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FAIRFIELD — The Solano County Legislative Committee on Monday will consider making a recommendation on the California State Association of Counties’ “comprehensive plan to address homelessness.”

The “At Home” plan is an acronym for a six-point document that addresses Accountability, Transparency, Housing, Outreach, Mitigation and Economic Opportunity.

“Despite significant investments and partnerships between the state and local governments, our response to helping those who are unhoused is fragmented and lacks clear lines of responsibility, accountability and sustainability,” CSAC stated on its webpage on the plan.

The committee meets at 1:30 p.m. in Conference Room 6003 on the sixth floor of the government center, 675 Texas St., in Fairfield.

Under accountability, for example, the plan calls for development of “a

comprehensive and coordinated plan that includes all levels of government. The undertow of massive economic and systemic inequities, as well as a tangled web of decisions made by well-intentioned policies and programs built over decades, continues to stymie efforts to support those who are unhoused or at risk of becoming unhoused.”

It calls for clearly defining the roles of cities and counties, committing to ongoing instead of one-time funding and to “work with the state and cities from start to finish, require the submission of countywide or regional plans with established, clear goals and responsibilities.”

Vaca council to discuss housing vouchers, moveto-work program

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VACAVILLE — The City Council will be asked Tuesday to approve the Vacaville Housing Authority Annual Public Housing Agency and Moving to Work Supplemental Plan.

The meeting begins at 6 p.m. at 650 Merchant St.

The U.S. Housing and Urban Development Housing Choice Voucher Program is the federal government’s major program for assisting very low-income families, the elderly and the disabled to afford housing in the private market.

Vouchers are administered locally by the Vacaville Housing

Authority, which receives federal grant funds from HUD to administer the program. The program contributes almost $12.6 million into the local economy each year.

HUD allocates 1,392 vouchers to the Housing Authority each month, including special programs: 50 Family Unification Vouchers, 61 Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Vouchers, 31 Emergency Housing Vouchers; and 101 Mainstream Vouchers.

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DUNNIGAN — On the heels of one of California’s wettest winters on record, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced that he will roll back some of the state’s most severe drought restrictions and dramatically increase water supplies for agencies serving 27 million people.

Among the rescinded items is Newsom’s call for a voluntary 15% reduction in water use, issued amid drying conditions in July 2021. He declared a statewide drought emergency that October.

The governor also rescinded a March 2022

order requiring urban water suppliers to activate Level 2 of their water shortage contingency plans, which indicates a shortage of 20% and prompts increased conservation actions.

Newsom made the announcement at a ranch in the green Dunnigan Hills in Yolo County, north of Sacramento, where rice and almond farmers were celebrating the wet winter and have been able to recharge some groundwater supplies this season for crops.

But Newsom stopped short of declaring that the drought is over, saying some parts

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FAIRFIELD — Policies on short-term vacation rentals and wind energy will be considered by the Solano County supervisors when they meet Tuesday. Solano Resource Conservation District Education Director Marianne Butler also will talk about the agency’s ongoing educational programs.

The board meets at 9 a.m. in the first-floor chamber of the government center, 675 Texas St., in Fairfield.

However, the public hearing on the proposed General Plan amendment regarding “development of wind energy facilities and their potential impact on Travis Air Force Base” is part of an afternoon session that begins at 2 p.m.

The Solano County Planning Commission on March 2 voted to recommend the Board of Supervisors approve the restrictions on future wind power projects.

“It’s a life safety issue,” Commissioner Mike Reagan, who retired from the Air Force and had been stationed at Travis for part of his career, said at the time.

The amendment would, Prohibit the development of new commercial wind energy generation facilities north of Highway 12.

Explicitly require that any proposals for new or modified commercial wind energy generation facilities provide line-of-sight analyses

of his drought emergency order remain important as California adapts to volatile weather patterns and the looming possibility of another long dry spell.

“It’s incumbent upon us to continue to maintain our vigilance and maintain some provisions of the executive order to allow for fast tracking of

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Any way you slice it, there’s a best type of pizza

I love pizza. Pepperoni. Olives. Mushrooms. Combination. Canadian bacon and pineapple. All sorts of pizzas.

But there is a definite hierarchy of pizzas (not the toppings, the source of the pizza) – six distinct levels of pizza, and the gap between each of them is substantial.

They’re all good – let’s face it, they’re pizza (the No. 1 food for me since . . . my first pizza)! But the difference between the best type and second-best is substantial, as is the gap between each layer as you descend toward the bottom of the pizza pyramid.

Six types of pizza. Six major gaps between them. I’m sure

you agree with me since it’s so obvious, but here are the six official tiers of pizza, beginning with the best:

1. Pizza parlor pizza. There are possible exceptions (Mrs. Brad and I recently had some awful sourdough pizza from a pizza parlor), but pizza parlor pizza is better than any other kind by a large margin. I don’t know what it is – and I worked at a pizza parlor for five years in college (which is a tribute to my longevity on the job and how long it took me to complete college), but pizza parlor pizza is No.

1 by a huge margin.

2. Take-and-bake pizza. Not as good as pizza cooked at

a parlor (by the way, why do we call it a pizza parlor? That sounds almost British), but it’s much better than any other type. This is pizza you take from a place that specializes in pizza, not the kind you get at a warehouse grocery store. However, there is a caveat: Take-andbake is the second-best pizza on the day it’s cooked but drops to third on Day 2. It doesn’t age particularly well.

3. Homemade pizza. I don’t mean pizza for which you make dough and hand-spin your own crust. I guess that’s a different category, but I’ve never had seriously homemade pizza. When I say homemade pizza, I mean the kind that has a premade crust (from Boboli or a competitor) where you add

sauce, cheese and toppings and then cook. Far from the pizza parlor variety, this is still pretty darned good. And it moves to the No. 2 spot when eaten as leftovers. Homemade pizza holds up well for Day 2.

4. Cafeteria pizza. I have this rated fourth because of the possibility that it might be good. Think of school pizza or summer camp pizza. Any mass-produced pizza is likely greasy, unhealthy and possibly pretty decent. And it’s usually fairly cheap, which helps differentiate it from the rest of the bottom pizzas.

5. Frozen pizza. There has been a concerted effort by the marketing departments of frozen pizza manufacturers to equate it to pizza parlor

pizza. They’re similar: Both are round, have toppings and are called “pizza.” Not much else is the same. I’ll eat it, but if I’m buying a frozen dinner, there are many options ahead of it (including virtually any frozen Mexican food). And Day 2? Awful.

6. Pizza rolls. Mrs. Brad and I agreed on all rankings except this. She had this ranked above frozen pizza, which is incorrect. Pizza rolls have too much sauce in them and they burn your mouth. Given a choice, I’d cook a frozen pizza. But by far, I’d take a pizza parlor pizza. Brad Stanhope worked for five years during the 1980s at Red Baron Pizza in Eureka. Reach him at bradstanhope@ outlook.com.

Sailboat crew rescued in Pacific after abandoning ship sunk by whale

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His circumstances sounded straight out of “Moby-Dick,” but Rick Rodriguez wasn’t kidding. In his first text messages from the life raft, he said he was in serious trouble.

“Tommy this is no joke,” he typed to his friend and fellow sailor Tommy Joyce. “We hit a whale and the ship went down.”

“Tell as many boats as you can,” Rodriguez also urged. “Battery is dangerously low.”

On March 13, Rodriguez and three friends were 13 days into what was expected to be a three-week crossing from the Galápagos to French Polynesia on his 44-foot sailboat, Raindancer. Rodriguez was on watch, and he and the others were eating a vegetarian pizza for lunch around 1:30 p.m. In an interview with The Washington Post later conducted via satellite phone, Rodriguez said the ship had good winds and was sailing at about 6 knots when he heard a terrific BANG!

“The second pizza had just come out of the oven, and I was dipping a slice into some ranch dressing,” he said. “The back half of the boat lifted violently upward and to starboard.”

The sinking itself took just 15 minutes, Rodriguez said. He and his friends managed to escape onto a lifeboat and a dinghy. The crew spent just 10 hours adrift, floating about nine miles before a civilian ship plucked them from the Pacific Ocean in a seamless predawn maneuver. A combination of experience, technology and luck contributed to a speedy rescue that separates the Raindancer from similar catastrophes.

“There was never really much fear that we were in danger,” Rodriguez said.

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“Everything was in control as much as it could be for a boat sinking.”

It wasn’t lost on Rodriguez that the story that inspired Herman Melville happened in the same region. The ship Essex was also heading west from the Galápagos when it was rammed by a sperm whale in 1820; leaving the captain and some crew to endure roughly three months and resort to cannibalism before being rescued.

There have been about 1,200 reports of whales and boats colliding since a worldwide database launched in 2007, said Kate Wilson, a spokeswoman for the International Whaling Commission. Collisions that cause significant damage are rare, the U.S. Coast Guard said, noting the last rescue attributed to damage from a whale was the sinking of a 40-foot J-Boat in 2009 off Baja California, with that crew rescued by Coast Guard helicopter.

Alana Litz was the first to see what she now thinks was a Bryde’s whale as long as the boat. “I saw a massive whale off the port aft side with its side fin up in the air,” Litz said.

Rodriguez looked to see it bleeding from the upper third of its body as it slipped below the water.

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was below cooking and got thrown in the collision. She rushed up to the deck while looking to the starboard and saw a whale with a small dorsal fin 30 to 40 feet off that side, leading the group to wonder if at least two whales were present.

Within five seconds of impact, an alarm went off indicating the bottom of the boat was filling with water, and Rodriguez could see it rushing in from the stern.

Water was already above the floor within minutes. Rodriguez made a mayday call on the VHF radio and set off the Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB). The distress signal was picked up by officials in Peru, who alerted the U.S. Coast Guard District 11 in Alameda, which is in charge of U.S. vessels in the Pacific.

The crew launched the inflatable life raft, as well as the dinghy, then realized they needed to drop the sails so that line attaching the life raft didn’t snap as it got dragged behind still-moving Raindancer.

Rodriguez grabbed his snorkel gear and a tarp and jumped into the water to see if he could plug the holes, but it was futile. The area near the propeller shaft was badly punched

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in, he said.

Meanwhile, the others had gathered safety equipment, emergency gear and food. In addition to bottled water, they filled “water bottles, tea kettles and pots,” before the salt water rose above the sink, Rodriguez said.

“There was no emotion,” Rodriguez recalled. “While we were getting things done, we all had that feeling, ‘I can’t believe this is happening,’ but it didn’t keep us from doing what we needed to do and prepare ourselves to abandon ship.”

Rodriguez and Simon Fischer handed the items down to the women in the dinghy, but in the turmoil, they left a bag with their passports behind. They stepped into the water themselves just as the deck went under.

Rodriguez swam to the life raft, climbed in and looked back to see the last 10 feet of the mast sinking “at an unbelievable speed,” he said. As the Raindancer slipped away, he pulled a Leatherman from his pocket and cut the line that tethered the life raft to the boat after Litz noticed it was being pulled taut.

They escaped with enough water for about a week and with a device for catching rain, Rodriguez said. They had roughly three weeks worth of food, and a fishing pole.

The Raindancer “was well-equipped with safety equipment and multiple communication devices and had a trained crew to handle this open-ocean emergency until a rescue vessel arrived,” said Douglas Samp, U.S. Coast

Guard Pacific Area Search and Rescue Program Manager. He cautioned that new technology should not replace the use of an EPIRB, which has its own batteries.

Indeed, the one issue the crew faced was battery power. Their Iridium Go, a satellite Wi-Fi hotspot, was charged to only 32% (dropping to 18% before the rescue.) The phone that pairs with it was at 40%, and the external power bank was at 25%.

Rodriguez sent his first message to Joyce, who was sailing a boat on the same route about 180 miles behind. His second was to his brother, Roger, in Miami. He repeated most of what he had messaged to Joyce, adding, “Tell mom it’s going to be okay.”

Rick Rodriguez courtesy photo Rick Rodriguez takes a selfie of himself and Alana Litz adrift in the Pacific, March 13.

Vaca man arrested in connection to Fairfield shooting

FAIRFIELD — The Fairfield Police Department arrested 57-year-old Patrick Clay of Vacaville on March 24 for the alleged shooting of a man on March 23 in Fairfield, according to a press release.

On Thursday, members of the Community Action Team were near Delaware and Jefferson streets, when they heard multiple gunshots. A gunshot victim in the 800 block of Delaware Street was found and given first aid. He was then transported to a local hospital.

The suspect was captured on video and later identified.

On Friday, Fairfield Police Department’s Special Operations Team tracked Clay to a Vacaville residence, where the Vacaville Police Department’s SWAT team took him into custody without incident.

The suspect was booked into Solano County Jail for attempted murder and weapons-related charges.

The victim is in stable condition.

Police are continuing the investigation into a motive for the shooting but have no further evidence.

In brief

Suisun council gathers for closed session labor talks

SUISUN CITY — The City Council will have a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the council chamber, 701 Civic Center Blvd.

The council will break into a closed session for labor negotiations after roll call, conflict of interest notifications and public comments. If any action is taken, it will be announced after the closed session.

The meeting, sans closed session, may be viewed on the city’s website, www.suisun.com, or the city’s Facebook page, https://www.facebook. com/suisuncity

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Vets honored to finally receive high school diplomas in special ceremony

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FAIRFIELD — Wayne Hill, 70, fulfilled a promise Friday to his mother made long, long ago to complete his education and get a high school diploma.

During his senior year of high school at Butcher Senior High in Akron, Ohio, Hill struggled with some serious problems. He sat his mother down and told her he wanted to leave school his senior year.

“That did not go well,” he said. Hill left school with a few months remaining and joined the military. Hill was 18 years old and ready for some changes.

“I was tired of being where I was and I needed to leave,” he said.

After going to Vietnam and serving in the Air Force for eight years, traveling the world, he came to Travis Air Force Base –his last stop. He eventually settled down in Rio Vista.

“I did consider returning and getting a high school diploma but that wasn’t until the 2000s,” Hill said.

