Daily Republic: Friday, April 7, 2023

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Giants slug five homers to clinch series over White Sox B1

Supervisors attack Newsom, advisers on mental health funding proposal

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FAIRFIELD — Supervisor Monica Brown, in a rare outburst against Democratic leadership, this week attacked Gov. Gavin Newsom and “those whispering in his ear” on a proposal to “sweep away” mental health funding from the county.

“When I saw that the governor was working to deal with the money, with MHSA, who is advising him?” said Brown, her voice rising with her pent-up frustration.

Suisun Homeless Forum

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SUISUN CITY — About 60 people showed up Wednesday night to address homelessness in Suisun City.

A panel of service providers shared what they offered to that population, discussing the regional and local context of the issue.

“This came about because we hear you,” Mayor Alma Hernandez said. “I know there is a lot of frustration about this topic.”

Some basic ground rules were shared. Attendees were reminded a few times, the issue

“Does he not understand we are not screwing with this kind of money? We are doing what we can do. Does he not get that?” Brown said, directing her comments, admittedly rhetorically, toward the county’s state lobby-

ist, Karen Lange, who is with the firm Shaw Yoder Antwih Schmelzer & Lange. Her response was a clearly uncomfortable laugh.

“So you are watching TV, right? And he does something, and it’s just, where are you?” Brown added about the governor on this issue. “So he is doing something in the south, doing what he wants to do; that’s fine, but don’t come back and ruin what we are working on.”

Republicans have occasionally been targets of Brown, but not Democrats, and not a governor by whom she has often referred to by his first name only. The supervisor is a member of the Solano County Democratic Central

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FAIRFIELD — The youngest trustee to take a seat at the Fairfield school board, Jack Flynn, received a formal public censure on Thursday afternoon.

According to the censure papers, on Dec. 1, 2022, Flynn made an audio recording of a private conversation with Superintendent Kris Corey without her knowledge, a violation of the California Penal Code § 632, which prohibits recording of confidential conversa-

tions without the consent of the other party.

Trustee Ana Petero said the incident hap pened at the California School Board Association AEC conference in San Diego on Dec. 1 after the day’s conference activities were finished, and board members were relaxing.

According to Petero’s version of events, Corey “had been drinking, along with other board members and she was ‘screaming’ at Flynn.”

“Of course he felt he needed to protect himself,” she said. Trustee Helen Tilley in an interview after the meeting, completely rebutted Petero’s version of events.

“This matter was independently investigated,” Tilley said. “Flynn and Petero both were interviewed by the investigators and that statement is at odds with other board members’ portrayal of events.”

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it a crime to record or eavesdrop on any confidential communication, including a private conversation or telephone call, without the consent of all parties to the conversation, according to the Penal Code.

Flynn, after the conference, shared the contents of the recording with other people in the school community including members of the teacher’s union.

He has acknowledged making the recording between

Jay “Porkchop” O’Neal Jr. has been returned to Solano County to face a charge of first-degree murder, the city Police Department reported on Thursday.

The charge is in connection to the fatal Oct. 29 stabbing of 48-year-old Roderick Harris, 48, of Suisun City, about 2:45 p.m. in the 300 block of Jefferson Street, the police said.

O’Neal, 40, of Fairfield, was arrested on Monday by Lassen County Sheriff’s deputies on a no-bail warrant out of Solano

County, the police department reported. Lassen deputies had responded to a residence on an emergency health call involving O’Neal. He was treated and released, then arrested after he reportedly gave a false name to the deputies, said Jennifer Brantley, a Fairfield police spokeswoman. Brantley declined to say how investigators tracked O’Neal to Lassen. O’Neal had been identified as a “person of interest” in the case shortly after the incident, the police said, adding that the two men knew each other, but no other details have been released.

(2022) Gov. Gavin Newsom gestures during a ceremony to sign climate-related legislation on Mare Island in Vallejo, Sept. 16, 2022.

Armijo scholarships, Armijo Hall of Fame, my Armijo book!

Some local graduates of Fairfield High and Vanden High have remarked that my columns are way too Armijo High-centric. Uh, you ain’t seen nothing yet.

Armijo Alumni Association scholarships

The Armijo Alumni Association has given over $187,000 in scholarships to graduating seniors since it was founded in 1991. The organization has been inactive since 2016, but we still have a nest egg that we dip into every year to bless deserving local kids.

We also have scholarships sponsored by others like Karen Braker Parvin’s that honors her late mom, Class of 1948 grad Barbara Bidstrup Braker, and ones sponsored by classes, like mine, the Class of 1982, who had fundraising events at our 40th reunion last year specifically for that purpose.

Last week I met with Nanciann Gregg (Class of 1959) and Rima Totah (Class of 1991) on Zoom and we chose the recipients for the $8,700 worth of scholarships we offered this year. I want to thank the Assist-A-Grad volunteers who facilitate the annual process and congratulate the 11 scholarship recipients of the Armijo Alumni Association. Now go and make us proud!

The Armijo High School Hall of Fame

Remember how I said that the Armijo Alumni Association was inactive? Well, we are now active again, if only for a one-off event.

In 2013, I pitched the idea of starting a hall of fame to the other members of the association, but we didn’t move on it. Then in 2014 in a phone call with Class of 1977 grad Irving Scible, he suggested that we have a dinner to honor past

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teachers and do it while they’re still around. In 2015, we put those two ideas together and had our inaugural Hall of Fame event at the Courtyard Marriott. It was a magical, sold-out evening, as all who were present can attest. Now, the only thing was it had many moving parts and we basically had just four people running it. It was great, it was wonderful, but it was a lot of work and very stressful. I was the MC and I was sweating like a hooker in church. It led to one of the biggest laughs of the night when I inducted my old basketball coach, Jay Dahl, and he said, “Tony never sweated that much when he was playing for me!”

Anyway, the toll of putting on events and making newsletters and other things was a bit much, and that’s why after our 2016 fundraising concert “Armijo Rocks!” we called it quits.

But the Hall of Fame is back after an eight-year hiatus. In addition to individuals, we are also introducing generational inductees – families with generations of Armijo grads.

The Class of 2023 includes:

Posthumous: Carrol “Buck” Bailey (coach), Sr. Grand Master Emil Bautista (martial arts instructor), Robert “Rufus” Bowen (mathematician), Assemblyman Ernest Crowley (lawyer, politician), Bill Fuller (coach), Nelda Mundy (teacher), Dan O. Root II (teacher, superintendent), Virginia Scardigli (teacher), Ron Thompson (coach), Allan Witt (mayor, youth advocate)

Living: Michael Burgher (wrestler), The Engell Family (generational), Greg “Huck” Flener (Major League baseball player), Judge Ramona Garrett (judge), Michael Green (artist), Jim Inglebright (race car driver, businessman), The Lanza Family (generational), Peggy Linville (coach), Dave Marshall (coach, principal),

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Doug Martin (National Football League player), Barbara McFadden (actor, costume designer, director), The Ramirez Family (generational), Bud Tonnesen (athlete), Maria White-Tillman (CNN journalist)

The Armijo Hall of Fame was launched to recognize the accomplishments of outstanding alumni and hopefully to inspire current and future generations of Armijo students. I realize, and brought up the fact when we first started it, that Halls of Fame are inherently controversial. Someone can and will always want someone else inducted. The thing is, we are doing this to honor people, not to slight anyone.

The Armijo High School Hall of Fame induction celebration will be Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Downtown Theatre, 1035 Texas St., in Fairfield. Tickets are $40 and will soon be available at www.downtowntheatre.com.

‘Armijo High School: Fairfield, California’

Another year, another book!

I am ecstatic to announce that my third book for The History Press, “Armijo High School: Fairfield, California,” will be published on Aug. 7! It follows “Growing Up in Fair-

The WashingTon PosT Researchers just dis covered a method of animal reproduction previously unknown to science, reporting that a biological law is being “broken” by a species of ant.

The yellow crazy ant, according to a paper pub lished Thursday in the journal Science, lives up to its name. The acid-spraying insect has a bizarre form of reproduction unseen until now in the animal kingdom, one that may have allowed it to become one of the world’s worst invasive species, devastating many of the deli cate ecosystems it encounters.

“The discovery is quite extraordinary,” said Denis Fournier, an ant biologist at the Université libre de Brux elles who was not involved in the research. Pinpointing the ant’s novel form of reproduction, he added, offers “yet another glimpse of what nature is capable of inventing.”

