Daily Republic: Wednesday, February 22, 2023

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Fairfield adds $500,000 to downtown business loan program

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FAIRFIELD — The City Council on Tuesday agreed on a 4-1 vote to transfer $500,000 from the Heart of Fairfield Intergovernmental Loan Fund for economic development activities in the city’s Revitalization and Enhancement Assistance Program.

Solano ranks as 13th best wine county in California

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FAIRFIELD — Solano County was ranked the 13th best wine county among the 58 California counties – scoring well in quality and less so in accommodations.

In fact, Solano ranked fourth overall for the quality of its wineries, but 39th for accommodations.

Lisa Howard, with Tolenas Winery and an officer with the Suisun Valley Vintners & Growers Association, said it is not the worst thing that Solano ranked poorly with regard to accommodations, because a lot of the Suisun Valley winemakers would likely agree.

“We need more high-end accommodations,” Howard said.

She also said there are a couple of projects

The council used $200,000 of those funds to establish a new downtown equipment loan program. The remaining $300,000 would be divided into $200,000 for larger projects, and $100,000 for existing or smaller projects.

Councilwoman K. Patrice Williams dissented. She could not

support the equipment loan provision. Councilman Rick Vaccaro and Councilwoman Doriss Panduro were absent.

“The equipment piece, I don’t quite feel comfortable with it,” Williams said.

Vice Mayor Pam Bertani wants the city to develop a design standard for the downtown so there is some continuity with the facade work.

The city last recapitalized the program in March 2020, and had about $100,000 left in the program fund.

The Revitalization and Enhancement Assistance Program – or REAP – was established to encourage

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FAIRFIELD — National Ag Day will celebrate its 50th anniversary on March 21.

The theme is “Growing a Climate for Tomorrow.” It is organized by the Agriculture Council of America.

“Ag Day is about recognizing – and celebrating – the contribution

of agriculture in our everyday lives. The National Ag Day program encourages every American to understand how food and fiber products are produced; value the essential role of agriculture in maintaining a strong economy; (and) appreciate the role agriculture plays in providing safe, abundant and affordable products,”

Dodd, McGuire to head wine subcommittee

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FAIRFIELD — State

Sens. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, and Mike McGuire, D-North Coast, have been appointed co-chairmen of the Senate Select Committee on California’s Wine Industry.

The pair have partnered as co-chairs since 2016.

“The wine industry is a major economic and tourism driver for our state and it is essential

that the Legislature focus on issues that impact it,” Dodd said in a statement. “We’ve made big strides in achieving competitiveness in the global market and innovations in sustainability.”

McGuire, the Senate majority leader, added, “California’s wine industry contributes over $70 billion to the California economy and is a top economic driver here at home on the North Coast.

I’m excited to once again team up with Sen. Dodd

on this partnership with the Wine Select Committee. We’re ready to get to work on some of the top issues facing the

Council chamber, Civic Center Drive to be named after Price

us being out there when it happens.”

There also was discussion about working with the Travis School District to honor Price in relation to his long tenure as an English teacher at Vanden High School. That also could involve changing a street name, but no final decision was made about that.

industry and our wine growing communities including climate adaption, workforce housing,

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“He was

Civic,”

Moy said. “I look forward to

“If there is anything you can do, that’s the place,” one member of the public said.

Price started teaching

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Rob Lindsey, center, pours wine at Wooden Valley Winery in Fairfield, Monday.

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Mustard flowers bloom in an agricultural field in the Suisun Valley in Fairfield, Monday.

What happens to the throw-away kids

PJ Marks was a shy 15-yearold high school sophomore who was a good student with a love of poetry and creative writing. He had just transferred to his third high school in the past year.

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Stephen Davis Eye on education

PJ’s parents struggled financially and frequently relocated in search of steady employment. PJ moved so often that he struggled to make and sustain friendships. At his most recent school, he was largely shunned as an outsider by classmates. He was also bullied.

One day in an effort to impress a couple of boys, PJ brought his father’s track and field starter’s pistol to school. During the lunch hour, he and the boys went out to the unoccupied athletic fields to take a closer look at the pistol. While there, one of the boys dared PJ to fire the gun. Foolishly, PJ fired a blank shot into the grass.

Within minutes the boys were caught by a campus supervisor. The two boys were suspended for five days, and PJ was expelled from school. PJ never completed the expulsion rehabilitation plan and dropped out of school. No one knew what became of him. To hardliners who believed in zero tolerance discipline, PJ was just another throw-away kid.

Don’t get me wrong. There are justifiable reasons why some students ought to be expelled from school. But there is also a big difference between being a dummy and a dangerous delinquent. What PJ did was wrong and required a corrective intervention. But he was no delinquent. Letting him slip through the cracks was bad policy and bad practice.

Fortunately, some school systems like the Solano County Office of Education do a fine job of working with local school districts to provide kids like PJ with opportunities to complete their education and lead productive lives. But the quality of programs for kids like PJ, plus a systemwide commitment to help them succeed, varies dramatically across America’s public schools. The consequences for both students and society can be severe.

Professor Russ Rumberger from the University of California, Santa Barbara, recently conducted a three-year study of every 10th grader in California to determine the fiscal (tax-related) and social (income, health care costs, etc.)

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consequences experienced by students who were suspended (and in some cases expelled) from school. Of the 477,833 10th graders in the statewide cohort, 71,087 were suspended at least once (14.9%); 28,184 of the suspended students failed to graduate from high school and 4,621 of these students dropped out “because they were suspended.”

Rumberger calculated the fiscal and social lifetime costs to these students and to society at nearly $3.5 billion. He also calculated that in California, every one-percentage-point decrease in suspensions would save $230 million in fiscal and social costs.

Furthermore, several studies report that schools with higher rates of outof-school suspension and expulsion are not safer for students or faculty.

Research by Daniel Losen of UCLA echoes this. Especially troubling is Losen’s finding that only 5% of cases where students were removed from school were for serious or dangerous offenses (drugs, weapons, violence). Finally, according to Losen, “suspension and expulsion often provide troubled kids with exactly what they do not need – an extended, unsupervised hiatus from school that increases their risk of engaging in substance abuse and violent crime.”

Nationwide, the magnitude of the problem is even more sobering. Recent data reveal that approximately 2.5 million students in U.S. public schools are suspended from school each year and more than 100,000 are expelled. In school systems where appropriate academic and social-emotional programs are in place for these students, the chances of avoiding many of the fiscal and social consequences discussed above are reduced (although not extinguished). Moreover, suspending or expelling kids on the assumption that such punishments will deter future offenders is not supported by most researchers.

Importantly, simply throwing kids like PJ Marks away provides no educational or economic benefit to the student, schools or society at large.

Stephen Davis is a career educator who writes a column that publishes every other Wednesday in the Daily Republic. Reach him by email at stephen davis71@gmail.com.

TRAVIS AIR FORCE

BASE — The Travis Air Force Base Retiree Activities Office and David Grant Medical Center’s Medical Retiree Activities Office are in need of volunteers.

Volunteer departures, deaths and illnesses impact the offices’ ability to provide services to active-duty, reserve, veterans and military retiree families.

Before the pandemic broke out, the Medical Retiree Activities Office had a staff of nearly 100 volunteers but today that number stands at 30.

Volunteers are needed for a variety of jobs like working the informa-

Village 360 sets

Bridal Expo

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SUISUN VALLEY —

Village 360 and Backroad Vines will host the inaugural Bridal Expo, “Plan Your Dream Wedding,” on Sunday.

The first 50 brides receive a free “bride” tote bag with veil, Brideto-Be wedding sash and other goodies.

The event will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 4949 Suisun Valley Road.

Sample a variety of local wedding professionals, shop entertainment, getaways, caterers, cake decorators, stylists, photographers and more.

The expo also will include free digital photos with Maravilla Photo Booth, music by local special guest DJ Jack Nas, snap photos in front of the “Bride-to-Be” backdrop and sample wines and more (21 and older). Men’s Wearhouse will sponsor the fashion show along with local wedding boutique Charlotte Chiu Bridal.

Registered brides have an opportunity to enter for an all-inclusive “Village 360 Dream Wedding” package valued up to $25,000.

There are two locations for the event: a country-style venue of DIY Backroad Vines or an all-inclusive wedding venue at the Village 360.

To view the venues, go to Village 360 at https:// village-360.com or Backroad Vines at https:// backroadvines.com.

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tion desks at the north and south entrances of David Grant Medical Center, shuttling patient medical records between the records section and various clinics, staffing Teddy Watch to provide child care services for patients coming in for appointments, working the base Exchange Pharmacy windows issuing medications, and augmenting other clinics.

Volunteers free up active-duty military medical staff to perform their primary duty, which is to provide medical care and services.

The Travis Air Force Base Retiree Activities Office in Building 381 currently has 10 volunteers staffing the office

and information desk. The Retiree Activities Office links the retiree community with base, service agencies and local agencies. They help retirees, sponsored spouses, surviving spouses, former spouses and veterans access benefits and services they’ve earned through their prior service. The Travis Retiree Activities Office needs volunteers to serve as floaters to staff the information desk. Floaters help to cover volunteers who are on vacation, sick, on jury duty or have appointments they need to attend.

Volunteers are scheduled for three to six hours of volunteer work per

week. Two shifts are available. Shifts operate from 9 a.m. to noon and noon to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Offices are closed on federal holidays and Air Mobility Command Family Days. Applications for both volunteer opportunities are at 540 Airlift Drive in Building 381 (the old hospital, across from Pass and ID), Room E-118. There are training and vaccination requirements to meet to serve as a medical center volunteer. Applicants need a current, unexpired military ID permitting access to the base to serve as a volunteer. Call 707-424-3904 or 3905 if you need more information.

Fairfield PD seeks VIPS volunteers

the department said in a statement. Volunteer activities include the Fairfield Fourth of July Parade; Back-2-School Backpack Giveaways; National Night Out; Homeless Outreach Partnership and Engagement Resource Fair; Special Olympics; Crime Analyst Support; Investigations Administrative Support; and Crime Prevention Support. Applicants must be 18 or older, have no felony convictions and complete

a Fairfield PD Citizens’ Academy. An outline of volunteer requirements and applications can be found at fairfieldpolice. com. Volunteers are asked to provide a minimum of 12 hours each month.

To see how volunteers get involved, go to https://fairfieldpd.galaxydigital.com.

For more information, send an email to Volunteer Coordinator Ilea Martin at imartin@ fairfield.ca.gov.

Workforce board offers free training into trades, other jobs County ‘pauses’ Alcohol Drug Advisory Board

FAIRFIELD — The Workforce Development Board of Solano County is offering a free, six-week preapprenticeship training for young adults, 18 to 24, that will help them to complete all the training they need for an introductory trades position.

“This program will truly open doors for their future,” Nel Sweet-Davis, an employability specialist with the Workforce Development Board, and one of the organizers of the training program, said in a statement. “It’s more than the trades. It will encompass so many industries, industries that are becoming very common here in Solano County. We encourage the students to see this as a kickstart program to their future in the trades or labor industry.”

Industries growing in the area for which this training could help get a job include construc-

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The Workforce Development Board of solano County is offering a free, six-week pre-apprenticeship training for young adults, 18 to 24, that will help them to complete all the training they need for an introductory trades position.

tion, manufacturing and transportation.

The preapprenticeship training will be offered from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, April 3 to May 19, at the Fairfield Adult School.

The program will include four industry certifications, the Hazardous Waste and Emergency Response training, con-

struction fundamentals, concrete pouring techniques, trades math, fitness training, and more, the board stated.

The first days of the program will include mentorship and entrepreneur training. From there, Sweet-Davis said, students will complete the OSHA 10 safety course and trainings for traffic control

flaggers and confined space awareness. Additional topics include first aid and CPR, construction building, framing and concrete. The group also will work on a project on-site for hands-on training.

Once students pass the course and can apply for the unions, the Workforce Development Board will pay the initiation fees into the unions for the first three months.

“It’s not often you find something where this is all available to you in one place,” Sweet-Davis said.

Prospective students must be 18 to 24; able to read, speak and write basic English; pass a drug test; be authorized to work in the United States; have a valid driver’s license; and preferably, a high school diploma or GED.

For more information and to register for an informational session, call Joyce Ugweje at 707-863-3533 or send an email to jugweje@ solanowdb.org.

Fairfield council establishes 2nd facilities district for One Lake

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FAIRFIELD — The City Council on Tuesday conducted a public hearing and then approved the establishment of a new community facilities district to encompass Planning Area 5 of the One Lake development.