He did finish his credits and receive a GED but did not a walk down the aisle in celebration of the accomplishment. That is, until Friday when the Solano County Office of Education honored two veterans with high school diplomas: Spc. Conrad Montuya Sr, who served in the U.S. Army, and Hill, the Air Force sergeant. It was a small cere-

mony with daughters fully grown attending along with great-grandchildren, other family members, school staff and friends.

“I fulfilled my promise to my mom,” Hill said in his speech after receiving a framed copy of his diploma, which was ready to hang on the wall.

This honor is possible through a program called Operation Recognition.

“Throughout the years, thousands of young men and women left high school and the comforts of home to serve in the United States Armed Forces,” Lisette EstrellaHenderson, Solano County superintendent of schools, said during the ceremony.

The veterans who served in the Korean War, Vietnam War or World War II, as well as JapaneseAmericans relocated to internment camps during World War II, are honored through Operation Recognition with retroactive and at times posthumous high school diplomas awarded to those who were not able to receive one due to service to the country.

The Solano County Office of Education has been honoring veterans for more than a decade, Estrella-Henderson said.

Montuya’s high school only went up to the 10th grade in the Philippines. He attended Mapandan Academy School until he was 18, then he was drafted into the U.S. Army and was sent to Vietnam.

“I was too young when I went in,” he said. “I was happy to make it home

because a lot of kids didn’t make it back.”

He served two years and returned to the United States where he worked several jobs, only to realize that without a high school diploma, his options for better work were limited.

“I didn’t have enough education,” Montuya said. “So I used the GI Bill and attended a vocational school.”

He felt by then it was too late to return to a high school and get a diploma.

“Education is important,” the 76-year-old Montuya said. “I didn’t know back then how important.”

He said he was proud and happy to receive his high school diploma –even after all these years.

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Veterans Wayne Hill, left, and Conrad Montuya receive their high school diplomas during a ceremony at the Solano County Office of Education, Friday.

SUISUN VALLEY —

Native plants are tough to find in the area, so the Solano Resource Conservation District plant sale drew a crowd with everyone thinking about spring planting.

George Richmond of Fairfield and his wife help run the tasting room at Mangels Vineyard, where Saturday’s event was held. Richmond knew there would be a run on the plants and started shopping early.

“We have plants around the building and they need to be replaced every so often,” he said. “I heard native plants are hard to find, so I started early.”

Gary Mangels also came with his wife to do some creative shopping for their yard.

They bought some Oregon grape and coyote mint for the garden. Katy Mangels liked the coyote mint because it will bloom with purple flowers.

“We have a plan for the garden,” he said.

“This is helpful, coming here, because they will give you such great advice for finding plants,” she said. “Our goal is considering the watering needs of the plants. It is good to be thinking about using the least amount of water.”

Sarah McKibbin, Solano Resource Conservation District restoration project manager, is a plant expert who was happy to share her knowledge with visitors.

“It really is difficult to get a hold of native plants,” she said. “We buy them from local growers like Morningsun Herb Farm in Vacaville and resell them here.”

She also listed several other places they get the native plants for the sale, including The Watershed Nursery in Richmond; Floral Native Nursery in

Chico; Cornflower Farms in Elk Grove and they also work with Putah Creek Council to get plants.

One of the good things about purchasing native plants in California is they are adapted to the local climate and usually grow very well.

“Our pollinators are also adapted to those plants, so it is a good balance,” McKibbin said.

Solano Resource Conservation District also offered workshops on monarch butterflies, which gave people ideas for how to incorporate plants that are friendly to

those butterflies in their gardens and yards.

To assist with this, monarch habitat kits were available for purchase. The kit features native milkweed plants and various nectar plants, enough to create a waystation. Monarch waystations are crucial to the survival of monarch butterflies, providing critical resources necessary for their migration. The kits also included planting design ideas.

Pleasants Valley Fire Safe Council and Fire Safe Solano brought literature for people to learn about making their homes fire

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FAIRFIELD — Solano County’s unemployment rate in February was 4.7%, the same as an adjusted January rate, the state Employment Development Department reported Friday.

January’s numbers, delayed due to technical issues, were reported Wednesday. The rate in February 2022 for Solano County was 5.2%.

After losing 3,400 local jobs from December to January, the county gained back 1,700 of those jobs in February, the Labor Market Information Division of the EDD reported.

That took the in-county job total to 142,200.

Overall, the county’s civilian workforce also increased, from 201,200 to 203,500, with 193,900 residents being employed, the EDD reported. That is up from January’s mark of 191,700.

The number of residents seeking unemployment benefits stayed at 9,600.

The job gains were registered in construction,

despite the bad weather, with 400 additions; the Private Education and Health Services sectors also added 400 jobs; manufacturing added 200; and Leisure and Hospitality, after dropping 600 jobs from December to January, rebounded with 200 additions in February, the EDD reported. Government also added 300 jobs, spread out with 100 each in the federal agencies, state agencies and local agencies. The Farm sector added 100 jobs.

The state unemployment rate in February was 4.8%, up from 4.6% in January. The national rate was 3.9%, the same as in January, the EDD reported.

Solano ranked 23rd among the state’s 58 counties. The lowest unemployment rate was reported in San Mateo County at 2.8%, while the highest rate was found in Colusa County at 18.3%.

Solano’s mark was still the highest among the nine Bay Area counties. The next closest was Contra Costa County at 3.9%, the EDD reported.

Community Chess Tournament set April 8 in Suisun

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SUISUN CITY —

The Suisun City Youth Commission is hosting a Community Chess, QuadStyle Tournament on April 8 at the library.

safe, including planting the least flammable plants.

“You want to set up plants for resilience,” said Revalee Hemkem, a Pleasants Valley Fire Safe Council board member.

Homeowners in rural Solano County can design their plant layouts in islands and with a fire-safe design, so the fire has a path past the house, not to the house.

“People don’t realize that they don’t want to connect a fence to the

The quad-style refers to having four players at each table, with each player playing the others in three rounds of competition. It is a nonrated event, said David Knott, who helped organize the tournament and is founder of the local Chess Club. He said these types of events have been held at the mall recently, but a conflict of activities has the group back in the

Helen Van Vranken

Helen Mary Van Vranken passed away peacefully on March 5, 2023 after a brief illness. A resident of Fairfield and Suisun Valley since the 1950s, Helen was a lifelong educator who taught more than 1,000 students over a career spanning nearly four decades in Fairfield-Suisun schools. A devoted community member, Helen took great joy in helping and following her former students as they built lives based on her principles of love, respect and lifelong learning.

Born in 1933 in Sacramento to German immigrants Walter and Marie Andree, Helen thrived on her family’s small poultry ranch. After graduating from San Juan High School, Helen studied at Sacramento State College (now University) before graduating with a Bachelors in Arts and began her teaching career at Fairfield’s Travis Elementary School, teaching 4th grade. A dedicated and gifted educator, Helen excelled in motivating children and, reflecting on her own upbringing, took an avid interest in immigrants and their children, incorporating an introduction to their new home while honoring the depth and richness of their legacy cultures. Countless in our community learned to read due to Helen’s patience, perseverance, and dedication.

After moving to Suisun Valley Elementary School in the early 1970s, Helen and her family built a home on Twin Sisters where she and Bob, her husband of 66 years, raised two children. After almost fifty years Helen and Bob re-

library, which is located at 601 Pintail Drive. Space is limited so early registration is encouraged by going to www.suisun cityyouthcommission. org/chess-registration In person advance registration is from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on the day of the event. The first round of competition is a noon, followed by the second round at 1 p.m. and the third round at 2 o’clock. Trophies will be given to each of the quad winners.

located to Fairfield in late 2022.

After her retirement in the mid-1990s, Helen was a devoted volunteer at the Vacaville Museum, where she nurtured an interest in local history, while continuing to educate the public. She was a volunteer election official in her community, using the opportunity to reconnect with many friends annually, as they exercised their civic duty. In retirement, Helen traveled the world, going to Germany, Romania, Tunisia, Norway, and through the Panama Canal, among other destinations. A member of the Solano Horticulture Club for more than 20 years, Helen was delighted to beautify her environment. A devotee of the San Francisco Giants, and before them the Sacramento Solons, Helen attended Giants games every year from 1958 until 2022 (except 2020), her final game a playoff against the Dodgers in 2021, accompanied by her son.

Helen is survived by her husband Robert Howard Van Vranken, a resident of Fairfield; Michele Elizabeth Holmes (nee Van Vranken) of Glen Rose, Texas, and her husband John Holmes; Howard Andree Van Vranken, resident in Gaborone, Botswana where he serves as the U.S. Ambassador, and his wife Rebecca; her sistersin-law, June Hall of Talent, Oregon, and Sharron Andree of Granite Bay; nephew John Hall of Windsor, nieces Lisa Hall Rugg of Talent, Carla Butler of Granite Bay, and grandchildren Grace Van Vranken, Sam Holmes, Lu ke Holmes, Robert C. Van Vranken and Victor Van Vranken, in addition to hundreds of friends and former students.

A memorial will be held at the Vacaville Museum on April 5 at 2:30 p.m. Donations can be made to Vacaville Museum, 213 Buck Avenue, Vacaville, CA 95688.

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At least 2 killed in factory explosion

WEST READING, Pa. — At least two people were killed and five people remain missing after an explosion at a chocolate factory in West Reading on Friday afternoon sent a column of black smoke into the sky and blew out the windows of nearby homes, leaving some families in the small, tight-knit town still awaiting word on the fate of their relatives nearly 24 hours later.

On Saturday afternoon, Frankie Gonzalez stood atop a hill overlooking the site where his sister Diana Cedeno, 45, worked in packaging for more than a year. She has not yet been accounted for.

A cousin alerted Gonzalez to the explosion on Friday afternoon; he hasn’t slept since. As he waited for updates about his sister, whom he described as the family matriarch, Gonzalez fiddled with a pair of binoculars he bought to help see if Cedeno is carried out of the rubble.

“It’s stressful not knowing,” said Gonzalez. “You’re up against a wall.”

Officials have said it is not yet clear what caused the explosion at the R.M. Palmer Co., a major candy manufacturer that specializes in making hollow chocolate Easter bunnies.

But on Saturday morning, West Reading Police Chief Wayne Holben offered some hopeful news.

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League of Women classes provide Solano students with hands-on civics tutoring

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FAIRFIELD — A new League of Women Voters of Solano County program is providing civics learning opportunities to middle school, high school and community college students.

Alice Fried, a community activist from Vacaville and a league board member, initiated the program titled Democracy Matters: A League of Women Voters of Solano County Civics Class.

“What’s missing in civics education in the classroom now is information on the role citizens must play to make government work,” Fried said in a statement released by the league. “We are a government ‘of the people, by the people and for the people.’ Therefore, citizens need to know how government works to effectively participate, especially in local government, which is the most impactful on everyday life.”

The Solano Youth Coalition and students at Golden Hills Community School were the first to participate in the class.

It consisted of “training on three league tools in keeping with its mission to encourage citizen participation in the local government process: an

Rebuilding Together takes sign-ups for veteran home rehab

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FAIRFIELD — Rebuilding Together Solano County is accepting applications through March 31 for its Veteran Homes Rehabilitation Program. The program “provides low-income veterans and surviving spouses of veterans the ability to remain in their home safely and with dignity,” the organization said in a statement.

Rebuilding Together also has scheduled a number of smoke and carbon monoxide alarm installation days, and volunteers are welcome to help, but must register in advance by sending an email to ehoffman.rtsc@ gmail.com or by calling 707-580-9360.

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house because the fire just runs right up it to the house,” Hemkem said.

David Stevens, president of the Pleasants Valley Fire Safe Council, wants people to know that the council can come out to people’s homes, assess for fire danger and give suggestions for a plan of attack to make the house safer.

“We have a list, and it seems overwhelming for some but, really, it is

The first workday was Saturday at the Fairfield Casa Nova Mobile Home Park, 2701 Martin Road in Fairfield. Travis Air Force Base fire personnel were on hand. Disaster Safety Home Kits also were distributed.

The next workday is April 1, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 1 at the Fairfield Dover Mobile Home Park, 2121 Walters Road, and Country Club Estates Mobile Home Park, 1800 E. Tabor Ave., both in Fairfield. Again, Travis Air Force Base fire personnel will be on hand.

Those who wish to sign up for the rehab program can contact Rebuilding Together at the email address and phone number listed above.

about creating a long-term plan,” he said. “You don’t have to change everything at once.”

Everything counts toward home protection, even the plants that are placed around the property. If you missed the plant sale, no worries – it will be back in the fall at a new location.

For information on the Pleasant Valley Fire Safe Council go to https:// pleasantsvalleyagriculture association.com/fire-safecouncil. For the Solano Fire Council, go to www. solanorcd.org

Observer Corps Training, emphasizing ways and means to civilly observe and engage in local government and board meetings; Voter Education Training on voter registration as well as how to use voting technology and equipment; and training on how to organize and conduct a forum using civil rules of engagement and fairness techniques embraced by the historic League of Women Voters,” according to the

league statement. The program included a mock city council meeting Feb. 4 at the Suisun City council chamber with Solano Youth Council students.

Fried led the training with help from Solano Youth Coalition Project Coordinator Rebecca Floyd and Program Manager Johanna Nowak-Palmer.

Mayor Alma Hernandez and City Manager Greg Folsom also participated, along with Fairfield-

Suisun School District Trustee Ana Petero, Vacaville City Council members Jeanette Wylie, Greg Ritchie and Sarah Chapman, former Vacaville City Councilman Nolan Sullivan, and league member Sandy Coury.

“The training included direct instruction on how local government affects daily life; why and how to attend a city council meeting to observe and provide input; and how to engage and communi-

cate with elected officials and other community members,” the league statement said.