A quick refresher from your sex-ed class: Normally, an embryo – in everything from humans down to the simplest multicellular animal – develops after a sperm fertilizes an egg. That single, fused cell divides to form an organism made up of genetically identical cells. Pluck nearly any cell from your body, and you should see the same DNA as you would in any other cell.

But yellow crazy ants – or at least, the male ones – are different.

Rather than fusing together, the genetic material from a queen’s egg and her mate’s sperm do not mix when forming a new male. Instead, the female and male ant both contribute DNA-laden nuclei, which begin replicating separately over and over again. These form into cells, which then become bound up in an embryo.

As a result, the bodies of male yellow crazy ants are not composed of cells containing the same set of DNA. The male

field, California,” published in 2021, and “Lost Restaurants of Fairfield, California,” published in 2022.

The following is the back cover copy: “In 1891 Armijo High School opened its doors for the first time. What began in the upstairs classrooms of Crystal Elementary School in Suisun City grew to the sprawling campus on Washington Street in order to serve the rising population of Fairfield, California. Armijo alumni have made indelible marks in numerous fields, including medicine, law, civil and military service, athletics, and the arts. Notable graduates include Noriyuki “Pat” Morita, who earned an Academy Award nomination for playing Mr. Miyagi in The Karate Kid movies, New York Giants Super Bowl champion George Martin and Johnny Colla, multi-platinum recording artist with Huey Lewis and the News. Join Tony Wade as he delves into the generations of students, parents and faculty that embody Armijo pride.”

It was truly a wonderful experience for me to take a deep dive into the history of the original Fairfield high school and hopefully it can educate, entertain and inform many people.

Or at the very least provide

some cool pictures to look at.

I am taking pre-orders, but only for locals who can come to one of the many book-signing/ selling events I will be having once it is published. You can pre-order from me directly using Venmo or Cash App and then come pick up a signed copy or copies at one my events. I do not ship books. If you aren’t local, then you can still order one of my books online from Amazon or Barnes and Noble or Arcadia Publishing.

To preorder, send $26 per copy (which includes tax) to my Venmo @Tony-Wade-4 or Cash App $TonyWade1964. I will also be at events before the publication date, and I take cash and credit/debit cards (I even give them back).

Some of the upcoming events

I will be at include:

May 5-6: Local Author Showcase event at the Town Square Library in Vacaville

June 17: 2nd Annual Fairfield Juneteenth Celebration at the Solano Annex

July 29: Early Bird Book Selling at Joe’s Buffet, I will have pre-publication copies available

August 19-20: Fairfield Tomato & Vine Festival

Sept. 3: Armijo High School Hall of Fame

Sept. 16: Suisun City Library

There are more to come and you can keep up with them on my Facebook page, Tony Wade-Author/Accidental Historian, https://bit.ly/ AccidentalHistorian

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

stood out before this discovery. The species ranks as one of the worst insect invaders, marching through island ecosystems from Hawaii to Zanzibar. Supercolonies of these frenetic insects spray an acid to subdue prey – perhaps most notably, decimating red land crabs on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. The International Union for Conservation of Nature listed the crazy ants among the “100 of the World’s Worst Invasive Alien Species.”

The yellow crazy ant’s peculiar way of reproducing may give it an edge as an invader. By carrying two separate genetic linages, the males may have a reduced chance of inbreeding, even if just a few arrive on an island.

ants are instead made up of two cell lines each with its own distinct genetic lineages – one from the queen and the other from her mate. The species’ queens and female workers, by contrast, form from a regular sperm-egg combination.

“It’s exciting to be at the frontier of knowledge,” said Hugo Darras, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Mainz in Germany and the paper’s lead author, in a Zoom interview.

Having studied plenty of other species, Darras added, “This is by far the most bizarre system I’ve ever worked with.”

A male yellow crazy ant represents what scientists call a chimera, or a single animal with two sets of genetically distinct cells. The name comes from a Greek mythological creature that is part lion, part goat and part serpent.

Scientists have found a handful of chimeras in nature, both in humans and other species, sometimes resulting in people or creatures with two different colored eyes. But most chimerism usually

stems from rare developmental incidents, such as when one embryo absorbs another in the womb.

Scientists have known for a while that the sex life of ants is strange. Queens of some species clone themselves. Other kinds of ants have no males at all. And yet some ant species are thought to have four sexes.

Benjamin Oldroyd, an emeritus professor of behavioral genetics at the University of Sydney who was not involved in the paper, said he has tried to write out a list of reproductive modes of ants and related species, “both real and imagined.”

“But every time I wrote out such a list, it turned out that fact is stranger than fiction,” he said. “I never imagined a species in which males would be a mixture of cells of two lineages, and that one lineage would be used for making sperm. I can only describe this ‘crazy ant sex’ as beyond my imagination.”

Yet even in the crazy world of ants, the yellow crazy ant

But Darras cautioned a lot more work needs to be done to explore these questions. “At the moment, it’s speculative,” Darras said. This yellow crazy ant study, he added, was about 15 years in the making.

“I imagine that the authors still have a lot to discover and tell us about the yellow crazy ant,” Fournier said.

Whatever the reason the ant evolved this unusual mode of reproduction, Darras and his team wrote the ant is breaking a “fundamental law of biological inheritance” with a “reproductive mode unknown to science” until now.

Darras noted that the vast majority of ants go unstudied. “I would not be surprised if we discover something similar in another species.”

Daniel Kronauer, a professor at Rockefeller University, noted there are few ironclad rules in biology. “Fundamental laws are something for physics. Biology is more like a collection of exceptions,” he said.

But he added, “This is one very interesting exception.”

Tony Wade Back in the day

BENICIA — Three candidates for the Trustee Area 5 seat on the Benicia Unified School District board will face the voters in a special election on Tuesday.

As of Thursday morning, the Solano County Registrar of Voters had received 694 mail-in ballots, or ballots that had been dropped off at the Pedrotti Ace Hardware store in the Southampton Shopping Center.

The candidates are Amy C. Hirsh, who lists herself as a parent and an attorney; Ali Mansouri, a parent and physician; and Ariana A. Martinez, a social worker, the county Registrar of Voters reports.

There are about 4,000 registered voters in the trustee area, with a single polling location. John Gardner, assistant registrar of voters, said he expects the election results

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to be certified by April 25.

The board seat was left vacant when no one chose to run during the November general election.

The school board then appointed Martinez.

However, three others considered for the appointment filed a petition arguing there was a conflict of interest, and further contended the board intentionally kept active parents from serving on the board, and accused the district of nepotism, collusion and failure to disclose that Martinez is the daughter of the executive assistant to the superintendent.

The school district’s attorney determined the appointment did not violate any district policy, so the petitioners took the next steps to trigger the special election, which, according to the Registrar of Voters, will cost the school district about $50,000.

The term ends after the 2026 general election.

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VACAVILLE — The woman who tried to cross westbound Interstate 80 on foot Tuesday has been identified as a 41-year-old female transient.

The Solano County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office identified her as Tara MacDonald.

The incident occurred about 4:53 a.m. east of the Mason Street exit, and was the first of two vehiclerelated fatality in Solano County that day.

The second occurred when a Dixon man, identified by the SheriffCoroner’s Office as Arturo Gonzalez, 59, crashed through the lowered railroad gate arms at eastbound Tremont Road, east of Robbin Road in rural

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Dixon, and hit the passing Amtrak train.

The CHP spokesman said the man tried to stop at the last second, but hit the train at high speed between the lead engine and the first passenger car. None of the 66 passengers on the train were injured.

The I-80 incident snarled commuter traffic for hours.

Only the number-one lane stayed open, creating slow, stop-and-go traffic. As motorists looked for alternative routes, the incident also caused a backup of cars exiting Interstate 505 at Vaca Valley Parkway and at the eastbound I-80 exit to Monte Vista Avenue. Reports of similar traffic delays on Peabody Road also were reported.

VACAVILLE —

Members of the Solano County Youth Commission on Thursday set out 270 blue pinwheels at City Hall to raise awareness about child abuse.

The pinwheels represent local victims of child abuse: with 812 reports of child abuse having been submitted in 2022 to the Solano County Child Welfare Services from the Vacaville area alone.

The “Painting the Community Blue” ceremony also involved officials from the Solano County Office of Education, the Vacaville Police Department and the Family Investigative Response Services Team.

“Not all 812 children were found to be victims, though someone in the community reported concerns about the safety of these children,” organizers said in a statement.

“Vacaville PD FIRST Unit detectives actively investigated 303 cases involving these children, and family support workers provided follow up support and parenting education. A total of 270 pinwheels, one per three children, were placed as part of this

prevention and awareness effort.”