One Lake is a a 358.5-

acre master planned residential community with 2,226 single-family and multifamily homes and 70,000 square feet of commercial development. The developer, Canon Station LLC, estimates that project will require more than $219.4 million of offsite and onsite infrastructure improvements, not including the cost of the fire

station, and that approximately $97.4 million of those improvements are eligible for financing under the Mello-Roos Act.

The community facility districts levy fees on the homeowners and other development interests to raise money to pay for police and fire services, operation of public open space land, maintenance

of public parks, operation and maintenance of public cemeteries, maintenance of public roads and lighting and landscaping maintenance.

In other action, the council:

n Approved Mayor Catherine Moy’s appointments of Harsukh Sidhu, See District, Page A4

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FAIRFIELD — Solano

County has – at least temporarily – halted future meetings of its Alcohol Drug Advisory Board.

The suspension of meetings was announced in a letter from Supervisors John Vasquez and Monica Brown to Emery Cowan, chief deputy of Behavioral Health, and made available to the Daily Republic by Ramón Castellblanch, chairman of the advisory panel.

“Looks like another advisory committee on which the county has pulled the plug,” Castellblanch said in his email.

The letter cites staff shortages and the workload required for staff to prepare for the meetings as the reason to halt

the meetings.

The letter states that in June, Vasquez and Brown, the chairman and vice chairwoman of the Board of Supervisors, were “tasked with looking at all Board of Supervisors committees to evaluate their stated missions and the workload required of staff to prepare for and host committee meetings.”

It later states, “we would advise taking a pause on setting any future meeting dates until our review can be completed.”

The county reported Monday that there are 472.59 full-time equivalent vacancies, of which 224.8 are in the Department of Health and Social Services, and specifically

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VALLEJO — Organizers are preparing for Vallejo’s 33rd annual Juneteenth Festival in June.

The event will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 17 at Martin Luther King Jr. Park in the downtown area behind City Hall at Mare Island Way and Capitol Street.

The celebration will feature a parade through downtown Vallejo.

“We’re excited about including a parade in this year’s event for the first time because everyone loves to come out and watch the various entries

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Annilynn Rielle Martinez and Cian Fei Long Wilson to the Youth Commission through Dec. 31, 2024.; the appointment of Nikolaus Glazar to the Rockville Hills Regional Park Citizen Advisory Committee through Dec. 31, 2026; and the appointments of Tom Ebert and Mike Garcia to the Golf Advisory Board through Dec. 31, 2026. All the appointments had the recommendation of council members Doriss Panduro and Scott Tonnesen, who interviewed the applicants.

n Approved $120,592 in general funds to pay Fairfield Police Management Association employees who were owed overtime.

n Approved a $276,000 contract, through Nov. 30, 2025, with Alliant Insurance Services as the broker for employee health and welfare benefit programs. The money comes from the General Fund.

n Approved a funding agreement with Vacaville

as they pass by along the route,” Gwendolyn White, president of event sponsor African American Family Reunion Committee, said in a statement. “There’s a lot going on downtown on Saturdays, and the parade will bring more visitors and great exposure for the businesses located in our city’s economic district.”

The festival will feature 75 to 100 exhibitors and is expected to attract nearly 1,000 visitors to enjoy vendors selling merchandise and food, exhibitors, live entertainment and activities for children.

“Vallejo’s Juneteenth has an emphasis on community health and wellness

by which the city will exchange of $1.5 million in Regional Transportation Impact Fee funding for Jepson Parkway Improvements. The Vacaville council approved the agreement at its last meeting.

n Agreed to suspend competitive bidding and approved $1.055 million for the Capital Water Fund to purchase an emergency generator system from Bay City Electric Works of Livermore.

n Approved an agreement with the North Texas Street Business Association for the 2023 Operation and Administration of the North Texas Street Business Improvement District. The total in anticipated assessments for the district is $58,000 to implement its work

and features nonprofit and for-profit organizations and businesses, entrepreneurs and others who provide information about low- or no-cost wellness services and programs, financial planning, retirement and life insurance, homeownership, educational opportunities, job training and employment, small business development and many other programs and services,” according to the statement.

Event planners are seeking merchandise and food vendors and exhibitors. Corporate, business and community sponsors are also sought for Premiere, Gold, Bronze and

program and activities.

n Established the seven-member Fairfield Landscape Oversight Committee, which will provide fiscal oversight and review of the management of the landscaping throughout the city, with a primary focus on improving transparency and financial oversight of the 16 landscaping and lighting maintenance districts.

n Approved the Community Development Block Grant Program change to the 2019-20 Annual Action Plan, reprogramming $51,462 in funds for Title 1 K-12 schools in the city; and approved a change to the 2022-27 Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan. The total award will also include $29,538 in 2019-20 entitlement funds.

William Ford

William (Bill) Ford passed away on Friday, February 3, 2023, at North Bay Hospital.

Bill was born January 23, 1938, in Knoxville Tennessee to Norman and Fannie Mae (Stalcup) Ford. He married Wanda Greenlee on March 12, 1955 and moved to California with their 5 children in 1968.

Bill worked as a maintenance man with La Mariposa Hospital as well as various other jobs before putting himself through school to become a General and Plumbing Contractor in 1973. He owned Home Maintenance Plumbing and Construction and William Ford Plumbing & Construction. Bill was well known and respected by so many, and a pillar of the community.

He was a hardworking man who rarely took time off, and when he did, he enjoyed visiting his family in Tennessee as well as vacationing in Hawaii with the love of his life! When not working, he would relax at home watching a handful of TV shows he loved - Gun Smoke, Perry Mason and Emergency, to name a few.

He recently celebrated his 85th birthday surrounded by his kids, grandkids, great grandkids and friends.

Bill is survived by brother Bobby Ford and sister Ann Powell from Tennessee; sons, Billy (Bernice) Ford of Aurora, IL, Randy Ford and Ricky Ford, of Fairfield; daughter, Robin (Thom) Demattei of Belmont; grandkids, Christy, Krystal, Melissa, Robby, Brianna, Samantha, and R.J.; as well as 10 great-grandkids.

He was preceded in death by his wife Wanda Ford; son, Joey Ford; grandson, Jay Lee Ford; parents, Norman and Fannie Mae Ford; brother, Charles Ford; and sisters, Gladys Allen and Betty Stanford. William, Bill, Dad, Pop, Papa

You will be missed so much and remain forever in our hearts!

Services will be held at Bryan-Braker Funeral Home, Fairfield on February 28, 2023, at 11:00 a.m..

Prior to the services, a visitation will be held at Bryan-Braker Funeral Home on February 27, 2023, from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m..

Silver levels. Juneteenth commemorates freedom for the remaining enslaved people of African heritage in Texas, two and half years after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863.

The online application and more information are available at www.vallejo juneteenth.com. The application deadline is April 30. Questions can be directed to aafrc@vallejo juneteenth.com.

Anyone interested in being a parade entrant should send an email to Loretta Gaddies at lhgad dies67@gmail.com.

The total award for this project is $81,000.

Juneteenth Festival to include parade District

n Approved reprogramming $154,000 from the dismantled Economic Development Revolving Loan Fund to complete the Temporary Emergency Pallet Shelter. The total allocation of CDBG funds for this project will be $380,000 for the construction and installation of the shelter project to assist high-risk homeless individuals.

n Approved the change to the Municipal Code relayed to appointment, removal and term of office of the city manager to reflect the seven-member council, and the need for four votes for a majority.

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Stanley Barber

Stanley D. Barber went home to be with the Lord on Friday February 17, 2023. He was born in Burns, Oregon and lived there until joining the US Navy in 1955 as an enlisted seaman. He served on many ships and duty stations and was awarded several commendations. He retired as Lieutenant Commander in 1975 with 23 years of service in the navy and army reserve.

He met and then married Carole L. Humphreys of Springfield, PA in 1958. They were married f or almost 65 years and had two sons, Donald who w ent home to be with the Lo r d, April 12, 2022 and Steven who w ent home to be with the Lo r d, Decembe r 19, 2021. Stan has a living siste r, Delores Dalton and brotherin-law, Steve Dalt on of Arbuckle, CA along with many niec es and nephews.

After settling down here in Fairfield and then retiring from the Navy, Stan became devoted to aiding his wife and caring for their two mentally handicapped sons. He was a loving husband and father. He enjoyed working in our home church and elsewhere where needed, working with the mentally handicapped, doing woodworking, building model trains and tinkering with computers in his “man cave.”

There will be a memorial service on Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 11:00 a.m., at Trinity L utheran Church, 2075 D ove r Avenue, Fairfield. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to Trinity Lutheran Church.

Mayrene Bates

Beloved local educational legend Mayrene Bates passed from this world to the next on January 6, 2023. She was a teacher at Fairview Elementary, librarian at Grange Intermediate, Vice Principal at Fairfield High, Principal at both Crystal Middle School and K.I. Jones Elementary School, Assistant Superintendent of the Solano County Office of Education and a Trustee on the Solano County Board of Education. Bates was also a rock steady wife and mother, a dear friend, a compassionate and creative colleague and a mentor and role model to many

To say that Mayrene Bates came from humble beginnings is an understatement. She was born on April 15, 1934 to Ernest and Pauline Beasley in the tiny town of Liberty, Tennessee. She attended a segregated school from first grade to 8th grade in a one-room schoolhouse that served as the church on Sundays. When she went to high school, she had a 32-mile bus ride as she was not allowed to attend a school 16 miles from her home.

After high school she received a scholarship to Atlanta University Library School where she earned a maste r’s degree in librar y science. In 1955 she met and married a career Air Fo rce man, James B ates, and as militar y families often do, they moved frequently and came to Fairfield in 1970.

Through her long educational career Mayrene Bates was a powerful force for good in the local community. For her tireless efforts she was honored with numerous state, county and local awards. Among them are serving as the grand marshal of Fairfield’s Fourth of July Parade, being named honorary commander of Travis Air Force Base and having a street named after her, Mayrene Bates Lane, which opened in 2003 in the Gold Ridge subdivision

off of Peabody Road.

Though she was a very busy woman juggling the demands of a career and home, she always made time for random acts of kindness. Many locals treasure her thoughtful thank you notes or words of encouragement usually accentuated with a cartoon that tickled her fancy that she wanted to share.

The poor girl from Tennessee who attended segregated schools eventually visited all seven continents. In a 2020 newspaper column about her remarkable life, Bates exhibited her attitude of gratitude for those who helped her navigate her life path.

“ We don’t do anything alone. There is always someone who gives us a hand or encourages us. I have had lots of people like that over the years and I’m very grateful. I’ve had such a wonderful life.

Mayrene Bates is survived by her husband Retired Lt . Colonel James B ates, and he r son David B ates (Laura), and grandchildren James and Jazmyn. She is preceded in d eat h by her son Mark Bates and her siblings Joann Floyd, Betty Sue Beasle y, James Beasley and Kenneth Beasle y. In lieu of flowers, please make donations in Mayrene Bates name to the United Negro College Fund (https://uncf.org /ways-to-donate) or a local high school educational scholarship fund.

The Order of Service (open to the public) will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 23, 2023 at Solano Community College, 4000 Suisun Valley Rd., Building 1400, with an “Omega Omega” Service performed by the Solano Valley Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, followed immediately with the Memorial Service at 10:30 a.m. Parking is free in Lot 2. The processional will depart at 11:30 a.m. for the 1:00 p.m. Interment at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, 5810 Midway Road, Dixon, CA 95620. A Reception will be held at the County Event Center, 601 Texas St., Fairfield, CA 94533 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m..

President: Dorothy Andrews dorothy.andrews@sicentralsolano.com

Membership: Karen Calvert karen.calvert@sicentralsolano.com www.SICentralSolano.com

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Q&A with local author set in March

FAIRFIELD — Laura Kendall, author of “My Prosthetic Life,” will be signing books at the library next month.

The book-signing will occur from 5:30 to 7 p.m. March 9 at the Fairfield Civic Center Library, 1150 Kentucky St.

In celebration of Women’s History Month and 2023’s theme of “Women Who Tell Our Stories,” Kendall will participate in a questionand-answer discussion and a book-signing.

“My Prosthetic Life” details Kendall’s physical and emotional struggles with a birth defect and subsequent journey to self-love, acceptance and healing.

For more information, go to https:// solanolibrary.com.

Vaca vets plan St. Paddy’s Day dinner

FAIRFIELD — American Legion Post 165 will host its annual St. Patrick’s Day Dinner on March 17 at the Vacaville Veterans Memorial Building.