Students were also informed on sunshine laws, the national Freedom of Information Act as well as the Brown Act, the state’s open meeting law. Solano Youth Coalition students served as council members in the mock meeting, giving the students “a real-life enactment of how to read an agenda and address the council members in a proper and constructive way.” Similar classes were held at Golden Hills in January with Fried, Petero, Suisun City Vice Mayor Princess Washington and Vacaville City Councilman Jason Roberts participating, along with Solano County Assistant Registrar of Voters John Gardner.

Students were trained on the actual equipment used during Election Day, “so students could see firsthand how a person registers to vote and how to fill out and submit a ballot through the scanner.” Gardner said, “If we can hook students early, then there is a higher chance they will stay involved.”

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suisun City Council member Princess Washington talks to Golden Hills school students about the importance of making good choices in one of the league’s Voter Education Program classes in January 2023.

Blake Austin to occupy vacant downtown Vaca office space

VACAVILLE — The single largest office space vacancy in downtown Vacaville will soon be filled by Blake Austin College after its acquisition by a Delaware partnership that is growing its nationwide portfolio of post-secondary education programs in the health care field.

Blake Austin College, currently educating 200 students in nursing, medical assisting and dental assisting in its Orange Drive facility, will soon fill 23,700 square feet of 770 Mason Street Centre, space previously occupied by Sutter Medical Foundation. Sutter consol idated its health services Jan. 31 to the third floor of the building.

Because the college draws students from a much wider geographic region, the downtown business district will see benefit, especially in restaurants and retail shopping, according to a press release to announce the private college’s plans.

Demolition has already begun with construction slated to start soon with the hope the college will welcome students to its new state-of-the-art education facilities in about six months, according to Brent Mills, the CEO and majority owner of BMI.

“We are looking forward to forging a cooperative working rela-

tionship with the city of Vacaville, its building and planning departments, as this will be mutually beneficial to all the parties involved,” Mills said in the press release. “We are excited about acquiring Blake Austin College from its founder, Joanie Reed, who developed it into a very successful educational institution in Vacaville.”

BMI, represented by Commercial Concepts Inc. of Torrance, recently signed a long-term lease with the local owners of 770 Mason Street Centre,

which was represented by Spectrum Properties of Vacaville. BMI’s purchase of the college closed in April 2022.

“This has been a rewarding experience for us, working with BMI in bringing Blake Austin College to the historic downtown district, and wholeheartedly welcoming them to their newest, leading-edge facility,” Traci Perry, principal with Spectrum Properties, said in the press release.

In addition to the Vacaville college, BMI owns and operates Blue Cliff

College with six locations across Louisiana, in Gulfport, Mississippi and in the Bronx, New York. It comprises 1,300 students in nursing, medical assisting, dental assisting, massage therapy and cosmetology.

It also owns Southern Technical College and Southern Technical Institute with 10 locations across central and western Florida instructing 2,000 students in the fields of nursing, medical assisting, laboratory technician, surgical technician, and veterinary assisting and technical trades.

Vacaville chamber introduces new logo

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VACAVILLE — The Vacaville Chamber of Commerce will soon unveil a new logo “with a vibrant, fresh look to complement the organization’s growth and provide a more modern brand mark.”

“Our core mission, to support businesses and help generate economic development, hasn’t changed,” board Chairman Ed Rapisarda said in a statement.

“But how we do that is constantly evolving to meet the needs of our members and our community. We thought our logo should evolve, too. Although change can be difficult, we have embraced the process of creating new approaches and opportunities to how we do business and continue to look at ways to improve every part of our organization, including our logo,” Rapisarda said.

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oped the new logo.

“The logo has both circular and horizontal iterations and features a prominent ‘V’ for Vacaville along with a stylized silhouette of Mount Vaca. A completely new color palette was chosen compared to the previous logo, with colors representing confidence, innovation, optimism, trustworthiness and competence. All traits the Vacaville chamber strives to embody,” the statement said.

“This new logo represents a new era for the Vacaville chamber. The detrimental impacts of Covid gave us an opportunity to re-evaluate everything that we do and rebuild our organization. We’ve worked diligently on growing our staff to better serve our members, on adding programs to our portfolio like the Vacaville Restaurant Alliance, Shop Local Vacaville and Lemonade Day, and on finding new ways to become an essential community partner. The momentum

we feel is exciting and we think it resonates with all the people and businesses that we interact with,” Debbie Egidio, president and chief executive officer of the chamber, said in the statement.

The logo is expected to

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Benicia downtown egg hunt set April 1-2

The 2023 Downtown Benicia Egg Hunt has been scheduled for noon to 4 p.m. April 1-2.

“All participating businesses will be given a designated egg to display in their respective business window.

Attendees who are participating can pick up a game card at Benicia Main Street, 90 First St., or download from www. beniciamainstreet.org, directing them to solve the puzzle by visiting each business front,” the organizers said in a statement.

“Each egg will have a picture and letter with a corresponding space on the game card. Once all storefronts have been visited, the game card will be completed and participants can collect a prize and get a picture with the Easter Bunny at Compass, 615 First St., between 1 and 4 p.m., both

April 1 and April 2.”

Save Mart, Lucky, FoodMaxx offer gas rewards

Save Mart, Lucky and FoodMaxx shoppers can earn up to $20 in gas rewards when purchasing specially marked items through April 4. The promotion started Wednesday.

“We understand that our shoppers face the challenge of staying within ever-tighter budgets and we continue to look for ways to offer savings and valuable rewards each time they shop,” Donovan Ford, senior vice president of Store Operations at The Save Mart Companies, said in a statement.

“Just in time for seasonal travels, we are excited to launch this special spring program that will help shoppers save money and fill up their gas tanks.”

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Musk says Twitter will get rid of blue check marks unless users pay

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Blue check marks are about to change on Twitter – again.

Twitter tweeted Friday that it will finally do what new owner Elon Musk has been saying for months - remove the small blue check marks, once used to denote notable accounts whose identities had been verified, unless users pay $8 a month.

The company said the change will roll out April 1, leading some to speculate it could also be an elaborate April Fools’ joke.

Still, some users reported seeing a pop-up when they logged into Twitter warning them to subscribe to Twitter Blue to avoid losing their check mark.

Twitter did not immediately respond to a

request for comment.

Shortly after taking over the company for $44 billion last October, Musk said he would expand a preexisting paid version of Twitter to include paying for a blue check mark – verification once reserved for celebrities, authors, journalists, CEOs and others whom Twitter had vetted.

Experts have expressed concern that Musk’s new plan for blue check marks could lead to confusion on the app about whether accounts truly have their identities verified.

Musk tweeted Friday that “any individual person’s Twitter account affiliated with a verified organization is automatically verified.” Organizations can See Twitter, Page A7

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Blake Austin College will soon fill 23,700 square feet of 770 Mason Street Centre in Vacaville.

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verify their accounts for $1,000 a month, according to the post. Twitter’s information page about verified organizations suggests it costs $50 for affiliate organizations to also receive a check mark.

Twitter’s new paid checkmark system breaks different accounts down with different colors - organizations receive a gold check mark, individuals get blue and governments are noted with a gray check.

The initial launch for Musk’s new paid blue check mark led to impersonations of major brands and celebrities. Twitter quickly rolled back the new Twitter Blue and didn’t relaunch it for a month, after which it said accounts would be “manually authenticated” before receiving a check mark.

Twitter has been in upheaval since Musk took over the company and cut thousands of jobs. The billionaire has more

than 130 million followers on Twitter and uses the platform to make company announcements and voice his opinions on politics, free speech and memes. The site has suffered several outages since Musk took over, in some cases as minor changes to Twitter’s code appeared to break the website. Earlier this month, thousands of users were unable to access links and photos on the site.

“The code stack is extremely brittle for no good reason,” Musk tweeted at the time.

“Will ultimately need a complete rewrite.”

Musk’s leadership has been met with ire from some who feared rising hate speech on the site and a lack of safety guardrails, especially after layoffs and departures left Twitter with a skeletal Trust and Safety team. But others have praised Musk’s stated commitment to allow more “free speech” on the site.

Musk has committed to making public Twitter’s decision-making process on which content to boost. He has argued that accounts engaging in hateful tweets won’t have

“freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach.”

He tweeted last week that Twitter would “open source” all of the software code it uses to recommend tweets on March 31,

He expects there to be hiccups in the short-term, amid the swarm of changes.

“People will discover many silly things, but we’ll patch issues as soon as they’re found!”

should lead to rapid improvement in recommendation quality. Most importantly, we hope to earn your trust.”

Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post file (2020) elon Musk at Kennedy space Center in Florida, May 30, 2020.

Newsom displays penchant for shiny new things on California tour

As a species, politicians love news conferences and other events that celebrate new programs or public works projects.

The syndrome may explain why officials often ignore long-festering problems in existing programs, such as the Employment Development Department and the bullet train project. Simply making things work better doesn’t have the political appeal of something new and shiny.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is particularly prone to the affliction, declaring early on his love for “big, hairy audacious goals” and later adding, “I’d rather be accused of (having) those audacious stretch goals than be accused of timidity.” That proclivity led him, as a candidate, to pledge that he would try to solve California’s housing crisis by building 3.5 million new houses and apartments by 2025 and make California the first state to embrace single-payer health care.

Later, when both proved to be unattainable, he declared them to be “aspirational” rather than firm promises.

Newsom’s tendency toward the grandiose was very evident this month when he once again shunned a traditional State of the State address to the Legislature and instead toured the state for serial announcements.

One is converting San Quentin prison into a laboratory to test whether a softer approach to preparing felons for release, modeled after a program in Norway, will be more effective in steering them away from crime. Newsom boasted that the renamed San Quentin Rehabilitation Center will be the “most innovative rehabilitation facility” in the nation, displaying another characteristic, his obsession with being the first to do something.

The splashiest of Newsom’s new things is a multibillion-dollar plan to house thousands of homeless and mentally ill Californians in new facilities that would combine shelter with treatment for their afflictions.

The project would be financed mostly by a bond issue in the $3-5 billion range to be placed before voters next year and would be an adjunct to Newsom’s “Care Court” program that allows the mentally ill to be compelled to accept treatment.

“It’s unacceptable what we’re dealing with at scale now in California,” Newsom said. “We have to address and come to grips with the reality of mental health in our state and in our nation.”

Even if implemented as hoped, the two mental health projects would make only a relatively tiny dent in the state’s homelessness crisis. California still lacks a comprehensive approach and is mired in finger-pointing among state, county and city officials over who’s responsible for dealing with it.

Billions of dollars have been spent by all three levels of California government, plus no small amount of federal funds, but the number of unhoused Californians continues to climb, officially approaching 200,000 but probably much higher.

The exchanges between Newsom and county officials have been especially pointed. He’s accused counties of dragging their feet on effectively spending state grant money while county officials say they need a dedicated and predictable revenue stream for long-term programs.

As Newsom was touring the state, the California State Association of Counties, or CSAC, issued what it said is a comprehensive approach to homelessness embracing housing, social services, education and employment with clear lines of responsibility and accountability for outcomes.

“No one level of government is solely responsible for the homelessness crisis,” CSAC president Chuck Washington, a Riverside County supervisor, said in a statement. “But any and all efforts to address homelessness will fail without a comprehensive system in which roles and responsibilities are clear.”

Fundamentally, CSAC is calling for making the systems and services already in place work better. That doesn’t have much political appeal but is, to use one of Newsom’s favorite words, “foundational” for progress on the homelessness crisis.

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

Our school board is a circus

What is going on with our school board? Any time board member Ana Petero posts an opinion, the comments are flooded with Board Member David Isom and other board members attacking her – just her mind you – because she is usually just asking for accountability and all they seem to be able to do is insult her. The wild part is she was the only voted-for person on that board for a very long time. We as a community voted her in.

In her time on this board, she’s spent time in our communities and with our kids. She has office hours for concerned parents and will meet with anyone who wants to make this place better. She has been censured and yelled at and walked out on (lest we forget when Mr. Isom walked out halfway through a meeting). Yet she remains here and still does more for our communities than the rest of that board put together.

It is so wild to me that I have just been watching this circus

unfold, with grown humans bullying others because they are asking for accountability.

I don’t see anything wrong with Ms. Petero’a opinion or her asking for accountability. She is just doing her job, and the attacks are just wild. The hostility during board meetings are childish. Can you all just remember that you work for us and start behaving like adults yet?

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Student opposes censure of Jack Flynn

It was announced in public comment at the March 16 FairfieldSuisun School District Governing Board meeting that Board Member Craig Wilson posted a message called “Request for Document Review.”

Mr. Wilson’s post detailed an effort by board members Helen Tilley, Judi Honeychurch and Wilson to censure Trustee Jack Flynn over an alleged recording he made Dec. 1, 2022. There are many concerning

issues with this post. First is Mr. Wilson’s detailing of closed session information, which is a clear violation of the Brown Act, which requires the district to keep closed session information confidential. This is problematic as it brings up major and serious liability issues. Furthermore, this shows an effort by Tilley, Honeychurch and Wilson to censure Flynn only one month after he was sworn in.

As a student, I am disappointed the Governing Board members are retaliating against a board member and leaking closed session information. I feel like Flynn is the only board member who can connect with me and care about my issues. He is the only board member who is able to provide a young perspective to the Governing Board. I do not know why Tilley, Honeychurch and Wilson have this unwarranted hatred of him. I support Flynn against these mean and petty attacks. This whole situation has deeply eroded my confidence in the Fairfield-Suisun School District.

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Trustee Petero doesn’t understand governance

Ana Petero was elected to be a member of Fairfield-Suisun School District’s governance team. She was not hired as an administrator or the superintendent. Her role is governance. Yet, despite being in this position for more than two years, having attended professional development, having received literature on governance, and having worked with experienced board members, she believes she knows better.

This board member has yet to even sign the board agreed-upon Governance Handbook.

Trustee Petero is not interested in facts. Her lack of understanding as to her role and her constant disruptive behavior has not only affected many people’s well-being, it has also been financially costly to the district.

Some people like sensationalized opinion pieces set out to tarnish reputations with half-truths. I prefer facts. Here are some facts related to Ana Petero’s latest opinion piece in the Daily Republic.

