Daily Republic: Monday, Feb. 13, 2023

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FAIRFIELD — Mayor

Catherine Moy gives the city “C” grades, or worse, when it comes to dealing with the homeless and quality-oflife issues.

She thinks the city has done better in setting the course for the downtown area and when it comes to providing housing, but emphasized the need for more workforce housing options.

The report card follows the City Council’s recent two-day retreat to look at existing priorities and policies, and considering a new agenda moving forward.

“Our focus has not changed as far as priorities,” Moy said in an interview at the downtown Coffee Bar.

But Moy said the city is changing how it will approach its top

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WASHINGTON —

Three flying objects were downed over North America in as many days and another was reportedly spotted over a Chinese port city, showing how “unidentified aerial phenomena” are keeping the world on edge since entering the international mainstream in the past two weeks.

U.S. fighter jets brought down objects over Alaska and Canada on Friday and Saturday, and another was taken down on Sunday over Lake Huron in Michigan. While the Biden administration said the high-altitude craft brought down on Feb. 4 was a Chinese spying balloon, details on the latest objects remain sparse.

With shootdowns over the U.S. and Canada coming at a pace of one per day, the incidents prompted renewed pledges by lawmakers in Washington to seek greater U.S. readiness against the overflights

and a measure of bipartisan praise for the Biden administration’s military actions.

The White House said Sunday it’s too early to definitively describe the second and third objects. The one taken down over Canada appeared to be a small, cylindrical object, Defense Minister Anita Anand said. Both were flying at about 40,000 feet, while the latest object was spotted about at 20,000 feet – altitudes that were assessed to pose risks to civilian flights. Authorities are working to retrieve the debris from all three downings.

In China, the news outlet The Paper reported Sunday that authorities were ready to shoot down an unidentified object over waters near Qingdao, home to the Jianggezhuang Naval Base. It hosts ballistic and nuclear attack submarines, the country’s first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, and is the command headquarters of the

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MOSCOW — Ukrainian forces are coming under increasing pressure in the heavily contested city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, the site of some of the bloodiest battles to date, as the Russian invasion is 12 days away from its first anniversary.

The head of the Russian mercenary group Wagner claimed on Sunday that his private army has captured a suburb of Bakhmut amid heavy fighting. Ukrainian officials have not confirmed this.

Yevgeny Prigozhin said

priorities – homelessness, quality-of-life issues, housing and the downtown – but some of those changes, she admits, will likely come with a price tag.

That includes a pilot program in which the city is considering paying the county to send physicians, psychiatrists and social workers into homeless camps to begin treatment for substance addiction and mental health issues.

“What we are hoping is we can get these people healthy enough so that they will accept more services,” Moy said. “It’s a gamble,

his mercenary units would go on to take Bakhmut itself, about four miles away. The monthslong battle over Bakhmut has been particularly fierce and costly for both Russian forces and Ukrainian defenders.

The British Ministry of Defence tweeted, citing daily figures released by the Ukrainian General Staff, that Russia “has likely suffered its highest rate of casualties since the first week of the invasion of Ukraine.”

Although London could not verify the figures it believes the information is “likely accurate.”

because no one here has done that before.”

The intervention work would be coupled with the existing city Homeless Engagement and Response Team, Homeless Intervention Team and Community Action Team.

The mayor, however, thinks more than ever before the council has the right people to get the work done. She expects new council members Doug Carr and K. Patrice Williams – both with extensive

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It said average Russian casualties for the last seven days were 824 per day, more than four times the rate reported in June-July. But “Ukraine also continues to suffer a high attrition rate,” it added.

Reasons for the increased casualty rate likely included a “lack of trained personnel, coordination, and resources across the front,” the ministry wrote, pointing to Russia’s failure to seize the strategic town of Bakhmut as an example.

Apart from hefty casualties

The art of creating a perfect mixtape

There are many different disciplines within the seven main types of art: painting, sculpture, architecture, poetry, music, literature and dance. One that doesn’t get nearly enough exposure is the art of creating the perfect mixtape. And by mixtape, I mean an actual cassette tape.

I am aware that in 2023 most folks usually use digital playlists which, while they are related, ain’t really the same thing. I mean, a high functioning chimpanzee can made a decent playlist these days. My freakin’ YouTube music account routinely offers me up playlists that were auto-generated and make me wanna hurl.

That’s because me and my wife share the same account, but we are into really different types of music. It’s not as simplistic as using the Donny and Marie-ism that she’s a little bit country and I’m a little bit rock and roll, but it’s close. More like she’s a little bit singersongwriter and I’m a little bit hard rock.

Thus YouTube Music sometimes suggests I listen to a playlist that will make the jarring juxtaposition from “Immigrant Song” by Led Zeppelin to “Longer” by Dan Fogelberg. I am rarely ready to make such a move. I need to be eased into the dynamics of that transition – and that’s where the artistry kicks in.

In the 2000 movie “High Fidelity,” John Cusack’s character, Rob Gordon, breaks the fourth wall and explains his theory of creating memorable mixtapes:

“The making of a great compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it might seem. You gotta kick off with a killer, to grab attention. Then you got to take it up a notch, but then you got to cool it off a notch. There are a lot of rules.”

That’s not an exact quote because this is a family newspaper, but you get the gist.

In the 2003 Broadway show “Avenue Q,” which is kinda like a hilarious R-rated version of Sesame Street, one of the puppets, Kate Monster, gets excited when a new guy she likes named Princeton makes her a mixtape. She then sings/ says the following:

A mixtape.

He made a mixtape.

He was thinking of me, Which shows he cares!

Sometimes when someone Has a crush on you

They’ll make you a mixtape

To give you a clue.

Let’s see . . .

“You’ve Got A Friend”

“The Theme From ‘Friends’ ”

“That’s What Friends Are For”

S***!

Oh, but look!

“A Whole New World”

“Kiss The Girl”

“My Cherie Amour”

Oh, Princeton! He does like me!

“I Am The Walrus”

“Fat Bottomed Girls”

“Yellow Submarine”

What does this mean?

It’s important not to be ambiguous if you are trying to send a message that you like or even love someone. “Love Stinks” by The J. Geils Band may be a great tune, but it will cancel out “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston and leave floating question marks over the recipient’s head.

Back in the mid-1990s I made several mixtapes for my girlfriend Beth, who became my wife. They were a series I called “Songs For My Baby.”

I know. Awwwwww!

The very first one I did included some obvious loveydovey numbers like our wedding song “Don’t Know Much” by Linda Rondstadt and Aaron Neville, “Always and Forever” by Heatwave, “Close to You” and “We’ve Only Just Begun” by the Carpenters, and “Your Song” by Elton John.” I also threw in a few up-tempo numbers like “Pride and Joy” by Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble and “No One Like You” by the Scorpions. I added a few that were not so well-known, like “And God Created Woman” by Prince and “The Solace of You” by Living Colour. “Just You ‘N’ Me” by Chicago and “You’re My Best Friend” by Queen added some

nice flavor to the mix. And of course it had to have some Beatles tunes like “And I Love Her” and “Got To Get You Into My Life,” the latter being the superior version by Earth, Wind & Fire.

That’s a mixtape, my friends. With digital playlists, there’s no real commitment. If you decide a song doesn’t work, you just delete it. With a mixtape, you plan it out, commit to it, record it and it lasts forever. Or at least until a ravenous

tape player decides it’s scrumptious and eats it.

Fairfield freelance humor columnist and accidental local historian Tony Wade writes two weekly columns: “ The Last Laugh” on Mondays and “Back in the Day” on Fridays. Wade is also the author of The History Press books “Growing Up In Fairfield, California” and “Lost Restaurants of Fairfield, California” and hosts the Channel 26 government access TV show “Local Legends.”

Comedians are finding lucrative side hustles – no joke – as babysitters

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Child care is hard to come by, and so are wellpaying comedy gigs. Enter the comedian babysitter.

Parents are struggling to find sitters amid a shortage of workers since the start of the pandemic, and those that are available have jacked up their prices. On child-care website UrbanSitter, the sitters are charging 11% more than in 2021, averaging $20.57 an hour for one child, and $23.25 for two children. The twochild hourly rate is more like $24 to $27 in New York and San Francisco, according to Chief Executive Officer Lynn Perkins. The worker shortage is particularly acute for part-time gigs, she said.

“There’s just no one available,” Perkins said. “It’s crazy. We’re talking about unprecedented numbers.” Perkins herself recently struggled to hire a $30-per-hour afternoon sitter for one child. Enter comedians. Placement agencies and

parents are singing their praises as an ideal pool of part-time babysitters or nannies. Many performers have returned to cities to attend in-person stand-up gigs and improv groups just as employers are calling parents back to the office. To comedians, lucrative child-care gigs are more attractive than restaurant work, which can be an inflexible grind, and conveniently require no certification beyond child CPR and first-aid training. And the hours fit nicely with their nocturnal regular jobs.

“Comedy is mostly a nighttime project, and babysitting pays more than minimum wage,” said Jessica Delfino, a comedian and author of “Dumb Jokes for Smart Folks,” who nannied for a decade while performing in the evenings, and now hires comedian-sitters for her two children.

“Kids are inherently hilarious. They provide a different perspective, which is always good for comedic material.”

Beyond the convenient pay and scheduling, parents and comedians alike say that the skills of cracking jokes onstage and minding kids are highly transferrable.

“Working with children is all an improv skit – the whole thing,” Kristina Wilson, founder of Sitters Studio, a nanny service that mostly employs performers in New York and Chicago. “People forget that entertainment is a very orderly profession. When the show goes up, it goes up. Kids need that structure too, but inside that moment, we allow ourselves to be present and let loose, and that ability is so specific to the performing arts.”

Parents concur, thrilled to find educated, intelligent, personable caretakers interested in gig work.

“We live on the Upper East Side, where life is so scheduled and full of helicopter parenting, and Michael just comes in without a plan and vibes off their mood, often in open-ended play that’s

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creative. They’re always entertained,” said Lillie Howard of improv comic and actor Michael Delisle, who she employs for her nine and 12 year-old boys after school. “My friends say, ‘Where did you find this guy? He’s great.’ ” Her younger son is now fond of performing, to which she credits Delisle.

Los Angeles comedian Nika Mabson, 30, leans on the improv skill known as Yes, and!, which is accepting fellow performers’ scenarios and building on them. In child care, this dovetails with redirection.

“You want a doughnut?

Okay, you know what else is a good time? A dance par-tay! And then who cares about doughnuts?” Mabson was a lifeline for Tanya Paz, an architect in Los Angeles who hired Mabson to mind her now4-year-old daughter during the pandemic.

“Nika’s obviously funny, but she has this amazing skill set to create a story with bugs or rocks on a walk, and have a great adventure,” Paz said. “I

don’t want to say overqualified, but she reads a lot, she’s incredibly bright, and she brings all of that to the people she’s around.”

Mabson, who is now busy with entertainment work, continues to nanny for Paz a few times a month.

“She’s now the only babysitter my daughter will tolerate,” Paz said.

For Kayla Pulley, 33, a Chicago stand-up comedian, chatting with new charges overlaps with comedy crowd work, which means interacting with the audience. “I’ll say, ‘So y’all live around here right?’ Or, ‘It’s looking a little gray outside people.’ ” When her performance isn’t resonating with the audience, it requires the same on-yourfeet problem solving as child care. “If little Timmy doesn’t want to nap, I have to use different techniques, like okay, ‘Lets change the environment! What if we pretend we’re camping?’ ”

To make audition and film schedules work, some comedians share a group approach to child care.

When auditions arise, Facebook groups like Chicagoland Childcare Connection and Binders Full of Comedy People facilitate swaps. Perkins regularly sees performers join UrbanSitter with friends from the same performance schools and clubs.” Two friends and I shared a baby,” said Pulley, who served as fulltime nanny in 2018. Her pals didn’t have day jobs, so if Pulley booked, say, a film shoot, she would offer the day’s work and pay as a nanny to one of them instead. “That baby helped us all have so much stability.”

The kids, for their part, have some skills that help the comedians, too. Mabson finds that her kid gigs often help her cope with the professional rejection inherent in stand up. “I’ll feel down after a crappy audition, and a cute little human is like, ‘You’re the BEST EVER!’ And I’m like, ‘Maybe I am great.’ ”

Tony Wade

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Tony Wade writes about the art of creating the perfect mixtape.

Rush Ranch opens, offers activities for children, adults

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SUISUN MARSH — Rush Ranch will hosts a trio of events Saturday.

The Backyard Bird Count for Kids is hosted by International Bird Rescue and Solano Land Trust. Children ages 8 and older – and their adult chaperones – are invited to Rush Ranch for this special birding event.

Volunteers from International Bird Rescue will educate participants on the basics of birding and the work done at the organization’s Cordelia location, which provides critical care for seabirds and oiled wildlife. After the training at 9 a.m., half the group will do a bird count on the property and the other half will drive to the Cordelia Slough. Birders will regroup in the Rush Ranch picnic area. The event will conclude around 1 p.m.

Registration is required. For more information and to register, send an email to education@birdrescue.org.

Also happening is Get the Rush from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Rush Ranch. This is a recurring series of free activities designed for the whole family, offered from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. every third Saturday at Rush Ranch.

Visitors can visit the blacksmith shop kit house, pop-up shops and exhibit tables while admiring the horses and foals of Access Adventure. All ages and mobility levels are welcome. Registration is required for the Marsh Walk scheduled at 10:30 a.m. To register, go to solanolandtrust. org/events/ and select the Get the Rush event on the calendar.

Rush Ranch, located at 3521 Grizzly Canyon

Road, about 2 miles outside Suisun City, covers 2,071 acres and is open from sunrise to sunset.

Final Dixon Gun Show set this weekend at fairgrounds

DIXON — The final Dixon Gun Show is coming Saturday and Sunday to the Dixon Fairgrounds.

Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $12 for 18 and older while children younger than 18 and accompanied by an adult are free. This will be the final gun show ever at the Dixon Fairgrounds due to the governor signing legislation in July 2022 effectively

banning all gun shows on state-owned property.

For more information, send an email to dixongunshow@gmail.com.

Government meetings

span week’s calendar

FAIRFIELD — Several government meetings will take place this week and are all open to the public.

Some meetings are online and in-person. Check each agency’s website for information about participation. The scheduled meetings include:

n Fairfield Suisun Sewer District Executive Committee, 4:30 p.m. Monday, 1010 Chadbourne Road, executive conference room, Fairfield. Info: fssd.com.

n Rio Vista Parks and Recreation Commission, 6 p.m. Monday, City Council chamber, City Hall, 1 Main St. Info: www. riovistacity.com/bc-prc.

n Suisun-Solano Water Authority Board of Directors, 6 p.m. Monday,

701 Civic Center Blvd., Suisun City. Info: http:// ca-sid.civicplus.com.

n Vacaville City Council, 6 p.m. Tuesday, City Council chamber, 650 Merchant St. Info: ci.vacaville.ca.us.

n Rio Vista Airport Advisory Committee, special meeting, 6 p.m. Wednesday, City Council chamber, City Hall, 1 Main St. Info: www.rio vistacity.com/citycouncil.

n Solano Community College Governing Board, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Solano Community College Administration Building, Denis Honeychurch Board Room 626, 4000 Suisun Valley Road, Fairfield. Info: www. solano.edu/governing_ board/meetings.php.

n Fairfield-Suisun School District Governing Board, 6 p.m. Thursday, first-floor boardroom at Central Office, 2490 Hilborn Road, Fairfield. Info: https:// go.boarddocs.com/ca/ fsusd/board.nsf/public.

He spent 14 years in prison for medical marijuana; is change in federal law overdue?

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Luke Scarmazzo is back home in California after serving more than 14 years in federal prison for helping to run a nonprofit medical marijuana collective – an everyday business under state law but forbidden, then and now, by the U.S. government, which classifies the weed as one of the most dangerous drugs on the planet.

Even so, a federal judge ordered Scarmazzo’s release last week, citing his fine behavior in prison, including volunteer work and legal aid to other inmates, and the “changes in the legal climate” in the last two decades. The federal government now rarely charges marijuana users and sellers whose actions would be legal under state laws.

“It feels like a dream,” Scarmuzzo, 42, said from his parents’ home in Modesto after being freed from federal prison in Mississippi, his fifth home behind bars during what ended up being about two-thirds of his 2008 sentence of 21 years and 10 months.

In prison he earned a college degree, helped to establish a legal aid clinic for other inmates and a program to keep them crime-free after their release, published articles and poems, and wrote a memoir, “High Price,” that he says is being considered for a televised mini-series.