The Boys State citizens supported by the Vacaville veterans will be honored at the event.

A social hour is set for 6 p.m., followed by the dinner, with a menu of corned beef and cabbage, red potatoes and dessert, at 7 p.m. The veterans hall is located at 549 Merchant St.

The cost is $25. Funds raised support the youth programs of the American Legion Post 165, including Boys State, high school grad night programs and other programs for local young people.

To get tickets or for more information, call Jeff Jewell at 707-365-8384.

Investigation continues into source of odor that shuttered Benicia school

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BENICIA — The investigation continued Tuesday into the source of an hydrocarbon odor that forced the shutdown Friday of a Benicia elementary school.

“We are investigating the source of the odor and we are looking at Valero as a possible source,” Kristine Roselius, a spokeswoman with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, said Tuesday. A call to Valero’s media affairs office was not returned Monday or Tuesday.

Robert Semple Elementary School was locked

down after “hydrocarbon odors” were detected. The decision was considered a precautionary action, according to an email to the Solano County Board of Supervisors from Trey Strickland, manager of the county Environmental Health Division.

“Out of an abundance of caution, Benicia Fire issued a shelter-in-place for the school, and parents were also notified they could pick up their children,” Strickland wrote.

The lockdown was lifted at 2 p.m. by Dr. Bela Matyas, the county public health officer. It was unclear when the order to shelter in place was issued.

Monitoring levels

Friday revealed a range of 8 to 26 parts per billion were detected, but had been reduced to zero before the lockdown was lifted. Matyas said odors were still present in the area Saturday, but monitoring did not detect actual particulates in the air.

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reports the air can become unsafe when petroleum hydrocarbons reach 100 part per billion.

A Benicia Fire Department spokeswoman on Tuesday objected to the use of “shut down” and “lock down,” stating that while the children were

Bill would extend ability to use nonprofits to manage state parks

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FAIRFIELD — Legislation introduced Tuesday would “extend the ability of the state Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into agreements

statement. He authored the bill. “My proposal would allow these vital partnerships to continue, ensuring our parks are sustainable and the best they can be for generations to come.”

Existing law allows

the agreements allow qualified nonprofit organizations to operate or co-manage a park unit, taking on functional and financial responsibilities for the park unit with the department. These partnerships have been vital

kept in their classrooms with doors and windows closed and not allowed to leave those rooms, the use of those terms was overstated. Della Olm, the public information officer, emphasized that parents were allowed to come to the school and get their children, which the original article states.

The Fire Department, on its Facebook page, used the term “shelter-in-place.”

Because of the Presidents Day holiday Monday, environmental health officials were not available for comment. A message seeking comment was left Tuesday.

County officials suspect the source of the odor was

a large Valero oil storage tank located in the nearby tank farm and asphalt plant, also a possible source for the odor.

“Valero staff are investigating to determine the source . . . initial investigation indicates one of the large tank’s floating roof seals may have leaked, perhaps getting stuck on a weld. But currently that is speculation, and we await further information from Valero to confirm the source of the odors,” Strickland wrote Friday.

It was unclear whether something in the statement was removed, as represented by the ellipses.

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Speak from a place of love to be able to see granddaughter more

Dear Annie: My wife and I live overseas and have three children, all of whom live in the same city in the United States. Our youngest grandchild was born to our second son about 10 months ago. We came to the States in hopes of spending time with the baby. During the three months we were here (we stayed with our other son), we saw our granddaughter a grand total of four times, all of which were during large family get-togethers. We were never invited to our son’s house to spend time with the baby.

We know from social media that our daughter-in-law’s mother was there all the time, however. Though we’re not big fans of our daughter-in-law because of how controlling she is with our son, we’ve never treated her with anything other than kindness, so we don’t know why this is happening. My wife and I are scared of saying anything for fear of being cut off entirely. Is there anything we can do? Should we say something? — Scared to

ARIES (March 21-April 19).

Like a diligent squirrel, you will store up what you will later need. It’s wise to know what that will be. It’s a trick question of sorts, too, as your basic needs will stay the same but what fulfills them will change through time.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

People running around saying there’s a problem doesn’t necessarily make a problem. Check it out for yourself. Avoid wasting your time with issues that aren’t.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

You may feel like you are reeling forward in a kind of controlled fall. Call it momentum! You can trust yourself. On a subconscious level you know exactly what you are doing, and you’ll catch yourself at just the right moment.

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

Attraction keeps the planets turning around the sun, the ocean reaching to the moon and someone’s heart returning to you again and again. There’s nothing to actively do here. Give in to the natural gravitational pull.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Turbulence doesn’t know about airplanes. The hot and cold air dramatically intermingle regardless of who might fly through. For similar reasons, you don’t take the moods of others personally, even as you steer around them.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

You prize kindness and you look for it at work in the world, aligning yourself with gentle

Say Something Dear Scared: The worst thing is to do nothing. Your goal should be to have a fully honest, loving and open relationship with your son and daughter-inlaw and granddaughter. Sometimes being vulnerable and expressing your feelings lovingly has the ability to shift perspective and open the lines of communication.

People are not mind readers. Maybe they thought you wanted to stay at your son’s house and it would be easier just to see your granddaughter at family gatherings. Maybe his wife is suffering from postpartum depression and her mother came to help out. Regardless of the reason, it might not have anything to do with their feelings toward you. My point is that it is entirely possible that they did not know that you wanted to go over to their house – if you didn’t tell them. So long as you don’t attack your son and daughter-in-law, it should be well received. Just express yourself from

Today’s birthday

Though you guide yourself very well and prefer to work for your prizes, when the fairy godmother comes to you this year, allow for the granting of wishes. More highlights: You’ll be a surprise visitor and also visited by surprises. You’ll seal a deal that helps your family and you’ll receive glowing praise at the perfect time. Gemini and Sagittarius adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 1, 11, 3, 7 and 19.

souls and, when the opportunity arises, finding ways to counteract the harshness of the world.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You can try to square the circles, but they will still be circles, doing what circles do, which is mostly roll along. There’s nothing to fight, fix or overcome. Your peace comes from a radical acceptance of what is.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Rather than trying to change the problem, you change yourself and the issue resolves as though by magic. This is the sort of trick you can pull off time and again.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). Though you’re as adventurous as they come, the familiarity of a situation will suit you well today. It gives you confidence and helps you settle into a sense of control over

a place of love and wanting to get to know your granddaughter better.

According to author Brene Brown, “Vulnerability is our most accurate way to measure courage, and we literally do that as researchers.” Vulnerability allows them to assess fearlessness, said Brown. “We can measure how brave you are by how vulnerable you’re willing to be.”

Vulnerability is the willingness to show up and share your authentic self while knowing that you have no control over the outcome of your interactions. Vulnerability removes defensiveness, promotes empathy and bolsters creativity. Many associate vulnerability with weakness and push people away out of fear of rejection or ridicule. However, you can’t experience wholeheartedness without it.

“The Power of Vulnerability” by Brene Brown is a great resource on guiding you on the power of vulnerability. She also has a wonderful Ted Talk. Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

what you’re thinking and doing.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). You’ll be taking on work that’s difficult to assess, but that’s OK. You really don’t need to. It doesn’t matter how much, how well or how timely this is. What matters is that you are doing it.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). You’ve been waiting on permission and now you’ll get the go-ahead to do what you’ve been wanting to do. In the days ahead, you will proceed with a steady consistency and begin to see the ripple effect of your actions.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You have extra of something to give – warmth, money, wisdom or help. Because you can lift others, you’re alert to anyone who might need the lift. Whatever you contribute, it is you who will be the ultimate benefactor.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Drew Barrymore’s free-spirited ways have led her from child actress to producer, author, talk show host, philanthropist and more. Intuitive water sign influences are the predominant force in Barrymore’s astrological chart, and she has often focused her philanthropy on protecting oceans and ocean creatures. Look for the upcoming children’s Netflix show “Princess Power” produced by Flower Films, Barrymore’s production company. Write Holiday Mathis at HolidayMathis.com.

Crossword by Phillip Alder

Bridge

Slams are worth vast numbers of points. To have your empire resting on the position of one card always seems undesirable to me. Any losing slam is bad business. If you go down one, you have lost not only the 50 or 100 penalty points but also the available game bonus. It isn’t in the same league, of course, but the Challenger shuttle disaster was caused by the disintegration of a rubber ring weighing ounces.

To some, today’s grand slam would depend on a finesse, but not to others.

North’s response of two no-trump was the Jacoby Forcing Raise. South’s jump to five spades announced two heart losers and asked his partner to act given that information. North’s six-diamond control-bid showed both red-suit aces.

ONE CARD CAN CREDIT OR COST

Which is the worst contract in bridge? Most players will probably answer five no-trump. That contract maximizes the risk for the minimum of profit. You could have stopped in three or four no-trump to collect the same game bonus. However, my least favorite is any small slam that is on a finesse.

What should you discard at trick one? The immediate reaction is your heart loser. However, that results in defeat when there is an unavoidable club loser. You should discard a low club. Then draw trumps, cash the club ace-king and, when the queen doesn’t drop, play a heart to dummy’s ace. Discard your last club on the second top diamond, ruff a club, play a trump to the dummy and discard your heart loser on the established club jack.

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Sudoku by Wayne Gould

2/22/23

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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Difficulty level: GOLD

Yesterday’s solution:

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SZA named Billboard’s 2023 Woman of the Year

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Grammy Award winner SZA is starting 2023 with a major win.

At just 33 years old, the “Kill Bill” songstress is now Billboard’s 2023 Woman of the Year, a title awarded for her many contributions to the industry, her Grammy wins and the performance of her sophomore album, “SOS,” which has produced more No. 1 hits on the Billboard 200 chart than any female artist in the last seven years.

While preparing for her first tour, which kicks off on Feb. 21, SZA found time to acknowledge the honor on her social media.

“I don’t have s--- to say but thank you to God my ancestors my family my team,” SZA wrote in an

Instagram post, adding, “We have so much more to come.”

SZA first had fans hooked with the release of her 2017 debut album “CTRL.” Those fans waited patiently for a follow up album in the years since, and sent “SOS” immediately to No. 1 on the Billboard charts when it was released in 2022.

“We can’t wait to honor her as Woman of the Year,” said Hannah Karp, Billboard’s editorial director.

SZA has broken a seven year record after “SOS” topped the chart for its ninth week in a row.

The Billboard Woman of the Year ceremony will be hosted by “Abbott Elementary” creator and star Quinta Brunson on March 1.

Pickles Brian Crane

Zits Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

Pearls Before Swine Stephan Pastis

Dilbert Scott Adams

Baby Blues Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott

Baldo Hector Cantú

Crime logs

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SATURDAY, FEB. 18

1:14 a.m. — Reckless driver, EAST WYOMING STREET

6:43 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 2900 block of EUCALYPTUS COURT

11:20 a.m. — Grand theft, 1300 block of HOLIDAY LANE

12:27 p.m. — Indecent exposure, 1100 block of TABOR AVENUE

12:58 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 2500 block of AUTO MALL PARKWAY

2:34 p.m. — Trespassing, 1900 block of WEST TEXAS

of TRAVIS BOULEVARD

8:09 p.m. — Trespassing, 1200 block of B. GALE WILSON BOULEVARD 10:54 p.m. — Trespassing, 1000 block of BROADWAY STREET 10:56 p.m. — Trespassing, 1600 block of GATEWAY BOULEVARD MONDAY, FEB. 20 12:21 a.m. — Battery, 5200 block of VENUS DRIVE 7:30 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 400 block of DAHLIA STREET

9:16 a.m. — Vandalism, 2300 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET

10:28 a.m. — Vandalism, 2100

Biden, Putin deliver dueling fiery speeches on Ukraine

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WARSAW — The leaders of the United States and Russia delivered blistering, contradictory addresses in Eastern Europe on Tuesday, showcasing starkly opposing worldviews as they spoke on the eve of the first anniversary of a Ukraine war that has set the two superpowers increasingly at odds.

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RED TOP ROAD

a.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 1500 block of GATEWAY BOULEVARD 11:21 a.m. — Brandishing a weapon, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE

1:58 p.m. — Residential burglary, 1400 block of UNION AVENUE

2:13 p.m. — Trespassing, 100 block of EAST TRAVIS BOULEVARD 4:16 p.m. — Battery, 200 block of EAST ATLANTIC AVENUE

5:37 p.m. — Shooting into a dwelling, 3500 block of TIDEWATER PLACE

5:45 p.m. — Battery, 2900 block of INSPIRATION DRIVE

6:17 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 1200 block of B. GALE WILSON BOULEVARD

7:07 p.m. — Trespassing, 1300 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD

7:52 p.m. — Battery, 1400 block

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at Vanden High in 1965 when he and his family moved to Fairfield. He took a short hiatus when he went to Washington for a unique teaching opportunity and to further his own

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organizers noted in their online material.

