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FAIRFIELD — A number of roads were closed around Solano County due to the storm that soaked the area Thursday into Friday, including one lane on westbound Interstate 80 that was closed several hours Friday due to water and debris, but overall officials said the results could have been much worse.
But there was a reprieve of sorts Saturday with generally
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FAIRFIELD — Solano County supervisors are scheduled Tuesday to receive an update on the latest Delta tunnel project.
“The Delta Conveyance Project is the latest iteration of an isolated conveyance by the state Department of Water Resources to remove freshwater flows from the Delta for use in central and Southern California,” the staff report to the board states.
“The (Delta Conveyance Project) includes
light rainfall in and around central Solano County.
“Public Works responded multiple times overnight for flooding throughout the county. At this point we have closed two roads, most notably is Suisun Parkway in Fairfield, and Canright Road near Rio Vista. We did respond to one tree
that blocked Pleasants Valley Road for a while early (Friday) morning, but it is now cleared. We will continue the cleanup efforts throughout the weekend and prep for the next storm,” Kacy Bowers, operational manager for county Public Works, said in an email Friday to the Board of Supervisors that was made available to the Daily Republic. Other downed trees were reported across the county, but mainly on private properties.
constructing a 45-mile long, 39-foot diameter tunnel under the Delta with new diversions in the North Delta that have a capacity to divert up to 6,000 cubic feet (of water) per second and operating new conveyance facilities that would add to the existing State Water Project infrastructure.”
The board meets at 9 a.m. in the first-floor chamber of the government center, 675 Texas St., in Fairfield. A closed session, for negotiations for property
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SUISUN VALLEY — Local artists relished a chance Saturday to show off their skills as painters, photographers, potters and woodworkers at Village 360, where the second annual Spring Forward Art & Demo Days entertained visitors.
Dennis Ariza of the Fairfield-Suisun City Visual Arts Association hosted the event with 14 artists coming to share their work. He was nervous Saturday, waking at 3 a.m. to worry about the details for the day.
“We had some cancellations, so I did a booth myself. I hadn’t been planning on it,” he said.
Nobody was interested in doing a demo, but there were still plenty of things to see.
The first floor of Village
360 was filled with booths. Artists offered acrylic, oil and watercolor paintings, jewelry, fused glass, ceramics, photography, mixed media and laser cut wood designs for sale, and were more than willing to talk about their art.
“The goal today is to enjoy ourselves, have some fun and maybe sell some work,” Ariza said.
The name Spring Forward is in honor of daylight saving time, which begins Sunday. Ariza wanted to do a theme with a focus on spring and thought that was a nice play on words.
The Fairfield-Suisun City Visual Arts Association is still growing and is planning to open a third gallery March 26 at Rockville Corners.
“It is a going to be at the Salon Collective,” he said. “They have a blank wall that is huge
Issues surrounding the Southtown Planned Development, including rescinding a denial of an environmental impact report and consideration of approving the project, come before the City Council on Tuesday as the city seeks to bring an end to a lawsuit that could cost the city in excess of $1 million.
The Southtown Apartments are proposed for the northwest corner of Leisure Town Road and Redstone Parkway.
A staff report outlines what has transpired to date.
The Southtown Apartments project was approved Aug. 16 by the Planning Commission. The City Council on Nov. 15 conducted a public hearing to consider the appeals of the Planning Commission’s decision and voted 6-1 to grant the appeal challenging the project and denied the Southtown Apartments project application.
TA Leisure Town LLC, the project applicant, sued the city Dec. 20 in Solano County Superior Court. TA Leisure Town LLC and the city reached a settlement agreement. Key provisions of the settlement include:
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Today marks the unofficial start of spring.
It’s the start of daylight saving time, when nature begins to heal itself by allowing us to have sunlight in the evening. If you see your shadow after 5:30 p.m., it means there are fewer than six weeks of winter left. (It’s possible I’ve mixed up winter-focused “holidays.” It’s also possible that whether or not a groundhog sees a shadow on Feb. 2, there are always six weeks of winter left because Feb. 2 is 6½ weeks before the first day of spring. So yeah, there’s always six weeks of winter left on Feb. 2.)
Today’s shift to daylight saving time seems more dramatic than normal because we’ve had the most wintery winter in memory. In Solano County and the rest of Northern California (heck, the rest of California and the rest of the West Coast), this has been a winter to remember. Or forget.
It’s been day after day after day of either cold or rainy weather. Or both. Snow on Mount Vaca and Twin Sisters? Flooding? We’ve had both. Recent winters have been different. Virtually every year in the past decade or two, we’ve had at least a week or
two (maybe even a month) of spring-like weather in January or February. We’ve had days when there was no need for a jacket when you went outside in mid-winter. We’ve been able to wear shorts in February. This year? I don’t think I’ve gone in shirtsleeves (the oldtimey way of saying without a jacket) since before Halloween. Most mornings, I’ve either had to dodge raindrops while going to my car for work or scrape ice off the windshield. By the way, the cold, wintery weather is compounded when you have an old car that allows rainwater in. The result? An overworked defroster and a few mornings with ice on the inside of my back window. But I digress,
because it ends today.
Today starts daylight saving time. Today spring is here.
Pay no attention to the weather forecast. Sure, we might get rain. It might still be cold. It might be snowing in Tahoe and flooding along the Russian River, as far as I know. We might keep getting variations of the “Pineapple Express” storms from Hawaii (the best weather-related name, for what it’s worth).
But it’s springtime. Before long, we’ll have warm, sunny (windy) days. We’ll open our windows to let in fresh air. We’ll have to turn on the air conditioner.
The effects of the winter of our discontent will continue,
whether good (reservoirs full, good snowpack) or bad (more ticks, lawns growing too fast).
But the start of daylight saving time means we’re unofficially starting spring.
Now if someone can inform the weather, it would be good. If the rainy, cold and/or generally miserable conditions continue, we might all go mad.
I’m not sure I can continue to scrape ice off my inside back window and use a towel to dry the inside of my windshield much longer. Fortunately, I won’t.
Daylight saving time is here! Reach Brad Stanhope at bradstanhope@outlook.com.
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Most passengers willingly leave the ship at the end of the cruise. Earlier this year, however, one sailor stubbornly stayed onboard Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas, which docks in Miami. It took a man with a net to capture and remove the stowaway, a pint-size burrowing owl.
“It was kind of stressful, especially after missing it twice,” said Ricardo Zambrano, a wildlife biologist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. “It was trap-weary and onto us. We had to do it quickly, before passengers came back onboard.”
For at least two weeks in January, the bird of prey, a common resident in southern Florida, joined other vacationers sailing around the Caribbean. Zambrano said Wildlife Rescue of Dade County contacted his state agency after noticing social media posts star-
ring the unusual passenger with the feathery brown coat and yolk-yellow eyes.
On Jan. 21, when the ship was between sailings, Zambrano arrived at the port, ready to rescue. But first, he had to gain permission to board from the cruise line and customs. Once cleared, he stepped on deck with a small arsenal of trapping gear: a hand net, a mist net and, for especially difficult subjects, a net gun.
“This was a last resort,” he said of the equipment that expels a net like Spider-Man’s wrists. “We didn’t want to hurt the owl.”
He located the bird perched on an exit sign in the ship’s Central Park, a pastoral setting with natural and synthetic vegetation. Zambrano first employed the mist nest, which he strung across the open space like a giant volleyball net. Ideally, the owl would be spooked by the commotion and fly right into the trap. But the owl wasn’t playing this game.
“It got wise to the net and flew right over it,” he said.
Zambrano pulled out the hand net, which resembles an angler’s landing net. He swooped, and the wily owl slipped underneath. The situation grew more difficult as the bird became more skittish. It flew off and landed on the
balcony railing of a 10thfloor stateroom. Zambrano entered the empty cabin and cautiously opened the balcony doors. Crew members positioned below jumped up and down to distract the bird from its imminent capture. Zambrano netted his prize, placed it in a kennel and disembarked.
“I got lucky,” he said after the hourlong ordeal.
Burrowing owls are often spotted at schools, airports, parks and golf courses. But this isn’t the first time an owl has tested its sea legs. In 2010, rescuers removed an owl from a mini-golf course hole on Royal Caribbean’s
Oasis of the Seas in Fort Lauderdale. Zambrano said burrowing owls don’t always hang out in their subterranean digs; they chill aboveground, too. “Sometimes they sit around for days or weeks in the shade,” he said, describing behavior that could also apply to cruisers.
The FWCC team transported the owl to the South Florida Wildlife Center, where the staff assessed its health. No injuries were reported, but the owl was “very skinny,” said Carolina Montano, the center’s director of outreach. Unlike typical cruisers, it had lost weight.
The rehab facility fattened the owl up with a diet of bugs and small rodents. Less than a month later, it was healthy enough to return to the wild.
On Feb. 18, Project Perch released the former cruiser in Davie, Fla. Its new home is about 25 miles north of the cruise terminal, as the owl flies.
VACAVILLE — Civil Air Patrol Travis Compos ite Squadron 22 will host an open house Saturday.
Organizers encour age people to come by and learn about who they are, what they do and how they develop the nation’s youth into leaders for the future.
The open house will include an aircraft static display, cadet pre sentations, a STEM/ aerospace display and a recruiting tent.
The Civil Air Patrol works with youth ages 12 to 18 through its cadet program, as well as adults who serve in Squadron 22.
The open house is scheduled from 7 a.m. to noon at the Rowland Freedom Center located at the Nut Tree Airport, 300 County Airport Road in Vacaville.
For more informa tion, contact 2nd Lt. Mario Esparaza at mario. esparza@cawgcap.org or 707-372-5441, or visit the squadron website at https://travis.cap.gov
FAIRFIELD — The Solano Fire Safe Council is scheduled to meet via Zoom on March 20.
“There will be a presentation on the countywide Community Wildfire Protection Plan and an opportunity for public input. Community involvement is strongly encouraged to participate in the wildfire mitigation planning process,” organizers said in a statement.
The meeting will start at 5:30 p.m. A link to the meeting can be found at www.solanorcd.org/ resources/news.html
For more information, contact Sierra Cecchini, assistant education program manager for the Solano Resource Conservation District, at Sierra. Cecchini@solanorcd.org
VACAVILLE — Vacaville School District trustees seek anyone interested to apply for a vacancy on the board.
Application packets are available at www.vacaville usd.org, or between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday in the superintendent’s office at the Educational Services Center, 401 Nut Tree Road.
The deadline to submit applications is 5 p.m. March 29 at the superintendent’s office.
Any registered voter within the Area 4 boundaries is eligible, except any employee of the Vacaville School District. To confirm whether you reside within the district’s boundaries, see the “School Boundary Locator” on the district’s website or call the superintendent’s office at 707-453-6101.
FAIRFIELD — Applications for the Solano County Ag Education Foundation scholarships are being accepted through 5 p.m. April 14.
For an application, go to https://tinyurl. com/3zmdz9ed or go to the foundation website, https://solanofarmbureau. org/ag-ed-foundation
The foundation is part of the Solano County Farm Bureau.
BENICIA — Revelers with some shamrock glasses, a green scarf and sturdy umbrellas celebrated St. Patrick’s Day a bit early Saturday with a St. Patrick’s Day Beer Crawl.
Real estate agent Jennifer Nelson of Benicia brought friends out for a tradition that started 12 years ago.
“It is about sharing the Irish love,” she said. “This event brings a lot of people to this wonderful town.”
Nelson explained it as just playing in the rain, which there was plenty of, but that didn’t stop people from enjoying some brews and a leisurely walk through downtown shops.
Cassie Roberson and husband Aslan Brown of Benicia and his cousin Derin Ozgul of Tampa, Florida, came down for their first beer crawl.
“We have been to the wine walks; this is the first time for the beer crawl,” Roberson said.
Roberson is expecting soon and did not partake in the libations. The same limitations did not apply to her husband or his cousin.
“We wanted to come out and enjoy the downtown and see what was happening,” Brown said. “She likes to come down here to shop, usually for candles.”
They all dressed in different shades of green. Roberson wore a green hairpiece and leggings. Ozgul wore a bright green shirt. Brown caused a stir with a stripped green shirt, which others argued was more blue than green. Finally, they
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SUISUN CITY — The Solano Transportation Authority is looking for the next “Bike Champion of the Year.”
“As part of the celebration for Bike to Wherever Days 2023, one bike champion from Solano County will be recognized as ‘Bike Champion of the Year.’ Know someone who uses their bicycle for transportation? Or encourages others to do the same? Or is a teacher and a mentor for bike maintenance, safety, travel and more?
Then be sure to nominate them as your Bike Champion of the Year 2023,” the Solano Transportation Authority said in a statement.
“Nominees should champion pedaling, inspire others and set a great example of how bicycling is good for everyone. This award recognizes someone who practices and understands the health, environmental and social benefits of bicycling,” the agency said.
The deadline to submit nominations is
March 31. Go to https:// bayareabiketowork. com/event-information/ bike-champions-of-theyear-2023
“Biking to work is a great way to improve your physical and mental health, and the environment,” Solano Transportation Authority board Chairman Steve Young, the mayor of Benicia, said in the
statement. “The Bike Commuter of the Year award is a wonderful way to recognize individuals who inspire others to get on their bikes and try a fun and enjoyable way to get to work.”
The nine Bay Area Counties will celebrate Bike to Wherever Days with several regional activities in May. Solano County’s Safe Routes
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settled on a blue/green color and everyone was happy.
Nicole Yarbourgh, owner of Pink Arrows, a clothing boutique store, has been a fixture in town since 2016 – starting her shop on the opposite side of the street and moving it in 2019 to its current position.
Yarbourgh originally worked in sales in Fairfield but found her love of meeting people and helping others also translated to something she could do as her own boss.
“This is great because it gives new people a chance to find the store who otherwise might not come in,” Yarbourgh said. “It also opens people’s eyes to the shops we have here in downtown.”
The chance to explore new shops while having a sip of beer hopefully leaves a lasting good taste with visitors.
“It doesn’t seem possible that it has been 12 years since this started,” said Nancy Martinez, organizer for Benicia Main Street. “This helps connect merchants, us and people with these smaller events.”
Martinez said she hopes people who have driven by and thought about stopping at a shop will take the St. Patrick’s Day Beer Crawl as an opportunity to look into some shops and do some shopping.
“We are expecting 300 people; some might want refunds because of the rain, but this is a rain-orshine event. Bring your umbrellas and some boots,” she said.
Altogether 26 businesses participated. Ticket holders could
to School Program will host Bike to School Day on May 3. Bike to Work Day is May 18 and is the Bay Area’s premier event in the nine Bay Area counties.
Visit https://www. solanomobility.org/bike month2023 for more information about Solano County activities during
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FAIRFIELD — A virtual meeting of the Solano County City Selection Committee is scheduled Wednesday, followed by the Solano County Mayors’ Committee meeting.
The Selection Committee will consider an appointment to the Local
Agency Formation Commission and a Rio Vista representative to the Solano County Airport Land Use Commission. The terms for both seats expire May 3, 2027.
The meeting starts at 6 p.m. via Zoom. The meeting link is https:// us02web.zoom.us/j/88652 523072?pwd=c25lR0c2M E9FTkFWcnh0b2hMY3l Kdz09. The Meeting ID is
886 5252 3072. The password is 031523. Access is also available by calling 1-669-900-9128.
Discussion items for the Mayors’ Committee include expansion or contraction of fire district boundaries.
Other topics are joint purchasing of asphalt from Valero; coordination of freeway cleanup activities with the state Department
of Transportation; continuation of road funding; a joint powers authority with cities that need dredging; and mutual aid concerns over sideshows.
A full agenda for the meeting is available at https://www. solanocounty.com/depts/ clerk_of_the_board/ solano_county_city_selection_committee.asp
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SUISUN CITY —
The Solano Commission for Women and Girls will host a luncheon March 24 and will recognize the 2023 “Women of the Year.”
This year’s recipients are Jameelah Hanif, of Watch Me Grow Inc.; former Benicia Mayor Elizabeth Patterson;
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have 17 tastes so they needed to make choices from among the places to stop. The pairing came from Mare Island Beer Company and several other local and not-so-local brewing companies.
Benicia Main Street sells See’s Candies at its office in the old Railroad Station building by the dock.
Raquelmarie Clark, of WAHEO: We Always Help Each Other; and Sarah Stocking Donnelly, a business owner and Rio Vista councilwoman.