The Youth Coalition is comprised of teens from Solano County high schools and colleges, and is a partnership between SCOE and the Solano Friday Night Live program.

“The SYC is a youthled coalition empowering students to raise awareness and advocate for safe and healthier choices in their communities.

Partnerships like those represented on the steps of the police station today, help SCOE engage local youth as active leaders and resources in their communities, and build student capacity and commitment for life long involvement in positive leadership,”

organizers stated.

The group also noted the multi-disciplinary approach the police department has “to combat child abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault and elder-abuse crimes.”

“The VVPD has a long history of partnering with community-based organizations, the SCOE and the Vacaville Unified School District to identify and intervene in child abuse and to prevent it from occurring. Throughout this month, celebrate the good things our communities do to promote healthy

child development and help increase child abuse prevention awareness in Solano County,” the statement said. Families seeking assistance can call the Police Department Family Resource Center at 707469-6608, or send an e-mail to frc@cityof vacaville.com.

For more information, go to cityofvacaville.gov/ frc, or cityofvacaville.gov/ resources. More information about the Solano Youth Coalition can be found at www.solanocoe.

email to solano@ homebaseccc.org.

Pact Act expansion to be discussed at meeting

SUISUN CITY — Al Sims, director of the Veterans Services for Solano County, will speak Thursday, April 27, to the Fairfield-Suisun VFW Post 2333 on expansion of the Pact Act for veterans who may have been exposed to chemical or environmental risks while serving.

The meeting is set for 10 a.m. to noon at the Veterans Memorial, 427 Main St., in Suisun City.

Sims is also scheduled to discuss veteran homelessness.

Topics regarding the Veterans Health Administration also are on the agenda.

The veterans are also beginning to gear up for Memorial Day activities.

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Members of the Solano County Youth Coalition set out blue pinwheels at Vacaville City Hall during the “Painting the Community Blue” ceremony to raise awareness during National Child Abuse Prevention month, Thursday.

Members of the Solano County Youth Coalition set out 270 blue pinwheels at Vacaville City Hall during the “Painting the Community Blue” ceremony, Thursday.

Travis board tables proposed PIO position; urges better communication

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FAIRFIELD — The Travis school board discussed creating a public information officer position at Tuesday night’s meeting.

Vince Ruiz, assistant superintendent of Human Resources, gave the presentation. He compared other PIO positions in Solano County with salary ranges from $95,000 to $153,000.

“We need more data to decide to go forward,” he said.

The board got into a

debate on how the district communicates with parents.

“I think in this district there is a perceived lack of communications,” said Trustee Will Wade.

He gave an example of an email he saw from another school in which the district stated the problem, what happened and the resolution to parents and teachers.

“It think that is the way to go,” he said. “We need more transparency.”

Wade asked who was responsible for getting information out to

people now.

Superintendent Pam Conklin said that the site administrators have full authority to provide information to the public.

“The staff communicates with each other and are very consistent with the messaging,” she said. “We make sure the information is gathered and is true and honest.”

They also make sure that the confidentiality of students is protected.

Board Vice President Matthew Bidou said he felt that at times the decision is made to not make

information available when something happens and that damages the trust of people.

“They need to have somebody that is very consistent and that is their job,” Bidou said. “Just be 100% transparent across the board.”

“A lot of parents are still at work and they don’t get the information,” he added. “I think the decision to not report on something is where rumors start.”

However, he thought the money should be spent somewhere else, but that communication needs

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to improve. Zenobia Muhammad, board clerk, said the trustees should table the discussion until feedback on the Facilities Master Plan comes back.

The Facilities Master Plan doesn’t have much to do with the new position, according to board President Manveer Sandhu, but he said “we should continue to work on avenues for better communication.”

The board indicated it would bring the issue back next year.

Travis school board talks safety fence

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FAIRFIELD — The Travis Unified School District debated placing a fence around several schools as a safety measure at Tuesday’s meeting.

The board heard a report on the possibility of installing a perimeter fence around Vanden High School, Golden West Middle School and Travis Education Center.

Gabe Moulaison, chief business officer, reported that he was calling the area “The Block,” because it was one full block around which they are looking to

install fencing. The estimated financial impact would be about $1.2 million for the fencing and work, according to the staff report.

“These would also require gates for access for vehicles and pedestrians,” he said. “And also crash bars for exiting.”

“I am not in favor of spending any more money on that,” said Manveer Sandhu, board president.

Board member Ivery Hood doesn’t believe a fence like this would stop anything from happening.

“A million dollars is a lot of money to spend,”

he said, “but it would be a one-time spend.”

The issue of students’ safety is important, the board agreed, but several noted that problems like fighting are coming from on-campus, not off-campus, threats.

Student board member Bonika Gudeta is concerned that students will feel that the campus is becoming more like a prison than a school. She wondered if a survey couldn’t be done to gain some idea of how the community feels about building a fence.

Matthew Bidou, vice

president of the board, doesn’t feel the fence will look like a prison with bushes placed along the perimeter.

Some other board members wanted to do a survey with the community and students so that the community can have input on the subject.

Superintendent Pam Conklin reminded the board that the Facilities Master Plan was just passed and she was concerned that having the staff do multiple surveys would compromise the Facility Master Plan overall.

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Charity poker tourney planned to help vets, active duty with mental health services

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FAIRFIELD —

E5 Therapy, the Suisun City-based veterans therapy firm, is hosting a charity poker tournament on April 22 to raise funds to provide mental health services to veterans, military personnel and their family members.

“Funds raised from this event go directly to providing mental health services to veterans, military and their family members who have reduced or no access to mental health services. Mental health services are in great need for everyone. It is our mission to provide those services to our nation’s heroes at low or no cost to them,” organizers said.

This event is being

sponsored by the American Legion Rago-Christopher Post 165 in Vacaville and Heretic Brewing Company.

Doors to the Vacaville Veteran’s Memorial Building, 549 Merchant St., open at 4 p.m. The tournament

is scheduled to begin at 5. Tickets can be purchased by Venmo: E5 Therapy under the charities tab. Include your contact information and how many tickets you want. The buy-in is $75.

Ray Charles Thompson

At age 94, surrounded by family and friends, Ray Charles Thompson peacefully passed away on March 29, 2023 in El Macero, CA. Ray was born in Reno, Nevada on October 23, 1928 to Abner and Edith Thompson. Shortly after Ray’s birth the family moved to San Leandro, CA where his parents lived in the same house for the next 68 years.

R ay was always on the go and during high school he made and sold bronzed ba by shoes, delivered newspapers, w orked for a ba ke ry and even sold fruit he picked from the neighbors trees. After high school, Ra y decided to do what he did best — w ork. With a new wife and ba by, Ray began his career in real estate, selling homes in the greater San Leandro/Oakland area. During the post WWII boom, R ay was able to w ork with many vete rans helping them to purchase their ve ry fir st home. Never one to let a day end early, Ra y also became a bar o wner and often w orked as the bartender at the Little Club in San Leand ro, where David Brubeck w ould often play R ay was an excellent salesman and business -

Gloria Marie Koch

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, Gloria Koch. Gloria passed away peacefully in her home on Friday, March 3, 2023 at 87 years of age.

While Gloria w as born in Caribou, ME pa r ents Josephell and Marion (Soucie)

Damboise m oved their family cross country to Fairfield, CA when Gloria w as just fiv e years old. Gloria is a gradu ate of Armijo High School class of 1952.

As a life-long resident of Fairfield/Solano County, Gloria found her passion in helping clients see the beauty in our valleys while finding them the perfect place to call home. Gloria began her real estate career at Blue Ribbon Lippstreau Realty and later became one of the first female broker-owners in Solano County when she opened the doors of Country Estates, Inc 41 years ago in 1982. Gloria enjoyed building a strong team and mentoring her agents. Many of her clients and colleagues were among her dearest friends. She continued to attend weekly staff meetings and gatherings into her final years- she enjoyed driving by her office to check on landscaping, but more importantly to see who was ‘on floor’. Gloria was a member of both the Green Valley Country Club and National Association

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man and never saw anything as a problem, he only saw challenges needing to be solved. After a fe w years of real estate sales in the bay area, R ay was asked to m ove to Davis and run the Stanley M. Davis Company. So, in 1959, at the age of 31, he m oved to Davis, CA, where, for the next forty plus years, he w orked as the managing partner developing land and building homes throughout Davis, Woodland, Va caville and Fairfield. Ray had an unm atched zest for life and was the epitome of work hard play hard. He was a member of the El Macero Country Club fo r 50 years, and belonged to two duck clubs. His other passions included fly fishing and tending to his vast ga rden. Ray was able to pass down many of these joys to his sons, grandchildren and even great grandchildren. Ra y is survived by his four sons, Dan Thompson of Sacramento, Steve Thompson of Davis, Bob Thompson (Cheryl) of Va caville, and Ian Thompson of Davis. In addition, Ray is survived by his sister Joanne Frasier of Castro Valle y, one nephe w, seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

A service and Celebration of Life will be held at the El Macero Country Club on April 12, 2023, beginning at 2:00 p.m. If possible, the favor of an RSVP is welcomed. Email CelebrateRayThompson@gmail.com.

of Realtors for over 40 years and had more recently become a member of the Suisun Valley Vintners & Growers Association when she and husband Maurry started a hobby vineyard at their home on Morrison Lane.