“Agriculture provides almost everything we eat, use and wear on a daily basis. But too few people truly understand this contribution. This is particularly the case in our schools, where students may only be exposed to agriculture if they enroll in related vocational training.”

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economic development and sustainable farming practices.”

The California wine industry has an annual economic impact of more than $73 billion, representing 422,000 jobs, according

education. He returned to complete a 38-year career, retiring in 1998.

Price, who served eight years in the Army, also served on the city Planning Commission and one four-year term on the council before becoming mayor, serving 21 years in that capacity.

He died Dec. 16.

President Biden, speaking to an enthusiastic crowd outside Poland’s Royal Castle, urged the world’s nations to recommit to a unified defense of Ukraine, saying global democracy was at stake and accusing Russia of committing crimes against humanity through its “abhorrent” acts against civilians.

A few hours earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin, addressing a joint session of the Russian parliament, reiterated his attacks on what he called Ukraine’s “neoNazi regime” and, in a surprise move, announced that Moscow was suspending its participation in New START, the last remaining U.S.-Russia nuclear arms agreement.

U.S. officials said that the timing of the two speeches was coincidental and that Biden had decided long ago to travel to the region for the first anniversary of the brutal war. But if the president did not plan his remarks as a response to Putin’s, they nonetheless often sounded like a rebuttal of the Russian president.

Putin said during his televised state of the nation address that Western elites “started” the conflict in conjunction with Ukraine. Biden, in his address, responded

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He was 85. in the planning stages for the Rockville and Suisun Valley roads area that will help.

The Agriculture Council notes that “each American farmer feeds more than 165 people – a dramatic increase from 25 people in the 1960s. Quite simply, American agriculture is doing more – and doing it better.”

And the demand continues to increase as the world population rises.

Organizations and agencies can learn how to support National Ag Day by going to www.agday. org/promote. For more information, call the Agriculture Council of America at 913-491-1895.

to the California Association of Winegrape Growers and Wine Institute. The wine industry also brings in an estimated 23 million tourists annually.

Also serving on the committee will be Sens. Anna Caballero, Susan Talamantes Eggman, Steven Glazer, Melissa Hurtado, John Laird, Monique Limon, Dave Min, Kelly Seyarto and Scott Wilk.

that it was Putin who “chose this war,” adding, “The West was not plotting to attack Russia, as Putin said today.” Biden also used soaring terms to cast the war, as he has before, as one front in a worldwide struggle between autocracy and democracy.

“When Russia invaded, it wasn’t just Ukraine being tested. The whole world faced a test for the ages,” Biden said before a large crowd on a cold night with a colorful backdrop. “Europe was being tested. America was being tested. NATO is being tested. All democracies are being tested. And the questions we face are as simple as they are profound: Would we respond, or would we look the other way?” He added: “One year later, we know the answer. We did respond. We would be strong, we would be united, and the world would not look the other way.”

Biden seemed to relish the opportunity to create the contrast with Putin. He mocked him and criticized him. He called him a failed leader who had badly miscalculated. And while Biden, in the same place a year ago, ad-libbed a phrase that his aides quickly walked back – “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power” – Tuesday’s speech suggested that he still holds that belief.

“President Putin’s craven lust for land and power will fail, and the Ukrainian people’s love for their country will prevail,” he said.

In Putin’s telling, in contrast, Russia is not an autocratic power that attacked a neighboring country without provocation, but a victimized

nation targeted by the United States and the West. “Our relations have degraded, and that’s completely and utterly the U.S.’s fault,” Putin said.

“They were the ones who started the war,” he told the assembled members of Russia’s parliament, referring to Ukraine and Western “elites” he said were supporting Kyiv. “We used force and continue to use it to stop it.”

More immediately, Putin said he was suspending Russia’s participation in the 2011 New START pact, which limits the number of intercontinental ballistic missiles and nuclear warheads that can be deployed by the United States and Russia. The announcement alarmed Western officials, who said they were awaiting more specifics of what the suspension would entail.

Putin said Russia would not “withdraw” completely from the treaty, which has been extended to run through Feb. 4, 2026, but would not allow NATO countries to inspect its nuclear arsenal. He accused the alliance of helping Ukraine conduct drone strikes on Russian air bases that host strategic bombers that are part of the country’s nuclear forces.

“If the U.S. conducts tests, then so will we,” Putin said. “Nobody should have any illusions that global strategic parity can be destroyed.”

Other nonproliferation agreements, including the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, have fallen apart in recent years.

Putin’s speech extended far beyond the Ukraine war, ranging from accusing the West of

a plot to destroy Russia to promising to build a new highway from Moscow to Vladivostok. He attempted to portray Russia as open and resilient, on its way to recovering its lost status as an independent superpower. He pointedly steered clear of his military defeats in Ukraine and Russia’s mounting casualties, glossed over economic challenges brought on by the war, and portrayed international isolation as a way for Russia to cleanse itself of harmful alien ideologies.

The Putin-Biden speeches came at a pivotal moment in the Ukraine war. Biden and his European counterparts are working hard to ensure that support for Kyiv does not fade as the conflict passes the one-year mark on Feb. 24, and many military analysts say the spring fighting season could be decisive.

Biden’s own legacy is likely to depend significantly on the outcome of the Ukraine war, and his speech in Warsaw crystallized the importance of a trip that began with his dramatic surprise appearance in Kyiv on Monday to stand with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The president cited that whirlwind visit on Tuesday. “I’ve just come from a visit to Kyiv, and I can report Kyiv stands strong,” Biden said at the start of his remarks. “Kyiv stands proud. It stands tall. And most important, it stands free.”

But he also nodded to potential difficulties ahead, saying the alliance will continue to be tested in the months to come.

The ranking was created by LawnStarter, an online mowing industry platform that is also involved in research studies. The ranking is based on five categories: access, quality, accolades, entertainment and accommodations – broken down into 18 metrics.

“Napa is our best California wine county . . . a foregone conclusion considering Napa Valley is the most recognized U.S. wine region both domestically and internationally,” LawnStarter said in its ranking report.

“Napa outnumbers all other California counties in vintners, with nearly

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business owners and commercial property owners to enhance their properties, including exterior improvements such as windows, doors, stucco, paint and awnings, as well as improving signage.

Creating outdoor dining and related improvements are also part of the program, as are interior improvements.

“These improvements can significantly impact the highest and best use, appearance, community pride, economic setting and marketability of the properties and businesses located in the city of Fairfield’s Heart of Fairfield Plan Area,” the staff report to the council states. The program pro-

270 more than Sonoma (No. 2) and 840 more than San Luis Obispo (No. 3). What’s more, Napa wines earned the most gold medals over the past four years, and the county’s wineries are the most reviewed (aka the most popular) by consumers,” the Austin, Texas-based firm stated.

Sonoma, which was ranked third in the last ranking, moved up to second, overtaking Stanislaus County “thanks to Sonoma’s unmatched access to wine, numerous awards and the most events celebrating the county’s amore for vino.”

Napa County had an overall score of 72.27, while Solano’s score was 26.45.

The ranking was based on publicly available data, LawnStarter reported.

The access category was weighted based on these metrics: number of wine producers

vides funding at various levels to assist property owners with the cost of their projects.

The businesses that have taken advantage of the program include the Coffee Bar, Taco Twist, Tere’s Hair Salon, Bedazzled Spa, Chaime – Keepsakes, Lebanese Spoon and the Daily Republic.

The Economic Development Strategic Plan calls for the expansion of the program to accelerate development in the downtown of what is termed “catalyst projects.”

Catalyst projects include, but are not limited to, brewpubs, restaurants or art galleries, with the umbrella goal of establishing a Food and Arts District in the downtown. There would be a higher REAP funding level for those projects, the city reported.

and blenders; number of American Viticultural Areas; number of wine tasting rooms; and number of wine bars. Solano ranked 20th, with Sonoma County ranking first. Napa ranked second.

The quality category was weighted on these metrics: share of highly rated wineries with 4.5 or better out of 5 stars, with at least 10 reviews; average consumer rating of wineries; and average number of reviews per winery. Solano County ranked fourth, with Fresno County ranking first. Napa ranked second.

The accolades category was weighted on these metrics: total points for gold medals won in wine competitions (20192022); total points for silver medals won in wine competitions (2019-2022); total points for bronze medals won in wine competitions (2019-2022); and total award score. Solano

The equipment loan program would serve as an additional financing source for equipment purchases related to socalled catalyst projects. An example would be equipment needed for a brewery/brewpub or restaurant, or infrastructure equipment such as heating and air conditioning needed for a business conversion, the staff report states.

The equipment loan could be up to $99,500, but not to exceed 50% of the total equipment costs. The term would be for 10 years at a fixed 2% interest rate. Payments could be deferred for 90 days after opening of a business.

In related matters, the council:

n Approved the changes to the Zoning Ordinance to adjust landuse regulations and development standards in

ranked 19th, with Stanislaus County ranking first. Napa ranked second.

The entertainment category was weighted on these metrics: number of wine tours; average consumer rating of wine tours; and number of wine festivals. Solano ranked 22nd, with Sonoma County ranking first. San Diego County ranked second.

The accommodations category was weighted on these metrics: number of accommodations; share of highly rated accommodations with 4.5 or better out of 5 stars; average consumer rating of accommodations; and average nightly rate for accommodations. Solano ranked 39th, with Riverside County ranking first. San Luis Obispo County ranked second.

Kings County finished last overall, behind Merced (57th), Colusa (56th), Modoc (55th) and Alpine (54th) counties.

alignment with the goals and objectives of the Heart of Fairfield Plan, correcting the description of the West Texas Street District; adjusting permit requirement thresholds for Heart of Fairfield Plan Zoning Districts; creating definitions for amenity zone, activity zone and transparency; and amended the Zoning Map, rezoning parcels at 1100 Texas St., 601 Beck Ave., 649 Beck Ave. and 699 Beck Ave. n Approved the Zoning Ordinance, to address new issues, correct typographical errors, make minor organizational revisions, clarify language, bring the Zoning Ordinance into closer alignment with General Plan goals, objectives and policies; and bring the Zoning Ordinance into full compliance with state law.

Genealogy group to learn about ports of entry

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FAIRFIELD — The Solano County Genealogical Society will host Christine Cohen for the next virtual presentation, “Immigration: Ports of Entry.”

This presentation begins at 11 a.m. March 4.

Cohen’s interest in genealogy began in 1977 with the airing of the TV mini-series “Roots,” and was piqued when she found a typed pedigree chart of her Dutch heritage from the New Netherlands in the 1660s. She is a native Californian, a graduate of

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Malcolm X’s family to file lawsuit against NYPD

NEW YORK — Exactly

58 years to the date that Malcolm X was assassinated in a hail of gunfire on a Manhattan stage, his family announced plans to file a lawsuit against the NYPD accusing cops and various government agencies of intentionally concealing evidence of his murder.

Flanked by two of the slain Muslim activist’s daughters, civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump said Malcolm X’s family intends to file a wrongful-death lawsuit for $100 million against a long list of agencies including city of New York, the state of New York, the NYPD, the district attorney’s office, the FBI and the CIA.

UCLA, with a political science degree, and has worked for Vitol Aviation Company since 1993.

Cohen is a longtime member of the Whittier Area Genealogical Society and has served in many capacities, including president. She is also a member of the El Redondo Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Society of Daughters of Holland Dames and the Association of Professional Genealogists.

About 47 million people immigrated to the U.S. between 1607 and 1990, and about 70% entered through the Port of New

York. However, researchers need to consider a broader search in all ports, such as Boston, New Orleans, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Providence. Also, an entry through Canada and Mexico should be researched.

The presentation will review the kind of websites and resources available to locate clues to those entry ports.

Anyone interested can send an email to scgs@ scgsca.org no later than 4 p.m. March 3 and request an invitation. More information on events may be be found at www.scgsca.org.

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38.95 in Behavioral Health.

The advisory board was established in 1994 to “ensure the community needs are met regarding substance-related issues through prevention, early intervention and treatment.” The bylaws state that the group is to meet at least six times each year, the supervisors’ letter states.

Castellblanch noted in his email that he has

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received no responses to messages he has left county officials, including Cowan.