“These women have made outstanding contributions to our community and are role models for us all,” organizers said in a statement. “Proceeds go to further the work of the Solano Com-
In addition to Metropolitan Transportation Commission (the transportation planning, financing and coordinating agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area), 511 (the region’s traveler information system), Amazon and Stanford Medicine, Bike to Wher-
mission for Women and Girls to improve the economic status, health and overall quality of life for women and girls in Solano County.”
The event will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Joseph A. Nelson Community Center, 611 Village Drive, in Suisun City. The cost is $50.
Reserve a seat by going to www.solanocommission
ever Days/Bike to Work Day 2023 receives regional support from The Bay Area Air Quality Management District, Bay Area Rapid Transit –BART –and Alameda Contra Costa Transit District.
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FAIRFIELD — The
City Council on Tuesday will receive a report and provide direction on its goals for the 2023-24 fiscal year starting July 1.
The council will address the goals it set during its recent two-day retreat as refined by the department heads who also held a treat. Those goals are:
n Organizational
Excellence: Become a leader in local government best practices.
ment: Create an economically vibrant and safe downtown with equal access to all.
n Homelessness: Reduce homelessness and the impacts of homelessness.
n Quality of Life: Elevate Fairfield as the place to live, work and play.
The agenda packet, available at www. fairfield.ca.gov/ government/city-council/ city-council-meetings/ current-city-councilagendas, expounds on each of those goals.
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The commission is also planning its third annual Birth Justice event May 6, providing “a platform for sharing stories and expertise in birthing methods and options, doula support and public awareness of the disparity in birthing outcomes.”
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Frederick Horace Nelson was born on November 15, 1948 and passed away on January 23, 2023. Please visit the Bryan-Braker website at bryanbraker.com for service information and full obituar y.
n Community Engagement: Increase diversity of opportunity to engage the Fairfield community.
n Housing: Provide housing diversity affordable and accessible to all.
n Downtown Develop-
The council also is set to discuss General Fund reserve policies.
The council will meet at 6 p.m. at the Police Training Facility, 1717 Rex Clift Drive.
“I really hope people stick around, have something to eat and maybe even buy some See’s Candies,” Martinez said.
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Marjorie (Margi) Jean Rosemond passed away on February 5, 2023 at home after managing breast cancer for over 16 years.
She was 61 years old.
Margi was born in Glendora, CA on September 7, 1961. She was the third of four children and spent most of her childhood playing in the yard, reading books, doing puzzles, and playing sports. She won a scholarship in Theatre Arts from University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA where she also played on the first women’s soccer team for the University.
At UOP, Margi met her future husband, Matt. Shorty after college, Matt and Margi were married. In the years between marriage and children, Margi worked as a manager at two popular retail chains, helping train employees and open new store locations. She also spent time in the clothing manufacturing industr y.
In 1991, Margi became a mother and changed her focus to raising a family. In 1993, she welcomed her second child into the world. As her children grew, Margi coached them in sports, became a classroom and team mom as well as team manager for her children’s soccer teams. In 2007, Margi started working for the family business as the Outside Salesperson. In 2021, Margi became a grandmother and spent countless hours playing with her grandchild and watching her grow.
Margi’s greatest joys included going to the beach, skiing, studying with her Bible Study Fellowship Leaders group, teaching bible study classes for preschool children, playing soccer, doing crafts, and spending time with family.
She is survived and sorely missed by her parents Marilyn and Daniel Simpson, her sisters Jenifer Simpson, Melanie Simpson, and Rebecca Young, her loving husband Matt Rosemond, her daughter Allyson Rosemond and son in law Dennis Simons, her son William Rosemond and his partner Briana Rossi, her granddaughter Brinley Simons, as well as countless other family members and friends. Her
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Adolph “Gus” Almquist, 97, retired US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, on February 19, 2023, heroically and peacefully “slipped the surly bonds of Earth,” navigating his proverbial final flight from Fairfield, California, hands steady on the controls and blue eyes fixed on an uncharted horizon, surrounded by adoring family.
Gus was born in autumn of 1925 to parents Gustaf Almquist and Augusta Ingeborg, both Swedish immigrants. A wild and independent “Yooper” from Upper Peninsula Michigan, the youngest child was raised on a large farm with brothers Clarence, Len, and Kip, and sister Evelyn. The family raised cows, chickens, and pigs, and collected wood from a forested section of the farm. Gus recounted a moment of awe at 10 years old, looking out at the cedars under fresh snowfall, thinking, “I’ll remember this all my life.
When Gus was age two, in 1927, Charles Lindbergh piloted the Spirit of St. Louis across the Atlantic, winning the Ortieg Prize to become the first man to fly solo non-stop from New York to Paris, instantly receiving worldwide adulation with steady and inspiring news coverage throughout Gus’s formative years. He developed a deep passion for the aviator that defined the dreams of Gus’s youth and foreshadowed his destiny.
During the depression, his older siblings moved to Brooklyn, where brother Len, equally inspired by Lindbergh, learned to fly. In 1938, a twelve-year-old Gus finished the first eight grades in a oneroom schoolhouse, skipping two grades. The farm was sold, and the family moved to Brooklyn, arriving on a Friday evening. The next morning, Len took Gus up for his first airplane flight! In 1941, Len joined the Canadian Royal Air Force and in 1942 Gus began flying lessons, soloing at age 17 on December 17, just four days after news that Len’s plane was missing during a WWII night mission off the coast of Holland. For Gus, flight was an escape from gravity— the exhilarating feeling of freedom born of intense concentration.
After earning a bachelor ’s degree in civil engineering through the GI Bill, Gus began his Air Force career as a Flight Instructor, applying an unconventional teaching style of encouragement that instilled leadership capabilities in his trainees. Then followed a combat tour in the Korean War (narrowly surviving his last flight mission under fire) and a prestigious assignment serving in the Strategic Air Command during the Cold War, flying B-47 Stratojets that carried two nuclear bombs intended for specific Russian targets in the event of a war. Ironically, in later years, visiting Russia remained on his bucket list.
Although that joy of flying never left, his diverse career and aptitude for computer technology led to fulfillment serving on the ground. He quickly rose to Branch Chief at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) supporting the highly classified Satellite Reconnaissance System out of Arlington Virginia during the Kennedy administration, including handling incoming satellite imagery during the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion. His last assignment was as Division Chief with the Pacific Air Force Command in Hawaii during the
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John (Chris) Leins went to be with his Lord Jesus on February 15, 2023 in Prescott Valley, Arizona due to complications of diabetes. Chris was a veteran of the US Air Force and the US Army serving honorably. Chris is survived by his loving wife of 32 years Danella (Dee) Leins of Prescott Valley, his son Alex of Phoenix, AZ, his parents John and Mary Leins of Fairfield, CA, his sister Michelle Wellner and brother Matthew Leins of Fairfield, CA, and various nieces and nephews. Chris loved history and his countr y. Services will be Monday March 13 2023 at 10:30 a.m. at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery all who wish to come are invited to attend.
Vietnam War, where he was promoted to Lt. Colonel.
After retiring from the Air Force in 1969, he leveraged his DIA connections for MacDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company, working with the proposed Manned Orbiting Laboratory. Later, drawing on his computer expertise, Gus automated the Alameda County’s library system and, in a final career, engaged his engineering mind at Contra Costa Public Works Department, creating innovative solutions for flooding and representing the agency at public hearings, always appreciating democracy in action.
In 1950, Gus met Dorothy “Dottie” Sikes on a blind date in San Antonio, Texas. Transferred two hundred miles away, he courted her weekly by airplane and they enchanted each other into 67 years of devoted marriage. They parented four free-spirited daughters, creating permanent close-knit family bonds forged, in part, by frequent relocations to bases throughout the United States, including Hawaii. After Dorothy was paralyzed by a stroke in 1957, changing their world overnight, Gus was devoted to tender and steadfast caregiving for the remainder of her remarkable life. These two, each showing extraordinary character in response to challenge, modeled enduring and resilient love something their daughters will carry forward always.
Blessed with an inquisitive intellect, Gus enjoyed countless hours reading and sharing ideas—relevant to each person’s interests —about current events, health, politics, science, music, philosophy, photography, and biographies of world leaders. His life experience was the foundation of captivating stories told with expressive delivery!
In 1951, Gus fell in love with photography and the Rolleiflex camera. He recognized the contemplation required to take meaningful photographs and printed lively portraits and bucolic landscapes to give as gifts. In recent years, always in step with current technolog y, Gus favored his iPhone 11 for photography and, over his 96th year, inventively engineered a hand-held device that comfortably steadied his hand.
Until his last breath, Gus sustained a life filled with connections to loved ones near and far, sharing impassioned discourse, asking about their lives. Dynamic, purposeful, and quietly caring, he never stopped learning, inspiring others, and being surprised by life’s wonders. His compass never failed.
Gus and the family are grateful for advancements in health care that sustained excellent quality of life into his late ninth decade, and the phenomenal Fairfield doctors who cared for him. We greatly appreciate the compassionate Sutter Health Hospice and Medical Aid in Dying care teams that guided his last weeks, and California’s End of Life Option Act sanctioning his decision to die with dignity
Gus is survived by his four daughters Marty (Larry), Suzun (Richard), Ellie (Randy), and Karen (Wendy); three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; nephews Bill, Len, and Dean; niece Sheryl, and many lifelong friends. He is preceded in death by his wife Dorothy, his parents and siblings, and nephew Len Almquist.
Gus will be interred during a private family ceremony at Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland, California.
To honor Gus’s memory, keep reaching out in love — to everyone.
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Heavy rains are washing out roads and leading to emergency rescues in central California as the state braces for more storms in the coming days.
The California National Guard helped with at least 56 rescues in the early hours of Saturday morning after a levee breach inundated the small community of Pajaro in Monterey County. On Saturday, the governor’s office said that it was working to help the largely Latino community, which has a population of just under 3,000.
“My heart hurts tonight for the residents of Pajaro,” Luis Alejo, chair of the Monterey County Board of Supervisors, said in a tweet. “We were hoping to avoid and prevent this situation, but the worst case scenario has arrived with the Pajaro River overtopping and levee breaching at about midnight.”
The local water district warned residents not to drink or cook with tap water until officials had a chance to test its quality after the system’s wells took on floodwater.
As the sun rose over the state, more than 9,000 residents were still under evacuation orders as California continued to be pummeled by what meteorologists call an atmospheric river, extremely moist storms common to the West Coast. It is the 10th such event to hit the state this season.
By early Friday afternoon, the scale of the flooding was already
immense. In the San Francisco Bay Area, commuters had to navigate around the flooding, which closed several roads, including a major freeway in Oakland.
As of Saturday afternoon, about 32,000 customers in the state remained without power after about 55,000 customers were affected Friday. According to officials, at least two people have died as a result of the latest storms.
The situation only continued to worsen along the state’s Central Coast and Salinas Valley – often called the nation’s “Salad Bowl” because of the leafy greens and other vegetables grown there. In parts of the region, key evacuation routes were impassable as raging floodwaters poured across roads. There was a separate levee break nearly
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Another five people have been arrested in Mexico for the kidnapping of four Americans, two of whom were killed amid the violent abduction.
The group of suspects were taken into custody Friday on charges including aggravated kidnapping and simple intention homicide, Tamaulipas Attorney General Irving Barrios Mojica wrote on Twitter shortly before 11:30 a.m. local time.
A sixth person arrested earlier this week was also being held in connection with the daytime abduction of Latavia “Tay” McGee, Shaeed Woodard, Zindell Brown, and Eric James Williams.
The quartet traveled from South Carolina to the border city of Matamoros for a tummy tuck procedure, booked by McGee for March 3. Woodward and Brown were killed when gunmen opened fire on their vehicle. Williams was wounded while McGee remained unharmed.
All four friends were then ushered into the back of a truck and whisked
away by the gunman. It took authorities several days to locate the group, all of whom, including the bodies of those killed, have returned to the United States.
The arrest announcement comes a day after the Scorpions faction of the Gulf Cartel – the group believed to be responsible for the kidnappings – sent a letter to law enforcement condemning the violence, which they say was carried out by rogue members.
“We have decided to turn over those who were directly involved and responsible in the events, who at all times acted under their own decision-making and lack of discipline,” the letter said.
The note also reportedly came with an image of five men facedown on the pavement with their hands tied. According to the Associated Press, they were found tied up inside a vehicle authorities had previously linked to the deadly crime.
Attorney General Mojica did not say whether the men arrested Friday are the same ones turned in by the cartel.
150 miles away from Pajaro in the community of Cutler in central California’s Tulare County. Forecasters project that the unrelenting rainfall will last through the coming week.
Although the main slug of moisture associated with the atmospheric river had moved through on Friday, additional moderate to heavy downpours were expected to fan through central and northern California late Saturday and into Sunday. Then, yet another atmospheric river originating from near Hawaii is projected to come ashore.
By Tuesday, 3 to 6 more inches of rain is likely along the coast, with double-digit perception totals in the highest peaks of
the Sierra Nevada. That is projected to come down as another 4 to 8 feet of snow in the highest elevations, leading to more flooding, rapid snowmelt and avalanches.
Flood watches remain in effect for locations below 4,000 feet elevation in central and northern California. The National Weather Service office in Hanford said many of the creeks and rivers that have been in flood stage since Friday will continue to rise through the weekend.
The Weather Service started issuing flash flood warnings on Friday as heavy rain combined with swift snowmelt to turn creeks and streams into roaring rapids.
The community of Springville in Tulare
County, home to about 1,000 residents along Highway 190, was placed under a dire “flash flood emergency” during the morning hours.
“This is a particularly dangerous situation. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!,” warned the Hanford office.
Drone footage revealed dozens of homes treading water, at least one structural collapse and a number of others on the brink of destruction.
In an online warning to residents, the Tulare County Resource Management Agency described the flooding as “unprecedented,” writing, “Roads crews cannot sign every flooded roadway at this time.”
Up to 4.3 inches of rain was reported in Tulare County – which is southeast of Fresno and northeast of Bakersfield – within 24 hours ending Saturday morning. Three to eight feet of water
is contained in the Sierra snowpack – likely much more in spots – meaning the warmth of an atmospheric river can quickly melt enough water to effectively double what pours into creeks and streams during a snowstorm. Meanwhile, mountain communities in the Sierra are working to sort out where to put their everaccumulating snow. While mostly snow has fallen above 8,000 feet, rain has fallen into the spongy snowpack beneath that.
The Central Sierra Snow Lab off Interstate 80 near Donner Pass, near 7,000 feet, measured a “rain-soaked” 9.3 inches of snow Friday and has tallied 617 inches of snow since October. That’s converted the snow into a cement-like sludge, which in some instances has caused structural collapses. In other cases, high avalanche danger remains a concern.
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About 600 more tech and biotech layoffs rocked the Bay Area job market in a fresh round of cutbacks that suggest the staffing reductions in the region have yet to run their course, new state government filings show.
Four tech companies, two biotech firms and a real estate ally of Google that’s been jolted by the search giant’s development slowdown are among the most recent firms to reveal layoff plans to the Employment Development Department.
Here are the details for the latest staffing reduction plans reported to the EDD through an array of WARN notices:
n Atlassian decided to cut 268 jobs in San Francisco, effective May 5. The software company rebalanced its workforce to focus on new opportunities.
n KLA is eliminating 72 jobs in Milpitas on or around May 8. The semiconductor company is among the companies caught up in a downturn in the chip sector.
n Lendlease is cutting 67 positions in Sunnyvale as of April 28. The company is a development firm that is Google’s development partner in a number of major projects, including a transit-oriented village in downtown
San Jose. Lendlease said a “reduction in work” was the main factor driving the layoffs.
n AeroVironment, 62 layoffs in Petaluma, effective on May 6. The company makes unmanned aircraft vehicles and systems for the military and other customers. Just a few days ago, AeroVironment disclosed a first round of layoffs affecting 17 jobs in the same city.
n Graphite Bio is cutting 59 jobs, effective by June 1, in Brisbane and South San Francisco. The company said the layoffs occurred after it had abandoned the development of therapies for sickle cell disease and had decided to shift to strategic alternatives.
n Coherus BioSciences decided to eliminate 51 jobs in Redwood City, cutbacks that occurred on March 7. “A significant downturn in business” was the reason for the company’s layoffs, the WARN letter stated.
n Flex Ltd., an electronics equipment maker, is cutting 10 jobs in Milpitas, effective on March 3. The companies that disclosed the most recent group of layoffs are eliminating a combined total of 589 jobs in the Bay Area, including the staffing reductions revealed by Lendlease.