And while the terms of his release don’t allow him to work for a pot dispensary for the next five years – a restriction that

fire season

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A series of torrential storms kicked off 2023, replenishing a parched landscape and improving drought conditions across California. Reservoirs are filling back up to normal levels and lush, green grasses are blanketing hillsides. San Francisco saw 8.89 inches of rain in January, more than twice its normal amount for the month. In the Santa Cruz Mountains, Ben Lomond saw almost 2 feet, tallying its 10th-wettest January since 1937.

Data shows that rainy, wet winters in California typically accompany fewer acres burned in wildfires come fire season. Woody vegetation, in high-elevation forests and chaparral landscapes, can hold onto this moisture through the summer, especially if it’s supplemented by spring rains. The historic precipitation brings hope for a mild fire season, but the now-abundant grasses also serve as potent wildfire fuel, leaving uncertainty about how wildfires will unfold in the coming months.

“That’s going to reduce the probability of big fires both in the summer and the fall,” said Jon Keeley, a fire scientist at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Western Ecological Research Center and adjunct professor at UCLA. “But a heck of a lot of California is grasslands.”

Each dot on this chart shows, for a given year, winter precipitation computed over the state and the number of acres burned during fire season. The point for 2020, for example, includes precipitation from December 2019, January 2020 and February 2020.

he could ask the judge to lift within a year – “I’m definitely going to be back in the industry in some capacity ... the cause that’s near and dear to me,” Scarmuzzo said.

“The government, I think, is behind the times,” he said.

His sentence had included a 20-year term required by federal law for “engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise,” and was due to end in 2027, with time off for good behavior. In the Feb. 4 ruling, U.S. District Judge Dale Drozd of Sacramento noted that legislation first approved by Congress in 2014 prohibits federal prosecutors from filing charges against marijuana businesses that follow the laws of their state. He declined to say whether Scarmazzo’s collective complied with California law, but it had operated openly for about two years without state interference before a federal raid in 2006.

That was preceded, Scarmazzo said, by efforts from city officials in Modesto and other conservative local governments to shut the business down with zoning laws, litigation and a moratorium on new dispensaries. When those failed, he said, city police officers posing as patients obtained marijuana at the cooperative and then testified against him in court. A federal court ruling that upheld his convictions in 2012 quoted one officer who went to the nonprofit five times to purchase marijuana. Also convicted was the collective’s chief exec-

utive officer, Ricardo Montes. He was released in 2017 under a grant of clemency by outgoing President Barack Obama, but Obama denied clemency to Scarmazzo.

“It just wasn’t my time,” Scarmazzo said. “I’m currently a man of faith and I believe in that. I definitely wanted to get out earlier but in God’s time and God’s plan, everything happens for a reason.”

Nationwide, 158 medical marijuana defendants were sentenced to federal prison for conduct that was at least arguably legal under the laws of their states, said Dale Gieringer, California coordinator for the National Organization to Reform Marijuana Laws, or NORML. He said Montes and Scarmazzo had been the last two still in prison before their release.

“I can think of prior presidents who did far more damage to the country than Luke and Ricardo ever did operating their MMJ dispensary,” Gieringer told The Chronicle.

California voters approved medical use of marijuana in 1996, the first of more than three dozen states to do so. The voters approved personal use of marijuana by adults in 2016, similar to laws now in effect in another 20 states. Local governments can still regulate marijuana dispensaries, but they are legal in Modesto.

Federal law, however, still classifies marijuana in the most dangerous category of drugs, along with heroin, LSD, peyote and MDMA, or ecstasy, sub-

stances the government considers to have a high potential for abuse and no “accepted” medical use. President Biden has called for reclassifying marijuana as less dangerous, and granted pardons last October to anyone convicted under federal law of possession of the drug. The House approved Democratic legislation in April to remove all federal criminal penalties for marijuana, but the measure failed to advance in the Senate and has little prospect of success in the current Congress.

At his first federal prison in Lompoc ( Santa Barbara County), Scarmazzo met Weldon Angelos, a former rap producer serving a 55-year sentence for a federal marijuana conviction in Utah. With the help of Angelos’ contacts in the music industry, they launched the Weldon Project, which, Angelos said, worked for changes in federal sentencing laws and helped dozens of prisoners obtain pardons for marijuana convictions. Angelos was released in 2016 after 13 years in prison, one of the effects of the new laws, and was pardoned by President Donald Trump in his final weeks in office in 2020. Scarmazzo’s case is “a very sad but compelling story that sets a precedent for other people,” Angelos said from his home in Salt Lake City.

“There are a lot of dark times in there,” said Scarmazzo. “You deal with a lot of isolation, loss,

healthier forests and fewer dead trees.

“That’s going to reduce the chance for a real big forest mortality event like (what) happened (from) 2012 to 2015 in the southern Sierra Nevada,” said Scott Stephens, a fire science expert at UC Berkeley. “That drought – 2012 to 2015 –killed 150 million trees.”

The current drought has already produced millions of dead trees, which spread flames more readily than their living counterparts.

The Sierra snowpack, with the most bountiful start to February in nearly three decades, will also send moisture down mountain slopes as the snow melts through the warmer months.

“As long as we maintain that snowpack going into the spring, it should delay the start to those upper elevations becoming more flammable,” said Brent Wachter, a fire meteorologist with the Northern California Geographic Area Coordination Center’s Predictive Services unit.

What wildfires might look like this season Wet winter conditions aren’t a guaranteed impediment to future wildfires. Even in the above scatterplot, some years buck the trend.

The winter of 20162017, for example, was extremely wet. In Sonoma County, the precipitation topped the average amount for an entire year, about 42 inches. Months later, massive wildfires tore across Wine Country.

More winter precipitation generally corresponds with fewer acres burned. While this chart simplifies an extremely complex topic, experts say that recent rain and snow could make the upcoming fire season less severe.

If the state continues to see wet weather over the next few months, vegetation will stay damp, making it less likely for a blaze to rapidly spread. The moisture also means

The October blazes burned more than 100,000 acres in Sonoma County, according to fire perimeters from Cal Fire’s Fire and Resource Assessment Program. Such autumn fires are far removed from precipitation the preceding winter.

“Those are driven by extreme winds,” Keeley said. “The fuels play much less of a role.”

Recent rains will have the biggest impact on wildfires that could ignite in the summer, Keeley said. But precipitation has contrasting effects on different ecosystems. High-elevation forests, which dominate Northern California, don’t behave

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Blacksmith Joseph Hoberg helps Heide Heffinger make a nail into a tiny sword during the Get the Rush event at Rush Ranch, Aug. 20, 2022.

Why historic storms are ‘both a blessing and a curse’ for California’s

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A vehicle splashes water while driving along Abernathy Road in between Rockville and Mankas Corner Roads in Fairfield, Jan. 9.

Columns&Games

No reason is good enough to stay in an abusive marriage

Dear Annie: I’ve been married for almost 12 years to a man who is emotionally abusive.

I had made up my mind to tell him to leave, but then he was suddenly injured in a car accident. I am his caregiver while he recovers, but he is facing two more surgeries. I will not ask him to leave in this condition, yet I am miserably unhappy.

He screams and yells at the slightest thing. If he drops or misplaces something, he shrieks and curses. He talks to me in a nasty tone of voice and yells at me when I ask him to stop. He screams at me that I’m abusive for saying he is.

We have very little income from Social Security – not enough for me to live without taking a job. I’m 72 and don’t have a decent car, and public transportation is not good here. It’s a half-mile walk to a bus stop. I have no savings. What job could I possibly get at this age?

He makes even less. He cannot live on that income or find a place to live because he has so little money coming in.

He tells me, “I don’t want to yell at you, but” and then explains why it’s my fault. He

ARIES (March 21-April 19).

Everyone is good at different things. There will be some things you learn quickly and other things you struggle with. Accept struggle as feedback to help you find the method of working that fits you best.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You didn’t know what you were getting into. The work is not as advertised. Still, if you wind up investing more than you ever thought you would, you’ll not regret a single moment of what you did for love.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

It will not satisfy you to go from task to task without achieving anything substantial. You don’t want to be busy; you want to be productive. With good planning you will build your day like a pyramid, aiming toward a single point.

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

Anything that helps you clarify what you really want is a blessing, even if it comes in the form of someone showing you what you don’t want at all. You’ll soon be making new rules for yourself, and what happens will inform them.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).

Romantic pursuits and other labors of love do not have to live “happily ever after” to be successful. “Happily ever after for now “ is considered a win. It’s glorious to enjoy a moment without expectation of the next one.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

The Greek philosopher Heraclitus said a man’s character is

says he’s in pain and that’s why he screams at me. But this started way before the accident. That’s why I wanted to end things. After 10 years, I was done with trying to make him treat me with respect.

I feel trapped and desperate. He can’t see a psychiatrist or counselor while he’s facing surgeries.

I don’t know what to do, and I don’t even know where to start. — Feeling Trapped

Dear Trapped: Don’t know what to do? It sounds like you did know what to do and were going to leave him and then he had a car accident and it put a wrench in your plan. While I am so sorry that you are both having to go through what sounds like a very difficult time, there is help available. No one should ever be allowed to emotionally abuse you. Being miserably unhappy is no way to live your life.

Just because he has surgery scheduled does not mean he can’t seek the help of a professional online. He could also join an anger management class online to help him deal with his emotional outbursts directed at you.

Today’s birthday

Focus is your superpower. You feed so much positive effort and energy into what you want, your whole life leans into the embrace of it. You think of challenges as a game and often outwit the opposition. More highlights include lovable gifts given and received, a strange but useful prize and an instant attraction. Leo and Sagittarius adore you. Your lucky numbers are:

1, 44, 39, 10 and 7.

his fate. Though you’ll consider yourself lucky for the good fortune you enjoy today, it is also a function of living right.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

You like people and you welcome them into your life, but you also require solitude now. You’re working on emotions and ideas that require space, quiet and an uninterrupted stretch of time to yourself.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

There’s an event on your mind. It has just now occurred to you that you have the option not to go. If you really must go, or really want to go, this is the time to decide how you want to show up and do the work to make it happen.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). The final moments of the race, finishing touches

Saying that it is your fault that he yells at you is like saying to a child, “I hit you because it was your fault for eating the candy.” There is never an excuse for abuse, either verbal or physical. Ask his doctors if Medicare might cover some in-home care. If you were planning to leave, then leave.

That type of behavior is typical of a narcissist. Just look at the letter below to know that you are not alone.

Dear Annie: Please tell “Brokenhearted” that it is not her fault she fell for a narcissist. They are very good at what they do. My ex started to unravel a few years into our marriage, and then it exploded from there. I blamed myself for not seeing the red flags. To this day, my mother reminds me that he fooled us all. Tell “Brokenhearted” to be glad she didn’t marry him and to be glad that he is gone! — Fell for It Too in NY

Dear Fell for It: Congratulations for finding a way out. I hope your letter helps others know they are not alone. Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

of the meal, countdown to the opening curtain -- this is when the stakes feel high. The response of the world is beyond your control. Let go and let the work speak for itself.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). “Is this really that big of a deal?” you may ask yourself. By paying no mind to matters of little relevance you will have the mental energy to take on matters of considerable relevance.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). Your cosmic lineup is sending you an exclusive invitation to forget the world and their opinions. What would you do if the most important thing to accomplish today was simply being more attractive to yourself?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). It’s hard to build any momentum if you have the clutter of unfinished business around you. Clear the surfaces, tie the loose ends, chip off the extra emotion that can only get in your way at this point.

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Bridge

by Phillip Alder

make the contract or fail, as the case may be. However, occasionally a certain subtlety, a degree of subterfuge, is necessary to improve your chances of success.

In today’s deal, South was in three no-trump. West led his fourth-highest spade seven: three, 10, jack. What should have happened next?

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Steve Clarke, the manager of the Scotland national soccer team, said, “At the end of the day, you want a straightforward, simple system that everyone understands.” He could have been talking about bridge bidding. Most deals are susceptible to a straightforward approach. You find the best line of play, adopt it and either

Strangely, declarer led the club queen from his hand at trick two. Even more strangely, East took that trick and returned a heart, not a spade. A grateful declarer claimed nine tricks: one spade, three hearts, four diamonds and one club. If only East had led back his second spade, West would have collected five tricks there for down two. Having said that, did South play to best advantage? If the hearts were breaking 3-3, he would have had nine top tricks: one spade, four hearts and four diamonds. However, a 3-3 split occurs only just over one-third of the time. The line – practical, not technical –is to cross to dummy at trick two with a diamond and to lead a low club toward the queen. If West has the club ace, the contract is always safe, whereas if East has the ace, he might play “second hand low,” whereupon declarer wins with the queen and runs for home. East shouldn’t go wrong, but many players operate on autopilot.

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2/13/23

Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 grid contains the digits 1 through 9, with no repeats. That means that no number is repeated in any row, column or box. Solution, tips and computer program at www.sudoku.com

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Britney Spears isn’t surprised by intervention rumors

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LOS ANGELES — An agitated Britney Spears shut down rumors on Thursday that concerned friends and family members were setting up an intervention for her.

The “...Baby One More Time” and “Toxic” singer was the subject of TMZ and People reports earlier this week alleging that people close to her told the sites that they are “afraid she’s going to die,” and were concerned about her erratic behavior and alleged mismanagement of medication and substance abuse issues. Plans for an intervention, which was set to take place in a rented L.A. home on Tuesday, were reportedly scrapped when the entertainer became

“somewhat aware” of the arrangement, TMZ said. But Spears, whose personal and professional life had been controlled by a conservatorship for 13 years, directly addressed the rumors in her latest return to Instagram – after deactivating her heavily scrutinized account repeatedly.

“It makes me sick to my stomach that it’s even legal for people to make up stories that I almost died . . . I mean at some point enough is enough !!!” the 41-year-old hitmaker wrote.

“I’m probably going to have to stop posting on Instagram because even though I enjoy doing it, there’s obviously a lot of people who don’t wish me well !!! I’m honestly not surprised at all,” she continued.

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CALMATTERS COMMENTARY

Newsom offers intriguing proposal to close a tax loophole

The 2023-24 budget that Gov. Gavin Newsom put forward last month contains an intriguing one-paragraph proposal to close a loophole that allows wealthy Californians to set up trusts in other states and avoid state income taxes on their profits.

The proposal pertains to “incomplete nongrantor trusts,” or INGs. Under current law, profits earned on ING investments are taxable in the states in which they are formed but if the state has no income tax – such as Nevada – it means only the federal government taxes their proceeds.

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It’s intriguing because the Franchise Tax Board, California’s income tax agency, first proposed to make out-ofstate INGs subject to state taxation in 2021, after New York closed a similar loophole. But nothing was done until this year.

It’s also intriguing because it affects only a few hundred Californians and would raise perhaps $20 million, just a droplet in a $297 billion budget.

Finally, it’s intriguing because 13 days after Newsom unveiled his budget, New Yorker magazine published a lengthy article suggesting that the family of San Francisco billionaire Gordon Getty had set up trusts in Nevada for Getty’s daughters specifically to avoid California taxes.

Getty was something of a surrogate father to Newsom after his parents divorced and Getty’s personal trust, managed by Newsom’s late father, provided the seed money for Newsom’s PlumpJack wine and restaurant business.

Newsom’s father, William, was an appellate court judge, appointed by old family friend Jerry Brown, before leaving the bench to manage the trust. It was created in the 1980s after the Gettys persuaded the Legislature to change California trust law and thus allow Gordon to claim his share of J. Paul Getty’s immense fortune.

The New Yorker article delved into how wealthy people escape taxation and used the Getty trusts as an example, drawing on a lawsuit that a former manager for one trust, Marlena Sonn, has filed. She alleges she was fired and denied promised compensation after objecting to the tax avoidance strategy of trusts headquartered in a Reno strip mall, and says it deprived California of as much as $300 million in taxes.

The article by Evan Osnos, titled “The Getty Family’s Trust Issues,” includes interviews with Sonn and members of the Getty family about what happened after she was recruited in 2013 to help manage affairs for two of Gordon Getty’s daughters, Kendalle and Sarah.

“Sonn assisted Kendalle and Sarah as they navigated the complications of their new wealth,” Osnos wrote. “To oversee the Pleiades Trust, Gordon’s family office had helped establish a corporate entity for each of the sisters, named for their initials: ASG Investments and KPG Investments. The sisters were the presidents, and Sonn became vice president.”

Sonn, in interviews with Osnos and one with this writer before the article was published, said the daughters wanted to remove the taint of oil money from their money and she helped them invest in environmentally and socially progressive organizations.