“The ADAB was in the process of developing ideas to direct the county’s new stream of opioid lawsuit funds toward recovery from alcohol and/ or drug disorder. We had several that I think could be critical to saving lives in Solano,” Castellblanch stated in his email.

The Daily Republic also reached out to Cowan.

It is unclear how funds currently administered by the advisory board will be handled moving forward.

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Vanden grad Orme pitch perfect at Baylor

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FAIRFIELD — Dariana

Orme not only pitched a perfect game for the Baylor University softball team last week, she followed it up with a win against the No. 1 team in the nation.

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Vacaville and graduate of Vanden High School had a week to remember for the Waco, Texas school that often produces top softball talent and teams.

Courtesy of Baylor University Vanden High School graduate Dariana Orme threw a perfect game and earned a win over No. 1 Oklahoma in the same week for Baylor University’s softball team.

Orme was recognized as the top pitcher by both the National Fastpitch Coaches Association and the Big 12 Conference for her efforts. The junior pitcher from

Orme earned a 3-0 win over Stephen F. Austin by throwing 81 pitches, striking out 10 batters while allowing no hits, no walks and facing only the minimum 21 batters for a seven inning game. She also went to a three-ball count only once to a batter.

Her next outing wasn’t quite as perfect but the stakes were higher. Orme pitched four innings, allowing six hits and no earned runs to go with two walks and two strikeouts in a 4-3 win over No. 1 Oklahoma. All told, Orme pitched 11 scoreless innings in the two outings and struck out 12. Orme missed fall workouts with a pinched nerve in her ribs, so she started the season on a limited pitch count. When she was finally given the OK to go

full strength, she delivered big time. Here’s a look other area athletes who had big weeks at four-year colleges:

Softball

Sophomore outfielder Tai Wilson (Vanden) collected seven hits and three RBIs for Seattle University at the Fresno State tournament. The Redhawks went 4-1 with wins over the University of Illinois, Chicago, Iowa State and

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Vanden, Vaca Christian boys set for section semifinal action

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FAIRFIELD — Two area high school boys basketball teams resume their chases for Sac-Joaquin Championships with division semifinal games Wednesday night.

Top-seed Vanden will host No. 4 Central Catholic of Modesto in a Division III semifinal game at 7 p.m. at James L. Boyd Gymnasium. No. 3 Vacaville Christian hits the road to the Central Valley for a 7 p.m. game at No. 2 Ripon Christian in Division V.

Catholic 57-53 for the section championship.

“They are bigger, physical and always able to shoot it,” Vanden head coach Micheal Holloway said. “They can always cause problems. Their kids play multiple sports.”

Vanden High’s girls punch ticket for Division III basketball final

Vanden High School’s La’Miracle Lebon, left, shoots the ball against Kimball’s Sierra Tuliau during the girls basketball game at Vanden in Fairfield, Tuesday. The Vikings rolled to a 84-49 win in the Division III semfinals. M att Miller

FAIRFIELD — Gabby Wright dominated in the post and the Vanden High School girls basketball team’s tour de force continued in the playoffs Tuesday night with an 84-49 win over Kimball of Tracy in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III semifinals.

The top-seed Vikings (25-7) punched their golden ticket for the finals at the Golden 1 Center, home of the Sacramento Kings. Vanden will face Lincoln in the 2 p.m. Saturday championship game. Jake and Allison Johnson’s program will be going for its fifth section title and second in a row.

“They are really excited,” Vanden co-head coach Jake Johnson said of the date to the finals. “It really started during conditioning and has always been one of our goals. But they really hadn’t started talking about Golden 1 until this week. Half the journey is done. On Thursday, we’ll start working on our opponents but for now I want them to enjoy the journey.”

Wright finished with a gamehigh 23 points. Johnson said the strategy was to really go to her inside. Wright had 12 points at halftime and only played six minutes of the second half. Alyssa Jackson also had 19 points, 14 coming at the half.

“We wanted to go to Gabby early and they had a really hard time

defending her shot,” Johnson said. “When we got her going we really got off to a good start.”

Vanden led 23-8 after the first quarter and made it 45-15 at halftime. The Vikings added 21 points in the third quarter and ended with 18 in the fourth.

Division III has been no match for the Vikings thus far. Vanden opened the playoffs with an 88-13 win over Casa Roble and followed it up with a 94-29 win over Pioneer.

Lincoln defeated East Union 46-42 in the other semifinal.

The matchup now in the finals against Lincoln is a rematch of last year’s title game. Vanden won that one 76-36.

Keys to Warriors’ playoff push: Wiggins, Kuminga and, of course, a healthy Curry

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The defending champions entered the All Star break statistically and spiritually mediocre. The Warriors are 29-29, never going above or below .500 by more than three games throughout the first four months of the season. That’s good for the ninth seed in an equally mediocre Western Conference. Continue at this pace and they’ll be competing for a chance at the play-in game. This is not the kind of season the reigning championship team envisioned. It’s not all bad, though.

They’re a win streak and

Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group/TNS Los Angeles Lakers’ D’Angelo Russell drives on Golden State Warriors’ Andrew Wiggins recently at Chase Center in San Francisco.

a conference foe’s losing streak away from erasing a 2.5-game gap between a play-in seed and a fifth or fourth seed.

But they can’t bet on

other teams’ failures to fuel their own success.

Plus, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving’s relocation to the Suns and Mavericks, respectively, make

the chance of a higher seed even less likely.

The final 24 games of the regular season provide an opportunity to leap into the Western Conferences’ upper echelon. But how? Here’s a look at three keys to the regular season.

The schedule and Steph Curry’s return Golden State only plays three Eastern Conference teams in their remaining 24 games, which means plenty of opportunity to gain ground and establish themselves against their Western Conference competitors. They open up against the Los Angeles Lakers on

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Vanden and Central Catholic are both 21-9 overall and champions of their league. The Vikings went 8-2 and were co-champions of the Monticello Empire League with Vacaville. The Raiders also went 8-2 to win the Valley Oak League outright.

These two teams have met three times in playoff games in recent years. The last meeting came last year when Vanden beat Central

Vanden opened the playoffs this year with a 55-37 win at home against No. 16 Casa Roble. The Vikings followed it up with a win in the quarterfinals by rallying to beat visiting East Union 51-46. It took a strong 18-7 run in the fourth quarter to put away the Lancers.

“The kids have been practicing hard,” Holloway said. “They get it. They know what is at stake.”

Central Catholic opened the playoffs with a 75-61 win over No. 13 Los Banos. The Raiders followed it up with a 57-27 win over No. 5 Lincoln. Malachi Miller is Central Catholic’s top player, averaging

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Solano women open regional playoffs at home

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ROCKVILLE —

The Solano Community College women’s basketball team opens the Northern California regional playoffs with a 7 p.m. home game Wednesday night against Lassen.

The Falcons were awarded the No. 11 seed in the postseason tournament after going 19-9 overall. Solano was 12-2 and finished in second place behind Laney in the Bay Valley Conference and enters the playoffs on a sixgame winning streak.

Jaslyn Woods, Julia Wright and Jade Dickson were all recently named all-conference for Solano in voting by coaches.

Statistically, the top scorers for the Falcons are Wright (11.0 points per game), Woods (9.2 ppg) and Dominique Eaglin (9.0 ppg).

The top rebounders are Wright (7.1 rebounds per game), Eaglin (6.0 rpg)

and Woods (5.8 rpg).

Lassen is the No. 22 seed and enters the playoffs with a record of 11-16 overall and 2-8 in the Golden Valley Conference. The lineup features eight women from Nevada high schools and one from Texas.

The top scorers for Lassen are freshman guard Soleil Cariagan (11.8 points per game), sophomore guard Sydnei Collier (10.6 ppg) and freshman guard Haylee Sethman (10.6 ppg). The top rebounders are sophomore center Saniya Walker (9.4 rebounds per game) and sophomore guard-forward Cierra Parson (8.1 rpg).

Tickets for the game at the Solano gymnasium are $12 for adults, $8 for faculty, staff, seniors over 60 and children under 12. There are no comp tickets and purchases are cash only. The winner of the game advances to a game Saturday at No. 6 San Francisco.

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Wednesday’s TV sports

Basketball College Men

• Temple at Cincinnati, ESPN2, 4 p.m.

• Kentucky at Florida, ESPN, 4 p.m.

• Alabama at South Carolina, ESPN2, 6 p.m.

• North Carolina at Notre Dame, ESPN, 6 p.m.

• Lafayette at Colgate, NBCSCA, 4 p.m.

Golf

• Honda LPGA Thailand, GOLF, 7 p.m.

Hockey

NHL

• Chicago at Dallas, TNT, 6:30 p.m.

soccer Champions League

• RB Leipzig at Manchester City, 5, 13, Noon.

International Women

• SheBelieves Cup, United States vs. Brazil, TNT, 4 p.m.

Thursday’s TV sports

Basketball College Men

• Memphis at Wichita State, ESPN2, 4 p.m.

• USC at Colorado, ESPN2, 6 p.m.

• San Diego at Gonzaga, ESPN2, 8 p.m.

• Saint Mary’s at Pacific, NBCSBA, 7 p.m.

College Women

• South Carolina at Tennessee, ESPN, 4 p.m.

NBA

• Memphis at Philadelphia, TNT, 4:30 p.m.

• Golden State at L.A. Lakers, TNT, 7 p.m.

• Portland at Sacramento, NBCSCA (Vacaville and Rio Vista), 7 p.m.

Golf

• PGA, The Honda Classic, GOLF, 11 a.m.

• Honda LPGA Thailand, GOLF, 7 p.m.

Hockey

NHL

• Calgary at Vegas, ESPN, 6 p.m.

• Nashville at San Jose, NBCSCA, 7:30 p.m.

Villar appears ready to play third for Giants

Evan WEbEck BAY AREA NEWS GROUP SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. —

A brand-new BMW

5 series is a big-league car. In other words, the 2022 graphite gray sedan was an appropriate offseason splurge for the 26-year-old who enters his first big-league camp as the Giants’ incumbent third baseman.

That was the word – incumbent – that president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi used to describe David Villar’s status this spring. Despite a vast array of right-handed hitting corner infielders, the Giants have it made it clear: After 56 home runs over the past two seasons –including nine last year with the Giants – the third base job is Villar’s to lose.

“It’s really just an honor to be in this spot that I’m in, to have the front office and Gabe (Kapler) and all the staff behind me, believing in me and all the work I’ve put in to get to this point in my career, I’m lucky to be in this spot,” Villar said this week, as position players reported for spring training. “I’m excited to take this and just make the most of what I can.”

While the new ride is plenty sweet – it’s the first car Villar has ever owned, swapping out his dad’s 2006 Lexus – it might not have been his most important offseason purchase. That distinction belongs to a $150 Amazon order, not the $60,000 set of wheels.

As they do with all their players, Kapler and Zaidi met with Villar the end of last season to review the season and set in place an offseason plan. They gave him a clear message: your defense will determine your future. Not only is Villar expected to be their regular third baseman, the plan is also for him to play second base when Brandon Crawford needs a day off and Thairo Estrada shifts to shortstop. There will be a lot on his plate.

All-Star appearance was very special for Kings’ De’Aaron Fox

Kings point guard De’Aaron Fox endured dark days and trying times over his first five seasons in the NBA, but the past few days were something else Bright lights. Shining stars. All the glitz and glamour that comes with being chosen to grace one of the game’s grandest stages. Salt Lake City rolled out the red carpet for the NBA’s best and brightest at All-Star Weekend, and there was Fox, waving to a worldwide audience as he was introduced as one of the best players on the planet.

“It was dope,” Fox said following Sunday’s AllStar Game at Vivint Arena.

So he put in the work this offseason.

Before he bought the car, he purchased something else: a Little Red Machine, the iconic contraption typically used for batting practice but that has been repurposed by Giants infield coach Kai Correa for fielding practice. By flipping the machine upside down, it generates the top spin to replicate gnarly grounders. It’s a daily fixture of the Giants’ pregame work.

And it became a daily fixture for Villar this offseason, too.

“You can get away with some stuff with a baseball. (Using the Little Red Machine), if you don’t catch it in that kill spot pocket every time, the ball’s going to ricochet out,” Villar said. “So (I was) just focusing on my kill spot and making sure that I was getting quicker laterally. Just that first step speed. I really focused on that this offseason. … I never would’ve thought of it had I not gotten up to the big leagues with the Giants and seen them using it. I just went out and bought it. Like, why not? I need to invest as much time and money into my career, whatever it takes to keep myself at this level, I’m willing to do. I think I’m in a really good spot.”