1. Board members do not “represent” schools as Ms. Petero claims. They are assigned schools, by the superintendent, to visit throughout the year at special events. This helps distribute governing board members’ time, so they don’t feel compelled to attend every school event throughout the district each year.

2. With regard to the “End 68 Hours of Hunger” program, an unknown person showed up at two school sites without the site principals’ knowledge and had to be turned away because the schools did not have the personnel to assist in the food distribution. The principals informed Ms. Petero that she needed to notify the superintendent, which she did belatedly. The correct procedure would have been to notify the superintendent ahead of time of the program’s offer so plans could be made on how to provide the food and

what help might be needed. Much time and frustration could have been avoided if Ms. Petero had followed established board procedures.

3. Trustee Petero’s assertion that the Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) testing is unnecessary and too expensive is not correct. The Local Control Accountability Plan outlines the need for local assessments to measure student achievement. Our district chose MAP as our local assessment, which has a high degree of validity and reliability. It is a nationally normed assessment and is used across the country. There are many benefits to students and staff if the assessment is used properly. Those who use MAP to assist in meeting the needs of students have excellent results. Ms. Petero refuses to believe any parent, teacher or administrator who says these assessments are useful to meeting the needs of students. MAP assessments also assist our students and teachers in preparing each spring for the statewide assessments. The results of these state assessments are published yearly on the Assessment and Accountability Dashboard.

4. Another false assertion by Trustee Petero is that the district’s “Literacy Program has proven to be a bust.” This is not true. Students in our third grade reading intervention showed an average 12-point growth on MAP from fall to winter compared to a 7.9-point growth for third-graders districtwide. So, thanks to our Literacy Program efforts, we are closing the achievement gap.

5. Ms. Petero claims while visiting school sites with the Fairfield Suisun Unified Teachers’ Association president she sees “. . . at the other end of town, teachers look exhausted as they drag their trolley loads of supplies to their overcrowded classes.” Class sizes are very similar throughout the district. In fact, some of our schools west of the freeway have classrooms

closer to the contractual maximums. Lowering class sizes requires more teachers. We have a teacher shortage. Returning our six (not 11 as Ms. Petero claims) literacy specialists to the classroom would not necessarily make class size lower. Additionally, Title I schools have significantly more funding than non-title schools. There is no reason why teachers need to “drag trolley loads of supplies into their classrooms.”

6. When Ms. Petero asked why the “least experienced teachers were assigned to our Title I schools,” she was told the district isn’t allowed to transfer veteran teachers as outlined by the Fairfield Suisun Unified Teachers’ Association contract.

7. Ms. Petero’s assertion, with regard to the Long-Term Independent Study program, that “parental requests were dismissed by the superintendent as teacher laziness” is totally false. Ms. Petero claimed that ”virtual meetings are an accommodation provided for in the LCAP.”

This accommodation is not in the LCAP. Virtual meetings are allowed by the Education Code but would require a change in our board policy. Board policy cannot just be changed midyear as it could result in an audit finding. The Governance Subcommittee, of which I am a member, will be meeting this school year to discuss and recommend changes for LongTerm Independent Study next year.

Trustee Petero’s behavior is negatively affecting the mission of our school district to educate our children. She destroys and does not build.

Judi Honeychurch is a trustee, previous teacher, administrator and previous governing board president in the Fairfield-Suisun School District.

The views expressed in this column are her own and do not necessarily represent the views of the school district or of the governing board.

Dan Walters

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Tornadoes tear through rural Mississippi, Alabama, killing 26

The WashingTon PosT ROLLING FORK, Miss. — An entire town, flattened. Injured people staggering out of what was left of their homes, impaled with debris. And no tornado siren to be heard.

That scene is what professional storm chaser Zachary Hall found driving into Rolling Fork, Miss., after a tornado roared through.

“There were people everywhere, too many to count,” Hall said. “We initially saw a group of

seven or eight people with injuries.”

More than a dozen tornadoes reportedly tore through Mississippi and Alabama on Friday night, leaving at least 26 dead and a swath of devastation 100 miles wide as severe weather continued to threaten various parts of the United States. There is utter destruction everywhere in Rolling Fork. Homes and businesses have been reduced to rubble. Mangled cars lay flipped. Massive trees were uprooted and tossed.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 23

5:25 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 2800

block of DOVER AVENUE

5:47 a.m. — Forgery, 4400 block of CENTRAL WAY

6:47 a.m. — Vandalism, 2300

block of MALIBU COURT

8:50 a.m. — Battery, 2800 block of DOVER AVENUE

10:14 a.m. — Trespassing, 1900 block of GRANDE CIRCLE

11:26 a.m. — Arson, 1900 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET

12:59 p.m. — Commercial burglary, 1500 block of WEST TEXAS STREET

2:30 p.m. — Assault with a deadly weapon, 700 block of DELAWARE STREET

2:32 p.m. — Brandishing a weapon, 1400 block of OLIVER ROAD

3:32 p.m. — Residential

2400 block of CINNABAR DRIVE

4:11 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 1200

of SHELL COURT 4:35 p.m. — Robbery, JEFFERSON STREET

4:37 p.m. — Forgery, 2100 block of CAMBRIDGE DRIVE

4:43 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 1000 block of WEBSTER STREET

6:42 p.m. — Battery, 700 block of EAST TRAVIS BOULEVARD

6:59 p.m. — Battery, 500 block of MADISON STREET

7:18 p.m. — Grand theft, 1900 block of OXFORD DRIVE

9:09 p.m. — Battery, 1000 block of KENTUCKY STREET FRIDAY, MARCH 24

7:15 a.m. — Indecent exposure, 500 block of SAN DIMAS STREET

7:59 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 2300 block of HANCOCK DRIVE

9:45 a.m. — Battery, 300 block of BECK AVENUE

10:58 a.m. — Commercial

burglary, 1500 block of WEST

TEXAS STREET

11:49 a.m. — Indecent exposure, 3200 block of NORTH

TEXAS STREET

11:53 a.m. — Vandalism, 4500 block of TOLENAS ROAD

12:41 p.m. — Fight with a weapon, 2100 block of NORTH

TEXAS STREET

12:46 p.m. — Battery, 1200

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including justice-involved individuals, veterans, older Californians and former foster youth.”

It supports updated local workforce development and investment boards “to address employment for unhoused populations” and working with California community colleges “to develop programs that support the formerly unhoused.”

Access to training and

It was all part of one of the deadliest tornado events in Mississippi’s history. Sharkey and Humphreys counties, both rural areas of the state that are predominantly Black, were the hardest hit, especially their towns of Rolling Fork and Silver City.

“The loss will be felt in these towns forever,” Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) wrote on Twitter. He later added “Devastating damage - as everyone knows. This is a tragedy.”

The tornadoes stretched from the Louisiana border

of Mississippi through Alabama as part of a supercell, or rotating thunderstorm - a rare, extended path for such a storm. The deadly devastation was amplified by the twisters’ ferocity, which crushed many of the area’s mobile homes, which are more vulnerable to destruction from strong winds. And the storm’s nocturnal path took residents by surprise as they slept.

“People here are devastated,” said Leroy Smith Jr., a member of the Sharkey County Board of

Supervisors. “Last night they had their houses. Today they don’t.”

Winds gusted up to 80 mph while sheets of rain and hail the size of golf balls pounded the region. Dozens are injured, and four missing people were accounted for by Saturday afternoon, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said.

Severe storms also rolled through parts of the Southeast and Ohio Valley on Saturday, downing trees and power lines. One tornado was reported

in Barber in southern Alabama, near the border with Georgia, around 9 a.m. Saturday.

For Sunday, the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center forecast an elevated risk of severe thunderstorms in a zone running from central Louisiana to southeast North Carolina, including southern Mississippi and Alabama. “Large hail to very large hail should be the main threat,” the center wrote. “Damaging winds and a few tornadoes also appear possible.”

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block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD

1 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 2000 block of DUNCAN COURT

2:08 p.m. — Trespassing, 800 block of EAST TRAVIS BOULEVARD

3:14 p.m. — Residential burglary, 1900 block of HANCOCK DRIVE

4:13 p.m. — Reckless driver, ACACIA STREET

4:17 p.m. — Forgery, 2400 block of FLATLEY CIRCLE

4:57 p.m. — Forgery, 1100 block of ALASKA AVENUE

6:52 p.m. — Battery, 1300 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD

6:52 p.m. — Battery, 1000 block of WEBSTER STREET

6:54 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 1400 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET

7:09 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, WATERMAN BOULEVARD

7:14 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, CEMENT HILL ROAD

7:23 p.m. — Indecent exposure, 1300 block of HOLIDAY LANE

8:57 p.m. — Drunken driver, PEABODY ROAD

11:53 p.m.

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groundwater replenishment projects, stormwater capture and recycling programs here in the state of California,” he said.

Provisions around wasteful use will remain in place, including prohibitions on watering lawns within 48 hours of rainfall and using hoses without shut-off nozzles. A ban on watering nonfunctional turf at commercial and industrial properties is also unchanged.

The remarkable turnaround comes after California’s driest three years on record left reservoirs drained and water supplies drastically reduced. A series of drenching storms at the start of this year helped ease some of the most extreme drought conditions in the state, refilling rivers and reservoirs and delivering near-record snowpack in the Sierra Nevada. State water agencies – which were girding to receive only 35% of requested supplies from the State Water Project this year – will now get 75%, officials from the Department of Water Resources said. The State Water Project is a vast network of reservoirs, canals and dams that acts as a major component of California’s water system.

“We’ve been able to do this because of the series of winter storms that have really provided robust flows throughout the system,” said John Yarbrough, assistant deputy director at DWR.

326,000 gallons. The allocation could increase even more in April, Yarbrough said. However, he and other officials stressed that the governor’s emergency proclamation was being modified – not removed.

“We’re modifying it as opposed to eliminating it because first, there are portions of the state that continue to experience acute water shortages,” said California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot. That includes the Klamath Basin in far Northern California and portions of Southern California that depend on the Colorado River, he said.

“We’re also maintaining yet modifying the proclamation because there are continued emergency impacts and drought conditions across the state, including ... communities and households that lack drinking water coming out of their taps,” Crowfoot said.

Still, the change was welcome news after a grueling, bone-dry three years wrought devastation on the lives and businesses of millions of Californians.

In 2022, significant cuts in water deliveries saw irrigated farmland shrink by 752,000 acres –cutting crop revenues by $1.7 billion and costing an estimated 12,000 agricultural jobs.

The number of dry wells soared, particularly in the Central Valley, as farmers continued to suck supplies from the ground to make up for reduced allocations, often leaving the state’s most vulnerable residents with little water and even less recourse.

ropolitan Water District of Southern California, lifted some of its restrictions last week, however local water suppliers may still have regulations in place. Newsom administration officials said provisions centered on groundwater supplies will also remain in place, including those that enable the state to assist communities with dry wells and respond to emergencies as needed.

The provisions reflect that “we continue to have a groundwater drought, a groundwater deficit,” said Joaquin Esquivel, chair of the State Water Resources Control Board.

Despite the surface water surplus, deficits in groundwater won’t be remedied by a single wet year, he said.

Crowfoot said removing the 15% voluntary reduction is part of a larger goal to move away from numeric targets and focus on a “more durable approach” to making conservation a way of life.

“It’s not about going back to normal anymore –it’s really adjusting to a new normal, and that is intensifying extremes,” Crowfoot said. He said he would not declare the drought over.

“If we declared the drought over and removed any emergency provisions, we would be unable to quickly and effectively provide support where those conditions still exist,” he said, such as providing bottled water supplies to communities whose wells have run dry.

infrastructure and drew criticism from communities left in harm’s way.

Swelling rivers in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, Los Angeles and other parts of the state this winter also drew criticism of California’s ability to capture stormwater at state and local levels, and to adequately manage flows for humans and the environment.

Water managers said they are working to boost the state’s ability to capture and store water and to modernize infrastructure under the governor’s Strategy for a Hotter, Drier California, unveiled last August. Those efforts include recent moves to divert more than 600,000 acrefeet of water from the swollen San Joaquin River to help replenish groundwater basins in the Central Valley.

“I take a backseat to no governor in the United States of America in terms of my environmental stewardship and passion,” Newsom said. “But we have a responsibility to one another to also recognize the nature of change. Things are not static. They’re not the way they were 20, 30, 40 years ago, and we have to be more nimble and we have to be more flexible.”

State officials also acknowledged that Southern California’s other major source – the Colorado River – remains in dire condition.

other programs for justice-involved individuals and expanded efforts “to assist more qualifying aged, blind and disabled persons to obtain SSI/SSP benefits and expand subsidized housing placements for these populations” are also tenants in the plan.

No specific funding recommendations are included.

The committee also will consider an update on procedures to deal with childhood sexual assault, several election matters, hazardous materials and a mental health bill.

At a 35% allocation, the agency would have delivered about 1.4 million acre-feet of water to its 29 member agencies, Yarbrough said. The increase will “more than double that amount” to about 3.1 million acre-feet. An acre-foot is approximately

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demonstrating that each new or modified turbine within the facility is not within the line-of-sight of the base’s Digital Airport Surveillance Radar.

n Explicitly recognize that larger commercial wind energy generation facilities can and do have adverse impacts on the

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submitted. The current plan began July 1, 2020, and sunsets June 30, 2025.

The Annual Agency Plan submitted each year provides information using a HUD-required template for the upcoming fiscal year, July 1 through June 30, 2024.

The Housing Authority Board voted Feb. 14 to approve the agency’s execution and submission of the Moving To Work Amendment to the Annual Contributions Contract

Urban areas also saw unprecedented water restrictions that led to one- and two-day-a-week outdoor watering limits for 7 million people in Southern California, among other rules.

The region’s massive water wholesaler, the Met-

surveillance radar and thereby negatively affect the operations and mission of Travis Air Force Base.

n Retain existing General Plan policies that generally encourage the development and use of renewable energy sources, but clarify as county land use development policy that the protection of the operations and mission of Travis Air Force Base takes priority

for the agency to officially become a Moving to Work Agency.