“Sonn said that she was also enlisted in ‘maintaining the appearance’ that Kendalle and Sarah neither resided nor transacted trust business in California, in order to minimize their exposure to state income tax, which ranges up to 13%,” Osnos wrote. “Across the family fortune, she said, ‘that’s a lot of tax on billions of dollars.’ While their grandfather (J. Paul Getty) had sought to duck taxes by claiming California residency, Sonn was helping the granddaughters attempt that maneuver in reverse.”

Given the Franchise Tax Board’s apparent zeal to close loopholes in taxing trusts, one would expect the New Yorker article and Sonn’s lawsuit would generate an investigation of Getty family activities. We’ll see if it does.

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.

Political master of deception: Part 2

Previous columns identified continuous overt Democratic Party support for maintaining slavery until Civil War defeat. After Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender April 9, 1865, other Confederate forces surrendered April 9, 21 and 26 April; May 4, 5, 10, 11, 12 and 26; and June 23. All Confederate states met surrender criteria for rejoining the Union by July 1868, including revising their respective state constitutions.

Reconstruction (1865-1877), the turbulent era after the Civil War, was the effort to reintegrate Southern states of the Confederacy and 4 million newly freed people into the United States.

During late afternoon of May 1, 1866, long broiling tensions between the residents of southern Memphis, Tennessee, erupted into a threeday riot known as the Memphis Riot of 1866 after a white police officer attempted to arrest a Black ex-soldier. The victims initially were only Black soldiers, but the violence quickly spread to other Blacks living just south of Memphis who were attacked while their homes, schools and churches were destroyed.

White Northerners who worked as missionaries and school teachers in Black schools were also targeted.

In three days, Memphis’ Black community had been devastated. Forty-six Blacks and two whites were killed in the conflict. There were five rapes and 285 people were injured. More than 100 houses and buildings burned down as a result of the riot

and the neglect of the firemen. No arrests were made. The Republican Party of Louisiana called a convention July 30, 1866, to challenge the Louisiana legislature’s legislation denying voting and other rights to Black men. The convention was supported mostly by former slaves who were attacked by a mob of white rioters, mostly former Confederate soldiers. Official reports counted 38 dead, mostly Black former soldiers, and included four Republicans. Unofficial estimates range up to 200 dead and 150 wounded (80% Black).

With slavery being declared illegal. the Democratic Party only converted from overt slavery support to covert policies denying various liberties from the former slaves. Despite the required revisions of state constitutions to define slavery to be illegal, the states, counties and cities implemented “Black Codes” (aka Jim Crowe laws) which restricted Black people’s right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces – and established a segregated society. Particularly harmful to Black families was the segregation and limited funding of education facilities, consistent to the belief that Blacks were intellectually inferior.

Outrage in the North over these codes eroded support for the approach known as Presidential Reconstruction (with malice toward known) and led to the triumph of the radical wing of the Republican Party. During Radical Reconstruc-

tion, which began with the passage of the Reconstruction Act of 1867, newly enfranchised Black people gained a voice in government for the first time in American history, winning election to Southern state legislatures and even to the U.S. Congress. Had Lincoln lived, would his reconciliation plan have been successful?

In less than a decade, however, reactionary forces – including the Ku Klux Klan – would reverse the changes wrought by Radical Reconstruction in a violent backlash that restored white supremacy in the South. In accordance with the Compromise of 1877, federal officials did not interfere, allowing the anti-Black attitude to fester.

The Ku Klux Klan, joined later by Red Shirts, a pro-slavery group that attempted to restore slavery in the 1870s, became the enforcer of the Black Laws legislated by Democratic Party officials through 1900. Their terrorism is credited with 2,000 lynchings during Reconstruction and a total death count of 6,500 by 1950. The terrorism and voting restrictions thereafter prevented all Black election victories, state and federal, for many years. KKK membership temporarily rose again in 1920s and 1950s with far less effect.

The third column will compare the New Deal with a this Democratic Party program: the War on Poverty. Earl Heal is a retired Air Force officer, Vacaville resident and member of The Right Stuff committee formerly of the Solano County Republican Central Committee. Reach him at healearlniki2@gmail.com.

1 smart way to win over working-class voters

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has held his job for less than a month, so it’s probably too early for him to think about running for president. But it’s not too soon for other governors considering a White House run to do what he did with a splash on his first full day: open up thousands of state jobs to people who don’t have fouryear college degrees but do have relevant skills, training or experience.

Jill Lawrence

Democratic and Republican governors should all do this, because it’s commonsense policy. In fact, the first governor to go there (by his account) was a Republican now mulling a presidential campaign: former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, who dropped the college requirement for thousands of state jobs last March.

The shift toward more flexible hiring standards is taking off in the private sector, and now there’s movement toward it by both parties.

Democratic Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado expanded skills-based hiring in April 2022, GOP Gov. Spencer Cox of Utah took a similar step in December, and Democrat Wes Moore is continuing Hogan’s policy in Maryland.

This is clearly an economic win for states, especially as new job and employment reports show the labor market remains tight, and workers are in near-record demand. It is also a political opportunity for both parties to show a commitment to workingclass voters.

It’s Democrats who need that most. They are in the doghouse with working-class voters, usually defined as people who don’t have four-year

college degrees. This group made up 57% of the electorate in 2022, according to exit polling. Republicans won them by 12 percentage points overall, and if flexible hiring standards are seen as part of their party brand before Democrats lay claim to it, the GOP will strengthen its ties to these voters.

But for certain governors of large blue states whose personas don’t exactly shout “man of the people” – for instance, Gavin Newsom of California and J.B. Pritzker of Illinois – spotlighting increased flexibility in hiring standards could be a useful element for a presidential campaign. It also has obvious benefits in closely divided swing states (Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan and Arizona, for a start) that will determine which party wins the White House and the Senate in 2024. It even has potential in red state races for governor this fall in Kentucky and Mississippi. Updates to state hiring requirements are often low-key, but amplifying them can have real political impact. Shapiro regularly campaigned on making more state jobs available to people with skills acquired from practical experience, military training, apprenticeships, trade schools and associate degrees. He highlighted this in a TV ad and in his inaugural address and followed through in his first executive order. The Pennsylvania employment website now links to an “Experience Matters” page that lists “all job titles that do not require a degree to qualify.”

Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg told me the approach is helpful, “but it has to be grounded in understanding what’s happening to working people. They’re on edge.” Some national Democrats still don’t get workers’ frustration, he said, but Shapiro and others in swing states showed last year that they do.

The best bipartisan argument for reclassifying as many jobs as possible is the happy real-life consequences of more people being eligible for more jobs: Only 38.9% of Americans over 25 have a four-year college degree, according to the Census Bureau. Another is that it holds great promise – for workers individually, but also for the larger economy.

Mayors could join governors in easing or removing degree requirements for local government workers, which could help correct several years of sliding interest in publicsector jobs, pinpointed in a Marshall Project study. As for federal government employees, giving credit where it’s due, former President Donald Trump started down the skills-based hiring road in June 2020, and the Biden administration built on that executive order with hiring guidance in May.

As for politics, allowing skills to substitute for degrees is a small, practical step that has broad appeal and a particular upside for Democrats struggling to reconnect with workingclass voters. They’d be wise to jump on it before Republicans do.

Jill Lawrence is an opinion writer and author of “The Art of the Political Deal: How Congress Beat the Odds and Broke Through Gridlock.”

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Toll from Turkey-Syria quake tops 33,000; U.N. says it ‘failed’ Syria

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ISLAHIYE, Turkey —

It had been nearly a week since a pair of powerful earthquakes shattered this town in southern Turkey, and families with missing loved ones were out again –as they had been each day before - to watch the painstaking search for survivors.

M en and women watched rescue workers from the rooftops, shouting out advice as teams drilled cautiously through unexcavated rooms. “That’s his bedroom right in there,” one man cried out. “It’s that one.”

It took workers hours to reach the man in question, cutting rebar away from his large body frame.

Then they rolled him into a black body bag.

It was a scene repeated across southern Turkey and northwestern Syria on Sunday, where the death toll from the quakes eclipsed 33,000 people, as hopes waned that more survivors might be pulled from the rubble and the United Nations said aid efforts had “failed” the people of northwest Syria.

Nearly a week after the Feb. 6 temblors, rescue efforts in several areas shifted to recovery missions. More than 1.1 million people were displaced in Turkey. An untold number lay buried under the rubble. In Syria, a scarcity of excavators left people desperately digging for loved ones on their own.

Across quake-destroyed areas, the enormity of the needs was hard to comprehend.

“We have not seen suffering and devastation of this scale in over a decade,” Johan Mooij, the response director for World Vision Syria, said in a statement. “The impact is so enormous . . . it could take a generation for survivors to recover.”

More than 29,600 people in Turkey and 3,400 in Syria have been killed in the quakes, officials in the countries said. The numbers, they warned, would almost certainly rise.

Amid the devastation, anger continued to mount over the gulf in aid between Turkey, where tons of relief has poured in, and rebel-held northwest Syria, where the response has lagged and people –many already displaced by a brutal civil war – have been mostly left to manage the crisis alone.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has restricted access to the northwest, which is under the control of armed opposition groups. With the backing of allies such as Russia and China at the U.N. Security Council, he has periodically blocked the delivery of humanitarian aid there in the past.

U.N. officials have remained mostly quiet on the political machinations that have obstructed the provision of humanitarian assistance, a silence that critics charge is intended to allow them to maintain access to Damascus.

They have cited damaged roads and security concerns as factors complicating the delivery of aid to Syria’s northwest. But on a visit Sunday to Bab al-Hawa, the one open aid corridor on the Tur-

key-Syria border, Martin Griffiths, the U.N.’s emergency relief coordinator, admitted errors.

“We have so far failed the people in north-west Syria,” Griffiths said in a tweet. “They rightly feel abandoned. Looking for international help that hasn’t arrived. My duty and our obligation is to correct this failure as fast as we can. That’s my focus now.”

For some, the admission came as too little, too late.

Raed Al Saleh, the head of the Syrian Civil Defense, whose volunteers are known as the White Helmets, said in a tweet that he appreciated the “apology for the shortcomings & mistakes.” But he demanded that more cross-border aid routes be opened without U.N. Security Council approval.

“Waiting for U.N. Security Council authorization to reopen more border crossings into the northwest is completely misguided,” he said in a statement. “There can be no more delays. . . . Failing to escalate medical aid deliveries rapidly will leave the U.N. with more blood on its hands.”

Meanwhile, Dan Stoenescu, the European Union’s chargé d’affaires to Syria, urged member states to ensure that sanctions against the Syrian government “do not impede” aid delivery. He told Reuters that the bloc would seek assurances that aid is not diverted only to Assad loyalists.

In Turkey, authorities were expanding their probe into contractors and others who they say could bear responsibility for structure collapses in the quakes, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government faced mounting criticism over years of alleged failure to enforce building codes as well as its immediate response to the current disaster.

Bekir Bozdag, the country’s justice minister, said prosecutors in 10 provinces have been working “quite intensively” to probe possible negligence or wrongdoing in building construction. He said there are more than 130 suspects.

Two contractors responsible for collapsed buildings in Adiyaman were detained Sunday at Istanbul Airport, local media reported. Two others were arrested in the province of Gaziantep for allegedly cutting down columns to make room in a building that collapsed, state-run Anadolu Agency said.

“Further suspects will be identified,” Bozdag said at a news conference Sunday. “Please rest assured that investigations are carried out as per the rule of law. Those who were negligent will be identified.”

He also said Turkish authorities are investigating several dozen incidents of looting and theft.

“Unfortunately, some people have exploited people’s pain,” Bozdag said.

Though the chances of survival for those who remained trapped under the rubble were falling by the hour, rescue efforts continued in some areas. Local media reported that there had been a few rescues.

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hands-on experience in the arena – to play critical roles, as well the continued 2X2 work from council members Rick Vaccaro and Doriss Panduro.

Carr said the concept of treating at the street level is something he has been doing for years. His background is as a drug and alcohol abuse counselor, including work with the Solano County Probation Department.

He said he uses students from various college and university programs

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on the front, Ukrainian citizens are suffering from periodic blackouts as Russia targets key infrastructure.

On Sunday, Ukrainian electricity production was restored after the latest Russian rocket attacks targeting power infrastructure, according to Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko.

Ukrainian power production matched consumption on, Galushchenko said. Repair work had brought nuclear power plants back on the electrical grid, although he pointed out that power outages remain in some areas due to damage to distribution networks.

“There are problems delivering electricity to all customers,” he said.

All nine reactor blocks of the Ukrainian-controlled nuclear power

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country’s North Sea Fleet. The incidents are adding tension to U.S.China relations, which spiked after the Biden administration said the balloon shot down off the South Carolina coast more than a week ago was traversing the U.S. on a spying mission. China says it was a weather balloon blown off course.

On Sunday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Congress should look into why “it took so long for us, our military, our intelligence to know about these balloons,” adding that the U.S. “got enormous intelligence information” from tracking the Chinese balloon.

“We can’t just have a cold war with them,” he said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.” “We have to have a relationship with them.” Rep. Jim Himes, a

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who need 4,000 hours of clinical work to become therapists, and pays for their time and supervision. The idea is to have vans go out and connect with the homeless population and find out what they need and to help them begin their recovery and get them off the streets.

“And it is way cheaper than using master-level therapists,” said Carr, adding he has actually placed some of his clients in housing operated by Williams.

Of course, the bottom line to all of that is the bottom line.

“So what is going to happen next is the department heads (at their own

off-site retreat) will take what we came up with and make it into policies,” Moy said.

The council will consider adopting those policies in March, followed by the council setting a budget to support the efforts.

Beautification of blighted areas of the city and upgrades to community parks are top priorities when it comes to the quality-of-life issues, Moy said.

The Police Department has gone to a beat format to increase a familiar presence in parts of town, and the department’s Community Action Team is central in the effort.

Moy also pointed to the work Panduro is doing in establishing Business Watch programs in the North Texas Street area, with the city looking to expand that mantra.

Panduro said it was born out of the homeless and safety issues around North Texas businesses.

“It’s more about creating awareness about their rights . . . and how we can work together,” Panduro said.

She said the idea is to connect the business owners with the Police Department teams and other city agencies, and to work among the businesses to improve the situation.

plants have been reconnected to the grid, the minister said. The country’s largest nuclear plant is located in the Russian-occupied Zaporizhia region and is not among the plants supplying the grid.

Moscow has repeatedly targeted energy

icut and ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, said there may be other reasons for the proliferation of unidentified flying objects.

“There is a lot of garbage up there,” he said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

“The truth is that that most of our sensors, and most of what we were looking for, didn’t look like balloons,” he said. “Now of course we’re looking for them. So I think we’re probably finding more stuff.”

U.S. radars and other sensors had most likely previously not been optimized to detect extremely slow-flying objects above 50-60,000 feet, said Charlie Moore, a retired lieutenant general, the former vice director of operations at NORAD who is now a visiting professor at Vanderbilt University.

“Since we’ve seen the development of these balloons over the last couple of years, we’ve had to go back and look at all the sources and methods we might use to detect their launch, monitor their

infrastructure in waves of missile attacks since last autumn.

Meanwhile as Russia battles to overpower the east, seizing Bakhmut would bring Moscow closer to the overpowering the whole Donetsk region, one of the Kremlin’s stated aims in the war.

Ukrainians suspect that Putin wants to create facts with new offensives before the war’s first anniversary on February 24.

In most cases, the information from the war zone can hardly be verified by independent sources.

movement and then obviously be able to track them as they approach the United States and Canada.”

Rep. Mike Turner, an Ohio Republican who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, said the U.S. should see the incidents as a turning point that leads to more investment in the defense of U.S. airspace.

“What’s become clear in the public discussions is that we really don’t have adequate radar systems,” he said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday.

A U.S. intelligence report released in January said reporting of unidentified aerial phenomena has increased, as the stigma surrounding claims of aerial sightings lessens and awareness increases about the threats such objects may pose.

“In the absence of information, people’s anxiety leads them into potentially destructive areas,” Himes said. “So I do hope that very soon, the administration has a lot more information for all of us on what’s going on.”

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Gabe Fratus skateboards at the Fairfield-Suisun Rotary Skatepark at Allan Witt Park in Fairfield, Friday.

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This photo taken on Dec. 17, 2022, shows the frozen coastline in Qingdao, in China’s eastern Shandong province.

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A projectile streaks across the sky over central Kyiv in late December.

A new bill would lower California college costs for some students living in Mexico

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California college costs could soon be cheaper for hundreds of Mexican students who cross the border daily.

Assembly Bill 91, introduced by Assemblyman David Alvarez, R- San Diego, would create a fiveyear pilot program to allow some students living in Mexico to pay in-state tuition at one of the seven community colleges in the San Diego and Imperial Valley counties. To be eligible, students would need to live within 45 miles of the California border.