Gloria was a social butterfly, and while she loved traveling the world with her friends, she was just as happy hosting a family barbeque. She enjoyed entertaining, getting dressed up and going out for dinners with friends, ballroom dancing, modeling for local fashion icon-boutique owner Helen Lyall, and shopping dates with her girls.

As a 25-year breast cancer survivor, she gave generously to the American Cancer Society and participated in the annual Relay for Life during her younger years.

Gloria was predeceased by her parents Josephell & Marion Damboise, younger sister Donna Angus, and husband Maurry Koch.

She is survived by her three children, Ron Loney (Kim), Rhonda Stallings (John), and Scott Loney (Alicia), grandchildren Ryan Loney (Michael), Tyler Loney (Katie), Taylor Armour (Tyler), Samantha Stallings, Zachary Loney, Jessica Loney, great-grandchildren Brooks Loney, Grayson and Blake Armour, youngest sister Roxanne Damboise, and many nieces and nephews.

Gloria was laid to rest during a private family ceremony on Wednesday, March 15 at Rockville Cemetery. We invite you to join us for a celebration of life at Green Valley Country Club on Saturday, April 15 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

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mation will not happen for this survey before the June meeting,” she said. “This would be two separate plans that we would be working on at the same time.”

The board decided to continue with the Facilities Master Plan in gathering information, which includes input from the community, and keep the safety plan at the forefront. In the fall after the information is gathered for the Master Plan the board will look again at the idea of fencing and other measures for students safety.

FAIRFIELD — The Travis school board this week voted to adopt several new media for the coming school year. The action included three programs from Cengage Publishing/ National Geographic with “Look and See;” “Our World” and “Time Zones” being the new materials. The National Geographic material emphasizes science and social studies content woven throughout the lessons, according to the staff report. Also adopted was “World Civilizations: Since 1200,” 8th Edition, AP Edition, which will cover events from the year 1200 forward. New English-language development materials were added, too. The adopted materials will be available for public review at the district office, and public notices will be posted as required. The publisher provides extensive information about these programs online. Any comments received will be shared with the board at the next meeting.

Kevin Mitchell

Kevin R. Mitchell, 74, of Suisun California, passed away on February 25, 2023, due to a myocardial infarction.

Kevin Mitchell was a kind and thoughtful soul and will be missed and remembered by the many lives he touched. Kevin everyone you left in this world hates that you are gone but we are happy that you are home free and painless. We will always love and miss you until we can meet again.

Kevin was born in San Francisco, CA on December 13, 1948. He graduated from Napa High School in 1966.

Kevin worked as a Union Drywall Carpenter for 35 wonderful years of his life. He enjoyed laughing and telling stories, hunting, fishing, golfing, watching baseball and football, and spending time with his family and friends.

Ke vin is survived by his sister Kimberly Nichols, his brothe r Kirk Mitchell, his sons Richard Mitchell and Randolph Mitchell, three grandchildren, and other assorted family, and many caring friends.

Kevin is preceded in death by Joan Mitchell (mother) Earl Mitchell (father) Melanie Mitchell (daughter) and Jolene Mitchell (step-daughter)

The funeral service will be held on April 8, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. at Bryan-Braker Funeral Home, 1850 W. Texas St., Fairfield, CA 94533. Good friend Horace Wright will be officiating this lovely service. A reception will be held right after the service at Chevys Fresh Mex, 1730 Travis Blvd., Fairfield, CA, 94533.

Diane Burke Johnson

Diane Burke Johnson was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister and friend. She passed away on March 17, 2023 at age 88 in Fairfield, CA.

She was born to Thomas Emmett Burke, Jr. and Leah Virginia Burke in Salt Lake City, UT. She has two brothers, Billie Burke (West Valley City, UT) and Tom Burke (deceased). She married the love of her life, Donald Frank Johnson (deceased) in 1952 and they had four children Francine Constable (Jay), Donald R. Johnson, Susanna Steffen, and Virginia Smith (Matti). She adored her five grandchildren, Justin Crocker (Adrian), Michelle Skidmore, Jennifer Laskar (Jeremy), Kelly Massenzo (Bryan), Daniel Newman, and six great-grandchildren. There are two great-grandchildren on the way! She graduated from Cyprus High School, Magna, UT in 1952. Diane earned an Associate Degree in Computer Science from Solano Community College in 1984. She worked as a Computer Technician for Civil Service at Travis AFB for many years.

After Diane and her husband retired, they loved to travel the country in their truck and trailer. Their trips usually lasted six months and they visited many national parks. She had the Passport to Your National Parks books stamped at many parks to prove it! They also found the time to visit family and friends and enjoy several ocean cruises.

Diane’s passion was her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her love for all of us was unconditional. Her presence in our lives will be sorely missed.

A memorial service will be held on Friday, April 14, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2700 Camrose Ave., Fairfield, CA. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to National Disaster Search Dog Foundation.

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Supervisor urges support for sober graduation nights

FAIRFIELD — The Covid-19 pandemic took its toll in many ways.

One of the unintended prices paid was the suspension of sober high school graduation nights, and the fundraisers that supported those activities.

Solano County Supervisor Mitch Mashburn is hoping to change that – and he put $3,000 of his district funds up to help the cause.

Mashburn said that graduation is a special time for the young adults.

“Statistically ... it is also one of the most dangerous days in their lives,” said Mashburn, arguing if the seniors do not have something planned to do, they will go out and do something else, and quite possibly something involving alcohol.

“Losing one is one too many,” Mashburn said. He urged parents, community members and businesses to contact local high schools to find out what can be done to help.

The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved the allocation of $250 to 12 high schools or related programs for sober graduation nights. However, the supervisor’s staff is still putting together a list of schools that have even planned a graduation night. They know not all the schools that were granted funds do.

The list, for now, includes Armijo, Buckingham Collegiate, Dixon, Early College, Ernest Kimme Work Readiness & Alternative Pathway, Fairfield, Public Safety Academy, Rio Vista, Vacaville, Vacaville Christian, Vanden and Will C. Wood.

Professional artists wanted to paint cows in Vacaville

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VACAVILLE — Visit Vacaville is seeking professional artists from throughout Solano County to take part in its newest public art project, “Cows on Parade.”

“Six life-size fiberglass cows have been sponsored by local organizations and are ready for their artistic treatment before being placed on permanent display around ... Vacaville as part of the Vacaville Arts Trail,” organizers said in a statement.

Stipends will be awarded to the chosen artists, who will work with the sponsors to have the cow ready for Vacaville Arts Week, which runs Sept. 15-24.

The size of each cows are 5 feet, 2 inches high; 8 feet long; and

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to dry up in Solano County by noon.

28 inches wide.

“We can’t wait to see what each artist and their sponsor come up with for their cow’s décor,”

Melyssa Reeves, Visit Vacaville president and chief executive officer, said in the statement. “The beauty of inviting local artists to cover a blank fiberglass canvas is that we will get half a dozen completely unique pieces of art for our public trail.”

Each artist will be recognized on a plaque next to the cow on which they worked. Visit Vacaville also will promote each artist’s website, digital portfolio and social media handles on its website and through its own social media promotions of “Cows on Parade.”

Artists can apply by sending their portfolios to Reeves at melyssa@visit vacaville.com.

Thomas accepted luxury vacations for years from GOP donor, report says

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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas report edly went on free luxury vacations worth millions for years courtesy of a wealthy right-wing donor without disclosing the pricey trips as required by law.

The archconservative judge and his wife, Ginni Thomas, flew on private jets, cruised on a megayacht and enjoyed an annual weeklong holiday in a plush Adirondacks retreat without paying a dime, the news site Pro Publica reported Thursday.