Warner Bros. Discovery will add thousands of titles to its flagship streaming service HBO Max – pulling from its library of unscripted lifestyle shows – without raising the price.
The company plans to charge $10 a month for the advertising-supported tier of the new service, which is expected to be named Max, and either $15 or $16 a month for the ad-free version, according to people familiar with the company’s plans. Those are the current prices for HBO Max. Warner Bros. will also sell a new, higher-priced subscription for about $20 a month, offering better video quality and possibly other features, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing internal deliberations.
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This fall, as John Y.K. Lee realized his electric bill had doubled, he finally d ecided to invest in solar panels.
For years, the neurosurgeon had thought about installing them on his family’s Havertown, Pennsylvania, home. But he sped up his timeline in the past year.
“All of a sudden there is all this perturbance in the energy market,” said Lee, 50. “I really started getting interested in our energy situation and future. I started investigating what I could do.”
He decided to take matters into his own hands – literally.
Having received the required permits, he plans to install the panels mostly on his own. An inspector will come out afterward to ensure everything is up to par.
In all, Lee, a selfdescribed “do-it-yourself kind of guy,” expects to spend about $7,000, a third of what he was quoted by a professional installation company.
“I can afford to pay somebody to put the solar in,” said Lee, but his investment will pay off more quickly this way. “Trying to install solar myself is the biggest DIY project I’ve ever taken on.”
While natural gas recently dropped to its lowest price point in nearly three years, many households have seen their energy bills skyrocket in recent months. Several homeowners in the Philadelphia suburbs saw bills of nearly $500 for December, a month that included a stretch of frigid days around Christmas.
For some, the continued price increases have made them more cognizant about ways that they can reduce their bills — from lowering their thermostats to converting their chimneys into gas-burning stoves to cutting back on how often they use their washers and dryers.
Others may be ready to take bigger steps, such as installing solar, a financial investment that not only brings down monthly bills but also benefits the environment.
“It generates elec-
tricity gradually,” said Dunbar Birnie, a professor in Rutgers University’s materials science and engineering department and a solar expert. “It is a slow repayment, but to the extent it might be increasing your home value, then it benefits you after five years. After you sell, then it benefits the next owner.”
After paying to install a residential solar system, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware homeowners are likely to break even in between seven and 10 years, according to Delaware Valley Consumers’ Checkbook. In the meantime, however, people are still helping reduce carbon emissions.
“Every little bit counts. If we put in 5,000 watts (into the grid from solar panels), that means somewhere else they’re not burning natural gas or coal or whatever to generate those kilowatt-hours,” Birnie said.
“A lot of houses need to put them on the roof,” he added, in order to reach goals like those set out in New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s accelerated plan to have the state using 100% clean energy by 2035.
Costs of solar panel installation and tax credits
Homeowners who are considering going solar should assess their options.
A typical solar project in the Philadelphia area cost about $16,500 in 2022, Delaware Valley Consumers’ Checkbook found. For larger households, a 5-kilowatt system could cost
about $20,000, Birnie said, though prices can fluctuate depending on location and the company used. If a homeowner can afford to pay for their system out of pocket, then the 30% federal tax credit, local incentives, and cheaper bills can serve as income or savings over time.
Depending on where you live, you may be eligible for other incentives through state tax credits or utility company rebate programs.
Those who plan to stay in their homes longer will get the most out of their investment, Birnie said, but those who plan to sell their homes will likely benefit, too. An increasing number of home buyers say energy efficiency is very important to them, according to a Zillow analysis of more than three million home sales in 2020 and 2021. The real estate company also found that homes with environmental features, such as solar panels, generally sell for more money or at a faster rate than homes without them.
“Solar that you own certainly does provide that value,” Birnie said. “It is not a sunken cost. It is an investment.”
People who can’t afford to pay for solar panels upfront can lease panels through private companies, but there are fewer personal financial benefits to doing so. Checkbook, a nonprofit consumer publication, advises that these contracts usually aren’t
good deals.
Philadelphia offers a program that allows city residents to buy solar panels at a reduced cost and another that allows people to lease them in exchange for lower electric bills.
‘Best money I’ve spent’ Margee Forgosh said she wanted to go solar ever since she first read an article about how it can work as an energy source in the 1990s.
About 30 years later, after paying off student and business loans, she finally did it.
In October 2021, the freelance graphic designer and her husband, Ari, a dentist, tapped into their savings and paid about $20,000 to get solar panels installed on their home in rural Lehigh County, outside Allentown, Pennsylvania.
She hasn’t regretted the decision, she said, especially having heard about utility bills continuing to jump.
Her family tries to cut back on energy usage in other ways, too and has seen their monthly electric bill reduced to a $15 maintenance fee.
Getting solar panels “was a huge bucket list item for me,” said Forgosh, 57, who also has a Tesla electric car. “The reward of seeing that every day that sun shines, I’m making energy to drive on, to cook on. It has given me such a peace of mind. . . . That is probably the best money I’ve spent in my life.”
The WashingTon PosT HOUSTON — Oil and gas industry leaders say they’ve seen a big shift in tone from the Biden administration over the past year, helping to smooth over one of the president’s rockiest relationships.
Just two weeks before election night 2020, President Biden dropped a bomb on fossil fuel businesses while debating the incumbent Donald Trump.
“I would transition from the oil industry. Yes,” he said. “It has to be replaced by renewable energy –over time. Over time.”
He then set a pace that infuriated many in the industry, using his first weeks in office to block the Keystone XL pipeline and suspend federal oil and gas leasing, among other moves targeting fossil fuels.
But in the last year, the Biden administration has resumed oil leasing under terms of the major climateand-energy-spending law Biden signed last year. The president has advocated for more new laws to speed up infrastructure permitting, including for natural-gas pipelines. And, to avoid instability emanating from Russia’s attack on
Ukraine, the Biden administration promised to help grow U.S. natural gas exports and spearheaded efforts to get more gas to European allies.
The president’s more cautious approach toward phasing out fossil fuels culminated last month at his State of the Union address.
“We’re going to need oil for at least another decade . . . and beyond that,” Biden said, recalling what he has told industry leaders.
“We’re going to need it.”
For industry executives, it is evidence that pragmatism is winning out over more aggressive environmental policies. Shaken at times by rising energy prices and Russia’s influence as a giant oil and gas exporter, the administration has more consistently accepted and supported fossil fuels having a place in the world’s energy mix, at least for now.
“Everyone is moving to the middle,” said François Poirier, chief executive of TC Energy, the Canadian developer once behind Keystone XL. “Because pragmatism has shown you can’t ignore reliability and affordability in the quest for sustainability.”
But Biden’s shift doesn’t come without
risks. Environmentalists fear more pragmatic short-term policies could slow the long-term adoption of cleaner fuels to address climate change.
Many are watching for a decision expected from the Biden administration within days on permits for the largest proposed oil development in the country, ConocoPhillips’s Willow project in Alaska.
“They’re highly crosspressured. And the president has not been able to keep all his promises,” said Abigail Dillen, president of the environmental law firm Earthjustice. “This is without a doubt the most ambitious administration on climate in our history. And I know the commitment is real. But I am very concerned.”
At a yearly energy conference here in Houston known as CERAWeek, executives from some of the world’s largest oil and gas companies have called for world leaders to foster a more “orderly” – probably slower – transition to cleaner energy. And many have lauded Biden for, they say, moving in that direction, helping to calm investor fears about oil’s place in the world and
to restore the industry’s status on Wall Street.
Biden’s relationship with the oil and gas industry has long been testy. He has accused it of polluting and price-gouging, criticizing executives
for spending massive profits last year to help shareholders rather than reinvesting more in supply growth to help consumers.
Executives have called his energy policy incoherent, and in turn blamed his
environmental priorities for the severe price spikes of last year.
At CERAWeek a year ago – less than two weeks after Russia’s
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When Jerry Brown returned to the governorship of California in 2011, after a 28-year absence, he proposed a major overhaul in financing public schools.
For many decades, school finance was quite simple. Local school boards would decide how much money they needed each year and adjust property tax rates to generate the revenue.
The state was at most a peripheral player, allocating money to somewhat equalize perpupil spending in response to a series of state Supreme Court decisions in the 1970s.
Everything changed in 1978, a year in which Brown was seeking his second term as governor, when voters passed the iconic Proposition 13 property tax limit.
School districts and other units of local government, such as cities and counties, could no longer adjust property tax rates and overall property tax revenue took a nosedive.
The state responded by assuming the basic responsibility for financing schools, largely on a per-pupil basis. In 1988, at the behest of the California Teachers Association and other education groups, voters passed another measure, Proposition 98, to give schools a guaranteed share of state revenues.
That’s the system that Brown inherited when he became governor for a second time and he advocated a long-discussed reform dubbed “weighted funding formula.” Rather than providing funds on a per-pupil basis, the system would allocate extra money for students, mostly poor and non-white, who were struggling to reach academic achievement standards.
Declaring that “equal treatment for children in unequal situations is not justice,” Brown persuaded the Legislature in 2013 to pass the “Local Control Funding Formula,” a complex system for school systems with large numbers of “at-risk” students to qualify for extra funds.
The Local Control Funding Formula had –and still has – some basic flaws.
It assumed local school officials would spend the money effectively on the targeted students with just cursory state oversight. Brown, a one-time seminary student, called it “subsidiarity,” drawing the phrase from a tenet of Catholic social doctrine.
That flaw is compounded by another – providing extra funds to districts, rather than to individual schools with large numbers of at-risk kids, diluted their potential impact.
In practice, subsidiarity has been just a political dodge, allowing Brown and other political figures to wash their hands of any accountability for outcomes that have been mediocre at best. Lawsuits by civil rights groups have been the only real oversight of how schools have spent billions of Local Control Funding Formula dollars.
That’s the system Gavin Newsom inherited when he succeeded Brown in 2019. In his proposed 2023-24 budget, Newsom wants to tweak it in hopes of making it more effective.
Newsom would allocate an additional $300 million to schools with the highest levels of poverty, dubbed an “equity multiplier,” while sidestepping a demand from Black legislators for extra funds specifically for Black students, who as a group have the lowest educational outcomes.
The Legislature’s Black Caucus is unhappy with Newsom’s approach, which also includes more assistance to school districts that are failing to meet achievement standards. The Legislature’s budget analyst, Gabe Patek, is also highly skeptical, albeit for different reasons.
Patek’s office, in a recent report, points to the Local Control Funding Formula’s structural flaws and its lack of tangible improvements for at-risk students and declares that providing another $300 million is less important than “increasing transparency to ensure existing funding actually targets the highest-need schools and student subgroups.”
There’s an old saying about throwing good money after bad that is applicable to the Local Control Funding Formula quandary. It will never succeed in closing the achievement gap until there is more direct accountability for using its money for the intended purposes and actually improving outcomes.
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.
Jordon Davison, a sophomore running back at Santa Ana’s Mater Dei High school; is already named the number one running back in his class of 2025. Ranked nationally, as the No. 5 player of his time. The amazing thing is, Jordon was born and raised in Fairfield; played for Fairfield’s very own youth team The Fairfield Falcons and also attended school here in Fairfield, up until high school.
According to an article published Jan. 6, 2023, by Mark Tennis on calhisports.com: Jordon was named California State Sophomore of the
Year. Davison ended his sophomore season with more than 1,500 rushing yards and even put his name on an all-time state record with his 99-yard touchdown run in a game against Santa Margarita. Davidson has more than 30-plus Division 1 college offers from schools such as Ohio State, the Colorado Buffaloes, USC, the Georgia Bulldogs and many, many more. Davison not only has a very bright future ahead; it is what he is doing now that will motivate kids that they, too, can follow this path. Davison travels to many colleges year round doing official visits. His Instagram account is full of professional pictures in college gear – just him getting a glimpse of what college will be like; his most recent visit was to see Coach Deion Sanders, aka “Coach Prime,” with the Colorado Buffs.
As a Fairfield youth football advocate and also a mother of a Fairfield Falcons youth football player, I am writing this letter to bring attention to this rising star. Jordon Davison started his career with the Fairfield Falcons; and was a huge part of the Fairfield Falcons’ big national championship win back in 2017, which was also reported in the Daily Republic. Many children in our community would benefit from seeing the path Jordon has taken.
Many articles state he will be among the biggest recruits of his class. That is awesome for the kids of Fairfield, and to watch or read about his journey would bring so much hope and positivity to our youth today.
Jashanique Snagg FairfieldCome on. Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) isn’t going to run for president, even though he told CBS News’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday: “I’m not taking anything off the table, and I’m not putting anything on the table.”
Let’s just think through how a Manchin presidential bid would shake out.
Manchin would be roadkill in a Democratic primary challenge to President Joe Biden; many Democrats can’t stand Manchin. They saw him as an infuriating obstacle in the last Congress, one of their rare stretches of enjoying Democratic control of the White House, Senate and House.
The list of Democratic grievances against Manchin includes: He is pro-life-ish (if often contradictory), pro-gun-ish (again, somewhat contradictory) and a thorn in the side of the party’s agenda on climate change. Manchin voted in 2018 to confirm Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, calling him “a qualified jurist who will follow the Constitution and determine cases based on the legal findings before him.”
You could imagine frustrated progressives agreeing to sell their souls in exchange for a big-name challenger to the 80-year-old Biden, and then Satan devilishly serving up the alternate option of 75-yearold Manchin.
Even though so many Democrats abhor him, Manchin also wouldn’t succeed if he switched parties and ran for the GOP nomination. Republicans can’t stand Manchin because last year he agreed to the Inflation Reduction Act and votes with Biden 88% of the time. Manchin can talk a good game on the deficit and fiscal restraint but rarely can find a spending program he doesn’t want to expand, never mind cut.
That leaves running as an independent, which is, of course, the longest of long shots. The scenario could leave the country with a potential bumper crop of geriatric populists: Donald Trump, Manchin and Biden.
The president – widely expected to announce his 2024 bid, likely next month –showcased the populist theme of his reelection bid with the recent State of the Union address. Biden pledged to “offer every American a path to a good career whether they go to college or not,” and declared his “economic plan is about investing in places and people that have been forgotten. . . . Amid the economic upheaval of the past four decades, too many people have been left behind or treated like they’re invisible.” Biden seems determined that no one will out-populist him in 2024.
One curious complication in the talk about independent bids is the organization No Labels, which plans to field a bipartisan “unity ticket” in 2024, and reportedly has $46 million pledged or raised for this effort. That isn’t much, by presidential campaign standards, but it’s a start. The organization Third Way and other Democrats fear that if the proposed No Labels bipartisan unity ticket becomes reality and gets on the ballot in enough states, it could help elect Trump with a plurality. Manchin is reportedly one of the potential candidates that No Labels is contemplating.
Then again, if any figure would gain traction as an independent, maybe it would be someone such as Manchin, who could run on an authentic message of, “I don’t march in lockstep with anybody – America knows I have annoyed everyone in Washington at one point or another.”
Yes, Manchin’s positions on abortion and guns can turn into a
contradictory mess. But Americans themselves have contradictory feelings on abortion, and generally support Second Amendment rights, but then, after mass shootings, tell pollsters they want more gun-control proposals.
Americans also tell pollsters they’re concerned about the debt, but they also don’t want anything to change with regard to Social Security, Medicaid or Medicare, and they want to lower taxes and they don’t want any spending cuts that could affect them.
Manchin’s positions might be muddled and inconsistent, but they also reflect Americans’ own muddle and inconsistent preferences.
Manchin became a powerful senator by meeting with everyone, getting along with almost everyone and often brokering half-a-loaf deals that never give one side everything it wants. You can accuse him of always having his finger to the wind, but that means he always knows which way the wind is blowing. Like it or not, that’s a good skill to have when you’re trying to win an election.
No Labels wants a candidate; Manchin loves being the center of attention and between the two parties. What’s more, his bid for Senate reelection in West Virginia next year, when his state is likely to support the Republican presidential candidate, could be challenging.
Hmm. Maybe “Manchin 2024” isn’t quite as unthinkable as it first seemed.
Jim Geraghty is National Review’s senior political correspondent, where he writes the daily “Morning Jolt” newsletter, among other writing duties. He’s the author of the novel “The Weed Agency” (a Washington Post bestseller), the nonfiction “Heavy Lifting” with Cam Edwards and “Voting to Kill,” and the Dangerous Clique series of thriller novels.