In 2023, the average California community college tuition is $1,246 per year for in-state students and $6,603 out-of-state.

“This bill acknowledges that there is a student population that is going back and forth on a regular basis.. And the talent that is available to us on the southern side of the border,” said Alvarez, in an interview with The Bee.

Under the bill, each campus be limited to 200 participants. Students would have to be either U.S. or Mexican citizens with a visa.

More than 100,000 people – including roughly 7,000 students – cross the San Diego- Tijuana border every day. AB 91 would sunset on Jan. 1, 2029, but Alvarez hopes if it is successful, it can become permanent.

“We need to adapt how we educate our future work-

force,” he said.

The bill is modeled after an agreement in the Lake Tahoe Community College District for students living near the Nevada border. Public universities in Texas also have similar programs for low-income students residing in Mexico.

The bill does raise concerns from some legislators, including Assemblyman Devon Mathis, R- Porterville.

Mathis agreed with developing a workforce “through legal immigration,” but opposed creating a new taxpayer-funded program. He cited the state’s $22.5 billion budget deficit and suggested looking for public and private partnerships

with businesses. “We need to ensure this bill won’t pull funds away from the rest of the community college system, and do more to encourage students to stay in California and build their careers here after graduation,” said Mathis.

AB 91 also comes as California community colleges continue to deal with declining enrollment. Recent data showed that it has dropped to its lowest point in 30 years.

Alvarez does not envision the bill having a “monumental impact” on enrollment.

The bill is currently waiting to be heard in the Assembly’s Higher Education Committee.

State’s surging energy bills are its own fault

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A cold, rainy winter in California has exposed the challenges that can arise when a poster child for the clean energy transition isn’t fully ready to make the leap from fossil fuels.

California residents who rely on natural gas have complained of monthly energy bills approaching $800, Governor Gavin Newsom has called for an investigation into prices, and manufacturers of everything from steel to cement have said the only way to cut costs would be to move to another state.

The problem: limited storage, damage to a key pipeline and a surge in demand have sent the state’s natural gas prices to multiples of what it fetches elsewhere in the country. While California has long been at the forefront of the push into cleaner energy, its ambitions belie its reality - on some days, gas-fired generation can still make up more than half of electricity supplies in the region, and it burns more of the methane-rich combustible each year than France.

“ Unfortunately for Californians, they’re going through this bumpy energy transition where everything doesn’t just fit exactly,” said Eugene Kim, a research director at consulting firm Wood Mackenzie. “It’s a battle between longer-term energy transition versus your immediate needs.”

For years, California’s politicians and regulators have hawked ambitious climate proposals that poured investment into

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deprivation . . . a multipledecade sentence weighing you down. I made a vow to myself to use the time to better myself, and those around me.”

His daughter, 5 years old when he went to prison, is now 20 and, the judge said in his ruling, would presumably benefit from his presence. His mother is bed-ridden after neck and spine surgery, and his father has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Scarmazzo and his wife

the energy transition, while moving away from natural gas and nuclear generation and discouraging significant investment in storage and pipeline capacity. At the same time, a years-long drought followed by a wet and chilly winter at first stymied the state’s hydropower capacity and then crippled its short-term solar generation. The gap has left California ill equipped to deal with any surge in demand or disruption to supply, both of which have happened in recent months.

Colder-than-usual temperatures meant residents have cranked up their heating and left working gas stockpiles in the Pacific region, which also includes Oregon and Washington, at their lowest level for this time of year since at least 2010.

Unlike oil, which can be moved around in its natural state, gas must be pressurized and transported through a complex and expensive network of pipelines. The incentives in California to expand and update systems are low, given demand is expected to fall as the energy transition accelerates, and opposition from environmental groups can be fierce. Many pipelines are decades old and vulnerable to damage from extreme weather.

California relies on interstate pipeline imports for more than 95% of its supply. A lot of that comes from the Permian Basin in New Mexico and Texas, where producers have sometimes paid buyers to take their gas

divorced while he was in prison – amicably, he said.

In addition, Drozd wrote, “federal prosecutions for marijuana-related o ffenses have been curbed significantly, particularly in states like California that have legalized those activities with some restrictions.”

In those states, he said, the government mostly targets growers in large,m unauthorized sites on federal lands.

The U.S. attorney’s office in Sacramento opposed Scarmazzo’s release, arguing in a court filing that “a change in law or policy is not permissible

because limited pipeline capacity leaves supplies stranded in the region. The problems have been exacerbated by lingering disruption from a fatal 2021 explosion in Coolidge, Arizona, which hit a sprawling pipeline network managed by Kinder Morgan that helps supply the Los Angeles area.

Other places including New York, New England and countries in Europe have had similar constraints, especially since Russia’s war in Ukraine disrupted international supply chains. While some regions have been spared predicted blackouts after a milder-than-expected winter, California is an example of what can happen when the opposite transpires, a phenomenon that’s likely to repeat itself as climate change makes weather patterns more unpredictable. Meanwhile, governments around the world are committing to climate goals that will make the need for alternative energy sources even more urgent.

In California, Newsom is looking for more explanations: On Feb. 6, he asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to look into whether market manipulation, anticompetitive behavior or other activities have driven up the cost of natural gas. At a hearing held by the California Public Utilities Commission the following day, a speaker for one state representative said that high energy bills top the list of issues that constituents are calling about. In December, spot peak wholesale power

grounds, standing alone, for a sentence reduction.” But Drozd said release was justified by his prison conduct, showing he would pose no danger; job offers he’s lined up; his family circumstances; the release of co-defendant Montes more than five years ago, and “changes in the legal landscape with respect to federal enforcement of laws relating to distribution of marijuana in California.”

His future? “I don’t know. Now I’m just decompressing, taking it day by day,” Scarmazzo said.

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the same way as lower-elevation grasslands, found throughout Southern California and much of Central California.

“If you have a high rainfall year, you probably have less fire in the mountains, and more fire in the foothills,” Keeley said.

That’s because all the drought-alleviating rain helps grasses grow.

“It’s both a blessing and a curse,” said Jessica McCarty, a geographer and fire scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center.

Though hillsides across the state are currently carpeted in lush, green grasses, they won’t stay like that through summer.

“All that winter and early-season growth will then dry out and become a matchbox,” McCarty said.

This green-up means a higher chance for damaging grassland fires in the coming months. While these blazes are typically smaller than the ones that scorch woody forests, grasslands are generally closer to people.

Stephens pointed to Contra Costa and Alameda counties as two regional areas where grasslands could be ripe for fast-spreading wildfires this year, once vegetation dries out.

prices were up 270% compared with a year earlier, data compiled by Bloomberg shows.

Those elevated prices led to additional costs estimated at nearly $4 billion in December and January, according to the state grid operator.

Across the state, by the middle of summer, there could easily be one and a half times the average amount of grass fuel primed for wildfires, Stephens estimated.

Whether wildfires will take off depends largely on whether showers continue to keep grasses and fuels damp. At this point, experts can’t predict what the next several months will bring.

It’s also impossible to know whether the spring

will bring a heat wave that prematurely dries out fuels. Or if a rare lightning storm sparks blazes, like in August 2020. Or if offshore winds will fan flames, like in October 2017.

“It’s still too early to really conjecture,” Wachter said.

Even knowing what the weather will bring can’t account for one of the biggest unknowns for fire season: humans.

“I always call people ‘fire magnets,’” said Stephens. “When you have people, you start fires.”

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Enrollment at UC Merced, seen here 2016, is 48% Latinos, with 67% being the first in their families to attend college. The university is a good match for the demographics and STEM focus of the San Diego Unified School District, where the UC has been recruiting.

As trade rumors swirl, Sharks’ Karlsson has another epic game

NASCAR rising star Bell eyes better showing at Daytona 500

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In 2022, NASCAR rising star Christopher Bell pushed his No. 20 Toyota Camry to places not every driver dared.

Bell wasn’t willing to try himself when he first arrived at the Cup Series in 2020.

But to win, he realized he had to take risks. Bell reaped the rewards during his third season, capturing three wins with plenty of chances for more.

“The biggest thing is just being able to put the car right on the edge of the level and not spinning out or not crashing,” Bell told the Orlando Sentinel.

“As your confidence gets up, you’re able to do that more and more. That’s how you ultimately become faster.”

Bell aims to take himself and his car right to the edge this week and position himself to win his sport’s biggest prize – the Daytona 500.

The 28-year-old Oklahoman will have to change his fortunes during the 65th running of NASCAR’s premier event next Sunday at iconic Daytona International Speedway.

“I’ve run in the event three times and I’m 0-for-3 finishing,” Bell said. “Hopefully we can change that streak this year.”

He certainly arrives with momentum following a breakout season.

After winning 23 times in the Xfinity and Truck series in four years, including an Xfinity-best eight times in 2019, Bell was considered the can’t-miss kid when he arrived in 2020.

The Cup Series’ steep learning curve humbles even the best young drivers. Restrictions imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic turned Bell’s rookie season into a lost one.

With practices and qualifying, Bell had only race day to

Warriors to move forward with trade for Gary Payton II: sources

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SAN FRANCISCO —

The Warriors are going through with a trade to acquire Gary Payton II from Portland despite a failed physical, sources confirmed Sunday afternoon.

On reinjured ankle, Patrick Mahomes leads Chiefs to Super Bowl LVII victory

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GLENDALE, Ariz. —

The Eagles dominated the Chiefs in three quarters of play in Super Bowl LVII.

Unfortunately for the Eagles, a football game is four quarters and the Chiefs’ offense woke up after sputtering through the game.

The Chiefs exploded with 17 points in the final period behind quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ two touchdown passes. Harrison Butker’s right leg took care of the rest when he drilled a 27-yard kick to give the Chiefs a 38-35 win.

The game provided

plenty of drama in the Arizona desert.

Kansas City didn’t take their first lead of the game until early in the fourth quarter when wide receiver Kadarius Toney announced his presence in the game.

Facing a thirdand-3 situation at the Eagles’ 5-yard line, Toney lined up wide right of the line of scrimmage, and then went in motion. At the snap of the ball, Toney stopped and cut back across the grain with no defender near him. Mahomes threw his easiest completion of the game for a 5-yard touchdown, giving the Chiefs a 28-27 lead.

Toney would then produce a gem of a return, taking a punt return 65 yards to put the Chiefs in scoring position at the Eagles’ 5-yard line. Two plays later, Mahomes found rookie wide receiver Skyy Moore for a 4-yard touchdown, Moore’s first as a professional, and a 35-27 lead.

The Eagles quickly responded, as Jalen Hurts led his team down the field on an 8-play, 75-yard drive. Hurts put the Eagles in scoring position with a 45-yard strike to DaVonta Smith, who went out of bounds at the Chiefs’ 2-yard line. Hurts finished the drive with a 2-yard touchdown

run, and then converted a 2-point conversion to tie the game at 35-35.

The tie game set up Mahomes magic. With 5:15 remaining in the game, Mahomes calmly led the Chiefs to scoring position, connecting with wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster for a 10-yard gain and tight end Travis Kelce for a 7-yard gain.

Mahomes’ legs, though, put the Chiefs in position to win after he scrambled for a 26-yard gain up the middle to the Eagles’ 17-yard line. An Eagles’ defensive holding penalty gave the Chiefs a

Beijing’s Olympic legacy shows risk of venue reuse

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About 20 kilometers

(12 miles) west of Beijing’s historic Forbidden City sits a rare success story in urban revitalization.

Shougang Park spreads out over more than 8 square kilometers on the Yongding River, on the site of a massive steel factory that first opened in 1919 to smelt iron ore from the nearby Longyan mine. Once the most advanced mill in China and a key contributor to urban smog, the Shougang complex was relocated by the government after Beijing won the rights to host the 2008 Summer Olympics, as part of a wider effort to help clear the city’s skies. It sat idle until 2015, when Beijing was chosen to host

the 2022 Winter Olympics, becoming the first city to host both Summer and Winter games. The city government parlayed that victory into a massive redevelopment plan for the area, which would seek to preserve and highlight its industrial past instead of bulldozing over it. Today, one of the mill’s blast furnaces serves as a visitor center - a former line worker, dressed nattily in a blue suit, gives tours and explains the steelmaking process. A former cooling pond acts as a reflecting pool for a nearby hilltop temple. Old warehouses are home to a mixed-use development that features restaurants, car dealerships and hair salons, as well as offices for more than 200 compa-

nies. A coal power plant has been converted into a Shangri-La hotel, replete with a champagne bar, restaurants and a lobby filled with plants and standing water. Between the complex’s hulking industrial towers, sunsets gleam orange.

“Shougang ended

production due to the Summer Olympics, and was reborn due to the Winter Olympics,” said Yu Hua, head of the planning and design for the Beijing Shougang Construction Investment Co.

But there’s a small

Golden State had put a four-team trade on hold after a routine physical on Friday revealed Payton, 30, could miss significant time due to a core muscle injury that required offseason surgery. The Warriors filed a complaint with the league office alleging the Trail Blazers failed to disclose pertinent medical information during the trade discussions.

But after using most of their 72-hour window to decide how to proceed, the Warriors eventually concluded Sunday it was best to keep the trade intact. Once completed, the move will effectively bring Payton in while sending James Wiseman away.

Payton, a key piece in last year’s championship season, was seen at Chase Center in Warriors gear following team practice on Friday and in the stands next to Warriors executives Bob Myers and Mike Dun-

leavy Jr. in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. But team officials refused to speak about the trade until the deal was completed. Coach Steve Kerr called the situation “strange.”

The Warriors, according to The Athletics, were upset that Portland didn’t divulge Payton had been prescribed Toradel tablets, an extra strength anti-inflammatory drug that is common for people after surgery. Sources said Sunday morning the NBA had opened a review into the matter.

Payton missed the first 35 games of the season, but played 14 of the last 16 games for the Trail Blazers, including 22 minutes in Portland’s game against Golden State the night before the Thursday trade deadline.

The Warriors sent three second-round picks as well as former Piston Kevin Knox to Portland for Payton as part of a four-team trade that included the Trail Blazers, Detroit Pistons and Atlanta Hawks. Golden State dealt Wiseman to Detroit and rerouted big man

49ers’ coaching exodus grows as Slowik becomes Texans coordinator

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A top offensive assistant on head coach Kyle Shanahan’s staff has exited for the third straight year. San Francisco 49ers passing game coordinator Bobby Slowik, 35, was hired as the Texans offensive coordinator Sunday, according to multiple reports. Slowik joins a staff led by rookie head coach DeMeco Ryans, the 49ers defensive coordinator the past two seasons. Slowik and Ryans spent six seasons together on the 49ers’ staff.

Slowik, a 10-year NFL veteran, was in his first season as the passing game coordinator. He joined Mike LaFleur and Mike McDaniel on the list of top offensive assis-

tants who have recently left the 49ers.

McDaniel, their offensive coordinator, became the Dolphins head coach last year. LaFleur, their passing game coordinator for four seasons, became the Jets offensive coordinator in 2021. LaFleur was hired as the Rams offensive coordinator last month.

The 49ers’ top inhouse candidates to fill Slowik’s role could include Brian Griese (quarterbacks coach), Klay Kubiak (assistant QBs coach), Brian Fleury (tight ends) and Leonard Hankerson (wide receivers).

Ryans has also hired former 49ers defensive quality control coach Stephen Adegoke, who has become the Texans’ safeties coach.

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Driver Christopher Bell reacts during qualifying for the NASCAR Clash at the Coliseum at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Feb. 4.

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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes looks for a receiver during Super Bowl LVII, in Arizona, Sunday.

This simple, dark CHOCOLATE CAKE will win your heart

Daniela Galarza

Rich but light, this dark chocolate cake is also almost flourless – and can be made gluten-free, too.

It’s a one-bowl wonder that’s been shared between bakers for more than 20 years. I stumbled upon it in 2004 when I bought “Je Veux du Chocolat!” by Trish Deseine at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.

The original recipe is called “Le gâteau au chocolat fondant de Nathalie” on Page 14, and a photo on Page 15 shows a rather plain, if dense, chocolate cake with a slice taken out.

Deseine’s headnote explains that it’s one of her most popular recipes and has many fans, including more than a few pro fessional pastry chefs. There’s no indication of precisely where or when the recipe originated, but it was introduced to an American audience in August 2004 when blogger and author Molly Wizenberg wrote about it. She called it “Kate’s Win ning-Hearts-and-Minds Cake.” Indeed, it’s so simple, so good and so easy to love that it will certainly win your heart.

As its original name implies, it’s a variation on a choco late fondant, or a chocolate cake based on a mixture of chocolate and butter which, though it contains a little bit of flour, is designed to melt on your tongue.