Ethics experts say Thomas appears to have brazenly violated federal laws requiring judges to disclose all gifts of more than a nominal value.

One island-hopping 2019 trip to Indonesia alone was valued at more than $500,000. Clarence Thomas, who cultivates an everyman image and claims he avoids exclusive vacation spots, didn’t respond to requests for comment.

Dallas billionaire

Harlan Crow said he invited Clarence and Ginni Thomas to join him on the

FAIRFIELD — Not more than a tenth of an inch of rain was expected in Solano County from the weather system that moved into the area overnight, the National Weather Service in Sacramento reported. “Most of the impact will be in the mountains. We will have snow at about 5,500 feet,” meteorologist Craig Shoemaker said.

The skies are expected

“And we are finally warming up a little. Our temperatures will be slightly above normal going into the weekend,” said Shoemaker, adding that the forecast is for highs in the low 70s.

That will not last for long, however, as temps are expected to drop again next week. But there is no rain in the immediate future.

That is good news for a county that is still

recovering from the January storms, and had additional infrastructure damage – namely Lopes Road and the Benicia water main – that occurred as the February and March storms hit an already saturated hillside.

Fairfield and Benicia have declared their own emergencies due to the extensive damage.

The rain will add to an accumulation total of 36.59 inches in Fairfield, 12.06 inches above the 24.53 inches of normal

rainfall for April 6, the Weather Service reported. A typical rain season, from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30, is just shy of 25 inches in Solano County.

Vacaville’s normal from Oct. 1 to April 6 is 21.89 inches; there has been 33.65 inches recorded at the Nut Tree Airport. Travis Air Force Base has reported 27.21 inches to date, up from a normal amount of 17.98 inches on April 6, the National Weather Service reported.

Benicia declares local emergency; constructing bypass water line

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BENICIA — The City Council has declared a local emergency due to the break in its water line when a hillside in Fairfield collapsed during a recent storm.

In the meantime, the city Public Works and various contractors are working on a temporary bypass line.

“It’s important for us to take this action so that the city can receive funding through the California

Disaster Assistance Act and any other state and federal funding that may be available,” interim City Manager Mario Giuliani said in a statement.

Design for the bypass pipeline started last week. Construction began Tuesday and will continue around the clock until completed. It is expected to be ready for testing on Friday.

“If testing is successful, then water transmission from Cordelia to ... Benicia will be partially restored.

While testing is scheduled to begin on Friday, it could take several days to fully assess the viability of the temporary system,” the statement said.

“This is a highly complex project,” Public Works Director Kyle Ochenduszko said in the statement. “The bypass line is unique to the pipeline system and everevolving circumstances.

While we are confident that the bypass line will be successful, this is a situation with many variables.”

The bypass line will deliver water at a lower capacity than the main line. Supplementary water will still come from Lake Herman until the bypass line has been successfully tested.

Residents and businesses are still under 40% mandatory water conservation until further notice.

A webpage has been established to provide a one-stop source for information about this incident at www.ci.benicia.ca.us/ watertransmissionline.

Hostage killed, CHP officer injured in Sacramento-area shooting

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luxe jaunts, and insisted it was “no different from the hospitality we have extended to our many other dear friends.”

Rep. Alexandria OcasioCortez, D-N.Y., renewed her call for Thomas to be impeached over the junkets, which she called “rank corruption.”

“This degree of corruption is shocking – almost cartoonish,” the progressive lawmaker tweeted.

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said the Senate Judiciary Committee would “take action” in response to the bombshell report.

A man shot a California Highway Patrol officer Thursday at a Roseville park, then shot two additional people he had taken hostage, leaving one of the hostages dead and the other injured, before ultimately surrendering to law enforcement and being taken to a hospital, authorities said.

Roseville police responded shortly after 12:30 p.m. to a call from CHP reporting one of its officers had been shot at Mahany Park, Capt. Kelby Newton of the Roseville Police Department said in a news conference.

The suspect took two adult victims hostage at the park for a short time, until officers arrived and confronted him, Newton said.

The suspect allegedly shot both hostages. One of the hostages died at the scene, Newton said. The other was taken to a hospital, where their condition was not known as of Thursday afternoon.

The suspect surrendered to officers and was taken into custody, Newton said, before also being taken to a hos-

Dozens of law enforcement officers responded to Mahany Park in Roseville, Thursday. a suspect was taken into custody, according to police dispatch audio.

pital for unspecified injuries. Newton said it did not appear the suspect had been shot.

“One of our officers was struck by gunfire from the suspect’s firearm,” CHP Officer Ricardo Ortiz said. “That officer is being treated for his injuries and is in stable condition.”

Newton said CHP was serving an arrest warrant at the time of the incident, but the nature of the warrant was not clear.

Ortiz said he had no other information available regarding the investigation, which remains active.

The shooting and hostage situation developed quickly, in a matter

ing situation and occurred within a couple of minutes of the initial broadcast of the CHP officer being struck by gunfire,” the police captain said.

The identities and ages of the suspect and victims have not been released.

The incident drew a large police presence to the park on Pleasant Grove Boulevard beginning around 12:30 p.m.

The Roseville Police Department in a social media post just after 3:05 p.m. said the “suspect has been taken into custody and the scene is

Dozens of law enforcement vehicles from multiple agencies remained at the scene as of 3:15 p.m. Activity centered on the park, which includes softball fields and a dog park.

The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office assisted with the response, spokesman Sgt. Amar Gandhi said. Gandhi said “major” law enforcement activity was underway. Placer County sheriff’s deputies were also at the scene. Pleasant Grove Road was closed to traffic between Woodcreek and Del Webb boulevards as of 2:30 p.m.

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California’s water battles continue despite record rain and snow

On Monday, California water officials slogged through deep snow 7,000 feet above sea level, west of Lake Tahoe, to affirm what everyone already knew: A series of Pacific storms has generated recordlevel amounts of precipitation, filling reservoirs, inundating low-lying towns and fields and threatening more disastrous flooding as the Sierra snowpack melts.

Its negative aspects aside, the immense amount of rain and snow is welcome relief from drought that has plagued the state for the past three years. But it also is a warning about California’s boom-andbust precipitation cycle, which is becoming more pronounced with climate change.

It’s a warning that we must do a better job of capturing and conserving water when precipitation is plentiful, because the next drought is just around the corner. That means building more storage, such as the long-delayed Sites Reservoir on the west side of the Sacramento Valley, creating more sinking basins to replenish overdrafted underground aquifers and, most importantly, doing something about the chaotic way in which we manage water.

California has been a state for 173 years and its residents have been squabbling over water for its entire history, beginning with conflicts between gold miners and pioneer farmers. Battles have been waged in the Legislature, in the courts and in ballot measures, but they have succeeded mostly in making water management increasingly obtuse.

The managerial system – or, more accurately, non-system – now in place is a mishmash of federal, state, regional and local agencies which tend to respond to the conditions of the moment, sometimes in conflict with one another, while dealing with laws and regulations that are beyond Byzantine in their complexity.

The California constitution declares that water is a public trust to be used for reasonable and beneficial purposes, but there have been countless political and legal duels over the interpretation of those broad terms, particularly over the legal standing of water-use rights, some of which date to the Gold Rush era.

In its landmark 1983 decision involving damage to Mono Lake from water diversions by the city of Los Angeles, the state Supreme Court noted the conflict between water rights and the public-trust doctrine, saying, “the two systems of legal thought have been on a collision course.” Fundamentally, the court declared that honoring the public-trust doctrine, which includes environmental protection, is at least equal to water rights, and perhaps superior, when the two are in conflict.

However the decision did not stop the legal and political jousting. Most recently, the conflict has been played out in skirmishing over reductions in diversions from the beleaguered Colorado River and in jousting over management of the San Joaquin River and its tributaries.

The state Water Resources Control Board has attempted for years to forge “voluntary agreements” to reduce agricultural diversions from the San Joaquin River system to enhance habitat for fish and other species. Meanwhile, environmental groups, citing the publictrust doctrine, have pressed the board to increase natural flows by decreeing new water quality standards.

The conflict over the San Joaquin and other rivers may be resolved by the Legislature. Four bills have been introduced which, taken as a whole, would give the water board sharply increased powers to enforce the public-trust doctrine, levy stiff fines for unauthorized diversions and force holders of water rights, even those dating back to the 19th century, to prove their validity.

Senate Bill 389, Assembly Bill 460, Assembly Bill 1337 and Assembly Bill 676 have a long way to go to become law. But their introduction indicates that water rights, the linchpin of any serious debate over water management, may be headed for a political showdown.

