armijo outscored Fairfield 65-62 the final three quarters behind a 51-point performance from Trevor Morris.

Morris had the highest point total in northern Solano County this season. It comes one day after Alyssa Jackson put up 50 for the Vanden girls basketball team. Morris finished with seven 3-pointers and also grabbed 18 rebounds.

Johnnie Jones led Fairfield in the win with 26 points, including some high-flying dunks. Nicko Ignacio scored 19 points and Virgilio Caragan added 13. The Falcons celebrated Senior Night before the finale.

Fairfield completed its season 8-19 overall and 5-5 in the Monticello Empire League. Armijo finished 5-22 overall and 0-10 in the MEL.

Fairfield won the junior varsity game 79-51. Khamanni Martin led the Falcons with 17 points, Davion Johnson scored

Vacaville Christian's boys earned the No. 3 seed in Division V and host No. 14 Hughes Academy on Wednesday. Vacaville Christian is a solid 20-3 overall and won the Sierra Delta League with a perfect 10-0 record. Hughes Academy of Stockton is 14-13 overall and went 9-4 for third place in the Mountain Valley League.

The Rio Vista boys got in the Division V field with a No. 11 seed and will play Wednesday at No. 6 Western Sierra in Rocklin. Rio Vista is 16-6 overall and finished second in the Sierra Delta League (8-2).

15 an Jaiden Johnson finished with 11.

Vacaville tops Wood for share of MEL title

VACAVILLE — Gavin Hamill scored a game-high 33 points and the Vacaville High School boys basketball team earned a share of the Monticello Empire League title after a 65-57 win Thursday over rival Will C. Wood at Harold Youngblood Gymnasium.

EJ Groves scored 11 points and Larry Lewis III had eight for the Bulldogs. Nathan Schnell contributed 11 assists and 10 rebounds. Vacaville tied Vanden for the title at 8-2 in the MEL and is 20-7 heading into next week’s playoffs.

“Our goal at the beginning of the season was to win the title and we were able to get a piece of it,” Vacaville head coach Duane Kamman said.

Vacaville came out strong with a 22-15 edge in the first quarter and an 18-9 advantage in the second for a 40-24 halftime lead. The Wildcats outscored the Bulldogs 33-25 after the break.

Isiah Dixon led the Wildcats with 17 points and Jayden Hamilton-Holland added 16. Wood finished up its season 12-15 overall and 2-8 in the MEL.

Courtesy Photo Leilani Tiemann played this season with the Armijo High School junior varsity girls basketball team.

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Open House Saturday, 1-3:30PM 295 Sage Meadows Dr. Rio Vista

Calistoga model, with private courtyard, located on a corner lot. New interior paint (including garage) & tile/grout cleaned, gives this home a fresh look. Island kitchen w/granite tile, blk appliances, w/5 burner gas stove top. $559,000 Ralene Nelson REALTOR® BRE#01503588 (707) 334-0699