Start by melting equal amounts of butter and chocolate together in a bowl. Whisk in some sugar, followed by the eggs, whisking well after each one. Finally, stir in a tablespoon of flour and a bit of salt. (To make this gluten-free, use a gluten-free flour blend, cornstarch or potato starch in place of the flour.) As you whisk, the batter will go from silky to gritty to thick and finally, after a few minutes of whisking, will turn glossy and shiny as satin.

After baking for about 25 minutes, the cake will emerge lightly crackled and spotted on top. Allow it to cool until it’s just warm before slicing and serving. It needs no accompaniment, but a dollop of whipped cream and smat-

tering of raspberries offset the deep chocolate flavors and add a fresh note to each bite.

ALMOST FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE

Active time: 15 minutes |

Total time: 55 minutes

6 to 8 servings

Rich but light, this chocolate cake is incredibly easy to make. Use a goodquality dark chocolate for the best results. If you like bittersweet chocolate, use a chocolate that is at least 70 percent cocoa solids. If you prefer a sweeter cake, use a chocolate that’s around 60 percent cocoa.

To make it gluten-free, use cornstarch, a gluten-free flour blend or potato starch instead of all-purpose flour. Serve the cake just barely warm or at room temperature, with whipped cream and/or berries.

Storage: Store at room

temperature for up to 2 days.

7 ounces (200 grams) dark chocolate (60 to 70 percent cacao solids; see headnote)

14 tablespoons (7 ounces/200 grams) unsalted butter, plus more for greasing the pan

1 ¼ cups (250 grams) granulated sugar

5 large eggs, at room temperature

1 tablespoon all-purpose flour

¼ teaspoon fine salt

Whipped cream, for serving (optional)

Fresh raspberries, for serving (optional)

Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees. Lightly butter an 8 –or 9-inch round cake pan. Line the bottom of the pan with a circle of parchment paper, and

butter the paper. In a large bowl set over a pot with a little simmering water – don’t let the bottom of the bowl touch the water – melt the chocolate and butter together. (Alternatively, you can melt the chocolate and butter in a microwave on HIGH in 30-second bursts, stirring between.)

Remove the bowl from the heat and whisk in the sugar until incorporated. The mixture will look gritty.

Add the eggs, one at a time, whisking each one into the batter well before adding the next. The batter will look a little slimy; that’s OK.

Finally, whisk in the flour and salt until the batter looks thick and shiny. Transfer the batter into the prepared pan and bake it for 25 to 27 minutes, or until the top is shiny and a bit crackly. It should jiggle slightly in the center.

Transfer to a wire rack and let

cool in the pan for 20 minutes before inverting it onto a plate and peeling the parchment off, then reverting it top side up. The cake will deflate a little as it cools; this is normal. Let cool until just warm or completely before slicing and serving with whipped cream and berries, if desired.

Nutrition information per serving (1 slice), based on 8 | Calories: 491; Total Fat: 33 g; Saturated

Fat: 19 g; Cholesterol: 171 mg;

Sodium:124 mg; Carbohydrates: 45 g; Dietary Fiber: 2 g; Sugar: 40 g; Protein: 6 g

This analysis is an estimate based on available ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s or nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from “Je Veux du Chocolat!” by Trish Deseine (Marabout, 2002).

Step up steak, potatoes with punchy horseradish cream

So often when I’m making dinner, I’m also learning. I’m testing out a new cooking technique, trying a new-to-me flavor combination, or learning to use spices or condiments in a fresh way.

My husband loves that I work in food. He’s the first to say that he has benefited from my job since my days in cooking school when I’d come home with pints of onion soup, a loaf of challah or scoops of cassoulet. (We often recall the year I decided to perfect pralines and that resulted in almost every surface in our apartment being covered with the trays laden with various iterations.)

But sometimes he just wants something familiar and simple, so this little dish will be my Valentine’s Day treat for him this year. The beauty of making it for the midweek romantic holiday is that it barely requires a recipe and takes about 30 minutes to throw together. Still, somehow, it feels festive.

I tested this recipe from America’s Test Kitchen before writing this, but it took only one run-through because it is simply seared steak and roasted potatoes with the bonus of a spicy horseradish sauce.

First, to make sure the

timing works, buy small potatoes no more than about 2 inches in diameter. Slice those little spuds in half, rub them with oil and place them, cut side down, on a sheet pan. Then slip that pan into a very hot oven until the potatoes are tender with golden and crisp bottoms.

While the potatoes cook, whip up that horseradish sauce by mixing the condiment with sour cream, salt and pepper. Use refrigerated prepared horseradish, if you can find it, because it contains fewer preservatives and additives, the folks at ATK say.

Finally, sear the steak tips on all sides in a bit of oil brought almost to smoking in a hot, hot skillet.

If you like, you can add a sprinkling of chives or chopped parsley to the plate. Serve the steak and potatoes with a lightly dressed green salad and a bottle of red wine for a dinner worthy of a steakhouse – at a fraction of what it would cost. Then dig in, together.

SEARED STEAK TIPS WITH POTATOES AND HORSERADISH CREAM

30 minutes

4 servings

This simple meat-and-potatoes supper offers a little something extra in a creamy horseradish sauce. The potatoes are sliced and then roasted cut-side down until crisped on the edges. Serve with a medium-bodied red wine and a green salad, if you like. Make Ahead: The horseradish sauce can be made up to 4 days ahead.

Storage Notes: Refrigerate the steak and sauce separately for up to 4 days.

1 ½ pounds Yukon Gold or baby red potatoes, unpeeled and halved

3 tablespoons vegetable oil or another neutral oil, divided 1 ¼ teaspoons fine salt, divided ¾ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, divided, plus more for serving ½ cup sour cream ¼ cup prepared horseradish

2 pounds sirloin steak tips, trimmed and cut into 2-inch pieces Position a rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat to 450 degrees. Remove the meat from the refrigerator to take the chill off.

On a large, rimmed baking sheet, toss the potatoes with 2 tablespoons of the oil, ½ teaspoon of salt and ¼ teaspoon of pepper. Arrange the potatoes cut side down and roast for 25 minutes, or until they are tender and the bottoms are golden.

While the potatoes are roasting, in a medium bowl, whisk together the sour cream, horseradish, ¼ teaspoon of salt and ¼ teaspoon of pepper.

After the potatoes have been roasting for 10 minutes, pat the steak dry and season with the remaining ½ teaspoon of salt and ¼ teaspoon pepper.

In a large skillet over mediumhigh heat, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon of oil until shimmering and almost smoking. Add the steak tips and sear until well browned on all sides and the meat registers about 125 degrees (for medium rare), about 7 minutes total. Transfer to a serving platter, tent with aluminum foil and let rest for 5 minutes. Add a generous smear of horseradish cream to each plate, and divide the steak and potatoes

among the plates. Sprinkle freshly cracked pepper over the dish, if desired. Serve any remaining horseradish cream at the table.

Nutrition information per serving (3 pieces of steak, 1 cup potatoes, 2 tablespoons cream) |

Calories: 548; Total Fat: 24 g; Saturated Fat: 8 g; Cholesterol: 176 mg;

Sodium: 940 mg; Carbohydrates: 33 g; Dietary Fiber: 4 g; Sugar: 6 g;

Protein: 57 g

This analysis is an estimate based on available ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s or nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from America’s Test Kitchen.

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Serve almost flourless chocolate cake with a dollop of whipped cream and smattering of raspberries.

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Seared steak tips with potatoes and horseradish cream.

FAIRFIELD — The continuing adventures of Ant-Man and the Wasp return to the big screen this week as they find new realities to explore.

Also coming to theaters is a mystery film where famed detective Philip Marlowe is searching for a missing movie star’s daughter. The film is set in 1930s Los Angeles.

Opening nationwide are:

“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” in which superhero partners Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) and Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) return to continue their adventures as Ant-Man and the Wasp. Together, with Hope’s parents Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and Janet Van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer), and Scott’s daughter Cassie Lang (Kathryn Newton), the family finds themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures and embarking on an adventure that will push them beyond the limits of what they thought possible. The film is rated PG-13.

“Marlowe,” a gripping noir crime thriller set in late 1930s Los Angeles. The film centers on a street-wise, down-onhis-luck detective, Philip Marlowe (Liam Neeson), who is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress (Diane Kruger), daughter of a well-known movie star (Jessica Lange). The disappearance unearths a web of lies, and soon Marlowe is involved in a dangerous, deadly investigation where everyone involved has something to hide. The film is rated R.

Opening in limited release are:

“Emily,” which tells tale of the imagined life of one of the world’s most famous authors, Emily Brontë. Emma Mackey plays Emily, a rebel and misfit, as she finds her voice and writes the literary classic “Wuthering Heights.” The film explores the relationships that inspired her – her raw, passionate sisterhood with Charlotte

(Alexandra Dowling) and Anne (Amelia Gething); her first aching, forbidden love for Weightman (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) and her care for her maverick brother (Fionn Whitehead), who she idolizes. The film is rated R.

“Hidden Blade,” set during World War II at the height of China’s war of resistance against Japan. The film follows a group of courageous citizens as they develop a top-secret underground espionage network right under the nose of the newly established puppet regime. At increasingly great peril to their own lives, the double-agents masterfully extract classified information from deep behind enemy lines, an effort that gives rise to the united front that will help turn the tide of the conflict. This film is not rated.

“Of An Age,” which follows a 17-year-old ballroom dancer who experiences an unexpected and intense 24-hour romance with a friend’s older brother in 1999. The film is rated PG-13.

“Return to Seoul,” which follows Freddie as she returns to South Korea, where she was born before being adopted and raised in France. Freddie suddenly finds herself embarking on an unexpected journey in a country she knows so little about, taking her life in new and unexpected directions. The film is rated R.

“The Other Fellow,” which shares the lives and adventures of real men named James Bond. The film is not rated.

For information on Edwards Cinemas in Fairfield, visit www.reg movies.com/theatres/ regal-edwards-fairfieldimax. For Vacaville showtimes, visit www. brendentheatres.com. For Vallejo showtimes, check www.cinemark. com/theatres/ca-vallejo.

More information about upcoming films is available at www.movie insider.com.

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Staying in for Valentine’s Day?

Here are 5 romantic films to stream

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If you’re looking for romance in a movie theater on Valentine’s Day, it’ll have to come with a side of iceberg.

Hollywood is being stingy with love stories this year, unless you count multiplexes bringing back a 3D version of “Titanic,” which does not end as happily as most of us hope our Feb. 14 will. But if you’re up for staying in to snuggle, below are five recommendations, at least one of which should suit you and your heart’s desire. (And if the kids are horning in on your “date,” maybe try something like “Shrek,” which is fun for everyone but also surprisingly effective in its love story.)

All of these are streamable, but if you act fast you may be able to find them at the library.

‘In the Mood for Love’

Wong Kar-wai’s woozy melodrama features Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung at their impossibly sexiest. They play new neighbors who learn that their spouses are having an affair. That should give them license to indulge, as well, right? Instead, it’s a tale of near misses and unacted-upon – but, somehow, still erotic – love as the two keep reaching out to each other at exactly the wrong times. HBO Max

‘Moonlight’

Barry Jenkins’ best picture Oscar winner (sorry, “La La Land”) works on many levels but it’s mostly a story of unrequited-and-then-possiblyrequited love. Young Chiron

and Kevin dance around each other in the film’s first two sections, in which we’re pretty sure they’re into each other even if they haven’t figured it out yet. Nothing overt happens in the stunning third section, either, but the romantic tension is thrilling when the two meet in a diner and realize they might have a future. Showtime

‘Notorious’

If you like your passion in black and white, revisit this Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece. Usually categorized as a thriller instead of a romance, it features Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman in one of the all-time great screen kisses. As two spies in love, they defied Hollywood censors – who limited the duration of onscreen smooches when the movie was released in 1946 – with a five-minute kiss that’s repeatedly interrupted for bits of sexy talk and even a phone call. Prime Video

‘The Princess Bride’

This one could work for the whole family, too, since the kissing parts are kept to

a minimum but it is, as Mink Deville’s gorgeous theme song promises, a “Storybook Love.”

A very young Robin Wright plays the title character and Cary Elwes is the handsome hero who can reunite with her only after he teams with other valiant souls to defeat kings, villains, treacherous trees and a murky swamp. Disney+

‘Sense

and Sensibility’

Emma Thompson won an Oscar for her screenplay adaptation, which preserves the restraint and wit of Jane Austen while satisfying our modern taste for at least a brief display of emotion. It comes in the finale when, after months of near-misses, Hugh Grant’s Edward finally stammers out his long-hidden ardor for Thompson’s Elinor and she responds with a crying/laughing/wheezing outburst that reveals the effort it has taken to bury her hopes. The sterling cast also includes Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman, Imelda Staunton, Harriet Walter and Thompson’s real-life husband, Greg Wise, as a dashing cad. Prime Video

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Bridge

TWO CHANCES, ONE DROPPED

Normally, when on defense, you win a trick with the cheapest card possible. But occasionally prudence pays a poor premium – as in today’s deal and, as parsimonious men discover, on Valentine’s Day! Against four spades, West led the club queen. What happened after that? South opened with a modern weak two-bid.

Declarer could see at least four potential losers. However, if the defenders didn’t attack diamonds, maybe he could establish dummy’s fourth heart for a diamond discard. Lo and behold, after South called for a low club from the dummy, East unwisely signaled encouragement with the nine. Then West unwisely continued with two more rounds of clubs, when a diamond switch at trick three couldn’t cost. South ruffed and might have immediately run the heart queen. Instead, he drew one round of trumps and played a low heart to his nine. If West had won with the jack and switched to a diamond, declarer would have won with his ace and finessed West for the heart king. Here, declarer’s diamond loser would have disappeared on dummy’s fourth heart. However, West saw that coming. He won not with the heart jack but with the king. Now, after winning the diamond switch in his hand, declarer confidently played a trump to the dummy and returned a heart to his eight. Imagine his surprise when West produced the jack. Then a diamond to East’s queen defeated the contract by two tricks. Samuel Johnson wrote that all tricks are either knavish or childish. This was a knavish trick perpetrated by a king.

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Maggie Cheung, left, and Tony Leung in the movie “In the Mood for Love.”

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Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman star in “Notorious.”

Wall Street sees the worst week of 2023 on Fed jitters

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The worst week in 2023 for stocks and bonds saw investors coming to the grips with the idea that the Federal Reserve may indeed have to keep rates higher for longer as it wages a war against inflation.

Wall Street has recalibrated bets on the Fed’s peak rate to around 5.2%, from under 5% earlier this month, amid a barrage of hawkish remarks from U.S. officials that followed a hot jobs print. And that’s not all. Traders who had been positioning for the central bank to hike only once more – in March – are suddenly being confronted with wagers on at least three more rate increases.

That’s why Tuesday’s consumer price index is seen as a litmus test for the Fed’s ability to knock down inflation amid the most-aggressive tightening cycle in decades. Core CPI will either point to the obvious need for the Fed to push further into restrictive territory or reflect the progress it’s made toward securing the anchor of inflation expectations, said Ian Lyngen at BMO Capital Markets.

“The new year’s bullishness has quickly faded as investors recalibrated forward expectations in the wake of the employment report,” Lyngen added. “As it presently stands, investors are biased for an upside surprise versus the consensus for core-CPI of +0.4% on a monthly basis.”

Treasury 10-year yields climbed to around 3.75%. Interest-rate options activity Friday included a large, apparently new, position that will profit if the rate reaches 4% within a week’s time. The rise in yields weighed heavily on the tech space, with the Nasdaq 100 underperforming major gauges. The S&P 500 ended with a small gain Friday – but posted its worst week since December.

“It’s healthy to have these corrections along the way,” said Alec Young, chief investment strategist at MAPsignals. “Expectations are much more realistic about the Fed.”

After an indiscriminate risk rally that defied Fed hawkishness, soberminded traders are upping their hedging game at long last.

The cost of contracts protecting against a 10% decline in the largest exchange-traded fund tracking the S&P 500 is now 1.7 times more than options that profit from a 10% rally. This so-called put-to-call skew is hovering at the highest level since August 2022, when a two-month rally abruptly reversed.

Meantime, global equity funds had outflows of $7.4 billion in the week through Feb. 8, according to a Bank of America note that cited EPFR Global data. Cash funds also saw redemptions at $10.1 billion, while $7.4 billion entered bonds.

On the economic front, U.S. consumer sentiment climbed to a more than one-year high in early February as more upbeat views of current conditions outweighed

lingering concerns about the outlook.