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.

California is considering giving reparations of $360,000 to descendants of Black slaves, at a cost of up to $800 billion.

There is a list of 69 massacres of Native Americans (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ List_of_Indian_massacres_ in_North_America), where many women and children were killed, including the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre (400 killed, 1846 Sacramento River Massacre (700 killed), 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre (250 killed), and Clear Lake Massacre (400 killed).

Native American tribes have had their ancestral land taken from them illegally. The United States made 368 treaties with Native American tribes from 1778 to 1871.

As settlers moved into the Great Lakes region the Shawnee, Lenape, Miami, Ottawa, Ojibwa and Potawatomi fought a battle at Fallen Timbers, and were forced to give up large areas of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin in the Greenville Treaty.

In 1809, the Treaty of Fort Wayne between the U.S. and Lenape, Potawatomi, Miami, and Eel River tribes, took 2.5 million acres of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Illinois for about 2 cents per acre.

While Andrew Jackson served as a federal commissioner from 1814 to 1824, he negotiated nine of 11 treaties with Choctaw, Chickasaws, Creeks, Seminoles and Cherokee southeast tribes, which gave up 50 million acres of land in Alabama,

Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky.

In 1830, President Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act, which the U.S. granted land west of the Mississippi River to Native American tribes who agreed to give up their homelands, which gave 25 million acres of land in the South to settlers. When many Cherokee resisted giving up their ancestral land in the southeast the U.S. signed a treaty with the Cherokee at New Echota in 1835, which traded 7 million acres of Cherokee land for $5 million. Many Cherokees opposed the treaty, and the U.S. sent 1,000 soldiers to force the removal of the Cherokee. About 15,000 of the Cherokee died during the 1,200-mile trek to Oklahoma, known as the “Trail of Tears.”

In the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, the U.S. designated the Black Hills of the Dakotas the Great Sioux Reservation, the exclusive territory of the Dakota, Lakota, Nakota and Arapaho tribes. Miners and settlers moved into the area when gold was discovered. The Supreme Court awarded the Sioux $100 million in 1980, ruling that the Black Hills were illegally confiscated. Sioux leaders said that the land had not been for sale and rejected the payment.

The Dawes Act of 1887 stole 90 million acres of Native American lands from 1887 to 1934, about two-thirds of all Native American land at the time. The Dawes Act gave the U.S. president the power to

break up lands in small parcels of 40 to 160 acres, some of which would be offered to Native Americans as private farmland and the rest would be sold to settlers and businesses.

After all of the Native Americans received their small allotments, there was a surplus of 60 million acres ceded to the U.S. government. The Dawes Act stated that Native Americans weren’t competent to own their land outright, and the deeds would be held in trust for by the government for 25 years, after which they would be transferred to Native Americans. There was no waiting period for settlers.

After the 25-year trust period the land became subject to property taxes, which most Native Americans could not pay. So the land would be seized by the tax court and sold at auction. There were additional laws and amendments to the Dawes Act including the Dead Indian Act of 1902 that allowed heirs to sell their land before the 25-year trust period was up. Through these laws an additional 27 million acres of Native American land was lost.

What kind of reparations should be paid to Native Americans for these abuses?

Roger Oberbeck is a Navy veteran, electrical engineer, guided missile systems field engineer, Navy nuclear engineer, author and biotech senior validation engineer. He is a member of The Right Stuff Committee and can be reached at roger oberbeck@yahoo.com.

One of the things former President Donald Trump has had going for him in his confused immersion in the world of politics is that his opponents are infallibly worse than he is. Right now, bunches are hooting at him that no one is above the law as if he’s the one guilty of that attempted ascension instead of a blundering, confused, ideologically driven, inept, crimeassisting Manhattan district attorney.

His name is Alvin Bragg, and, with the aid of a grand jury, he got an indictment in a case he has been pursuing with a look of moral anger on his otherwise ambitious face every time he talked about Stormy Daniels. She is an actress in porn movies who allegedly had a sexual visit with Trump, thereby earning $130,000.

The encounter occurred in 2006, but it was in 2016 when Trump was running for president that she tried to sell her story to the National Enquirer and received the big bucks from Michael Cohen instead. A private lawyer for Trump, Cohen turned against him when he did not become a White House lawyer for Trump, or so it is reported.

Helping her as Daniels went public was her attorney, Michael Avenatti, who hinted about running for president himself, appeared regularly on CNN and is now in prison for cheating clients and other misdeeds. The Federal Election Commission

looked into whether this was misspent donation money to help Trump win the election and decided it wasn’t. The Justice Department investigated to no avail. What we have here is a federal law, not a state law within the reach of state prosecutors. Nevertheless, Bragg, while seeing crime increase in New York as his efforts to stop it have been missing, found this motivating. He got deeply involved in the subject despite his predecessor backing up. Like his predecessor, he looked into such matters as Trump maybe making the payments secretly by illegally messing around with business records. Even if true, this activity would be a misdemeanor, not a felony, and legal time limits have run out on virtually the whole package, if not all of it.

Bragg is therefore left with pretty much nothing except a witness, Cohen, an established liar. Some lawyers, such as the well-known legal commentator Jonathan Turley, say it’s pretty hard to see how Bragg finds his way into sticking Trump into prison for felonious conduct in a federal case, but assuming he got there by means of tricks we haven’t learned about and judges willing to accept them, what do we have?

The only criminal case in American history against a former president, and, by the way, it would be difficult to show he was paying Daniels

to protect his election instead of his marriage.

Alright then, why not transform our ever-weaker democracy into a police state in which those in power are above the law they hardly notice anyway in going after those with less power? In the past, we have had something different, as in the likes of the honorable President Gerald Ford. A Republican like his resigned predecessor, Richard Nixon, he still knew he’d likely fail in the coming election if he stopped prosecution of the man. He did it anyway. And by the way, Trump’s sexual adventures are not all that unusual for presidents, such as Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Warren G. Harding, James Buchanan and Grover Cleveland.

Whether Trump criminally planned the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has not been convincingly demonstrated, but he encouraged and sat and watched some of it on TV while doing nothing. That’s horrendous, and we also have questions about attempted interference in the Georgia vote in 2016 and his possession of classified documents. But the two-year-long Mueller investigation was a farce, as was his House impeachment as a private citizen and now this? It appears at this stage to be as much an assault on America as on Trump.

Jay Ambrose is an op-ed columnist for Tribune News Service. Readers may email him at speaktojay@aol.com.

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Renner wrote ‘last words’ to family after accident

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“Avengers” actor Jeremy Renner wrote a goodbye note to his family after being critically injured in a Jan. 1 snowplow accident, he revealed in a new interview. Choking back tears, Renner told ABC’s Diane Sawyer he typed out his “last words” while hospitalized. Renner was run over by the 14,000-pound snowplow near his Nevada home as he attempted to stop the moving vehicle from hitting his nephew, officials said.

“If I was there on my own, that would’ve been a horrible way to die, and surely I would’ve. Surely,” Renner said in a preview clip that aired Wednesday on “Good Morning

America.” “But I wasn’t alone. It was my nephew, sweet Alex. And the rest of the cavalry came.”

The interview, which aired at 10 p.m. Thursday on ABC, was Renner’s first since the accident. The actor required surgery after suffering eight broken ribs, a collapsed lung, a broken clavicle and shoulder, and broken bones in his face and legs.

“I was awake through every moment,” Renner said in an earlier preview clip.

Renner has chronicled his recovery on social media, including tweeting on Jan. 17 that he was home from the hospital. Late last month, Renner posted a video showing himself on an anti-gravity treadmill.