As a Moving to Work Agency, the Housing Authority is provided greater flexibility in its administration of the Housing Choice Voucher Program program. This allows for opportunities to customize the program to meet the needs of participants and to reduce administrative costs, according to a staff report.

Because the Housing Authority is now designated as a Moving to Work Agency, the agency is required to submit a Moving to Work Supplemental Plan in addition

Such “climate whiplash” behavior – or swings between extreme wetness and dryness – was exemplified by the recent storms, including deadly blizzards in the San Bernardino Mountains and devastating flooding in Monterey County and the Central Valley.

The flooding – driven in many places by levee breaches – shined a spotlight on the state’s aging

over the development of new commercial wind energy generation facilities or the modification of existing facilities to increase their production capacity.

Also in the afternoon session is the public hearing on zone text changes “to revise and update definitions and regulations for short-term lodging facilities, and to serve as the Short-Term Rental Ordi-

to the Annual Agency Plan each year. As a new Moving to Work Agency, this is the first annual Moving to Work Supplemental Plan.

The Housing Authority board may choose not to approve the Vacaville Housing Authority Public Housing Agency Plan and Moving to Work Supplemental Plan. This would mean the Housing Authority would not be able to submit an approved plan by the April 17 deadline as required by HUD regulation.

Not submitting an approved plan by the deadline would jeopardize the $12.6 million in annual

The river is a water lifeline that supplies about 40 million people, but drought and overuse have left its reservoirs dangerously low, with water managers warning that Lake Mead could soon drop below its lowest intake valve and effectively cut off supplies for the American West. Federal officials have ordered California and six other states to drastically reduce their use of that river, but so far no agreement has been reached.

nance in unincorporated Solano County.”

Along with Butler’s presentation, the board, in the early session, will conduct a public hearing to consider “approval of the Solano County Housing Authority Public Housing Agency Annual Plan and Moving-to-Work Supplemental Plan.”

A presentation on National Public Health Week in Solano County leads off the agenda.

federal grant funding used to ensure more than 1,000 households a month in Vacaville have decent, safe and affordable housing, according to the staff report.

The Housing Authority held a virtual meeting for the public in February and earlier this month.

The budget for any expenses related to this item is included in the annual operating budget for housing grants.

A full agenda for the meeting is available at https://www.ci.vacaville. ca.us/government/ agendas-and-minutes

China’s cultural revolution: Could it happen here?

Afederal judge is heckled, eventually withdrawing from a lecture at Stanford University. A political speaker is chased from the campus of the University of California at Davis as an unruly mob breaks campus windows. A law school professor resigns from Georgetown University due to controversy surrounding his views.

Unpopular opinions, it seems, might “trigger” the student body. Fetch the smelling salts!

I trained at Georgetown as a Rheumatology Fellow, and I serve as clinical professor at UC Davis. Is free expression imperiled at my old stomping grounds? I hope not. UC Berkeley, where I also studied, was home to the Free Speech Movement in the 1960s. Who won that battle, actually?

Rand Paul, an ophthalmologist and United States senator, authored “The Case Against Socialism” with Kelley Ashby Paul (Harper Collins Press, 2019) detailing the oppressive actions of centrally planned governments. Chapter 26, “All aspects of culture eventually become targets for the planners,” describes a chilling period in the People’s Republic of China beginning in 1966. The “Great Leap Forward,” a collectivist agricultural mandate, had resulted in massive famine during the preceding decade. Tens of millions of Chinese died from starvation and poverty.

Mao’s youthful Red Guard sought to punish opponents of communism, enforcing orthodoxy. The failure of the Great Leap Forward was attributed to lack of loyalty. Indoctrination was pursued. The Red Guard was comprised of zealots who would attack and ostracize anyone appearing to be “bourgeois.” Are we seeing anything similar today in our public square?

Millions were brutalized by the Red Guard. Paul estimates that perhaps 500,000 Chinese people died in ensuing years. Public shaming and forced confessions were pursued with sadistic enthusiasm. Deng Xiaoping, who would lead China in the 1980s, was temporarily purged in 1967, as was the father of the current Chinese president, Xi Jinping.

By way of comparison, we see today’s American university students harassing anyone deemed insufficiently “woke.” For example, the federal judge visiting Stanford was thought to be in opposition to contemporary gender ideology, as I understand the recent reports. Rather than asking the judge about this concern, Stanford’s law students chose to shut his speech down. The cooperation of a Diversity and Equity administrator was broadcast, as she harangued the distinguished jurist. Another official apologized to the judge, only to fall into the crosshairs of a protesting crowd. Will Stanford’s future lawyers represent clients? The lawyers I encounter debate enthusiastically, every day.

Pol Pot, known as “Brother Number One” to fellow communists, presided over the Killing Fields of Cambodia in the 1970s, a notorious homicidal event. Educated in France and inculcated with Leninist ideals, Pol Pot embarked on a program of killing scholarly Cambodians. Survivors labored in the countryside. Wearing eye-

Babesiosis, a tickborne disease, now endemic in 10 states

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Babesiosis, a tickborne disease, is endemic in 10 U.S. states, according to a March report by the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The parasitic disease primarily occurs within the Northeast and Midwest. As cases continue to rise in several states, the CDC has advised for an increase in tick prevention messaging and traveler risk awareness.

glasses, considered as an indicator of higher education, resulted in execution. Nearly 30% of Cambodia’s population perished.

The Pol Pot episode represents an extreme example of depravity. I doubt we are heading that way in America. Nonetheless, history provides cautionary stories.

Ronald Reagan observed, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on . . . .” We can also decide where to send alumni donations and tuition dollars.

The “Marketplace of Ideas” was linked to Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841-1935) and British philosopher John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) in his book “On Liberty.” Both battled “tyranny of the majority.” Yet we still find our freedom stifled generations later. Consider efforts to label divergent views as “misinformation.” Who decides that?

This column reflects my philosophical outlook. I am not purporting to express the views of any educational institution or volunteer organization.

Scott T. Anderson, M.D. (standerson@ucdavis.edu), is a clinical professor at the Univeristy of California, Davis Medical School. This column is informational and does not constitute medical advice.

“During 2011–2019, U.S. babesiosis incidence significantly increased in northeastern states,” the CDC reported. Babesiosis is now considered endemic in

Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. While babesiosis can range from eliciting severe symptoms to being completely asymptomatic, certain patients can experience complications such as thrombocytopenia, renal failure, and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Common symptoms of babesiosis include fever, muscle pain, joint pain and headache. The worst symptoms of the parasitic disease, however, are often the result of blood transfusions.

Scott Anderson

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Stanford University Campus, Palo Alto.

This week Solano College Theatre finally brings ‘Priscilla, Queen of the Desert’ to stage

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Daily Republic Staff DRNEWS@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

ROCKVILLE — Solano College Theatre will open its next production, “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert,” April 7.

On the main stage, the show is a jukebox musical adapted from the eponymous Oscar-winning film of 1994. It tells the story of two drag queens and a transgender woman who board a battered

bus to perform an epic drag show in the remote Australian desert.

The show includes songs such as “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,” “It’s Raining Men” and “I Will Survive.”

“In March 2020, just two weeks away from opening the biggest musical Solano College Theatre had produced in a decade, the pandemic hit,” said director Christine Mani, in a press release. “Priscilla the full-sized

bus we constructed has lived in our scene shop ever since and she is finally ready for her inaugural ride. The 2023 ‘Priscilla, Queen of the Desert’ includes almost half of our original cast, plus two new lead performers ready to take the stage and dazzle you with a medley of pop music and endless glamour.”

The design team includes Solano College Theatre Alum Christian Alvarez (costume

design), Mark Mendelson (set design) and Carrie Mullen (lighting design).

Shows begin at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays through April 30. There will be no show April 9 due to the Easter holiday. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www. solano.edu/theatre or call 707864-7000, ext. 5379.

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

7 p.m. Saturday

SuperTrouper: The ABBA

Concert Experience Vacaville Performing Arts Theatre, 1010 Ulatis Drive. https://vpat.net.

7 p.m. Saturday Journey USA Journey Downtown Theatre, 300 in the Library Courtyard, Main St. https://events. journeydowntown venue.com.

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2:30 p.m. Sunday Crossman Connection

Duo The Rellik, 726 First St. www.therelliktavern.com.

7 p.m. Tuesday Open Mic Night The Rellik, 726 First St. www.therelliktavern.com.

7 p.m. Wednesday Karaoke

The Rellik, 726 First St. www.therelliktavern.com.

5:30 p.m. Thursday Sweet Tooth Duo The Rellik, 726 First St. www.therelliktavern.com.

9 p.m. Thursday

DJ Jerry Ross

The Rellik, 726 First St. www.therelliktavern.com.

4:30 p.m. Friday Chicken Tenders

The Rellik, 726 First St. www.therelliktavern.com.

8:30 p.m. Friday

The Inflatables

The Rellik, 726 First St. www.therelliktavern.com.

I Vallejo

6:30 p.m. Wednesday

Willie Jordan and Volker Strifler Empress Theatre, 330 Virginia St. www. empresstheatre.org.

7 p.m. Thursday

Empress Theatre

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Empress Theatre, 330 Virginia St. www. empresstheatre.org.

1 p.m. Saturday

D’Naturalz

Vino Godfather Winery, 1005 Walnut Ave. www. vinogodfather.com.

7 p.m. Saturday

Young Go Empress Theatre, 330 Virginia St. www. empresstheatre.org.

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DRNEWS@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

VALLEJO — Six Flags Discovery Kingdom has announced new offerings during its annual Six Flags Spring Break event. The park on select dates, through April 16 will offer a family friendly experience during the day with special entertainment and food.

Six Flags Scream Break makes it debut when darkness

falls, ratcheting up the thrill level as a special ticketed, limited capacity, after-hours event that features new haunted attractions, exclusive access to select rides, entertainment and limited time food and beverage items.

Entry into Six Flags Scream Break is free for season pass holders.

“We’re excited to introduce the most fun and innovative new events and celebrations for our

park guests to enjoy, including Six Flags Scream Break as part of our popular Six Flags Spring Break Event,” General Manager Kirk Smith said in a press release. “Six Flags Scream Break levels up the spring break thrills with new and unique haunted attractions, specialty food and beverage items, and exclusive access to some of our most thrilling rides.”

The 13-night event occurs from 7 to 10 p.m. Fridays, Satur-

Congressional Art Competition opens for students

Daily Republic Staff DRNEWS@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

FAIRFIELD — The Congressional Art Competition for all high school students is now open.

“The Congressional Art Competition is one of my favorite programs of the year because it showcases the incredible artistic capabilities of students

from our district,” Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, said in announcing the competition. Thompson represents the 4th District. Other districts in Solano County are the 7th and 8th districts, represented by Reps. Doris Matsui, D-Sacramento, and John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, respectively.

The district winners will have their art put on display at

the U.S. Capitol. The deadline to submit an entry is April 19 to any of the congressional offices in the districts. A panel of local artists and art experts will make up the judging panel. The winners will be announced in May. For more information on the contest, go to www.house. gov/educators-and-students/ congressional-art-competition.

days and Sundays. Visitors will encounter ghouls and monsters with access to an all-new haunted house, Clown Underground and a scare zone, Toxic Terror, all with a spring break twist.

There is also a special nighttime Sea Lion presentation. For more information, visit https://www.sixflags.com/ discoverykingdom/events/ scream-break.

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Six Flags Discovery Kingdom announces its Six Flags Scream Break event, happening March 24 to April 16 in Vallejo.

NAMI art show draws local celebrity Koda King

FAIRFIELD — Koda

King, Elite MS California Petite, will be volunteering and signing autographs at a fundraising art show for NAMI Solano in May.

The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 21 at Back Road Vines, 4949 Suisun Valley Road, Fairfield. All art show purchases will go to fund NAMI Solano operations.

King has gained a fol-

lowing of several thousand across multiple platforms through live webinars and local fundraisers, and has raised $7,000 over the past year for NAMI. The event will be showing the movie “Ernie and Joe, Crisis Cops.” There will also be vendors, wine tasting, live music, and pizza available for purchase. Attendees can meet the NAMI board and receive autographs from King. King chose a platform

promoting mental health awareness. She is working as a volunteer for NAMI, a nonprofit organization which advocates for individuals affected by mental health illness, and strives to improve the lives of those with mental illness and their families.

For more information, send an email to namianit catlin@gmail.com or go to www.eventbrite.com/e/ art-show-fundraisertickets-524380916437 to purchase tickets.

‘Reggie’ tells the story of Mr. October, from his perspective

Baseball legend Reggie Jackson tells his story, his way, in “Reggie,” an enlightening portrait of the Hall of Famer as well as an insightful look at the role race has played, and continues to play, in America’s pastime.

Jackson was one of the most famous, most suc cessful and most important athletes of the 1970s, not only winning five World Series rings (three-peating with the Oakland A’s from ’72-’74 and winning backto-back championships with the Yankees in ’77 and ’78) but setting salary records at the time, helping to open the door for the mega-contracts that would follow in his wake.

He was also incredibly famous off the field, both for his brash personality and for locking down big time endorsement deals, including landing his own candy bar, the Reggie bar, which featured a rich caramel center, lots of fresh roasted peanuts and a super-choco-

Naked Gun.”

In “Reggie,” Jackson himself discusses his career triumphs – we see the legendary homers, including the one he put on Tiger Stadium’s roof during the 1971 All-Star Game – as well as the struggles he faced from teammates, managers and fans. Director Alex Stapleton mixes archival footage with scenes of Jackson talking with a host of his forebears, contemporaries and disciples, from Hank Aaron to Vida Blue to Derek Jeter. (The Aaron interview was conducted prior to Aaron’s death in 2021.) A phone call catches Jackson in discus-

sion with Pete Rose, and he makes a visit to hang with NBA legend Julius Erving, a friend who experienced a similar rise to Erving can also relate to Jackson’s struggles with racism, especially in the early days of their careers. It’s an area where Jackson continues to try to affect change, to see Black and just on the field but in the ownership ranks of Major League Baseball, continuing the dream about which he once heard Jackie Robinson speak.