In corporate news, Lyft tumbled the most on record after forecasting dramatically lower profits than expected and saying it will cut prices in an attempt to attract and keep customers. Expedia executives gave an optimistic outlook for travel demand in the current quarter, reassuring investors after the company’s fourthquarter results were weaker than expected.

America’s largest banks are unlikely to return share buybacks to prior levels anytime soon given tougher-than-usual Fed stress tests, according to Wells Fargo analyst Mike Mayo. The assumptions in this year’s test, published by the Fed on Thursday, “seem tougher, and they are made so as the economy nears a recession,” he said.

Elsewhere, oil gained as Russia plans to cut its oil output by 500,000 barrels a day next month, following through on a threat to retaliate against western energy sanctions and sending oil prices sharply higher.

The yen strengthened as much as 1.4% against the dollar after news reports

Bill to ban TikTok in U.S. reflects growing concerns in Congress

BloomBerg

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.

Senators Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican, and Angus King, an independent from Maine who caucuses with the Democrats, have introduced legislation that would block the popular video-sharing platform because it is controlled by China and there are fears the Beijing government could compel it to share data on U.S. users.

that Kazuo Ueda would be picked to become the Bank of Japan’s next governor. Investors initially interpreted the decision as likely a hawkish choice. Those gains were trimmed after Ueda spoke to reporters and said the BOJ’s stimulus should stay in place.

“Why do we care?

Because the BOJ is locked into ultra-dovish policy,” said Chris Low at FHN Financial. “It is the only major central bank fighting to keep inflation high rather than trying to lower it. Now we’ll have to see how long he sticks to the old policy.”

Traders also kept an eye on the latest geopolitical developments. U.S. fighter jets shot down an object flying at 40,000 feet over Alaska after officials determined it “posed a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight,” according to National Security Council spokesman John Kirby.

The U.S. is poised to add Chinese companies to an export blacklist over what the administration argues are links to a military-backed global balloon espionage program, according to people familiar with the matter.

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. 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 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, who has been critical of TikTok in past, has not endorsed any specific measures and Senator Mark Warner, 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 foreign-owned apps but doesn’t specifically target TikTok.

The Rubio-King bill, which was first introduced last Congress by Rubio along with Representatives Mike Gallagher and Raja Krishnamoorthi, 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 information-sharing requirements with the national government,” King said in a statement referencing TikTok.

Meanwhile, Senator 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.

Soichiro Koriyama/Bloomberg

An electronic stock board outside a securities firm in Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 7, 2021. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average touched a level above 30,000 for the first time since April as a reshuffle of the blue-chip gauge added to a wave of positive sentiment on Japanese equities.

Hollie Adams/Bloomberg The TikTok logo is displayed on a smartphone in this arranged photograph, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020.

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Published:February6,13,2023

(SECONDREADING) SummaryofOrdinanceNo.2023-02

ORDINANCEOFTHECITYCOUNCILOFTHECITYOFFAIRFIELDAMENDINGSECTION25.20.3OFCHAPTER25,ARTICLEIOFTHEMUNICIPALCODE,ALSOKNOWN ASTHEZONINGORDINANCE,TOINCLUDESECTION25.20.3.4SB9DEVELOPMENTREGULATIONSANDASSOCIATEDTABLE25-2.1RVLANDRLDISTRICTDEVELOPMENTREGULATIONSUNDERSENATEBILL9

OrdinanceNo.2023-02wouldamendChapter25,ArticleI,Section25.20.3oftheFairfieldCityCodeinordertoincludeSection25.20.3.4SB9DevelopmentRegulations,settingobjectivedevelopment,subdivision,anddesignstandardsforprojectapplicationsunderSB9.

AnordinanceadoptedtoimplementSB9shallnotbeconsideredaprojectunderthe CaliforniaEnvironmentalQualityAct(CEQA)andisexemptfromCEQAreviewperGovernmentCodeSections65852.21(j)and66411.7(n).Theproposedtextamendmentsare alsoseparatelyandindependentlyexemptfromCEQA, pursuanttoSection15061(b)(3):

CommonSenseExemption,thegeneralrulethatCEQAonlyappliestoprojectswhich havethepotentialforcausingasignificantontheenvironment.Thetextamendments makechangestofacilitateSB9projectsandincorporateobjectivestandardsconsistent withStatelaw;thesechangeswillnotresultinanynewsubstantialphysicalchangetothe environment.

Noticeisherebygiventhatcopiesoftheabove-numberedordinanceareavailableforinspectionbyallinterestedpartiesattheofficeoftheCityClerkofFairfield,1000Webster Street,4THFloor,Fairfield,andthatsaidordinancewasintroducedonJanuary17,2023, andpassedandadoptedonFebruary7,2023,bythefollowingvote:

AYES:Councilmembers:MOY/BERTANI/CARR/PANDURO/TONNESEN/VACCARO/WILLIAMS NOES:Councilmembers:

ABSENT:Councilmembers: ABSTAIN:Councilmembers: Theordinanceshallbeinfullforceandeffectthirty( 30)daysafteritspassage.

CITYOFFAIRFIELD CommunityFacilitiesDistrictNo.2023-1 (OneLakePlanningArea5)

OnJanuary17,2023,theCityCouncil(the“CityCouncil”)oftheCityofFairfield(the “City”),CountyofSolano,StateofCaliforniaadoptedits“AResolutionoftheCityCouncil DeclaringitsIntentiontoIncurBondedandOtherIndebtednessandDeterminingOther RelatedMatters”(the“Resolution”)relatedtothe(i)“CityofFairfieldCom munityFacilitiesDistrictNo.2023-1(OneLakePlanningArea5)”(the“CFD”),(ii)“ImprovementArea No.1oftheCityofFairfieldCommunityFacilitiesDistrictNo.2023-1(OneLakePlanning Area5)”(“ImprovementAreaNo.1”)and(iii)afutureannexationareafortheCFD(the “FutureAnnexationArea”)undertheMello-RoosCommunityFacilitiesActof1982(the “Act”).UndertheActandtheResolution,theCityCouncilgivesnoticeasfollows:

1.Referenceisherebyma detotheentiretextoftheaboveResolution,acompletecopy ofwhichisonfilewiththeCityClerkoftheCity.ThetextoftheResolutionissummarized asfollows:

a.TheCityCouncilhasadopteditsresolutionentitled“AResolutionoftheCityCouncil DeclaringitsIntentiontoEstablishaCommunityFacilitiesDistrict,OneorMoreImprovementAreasandaFutureAnnexationArea,andDeterminingOtherRelatedMatters,”statingitsintentiontoformtheCFD,ImprovementAreaNo.1andtheFutureAnnexation Areaforthepurposeoffinancing,amongotherthings,allorpartofcertainpublicfacilities(the“Facilities”),asfurtherprovidedinthatResolutionofIntention.

b.TheCityCouncilestimatestheamountrequiredtofinancethecostsoftheFacilitiesto benotmorethan$105,000,000and,inordertofinancesuchcosts,itisnecessarytoincurbondedindebtednessintheamountofnotmorethan$105,000,000andotherdebt (asdef inedintheAct).

c.TheproposedbondedindebtednessandotherdebtistofinancetheFacilities,includingacquisitionandimprovementcostsandallcostsincidentaltoorconnectedwiththe accomplishmentofsuchpurposesandofthefinancingthereof,aspermittedbytheAct d.TheCityCouncilintendstoauthorizetheissuanceandsaleofbondspayablefromthe ImprovementAreaNo.1SpecialTaxintheaggregateprincipalamountofnotmorethan $90,000,000(the“ImprovementAreaNo.1IndebtednessLimit”)aswellasotherdebt payablefromtheImprovementAreaNo.1SpecialTax.

e.TheCityCouncilintendstoauthorizetheissuanceandsaleofbondspayablefrom specialtaxesleviedintheportionoftheCFDthatisnotinImprovementAreaNo.1inthe aggregateprincipalamountofnotmorethan$15,000,000andotherformsofdebt(as definedintheAct).

f.ThedesignationasanimprovementareaofanyterritoryannexingtotheCFD(each,a “FutureImprovementArea”),themaximumamountofbondedindebtednessforsuchFutureImprovementArea,therateandmethodofapportionmentofspecialtaxforsuchFutureImprovementAreaandtheappropriationslimitfortheCFDshallbespecifiedandapprovedintheunanimous approvalexecutedbypropertyownersinconnectionwiththeir annexationtotheCFD.

TheCityCouncilintendstoauthorizetheissuanceandsaleofbondspayablefromaspecialtaxleviedineachFutureImprovementArea(collectively,the“FutureImprovement AreaBonds”)intheaggregateprincipalamountdeterminedatthetimeofannexationof suchterritoryasaseparateimprovementarea,andalsointendstoauthorizeotherdebt 2.OnTuesday,February21,2023,at6:00p.m.orassoonaspossiblethereafter,inthe CityCouncilChambers,1000WebsterStreet,Fairfield,California,theCityCouncilwill holdapublichearingonthenecessityofincurringtheaboveamountofbondedindebtedness,andthenecessityofincurringotherdebt,fortheCFDandImprovementAreaNo.1 3.Atpublichearingthetestimonyofallinterestedpersons,includingregisteredvoters and/orpersonsowningpropertyintheareaoftheproposedCFD,forandagainsttheproposedbondeddebtandotherdebt,willbeheard.Interestedpersonsmaysubmitwritten protestsorcommenttotheCity.

DatedasofJanuary17,2023CityofFairfield

DR#00061247 Published:February13,2023

NOTICETOBIDDERS/INVITATIONTOBID

1.Noticeisherebygiventhatthegoverningboard(“Board”)oftheFAIRFIELD-SUISUN UNIFIEDSCHOOLDISTRICT(“District”)willreceivesealedbidstoconstructthefollowingproject: BID23F-136MARQUEEINSTALLATIONATVARIOUSSITES

2.Contractorsmustsubmitsealedbidsonorbefore2:00p.m.,March1,2023attheofficeoftheFacilities&ConstructionDepartment,locatedat2490HilbornRoad,Fairfield, Californiaatorafter whichtimetheDistrictwillopenthebidsandpubliclyreadthem aloud,inconferenceroom#102at2490HilbornRoad,Fairfield,CA94533.Anyclaimby aBidderoferrorinitsbidmustbemadeincompliancewithPublicContractCode§5100, etseq.Anybidthatissubmittedafterthistimeshallbenon-responsiveandreturnedto theBidder.TheDistrictisnotresponsibleforBidsthatarereceivedafterthedeadline notedabove.

3.TheprojectconsistsofthedemolitionofselectexistingMarqueesigns,basesandassociateditems;theconstructionofnewconcretepedestalbases;installationofOwnerfurnishedmarqueesigns;andassociatedelectricalinfrastructure.

4.AllbidsshallbeontheformprovidedbytheDistrict.EachbidmustconformandberesponsivetoallpertinentContractDocuments,including,butnotlimitedto,theInstructionstoBidders.

5.TobidonthisProject,theBidderisrequiredtopossessoneormoreofthefol lowing StateofCaliforniaContractorLicenses: GeneralEngineering)orB(GeneralBuilding) TheBidder'slicense(s)mustbeactiveandingoodstandingatthetimeofthebidopeningandmustremainsothroughoutthetermoftheContract.

6.AssecurityforitsBid,eachBiddershallprovidewithitsBidform •abidbondissuedbyanadmittedsuretyinsurerontheformprovidedbytheDistrict, •cash,or •acashier'scheckoracertifiedcheck,drawntotheorderoftheFAIRFIELD-SUISUN UNIFIEDSCHOOLDISTRICT, intheamountoftenpercent(10%)ofthetotalbidprice.ThisbidsecurityshallbeaguaranteethattheBiddershall,withinseven(7)calendardaysafterthedateoftheNoticeof Award,enterintoacontractwiththeDistrictfortheperformanceoftheservicesasstipulatedinthebid.

7.ThesuccessfulBiddershallberequiredtofurnisha100%PerformanceBondanda 100%PaymentBondifitisawardedthecontractfortheProject.

8.ThesuccessfulBiddermaysubstitutesecuritiesforanymonieswithheldbytheDistrict toensureperformanceundertheContract,inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofPublic ContractCode§22300.

9.ThesuccessfulBidderanditssubcontractorsshallpayallworkersontheProjectnot lessthanthegeneralprevailingrateofperdiemwagesandthegeneralprevailingratefor holidayandovertimeworkasdeterminedbytheDirectoroftheDepartmentofIndustrial Relations,StateofCalifornia,forthetypeofworkperformedandthelocalityinwhichthe workistobeperformedwithintheboundariesoftheDistrict,pursuanttoLaborCode§ 1770etseq.PrevailingwageratesareonfilewiththeDistrictandareavailabletoanyinterestedpartyonrequestoratwww.dir.ca.gov/oprl/statistics_and_databases.html.BiddersandBidders’subcontractorsshallcomplywiththeregistrationandqualificationrequirementspursuanttoLaborCode§§1725.5&1771.1

10.Avoluntarypre-bidconferenceandsitevisitwillbeheldonFebruary14,2023at 10:00a.m.atRollingHillsElementary,2025FieldcrestAve.,Fairfield,California,forthe purposeofacquaintingbidderswiththebiddocumentsandtheworksite.Pleasemeetin frontoftheschooloffice.

11.ContractDocumentscanbedownloadedfromtheFairfield-SuisunUnifiedSchoolDistrictWebsiteathttps://www.fsusd.org/Page/16402

12.TheDistrict’s Boardreservestherighttorejectanyandallbidsand/orwaiveanyirregularityinanybidreceived.IftheDistrictawardstheContract,thesecurityofunsuccessfulBidder(s)shallbereturnedwithinsixty(60)daysfromthetimetheawardismade. Unlessotherwiserequiredbylaw,noBiddermaywithdrawitsbidforninety(90)days afterthedateofthebidopening.

13.TheDistrictshallawardtheContract,ifitawardsitatall,tothelowestresponsiveresponsibleBidderbasedon:Thebasebidamountonly. DR#00061156 Published:February6,13,2023