THURSDAY, MARCH 9
4:02 a.m. — Reckless driver, COURAGE DRIVE
7:27 a.m. — Trespassing, 5000 block of BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE
8:20 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 2200 block of CORDELIA ROAD
10:10 a.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 4700 block of CANYON HILLS DRIVE
1:17 a.m. — Forgery, 1500 block of UNION AVENUE
1:35 a.m. — Indecent exposure, 1200 block of TEXAS STREET
12:11 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 2500 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET
1:44 p.m. — Reckless driver, 1300 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD
2:35 p.m. — Grand theft, 1300 block of HOLIDAY LANE
3:03 p.m. — Arson, 1700 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET
3:48 p.m. — Battery, 2700 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET
p.m. — Trespassing, 3000 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 8:30 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 200 block of PITTMAN ROAD FRIDAY, MARCH 10
6:19 a.m. — Arson, 3500 block of NELSON ROAD
7:46 a.m. — Vehicle burglary,
block of GATEWAY COURT
9:24 a.m. — Reckless driver, MANUEL CAMPOS PARKWAY
11:54 a.m. — Forgery, 400 block of PACIFIC AVENUE
1:09 p.m. — Sexual assault, 1400 block of GATEWAY BOULEVARD
1:38 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 1900 block of WALTERS COURT
2:08 p.m. — Trespassing, 2500 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET
3 p.m. — Trespassing, 1900 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET
n TA Leisure Town LLC revised the parking plan to add more onsite parking and reduce the use of on-street guest parking by approximately 50% and has added additional privacy screening around the project. TA Leisure Town also agreed to provide what is described in a staff report as “substantial funding” for city police and fire services.
n The project must be reheard by the City Council in March at a public hearing. If the council approves the project with the agreedupon conditions, the lawsuit will be dismissed. If the council does not hear the project or denies it, the lawsuit will continue.
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U.S. regulators over seeing the emergency breakup of SVB Financial Group are racing to sell assets and make a portion of clients’ uninsured deposits available as soon as Monday, according to people with knowledge of the situation.
3:16 p.m. — Battery, 2500 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET
4:27 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 1400 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET
5:33 p.m. — Battery, 800 block of WASHINGTON STREET
6:32 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 800 block of EASTRIDGE DRIVE
6:52 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 1800 block of FAIRFIELD AVENUE
6:57 p.m. — Reckless driver, EASTBOUND HIGHWAY 12
9:07 p.m. — Trespassing, 1300 block of CROWLEY LANE
THURSDAY, MARCH 9
9:49 a.m. — Reckless driver, RAILROAD AVENUE / WORLEY ROAD FRIDAY, MARCH 10
7:32 a.m. — Assault with a deadly weapon, CORDELIA ROAD / PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
12:02 p.m. — Assault, MOSSWOOD DRIVE
12:25 p.m. — Fraud, 100 Block of SUNSET AVENUE 1:17 p.m. — Fraud, 600 Block of DECOY LANE
p.m. — Vehicle theft, HARBOR CENTER
The City Council retains its complete discretion in determining whether to approve the project, the staff report states. Vacaville city officials, in announcing the settlement, said the cost to litigate the case would be in “the seven-figure range.”
Also on the agenda is a General Plan amendment that would change the designation of the Millennium Center, 3442 Browns Valley Road, from Private Recreation to Commercial Office.
The council meets at 6 p.m. in the chamber at City Hall, 650 Merchant St. The entrance is at the rear of the building.
The two-year update of the Covid-19 Economic Recovery Strategy is also on the agenda.
The initial payout – the amount of which is still being determined – would aim to tide over the compa ny’s distressed customers, many of them Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and their companies, with more cash to follow as the bank’s assets are sold.
The amount will depend in part on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s progress in turning assets to cash by Sunday night.
Figures being floated behind the scenes for an initial payment range from 30% to 50% or more of uninsured deposits, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing private talks.
A spokesperson for the FDIC didn’t respond to requests for comment on its plans.
Silicon Valley Bank’s business clients are desperate to access their money to keep operations
running and employees paid. On Friday, the bank became the biggest U.S. lender to fail in more than a decade, unraveling in less than 48 hours after announcing plans to raise capital. The company, which swelled in recent years as it soaked up deposits from tech startups, began losing money as those clients burned through their funding and drew down balances.
At the end of last year, Silicon Valley Bank had more than $175 billion in
deposits and $209 billion in total assets – but selling those holdings to meet demands for cash proved costly. That’s because SVB had loaded up on bonds and Treasuries that lost value as the Federal Reserve raised interest rates.
While the FDIC insures deposits of up to $250,000, the vast majority of funds held in at SVB far exceeded that. The agency has said it will make 100% of protected deposits available on Monday.
The amount of uninsured deposits was still being determined, the FDIC said on Friday. The watchdog said it will issue an advance dividend to uninsured depositors soon, with future payments later. Wall Street executives expect there will be a market for selling the rights to recoup deposits.
Behind the scenes, senior Wall Street executives have been gaming out the value of the bank’s holdings, and how much cash could be extracted quickly, absent some sort of bailout or deal to sell all or part of the bank to a stronger institution.
In those circles, paying less than half, such as 30%, is seen as too little to avoid severe fallout in the technology sector and potentially beyond.
A partial up-front payment could at least provide some relief, William Isaac, a former FDIC chairman, said in a phone interview Saturday.
“It doesn’t completely eliminate the problem or the pain, but it makes it a lot easier for customers of the bank to deal with their losses,” said Isaac, who held the role from 1981 to 1985.
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A complete agenda is available at https:// www.ci.vacaville. ca.us/government/ agendas-and-minutes at 1450 Coronel Ave. in Vallejo, divides the morning session and an afternoon session, which starts at 2 p.m. and includes two public hearings.
The first is on tougher penalties for zoning code violations, and the other is on a lot line adjustment that would shift
about an acre from Cordelia Winery LLC to Flores and Maldonado property at 4572 Suisun Valley Road, 1.5 miles west of Fairfield.
Also on the agenda in the morning session are recognition of the 50th Ag Day on March 21; the 2022 Counties Care Holiday Food Fight competition results; and Legislative Committee activity.
A complete agenda is available at https://www. solanocounty.com/depts/ bos/meetings/videos.asp
The pieces will be rotated through every six months.
Food was served Saturday by The Landing and wine was served by BackRoad Vines.
Terry Whittaker has been a photographer for many years. He joined the Fairfield-Suisun City Visual Arts Association a couple of years ago.
“This collaboration has been very successful for me,” he said.
Whittaker is retired
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Orchards also experienced some tree loss, and Wooden Valley Winery reported the water came within inches of flooding the buildings.
“The storm was not as impactful as we thought it would be, and (Saturday’s) storm looks like it has been downgraded,” Jenny Novelli, with the Solano County Office of Emergency Services, said in a Friday phone interview.
She noted in an update to the Board of Supervisors that some creek levels rose Thursday, but receded by Friday morning. There was a chance
“The Art on the Vine event two years ago was amazing,” he said, “because people came out after this Covid pandemic and there was all this pent-up energy. It was great!”
Mary Dold of Fairfield arrived Saturday with her friend to see what the artists had to offer.
“We are checking it all out and getting out of the rain today,” she said.
Those who missed the opportunity to visit Saturday may do so as the event continues from
of a thunderstorm later Friday, and rain was likely, the National Weather Service reported.
The county on Friday remained under a flood watch until 10 a.m. Sunday, said Novelli, citing National Weather Service reports.
The National Weather Service updated its information Saturday to show a regional flood watch from 8 p.m. Monday to 10 a.m. Wednesday in anticipation of storms coming into the area Monday and Tuesday also bring the threat of flooding.
“All we know right now is flood impacts are likely,” Novelli said Friday.
The National Weather Service in Sacramento reported that 2.18 to 2.59 inches of rain dropped Thursday into
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at Village 360, located 4949 Suisun Valley Road in rural Fairfield.
the early hours of Friday on Solano County, with the higher totals in the northern county area, up into the Vaca hills. The area had recorded around 0.22 inches of rainfall from early Friday through 4 p.m. Saturday at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield and around 0.3 inches at the Nut Tree Airport in Vacaville.
The winds hit a high of 46 mph during the storm Thursday into early Friday at Travis Air Force Base, Johnnie Powell, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Sacramento, said Friday.
“We have two (storms) back to back, so rain is likely, and likely is 70% (on Monday),” Powell said. That likelihood increases to
Art on the Vine will return in June with plenty of vendors, a little bocce, and food trucks.
100% Tuesday.
However, Powell said the National Weather Service was not yet confident in projecting how much rain will fall.
One of the big concerns about this latest series of storms is that they are warm, and are melting the snow at lower elevations. That is causing heavy runoff and flooding.
The good news is, of course, the area reservoirs, which have emptied over the past four years, are filling up quickly.
In fact, the State Water Project on Friday opened the Oroville Dam spillway for the first time in four years, as the lake reached 60 feet from its capacity. Lake Berryessa, at about 5 p.m. Saturday, was at 418.51 feet. It spills at 440 feet.
As you read this, you will have lost an hour’s sleep due to “springing forward” into daylight saving time, if you awakened at your usual hour. But wait. Maybe you slept in. Either choice alters your sleep schedule, however. Maybe you stayed up half the night, changing your clocks. Folk duo Simon and Garfunkel, opining on election debates, observed: “Laugh about, shout about it, when you’ve got to choose. Anyway you look at it you lose.” We voted on daylight saving time, in fact.
Californians passed Proposition 7, by a 60% “yes” margin, on Nov. 6, 2018, clearing the way for our state Legislature to change our daylight saving time process. To actually eliminate this time change, we would need to see state legislative action and federal approval by Congress.
State Assemblyman
Steven Choi (R-Irvine) sponsored Assembly Bill 2868, a bill that would authorize permanent daylight saving time. AB 2868 died in the state Senate. If the bill had passed, the U.S. Congress would have had to approve its provisions prior to enactment.
In the Golden State, therefore, our timechanging ritual is here for the foreseeable future.
California Sleep Society
Registered Sleep Technologist Patrick Moday, interviewed a few months
ago on ABC, opined that “every time we change the time, it messes up our circadian rhythms.” The results may include heart attacks, strokes, vehicular accidents and other untoward events leading to emergency room visits. Although the “fall backward” process of going off daylight saving time feels like a gain in sleep time, it comes with the same clock-changing hassles and changes our sleep cycles. It takes about two weeks to recover from
clock changes. The historical notion that later sunsets will conserve energy was reflected in the Standard Time Act of 1918, a World War I era measure aimed at saving energy. In a 24-hour economy, replete with computers and electric lighting, is that reasoning still applicable today? Are there strategies we can employ to minimize the effect of the spring clock change, the one that deprives us of an hour’s sleep? First of all, it depends on your situation, work schedule and other factors. If you do work a traditional Monday
through Friday schedule, I favor getting up at your usual hour on Sunday. You essentially absorb the sleep deprivation effect a day before you go to work. But most of us probably would just sleep in and suffer through sleep deprivation on Monday. Shift work, incidentally, is emerging as a potential causative effect for some forms of cancer. I encounter this as a qualified medical evaluator when I see first responders with health problems, seeking work-related benefits. The applicant attorneys will sometimes
BloomBerg
Negative reporting on Covid-19 shots that aired on Fox News was linked to increased vaccine hesitancy, according to a new study that shows how the nation’s No. 1 news network influenced viewers during a pandemic that has killed more than 1.1 million people in the U.S.
Concerns about the safety of coronavirus vaccines as measured in reported side effects increased following heightened periods of negativity in Fox News coverage of vaccines, according to the study published Wednesday in the journal Political Communication. Public opinion surveys also showed Fox viewers reported elevated levels of vaccine hesitancy throughout the pandemic compared to regular viewers of other programs.
“When Fox News’ negativity about vaccines goes up, so too does vaccine hesitancy. When it goes down, so too does vaccine hesitancy,” said Matthew Motta, a professor of health policy at the Boston University School
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mention the negative effect of frequently changing work schedules. Indeed, the International Association for Research in Cancer has explored this contentious issue.
I remain somewhat unconvinced with regard to the proposition that shift work, changing schedules or temporary sleep deprivation routinely causes long-term adverse health consequences. When I was
of Public Health. Earlier research has demonstrated that viewers of Fox viewers were less likely to be vaccinated than people who got their news elsewhere. Exposure to online misinformation has been linked to vaccine hesitancy, as has consumption of information from conservative and fringe sources. But the new findings highlight the power the network and other information sources have had to sow distrust among viewers.
To demonstrate this, Motta and his collaborator Dominik Stecula, a political scientist at Colorado State University, turned to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, a government-run monitoring program that helps spot problems with shots early on. For example, the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson Covid shot was paused after nearly 7 million doses were administered because just six cases of blood clots were reported to VAERS.
Anyone can report adverse reactions to the clearinghouse – whether
in residency, I recall working 12 hours on, 12 hours off for emergency department duty, with the day-night schedules reversing every week. Even worse, we worked 36-hour shifts on-call every few nights. Where the life spans of physicians experiencing this traditional training shortened? I doubt it. On the other hand, one cannot generalize too much from personal experiences.
Moday opined, “I don’t think it really matters, just as long as we stay on one time and one cycle
or not they’re associated with vaccination – and they’re published without fact-checking to show they really occurred. Anti-vaccine groups at times have encouraged followers to file reports to VAERS, aiming to sow doubts about safety. Facebook videos of people reading lists of these reported side-effects have gone viral.
Motta and Stecula used the database as a proxy for public perception of Covid vaccines. Typically, you would expect to see reports of side effects distributed regularly over time as the vaccines rolled out and more Americans were immunized.
Instead, the analysis found that increases in reports of side effects tended to follow negative coverage of the vaccines on Fox News. Public opinion surveys conducted by the pair backed up their findings.
“There’s a remarkable correlation between VAERS reports and use of the anti-vaccine themes and the reporting that’s done on the virus on Fox,” Stecula said.
instead of switching back and forth.” Daylight saving time in the winter, however, might result in more children going to school in the dark. Californians already expressed their unhappiness with the current twice-a-year time change, when Proposition 7 passed.
Scott T. Anderson, M.D., Ph.D. (standerson@ucdavis.edu), is the medical director of Para Ti Global. This columns is informational and does not constitute medical advice.
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6 p.m. Monday Vacaville Christian Schools Conservatory Showcase Vacaville Performing Arts Theatre, 1010 Ulatis Drive. https://vpat.net.
8 p.m. Saturday Los Cochinos Journey Downtown Theatre, 308 Main St. https://events.journey downtownvenue.com.
9 p.m. Friday Dueling Pianos:
Jason Marion & James Michael Day Makse Restaurant, 555 Main St. duelingpiano vacaville.com/events.
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Dueling Pianos:
Jason Marion & Jason Hemmens Makse Restaurant, 555 Main St. duelingpiano vacaville.com/events.
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2:30 p.m. Sunday Bray
The Rellik, 726 First St. www.therellik tavern.com.
7 p.m. Tuesday Open Mic Night
The Rellik, 726 First St. www.therellik tavern.com.
7 p.m. Wednesday Karaoke
The Rellik, 726 First St. www.therellik tavern.com.
5 p.m. Thursday
Ticket to the Limit
The Rellik, 726 First St. www.therellik tavern.com.
9 p.m. Thursday
DJ Rue Hefner The Rellik, 726 First St. www.therelliktavern. com.
4:30 p.m. Friday CBD + L The Rellik, 726 First St. www.therellik tavern.com.
8:30 p.m. Friday
Duo Sonics and Friends
The Rellik, 726 First St. www.therellik tavern.com.
4:30 p.m. Saturday
Duo Sonics
The Rellik, 726 First St. www.therellik tavern.com.
8:30 p.m. Saturday
The Humdinger Band
The Rellik, 726 First St. www.therellik tavern.com.
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5:30 p.m. Wednesday
The Carmen Ratti Band Empress Theatre, 330 Virginia St. www. empresstheatre.org.
1 p.m. Saturday
Sweet Marie & The Suspects Vino Godfather Winery, 1005 Walnut Ave. www. vinogodfather.com.
JameS a DamS SPECIAL TO THE DAILY REPUBLIC
Solano Land Trust invites the public to a book reading, signing and moderated Q&A with author and Outdoor
Afro CEO Rue Mapp at Rush Ranch Open Space.