A bid to become part owner of the L.A. Dodgers fizzled out, and Jackson currently works in an advisory role to the Houston Astros. But he still wants a bigger piece of the pie, to have a real seat at the table. Maybe one day he’ll get there. “Reggie” is about the legacy Jackson built, about what he endured so that others hopefully won’t have to, and about passing on his torch to the next generation.

Muslim world comes together to celebrate Ramadan

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LONDON — Across the world, Muslims scoured the night skies in search of the new crescent moon, which in accordance with the lunar calendar marked the start of the fasting month of Ramadan for many on Thursday.

Almost 2 billion Muslims around the world will observe a month of abstaining from food, drink, smoking, gossip and sexual relations during daylight hours – from dawn to dusk.

Pregnant, breastfeeding or menstruating women are exempt from fasting, as are the sick, elderly or those traveling. Children are also not expected to fast.

In the Northern Hemisphere, the fasting day could stretch as long as 17 hours for Muslims in cities such as Glasgow and Stockholm. Muslims in the Southern Hemisphere will have an easier fast, lasting only 13 hours in places like Nairobi, Singapore

and Brazil. Ramadan is the holiest month for Muslims, who believe that the words of God in the Quran were revealed in this month in the year 610 to the illiterate desert dweller Muhammad, who would go on to become the highly revered final Abrahamic prophet sent to mankind after Moses and Jesus in Islamic teachings.

The month is also a time when Muslims try to expend more effort on religious pursuits, taking part in lengthy congregational night prayers in bustling mosques, completing the Quran, giving more to charity, spending time disconnecting in selfreflection and enjoying “break-fast” meals with family and friends.

Muslims, following the example of the prophet Muhammad, generally break their fast with a date and a glass of water or milk – followed by a larger meal known as “iftar.”

Many Muslims will continue with their daily

Almost 2 billion Muslims around the world will observe a month of abstaining from food, drink, smoking, gossip and sexual relations during daylight hours.

routines, going to school and work. Some Muslim sports stars also continue to train and play during Ramadan, with some exceptions made to allow them to break their fast in the middle of games.

World leaders, including President Biden, have wished Muslims a happy Ramadan or “Ramadan Kareem.”

“Jill and I extend our best wishes to Muslim communities across the country and around the world,” Biden said in

a statement. “Muslim Americans continue to strengthen our nation’s diverse tapestry generation after generation.”

Biden also referenced the devastating earthquake that killed more than 50,000 people across Syria and Turkey in February, as well as extreme floods that hit Pakistan last year, leaving thousands homeless. He also mentioned Muslims facing “oppression –including Uyghurs in the People’s Republic of China,

Rohingya in Burma.”

In war-torn Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky extended Ramadan wishes to the country’s Muslim population. “May the power of prayer in this holy month of Ramadan help us cleanse Ukraine of Russian godless evil, of those who truly believe in nothing. ... Let the next Ramadan begin in peace,” he said in a video posted online.

Earlier this week, Israeli and Palestinian officials pledged to lower tensions during the holy month after recent clashes.

Ramadan this year coincides with the Jewish festival of Passover, and large numbers of Jewish and Muslim worshipers are expected to visit holy sites in Jerusalem’s Old City, Reuters reported. Cities across the world mark the month in a variety of ways.

In London, the capital’s busy Piccadilly Circus shopping district will be lit up for the first time with “Ramadan lights,”

switched on by Mayor Sadiq Khan this week.

In Dubai, fireworks will be set off each weekend, and shopping malls will offer goods at heavy discounts. In the United States, home to more than 3 million Muslims, more mainstream retailers are selling Ramadan children’s books, foods and merchandise in a bid to capitalize on the season.

Other Muslim nations, such as Sudan and Yemen, however, have warned that the rising cost of food and other necessities may mean that more families struggle during Ramadan this year, with greater need for food parcels and charity aid.

Ramadan culminates with the festival of Eid al-Fitr, when Muslims dress up, adorn their hands with henna, decorate their houses and celebrate with communal prayers. This year, following the lunar calendar, Eid is expected to fall on either April 20 or 21.

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Never drop off a cat at a farm; take it to a shelter

Dear Annie: I am writing to you so you can educate people on what happens to cats when they are dropped off at a farm. I live on one, so I see firsthand what goes on.

n Your cats are scared out of their minds. So they hide or get run over by a car because they don’t know the lay of the land.

Annie Lane

Dear Annie

n The other cats, who are feral (sometimes), are territorial about their space and food. So the sweet cat that you dropped there will not eat.

n Your cat will get beaten up by these cats (or by dogs or will be eaten by a coyote).

Do your pet a favor and take it to a shelter, so at least it has half a chance to live and have a good home. You should never drop it off at “the farm.” It won’t make it! — Sad Farmer

Dear Sad Farmer: I’m printing your letter to make people aware of what really happens when you dump cats. The best solution is to contact a local rescue group or take your cat to the animal shelter. Thank you

Horoscopes

by Holiday Mathis

Today’s birthday

Welcome to your year of brilliant ideas!

Some of them solve small problems, others put something in the world that wasn’t there before, and still, others get everyone on track to success. More highlights: a happy homecoming with big news, a strange way of getting to a goal and the purchase of property. Aquarius and Sagittarius adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 10, 3, 33, 28 and 17.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You often ask yourself, “What’s the purpose of what I’m doing now?” And though the question may not have a definite answer, it opens up more options than would spring from the automatic enactment of daily life.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You are enough in every way. You are loved enough; you are good enough; you are strong and smart enough. The surer you are of this, the less anxiety you will experience. Your energy lifts as you realize you’re already there.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). A rush of joy is noticeable, but joy, like water, doesn’t always travel in rushes. Sometimes it trickles. Sometimes it merely glimmers. It will be lucky to sensitize yourself to the subtler ways joy shows up.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Children prioritize their individual wants over the collective good, as they should! Experiencing one’s individuality is a developmental milestone. Today’s developmental themes have to do with experiencing your interconnection to the whole of life.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You support and challenge the people you love. It wouldn’t be very loving to do just one or the other. It takes both modes to convey your belief in a person’s potential and a simultaneous affinity for who they are now.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). While it would be wonderful to know that what you’re doing is the best possible action and the one that will promote happiness for the greatest number of people, there’s no way to be sure. Your guess is as good as anyone’s around you, though, so throw yourself into it.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). It will be very lucky for you to deviate from the plan today. Note that you can only deviate from the plan if you have a plan to begin with. Your instincts are strongest when they have an agenda to bounce off of.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The most important commodity to exchange before you get working is respect. The second most important is good communication. Get those two right and jobs go smoothly, and are maybe even fun and interesting to the people doing them.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The magic of being a passenger and the annoyance of it both come from the same circumstance – people being more or less trapped together in transit. As you look around at your fellow travelers, you recognize the potential of the moment. Break the ice.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Small kindnesses are creations that, like all creations, have their own lives outside of their creators. You’ll never know what happens as a direct or indirect effect of today’s generous-hearted gesture. It may take years to fully unfold.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You experience life as exciting and don’t need adrenaline-inducing extras to make it more so. The fewer distractions around you, the more fascinations can reveal themselves to your curious mind. You’ll be awestruck by what you learn.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). There are helpers around, but you won’t know about them until you put the word out. In the process of asking for what you need, you’ll consider it thoroughly, which will lead to a discovery. Articulating a need may change it.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Aerosmith

frontman Steven Tyler is the quintessential rock singer who embodies the ever-young, daring and fearless energy of fiery Aries. Venus in Taurus, the sign of the voice, makes sense for this superstar, and so does his enthusiastic Mars and stern Saturn in Leo, the entertainer. Tyler likely puts on a show 24/7, cameras rolling or not.

Write Holiday Mathis at HolidayMathis.com.

for sharing.

Dear Annie: I just wanted to let you know that I read your column for the first time today and think you gave excellent advice. You are much better than some of the other advice columns that lack empathy or understanding. Good job, and keep it up. People need to get advice from those who help them be better people and not validate their worst impulses. — A New Fan Dear Fan: Thank you so much. You have made my day!

Dear Annie: I was struck by the letter from “Too Old to be Abandoned,” who still harbors

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hurt feelings toward his ailing father. I would like to suggest that he search for the relationship he craves by joining a church or synagogue or an organization to do volunteer work that appeals to him. I have found wonderful mentors and friendships through these types of situations. Noting his age, I also suggest reaching out to an older person who might enjoy the company of a younger one. For most of my life, I was the “younger” one, but now I’ve reached out to a young friend to ask her to be the “young person” in my life.

Look for the people who will appreciate you, lend a helping hand when you can, and sit down for coffee or a drink after your chores together are done.

Please let him know he has a friend in me even though he does not know me. — Friend

Dear Friend: Those are some wonderful suggestions. And I’m printing your letter so that he knows he is not alone. People do care.

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

Coffee lovers gain 1,000 steps a day, but get less sleep

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Arigorous new study that exam ined the health effects of coffee consumption found good news and bad news for coffee lovers.

The research showed that coffee has striking effects on physical activ ity levels, causing people to move more, taking, on average, 1,000 extra steps a day – a significant boost in activ ity that might help explain why coffee consumption has long been linked to better health.

But the study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, did find some downsides to a daily cuppa. It showed that people lost about 36 minutes of nightly sleep on days when they drank coffee – and the more coffee they drank, the less they slept.

The research also looked at coffee’s effect on heart palpitations, a rela tively common experience for healthy coffee drinkers. The study found that in healthy men and women, coffee did not cause a common type of palpitation known as premature atrial contractions, even though some health authorities have warned that this could be a side effect of drinking coffee.

But coffee consumption can lead to an increase in another type of heart palpitation, known as premature ventricular contractions. These extra or irregular heartbeats are fairly common and benign. Almost everyone experiences them on occasion, and while they can be unnerving, most experts say they’re not usually a cause for concern in healthy people.

The findings suggest that the health effects of coffee are complex. While coffee is beneficial for many people and can lower the risk of chronic diseases and perhaps even extend your life span, it can also disrupt your sleep and may cause some heart palpitations.

“The reality is that coffee is not all good or all bad – it has different effects,” said Gregory M. Marcus, an author of the study and a professor of medicine in the division of cardiology at the University of California at San Francisco. “In general, this study suggests that coffee consumption is almost certainly generally safe. But people should recognize that there are these real and measurable physiological effects that could – depending on the individual and their goals of care – be harmful or helpful.”

Sorting out coffee’s effects on overall health

Coffee is among the world’s most commonly consumed beverages, and decades of research suggest that it has mostly beneficial effects. Many observational studies show that coffee drinkers live longer and have lower rates of diabetes, cancer, liver disease, depression and other chronic conditions. But much of the data comes from large epidemiological studies, which show only correlations, not cause and effect. They also rely on self-reported data, which is not always reliable.

At the same time, the research on coffee and cardiovascular health has been somewhat conflicting. Early studies indicated that coffee might be detrimental to the heart because it spikes blood pressure, heart rate and adrenaline, and increases cholesterol levels.

More recent studies have found that drinking several cups of coffee daily –including decaffeinated coffee – could actually lower the risk of dying from heart disease or a stroke, which some experts attribute to the large amounts of antioxidants and other anti-inflammatory compounds in coffee.

Despite a lack of strong evidence, health authorities have often warned people with heart conditions, particularly those with heart rhythm disorders such as atrial fibrillation, to avoid coffee and other caffeinated beverages out

of concern that they might trigger palpitations.

To get a clearer sense of coffee’s health effects, Marcus and his colleagues recruited 100 healthy men and women in San Francisco and equipped them with Fitbits, continuous glucose monitors and electrocardiogram devices that tracked their heart rhythms round the clock for 14 days.

Each participant followed a strict coffee schedule: They were instructed to drink as much caffeinated coffee as they wanted for two days, then to abstain for two days, and to repeat this cycle for two weeks. The participants were told to press a button on their heart monitors every time they drank a cup of coffee to document their intake in real time.

To ensure the participants followed the instructions, the researchers sent them daily reminders and even reimbursed them if they provided datestamped coffee receipts. They also used a form of virtual monitoring called “geofencing” to track coffee-shop visits.

New data on coffee, sleep and exercise

On days when they drank coffee, the participants tended to consume about one to three cups, though some drank much less, and a few drank as many as six cups of coffee daily.

Coffee had clear effects on sleep. People got about 7.2 hours of nightly shut-eye on days when they avoided coffee and 6.6 hours on days when they drank it.

Genetics seemed to play a role: People who carry genetic variants that make them what are known as “slow metabolizers” of caffeine had greater reductions in their sleep when they drank coffee compared with “fast metabolizers,” potentially because the caffeine stays in their systems longer. (Many direct-to-consumer DNA testing companies such as 23andMe will tell you if your genes make you a fast or slow metabolizer of caffeine.)

The effects on physical activity were particularly striking. Marcus at UCSF said it’s not clear why people walked an extra 1,000 steps on days when they drank coffee. It’s possible they had more energy and motivation.

Either way, taking an additional 1,000 steps per day is associated with a 6 to 15 percent reduction in mortality – “effect sizes that are remarkably similar to the magnitude of mortality benefit observed among coffee drinkers,” the study noted.

“That’s a clinically relevant difference in physical activity that may have long-term positive implications,” Marcus said.

Coffee and the heart

The researchers were particularly interested in how coffee affected the

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heart. Premature atrial contractions are a type of irregular heartbeat that emanates from the top chambers of the heart, called the atriums, while premature ventricular contractions come from the bottom chambers, called the ventricles. Almost everyone experiences these palpitations on a normal basis, which can feel like your heart fluttered or skipped a beat.