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Crime logs

FairField

TUESDAY, APRIL 4

8:16 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 2500 block of PINKERTON

2:40 p.m. — Vehicle theft, BILTMORE COURT 3:11 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 2200 block of CEMENT HILL ROAD 3:25 p.m. — Drunk and disorderly, 1300 block of HOLIDAY LANE

p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, WEBSTER STREET 4:01 p.m. — Assault with a deadly weapon, 1800 block of WEST TEXAS STREET

4:18 p.m. — Forgery, 1600 block of PARK LANE

5:06 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 2200 block of CEMENT HILL ROAD

5:20 p.m. — Grand theft, 1300 block of GATEWAY BOULEVARD

6:04 p.m. — Grand theft, 2700 block of HILLVIEW DRIVE

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of CHERRY HILLS COURT

200 block of EAST ATLANTIC AVENUE

9:59 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 4300 block of CENTRAL PLACE

10:22 a.m. — Reckless driver, PEABODY ROAD

11:18 a.m. — Hit-and-run with injury, WEST TEXAS STREET

1:22 p.m. — Vandalism, 1100 block of TABOR AVENUE

1:30 p.m. — Forgery, 1600 block of PARK LANE

2 p.m. — Vandalism, 1300 block of WASHINGTON STREET

6:37 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 400 block of SAN MARCO STREET

7:17 p.m. — Drunken driving, 700 block of FIFTH STREET

8:11 p.m. — Reckless driver, GOLD HILL ROAD

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TUESDAY, APRIL 4

9:34 a.m. — Fraud, 300 block of LARK CIRCLE

12:59 p.m. — Grand theft, 200 block of CLEARBROOK COURT

5:58 p.m. — Reckless driver, WALTERS ROAD / HIGHWAY 12 10:08 p.m. — Reckless driver, PINTAIL DRIVE / WOODLARK DRIVE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5

4:14 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 900 block of RAILROAD AVENUE

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Tennessee house votes to expel 2 Dem lawmakers

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The Tennessee House of Representatives voted Thursday to expel Democratic state Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, who led a Friday protest for tighter gun control measures after a shooter opened fire on a Christian grade school the killer once attended.

“It’s morally insane that a week after a mass shooting took six lives in our community, House Republicans’ only response is to expel us for standing with our constituents to call for gun control,” Jones tweeted Tuesday, adding that the vote to oust elected officials is “a clear danger to democracy all across this nation.”

After his expulsion, Jones told supporters “this isn’t about me” and vowed to continue advocating for gun safety measures.

The vote on the third Democratic lawmaker, Rep. Gloria Johnson, fell just short of the two-thirds majority necessary to remove an elected House official. Jones and Pearson are both Black, while Johnson is white.

Republican House Speaker Cameron Sexton said the three Democrats in question, including Jones – who shouted through a bullhorn

during the demonstration –violated “several rules of decorum and procedure on the House floor” during their demonstration. Republicans control the House in Tennessee.

Democrats believe legislators should be proactive in taking measures to keep guns out of the hands of school shooters, like Audrey Hale, who killed three 9-year-old students and three adults at The Covenant School in Nashville on March 27.

U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., added to Democrats’ frustration last week by saying gun control measures aren’t on the negotiating table as far as he’s concerned. “We’re not gonna’ fix it,” Burchett told reporters the day after the massacre. “Criminals are gonna be criminals.”

Only twice since the Civil War era have Tennessee Representatives expelled one of their own, according to Reuters. One member of the State House was booted for soliciting a bribe in 1980 and another was kicked out following multiple accusations of sexual misconduct.

Demonstrators gathered in Nashville on Thursday to support Johnson, Pearson and Jones.

would not be resolved in just one event. The forum included two fictional cases. The participating agencies responded on how they could help each person in the scenarios.

Hernandez showed a map of homeless encampments in the city, noting that other agencies have control over some of the areas. The city is battling with a private land owner who allows an encamp-

ment on his property.

The city has the third-lowest homeless population in the sevencity county, she added.

The event wrapped up with a questionand-answer session. Attendees were provided pen and paper to submit their queries.

One person wanted to know what percentage of the homeless population don’t want housing or services.

Emily Johnson, with Solano County Behavioral Health, said estimated it was an even split. “Some people may not

found that his conduct warranted consideration by a Solano County Grand Jury, under Government Code sections 3060 to 3075.

be ready for congregate housing,” she said.

Shayne Kaleo, deputy program director with Shelter Inc., said all want housing. The majority will not take it for various reasons, including setting themselves up for failure and the belief it will cost them something.

Aaron Roth, Suisun City police chief, said his officers making contact with the homeless, are told they don’t want help. That stems from a feeling that if the police are showing up, they must be doing something wrong, he said.

Suisun police officers

often dress down when contacting the homeless, offering a more comfortable approach, he said.

City Manager Greg Folsom shared the story of how the city was able to clean up the area near the city lighthouse. A biologist was hired, who determined waste was getting into the water and was able to declare it an environmental risk.

Attendees were encouraged to attend meetings with service providers.

A regional homeless strategic workshop is set 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 22 at 675 Texas St. in Fairfield.

himself and Corey.

The Governing Board reviewed the issue with legal counsel and found that not only did Flynn possibly violate the California Penal Code restrictions on recording of verbal conversations in a private setting, but also found his conduct a serious transgression of laws, policies and norms of the Governing Board.

The public censure comes from the Board Bylaw 9005 which states that board members shall “act with dignity, and understand the implications of demeanor and behavior” and “Assume collective responsibility for building unity and creating a positive organizational culture ...”

Board members are also enjoined to “govern in a dignified and professional manner, treating everyone with civility and respect ...’ ”

On Dec. 15, Flynn “took an oath to faithfully discharge the duties as a board member, consistent with the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution and laws of the state of California, and the governing documents of this District,” according to the public censure. The board found that he did not adhere to his oath.

The board not only censured him for failing to uphold his oath, but

Under these codes, Flynn could be removed from office if found guilty by a grand jury.

The censure instructed Flynn to focus on learning and achievement for all district students, consistent with board bylaws, including Bylaw 9005, and to avoid behaviors that distract from this overriding objective. He was also advised that consistent with Government Code section 995.2 and related laws, failure to comply with board bylaws, board policies or laws may result in a loss of defense or indemnity for any claims or actions resulting from his conduct.

In addition, he is not to record conversations with Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District employees, board members or other members of the school community for any reason.

Board President David Isom and a designee were authorized and directed to refer the matter for consideration to the Solano County Grand Jury. They may take all actions necessary to carry out the resolution, and are authorized to study and make recommendations to the board to resolve the concerns raised by Flynn’s conduct moving forward.

Petero tried to stop the proceedings before the agenda was even

be changes to meet the changing priorities since the Proposition 63 passed nearly 20 years ago.

approved by stating that Flynn could not be held accountable as a board member because Jona than Richardson was the presiding board member for his district at the time.

“Flynn was not even sworn in yet,” she said.

Isom countered that they had talked the situation over with legal counsel, who reassured the board they could proceed by approving the agenda first.

Several members of the public spoke on Flynn’s behalf, including Nancy Dunn, president of the Fairfield-Suisun Unified Teachers Union.

“It has been over 100 days and he has kept his campaign promises,” she said. “This should be a teaching opportunity.”

Richardson, the former board president, spoke, too, noting his deep concern for the district over rumors which are spreading misinformation. He offered Flynn the opportunity to reach out to him.

Three board members voiced complaints about the recording after an independent investigation was done. Corey did not have anything to do with the censure.

Bethany Smith said she thought long and hard about her decision on the censure. She said she has known Flynn for over 15 years and it was difficult for her to agree with

the censure, but in the end she did.

“You are the same age as my son, and I have to think about his decision making – he lacks life experience and makes poor decisions. I think that I have doubts that you have actually learned a lesson here,” she said tearfully.

She then pulled out an email she said Flynn sent Wednesday night and handed copies to each member of the board to read. The letter states, “Unfortunately, the FSUSD Board is now trying to overturn the results of the November election and remove me from elected office. This is a very trumpian (sic) effort by our conservative school board to overturn a free and fair election.”

“How hypocritical to call us Trumpian when most of us are Democrats,” Smith said. “This makes me concerned about repeat behavior, so I will vote in support of this censure.”

During the meeting Flynn said that he joined the board to help make a difference.

“I didn’t run out of malicious intent,” he said. “I maintain that I have done nothing wrong. I continue to represent District 5.”

More information on the full Penal Code is online at https://leginfo. legislature.ca.gov.

Committee and has frequently attended the party’s conventions.

The furor was caused by a statement Newsom made during his recent state-of-the-state tour, in which he proposed taking up to a third of California counties’ Proposition 63 funds. Voters approved the Mental Health Service Act in 2004. It implemented a 1% income tax on earners of $1 million or more to improve mental health services.

Taking a third of those funds would mean an estimated $1 billion statewide.

“None of these funds are being taken away from locals,” Alex Stack, the deputy communications director for the Governor’s Office, said in a phone interview. However, there would

Stack said 30% of the funding would have to go toward supportive housing for individuals with mental illnesses, but “it doesn’t change who distributes the money.” The county would maintain control of the purse strings.

The proposal also expands funding uses. Right now, a person with substance abuse issues would also have to have a mental illness to qualify for a program funded by MHSA. The change would allow anyone with a substance abuse issue to be treated in an MHSAfunded program.