Mapp will present the 2022 book she wrote and edited, “Nature Swagger: Stories and Visions of Black Joy in the Outdoors.” The free event begins at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Nature Center and will last until 4 p.m. Attendees after the signing are encouraged to join a hike through Suisun Marsh, part of the West Coast’s largest estuary.
“An exquisite combination of beautiful photography and compelling stories” (Chronicle Books), “Nature Swagger” celebrates Black joy in nature through Mapp’s essays and those of its many contributors. The book includes first-person accounts from Black ranchers, park rangers, beekeepers, large carnivore ecologists, documentarians, surfers and others expressing their love for the outdoors.
Readers will learn what the
outdoors means to poet and Guggenheim Fellow Camille Dungy, experiential mountaineer Phil Henderson and 10-year-old swimmer Bryson Sutton. All accounts contain beautiful photographs of the contributors connecting to nature.
The book comes directly from Mapp’s own experiences in nature – including her formative summers at her family ranch in
Lake County –and from her work with Outdoor Afro. Founded in 2009, Outdoor Afro is now active in 60 American cities. The organization trains 100-plus volunteer leaders nationwide each year and uses Meetup and Facebook to host events that connect thousands to the outdoors. Outdoor Afro in 2018 organized the first American All-Black expedition team to climb Mount Kilimanjaro.
For her work with Outdoor Afro, Mapp has received coverage by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Condé Nast Traveler, NBC Today and more.
The White House invited Mapp to participate in the America’s Great Outdoors initiative, which led to her involvement in former First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” program. Mapp led Oprah Winfrey in February 2020 on a hike through Oakland’s redwood forest.
Mapp, now a resident of Vallejo, spoke with Solano Land Trust about how her work led to the creation of her book.
“After starting Outdoor Afro, I discovered a new world of outdoor and nature enthusiasts who looked like me. Many of these people
moiR a m acDonalD THE SEATTLE TIMES
Time for a round of Oscar trivia! Here are some intriguing facts about this year’s slate of nominees.
● If Kazuo Ishiguro wins for best adapted screenplay (for “Living”), he would become only the third person in history to win both the Nobel Prize for literature, which he won in 2017, and an Academy Award. The other two? George Bernard Shaw (who won his Oscar in the same category as Ishiguro is nominated in, in 1939 for “Pygmalion”)
would become my newest wave of lifelong friends and trusted professional accomplices. I knew I wanted to create a platform for this tapestry of voices to be heard, and as the content rolled in, I was able to see how the contributors inspired the thematic chapters.”
Themes vary by chapter, but many of the voices speak of the sense of homecoming land brings, and the power of making that connection.
“I find that time in nature is a wonderful and healthy reset button option to quiet the mind and discover a connection to something vaster and perhaps more beautiful than you could imagine,” Mapp said.
The event is limited to 100 participants. To reserve a space, visit solanolandtrust.org. Select the Events tab, then select the link to the Book Signing Event with Rue Mapp. Rush Ranch is located at 3521 Grizzly Island Road, about 2 miles south of Suisun City. A limited number of copies of “Nature Swagger ”will be available for purchase and signing at the event.
tribuNe CoNteNt ageNCy Courteney Cox says fillers are not her friend.
The 58-year-old actor revealed her beauty secrets and cosmetic missteps on Tuesday’s episode of “Gloss Angeles Beauty Podcast.”
When asked what her biggest beauty regret was, the “Friends” star didn’t hesitate in saying she went too far with fillers.
“It’s a domino effect,” she told podcast hosts Kirbie Johnson and Sara Tan. “You don’t realize that you look a little off, so then you keep doing more, ’cause you look normal to yourself.
“You look in the mirror and go, ‘That looks good.’ You think, and you don’t realize, what it looks like to the outside person.”
According to the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery, dermal fillers are “gel-like substances” injected beneath the skin to add volume and smooth creases. They can be used to enhance the contours of the face as well.
While Hollywood and cosmetic upkeep go hand in hand, more and more stars (including Jennifer Lopez, Cameron Diaz and Paulina Porizkova) are speaking out against chasing youth through Botox and fillers.
Cox ultimately opted to have the filler removed or dissolved and said, “Thank God they’re removable.”
The “Scream” actor also said that she had thought about posting before-and-after shots of herself, one with full filler and the other once it had been removed. But her publicist wouldn’t let her.
“I look at pictures of me when I thought I looked OK,” she added, “and I can’t believe it.”
‘Iwasn’t born into a family so much as I was hatched,” is how
Tracy McMillan has described her origin story. Her mom was a “20-yearold Minnesota girl with a really bad drinking problem,” and her dad was a “Billy Dee Williams type who committed crimes for a living.” Mom dipped out early on, which meant Dad was her sole parent when he wasn’t incarcerated in one penitentiary or another. McMillan has filtered many of those details through a comedic lens in the new Hulu series “UnPrisoned.”
Starring Kerry Washington and Delroy Lindo, the dramedy centers on a woman who re-connects with her father after he finishes his most recent prison sentence and comes to live with her and her teenage son in their leafy Minneapolis neighborhood.
Paige (Washington) is a single mother and therapist who makes upbeat social media videos with bromides like: “It all starts in childhood –parent and partner are just one letter off – how you got parented is how you get partnered.”
Her dad Edwin (Lindo) is loving but something of a scoundrel who has been in and out of prison for most of her life. That meant her childhood was a succession of foster homes and then, from the age of 8 to 18, she was taken in and raised by her father’s then-girlfriend, a stylish but far-frommaternal woman for whom Paige still harbors many resentments all these years later.
Reacclimating to the outside world and attempting to go straight, Edwin is sincere in his efforts to forge a relationship with his daughter and grandson. But Paige has been burned too many times to take these efforts seriously at first:
“I’ve actually done fine without you,” she cheerily
was in 1994 for “What’s Love Got to Do With It?”; Hirsch’s was in 1981 for “Ordinary People.”
informs him.
McMillan (whose credits include “Mad Men”) and showrunner Yvette Lee Bowser (the creator of “Living Single”) share a sensibility that finds humor in life’s absurdities as well as all the psychological fault lines that appear whenever groups of people are bound together by shared histories. The series has a terrific snap to it, with an ear attuned to banter that touches on – and sometimes deflects – deeper issues. The combination works because it’s not glib, but a coping mechanism for both. “I was always there for you,” Edwin insists. “Yeah,” Paige replies amused, “if by ‘always’ you mean (automated voice): ‘This call is from a federal prison . . .’ ”
He’s street-wise. She’s a believer in fitting in. These are usually competing impulses, but they can be complementary as well and that fluctuating dynamic is what keeps things interesting.
Every so often Paige finds herself in conversation with her inner child – an actual child, dressed in identical outfits as her adult counterpart – who gives voice to all the anxieties she keeps mostly tamped down. Paige is the kind of person who looks like she has it together, sporting a bright confidence and
a cute wardrobe of trim blazers and flare-legged jeans (the costumes are by Caroline B. Marx), but she’s falling apart inside. “I have a Volvo SUV and an 800 credit score but the universe is like: Your dad is (sleeping with) the same ho from 1992 and your boyfriend gives you fancy dinners instead of actual attention and emotional support.”
The supporting cast expands her world out but it’s conspicuous that she appears to have no Black friends or colleagues. Early on she jokes that the white foster family with whom she felt most stable and safe probably shaped her formative ideas about what love looks like, which is why she’s been dating a succession of white men. That changes when she meets her dad’s parole officer (Marque Richardson), a handsome and patient guy whose
patience only extends so far when Paige dabbles with some self-sabotaging choices.
It’s a strong cast all around, including Jee Young Han as Paige’s foster sister/gal pal, Jordyn McIntosh as her blunt-talking inner child and Brenda Strong as her father’s ex-girlfriend, who is little more than an evil stepmother in Paige’s view.
Lindo always brings a swagger to his roles, and it’s not just his physical presence and loping gait, but something innate about Edwin – he’s a charmer extraordinaire –while also tapping into the character’s vulnerability, as well. Much of that comes to the fore when he, Paige and her son return to Edwin’s hometown in Alabama to see if he can locate his birth certificate. He’s
caught in a vicious cycle of not being able to get an ID because he has no ID. The trip becomes an informal course in nigrescence – developing one’s Black identity – for his grandson (Faly Rakotohavana). Marla Gibbs, of “227” and “The Jeffersons,” is a guest star in this episode, marking the second Hulu series she pops up in this week; the other is “History of the World, Part II.” At 91, she is booked and busy.
The real revelation here is Washington, who is looser than ever. When a line calls for sarcasm, there’s a buoyancy to it. It’s a performance that’s just this side of screwball and it makes me want to see what Washington could do with a role that’s full-on comedic. Here she’s straddling a line between light and heavy and she has terrific chemistry with Lindo, but just as interestingly, she has terrific chemistry with herself. So much of “UnPrisoned” is about Paige coming to grips with who she is and the experiences that shaped her. As distressing as that may be, there’s a levity to her outlook.
What’s that old saying?
I’ll cry if I don’t laugh. The show’s creators take that to heart.
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and Bob Dylan (who won best song in 2001, for “Things Have Changed” in “Wonder Boys”).
● If John Williams wins for best original score (for “The Fabelmans”), he will become the oldest Oscar winner in history at age 90, surpassing James Ivory, who was 89 when he won best adapted screenplay in 2018 for “Call Me By Your Name.” With 53 career nominations, the first of which was in 1968, Williams is the second-most nominated person in Oscar history; only Walt Disney, with 59, had more. Williams has won five times, most recently for “Schindler’s List” in 1994.
● This year’s roster of acting nominees is remarkable in that it contains so many first-timers: Sixteen of the 20 nominated performers have never been up for an Oscar before, including all five in the best actor category (which hasn’t happened since 1934).
Only Angela Bassett (one previous nomination), Cate Blanchett (seven previous nominations, two wins), Judd Hirsch (one previous nomination), and Michelle Williams (four previous nominations) are repeaters. Bassett and Hirsch are also notable in that it has been decades since their last nominations: Bassett’s
● If The Daniels – Kwan and Scheinert, co-directors of “Everything Everywhere All at Once” –win best director, they will be the first Daniels to do so. (Danny Boyle, who won in 2008 for “Slumdog Millionaire,” goes by his nickname.) They will also become only the third directing duo to win an Oscar, following Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise (“West Side Story,” 1961) and Joel and Ethan Coen (“No Country for Old Men,” 2007).
● With her best supporting actress nomination for “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Jamie Lee Curtis joined a very small club: that of nominated actors whose parents were both also nominated for Oscars. Curtis’ mother, Janet Leigh, was nominated for “Psycho” and her father, Tony Curtis, for “The Defiant Ones.”
The only other two people in this category: Laura Dern (daughter of Diane Ladd and Bruce Dern) and Liza Minnelli (daughter of Judy Garland and Vincente Minelli).
● Alfonso Cuarón tied a record set only last year by Kenneth Branagh, for a career in which he has been nominated for Oscars in seven different categories. Cuarón has been nominated in the past for best picture (“Gravity,” “Roma”), directing
(“Gravity,” “Roma”), adapted screenplay (“Children of Men”), original screenplay (“Roma,” “Y Tu Mamá También”), film editing (“Children of Men,” “Gravity”), and cinematography (“Roma”); this year, he adds the liveaction short film category, for “Le Pupille” (with Alice Rohrwacher).
● If Steven Spielberg wins best director (for “The Fabelmans”), he’ll become one of only four people to have won three or more directing Oscars. The other three date back to old Hollywood: John Ford, with four, and Frank Capra and William Wyler, with three each. Spielberg’s previous directing wins were for “Schindler’s List” in 1994 and “Saving Private Ryan” in 1999; he hasn’t won an Oscar in this century.
● If Diane Warren wins for best song (she’s nominated for “Applause” from “Tell It Like a Woman”), she’ll break a streak that stretches back to 1988: Warren has been nominated 14 times in the original song category, and never won. She was awarded an honorary Oscar last year – the first songwriter ever to receive one – with the Academy noting in a statement that “(her) music and lyrics have magnified the emotional impact of countless motion pictures and inspired generations of musical artists.”
CHICAGO — Chicago’s Irish Catholics will be walking on thin, green ice if they want to eat corned beef on St. Patrick’s Day.
The Archdiocese of Chicago will not be granting parishioners a general dispensation on the March 17 holiday from the obligation to abstain from meat
However, the archdiocese’s decision comes with
“Catholics who find themselves at an event where meat is served in celebrating St. Patrick may in good conscience substitute the general rule of abstinence with another form of penance or a significant act of charity that benefits the poor,” the archdiocese wrote in a news release announc-
Catholic law empowers bishops to grant the faithful “dispensations” temporarily lifting or modifying church rules “whenever he judges that it contributes to their spiritual good.”
For dozens of bishops across
For many Irish Americans, the tradition of eating corned beef with cabbage, potatoes and carrots on the oft-raucous holiday is all but a sacrament.
the country this year, that means signaling to parishioners that they can partake in carnivorous consumption during the typically meat and beer-filled feast.
Bishops in New York, Milwaukee and even Peoria have granted St. Patrick’s Day dispensations allowing the faithful to chow down, though many other dioceses have rejected the general dispensations.
Chicago’s bishops have granted the gastronomical grace in the past. In 2017, the last time that St. Patrick’s Day fell on a Friday, Cardinal Blase Cupich offered a general dispensation, asking Catholics who took it “to substitute for another form of penance for the Lenten Friday abstinence.”
In 2006, when Cardinal
Francis George offered the city a general dispensation, the Tribune wrote that “the archbishop of Chicago has granted the dispensation as far back as anyone with the archdiocese can remember.”
But the decision isn’t without precedent. The Archdiocese of Chicago instructed the faithful to fast and abstain in 2018 when Valentine’s Day fell on Ash Wednesday, urging parishioners to celebrate their date night a day early instead.
For many Irish Americans, the tradition of eating corned beef with cabbage, potatoes and carrots on the oft-raucous holiday is all but a sacrament.
But even more important, the archdiocese noted in its statement, is the need to take seriously the Catholic obligation to observe abstinence on Lenten Fridays. The practice offers the faithful a way of uniting themselves with Jesus, the archdiocese wrote.
“That should not be undervalued as we reflect on his sacrifice on the cross for the salvation of the world in this holy season.”
Dear Annie: Your reply to the couple who lost their newborn daughter on Valentine’s Day, reprinted from your 2019 column, struck a chord.
While they have been blessed with another baby, it in no way diminishes the loss of their firstborn. I have not known the grief of losing a child and am therefore unqualified to claim that I understand it. However, I have lost those dearest to me. Therefore, I can say with some certainty that neither platitudes nor most other pieces of advice are helpful. The only true path to some measure of healing comes
Annie Lane Dear Anniewith time and, hopefully, the love of those in one’s support circle. There is no magic formula that can help the grieving move through the minefield of the calendar year. I can only speak for myself after loss made certain holidays, and each anniversary, another season of pain to be endured. Finally, I resolved to reclaim what peace I could in this way:
Every year, after choosing someone who reminds me of those no longer here, or some organization that they supported, I give modest gifts in loving memory of them. It does not bring them back, but it
Welcome to your year of nurturing in which you contribute to the growth and health of many things including relationships, family, an organization and yourself. This is a give-and-take – sometimes you’re giving care and other times you’re lucking into the sweetest kind of support. At least a dozen times this year you will be filled with awe at the unexpected provisions that drop into your world and perfectly fit your needs. Virgo and Pisces adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 2, 19, 13, 17 and 11.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You may find yourself repeating unhelpful thoughts. Don’t blame yourself or define yourself based on the random things that pop to mind. Rumination is a normal part of life. Healthy distractions will ease your way.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Our bodies are made for feeling. At times you wish your feelings were less acute, but to feel nothing would be terrible. Embrace emotion without worrying if it’s rotten or weak or proud. Give yourself the grace of allowing.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You matter whether you’re working or not, owning things or not, serving people or not. Pause to recognize your inherent worth. Ideally, you act because you want to, rather than because you’re only as good as you are useful.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). The ocean has riptides, huge waves, stinging jellyfish and sharks, and yet people put themselves in it for pleasure every day. You’d put love in the same category, and yet you’ll be somewhat fearless in this regard.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ve been willing to go out of your way to make a situation work. While you haven’t exhausted all the options in the world, you’ve reached a point where it no longer makes sense to keep at it. Put your energy instead into seeking the next step.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Too much ambition can distort your thoughts and limit your awareness. To keep ambition in check, calm your mind. This will help you live in the moment instead of using it as a means to some imaginary better one.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). To reflect on what you’ve enjoyed is a form of gratitude. It’s much easier to be thankful for the things that bring you pleasure. Conversely, it’s extremely difficult to be grateful for what you feel you should enjoy but somehow don’t.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). There is a significant character who has yet to show up on the stage of your life, so don’t be afraid to make room for that entrance. The space you create in your heart and schedule will soon hold a fateful “hello.”