The researchers found that on days when people drank more than one cup of coffee, they experienced about 50 percent more premature ventricular contractions. While these are not considered dangerous, there’s some evidence that they might be a warning sign in people who experience a lot of them.

One observational study in 2015 that Marcus was a co-author of found that people who routinely experienced many of these palpitations were more likely to develop heart failure. “That doesn’t mean everyone,” Marcus said. “But we do know that the more you have the higher the risk.”

Amit Khera, a cardiologist who was not involved in the study, called it unique and important. He said that most people shouldn’t worry about the potential for coffee to cause palpitations because in healthy adults there’s no indication that they’re dangerous. But he cautioned that the findings did not necessarily apply to people with heart disease.

“In healthy people with normal hearts, it’s what I would call a quality-of-life issue, not a life-threatening issue,” said Khera, the director of the preventive cardiology program at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. “If you feel your heart is skipping and it bothers you, then based on these study results cutting out coffee could reduce those symptoms.”

Peter Kistler, an expert on heart rhythm disorders who studies coffee’s health effects, said that even though people experienced more premature ventricular contractions on days when they drank coffee, the incidence was low and the palpitations “entirely benign.” “People should be reassured that coffee is safe and part of a healthy diet,” said Kistler, the head of clinical electrophysiology research at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne.

Marcus said that the finding needs further investigation. But meanwhile, people should tailor their coffee intake to their individual needs. If you need motivation to exercise then consider using coffee to give you a boost. But if you suffer from insomnia or you worry that you’re at high risk of developing heart failure because it runs in your family, then consider cutting back, Marcus said.

“There’s no one size fits all prescription or recommendation,” he added. “It really depends on the individual.”

Rodriguez walks off a win against Vacaville

FAIRFIELD — James Maldonado thought his Rodriguez High School baseball team had run itself right out of the bottom of the seventh inning, but leadoff batter Kyle Sandner put that to rest with some lategame heroics.

Sandner singled in the go-head run as the Mustangs walked off with a 3-2 win over visiting Vacaville Saturday in a

well-played, early-season Monticello Empire League showdown. Rodriguez got the leadoff batter on but he was tagged out in a rundown. With one out, Nathan Schikore had an infield single, Denzel Dilley was hit by a pitch and Sander followed with the game-winning hit to right center field.

“Kyle bailed us out,” Maldonado said. “He’s a special player, as good as we have. In that situation he came through for us. These last couple of

games have been incredible and could have gone either way.”

Vacaville won 9-5 at home on Monday before Rodriguez took the next two. The Mustangs won 2-1 Friday in eight innings. Rodriguez is now 5-3 overall and 2-1 in the MEL.

“You dream of that situation, driving in the winning run,” Sandner said. “I was just looking to drive a ball opposite field and give our guys a chance to score. I have to thank

the guys ahead of me for getting on base.”

Vacaville struck first in the first inning when Luke Johnson delivered a sacrifice fly to centerfield. That run stood until Rodriguez was able to plate two runs in the bottom of the fourth.

Kaden Wilde opened the fourth for Rodriguez with a double. Jace Parkinson followed with a single. An infield groundout by Michael Boals got one run home, and Jaheem Mosley-Wallace pushed another one across with a

Vanden baseball works overtime to secure series finale at Fairfield

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FAIRFIELD — Jonathan Ray had no idea Friday morning he would be thrust into the role of on-field leader for the Vanden High School baseball team that afternoon.

Vanden head coach Ryan Adams was ejected midgame for questioning another ejection of one of his coaches. Suddenly the lineup card was in Ray’s hand. The Vikings delivered him a 9-7 win at Fairfield to sweep the week’s three-game series against the Falcons.

“I didn’t think I’d end up with my first varsity win,” Ray said. “It came down to a grind-it-out game. Both teams fought back and forth. It ended up going well for us.”

Vanden scored four times in the top of the eighth and extra inning for the win. Fairfield got two back in the bottom of the inning on a Joey Mason two-run home run, but Vanden relief pitcher Trevor Morse picked up the final outs to end it.

The Vikings improved to

6-1 overall and 3-0 in the Monticello Empire League. Fairfield fell to 6-5 and 0-3 in the MEL. But this time the game was much tighter between the two teams after Vanden won the opener Monday 13-0 in five innings and 7-0 in seven Wednesday.

“I’m proud of our guys,” Fairfield head coach Nick Spini said. “We took the reigning section semifinalists to the edge. We got into some bad habits the first two games and came back and played better.”

Vanden was awarded the first run of the eighth inning on a balk call. Cody Buckley then delivered a two-run single and Bryce Alcantara added a run-scoring single.

Fairfield tied the game in the sixth inning at 5-5 on a double by Trustin Mitchell and another on an infield error. The teams were scoreless in the seventh before the theatrics in the eighth as the sun was starting to fade.

Alex Mausart and Jack Tranchina had two hits apiece for the Vikings.

Dalen Shipp delivered his second home in two days and drove in three

runs. Austin Hammerschmidt delivered a big pinch-hit double in the eighth. Josiah Miguel also doubled.

Brayden Bruno pitched four innings and had five strikeouts. He gave up four hits and two runs. Morse worked the final 3 2/3 and struck out three.

Pat O’Reilly went 3-for-5 for Fairfield with a double and an RBI. Amari Bryant was 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI. Devin Knox and Mason had two hit apiece. Mason drove in three runs and Knox plated two.

O’Reilly pitched the first 2 1/3 innings for Fairfield before Bryant went five innings of long relief with two strikeouts. Mitchell got the final two outs.

“We started off slow and didn’t have much energy,” Buckley said. “Then we got a couple of hits and that brought the dugout to life. When the coaches got ejected we wanted to fight for them.” Both teams start a new MEL series Monday. Vanden will be at Will C. Wood and Fairfield heads to Rodriguez.

Veteran catcher Roberto Pérez makes Giants’ Opening Day roster

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BAY AREA NEWS GROUP SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Roberto Pérez sported a big grin as he packed up his black-and-orange bag full of catcher’s equipment Saturday afternoon. The 34-year-old backstop, in camp on a minor-league deal, was informed that morning that he had made the club.

The selection of Pérez likely means fellow nonroster catcher Austin Wynns or third-year catcher Joey Bart will be the odd man out in the four-way competition. The Giants have strongly indicated they plan to enter the season with three catchers, with Rule 5 pick Blake Sabol serving in a hybrid outfield role in

addition to third-string catching duties.

“He showed us he was ready to play on a regular basis, got to know a lot of the pitchers on our staff over the last couple weeks, was aggressive in the drills

we asked him to be aggressive in and show us he was capable of handling pushing himself,” manager Gabe Kapler said, “and he did those things.” Pérez would have been able to become a free agent

sacrifice fly to left field.

Vacaville tied the game 2-2 in the top of the seventh inning. Drew Lammon opened the inning with a double, stole third and scored on a sacrifice fly to center field by pinch-hitter Brenden Murphy.

“Pitching is just ahead of the hitting right now,” Vacaville head coach Stu Clary said. “I’ll take my chances with our guys every time. I’m proud of the way they came back. We just need to do a better job of putting the ball in

play. We’re putting balls into the air way too much.”

Vacaville fell to 3-6 overall and 1-2 in the MEL.

Schikore pitched the first two innings for Rodriguez and Carson Thompson went the rest of the way. They held Vacaville to just two hits. Twelve outs were caught in the air.

Tyler Chalk pitched four innings for Vacaville. Jacob Van Pelt went the rest of the way. Rodriguez managed only five hits

Florida Atlantic shocks Kansas State, advances to Final Four

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NEW YORK — The Harlem wizard’s magic finally ran out.

Markquis Nowell took third-seeded Kansas State on his back again in Saturday’s Elite Eight matchup with his fellow star Keyontae Johnson missing nearly half the game in foul trouble, but ninth-seeded Florida Atlantic had too many answers for the Wildcats and their spark plug.

Florida Atlantic, a team that won the most games in the country this season but had never won an NCAA Tournament game before this year, withstood everything Nowell threw at them to pull off the shocking 79-76 win.

The Owls (35-3) move on to their first Final Four.

The second regional final Saturday night featured No. 4 Connecticut against No. 3 Gonzaga.

Nowell finished the game with 30 points and 12 assists, leaving him with 50 points and 31 assists at the New York regional.

With Johnson sitting in foul trouble, Nae’Qwan Tomlin, another Harlem denizen, helped fill the void, scoring 14 points and grabbing six rebounds for the Wildcats (26-10).

It was a remarkable

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turnaround for Kansas State under first-year coach Jerome Tang. Picked to finish ninth out of 10 teams in the Big 12, the Wildcats were mere moments away from a Final Four.

Alijah Martin had 17 points and Vlad Goldin had 14 points and 13 rebounds for Florida Atlantic.

The Owls pounded the glass, outrebounding the Wildcats 44-22, including 22-8 in the first half.

Florida Atlantic took away some of Nowell and the Wildcats’ backdoor options in the first half, so Nowell needed to open things up with his scoring, especially with Johnson missing nearly 12 minutes of the half after getting his second foul.

Trailing 28-22 with 7:58 left in the first half, Nowell went on his own run, scoring 12 of the Wildcats’ points during a 14-10 run.

Johnson fouled out with 2:44 left in the second half and Kansas State would trail 72-64 after Martin hit two free throws.

The Wildcats pulled to within one twice in the final two minutes, but could never tie or take the lead as the Owls made enough free throws to hold them off.

Vacaville softball rolls by Vanden for decisive win

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FAIRFIELD — Xochitl

back in action Tuesday with a 4 p.m. MEL game at Armijo.

on Monday if he hadn’t been added to the Giants’ roster by then. By securing a spot on the 26-man, Pérez will earn a $2.5 million salary with an additional $1.5 million in possible incentives. His status as a non-roster invitee means that the Giants will need to add him to their 40-man roster, but that shouldn’t be an issue, as three spots are expected to open up when Luis González, Luke Jackson and Thomas Szapucki are placed on the 60-day injured list.

The Monday deadline sped up a decision process that is still playing out with the other three catchers.

Kapler said that while he informed Pérez Saturday morning that he had

Atayde pitched five strong innings and went 2-for-3 at the plate with a double as the Vacaville High School softball team rolled to a 12-2 win over Vanden in five innings Friday.

Atayde allowed two earned runs and struck out four. Vacaville improved to 3-1 overall and 3-0 in the Monticello Empire League.

Aubrie Gibson also had two hits and drove in four runs for Vacaville.

Makayla Freshour delivered two hits. Hayden Kyne doubled and drove in two runs.

Kaliyah Gipson tripled and had two RBI in leading the Vikings. Kiah Silva and Aniya Lawson also doubled. Vanden is 2-3 overall and 2-1 in the MEL.

Vacaville has a nonleague game Monday in San Ramon against California High. Vanden is

Vikings score early to sail past Falcons

FAIRFIELD — The Vanden High School girls softball team scored 11 runs in the first inning Thursday and cruised to a 15-2 win at Fairfield.

Daniela Ontiveros and Kiah Silva each had three hits and drove in two runs. Ontiveros delivered a double and Silva had a triple.

Kaliyah Gipson and Mia Zabat had two hits apiece. Zabat also drove in two runs and hit a triple. Vanden improved to 2-2 overall and 2-0 in the Monticello Empire League.

Isabella Cueva pitched four inning for Vanden and had five strikeouts. She allowed three hits and just one earned run. Samanie Simmons closed

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Fairfield High School’s Anthony Baldwin, left, scores following a play at the plate against Vanden catcher Cody Buckley during the baseball game at Fairfield, Friday. Vanden came away with a 9-7 win and swept the series.

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Former Cleveland Indians catcher Roberto Pérez, right, has earned a roster spot with the San Francisco Giants.

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Sunday’s TV sports

Baseball College

• Arkansas at LSU, ESPN, 10 a.m.

MLB Exhibition

• San Francisco at Oakland, NBCSCA, 1 p.m.

Basketball NCAA Men’s Tournament

• South Region Final, TBD.

• Midwest Region Final, TBD.

NCAA Women’s Tournament

• Greenville Regional, TBA.

Warriors’ Payton II probable for Sunday’s game with Timberwolves

M adeline K enney BAY AREA NEWS GROUP SAN FRANCISCO —

The Warriors’ wait for Gary Payton II’s return could soon be over.

Six weeks after he rejoined his former team via trade, Payton might finally suit up for Golden State this weekend.

Payton scrimmaged Friday and went through a light practice Saturday, coach Steve Kerr said. He’s listed as probable for Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, meaning he’ll warm-up with the intention of playing. Kerr anticipates Payton will play under a minutes restriction.

“It feels good,” said Payton, who also said Saturday is the best he’s felt since his July procedure. “I’m starting to feel like

myself, I’m excited to get back out here.”

Payton has been limited to just 15 games this season and hasn’t played since Feb. 8 as he’s dealt with what he called lingering pain from an offseason surgery to repair a core muscle – an issue that

alleging the Portland Trail Blazers withheld pertinent medical information in the pre-trade process.

But news broke Saturday afternoon that Golden State has decided not to go forward with its grievance.

1 p.m.

• Regional Final, Teams TBA, 3:30 p.m.

Motor Sports

• NASCAR Cup Series, EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix, 2, 40, 12:30 p.m.

Soccer UEFA Euro

• Kazakhstan vs. Denmark, FS1, 6 a.m.

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with a clean fifth inning. Fairfield fell to 2-4 overall and 0-2 in the MEL. No individual statistics were made available for the Falcons. Vanden was scheduled to host Vacaville at home Friday. Fairfield has a nonleague game at 4 p.m. Monday against visiting St. Patrick-St. Vincent.

Baseball

Rio Vista takes two against Esparto

RIO VISTA — The Rio Vista High School baseball team opened Sierra Delta League play Friday with a pair of wins against visiting Esparto.

Rio Vista won the first game 10-1 in seven innings and took the nightcap 19-3 in five innings. The Rams improved to 2-3 overall.

Ethan Perkins pitched five strong innings in the first game with 10 strikeouts. Perkins also had a double at the plate.