Asked to estimate the number of ground balls he fielded this offseason, Villar laughed.

“That’s way too big a number,” he said.

Most of his time was spent in Orlando, where he recently moved, working inside a training facility with a partner introduced to him by his old college coach at South Florida. But he made time for one visit to the Giants’ Papago Park facility here to train with Correa, and the report back was positive.

“His defensive metrics and our player development evaluation of him defensively give us a lot of optimism that we’re going to see better defense from

“I had a lot of friends that were able to watch, and for me that was a really big moment. I think the next big moment for me will be once we’re, hopefully, in the playoffs and you’re playing on (national) TV. I feel like that will be a bigger moment for me.”

Fox came into the league with big ambitions after Sacramento selected him out of Kentucky with the No. 5 pick in the 2017 NBA draft, but the Kings won only 27 games in his first season. They averaged 31.6 wins and fired two coaches over his first five seasons.

Losing took a toll on Fox, who stopped smiling last season and started coming to his postgame press conferences with a noticeably dour demeanor. Fox now admits the weight of an NBA-record 16-year playoff drought began to change the way he carried himself and even the way he played the game.

“I definitely think the way I played and, like, during the season, I feel like it affected (me),” he said. “Offseason, I didn’t think about it at all, but

during the season, it definitely kind of affects you. It’s like having a bad day at work. It probably affects the rest of your week and the rest of your day, so, yeah, it definitely would affect my day, for sure.”

That’s what makes Sunday’s All-Star appearance – and Sacramento’s resurgence this season – so special for Fox.

“I don’t know if I ever thought that it would ever happen like the way that it is now,” Fox said. “It’s all about being patient, man, and it’s hard to win in this league.”

The Kings have staged the NBA’s biggest turnaround this season under first-year coach Mike Brown. General manager Monte McNair made a blockbuster trade to acquire All-Star center Domantas Sabonis last season and kept building over the summer, hiring Brown, drafting Keegan Murray, trading for Kevin Huerter and signing Malik Monk as a free agent.

The results have been stunning. The Kings (32-25) are third in the Western Conference coming out of the All-Star break. They’ve already surpassed last season’s win total with 25 games remaining as they prepare to play the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday at Golden 1 Center.

Fox is smiling again. He’s running and dunking and dominating games with his signature fourthquarter takeovers, saying he feels rejuvenated by the team’s success.

“Yeah, you’re definitely a lot happier,” Fox said. “You enjoy yourself a lot more.”

Fox is averaging 24.8 points, a career-high 4.3 rebounds and 6.2 assists. He is shooting career-bests of 50.7% from the field and 79.7% at the free-throw line. In terms of advanced analytics, he has improved dramatically in value over replacement player (VORP), win shares and box plus/minus ratings.

Last season, Fox was 175th in the NBA in VORP (0.7), 194th in win shares (5.0), 125th in box plus/ minus (-0.6), 79th in offensive box plus/minus (0.6) and 150th in defensive box/plus minus (-2.5). This season, he is 42nd in VORP (1.7), 37th in win shares (5.0), 54th in box plus/ minus (1.8), 31st in offensive box plus/minus (2.8) and 51st in defensive box/ plus minus (-1.0).

Fox was one of five Kings chosen to participate in All-Star Weekend. Fox and Sabonis were both named All-Stars, the first time the Kings have sent two players to the All-Star Game since 2004. Murray

was selected for Rising Stars, Huerter competed in the 3-Point Contest and two-way center Neemias Queta impressed in the G League Next Up game. Fox took a moment to reflect on what that kind of representation means to the Kings organization.

“I think it’s big just because you don’t want this to be just a one-off,” Fox said. “You don’t want this to be the only year that this happens. It’s great that this is the first year that it happens, but we kind of want to make this an annual thing, and we want to continue to be productive once you step back out there. That’s for years to come. We have only one guy in our rotation that’s in his 30s, so this could definitely be something that happens in the future.”

Fox said this season’s resurgence can serve as a springboard to even greater success.

“Yeah, definitely,” Fox said. “I mean, whenever you have a relatively young team like we do, and you’re trying to make the playoffs and get into the playoffs and get that type of experience, I think that’s when you set up a lot of success down the line.”

Fox knows the Kings have more work to do with just over six weeks remaining in the regular season, but having five players at All-Star Weekend was no small feat following years of failure and frustration.

“Especially with it being four of our starters, it’s just a testament to what we’ve done this year,” Fox said. “I think there’s still a lot to do, but I think it’s really big for the organization, for sure, and for the city. Just about every single event has a Sacramento King in it, so it’s definitely great. I want guys to enjoy this weekend because once we get back, we’re hitting the ground running.”

QB Derek Carr won’t rush into signing with a new NFL team, says his brother

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NEW YORK — It appears Derek Carr isn’t in any hurry to find a new NFL home after he was recently released by the Raiders.

Carr, who the Jets hosted on a free-agent visit last weekend, will take his time and talk to as many teams as possible, according to his older brother David.

David Carr, a former NFL quarterback and now an analyst on the NFL Network, says his younger brother will be taking things slow.

“He had a great trip, but it’s honestly going to be a long process, though,” David Carr said on Monday. “He really only has the Saints, the Raiders and the Jets to kind of compare those three places. So he wants to do his due diligence and see as many places as he can to get a feel for what the best place for him will be.”

The Saints were the four-time Pro Bowler’s first stop on his offseason tour.

Unlike other impending free agents who must wait until the beginning of the new league year on March 15, Carr is free to sign with any team. The Raiders released him on Feb. 14 after declining to waive his no-trade clause and before a deadline that would have guaranteed him $40.4 million in future salary under his previous contract.

Las Vegas benched Carr for the final two games of the 2022 season, which set the wheels in motion for his eventual release.

During his nine years with the Raiders, Carr threw for 35,222 yards passing and 217 touchdown passes –both franchise records. But the big regular-season stats never translated into postseason success for Carr and the Raiders. The team made just two playoff appearances during Carr’s time with the franchise.

Following a season when the Jets finished 7-10 and lost six consecutive games to miss the playoffs for a 12th straight year, Gang Green is once again in the market for a starting quarterback.

The Jets have drafted a quarterback in the first round twice during the last five years with Sam Darnold (2018) and Zach Wilson (2021), but both players failed to live up to expectations. Darnold was traded to the Panthers months after the Jets hired coach Robert Saleh two years ago. Wilson is still on the Jets roster but was benched multiple times throughout the 2022 season and they want to add a veteran quarterback to groom the former second-overall pick. Last season, the Jets offense was mediocre at best. They finished 25th in yardage (318.2) and 29th in points per game (17.4). In attempts to get the offense jump started, the Jets also started Joe Flacco and Mike White.

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Hector Amezcua/Sacramento Bee/TNS file (2022) sacramento Kings guard De’Aaron Fox (5) lights the beam at the Golden 1 Center in sacramento after a victory against the Utah Jazz in December.

School district audit deals another blow to Stockton’s civic reputation

Stockton has long had a reputation for crime, poverty and civic malfeasance and suffered another blow last week when a searing audit of the city’s school district was unveiled.

Auditors portrayed a system consumed with internal discord that ignored basic rules of financial management and squandered millions of dollars on questionable no-bid contracts –money that should have been used to improve the education of 34,000 overwhelmingly poor students.

The audit was conducted by the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team, an agency that monitors the financial health of California’s public school systems and helps stabilize those in trouble. It found dozens of instances in which money was paid to outside contractors without competitive bidding and/or in violation of the district’s own policies.

The centerpiece of the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team’s report was a $6.6 million contract given to a company, Alliance Building Solutions, in 2021 for a system to disinfect the district’s schools through the use of ultraviolet rays. One of the district’s trustees, Scot McBrian, arranged a meeting of district officials with the company at a private party hosted by Stockton’s former mayor, Anthony Silva, and advocated the adoption of its system.

From that initial contact, the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team says, the district – without ever determining a need for disinfection – went through several irregular processes, culminating in the contract with IAQ Distribution, an Allied subsidiary that at the time had not registered as a business with the state. Although the company was paid – using federal funds meant to overcome the educational ravages of Covid-19 – only small pieces of the contracted work were ever completed.

The Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team found similar irregularities in contracts the district awarded to nine different law firms.

“Based on the findings in this report, there is sufficient evidence to demonstrate that fraud, misappropriation of funds and/or assets, or other illegal fiscal practices may have occurred in the specific areas reviewed,” the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team concluded. “Deficiencies and exceptions noted during FCMAT’s review of (Stockton Unified’s) financial records and internal control environment increase the probability of fraud, mismanagement and/or misappropriation of the . . . assets.

“These findings should be of great concern to the Stockton Unified School District and the San Joaquin County Office of Education and require immediate intervention to limit the risk of fraud, mismanagement and/or misappropriation of assets, or other illegal fiscal practices in the future.”

This, as noted earlier, is not Stockton’s first civic disgrace. The city declared bankruptcy in 2012 after borrowing heavily to build a marina, a basketball and hockey arena and a baseball stadium of dubious utility. The city also took on more debt to make contributions to the pension system for city employees.

Routinely, Stockton is ranked near the top in crime among California cities and several local officials have been caught up in criminal investigations.

Silva, the former mayor who apparently instigated the school system’s disinfection contract by hosting a party at his home to bring school officials and company representatives together, is one of those officials.

Silva, who ran an organization called Stockton Kids Club, was elected mayor in 2012, the same year the city declared bankruptcy. In 2016, he was arrested for providing alcohol to underage boys and recording them playing strip poker. A year later, he was charged with grand theft, embezzlement, profiteering, misappropriation of public funds and money laundering, and in 2019 pleaded guilty to one charge in a plea deal.

Stockton obviously has an endemic problem, one that its voters and civic leaders have chosen to ignore for decades.

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.

Vladimir Putin, obsessed with the Red Army’s capture of Berlin in 1945, clearly thought that his columns of tanks advancing on Kyiv from Belarus almost a year ago would bring rapid victory. Many of the crews adopted the idea of their World War II predecessors and attached iron bedsteads to the exterior of their armor, hoping that they would detonate any antitank missiles prematurely. Instead, it raised the profile of their vehicles and attracted the attention of Ukrainian groups hunting them on foot with shoulder-borne missile launchers.

Those hunters took to their task with enthusiasm, shredding Russia’s armored columns and sending Putin’s forces reeling back toward the border. This extraordinary debacle prompted many military commentators in the West to conclude that the era of the tank was finally over.

How wrong they were. Over the past few months, we’ve seen what amounts to a remarkable revival of the role of the main battle tank –and by the very same people who seemed to be accelerating its demise last spring. Ukraine’s pleas for heavy armor have finally been answered. After long hesitation, 12 Western countries, known as the “tank coalition,” have responded with promises of Leopards, Abrams and Challengers – amounting to more than 200 of them, almost an entire armored division.

But the Ukrainians want even more. They clearly don’t think tanks are obsolete – and they’re right.

Now, it is certainly true that modern antitank missiles – such as the NLAWs and Javelins that proved so effective against Putin’s Cold War-era T-72 tanks – have given infantry formidable new defenses against tanks. Military commentators

have also cited the devastating destruction of armored vehicles by Azerbaijani drones in the second Nagorno-Karabakh conflict of 2020. Even before the Russians’ humiliating defeat ahead of reaching Kyiv, some NATO armies were already planning a switch from main battle tanks to lighter armored fighting vehicles. (The British Army placed its hopes on the Ajax fighting vehicle, which turned out to suffer some serious design flaws.)

The U.S. Marine Corps also recently announced plans to reduce its tank formations as part of a massive reorganization – but this has less do with skepticism about tanks than with the Marines’ increasing focus on the Far East and Pacific theater, where the terrain is less favorable to the heavy Abrams.

But the Ukrainians face different challenges: above all, how to retake territory wrested from them by a numerically vastly superior Russian force. And offense is the realm where main battle tanks, when used correctly, can produce unrivaled results. Much depends on how they are deployed in combined arms operations, preferably with drone support and air cover from fighters that might yet be provided by European allies. Ukrainian crews have shown great ingenuity in extending the range of the 125mm main armament on captured Russian tanks by up to 10 kilometers. This is done by increasing their elevation and by targeting with drone spotters.

Once they arrive on the battlefield, the Ukrainians’ new weapons should prove instrumental in resisting any renewed Russian onslaughts. But if Kyiv can master the art of combining its tanks with infantry, drones and air assets, the Ukrainian army might well want to punch a hole in Russian defense lines in eastern or southern Donbas to provoke a chaotic retreat.