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). It’s becoming clear to you that the control you thought you had over a situation was an illusion. It doesn’t mean you were a fool. You were more like an innocent child behind the “steering wheel” of a grocery cart.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You have a way of calming people’s irrational fears and redirecting their energy to constructive activities. With this talent you learn to kindly enforce boundaries so you don’t accidentally take on other people’s stress.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You feel most comfortable when things are going as expected, but you feel most alive when they are not. Surprise has a way of warping time and making moments into memories.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). From banana split eating contests to Wordle, people make contests out of things that are not inherently competitive. When this occurs today, just remember that with some games, the best option is not to play.
CELEBRITY PROFILES: Achieving the EGOT (winning the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards) is considered the grand slam of show business. Liza Minnelli is one of 23 entertainers in the world to have accomplished it. As the daughter of actress Judy Garland and director Vincente Minnelli, the iconic star is like so many Pisces – an old soul who was savvy about the professional world at a young age. Minnelli wields the high electrical energy charge of Mercury and Venus in powerhouse Aries.
helps to know their legacy and spirit live on in a timely donation or in the surprised smiles of living recipients who unwrap a bouquet of flowers in the middle of winter, a cashmere scarf in their favorite color, a little parcel of luxury foods, etc.
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) suffered a concussion and has been hospitalized after he tripped and fell at a hotel. The senator will stay in the hospital for observation and treatment, his spokesman said Thursday.
The news highlights the risks of falling that older adults face. It’s not the first tumble for the 81-yearold, who fractured a shoulder in 2019 in a fall outside his Louisville home.
Every year, millions of Americans older than 65 experience falls, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This translates to 1 in 4 older adults falling, resulting in more than 800,000 emergency department visits, with 1 in 5 of the falls resulting in serious injuries such as broken hips or other bone fractures, or head trauma, according to CDC. Falls are the leading cause of injury and death in this age group, the CDC says.
“For the elderly, a fall is a life-changing and potentially life-ending event,” said Christine Kistler, associate professor in geriatric and family medicine at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine.
Here are answers to some common questions about falling risk.
Why are falls so concerning in older people?
As people age, their muscles can become weaker, bones more brittle and reaction time slower. Healing also can take longer in an older body, and many older people have existing health conditions that may be exacerbated by a fall or can cause a fall.
“A fall can result in injury, such as a fracture, which may affect an older adult’s ability to function independently,” said Laurie Jacobs, chair of the department of medicine at Hackensack University Medical Center and past president of the American Geriatrics Society. “It also can affect one’s confidence in navigating the environment in which they live.” Falls are the most common cause of traumatic brain injury. Hip fractures alone result in hospitalization for 300,000 older Americans annually, and more than 95% of those fractures are because of falls.
Why is the risk of falling higher in older adults?
The main predictor for an increased risk of falls is a history of falls, studies show. And advancing age is a major risk factor for falls.
“Older adults are more susceptible to falls due to the changes of normal aging, such as the decline in muscle mass, and the effects of medications and health conditions, which may impair balance, strength, vision and hearing, among other effects,” Jacobs said.
Most falls result from a combination of risk factors. Balance declines with age, making older people prone to falling, particularly if they also have lower-body weakness, trouble walking or poor vision. Vitamin D deficiency and certain health conditions, including hypertension and Parkinson’s disease, can increase falling risk.
Taking multiple medications such as tranquilizers, sedatives and antidepressants can increase the risk of falling. The risks posed by prescription drugs include impaired judgment and cognition, mood changes, lightheadedness, loss of balance, drowsiness, slower reaction time, dizziness and wooziness. This presents an especially thorny problem, since many of these medications are important for older patients
who have sleep disorders, anxiety, depression, high blood pressure and other conditions.
People with mild hearing loss are nearly three times as likely to fall, with each 10 decibels of hearing loss increasing fall risk, according to research from Johns Hopkins. Women tend to be at higher risk for falls than men.
Other hazards include foot pain and wearing poor footwear, and home
clutter and put often-used items in easy reach so you don’t need to step on a chair or even a stepladder to reach something. Improve lighting and do not try to navigate your home in the dark. Remove throw rugs and mats; they are a common tripping hazard. Put nonskid mats in the tub and on the floor. Look at the arrangement of your furniture. Make sure there is plenty of space to walk. Remove coffee tables and glass table tops to make the space safer in case of a fall. Add grab bars in the bathroom, and make sure all staircases have handrails and are well-lit.
Avoid climbing ladders for any reason. (Ask a family member or neighbor to change those ceiling lightbulbs for you.)
dangers, such as slippery bathtubs or floors, broken or uneven steps, throw rugs or clutter that can cause older people to trip. Outdoors, uneven walkways, sidewalk cracks and curbs are other contributors. Even dog-walking – while good exercise for animals and their humans alike – can prompt a fall if the dog makes an impulsive or unexpected move that results in the person’s being thrown off balance.
Why are the consequences of a fall so serious in older adults and recovery so difficult?
Recuperating from a fall can be complicated and prolonged, especially with injuries such as a hip fracture or bleeding in the brain from head trauma, and “may even be fatal,” said Brandon Verdoorn, a geriatrician and internist at the Mayo Clinic.
A broken hip, for example, causes severe pain, and requires a major surgical procedure and intensive physical and occupational therapy. A head trauma may cause neurological problems such as muscle weakness or lack of coordination, as well as cognitive impairment, Verdoorn said.
An older body means that “what would be a noninjury in your 40s, would be far more serious in your 80s,” Kistler said.
Falls, then, are compounded by additional health conditions – osteoporosis or muscle wasting, for example – which can impede recovery, she said. “For an older person to be in bed for a day is like a younger person being in bed for a week,” she said, which leads to further weakness and loss of function.
Frailty – the deterioration of multiple body systems – also puts older people at risk, even from minor stresses, Verdoorn said. “Older adults who are frail tend to have weak muscles, walk slowly, have low energy and are often thin and have lost substantial weight,” he said. “Being frail is a significant barrier to recovery after a fall,” he said. How can someone reduce the personal risk of falling?
Despite the risks, falling is not considered an inevitable result of aging, according to the National Council on Aging. Most falls – about 60% – happen in the home, while 30% happen in public and 10% in health-care settings, according to NCOA.
Because so many falls occur at home, simple strategies can go a long way to reducing overall fall risk.
“To prevent falls, older adults should try to exercise and walk to maintain strength, and bring any complaints of changing vision, balance and strength to their primary care provider,” Jacobs said.
n Make your home safer: Remove
n Talk to your doctor: Talking to your physician about falls is important. Get your doctor to evaluate your risk for falling, and discuss measures you can take to prevent them. Ask your doctor or pharmacist to review the drugs you take to see if they cause dizziness or drowsiness, and see if there are safer alternatives. Get checked for vitamin D deficiency, and take supplements if you need them.
n Check your vision and hearing regularly. Have your vision and hearing screened at least once a year. Keep your glasses or contact lenses up to date. If you wear bifocals or progressive lenses, consider getting glasses with distance correction only for outdoor activities, since the others can make things appear closer or farther than they are.
n Strength training and exercise: Lifting weights, doing weight-bearing or strengthening exercises for the legs, abdomen and back such as pushups, planks, lunges or squats can build muscle and improve stability. The more you walk and use the stairs, the stronger and more stable you will be. Yoga and martial arts training such as tai chi can help improve balance. Consumer Reports offers this guide to fall-prevention exercises.
n Wear sturdy, nonslip shoes: Make sure they fit well and have a sole with a strong grip. Heels, slick soles and shoes with “nubs” on the sole can increase fall risk. If you wear slippers at home, make sure they have a rubber sole that does not slip.
Why are pet owners at risk?
“We know that pets are good people, for social companionship and exercise, but I call them ‘cute little trip hazards,’” Kistler said.
Pets can tug on leashes, walk underfoot or leap in front of you just as you stand or head for the stairs. Pet bowls, bedding and toys also can be trip hazards.
The CDC has estimated that nearly 87,000 human injuries each year are associated with cats and dogs. Dogs are the worst offender and are associated with 7.5 times as many injuries as cats. Women are twice as likely to be injured in pet-related falls as are men. Injury rates are highest among people over 75, but people of all ages can trip over pets. Fractures and bruises are the most common injuries.
About 2 in 3 falls caused by cats result from stumbling or tripping over the animal. Only 1 in 3 falls caused by dogs are due to tripping over the pet. About 1 in 5 dog-related falls are due to being knocked over or pulled off balance by a dog.
Is there a way to stop a fall – or prevent serious injury – once it starts?
Kistler suggests putting your hands out and trying either to grab something, or have your arm hit first. “It’s better to have an arm or wrist fracture, than a hip or head injury,” she said.
SAN FRANCISCO — Andrew Wiggins has missed 11 games following his absence from the Warriors’ game against Milwaukee on Saturday due to personal reasons.
There’s no timetable for Wiggins’ return, though head coach Steve Kerr said it’s the team’s “hope” that he will return sometime before the regular season ends.
The Warriors did go out and beat Milwaukee
125-116 in overtime at the Chase Center. Stephen Curry led Golden state with 36 points and Klay Thompson had 22.
“There’s nothing to report on,” Kerr said before the game. “We’re giving him space, as we’ve talked about, as he deals with something that’s way more important than the game. If he’s able to come back then that would be great. If not, that’s the case. Whatever happens, we handle it accordingly.”
Few details have been
made public surrounding Wiggins’ extended absence except that he’s dealing with a family matter.
The 28-year-old hasn’t played since a strong 29-point game against the Washington Wizards on Feb. 13, shortly before the All-Star break.
Several members of the Warriors and coaching staff, including Kerr, have kept in touch with Wiggins throughout his absence including close friend Jordan Poole.
“Wiggs is my brother,”
Poole told reporters in Oklahoma City. “We’re giving him strength and all of the support that he needs and whenever he’s ready to come back, whenever he’s ready to join the team, he will… He knows that we all have his back and he can take as much time as he needs and we’re all really good support system and wish him nothing but the best.”
Wiggins’ absence has intersected with a chaotic stretch for the Warriors as they hope to hold on to
FAIRFIELD — A realignment shift in area high school sports is nearing completion in the city of Fairfield as Armijo and Fairfield now appear headed out of the Monticello Empire League.
The Sac-Joaquin Section’s fifth realignment proposal has big changes for teams in the city. No longer would Vanden, Fairfield, Armijo and Rodriguez all be in the same league with the neighboring rivalries.
A new Division III Monticello Empire League would feature Vacaville, Vanden, Rodriguez and Will C. Wood joining newcomers Pioneer of Woodland, River City of West Sacramento and Sacramento High.
Vanden and Sacramento played for the Division III section championship this year with the Dragons coming away with a 66-61 victory March 4 at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.
Armijo and Fairfield would join the Division IV Greater Sacramento League with Burbank, Florin, Foothill, Johnson, Valley and West Campus, all with campuses in the Capitol city. The changes would come at the start of the 2024-25 school year.
Vacaville Christian and Rio Vista would remain in the Division VI Sierra Delta League.
The MEL would remain intact for a 2023-24 season. A fifth realignment committee meeting is scheduled March 21, where schools would likely make final pitches. The deci-
sion would then go to the Board of Governors with a final decision likely to come in mid-April.
The realignment would cover 2024 to 2028. Realignment had been targeted for 2022 but was postponed during the Covid-19 pandemic, keeping leagues intact.
“Myself and Eddie (Wilson, Fairfield athletic director) are trying to get competitive equity and experience the opportunity of competing for league titles,” Armijo athletic director Matthew Powell said Saturday by telephone. “We want to keep Fairfield and Armijo together because of our proximity and demographics, and to keep the long-time rivalry. We want to relocate to help build our programs.”
Powell said four Armijo teams
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Outfielder Mitch Haniger, one of the San Francisco Giants’ marquee free-agent additions, underwent an MRI on Friday night that revealed a Grade 1 strain in his left oblique, putting his status for Opening Day in question.
Haniger, 32, will be shut down for the next 5-7 days, the Giants said, and will be re-evaluated after that. Yet, with the start of the season less than three weeks away, Haniger and manager Gabe Kapler expressed optimism that the injury wouldn’t impact his availability.
“My goal is to be back as fast as possible,” Haniger said Saturday morning. “I feel confident that I’ll be back before Opening Day. But at the same time, I’ve got to listen to my body and listen to the trainers and do it right so it doesn’t come back.”
The oblique has been a lingering issue this spring for Haniger, who hadn’t appeared in a game since March 4. The strain didn’t occur on a single swing, Haniger said, but the muscle had been consistently tight
for much of spring.
On Friday, he was penciled in to bat second and play right field but was scratched a couple hours before first pitch against the Rockies.
“It wasn’t bugging me at all in the games,” Haniger said. “I’d hit in the cage. I’d feel tight. I’d go work with the trainers. I’d feel immediate
a playoff spot and potentially avoid the play-in tournament. Golden State entered Saturday’s game in the seventh seed following a three-game losing road trip against the Los Angeles Lakers, Oklahoma City Thunder and Memphis Grizzlies.
An adductor injury and various illnesses earlier this season contributed to Wiggins’ longest career absence at 15 games. He struggled to find his rhythm upon returning, but still is a cumulative
plus-118 in 37 games this season — the third best plus/minus behind Draymond Green (plus-209 in 59 games) and Steph Curry (plus-152 in 41 games).
The Warriors are missing Wiggins’ wing defense, particularly throughout their defensive struggles on the road. Their wing depth took an even greater hit with Jonathan Kuminga sustaining an ankle injury in Memphis.
Gary Payton II has also yet to play a game.
SANTA CLARA —
Just imagine the 49ers’ sales pitch to veteran quarterbacks when free agency talks officially can start Monday:
“Sure, we already have two quarterbacks we love. But we still have room in our heart – and quarterback room – for you.”
“Come to the 49ers, where we’ve started three quarterbacks in every season except one (2019) since Kyle Shanahan took over as coach in 2017.”
“Joe Montana. Steve Young. And you. The only quarterbacks to win a Super Bowlfor the 49ers. Imagine that. Could be your ticket to join them in Canton.”
Last season proved the value of having a quarterback, particularly one who can throw a forward pass, when competing for a championship.
Trey Lance, as was the case a year ago, is poised to serve as QB1 throughout the offseason and summer, which is a long enough runway to secure the starting job for the regular season.
Brock Purdy’s elbow
surgery Friday brought optimism that he could be ready by September, but the 49ers still need another quarterback or two – or probably even three to join Lance at training camp.
Jimmy Garoppolo is fully expected to leave as a free agent and officially end a 5 1/2-year tenure with the 49ers. Here is how that marketplace looks for him and them:
Who’s here:
Lance, Purdy Attention now shifts from Purdy, the late-season phenom, to Lance, the 2021 draft’s still-maturing asset. So much hope now rests on Lance’s ability to recover from his Sept. 18 ankle fracture, which required a followup surgery Dec. 30. The 49ers have two months to get Lance ready for onfield practices, and while he remains a mystery with only four career starts, the time is now for him to embolden himself as a locker-room leader and capable quarterback. Purdy certainly built up that respect in his
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relief. Then I’d go play in the games and felt great in the games. … Best to just get it taken care of now so I can get healthy and help this team win games.”
A Grade 1 strain represents the least severe variety, while more serious Grade 2 and 3 strains can sideline players for six weeks or more.
Haniger previously missed two months in 2017 with a strained right oblique. But this one, he said, feels “way less severe.” In the past, it hurt to roll out of bed or get into a car, he said. In his day-to-day currently, “I feel really good,” he said.
“Obviously if I try to swing today, I’ll probably feel it,” Haniger said. “But I’m pretty optimistic for having a strain. … I was kind of shocked there was even a strain.”
In four games this spring, Haniger is 3-for-10 (.300) with two doubles. He signed a three-year, $43.5 million free-agent contract this offseason, the largest of the six deals awarded by president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi, with the expectation that he will provide an
FAIRFIELD — The Rodriguez High School baseball team allowed six runs in the first two innings Friday to host Cardinal Newman as the Cardinals came away with a 9-2 win over the Mustangs.