NOTICEOFTRUSTEE'SSALETSNo.CA-22-940867-ABOrderNo.:EOR202207115428835YOUAREINDEFAULTUNDERADEEDOFTRUSTDATED6/28/2007.UNLESSYOUTAKEACTIONTOPROTECTYOURPROPERTY,ITMAYBESOLDATA PUBLICSALE.IFYOUNEEDANEXPLANATIONOFTHENATUREOFTHEPROCEEDINGAGAINSTYOU,YOUSHOULDCONTACTALAWYER.Apublicauctionsale tothehighestbidderforcash,cashier'scheckdrawnonastateornationalbank,check drawnbystateorfederalcreditunion,oracheckdrawnbyastateorfederalsavingsand loanassociation,orsavingsassociation,orsavingsbankspecifiedinSection5102tothe FinancialCodeandauthorizedtodobusinessinthisstate,willbeheldbydulyappointed trustee.Thesalewillbemade,butwithoutcovenantorwarranty,expressedorimplied , regardingtitle,possession,orencumbrances,topaytheremainingprincipalsumofthe note(s)securedbytheDeedofTrust,withinterestandlatechargesthereon,asprovided inthenote(s),advances,underthetermsoftheDeedofTrust,interestthereon,fees chargesandexpensesoftheTrusteeforthetotalamount(atthetimeoftheinitialpublicationoftheNoticeofSale)reasonablyestimatedtobesetforthbelow.Theamountmay begreateronthedayofsale.BENEFICIARYMAYELECTTOBIDLESSTHANTHE TOTALAMOUNTDUE.Trustor(s):JOYCEA.DAVIS,ANUNMARRIEDWOMANRecorded:7/6/2007asInstrumentNo.200700074979ofOfficialRecordsintheofficeofthe RecorderofSOLANOCounty,California;DateofSale:3/6/2023at9:30AMPlaceof Sale:AttheSantaClaraStreetentrancetotheCityHallat555SantaClaraStreet Vallejo,CA94590Amountofunpaidbalanceandothercharges:$183,266.01Thepurportedpropertyaddressis:1420STARRCOURT,FAIRFIELD,CA94533Assessor's ParcelNo.:0170-171-150NOTICETOPOTENTIALBIDDERS:Ifyouareconsidering biddingonthispropertylien,youshouldunderstandthattherearerisksinvolvedinbiddingatatrusteeauction.Youwillbebiddingonalien,notonthepropertyitself.Placing thehighestbidatatrusteeauctiondoesnotautomaticallyentitleyoutofreeandclear ownershipoftheproperty.Youshouldalsobeawarethatthelienbeingauctionedoffmay beajuniorlien.Ifyouarethehighestbidderattheauction,youareormayberesponsibleforpayingoffallliensseniortothelienbeingauctionedoff,beforeyoucanreceive cleartitletotheproperty.Youareencouragedtoinvestigatetheexistence,priority,and sizeofoutstandingliensthatmayexistonthispropertybycontactingthecounty rec order'sofficeoratitleinsurancecompany,eitherofwhichmaychargeyouafeefor thisinformation.Ifyouconsulteitheroftheseresources,youshouldbeawarethatthe samelendermayholdmorethanonemortgageordeedoftrustontheproperty.NOTICE TOPROPERTYOWNER:Thesaledateshownonthisnoticeofsalemaybepostponed oneormoretimesbythemortgagee,beneficiary,trustee,oracourt,pursuanttoSection 2924goftheCaliforniaCivilCode.Thelawrequiresthat informationabouttrusteesale postponementsbemadeavailabletoyouandtothepublic,asacourtesytothosenot presentatthesale.Ifyouwishtolearnwhetheryoursaledatehasbeenpostponed,and ifapplicable,therescheduledtimeanddateforthesaleofthisproperty,youmaycall855 238-5118forinformationregardingthetrustee'ssaleorvisitthisinternetwebsite http://www.qualityloan.com,usingthefilenumberassignedtothisforeclosurebythe Trustee:CA-22-940867-AB.Informationaboutpostponementsthatareveryshortindurationorthatoccurcloseintimetothescheduledsalemaynotimmediatelybereflectedin thetelephoneinformationoro ntheinternetwebsite.Thebestwaytoverifypostponementinformationistoattendthescheduledsale.NOTICETOTENANT:Youmayhavea righttopurchasethispropertyafterthetrusteeauctionpursuanttoSection2924mofthe CaliforniaCivilCode.Ifyouarean"eligibletenantbuyer,"youcanpurchasetheproperty ifyoumatchthelastandhighestbidplacedatthetrusteeauction.Ifyouarean"eligible bidder,"youmaybeabletopurchasethepropertyifyouexceedthelastandhighestbid placedatthetrusteeauction.Therearethreestepstoexercisingthisrightofpurchase First,48hoursafterthedateofthetrusteesale,youcancall855238-5118,orvisitthis internetwebsitehttp://www.qualityloan.com,usingthefilenumberassignedtothisforeclosurebytheTrustee:CA-22-940867-ABtofindthedateonwhichthetrustee'ssalewas held,theamountofthelastandhighestbid,andtheaddressofthetrustee.Second,you mustsendawrittennoticeofintenttoplaceabidsothatthetrusteereceivesitnomore than15daysafterthetrustee'ssale.Third,youmustsubmitabidsothatthetrusteereceivesitnomorethan45daysafterthetrustee'ssale.Ifyouthinkyoumayqualifyasan "eligibletenantbuyer"or"eligiblebidder,"youshouldconsidercontactinganattorneyor appropriaterealestateprofessionalimmediatelyforadviceregardingthispotentialrightto purchase.NOTICETOPROSPECTIVEOWNER-OCCUPANT:AnyprospectiveowneroccupantasdefinedinSection2924moftheCaliforniaCivilCode whoisthelastand highestbidderatthetrustee'ssaleshallprovidetherequiredaffidavitordeclarationofeligibilitytotheauctioneeratthetrustee'ssaleorshallhaveitdeliveredtoQUALITYLOAN SERVICECORPORATIONby5p.m.onthenextbusinessdayfollowingthetrustee's saleattheaddresssetforthinthebelowsignatureblock.TheundersignedTrusteedisclaimsanyliabilityforanyincorrectnessofthepropertyaddressorothercommondesignation,ifan y,shownherein.Ifnostreetaddressorothercommondesignationisshown directionstothelocationofthepropertymaybeobtainedbysendingawrittenrequestto thebeneficiarywithin10daysofthedateoffirstpublicationofthisNoticeofSale.Ifthe saleissetasideforanyreason,includingiftheTrusteeisunabletoconveytitle,thePurchaseratthesaleshallbeentitledonlytoareturnofthemoniespaidtotheTrustee.This shallbethePurchaser'ssoleandexclusiveremedy.Thepurchasershallhavenofurther recourseagainsttheTrustor,theTrustee,theBeneficiary,theBeneficiary'sAgent,orthe Beneficiary'sAttorney.Ifyouhavepreviouslybeendischargedthroughbankruptcy,you mayhavebeenreleasedofpersonalliabilityforthisloaninwhichcasethisletterisintendedtoexercisethenoteholdersright'sagainsttherealpropertyonly.Date:QUALITY LOANSERVICECORPORATION2763CaminoDelRioSSanDiego,CA92108619645-7711ForNONSALEinformationonlySaleLine:855238-5118OrLo ginto : http://www.qualityloan.comReinstatementLine:(866)645-7711Ext5318QUALITY LOANSERVICECORPORATION.TSNo.:CA-22-940867-ABIDSPub#0183745 2/13/20232/20/20232/27/2023 DR#00061096 Published:February13,20,27,2023

PUBLIC NOTICES

NOTICEOFPUBLICHEARINGOFTHEPLANNINGCOMMISSIONOFTHECITYOF SUISUNCITYTOCONSIDERTHEPROPOSEDDEVELOPMENTOFATRACTOR SUPPLYRETAILSTOREPROJECT (SITEPLAN/ARCHITECTURALREVIEW21/22-003;VARIANCE21/22-001;UNIFORM SIGNPROGRAM;ANDMODIFIEDINITIALSTUDY)

NOTICEISHEREBYGIVENTHATthePlanningCommissionoftheCityofSuisunCityis conductingapublichearingataRegularMeetingat6:30p.m.,onTuesdayFebruary28 2023,attheSuisunCityCouncilChambers,701CivicCenterBoulevard,SuisunCity California,forconsiderationofsiteplan/architecturalreview,variance,uniformsignprogram,andModifiedInitialStudyforaproposedTractorSupplyRetailStore.TheproposedprojectsiteislocatedadjacenttoHeritageShoppingCenter,northofHighway12 andwestofSnowDrive(APN:0173-390-160).Interestedpartiesareinvitedtoattendor canprovidetestimonyinwrittenformpriortothehearingwhichwillbemadepartofthe hearingrecord. ConsistentwithCEQAGuidelines,aModifiedInitialStudyhasbeenpreparedforthe project.AModifiedInitialStudy(AttachmentA.)hasbeenpreparedtoidentifyandassessthepotentialenvironmentalimpactsoftheproposedProject.Thisdocumentrelies inpart,ontheCityofSuisunCity2035GeneralPlanapprovedbytheSuisunCityCouncilonOctober9,2014,anditsaccompanyingEnvironmentalImpactReport(EIR) (SCH#2011102046),alsocertifiedonOctober9,2014(AECOM).TheModifiedInitial Study(MIS)hasbeenpreparedtosatisfytheCaliforniaEnvironmentalQualityAct (CEQA),(PublicResourcesCode[PRC],Section21000etseq.)andtheStateCEQA Guidelines(14CaliforniaCodeofRegulation[CCR]15000etseq .). Allmembersofthepublicmayalsoparticipateinthemeetingbyattendingthemeetingor remotelyparticipatingviavideoconferencingathttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/89305985651 orviatelephoneat(707)438-1720,WebinarID:89305985651.

TheapplicationsareonfileandmaybereviewedattheSuisunCityDevelopmentServicesDepartmentat701CivicCenterBoulevardbetween8:00a.m.and6:00p.m. Mondays,Wednesdays,andThursdays,andbetween8:00a.m.and7:00p.m.onTuesdays,CityHallisclosedonFridays.

PleasecontactJohnKearns,PrincipalPlanner,707-421-7337(jkearns@suisun.com)or AprilWooden,SpecialProjects,831-915-2189(awooden@suisun.com)withanyquestionsorconcernsregardingtheapplicationpriorto5p.m.TuesdayFebruary28,2023

PursuanttoCaliforniaGovernmentCodeSection65009,ifyouchallengeanyofthe aboveactions,incourtyoumaybelimitedtoraisingonlythoseissueswhichyou,or someoneelse,raisedatthepublichearing,whicharedescribedinthisnotice,orwhich wereincludedinwrittencorrespondencedeliveredtotheSuisunCityDevelopmentServicesDepartment,701CivicCenterBoulevard,SuisunCity,California,94585,at,orprior to,thepublichearing.

DR#00061308

Published:February13,2023

NOTICEOFPUBLICHEARINGOFTHECITYOFSUISUNCITYPLANNINGCOMMISSION TheCityofSuisunCityPlanningCommissionwillholdahybridPUBLICHEARINGto considerthefollowingproject:

PROJECT:GeneralPlanAmendmentfor2023-2031HousingElementand2023Public HealthandSafetyElementUpdate ThecityisprocessingamendmentstotheSuisunCityGeneralPlan,asfollows,andthe PlanningCommissionwillreviewandconsiderit’srecommendationtotheCityCouncilon thefollowing: 2023-2031HousingElementUpdate–AHousingElementisastaterequiredelementof aCity’sGeneralPlan.TheHousingElementmustbeupdatedeveryeight(8)yearsand includesgoals,objectives,policies,andimplementationprogramsthataddressthemaintenance,preservation,improvement,anddevelopmentofhousingincitylimits.This projectwouldupdatetheSuisunCityGeneralPlanHousingElementforthe6thhousing cycle(2023-2031planningper iod)pursuanttoStateHousingElementlaw.TheHousing ElementisoneoftheState-mandatedelementsofaCity’sGeneralPlanandmustidentifyhowtheCitywillaccommodateitsshareoftheregionalhousingneedforalleconomic segmentsofthecommunity,commonlyreferredtoasRHNA(RegionalHousingNeeds Allocation).Forthe2023-2031planningperiod,theCitymustprovidezoningcapacityfor 620dwellingunitsacrossallincomelevelsandtheupdateproposestoaccommodatethe RHNAthroughapproved,butnotyetbuiltprojects,vacantsitesandaccessorydwelling units. PublicHealthandSafetyElementUpdate–RecentStatelawrequirestheSafetyElement tobeupdatedatthetimeaHousingElementisupdated.TheprojectproposesamendmentstothePublicHealthandSafetyElement,whichincorporatestheStaterequired SafetyElement,toassessClimateChangeVulnerabilityAssessment. CopiesoftheDraft2023-2031SuisunCityHousingElementand2023PublicHealthand SafetyElementcanbeviewedatwww.suisun.com

ThePlanningCommissionwillreviewandprovidetheirrecommendationtotheCity Councilonthisproject.AseparatepubliclynoticedCityCouncilhearingtoconsideradoptionofthisprojectwillbescheduledatafuturedate.

  Theproposedprojectisexemptasa“commonsense”exemptionunderStateCEQA GuidelinesSection15061(b)(3)becausetheprojectinvolvespolicies ,programs,andactionstomeettheCity’sRHNAallocationthatwouldnothavethepotentialtocauseasignificantphysicaleffectontheenvironment.Asitcanbeseenwithcertaintythatthereis nopossibilitythattheproposed6thCycleHousingElementUpdatewouldhaveasignificanteffectontheenvironment,the6thCycleHousingElementisexemptfromCEQAunderthecommonsenseexemption. Similarly,theproposedPublicHealthandSafetyElementUpdateisalsoexemptasa “commonsense”exemptionbecauseitdoesnotproposesite-specificdevelopment.Itis anupdatetoanexistingpolicydocumenttocomplywithnewlawsandreinforceexisting policydirection.Therefore,theproposedPublicHealthandSafetyElementwouldnotresultinanydirectorindirectphysicalchangestotheenvironment.

HEARINGDATE&LOCATION:Tuesday,February28,2023,at6:30pm.Thismeeting willbephysicallyopentothepublic.Allmembersofthe publicmayparticipateinthe meetingbyattendingthemeetingorremotelyparticipatingviavideoconferencingathttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/89305985651orviatelephoneat(707)438-1720,WebinarID: 89305985651.

MOREINFORMATIONContactJohnKearns,PrincipalPlannerat(707)421-7337or jkearns@suisun.com.AhardcopyoftheDraft2023-2031SuisunCityHousingElement andDraft2023SuisunCityElementarecurrentlyavailableforreviewat:1)SuisunCity C ityHall(publiclobby),701CivicCenterBoulevard,or2)SuisunCityPublicLibrary601 PintailDrive,SuisunCity,CA94585.DocumentsarealsoavailableonCity’swebsiteat www.suisun.com. Astaffreportforthisitemwillbepreparedandbeavailableforreview72hoursbeforethe meetingathttps://www.suisun.com.

WHATWILLHAPPEN:Allinterestedpartiesareinvitedtoattendthepublichearingtoexpressopinionsorsubmitevidencefororagainsttheproposedproject.TestimonyfrominterestedpersonswillbeheardandconsideredbythePlanningCommissionpriortomakingtheirrecommendationtotheCityCouncil.AseparateCityCouncilwillbepubliclynoticedandconductedtoacceptthePlanningCommissionrecommendationandtakefinal actionontheproject.

Themeetingwillbephysicallyopentothepublicandallpersonsattendingthemeeting mustabidebyallStaterulesandpublichealthguidelines,regardingmaskingandsocial CityCouncilChambers.

PursuanttoCaliforniaGovernmentCodeSection65009,ifyouchallengeanyofthe aboveactions,incourtyoumaybelimitedtoraisingonlythoseissueswhichyou,or someoneelse,raisedatthepublichearing,whicharedescribedinthisnotice,orwhich wereincludedinwrittencorrespondencedeliveredtotheSuisunCityDevelopmentServicesDepartment,701CivicCenterBoulevard,SuisunCity,California,94585,at,orprior to,thepublichearing.

DR#00061307

Published:February13,2023

NOTICEOFPUBLICHEARING

ToEstablishaCommunityFacilitiesDistrict,anImprovementAreaandaFutureAnnexationArea CITYOFFAIRFIELD CommunityFacilitiesDistrictNo.2023-1 (OneLakePlanningArea5)

OnJanuary17,2023,pursuanttotheMello-RoosCommunityFacilitiesActof1982,as amended(the“Act”),theCityCouncil(the“CityCouncil”)oftheCityofFairfield(the “City”),CountyofSolano,StateofCaliforniaadoptedits“AResolutionoftheCityCouncil DeclaringitsIntentiontoEstablishaCommunityFacilitiesDistrict,OneorMoreImprovementAreasandaFutureAnnexationArea,andDeterminingOtherRelatedMatters”(the “ResolutionofIntention”)toestablish(i)“CityofFairfieldCommunityFacilitiesDistrictNo. 2023-1(OneLakePlanningArea5)”(the“CFD”),(ii)“ImprovementAreaNo.1oftheCity ofFairfieldCommunityFacilitiesDistrictNo.2023-1(OneLakePlanningArea5)”(“ImprovementAreaNo.1”),and(iii)afutureannexationareafortheCFD(the“FutureAnnexationArea”).UndertheActandtheResolutionofIntention,theCityCouncilgivesnoticeasfollows:

1.ThetextoftheResolutionofIntention,withtheExhibitsAandBthereto,asadoptedby theCityCouncil,isonfilewiththeCityClerkandreferenceismadetheretofortheparticularprovisionsthereof.ThetextoftheResolutionofIntentionissummarizedasfollows:

a.UndertheAct,thisCouncilisundertakingproceedingsfortheestablishmentofthe CFD,ImprovementAreaNo.1andtheFutureAnnexationArea,theboundariesofwhich areshownonamaponfilewiththeCity.

b.ThepurposeoftheCFDistoprovideforthefinancingof(i)thepublicfacilities(the“Facilities”)asmorefullydescribedintheResolutionofIntentionandExhibitAtheretoand (ii)certainpublicservices(the“Services”)asmorefullydescribedintheResolutionofIntentionandExhibitA thereto.

c.ThemethodoffinancingtheFacilitiesandtheServicesisthroughtheimpositionand levyofaspecialtax(the“SpecialTax”)tobeapportionedonthepropertiesintheCFD undertherateandmethodofapportionmentdescribedintheResolutionofIntentionand ExhibitBthereto.

d.TheResolutionofIntentiondirectedthepreparationofaCFDReportthatshowsthe FacilitiesandtheServicesandtheestimatedcostsoftheFacilitiesandtheServices.The CFDRepo rtwillbemadeapermanentpartoftherecordofthepublichearingspecified below.ReferenceismadetotheCFDReportasfiledwiththeClerk.

e.PropertywithintheFutureAnnexationAreamaybeannexedtoanexistingimprovementareaoftheCFD,ormaybedesignatedasoneormorenewimprovementareas (each,a“FutureImprovementArea”),andaspecialtaxwillbeleviedonsuchproperty, withtheunanimousapproval(each,a“UnanimousApproval”)oftheownerorownersof ea chparcelorparcelsatthetimethatparcelorthoseparcelsareannexed,withoutadditionalhearingsorelections.

f.Assetforthbelow,theCityCouncilwillholdapublichearingontheestablishmentof theCFD,ImprovementAreaNo.1andtheFutureAnnexationArea,theFacilities,the ServicesandtheSpecialTax.