In either case, far from seeing the end of the tank era predicted so recently, we would witness a fullblooded replay of World War II tank tactics. The compulsion to summon echoes of World War II should, however, be firmly resisted even if the Ukrainians do decide to use the tanks together as an armored fist. The contemporary problem they face could well be an attack by drone swarms, so much will depend on the rapid delivery of fighter aircraft. Allied tanks are far better protected than the old Soviet-era T-72s, but their tracks remain vulnerable and a hit there could bring them to a halt.

Even so, the West is clearly betting that an influx of main battle tanks can help the Ukrainians make important territorial gains – of which the most critical would involve Crimea. Kevin Kühnert, the secretary general of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s own Social Democratic Party, recently stated that there were “no restrictions on the territories that Ukraine could liberate with the help of German tanks,” even if Scholz himself clearly remains nervous.

The thinking is clear. Putin’s reputation and support in Russia were built on the seizure of Crimea in 2014. Its recapture with the help of the “tank coalition” thus represents the best way of bringing him down and avoiding the dangers of a frozen conflict. Only a relatively small advance is needed to bring his bridge over the Kerch Strait to the Crimean peninsula under direct fire, provoking a panic-stricken exit by recent Russian settlers.

Whether NATO tanks will arrive in time to accomplish the breakthrough needed to achieve that climax will be one of the key questions in the outcome of the war.

Antony Beevor, a former tank commander with the British Army during the Cold War, is the author of “Russia: Revolution and Civil War, 1917-1921.”

Climeworks AG is on a mission to go big.

The Swiss direct air capture (DAC) company reached a milestone earlier this year, providing a certified carbon removal service to corporate clients – Microsoft, Spotify and Stripe – for the first time. The removal took place at its Orca plant, currently the largest DAC facility in the world, located roughly half an hour outside of Reykjavik.

The carbon dioxide was then injected several hundred meters underground into nearby basaltic rock formations by partner Carbfix, where it will be permanently turned to stone. Next door, its big brother Mammoth is under construction. Mammoth will be nine times the size of Orca, eventually capturing 36,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year.

But Climeworks is already thinking about its next move. It’s considering putting in an application for the U.S.’s DAC Hubs program, part of the Inflation Reduction Act. The program specifies that projects must be able to capture at least 50,000 tons per year to start, with the demonstrated potential to reach 1 million tons in the long term.

These are big numbers, but as Carlos Härtel, Climeworks’ chief technology officer, is the first to point out, they amount to a drop in the ocean compared to the scale of the problem. In 2022, the world pumped more than 40 billion tons of CO2 into the atmosphere.

Like other carbon removal technologies, DAC is no silver bullet, but it will be an important technology for cleaning up legacy emissions once we’ve managed to halt the flow of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. At the moment, there’s still a gap between what we’ll need and the capacity that’s currently in the pipeline. So as technologies attract more investment, scalability is on the carbon removal industry’s mind.

When it comes to DAC, a report from ratings agency BeZero Carbon

cites the technology’s high energy needs as a “very significant” barrier to scaling.

Härtel’s best guess for the long-term energy needs of DAC is no lower than 2 kilowatt hours per kilogram of CO2 – the equivalent of running two hairdryers for an hour to capture 1kg of carbon dioxide. Scaling that up to a gigaton gives you an energy requirement of somewhere around 5% of global renewable energy generation by 2050.

Ultimately, the power requirements will be significant, and DAC is only ever going to be able to draw down a modest amount of CO2 per year. That’s not to say scaling up the technology isn’t worth it, but when allocating efforts to decarbonizing, reducing emissions is much more important than removing them right now.

Besides, there will be other challenges to solve before energy needs become a significant problem.

Take the reliability of the technology itself. It works, but it will need to work better to meet future needs. That means figuring things out like how to bring the cost down, and other more fundamental things like how weather and climate affects the machinery. For example, high heat or humidity will reduce efficiency, meaning the plant captures less CO2 from the air. The Hellisheidi plateau in Iceland, where Climework’s facilities are located, is exposed and stormy, submitting machinery to harsh conditions – ice, snow, wind. In a warmer, drier environment, machines might have to deal with sandstorms instead. These things will only be improved by deployment in the field. The plants being built today are big learning opportunities.

Another issue for DAC is the market and financing. While there’s likely enough momentum and volume in the voluntary carbon market to fund the next decade or so, will there be enough people willing to fund a gigaton or more of annual carbon

removals? Härtel says it needs government action including regulation. The current offset market – in which companies buy credits for avoided emissions rather than removed emissions – is rife with low-quality or even bogus credits. Solving that in the removals market will require strong universal measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) standards, among other things. The final challenge is building a good supply chain to push the cost of the technology down. Right now, each DAC container system – the big boxes that remove and collect the CO2 from the air – is handcrafted. That makes sense for small, specialized batches (Orca has just eight collector containers, Mammoth will have 72), but it’s expensive. The industry will need a semi-automated manufacturing process to actually build the machinery if it wants to see DAC following the cost curves of wind and solar.

But supply chains are hesitant when the market opportunity is unclear and when people don’t know which technology to bet on. Härtel explains: “In five years, if we still have, for example, eight companies with eight different approaches all trying to get attention and gain traction, the supply chain will just stay put and do nothing.”

There’s currently a range of different processes within direct air capture. Costs will start coming down when the sector rallies around a method, in the same way that companies rallied around silicon for solar photovoltaic cells and lithium-ion for batteries.

A lot of pieces need to fall into place before DAC plants start asking for a lot more energy. In the meantime, there’s work to do. While policymakers can’t drop the ball on DAC, it’ll ultimately be worthless if we can’t slash emissions. As Härtel told me, “I can help you long term; I can’t help you today.”

Lara Williams write for Bloomberg Opinion.

We can vacuum carbon from the sky

They said tanks were obsolete. Now, Ukraine can’t get enough of them.

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Antony Beevor

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Network TV continues its love affair with untrue crime with trio of addictive new shows

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There is, among these shows, an unavoidable embrace of the obvious, given just how many thousands – hundreds of thousands – of hours such stories have logged over the years. Many lack “seriousness,” even when they’re dealing with serious things, a weightlessness that helps make them watchable week after week. Problems are solved within an episode, even when longer arcs are attached; it’s character and not cliffhangers that draw you back. Life is messy, they say, but it generally works out – except for the body in the library, of course.

The winter season has added a few new untrue crime stories to the broadcast catalog, pushing some of the same buttons – action, suspense, romance (which is also suspense) and leavening comedy – with various degrees of emphasis, in different aesthetic flavors. Each has its charms, its sticky premise, its attractive, TV-sized cast.

In the likable “The Company You Keep,” an action romance that premiered Sunday on ABC and is developed by Julia Cohen from the Korean series

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TV Review

rime pays, if you’re a television network, and especially if you’re network television, where reckoning with malefactors has a long and rich history and continues to have a dominating presence. On some fundamental level, NBC equals “Law & Order” and whatever else Dick Wolf has going, and CBS is just “NCIS” and a bunch of sitcoms.‘The Company You Keep’

Rated TV-14

10 p.m. Sunday on ABC

(streaming on Hulu)

‘Will Trent’

Rated TV-14

10 p.m. Tuesday on ABC (streaming on Hulu)

‘Alert: Missing Persons Unit’

Rated TV-14 9 p.m. Monday on Fox (streaming on Hulu)

“My Fellow Citizens!,” Milo Ventimiglia plays Charlie Nicoletti, a con artist from a family of con artists. One night in the bar of a swank hotel, he meets Emma Hill (Catherine Haena Kim), whose politically highpowered family has no idea that she works for the CIA – nor will Charlie in the two episodes out for review. (Nor will she know his line of work, except for the true fact that he owns a bar.) Each is at an emotional low: Charlie and his family have just been ripped off by his girlfriend, who absconded with the $10 million the Nicolettis weaseled out of a pack of Irish mobsters, and Emma has discovered her boyfriend is cheating on her.

But, as expected, they spark something in one another, share confidences. She tells him she’s defined herself in opposition to her family (though, at 35, she’s just moved back in with them); he tells her that he’s defined by his. He’s basically working class, with only a high school diploma; she’s

upper crust, with a degree from Stanford. But they both favor the Stones over the Beatles. And, inevitably, they move from the bar to the bedroom and, through the services of montage, into a relationship.

Charlie and Emma are both very good at what they do, and though one might think, having seen this sort of set-up before, that Charlie and his kin will be enlisted, or extorted, by Emma into using their powers for good, that has yet to happen. Though the tracks they’re on are bound to intersect sometime in the season, for the moment it’s a cat-andmouse game neither is aware they’re playing.

At the same time, and as in most shows in which criminals serve as heroes, the Nicolettis’ victims are worse criminals or just worse people – sociopathic, violent or simply entitled. (You can’t cheat an honest man, sayeth the philosopher.) What’s more, the family – Sarah Wayne Callies is Charlie’s big sister and Polly Draper and William Fichtner are his parents – was about to give it all up, and it’s only that their latest caper has gone awry that keeps them reluctantly in the game. (The Irish mobsters want their money back and they don’t play around; Felisha Terrell plays their icy representative.)

Airing since January (and also streaming on Hulu) is ABC’s delightful “Will Trent,” adapted by Liz Heldens and Daniel T. Thomsen from the novels of Karin Slaughter, with Ramón Rodríguez as the See Untrue, Page B6

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today’s deal had been completed, he found that he had gone down. If only he had counted the nouns (his tricks) with an adverb (carefully), he would have avoided suffering another noun (defeat).

South’s rebid of two no-trump showed 18 or 19 points. This was an accurate assessment of the power of his hand, Edgar Kaplan’s 4Cs method rating that hand at 18.9 points. The defenders played spades, declarer ducking his ace until the third round.

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To play this club holding for no losers, South knew that it was better to take an immediate finesse than to cash the ace first and then finesse. (West can hold five possible singletons: four low cards and only one queen.) Therefore, South played a heart to the ace and finessed the club jack. However, West won with the queen and cashed two spade winners: down one. South had four top tricks outside clubs. So he needed only five club tricks, not six. As it was in his best interest to keep West off the lead, South should have cashed the club ace and king, not taken a finesse at all. Here the queen drops, and declarer makes an overtrick. If the queen hadn’t appeared, South would have led a third club, hoping East had the queen.

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ABC’s “Will Trent” stars, from left, Iantha Richardson as Faith Mitchell, Jake McLaughlin as Michael Ormewood, Ramón Rodríguez as Will Trent, Erika Christensen as Angie Polaski and Sonja Sohn as Amanda Wagner.

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eponymous agent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Will is out of the school of eccentric detectives, with a complicated background, having grown up in the foster care system and with a case of dyslexia that’s rendered him functionally illiterate – but given him compensatory super powers of perception. He can read a crime scene like you’re reading this sentence.

On top of his lonewolf tendencies – he doesn’t want another chair in his office because someone might come in and sit on it – he is also persona non grata among the Atlanta police for his part in bringing down some corrupt officers, including the mother of new partner Faith (Iantha Richardson). Meanwhile, he’s in a long-term intermittent relationship with homicide detective Angie (Erika Christensen), whom he’s known since they were in the same group home. Angie is also problematically newly partnered, with Mike (Jake McLaughlin), a married detective with whom she once had a drunken onenight stand; now she’s in recovery and serious about it.

As Will, who is compulsively attached to three-piece suits, Rodríguez is elegantly deadpan, but not humorless – indeed, it’s a basically funny show that moves to dark places – and while literally buttoned up, he finds space to relax, with Christensen, who is especially soulful, and Betty, who is a chihuahua.

Also airing since January (and available to stream on Hulu as well) is Fox’s “Alert: Missing Persons Unit,” whose colon-split title echoes that of the “CSI:” and “NCIS:” franchises, as well as “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” A fairly straight procedural, with a morethan-usual emphasis on the domestic relations and entanglements of its detective heroes, it’s at once the most conventional and the most outlandish of these shows. Created by John Eisendrath and Jamie Foxx and set in the titular missing persons squad of the Philadelphia PD, the series stars

Scott Caan as Jason, formerly married to and working again alongside Nikki (Dania Ramirez), who is now involved with fellow detective Mike (Ryan Broussard).