Cardinal Newman added three more runs in the fifth inning. Rodriguez scored its two runs in the top of the third. The Mustangs fell to 1-1 overall.
Nathan Schikore went 2-for-3 at the plate with a double for Rodriguez.
Connor Broschard had a triple and drove in a run. Denzel Dilley was 2-for-2 with an RBI.
Darius Principe and Sidon Johnson combined to pitch 1 2/3 scoreless innings and allow just two hits.
Rodriguez is scheduled to play at 4 p.m. Thursday at Rancho Cotate in Rohnert Park.
The Mustangs shared the Monticello Empire League title with Vanden.
FAIRFIELD — The Vanden High School boys tennis team won the top four singles matches and took the next five matches by default in a 9-0 win Friday over visiting Will C. Wood. James Remitacado, C.J. Hongo, Romelo Felix and Diego Montano all won in straight sets. The Nos. 5 and 6 singles and all the doubles matches were not contested. Vanden improved to 2-2 in the Monticello Empire League. The Vikings are next scheduled to play Tuesday at Fairfield.
FAIRFIELD — The Armijo High School badminton team dropped
Baseball
MLB Exhibition
• San Francisco vs. Oakland, NBCSBA, 12:05 p.m.
WBC
• Canada vs.Great Britain, FS1, 11 a.m.
• Puerto Rico vs. Venezuela, FS1, 3 p.m.
• USA vs. Mexico, FS1, 6 p.m.
Basketball College Men
• SEC Tournament, Championship, TBD vs. Alabama, ESPN, 9 a.m.
• Princeton vs. Yale, ESPN2, 9 a.m.
• AAC Tournament Championship, TBD vs. Houston, ESPN, 11:15 a.m.
• Dayton vs. VCU, 5, 13, 10 a.m.
• Big 10 Tournament, Championship, TBC vs. Purdue, 5, 13, 12:30 p.m.
• Men’s Tournament Selection Show, 5, 13, 3 p.m.
College Women
• Big 12 Tournament, Championship, Iowa State vs. Texas, ESPN2, 11 a.m.
NBA • L.A. Lakers vs. N.Y. Knicks, ESPN, 5 p.m.
Football
XFL
• St. Louis vs. Dallas, ESPN2, Noon.
• DC vs. Vegas, ESPN2, 3 p.m.
Golf pGA
• The Players Championship, 3, 9 a.m.
Hockey NHL
• Detroit at Boston, TNT, 9:30 a.m.
• Pittsburgh vs. N.Y. Rangers, TNT, Noon.
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American Mikaela Shiffrin became the greatest World Cup alpine skier of all time on Saturday after winning her 87th race, a slalom in Åre, Sweden.
Shiffrin, 27, surpassed the record of 86 set by Swedish men’s skiing great Ingemar Stenmark in 1989.
Åre is the resort where where she won her first race more than a decade ago and it was also apt she broke the record in her favored event, the slalom, in Stenmark’s native land.
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TEMPE, Ariz. — Now that Japan has advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic, Shohei Ohtani’s path through the tournament and to opening day with the Angels has become clear, and it won’t involve a matchup against Mike Trout.
Angels manager Phil Nevin said Saturday morning that the plan is for Ohtani to pitch in the quarterfinals of the WBC in Japan on March 16, and to pitch for the Angels on March 24 in a Cactus League game against
the Padres. That sets up Ohtani to be on his normal five days’ rest before opening day on March 30 in Oakland.
“That’s what I’ve understood,” Nevin said. “He’ll pitch the quarterfinal game, then he’d be available for us that Friday (March 24) when they come back, regardless of what happens. Friday was the day he wanted to throw to get ready for Oakland.”
It means that –barring a surprise relief appearance by Ohtani – he won’t get a chance to pitch against Team USA or Trout.
She led after the first run and won by 0.92 seconds overall, beating Swiss Wendy Holdener with a winning time of 1 minute, 41.77 seconds combined. Sweden’s Anna Swenn Larsson was third.
Such is her dominance in women’s skiing that Shiffrin has already wrapped up a fifth overall World Cup title, as well as the slalom and giant slalom titles. The season finale is not until next week in Andorra.
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BEACH, Fla. — On a shockingly scorable Saturday at TPC Sawgrass, the best golfers in the world went lower than ever before.
Moving day was not an option during the third round of the Players Championship. Those who did not make a move were left in the dust. When it settled, a familiar face was once again in the mix at another marquee event: Scottie Scheffler.
Scheffler stood out on a leaderboard lacking big names with a realistic chance to win Sunday.
A 72nd-hole bogey cost Scheffler a shot to defend his title last week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. The 26-year-old Texan moved quickly past the disappointment to position himself to win the PGA Tour’s showcase event.
“I feel very comfortable,” he said. “Put in a lot of hard work over the years, and it’s been a blessing to see so many results. It’s been a lot of fun.
“Hoping to continue that.”
Scheffler’s 7-under-par
65 put him at 14-under-par 202 and 2 shots clear of Min Woo Lee, who is seeking his first victory on Tour.
Playing a group ahead, Lee missed a 7-foot par putt on the 18th hole for a 66. Scheffler then buried a 10-footer for birdie.
Lee, a 24-year-old from Australia, is eager for another chance on one of golf’s biggest stages.
“It was an amazing, amazing day,” he said.
Asked what it felt like to be the most successful World Cup skier ever, Shiffrin said: “It is hard to comprehend that thought. It went exactly as I wanted and that’s amazing.”
The two-time Olympic and seventime world champion also paid tribute to those who have helped her.
“What an unbelievable day,” she added.
“I am so proud of the skiing I did on both runs today. I am so proud of the team this whole season, every step of the way being strong and focused and positive and having the right goals and helping me manage my own focus and the distractions as well, it’s been incredible.”
Shiffrin won her first World Cup race in a slalom in Åre on Dec. 20, 2012, at age 17, and she has never looked back.
She beat compatriot Lindsey Vonn’s women’s record of 82 wins in January and drew even with Stenmark, whose record was considered unbeatable by many, in a giant slalom on Friday.
Many experts now believe she can also reach the 100 mark if she stays healthy.
Shiffrin has won a World Cup discipline record 53 slaloms, 20 giant slaloms, five super-g and parallel races each, three downhills and one alpine combined.
Her 87th victory came in the 246th World Cup race which also marked her 136th podium finish.
Stenmark won all of his races in slalom (46) and giant slalom (40), his 86th and final victory, and 155th podium, coming in the 228th of his 230 career World Cup races in the 1970s and 1980s.
Shiffrin now has 13 wins in another outstanding season. In addition, she won giant slalom gold plus super-g and slalom silver at last month’s world championships in France.
“Congratulations on one of the greatest achievements in the history of sports, Mikaela,” Johan Eliasch, president of world skiing body the FIS, said in a statement.
MINNEAPOLIS — Bud Grant, the most iconic sports figure in Minnesota history, died Saturday.
He was 95.
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Derek Carr is officially the New Orleans Saints’ quarterback.
That brings an end to Carr’s time with the Raiders, after he was with the franchise for nine seasons.
Carr was introduced to the New Orleans media Saturday afternoon and thanked people such as Drew Brees, Peyton and Archie Manning, but he took time to shout out others, including people associated with his now former team.
“Thank you to the Raiders. Oakland, Las Vegas,” Carr said. “I wouldn’t be me if I didn’t say thank you to them. I had nine great years there. A lot of great memories. A lot of hard times, a lot of fun times. A lot of kids since then, in those days.
“Mr. Davis and the Raiders organization, thank you. I wouldn’t be here without them, and
wouldn’t be here if you didn’t pick me in that spot.”
Carr reunites with Dennis Allen, who was the Raiders head coach in 2014. The Raiders selected Carr in the second round of the NFL draft out of Fresno State.
Carr went on to break many of the team’s franchise passing records, including yards and touchdowns.
The Raiders decided to bench Carr for the final two games of the 2022 NFL season because of the guaranteed contract that would’ve kicked in if he got injured.
Even Carr poked fun at the benching after he was asked, “How many games have you missed? Three?” –to which he replied, “Two this year.”
Carr said he was open to the trade to the Saints, but it was only New Orleans who was only given permission to speak to him, in hopes of finding his next destination.
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speedster Tyreek Hill
ran 6.70 seconds in the 60-meter dash at the USA Track and Field Masters Indoor Championships on Saturday in Louisville, Ky.
The time ranks Hill, who was competing in the 25-29 age group, outside the top 200 men in the world this year in the event.
“Never racing again had me out there looking wild,” tweeted the seven-
time Pro Bowl wide receiver shortly after his performance.
Earlier this week, Hill posted a video on social media of him practicing a block start on a track at the University of Miami, with the caption, “Felt good to put the spikes back on !!!”.
Hill, 29, a world-class sprinter in high school, was participating in his first track meet since 2014, when he ran a 6.64 in the 60-meter dash.
Grant was a standout athlete for the Gophers, played professional basketball for the Minneapolis Lakers, and starred in the NFL, but made his mark in the state as coach of the Minnesota Vikings, leading them to four Super Bowls in his 18 seasons and earning a spot in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
More than that, the avid outdoorsman was known for his statue-like appearance on the sideline as his teams played in the winter elements. There was a weekly study in stoicism that fans of the Vikings saw, month after month, year after year, from Grant. The no-heaters-on-the-sidelines, no-gloves-allowed, weather-be-damned toughness he displayed – and demanded from his players. The chiseled, taut, expressionless face with the clear blue eyes that we saw on the sidelines.
Somewhere along the line Harry Peter Grant Jr., born and raised in Superior, Wis., came to embody how a lot of Minnesotans liked to think of themselves: Hard-working, successful. Steady, reliable. Unflappable, independent.
“He never embarrassed a player, never
criticized or chewed a player out in front of anybody else,” former Vikings running back Dave Osborn said. “If he had something he didn’t like about you, he’d take you aside and talk to you.
“Bud just had a knack for leading, handling people. He was a great football coach, but Bud could have coached a sport he didn’t know anything about because he just knew how to handle people.”
Grant’s wife, Pat, died in 2009. They had six children – Kathy, Laurie, Peter, Mike, Bruce and Dan. Bruce passed away in 2018 because of cancer. Bud Grant is also survived by his companion, Pat Smith.
Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell, in a statement issued by the team, said, “Bud was gracious with his time, meeting in his
office weekly to discuss football and life. I will forever cherish those conversations because they made me a better coach, a better husband and father and a better person.”
The team’s principal owners, Zygi and Mark Wilf, said, “No single individual more defined the Minnesota Vikings than Bud Grant. A oncein-a-lifetime man, Bud will forever be synonymous with success, toughness, the North and the Vikings.”
Athletic excellence
A few years ago, sitting in his office at the Vikings headquarters, Grant took some time to talk about his life, his career, his status in Minnesota. To those who watched him coach the Vikings, that image is frozen in time: The simple jacket, the baseball-style
cap, the emotionless face, the breath frozen in the air at old Met Stadium.
The man who took pride in always being able to do things his way did it that way for a reason.
“Well, I tried to,” Grant said. “Having been from here, having traveled the state playing baseball and basketball, I got to know what the fabric of this part of the world was. . . . This sounds corny, but I was proud that I was from this part of the world, which is not very well represented in the rest of the country. I’m still patriotic. I don’t wear it on my shirt or anything. But I’m patriotic. Not just for the country, but for the region, for the state, for my team. I know I represented the state, and I tried to do it well.”
Just about everything Grant tried, he did well. A three-sport high school star at Superior Central, Grant starred in football, baseball and basketball at the University of Minnesota.
Every step of the way, he did it his way:
n A first-round draft choice of the Philadelphia Eagles in 1950, he rejected what he thought was a sub-par offer and spent a year playing for the NBA’s Minneapolis Lakers and operating as a pitcher for hire.
n After two outstanding seasons with the Eagles he once again snubbed a sub-par offer, became the first man to play out his NFL option, then moved to Winnipeg.
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Solution to 3/12/23:
TOALLINTERESTEDPERSONS:
Petitioner: Homero A Rodriguez Jr filedapetitionwiththiscourtforadecree changingnamesasfollows:
Present Name: a. Homero Francisco Valdez
Proposed Name: a. Homero Francisco Rodriguez-Valdez THECOURTORDERSthatallpersonsinterestedinthismattershallappearbefore thiscourtatthehearingindicatedbelowto showcause,ifany,whythepetitionfor changeofnameshouldnotbegranted. Anypersonobjectingtothename changesdescribedabovemustfileawrittenobjectionthatincludesthereasonsfor theobjectionatleasttwocourtdaysbeforethematterisscheduledtobeheard andmustappearatthehearingtoshow causewhythepetitionshouldnotbegranted.Ifnowrittenobjectionistimelyfiled, thecourtmaygrantthepetitionwithouta
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS HONEY WIN NAILS LOCATEDAT740MerchantSt,Vacaville CA95688Solano.Mailingaddress436 IdoraAve,VallejoCA94591.IS(ARE) HEREBYREGISTEREDBYTHEFOLLOWINGOWNER(S)#1ThiTraMy Nguyen436IdoraAveVallejo,94591#2 HoangDonPham277ArrowheadWay Hayward,94544.THISBUSINESSIS CONDUCTEDBY: aGeneralPartnership Theregistrantcommencedtotransact bus inessunderthefictitiousbusiness nameornameslistedaboveon 03/01/2023. Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.) /s/ThiTraMyNguyen INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EXCEPTASPROVIDE DIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYCHANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONFebruary29,2028. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESSANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof SolanoCounty,StateofCaliforniaon: March1,2023
NewASSIGNEDFILENO.2023000373
CHARLESLOMELI,SolanoCountyClerk DR#00061785 Published:March5,12,19,26,2023
otherwisebeinterestedinthewillorestate,orboth,of: Linda A. Schmadeke
APetitionforProbatehasbeenfiledby: Scott Schmadeke intheSuperiorCourtofCalifornia,County of:Solano ThePetitionforProbaterequeststhat: Scott Schmadeke beappointedaspersonalrepresentative t oadministertheestateofthedecedent. Thepetitionrequeststhedecedent'swill andcodicils,ifany,beadmittedtoprobate.Thewillandanycodicilsareavailableforexaminationinthefilekeptbythe court. ThepetitionrequestsauthoritytoadministertheestateundertheIndependentAdministrationofEstatesAct.(Thisauthority willallowthepersonalrepresentativeto takemanyactionswithoutobtainingcourt approval.Beforetakingcertainveryimp ortantactions,however,thepersonal representativewillberequiredtogivenoticetointerestedpersonsunlessthey havewaivednoticeorconsentedtothe proposedaction.)Theindependentadministrationauthoritywillbegrantedunless aninterestedpersonfilesanobjectionto thepetitionandshowsgoodcausewhy thecourtshouldnotgranttheauthority.
A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows:
DATE: APRIL 14, 2023 TIME: 8:30am; DEPT. 4 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, County of Solano 600 Union Avenue Fairfield, CA 94533
If you object tothegrantingofthepetition,youshouldappearatthehearingand stateyourobjectionsorfilewrittenobjectionswiththecourtbeforethehearing. Yourappearancemaybeinpersonorby yourattorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, youmustfileyourclaimwiththecourtand mailacopytothepersonal representative appointedbythecourtwithinthe later of either(1)four months fromthedateof firstissuanceofletterstoageneralpersonalrepresentative,asdefinedinsection58(b)oftheCaliforniaProbateCode, or(2) 60 days fromthedateofmailingor personaldeliverytoyouofanoticeunder section9052oftheCaliforniaProbate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may wantto consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court.Ifyouareapersoninterestedinthe estate,youmayfilewiththecourtaRequestforSpecialNotice(formDE-154)of thefilingofaninventoryandappraisalof estateassetsorofanypetitionoraccount asprovidedinProbateCodesection 1250.ARequestforSpecialNoticeformis availablefromthecourtclerk.