2.ThepublichearingwillbeheldonTuesday,February21,2023,at6:00p.m.orassoon aspossiblethereafter,intheCityCouncilChambers,1000WebsterStreet,Fairfield,California.

3.Atthehearing,thetestimonyofallinterestedpersonsortaxpayers,includingallpersonsowningpropertywithinImprovementAreaNo.1,fororagainsttheestablishmentof theCFDandImprovementAreaNo.1,theSpecialTaxtobeleviedinImprovementArea No.1,theextentoftheCFDandImprovementAreaNo.1andthefurnishingofthespecifiedFacilitiesandServices,willbeheard.Anypersoninterestedmayfileaprotestin writingas providedinSection53323oftheAct.Anyprotestspertainingtotheregularityor sufficiencyoftheproceedingsshallbeinwritingandshallclearlysetforththeirregularitiesanddefectstowhichobjectionismade.AllwrittenprotestsmustbefiledwiththeCity Clerkonorbeforethetimefixedforthehearing.

If50%ormoreoftheregisteredvoters,orsixregisteredvoters,whicheverismore,residingintheterritoryproposedtobeincludedinImprovementAreaNo .1,ortheownersof one-halformoreoftheareaoflandintheterritoryproposedtobeincludedinImprovementAreaNo.1andnotexemptfromtheSpecialTaxtobeleviedinImprovementArea No.1,filewrittenprotestsagainsttheestablishmentoftheCFDandImprovementArea No.1andtheprotestsarenotwithdrawntoreducethevalueoftheproteststolessthana majority,theCityCouncilshalltakenofurtheractiontocreatetheCFDandImprovement AreaNo.1orlevytheSpecialTaxinImprovementAreaNo.1foraperiodofoneyear fromthedateofdecisionoftheCityCouncil,and,ifthemajorityprotestsoftheregistered votersorlandownersareonlyagainstthefurnishingofatypeortypesofFacilitiesorServiceswithintheCFDandImprovementAreaNo.1,oragainstlevyingaspecifiedpartof theSpecialTaxinImprovementAreaNo.1,thosetypesofFacilitiesorServicesorthe specifiedpartoftheSpecialTaxtobeleviedinImprovementAreaN o.1willbeeliminatedfromtheproceedingstoformtheCFDandImprovementAreaNo.1. Inaddition,atthehearing,thetestimonyofallinterestedpersonsforandagainsttheestablishmentoftheFutureAnnexationAreaorthelevyingofspecialtaxeswithinanyportionoftheFutureAnnexationAreaannexedinthefuturetotheCFDwillbeheard.If50% ormoreoftheregisteredvoters,or6registeredvoters,whicheverismore,residingwithintheproposedterritoryoftheCFD,orif50%ormoreoftheregisteredvoters,or6registeredvoters,whicheverismore,residingintheterritoryproposedtobeincludedinthe FutureAnnexationArea,ortheownersof50%ormoreoftheareaoflandintheterritory proposedtobeincludedintheCFDorintheFutureAnnexationArea,filewrittenprotests againsttheestablishmentoftheFutureAnnexationAreaandtheprotestsarenotwithdrawntoreducethevalueoftheproteststolessthanamajority,th eCityCouncilshall takenofurtheractiontocreatetheFutureAnnexationAreaforaperiodofoneyearfrom thedateofdecisionoftheCityCouncil.

4.Ifthereisnomajorityprotest,theCityCouncilmaysubmitthelevyoftheSpecialTax inImprovementAreaNo.1forvoterapprovalataspecialelection.TheSpecialTaxrequirestheapprovalof2/3rdsofthevotescastataspecialelectionbythepropertyowner votersofImprovementAreaNo.1,witheachownerhavingonevoteforeachacreorportionthereofsuchownerownsinImprovementAreaNo.1notexemptfromtheSpecial Tax.

DatedasofJanuary17,2023CityofFairfield DR#00061248 Published:February13,2023

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: BERNICE WHITE CASE NUMBER: FPR051839

Toallheirs,beneficiaries,creditors,contingentcreditors,andpersonswhomay otherwisebeinterestedinthewillorestate,orboth,of: Bernice White APetitionforProbatehasbeenfiledby: Michan Evonc intheSuperiorCourtofCalifornia,County of: Solano ThePetitionforProbaterequeststhat: Michan Evonc beappointedaspersonalrepresentative toadministerthe estateofthedecedent. ThepetitionrequestsauthoritytoadministertheestateundertheIndependentAdministrationofEstatesAct.(Thisauthority willallowthepersonalrepresentativeto takemanyactionswithoutobtainingcourt approval.Beforetakingcertainveryimportantactions,however,thepersonal representativewillberequiredtogivenoticetointerestedpersonsunlessthey havewaivednoticeorconsentedtothe proposedaction.)Theindependentadministrationauthoritywillbegrantedunless aninterestedpersonfilesanobjectionto thepetitionandshowsgoodcausewhy thecourtshouldnotgranttheauthority.

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

DATE: APRIL 19, 2023; TIME: 9:00 a.m.; DEPT.: 22

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, County of Solano Old Solano Courthouse, 580 Texas Street, Courtroom 3, Fairfield, CA 94533

If you object tothegrantingofthepetition,youshouldappearatthehearingand stateyourobjectionsorfilewrittenobjectionswiththecourtbeforethehearing. Yourappearancemaybeinpersonorby yourattorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, youmustfileyourclaimwiththecourtand mailacopytothepersonalrepresentative appointedbythecourtwithinthe later of either(1)four months fromthedateof firstissuanceofletterstoageneralpersonalrepresentative,asdefinedinsection58(b)oftheCaliforniaProbateCode, or(2) 60 days fromthedateofmailingor personaldeliverytoyouofanoticeunder section9052oftheCaliforniaProbate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may wantto consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court.Ifyouareapersoninterestedinthe estate,youmayfilewiththecourtaRequestforSpecialNotice(formDE-154)of thefilingofaninventoryandappraisalof estateassetsorofanypetitionoraccount asprovidedinProbateCodesection 1250.ARequestforSpecialNoticeformis availablefromthecourtclerk. AttorneyforPetitioner: EstavilloLawGroup 42617thStreet,Suite200 Oakland,CA94612 510-982-3001 DR#00061192

Published:Feb.10,13,17,2023

As trade rumors swirl, Sharks’ Erik Karlsson has another epic game

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Erik Karlsson and Timo Meier were both in the San Jose Sharks’ lineup Sunday for their afternoon game with the Washington Capitals. Both, from all indications, will be on the team’s charter flight back home after the game.

That in and of itself might be noteworthy considering the level of speculation that surrounds both players with the NHL’s trade deadline less than three weeks away.

For now, though, the Sharks still have both guys on their side, and they finished off a three-week stretch of road games with a 4-1 win over Washington at Capital One Arena.

Karlsson scored in the third period and assisted on goals by Evgeny Svechnikov and Alexander Barabanov, and Aaron Dell made eight saves in relief of an injured Kaapo Kahkonen as the Sharks wrapped up an eight-game spell

away from home with a 3-3-2 record.

The Sharks played at Columbus, Boston, Detroit, Carolina, and Pittsburgh on a five-game road trip before the NHL’s All-Star Game on Feb. 4, and faced Tampa Bay and Florida earlier in the week before they came to Washington, D.C.

Kahkonen was removed from the game by the NHL’s concussion spotter at the 2:56 mark of the second period.

Just eight seconds earlier, Capitals forward Evgeny Kuznetsov took a pass from Erik Gustafsson, skated around Scott Harrington, and made contact with Kahkonen’s head as he skated near the crease and scored his eighth goal of the season.

Dell replaced Kahkonen for the rest of the second period and into the third, as he played his first NHL game since Dec. 4. He was recalled from the San Jose Barracuda, the Sharks’ AHL affiliate, on Saturday after James Reimer came down with

what was described by coach David Quinn as a minor illness.

Karlsson now has 73 points –18 goals and 55 assists – in 54 games.

The Sharks next play the Pittsburgh Penguins at home on Tuesday. Reports emerged Saturday that the Sharks and Edmonton Oilers have re-engaged in trade talks after the two teams spoke about a possible Karlsson deal last month. For a Karlsson-to-Edmonton deal to work mathematically from a salary cap standpoint, the Sharks would have to retain between $4-5 million of the defenseman’s $11.5 million cap hit.

Meier didn’t get on the scoresheet Sunday but had a team-leading 30 goals in 54 games.

“When you look at the guys everyone’s talking about,” Quinn said Sunday when asked about the trade deadline, “they continue to do the things they’ve done all year. They haven’t slowed down one bit.”

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problem at the center of this success story. Or, more accurately, a 60-meter (197-foot) tall one: The site’s most iconic development for the Winter games - and a much-lauded poster child for reuse – has limited plans for the future.

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first down with less than 2 minutes remaining in the game to set up Butker’s kick with 11 seconds left in the game.

Mahomes didn’t light up the scoreboard, but he finished the game completing an efficient 21 of 27 passes for 182 yards and three touchdowns for a 131.8 passer rating. He added 44 yards rushing on six carries en route to being named the MVP of Super Bowl LVII.

Sunday showcased two of the NFL’s top offenses and it didn’t take long into the game for the Chiefs and Eagles to remind everyone why they finished the regular season ranked as the No. 1 and No. 3 offenses, respectively.

Philadelphia took the opening kickoff and cut through the Chiefs’ defense with a methodical 11-play, 75-yard drive. Hurts and wide receiver

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Saddiq Bey to Atlanta for five second-round picks that the Warriors used to bring Payton back to the Bay Area.

The timeline for Payton’s injury recovery is undetermined, but could sideline him for significant time, sources said.

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“For me as a young driver, it was a detriment,” he said. “Without practice you don’t have an opportunity to try different setups with the cars. Each driver needs something a little bit different to make themselves comfortable in the

DeVonta Smith connected three times on the drive for 41 yards, and Hurts capped off the drive with 1-yard quarterback sneak to give the Eagles a shortlived 7-0 lead.

The Chiefs responded in kind, rolling over the vaunted Eagles defense with a rapid strike 6-play, 75-yard touchdown drive.

Mahomes finished the possession with an 18-yard touchdown pass to tight end Travis Kelce, who got behind Eagles safety Marcus Epps with a slick double move. Epps slipped on the first cut, and Mahomes threw a gorgeous pass over Kelce’s left shoulder to tie the game at 7-7. Rookie running back Isiah Pacheco contributed three carries for 29 yards, including a bruising 24-yard run, during the drive.

Kansas City took over after a stalled Eagles drive and embarked on a promising drive, but Butker missed a 42-yard field goal, which would’ve given the Chiefs a 7-0 lead.

Hurts and the Eagles

Myers, the team’s general manager and president of basketball operations, is expected to provide more clarity on the situation when he speaks with reporters Monday.

The Warriors made the tough decision to move on from Wiseman in hopes to further capitalize on Stephen Curry’s prime while also putting them in position to compete in the Western Conference, which got stronger

car and be able to go fast and produce lap time.

“Whenever you don’t have practice, you get one shot, so you build your car with the setup you think you need and if you’re not good, that’s it; you’re just not going to perform well that weekend.”

Bell posted a pair of top-5 finishes among seven top-10s but generally was in the middle or back of the pack. His Daytona 500 debut ended in a crash.

Swapping his No.

offense made the Chiefs pay for the missed field goal, which gave Philadelphia good field position. The Eagles needed just six plays to get in the end zone, as Hurts threw a 45-yard pass to wide receiver A.J. Brown in the end zone. Brown beat rookie cornerback Trent McDuffie on the play to give the Eagles a 14-7 lead.

The Chiefs offense sputtered on their next possession, going threeand-out. Chiefs linebacker Nick Bolton put some life back in the team after he scooped up a Hurts fumble and returned it 36 yards for a touchdown to tie the game once again at 14-14.

The Chiefs offense, however, sputtered throughout the first half, while the Eagles closed out the first half with a 10-point scoring burst.

Hurts shredded the Chiefs with his legs on the Eagles’ fifth possession, breaking through the Chiefs’ defensive line with a 28-yard gain on a fourth-and-5 play to put the Eagles at the Chiefs’

this week with the additions of Kyrie Irving to the Dallas Mavericks and Kevin Durant to the Phoenix Suns.

Payton’s unavailability for the foreseeable future had thrown a wrench in the Warriors’ plans, though it appeared likely that the Warriors were still going to go through with the trade, which seemingly benefited all parties involved.

Wiseman’s development over the course of

95 Toyota with Leavine Family Racing with the No. 20 with Joe Gibbs Racing quickly produced results in 2021. During the season’s second race, Bell outmaneuvered Cup Series stalwart Joey Logano to win on Daytona’s tricky 3.61-mile road course. While it was Bell’s only win, he posted 4 more top-3 finishes. Bell’s breakthrough was still a year away.

Besides three victories in 2022, Bell tied for

5-day forecast for Fairfield-Suisun City

A year ago at Big Air Shougang, Olympic skiers and snowboarders were hurtling through the air performing death-defying spins and flips against a skyline of smokestacks. The events were even more successful in China than organizers could have hoped, with Chinese athletes Eileen Gu and Su Yiming both winning competitions and earning the park the honorific nickname “Blessed Place of Dual Gold Medals.” Following the games, President Xi Jinping lauded the site and mocked foreign commentators puzzled by the industrial backdrop.

safer. After ski jumping went big, officials said they decided to keep the ramp as is so it might play host to future professional events, even if that meant it could only be used a few times a year during winter. Now Big Air Shougang sits unused for months at a time, as pieces of white carpet used to keep artificial snow sticking to it peel off and expose the steel structure underneath. Last year was particularly bad due to China’s stringent Covid restrictions. But even after a reprieve in December – when the facility was temporarily reopened as a snow theme park, and visitors could slide along a gentle slope at the bottom of Big Air – the purpose of the venue beyond winter remains a question.

16-yard line. Chiefs defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi was flagged for a neutral zone infraction with the Eagles facing a fourthand-2 at the 8-yard line to give the Eagles a first down, and Hurts punched it in on the next play from 4 yards out to push Philadelphia’s lead to 21-14 lead.

Eagles kicker Jake Elliott’s 35-yard field goal provided Philadelphia a 24-14 halftime lead.

The first half was about Hurts, who gave the Chiefs fits with 246 total yards (63 rushing) and three touchdowns (two rushing, one passing). He finished the game throwing for 300 yards and a touchdown, while rushing for 70 yards and three touchdowns on 15 carries.

Meanwhile, Mahomes finished the first half completing 8-of-13 passes for 89 yards, adding 11 yards on two carries before he turned it around in the second half.

The victory gave the Chiefs their second Super Bowl championship in the past four season.

his first three NBA seasons had been stalled several times due to injuries but when healthy this season, he wasn’t getting consistent game reps needed to reach the potential the Warriors saw in him when they took him No. 2 overall in 2020. Wiseman will have a larger role with the Pistons, who will give him more opportunities to play through mistakes than Golden State could afford.

second with 20 top-10s and tied for third in the series with 12 top-5s. To see how far Bell had come in getting dialed in, compare his average start of 10.1 with 23.7 in 2020 and his 573 laps led with just 18 two years earlier.

Bell also displayed the versatility top drivers possess. He won on a 1-mile setup in New Hampshire, the Charlotte road course and the Cup Series’ shortest track (0526-mile) in Martinsville.

“I heard someone ask, ‘Was the ski jump held at a nuclear power station?’ “ Xi said in a speech in March. “They just don’t understand that this is a green transformation. We have transformed the steel industry into the sports industry.”

The transformation may be a victim of its own success. Originally park operators envisioned the site as a year-round attraction – turning the ramp into a waterslide or grassy slope during the summer – but that would mean reducing the terrifying slope to make it

For events like the Olympics or the World Cup, figuring out what to do with multimillion-dollar – or multibillion-dollar – facilities once the games are over has been a tricky proposition, and watching them fall into disuse has fueled public opposition to hosting in many global cities.China made some early progress in tackling these so-called white elephants. About 60% of the venues for the Beijing Winter games were existing or temporary, according to the International Olympic Committee. For instance, the National Aquatics Center, a.k.a. the “Water Cube,” hosted swimming and diving events during Beijing’s Summer Olympics in 2008. Last year it was reborn as the “Ice Cube” for curling. learn how his car responded.

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