Jason and Nikki’s marriage broke up after their son was snatched years before, but now Keith (Graham Verchere) has returned, as mysteriously as he disappeared – or is it Keith? Daughter Sidney (Fivel Stewart) isn’t so sure, and we’re given reasons to believe her. With Keith’s apparent return, Jason moves back in temporarily with Nikki (the ex-spouses are friendly and, as is so often the case with TV’s law enforcement professionals, the house is big), which prompts Mike to jealousy, no matter how much Nikki reassures him there’s nothing to worry about, or their dipping into a storeroom for a quick workplace sexual interlude. Still, dudes, you know – they can be competitive.

The family at work notably includes Adeola Role as Kemi, whose fantastical command of computers either contrasts with or complements her nonchalant recital of past lives and the various spiritual practices, including rituals with eggs and limes and candles, she inflicts on worried parents and spouses. It’s a weird concept, but Role, who has screen presence to spare, manages to sell it.

The challenge in the show is to entertain a wide variety of reasons a person might go missing – and nothing as simple as a kidnapping for ransom, a runaway or a child snatched by a divorced spouse. And so there is an emphasis on complicated arrangements and psychoses. (Real-world nods include a Jeffrey Epstein sort whose dropping the name Elon Musk certifies him as a creep.) Most episodes heavily involve ticking-clock tension and guns-drawn action, with the occasional ethical or professional debate among our variously tempered heroes.

Although by some snooty reckoning, such series are less than what you’ll find on premium platforms, and if you do not ask them to be other than they are, can enjoy a little nonsense and tolerate a plot hole or two, they will fill an hour, and possibly many weeks of them,

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Alumni

twice against Fresno State.

Senior catcher Emma Woodworth and senior utility player Hailey Enriguez, both out of Solano College, hit home runs in the same game for Dickenson State in a 10-6 win over College of Saint Mary (New England). Enriquez also went 2-for-4 with a home run in another win over Saint Marty. Woodworth went 5-for-8 in two games against Jamestown.

Sophomore infielder Destiny Harris (Vanden) went 3-for-3 with a double, a home run and two RBIs for La Sierra in a 5-4 loss to Ottawa University (Arizona).

Freshman outfielder

Mia Santos (Vanden) was 3-for-4 with a run scored for Chico State in a 4-3 win over Cal State Monterey Bay.

Freshman pitcher

Kiera Cahalan (Vanden) pitched seven innings and allowed eight hits and just one earned run to earn a win for Cal State East Bay in a 5-2 triumph over Stanislaus State. Cahalan picked up a save with a scoreless 2 2/3 innings of relief in a 4-4 win over Stanislaus State in another game.

Baseball

Sophomore utility man Hunter Dorrough (Vacaville) had an opening series to remember for San Jose State with eight hits, four RBIs, six runs scored and a walk as the Spartans won the series 2-1 over Loyola Marymount. The effort earned him Player of the Week honors in the Mountain West Conference. Dorrough went 4-for-4 in the finale with a double, home run and three RBIs.

Sophomore outfielder Andreyes Palacios (Rodriguez) went 3-for-6 with two home runs and five RBIs for Simpson in a 20-15 loss to William Jessup. Senior pitcher Connor Caporale (Vacaville, Solano) pitched five innings for Simpson and allowed just two earned runs in a 7-4 win over Bushnell.

Wrestling

Junior Lawrenz Saenz (Vacaville) pinned his opponent seven seconds into overtime as Cal Poly defeated Stanford 18-15. Saenz also won by major decision in a 19-15 win over Oregon State as Cal Poly won the Pac-12 dual meet championship.

Gymnastics

DreamXtreme Gymnastics Center alumni continue to propel Cal to an unbeaten season. The Bears tied UCLA at 197.975 points this week and improved to 9-0-2.

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him,” Zaidi said. “Villar has worked on his conditioning and looks great physically. We think he can handle the range demands at second base even in a post-shifting world.”

For the first time in his career, Villar had a reason to ship his own car to Arizona.

“It’s just a totally different feel being out here,” he said. “I was like, you know,

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19.3 points per game and 6.4 rebounds a contest.

Vacaville Christian and Ripon Christian both went unbeaten in their league seasons to win titles.

Vacaville Christian is now 22-3 overall and won the Sierra Delta League with a 10-0 record. Ripon Christian is 21-7 overall and won

Senior Nevaeh DeSouza (Fairfield) was second in the vault (9.925), fourth on the uneven bars (9.925) and tied for first on the balance beam (9.925).

Maddie Williams (Vacaville) was first on the bars (9.975) and tied for third on the beam (9.900).

Junior Jaudai Lopes (Buckingham, DreamXtreme) won the vault for San Jose State and tied the school record with a score of 9.950 as the Spartans earned a team win at Sacramento State. Lopes was also second in the all-around (39.400), third on the bars (9.800) and third in the floor exercise (9.875).

Freshmen Ariana DeSouza (Vacaville, DreamXtreme) and Madelyn Gomez (Dixon, DreamXtreme) helped Alaska-Anchorage to a victory at Simpson College in Iowa. DeSouza was third in the floor exercise (9.500) and Gomez was third in the vault (9.325).

Men’s basketball

Sophomore guard Jeremiah Jones (Vacaville, Solano) scored 15 points to go with one rebound and two assists for Stanislaus State in an 82-66 win over Cal State Monterey Bay.

Senior guard Dunnell Stafford (Solano) helped Fort Lewis to a pair of wins.

Stafford had 10 points, eight rebounds, two assists, one blocked shot and one steal in a 76-68 win over Black Hills State. He had 14 points, three rebounds, two assists and one steal in an 80-69 win over South Dakota Mines.

Junior guard Ricky Hamilton-Holland (Will C. Wood) and senior Sterlen Thomas (Vacaville, Solano) both went for double-figure scoring for Pacific Union College in a 74-71 loss to La Sierra. Hamilton-Holland had 15 points, six rebounds, one assist and one steal. Thomas added 14 points, one rebound and one assist.

Women’s basketball

Sophomore forward Joia Armstrong (Vanden) had 14 points, three rebounds, two assists and two steals for Stanislaus State in a 70-62 loss to Cal State Monterey Bay. Armstrong also had 17 points, six rebounds and two assists in an 86-75 loss to San Francisco State.

Senior guard Myli Martinez (Vanden) helped Chico State to a 69-62 win over San Francisco State with 16 points, three rebounds and two assists.

Junior guard Devon Lewis (Will C. Wood) scored 14 points and pulled down 11 rebounds to go with four assists, two blocked shots and one steal for Cal Poly Humboldt in a 71-53 loss to Cal Poly Pomona.

I’ve never bought anything for myself – nothing big –other than shoes, that’s my dirty collection.”

It’s not the only reason camp feels different for Villar.

This time last year, Villar was merely another face in minor-league camp. Despite a 20-homer season in Double-A in 2021, he didn’t receive an invite to major-league spring training. Only after upping his numbers at Triple-A did the call come for Villar, who was leading the PCL in home runs (21).

the Trans Valley League with a 12-0 mark.

Vacaville Christian opened the Division V playoffs with a 71-35 win over Hughes Academy of Stockton. The Falcons beat Western Sierra of Rocklin 51-36 in the quarterfinals.

Ripon Christian earned a bye in the first round. The Knights earned a 69-60 win over Greene Academy of Sacramento in the quarterfinals. Eli Terpsma is Ripon Christian’s top play, scoring 19 points a game.

US, Brazil set for clash on pitch

Jonathan tannenwald THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

FRISCO, Texas — At a World Cup draw, a country’s group-stage fate is decided in part by how the pingpong balls come out of the pots on stage. But friendly tournament schedules are human creations. So when U.S. Soccer set the order of games in the SheBelieves Cup, of course it put the U.S.-Brazil game last. The organizers knew it was time to put one of women’s soccer’s grand old showdowns back in a big spotlight.

It’s not quite a rivalry in the way U.S.-Canada is, for example. But few of the Americans’ marquee opponents have produced as many fireworks over the years as the ones in those famed canaryyellow shirts. There have been three clashes in the Olympics, including the 2004 and 2008 gold medal games; and four in World Cups,

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Brazil’s Marta (10) controls the ball in front of the United states’ rose Lavelle (16) during the sheBelieves Cup at Exploria stadium in orlando, Florida, in 2021.

including two of the most famous non-final games in the women’s tournament’s history.

In the 2007 semifinals, Marta announced herself to the world with a hat trick in a 4-0 Brazil win. In the 2011 quarterfinals, the U.S. won in a penalty shootout after a 2-2 tie – the game where Megan Rapinoe crossed to Abby Wambach for arguably the most dramatic goal in U.S. women’s

the road on Feb. 23 — who look much stronger now with Jarred Vanderbilt, Malik Beasley and D’Angelo Russell — and play five West teams at home, including flailing teams such as the Houston Rockets and Portland Trail Blazers, along with contenders such as the Los Angeles Clippers, Minnesota Timberwolves and New Orleans Pelicans.

Curry is set to be re-evaluated for his left leg sprain after the AllStar break, and we already know he won’t play on Feb. 23 against the Lakers. But the Warriors’ success over these final games could be determined by his return. Muddying the Curry return is that his injury is rare in athletes; the two lower-leg ligaments he partially tore have no predictable healing timeline, according to the team.

But Curry is the star around which the Warriors system orbits. His return, sooner rather than later, would dramatically increase any chance of them skyrocketing up the standings.

Andrew Wiggins and the defensive consistency

Wiggins’ breakout playoff performance last season translated seamlessly into his start of this regular season. But he largely dis-

team history. These teams have also met at significant moments in U.S. construction projects between World Cups. In December 2014, the U.S. played a two-game set in Brazil’s capital, Brasilia, and went winless: a 3-2 loss and a scoreless tie.

In July 2017 in San Diego, the U.S. rallied from 3-1 down in the 78th minute to win 4-3 with goals from Christen Press,

appeared upon his return from an adductor injury and illnesses that sidelined for a career-high 15 games – plus a few more here and there as he dealt with more illnesses.

There’s a distinct difference between pre- and post-injury Wiggins. He shot 45 percent from 3 with 5.2 rebounds per game in 22 games before his adductor injury and 29 percent from 3 with 4.9 rebounds per game in 15 games after his return.

Wiggins said he felt like he was finding his rhythm again after a 29-point, seven-rebound game against the Washington Wizards on Feb. 13 – a game in which he was a team-high plus-25. Having Wiggins in rhythm may be just what this lowenergy Warriors defense needs.

The Warriors’ lack of intensity and engagement defensively is one of the most glaring differences between this year’s team and last, as Draymond Green put it after their loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. Their foul trouble, tendency to overhelp and miss rotations, and porous shell defense paves layup lines for opposing offenses.

“It has to come from within,” Green told reporters. “Defense is all about will, a want to defend. Defense isn’t fun. You’ve just got to do it if you want to win, and we haven’t. It’s the will to defend – stop and guard your man, and sink, and drop the box and rotate. Defense is just one or two steps extra . . .

Rapinoe, and Julie Ertz.

And in 2018, suburban Chicago hosted a game that’s still revered by many fans who watched it. In the finale of the short-lived Tournament of Nations, a summer equivalent to the SheBelieves Cup, the U.S. needed to beat Brazil by two goals to top a round-robin with Australia and Japan.

The deficit grew to three in just the 16th minute when Tierna Davidson gave up an own goal. But the U.S. came barreling back, with Rapinoe and Tobin Heath’s playmaking sparking four straight goals for the win.

Wednesday’s matchup (7 p.m., TNT, Universo, HBO Max, Peacock) will be less than it could be too, because of Brazil’s loss to Canada on Sunday. Still, this World Cup year feels like a good time for another classic, with Toyota Stadium and the National Soccer Hall of Fame as the backdrop.

that’s all will, and we don’t have that as a team.”

Lack of defensive will isn’t all on Wiggins, of course. But he’s a key piece to a defensive machine that distinguished the Warriors from their competitors last season as the No. 1 ranked defense in the Western Conference.

The return of Gary Payton II (eventually . . .), a healthy Wiggins, the emergence Jonathan Kuminga, a sturdier Klay Thompson with Green as the central nervous system could help the Warriors find the will to defend to a championship level again. If they can defend again, they may be unstoppable.

Jonathan Kuminga

A handful of winnable games this season have been blown with scoring droughts and defensive lapses in the final seconds of games. While Curry and Payton are out, the Warriors need to rely on their depth a bit more in order to ensure that Green and Kevon Looney are on the court together in crunch time. Kuminga has been a regular part of the rotation lately, but perhaps the Warriors can really explore their rotation depth by playing the 20-year-old for 20 minutes per game consistently. He’s shown an ability to impact the game defensively at the expense of a few costly mistakes that get him pulled. But Kuminga has the athleticism to give the Warriors a spark they desperately need.

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