Perkins went 2-for-2 with a triple and four RBI in the second game. Ryan Zamarripa

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of their own.

“Pitching for both sides was really good,” Maldonado said. “We’ve made some mistakes but that is just the way it is in high school baseball. But for the mistakes we’ve made, we’ve made up for it with competitiveness.”

Boals also had a single for Rodriguez. Cy Dempsay singled for Vacaville. There was also solid defense by both teams, including eight assists by Vacaville shortstop Drew Carrington.

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made the team, he had yet to have conversations with Wynns or Bart. All four are expected to accompany the team to San Francisco for its two Bay Bridge exhibitions Sunday and Monday. “I feel like any of those catchers can step in and comfortably handle a solid workload,” Kapler said.

Since signing a minorleague deal with San Francisco about two weeks before pitchers and catch-

On Friday, Sandner, Landon Trout, Boals, Wilde and Parkinson all had hits. Boals and Wilde delivered RBIs. Connor Broschard pitched six innings and had one inning of relief help each from Sander and Carson Thompson.

Bennie Dyer doubled and tripled for Vacaville Friday. Murphy had two hits. Lammon and Carrinton had one hit each. Carrington also had an RBI. Nick Vierra pitched five innings and Finn Chapman worked three.

Both teams resume their MEL schedules Monday. Rodriguez will be home for Fairfield and Vacaville will play at Armijo.

ers, Pérez has separated himself in the competition with his defensive acumen and extensive track record behind the plate. He earned rave reviews from the pitching staff, with Alex Cobb calling him a “magician” when it came to his pitch framing.

Pérez earned Gold Gloves with Cleveland in 2019 and 2020 and also turned in his best offensive season in 2019, hitting 24 home runs with a .239/.321/.452 slash line in 449 plate appearances. missed significant cations.

added two hits and drove in two runs. Rio Vista opens a series at Vacaville Christian on Tuesday with a 4 p.m. game.

Boys Golf

Rodriguez hands

Vacaville rare loss

FAIRFIELD — The Rodriguez High School boys golf team handed Vacaville its first Monticello Empire League loss in three years, beating the Bulldogs 250 to 265 at Rancho Solano. Dyan Castillo of Rodriguez shot a 42 for nine holes and was followed by Kyle Vidal (47) and Kiernan Skaalen (48) among those who broke 50. Quinn Strachen (44) and Ben Wilhite (45) led Vacaville.

Boys Tennis Rodriguez sweeps doubles in 8-1 win

FAIRFIELD — The Rodriguez High School boys tennis team swept doubles play and won five of the six singles matches Friday for an 8-1 win at Vanden.

was flagged during a physical that put the four-team trade on hold.

It was initially feared Payton could miss months with the injury, and his unknown recovery timeline prompted the Warriors to file a complaint with the NBA

The doubles teams of Ian Huey-Paul Lee, Andre Perriard-Patrick Really and Drake Bennett-Conner McKenie all won in straight sets for the Mustangs. Rodriguez also had singles wins in straight sets from Evan Wadsworth, Danton Hsueh, Josh Williams, Theo Keyser and Brandon Wei.

John Figueroa earned a singles win at No. 6 for Vanden.

College

Marin rallies late, rips Solano baseball

ROCKVILLE —

The Solano Community College baseball team gave up eight runs in the final three innings and lost to visiting Marin 10-3 on Friday.

Miles Phillips pitched six strong innings for the Falcons before the game got away. Phillips allowed just three hits, two unearned runs and struck out six. Solano fell to 9-14 overall and 3-3 in the Bay Valley Conference.

Conner Ross was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI for Solano. Kevin Parker had one hit and drove in a run.

Solano won the series opener 9-7 on Wednes-

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Payton will have seven games – four at home and three on the road, including a regular-season finale against his former team –to reintegrate himself with the Warriors before they take another crack at an NBA title. His familiarity with the Warriors from previous seasons should help with his transition back into the rotation.

“While it’s great to have Gary back, it does mean he’s going to eat into some minutes of other players and that’s not easy to handle,” Kerr said.

day before falling 19-10 on Thursday and then again Friday.

Solano will be back in action Tuesday with a 2:30 p.m. game to open a series at Contra Costa.

Solano softball loses doubleheader

ROCKVILLE —

The Solano Community College softball team dropped both games of a doubleheader Friday to visiting Hartnell.Hartnell won the first game 8-5 and followed it up with a 10-9 win in the second game. The losses moved Solano to 3-16 overall.

Bianca Belo-Diaz, Mia Valenzuela, Alyssa Sellers and Alexis Wright each had two hits for the Falcons in the first game. Sellers drove home two runs, while Belo-Diaz, Valenzuela and Wright had one RBI apiece.

Wright was 3-for-3 with three RBI and Belo-Diaz was 3-for-4 in the second game. Kaylee Hawkins had two hits and drove in four runs. Kaelani Hernandez added two hits. Valenzuela also doubled and drove in a run. Solano will have a home doubleheader Tuesday against Los Medanos beginning at noon.

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Gary Payton II heads for the tunnel after watching the Golden State Warriors play the Los Angeles Lakers in February at Chase Center in San Francisco.

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

DATE: MAY 2, 2023; TIME: 9:00 am; DEPT. 22 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, County of Solano Old Solano Courthouse 580 Texas Street Fairfield, CA, 94533

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

AttorneyforPetitioner: RyanMichaelDarling 3697ArlingtonAve. Riverside,CA92506 (760)345-0157 DR#00062198

Published:March26,29April2,2023

SPLIT A RIDE

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ROBERTA LYNN WOOD

CASE NUMBER: FPR051853

Toallheirs,beneficiaries,creditors,contingentcreditors,andpersonswhomay otherwisebeinterestedinthewillorestate,orboth,of: Roberta Lynn Wood APetitionforProbatehasbeenfiledby: Cheryl L. Adams intheSuperiorCourtofCalifornia,County of:Solano ThePetitionforProbaterequeststhat: Cheryl L. Adams beappointedaspersonalrepresentative t oadministertheestateofthedecedent. ThepetitionrequestsauthoritytoadministertheestateundertheIndependentAdministrationofEstatesAct.(Thisauthority willallowthepersonalrepresentativeto takemanyactionswithoutobtainingcourt approval.Beforetakingcertainveryimportantactions,however,thepersonal representativewillberequiredtogivenoticetointerestedpersonsunlessthey havewaivednoticeorconsentedtothe proposedaction.)Theindependentadministrationauthoritywillbegrantedunless aninterestedpersonfilesanobjectionto thepetitionandshowsgoodcausewhy thecourtshouldnotgranttheauthority.

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

DATE: APRIL 10, 2023; TIME: 8:30 a.m.; DEPT. 4 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, County of Solano 600 Union Avenue 600 Union Avenue Fairfield, 94533 Fairfield Branch - Hall of Justice

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

AttorneyforPetitioner:OsbyDavis,Esq. LawOfficeofOsbyDavis 410TuolumneStreet Vallejo,CA94590 707-644-7424 DR#00062156 Published:March22,26,29,2023

By Dylan Schiff & Matthew Stock

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: RELIA JEAN BEGGS CASE NUMBER: PR23-00005 Toallheirs,beneficiaries,creditors,contingentcreditors,andpersonswhomay otherwisebeinterestedinthewillorestate,orboth,of: Relia Jean Beggs A Petition for Probate hasbeenfiledby: Regina A. Greenlee intheSuperiorCourtofCalifornia,County of:SOLANO ThePetitionforProbaterequeststhat: Regina A. Greenlee beappointedaspersonalrepre sentative toadministertheestateofthedecedent. ThepetitionrequestsauthoritytoadministertheestateundertheIndependentAdministrationofEstatesAct.(Thisauthority willallowthepersonalrepresentativeto takemanyactionswithoutobtainingcourt approval.Beforetakingcertainveryimportantactions,however,thepersonal representativewillberequiredtogivenoticetointerestedpersonsunlessthey havewaivednoticeorconsentedtothe proposedaction.)Theindependentadministrationauthoritywillbegrantedunless aninterestedpersonfilesanobjectionto thepetitionandshowsgoodcausewhy thecourtshouldnotgranttheauthority.

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

DATE: MAY 2, 2023; TIME: 9:00 am; DEPT.: 22 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SOLANO Old Solano Courthouse 580 Texas Street Fairfield, CA 94533

If you object to thegrantingofthepetition,youshouldappearatthehearingand stateyourobjectionsorfilewrittenobjectionswiththecourtbeforethehearing. Yourappearancemaybeinpersonorby yourattorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent youmustfileyourclaimwiththecourtand mailacopytothepersonalrepresentative appointedbythecourtwithinthe later of either(1) four months fromthedateof firstissuanceofletterstoage neralpersonalrepresentative,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 want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. Ifyouareaperson interestedinthe estate,youmayfilewiththecourtaRequestforSpecialNotice(formDE-154)of thefilingofaninventoryandappraisalof estateassetsorofanypetitionoraccount asprovidedinProbateCodesection 1250.ARequestforSpecialNoticeformis availablefromthecourtclerk.

AttorneyforPetitioner: BrianC.TubisESQ, BarberTubisLaw,P.C. 547JeffersonStreet,SuiteA Fairfield,CA94533 707-429-2222 DR#00062071 Published:March19,22,26,2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS A. ROBLEDO CONSTRUCTION GENERAL ENGINEERING INC LOCATEDAT3645ThomassonLn,Fairfield,CA,94534Solano.Mailingaddress 3645ThomassonLn,Fairfield,CA,94534. IS(ARE)HEREBYREGISTEREDBY THEFOLLOWINGOWNER(S)A.RobledoConstructionGeneralEngineering, Inc.CA.THISBUSINESSISCONDUCTEDBY: aCorporation Theregistrantcommencedtotransact b usinessunderthefictitiousbusiness nameornameslistedaboveon 04/20/2017. Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.) /s/AlvaroRobledoPresident INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EXCEP TASPROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYCHANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONMarch13,2028. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESSANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof SolanoCounty,StateofCaliforniaon: March14,2023 NewASSIGNEDFILENO.2023000464 CHARLESLOMELI,SolanoCountyClerk DR#00062058 Published:March19,26April2,9,2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS GENERAL CONSTRUCTION / CONSULTING, LLC LOCATEDAT104MountainViewAve, Vallejo,CA,94590Solano.Mailingaddress104MountainViewAve,Vallejo, CA,94590.IS(ARE)HEREBYREGISTEREDBYTHEFOLLOWINGOWNER(S)GeneralConstruction/Consulting, LLCCAVallejo,94590.THISBUSINESS ISCONDUCTEDBY: aLimitedLiabilityCompany Theregistrantcommencedtot ransact businessunderthefictitiousbusiness nameornameslistedaboveonN/A. Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.) /s/DouglasBoggs INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EXCEPTASPROVID EDIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYCHANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONFebruary26,2028. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATE ORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESSANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof SolanoCounty,StateofCaliforniaon: February27,2023 NewASSIGNEDFILENO.2023000355 CHARLESLOMELI,SolanoCountyClerk DR#00062068 Published:March19,26April2,9,2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS VELAWORKS LOCATEDAT100ColomaWay,Vallejo, CA94589Solano.Mailingaddress100 ColomaWay,Vallejo,CA94589.IS(ARE) HEREBYREGISTEREDBYTHEFOLLOWINGOWNER(S)WalterVelasco100 ColomaWayVallejo,94589.THISBUSINESSISCONDUCTEDBY: anIndividual Theregistrantcommencedtotransact businessunderthefictitiousbusiness nameornameslistedaboveon 1 0/01/2022. Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.) /s/WalterH.Velasco INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EXCEPTASPROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYCHANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONMarch20,2028. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESSANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof SolanoCounty,StateofCaliforniaon: March21,2023 NewASSIGNEDFILENO.2023000505 CHARLESLOMELI,SolanoCountyClerk DR#00062199

Published:March26April2,9,16,2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS IN III INC. LOCATEDAT1265AlderwoodWay,VacavilleCA95687Solano.Mailingaddress 1265AlderwoodWay,VacavilleCA95687 IS(ARE)HEREBYREGISTEREDBY THEFOLLOWINGOWNER(S)INIIIInc CA.THISBUSINESSISCONDUCTED BY: aLimitedLiabilityCompany Theregistrantcommencedtotransact businessunderthefictitiousbusiness nameornameslistedaboveonN/A. Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.) /s/IsaiahNashCEOINIIIInc INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EXCEPTASPROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYCH ANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONMarch20,2028. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESSANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof SolanoCounty,StateofCaliforniaon: March21,2023 NewASSIGNEDFILENO.2023000508 CHARLESLOMELI,SolanoCountyClerk DR#00062201 Published:March26April2,9,16,2023

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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

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS SQUARE DOCUMENT SERVICES 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 LEARNING2UNDERSTAND LOCATEDAT2142VineyardHillsCourt, VacavilleCA95688Solano.MailingaddressP.O.Box957,VacavilleCA95696. IS(ARE)HEREBYREGISTEREDBY THEFOLLOWINGOWNER(S) Learning2understandLLCCA.THIS BUSINESSISCONDUCTEDBY: aLimitedLiabilityCompany Theregistrantcommencedtotransact businessunderthefictitiousbusiness nameornameslistedaboveonN/A. Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.) /s/JuliaMcGeeChiefofOperations 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.2023000381 CHARLESLOMELI,SolanoCountyClerk DR#00061784 Published:March5,12,19,26,2023

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

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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 CONDUCTEDBY: anIndividual Theregistrantcommencedtotransact businessunderthefictitiousbusiness nameornameslistedaboveonN/A. Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.) /s/AbelTorres INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EXCEPTASPROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYCH ANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONFebruary26,2028. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESSANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof SolanoCounty,StateofCaliforniaon: February27,2023 NewASSIGNEDFILENO.2023000358 CHARLESLOMELI,SolanoCountyClerk DR#00061934 Published:March12,19,26April2,2023

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