WalnutCreek,CA94598 (925)429-4507 DR#00061803 Published:March8,12,15,2023
LOCATEDAT2550HilbornRd.,Apt.68, Fairfield,CA94534Solano.Mailingaddress2550HilbornRd.,Apt.68,Fairfield, CA94534.IS(ARE)HEREBYREGISTEREDBYTHEFOLLOWINGOWNER(S)JacquelineLawrence2550Hilborn Rd.,Apt.68Fairfield,94534.THISBUSINESSISCONDUCTEDBY: anIndividual Theregistrantcommencedtotransact busines sunderthefictitiousbusiness nameornameslistedaboveon 01/01/2020. Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.) /s/JacquelineLawrence INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EXCEPTASPROVIDE DIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYCHANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONMarch7,2028. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESSANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof SolanoCounty,StateofCaliforniaon: March8,2023 NewASSIGNEDFILENO.2023000422 CHARLESLOMELI,SolanoCountyClerk DR#00061939 Published:March12,19,26April2,2023
NOTICEOFSALE
To:ThomasWalker(thomas@wildpackbev.com)
RyanMason(ryan@wildpackbev.com)
StephenFader MitchellBarnard
WildLeafHoldingsUS,LLC
4751VandenbergDrive NorthLasVegas,Nevada89091-2734
PleasetakenoticethatgoodsstoredfortheaccountofWildLeafHoldingsUS,LLC (“WildLeaf”)underitsagreementwithCASSILFREIGHT,INC.,willbesoldbypublic sale,inbulkorinpackagesasiscommerciallyreasonable,bytheundersignedfor chargesinconnectionwithsaidgoodsinthesumof$49,669.50.
ThepublicsalereferencedabovesalewilltakeplaceonMarch23,2023,atCassil Freight’s2510HuntingtonDrive,Fairfield,California94533warehouseat10:00a.m.
Dated:March1,2023
AlfonsoL.Poiré,Esq.,for CASSILFREIGHT,INC.
DR#00061790
Published:March8,12,17,20,2023
PIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EXCEPTASPROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYCHANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONFebruary29,2028. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT
DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE
THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ., BUSINESSANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof SolanoCounty,StateofCaliforniaon: March1,2023
NewASSIGNEDFILENO.2023000381
CHARLESLOMELI,SolanoCountyClerk
DR#00061784
Published:March5,12,19,26,2023
BYTHEFOLLOWINGOWNER(S)David PortsmouthAveVacaville,95687.THIS BUSINESSISCONDUCTEDBY: anIndividual Theregistrantcommencedtotransact businessunderthefictitiousbusiness name ornameslistedaboveonN/A. Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.) /s/DavidHenshaul INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EXCEPTASPROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYCHANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONFebruary14,2028. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESSANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof SolanoCounty,StateofCaliforniaon: February15,2023 NewASSIGNEDFILENO.2023000292 CHARLESLOMELI,SolanoCountyClerk DR#00061412 Published:Feb.19,26March5,12,2023
DR#00061788 Published:March5,12,2023
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS LUCKY #783 LOCATEDAT777E.MonteVistaAvenueVacaville,CA95688.Mailingaddress POBox4278Modesto.IS(ARE) HEREBYREGISTEREDBYTHEFOLLOWINGOWNER(S)SaveMartSupermarketsLLCCAModesto95350.THIS BUSINESSISCONDUCTEDBY: aLimitedLiabilityCompany Theregistrantcommencedtotransact businessunderthefictitiousbusiness nameornameslistedabo veon 09/26/2007. Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.) /s/SadiaAli,CFO INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EXCEPTASPROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYCHANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONFebruary14,2028. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESSANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof SolanoCounty,StateofCaliforniaon: February15,2023 NewASSIGNEDFILENO.2023000286 CHARLESLOMELI,SolanoCountyClerk DR#00061523 Published:Feb.26March5,12,19,2023
NoticeofPublicAUCTIONasdefinedby theCaliforniaSelfStorageFacilitiesAct BusinessandProfessionsCodesections 21700-21716.Locationofauctioned items:FourSeasonsSelfStorageLLC 1600PetersenRd,SuisunCityCA94585 EMPT Y YOUR GARA GE; FILL YOUR W ALLET .
LOCATEDAT198FlemingAveVallejo, CA94590.Mailingaddress198Fleming AveVallejo,CA94590.IS(ARE) HEREBYREGISTEREDBYTHEFOLLOWINGOWNER(S)RenzoValle198 FlemingAveVallejo94590THISBUSINESSISCONDUCTEDBY: anIndividual Theregistrantcommencedtotransact businessunderthefictitiousbusiness nameornameslistedaboveonN/A. Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.) /s/RenzoValle INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EXCEPTASPROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYCH ANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONFebruary29,2028. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESSANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof SolanoCounty,StateofCaliforniaon: March1,2023 NewASSIGNEDFILENO.2023000378 CHARLESLOMELI,SolanoCountyClerk DR#00061782 Published:March5,12,19,26,2023
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS LUCKY #784 LOCATEDAT1979PeabodyRoadVacaville,CA95687.MailingaddressPO Box4278Modesto.IS(ARE)HEREBY REGISTEREDBYTHEFOLLOWING OWNER(S)SaveMartSupermarketsLLC CAModesto95350.THISBUSINESSIS CONDUCTEDBY: aLimitedLiabilityCompany Theregistrantcommencedtotransact businessunderthefictitiousbusiness nameornameslistedaboveon 09/2 4/2007. Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.) /s/SadiaAli,CFO INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EXCEPTASPROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYC HANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONFebruary14,2028. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESSANDPROFESSIONSCODE) FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof SolanoCounty,StateofCaliforniaon: February15,2023 NewASSIGNEDFILENO.2023000285 CHARLESLOMELI,SolanoCountyClerk DR#00061524 Published:Feb.26March5,12,19,2023
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS A. TORRES CONSTRUCTION
LOCATEDAT2148BeardCtVacaville CA95688.Mailingaddress2148BeardCt VacavilleCA95688.IS(ARE)HEREBY REGISTEREDBYTHEFOLLOWING OWNER(S)AbelTorresVital2148Beard CtVacaville95688.THISBUSINESSIS
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS NUTRITHERAPY LOCATEDAT755BridleRidgeCourt, FairfieldCA94534Solano.Mailingaddress755BridleRidgeCourt,FairfieldCA 94534.IS(ARE)HEREBYREGISTERED BYTHEFOLLOWINGOWNER(S)KimberlySanders755BridleRidgeCourt Fairfield,94534.THISBUSINESSIS CONDUCTEDBY: anIndividual Theregistrantcommencedtotransact businessunderthefictitiousbus iness nameornameslistedaboveon 01/18/2023. Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.) /s/KimberlySanders INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EXCEPTASPROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYCHANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONFebruary29,2028. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESSANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof SolanoCounty,StateofCaliforniaon: March1,2023 NewASSIGNEDFILENO.2023000371 CHARLESLOMELI,SolanoCountyClerk DR#00061779 Published:March5,12,19,26,2023
DETROIT — The Pistons and Jim Boeheim are connected in more ways than just the obvious.
Of course, Buddy Boeheim, a two-way guard for the Pistons and Motor City Cruise, is the youngest son of the longest-tenured coach in NCAA history and he played four seasons for his father at Syracuse from 2018-22.
Before his rapid rise through the NBA executive ranks, Pistons general manager Troy Weaver spent four seasons at Syracuse as an assistant under Boeheim.
There’s Pistons legend Dave Bing, who was a roommate and teammate of Boeheim at Syracuse during their undergraduate years in the 1960s.
Lastly, several other Detroit natives either
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two-month shift in relief of Garoppolo, so if Purdy can get fully healthy in only six months, then the 49ers have a wonderful dilemma on their hands regarding the starting job.
Pending free agents
Jimmy Garoppolo, Josh Johnson
A Dec. 4 foot fracture kept Garoppolo from suiting up again for the 49ers, whom he went 38-17 as a starter in the regular season, plus 4-2 marks through playoff runs following the 2019 and 2021 seasons. Johnson’s first career playoff action came in an NFC Championship Game cameo where he went 7-of-13 for 74 yards with a fumble and two sacks before a thirdquarter concussion.
External candidates
Tom Brady (Bucs; retired), Matt Ryan (Colts, if released), Marcus Mariota(Falcons), Baker Mayfield (Rams), Andy Dalton (Saints), Carson Wentz(Commanders), Taylor Heinicke (Commanders), Sam Darnold (Panthers), Jacoby Brissett (Browns), Teddy Bridgewater (Dolphins), Nick Mullens (Vikings), Nate Sudfeld (Lions), Mike White (Jets), Joe Flacco (Jets), Drew Lock
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a couple of matches last week by 15-0 scores to Vacaville and Rodriguez. Vacaville was the winner Thursday. Vicki Li, Hannah Rodenck, Maya Wright, Alisa Girandi, Mady Mattos, Cici He, Ava Sheppard and Ella Aguirre all won singles matches for the Bulldogs.
Armijo’s Cariama Carrion pushed her match at No. 7 singles to three sets against Sheppard.
The Vacaville teams of Li-Rodenck, WrightGirandi, Mattos-Sheppard, Aguirre-Bella Jones, MacKenzie Dosier-Priya Evanger, Mary Iganjo-Jasmin-Figueroa and Teegan
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everyday presence in one of the outfield corners and in the middle of the Giants’ batting order.
Haniger was limited to 57 games in 2022 because of a high-ankle sprain, and in seven big-league seasons, he has played more than 100 games only twice while dealing with a variety of ailments, most of which Zaidi attributed as “fluky” after signing him.
played or coached alongside Boeheim, including Derrick Coleman, Todd Burgan and Pistons assistant general manager Rob Murphy, who is currently away from the team.
So many candidates, for so many teams in need of quarterbacks in starting and backup roles. The 49ers? They need a potential QB1, QB2, or QB3, depending on the health of Lance and Purdy. Whatever free agent arrives, he should rent, not buy. The 49ers see Lance and Purdy as up-and-coming, wonderfully affordable quarterbacks who can be long-term assets. But, the door is ajar for a veteran to pilot a Super Bowl contender. If Purdy’s recovery is stalled, perhaps that creates an opening where Brady reconsiders retirement (for a second straight year), if the 49ers will pay a respectable salary commensurate for a seventime champ. Otherwise, a quarterback familiar with Shanahan’s scheme would make the most sense, such as Ryan, Mullens, Sudfeld and more. Assistant coaches Brian Grieseand Klint Kubiak should have a say, too. Kirk Cousins remains under contract with the Minnesota Vikings for only one more season, so unless that changes with an extension, he probably should be considered a 49ers/Shanahan candidate, too. Derek Carr (Saints) and Geno Smith (Seahawks) got the quarterback carousel spinning Monday, and it surely won’t stop for five months.
Roser-Maddisy Marshall all won doubles in straight sets.
Rodriguez picked up all the singles wins Tuesday with Melissa Peng, Nadia Kho, Hannah Pierleoni, Jahnae Hocog, Elora Gorpse, Hannah Reyes, Emily Concepcion and Kaylie Lindquist. The Lady Mustangs won all the doubles matches in straight sets.
Names and scores were provided by Armijo.
“We did see a lot of improvement and learned a lot about what we need to do next,” Armijo coach Megan Flores said in an email.
Armijo fell to 1-2 in the Monticello Empire League. The Royals are scheduled Tuesday to host Davis.
Nonetheless, the Giants are now down two right-handed-hitting outfielders from their projected Opening Day roster.
Austin Slater (elbow) has yet to appear in a Cactus League game but resumed throwing this week.
“My inclination is that Slates is trending in a direction where he’s going to be ready for us for the season,” Kapler said.
“I don’t think anything that’s happened thus far changes our early season game planning.”
Even Syracuse legend Carmelo Anthony, who played under Boeheim for one season, believed he would be drafted to the Pistons with the second overall pick in 2003 but former general manager Joe Dumars selected Darko Milicic instead.
After 47 years at the helm of the Syracuse men’s basketball program, the university announced Wednesday that Boeheim would no longer coach the program and he would be succeeded by associate head coach Adrian Autry.
“I’m thrilled to be retired,” Boeheim said Friday during a press conference to introduce Autry. “I’ve felt better the last two days than I’ve felt in 47 years.”
Boeheim, 78, led Syracuse to 35 NCAA Tournament appearances, five Final Fours and he coached the program to its
lone national championship in 2003. He’s second behind former Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski in Division I men’s coaching wins with 1,116, but the NCAA vacated 101 of those victories after an investigation into the program in 201415. He was also inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005. It’s one of the most decorated resumes in all of coaching.
Buddy, who’s seeking to carve out his own basketball legacy beyond his father’s shadow, was in the middle of a shooting session at the Pistons’ Midtown practice facility Wednesday afternoon when a couple of assistant coaches told him that his father’s retirement was official. The notion of retirement wasn’t a surprise to Buddy, since there was a conversation about the
possibility in February during his brief visit to Syracuse for the All-Star break. Buddy checked his phone and there were several messages from his family’s group chat.
Just like that, the Jim Boeheim coaching era was complete.
“Man, it’s one of one, honestly,” Buddy Boeheim recently told The Detroit News. “You can’t replicate what he’s done. I don’t think anyone will ever really come close to that.
Sixty years of just extreme dedication, year-in and year-out, and he always has his teams playing at a high level, especially in March.
“It couldn’t have been any better timing, but it was definitely pretty emotional thinking about my whole life and my childhood and all the memories I have growing up at Syracuse and being on the sidelines.”
Syracuse basketball is all Buddy has ever known. He grew up around the program alongside his older brother Jimmy, who also played for the Pistons during last year’s summer league. Attending NCAA Tournaments and Big East tournaments were the highlights of his childhood. In the aftermath of Syracuse’s national championship, Buddy was there, soaking up the moment with Anthony. His No. 35 jersey at Syracuse was an ode to his dad, who wore the number during his playing career. With no time to speak on the phone because of their rigorous schedules, Buddy sent his father a quick text message: “Congrats on an unbelievable career. I love you so much. Best coach ever, and more importantly, a better dad.”
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BERLIN — Jenson Button will enter three NASCAR Cup Series races in 2023, debuting at Circuit of the Americas on March 26.
Button won the 2009 Formula One world championship with Brawn, later driving for Mercedes before leaving the series in 2017.
The Briton has since tried his hand at rival series but had not until now raced in NASCAR.
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have been able to compete in playoffs since the current realignment was made in 2018. Fairfield has had no playoff teams in that time. The thinking is the adjustment would allow the schools to keep their rivalry, which dates back to 1967, and to go up against schools more at their competitive level.
“The truth is we haven’t been competitive in the MEL,” Wilson told the Daily Republic in January when the realignment discussion began. “When we origi-
Button will drive Rick Ware Racing’s No 15 Ford Mustang in three races, following up his Austin, Texas bow with entries in the inaugural Chicago Street Race on July 2 and at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course on August 13.
“Obviously, racing a Cup car is very different than what I’m used to,” Button said.
“It’s a lot heavier, with a lot less power and, basically, no downforce. It’s got a sequential gearbox
nally joined, we didn’t think we were ready for it. But many schools have concerns and criticisms and there may be many changes before the final realignment is released.”
Fairfield, in earlier realignment proposals, was alone in its move out of the MEL. Armijo has since joined forces to keep the schools together. Earlier proposals also had Fairfield in a newly structured Golden Empire League covering a wider swath of Northern California.
Section assistant commissioner Will DeBoard said in a text message earlier this year to the Daily Republic that the decision to move Fairfield
where you need to blip the throttle, so there’s lots of stuff to learn in a very short space of time.
“But I just get excited about that new challenge, and when I throw myself into something, I am 100 per cent in.
“I’m not just doing it for fun in some one-off. I want to be competitive, and I know that to be competitive, it’s going to take a bit of time. That’s why doing these three races works very well this season.”
was made because, “We felt we were going to try and get them some relief. The reason Fairfield has remained in the MEL has been geographical.”
DeBoard cited Fairfield’s struggles since joining the MEL. Fairfield teams have routinely finished fifth or sixth in every sport, he said. The same could be said for many of the Armijo teams as well.
There would be obstacles like travel costs and a fall in gate income. Travel would increase, Wilson said, because baseball players for instance would have to go to Sacramento for a 4 p.m. game. And the gate would take a hit as well, because students
from the Sacramento area schools wouldn’t likely make the trip to Fairfield for a league game on a Friday night.
And anyone who travels on Interstate 80 is well aware of the congestion between Fairfield and Vacaville, and Davis and Sacramento. Extra time will have to be set aside to make sure teams make it by game time in Sacramento.
“With an eight-team league, we would only play each other twice in most sports,” Powell said. “That would limit the travel. We’d also have four other schools in our backyard to fill out our (nonleague) schedules.”