Emery Cowan, chief deputy of the county Behavioral Health division, said the county already uses some of its MHSA funds for housing but not 30%.

In an email, she also noted that the MHSA changes proposed by Newsom’s administration would eliminate prevention and early intervention; as well as eliminate these elements of the program: innovation; Capital Facilities and Technological Needs; the Workforce Education and Training; and Community Services and Support.

It would require 30% to be spent on full-service partnerships, with a focus on the most seriously ill, and require counties to bill Medi-Cal first for reimbursable services before using MHSA funds.

Currently, the county

uses 50% of its Community Services and Support funding toward full-service partnerships, so Cowan is not sure how things will shake out.

She told the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday that “losing” the funding would mean the county would have to end or cutback its support to 47 wellness centers at schools, and its preventive and early intervention programs, including First 5 children’s initiatives.

“Basically, all of our preventive funding would go away: All of the programs that are helping kids in school, trying to prevent them from getting into our services and our system,” said Cowan, adding in an interview on Wednesday, “that is the risk.”

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IRS overhaul aims for tenfold increase in audits of the wealthy

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WASHINGTON — The IRS hopes to increase tax audits on the wealthiest taxpayers tenfold under the Biden administration’s plan for the agency, according to a senior administration official and the IRS’s new strategic operating plan. IRS and Treasury Department officials said Thursday that they will use $80 billion in new funding for the tax service to claw back unpaid balances from high-income earners and complex businesses –restoring audits on those taxpayers to higher rates from more than a decade ago – and boost customer service resources for middle – and low-income tax filers.

The agency plans to digitize its tax-processing pipeline and begin developing government-backed online tax-filing software with money from the Inflation Reduction Act, one of President Biden’s chief legislative victories, officials announced in a 149-page report.

Retooling the IRS, which languished for more than a decade with budget and staffing shortages, was a key provision in the legislation to pay for spending on climate change and health care.

But it also appealed to Biden and Democrats’ political base as the president readies for a reelection campaign in which he’s signaled that a populist economic appeal will be a central theme. He has pledged not to increase taxes or audit rates on those making $400,000 or less.

“The tax system is not fair. It is not fair,” Biden said during his State of the Union address. “No billionaire should be paying a lower tax rate than a schoolteacher or a firefighter. I mean it.”

IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel, who was confirmed to his post last month and had a ceremonial swearing-in this week, said in the report that his agency would

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Crow, a real estate magnate, is a major rightwing donor and has given at least $10 million to Republican and conservative causes, some of which aim to shape the judiciary.

He insists that he never discussed pending cases with Thomas, who earns $275,000 a year.

There is no specific code of ethics for Supreme Court justices. But all federal judges are required to submit disclosure forms listing gifts.

Ethics experts and former judges say Thomas should have included the expensive trips, whether Crow is a friend or not.

“Failing to mention allexpense-paid international vacations, gifts of historic artifacts, and private confabs with avowed political activists for over 20 years cannot be chalked up to a string of innocent mistakes,” said Jeff Hauser of the Revolving Door Project, an ethics in government group. “This is a pattern of open contempt for American law.”

The Thomases have enjoyed Crow’s extravagant hospitality almost every year for about two decades.

The judge went on a plush trip to Crow’s all-male California resort. He also has taken an annual weeklong trip to Camp Topridge, a 105-acre private lakeside

create a “world-class customer service operation” where “Americans have confidence that all taxpayers, regardless of means, are doing their part to meet their responsibilities under our tax laws.”

Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said in an interview that the IRS hopes to increase audit rates on wealthy individuals to 2011 levels, before when congressional Republicans slashed its budget for five consecutive years.

“One of the things that people talk about when they say that the tax code is unfair is, if you’re lowincome, you’re more likely to be audited than if you’re wealthy,” Adeyemo said in an interview. “That is not consistent with tax fairness.”

The IRS will hire hundreds of employees in the coming years with skills to undertake those audits and to transform the agency’s technology to better spot noncompliance. Werfel is set to brief lawmakers later this month on the agency’s hiring plans, Adeyemo said.

In 2019, the most recent year for which data is available, the IRS audited 0.4 percent of taxpayers earning at least

retreat in far upstate New York, where he often rubs elbows with right-wing political operatives and corporate big wigs.

The most extreme luxury trip took place in 2019 when the Thomases flew to Indonesia on Crow’s jet and used his 162-foot yacht to visit a string of picturesque volcanic islands.

The Thomases have been under a harsh spotlight in recent months because of the judge’s refusal to recuse himself from cases involving former President Donald Trump’s scheme to overturn the 2020 election.

Ginni Thomas is a prominent conservative activist and was an active participant in the failed effort to keep Trump in power. She regularly communicated with White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to push the plan that culminated with the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Clarence Thomas insisted on taking part in the top court’s deliberations about whether the congressional Jan. 6 committee had the right to demand the messages even though his wife’s messages were included.

The court wound up ruling 8-1 in favor of the committee, with Thomas being the only objector.

Some Democrats are pushing for court reforms that would include stricter rules or at least guidelines for when Supreme Court justices should step aside to avoid conflicts of interest.

$500,000, down from 4.5 percent in 2011.

The most impoverished filers in 2019, those reporting zero positive income, were audited 0.8 percent of the time, more than twice the rate of wealthier taxpayers the same year.

Republicans have criticized the IRS expansion, saying it would “supersize” the agency. Some falsely claimed it would lead armed government agents to harass taxpayers, prompting threats against agency employees.

“Despite what some might think or say, these public servants within the IRS are armed only with calculators and their skills to help us address complex issues,” Werfel said in remarks Tuesday after his ceremonial swearing-in.

The IRS has already spent nearly $850 million to improve taxpayer services and the agency’s ailing technology. But GOP lawmakers such as Sen. Mike Crapo (Idaho) remain skeptical.

“For nearly eight months, the IRS has relied on a ‘spend first, plan later’ approach that is not transparent or responsible, and a surefire recipe for error, waste and mismanagement,” Crapo, the top Republican on the

Senate Finance Committee, said Thursday after the new IRS plan was unveiled. “While we carefully review the plan that was released today, I agree with IRS Commissioner Werfel’s previous statement that there ‘should be regular updates and that transparency and accountability will be critical to success.’ I intend to hold the IRS to that standard.”

The agency plans to introduce services to allow taxpayers to complete their returns electronically and solicit help from customer service representatives through secure online portals, according to the report.

It will invest in digital scanning technology for paper tax returns. Roughly 10 percent of filers submit hard-copy returns, bogging down the agency with millions of pieces of paper. Werfel said the IRS will spend Inflation Reduction Act money to buy more scanning equipment, with the goal of eliminating the paper backlogs that snarled the 2022 tax season.

“The vision is that you’re going to be able to interact with the IRS the way you would any other company,” Adeyemo said.

The agency is also in the

midst of commissioning a report on the feasibility of developing its own tax preparation software. The IRS diverts online filers to private firms such as Intuit TurboTax and H&R Block to file taxes electronically. Nearly 70 percent of taxpayers qualify for “IRS Free File,” which directs them to other software programs.

Instead, with the new funding, the agency will consider a “questionbased electronic service to prepare and file tax returns directly with the IRS,” the report states. The IRS commissioned a study on such a program with the left-leaning New America think tank this year.

The IRS’s new operating plan fulfills an Inflation Reduction Act goal by “eliminating the twotiered tax system that has allowed the wealthy and well-connected to play by one set of rules and everyone else by another,” said Rep. Richard E. Neal (Mass.), the top Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee.

But the tax service’s report cautioned that the Inflation Reduction Act funding alone would not be enough for the IRS’s technology, customer service and compliance

improvements.

The agency warned that budget cuts – or even just small increases that do not keep pace with inflation – would derail its transformation, forcing it to divert money meant to be spent on information technology upgrades or taxpayer services to keep its head above water in coming tax seasons.

“To fund the government, you need an effectively functioning and fair Internal Revenue Service,” said Mark Everson, who served as IRS commissioner from 2003 to 2007 and was briefed on the strategic plan by administration officials. “Things have gotten so complex, and there have been so many changes, and yet the service has clearly not been able to keep up.”

If Congress cuts the IRS’s budget in 2024 or does not factor inflationary costs into the agency’s annual appropriation, the agency would exhaust its $3.2 billion in Inflation Reduction Act taxpayer services funding within four years, the report says. The agency will also be unable to fund its IT modernization projects without additional funding from Congress.

That’s a risky position for the IRS, which frequently finds itself in partisan crosshairs, said Douglas Holtz-Eakin, president of the conservative think tank American Action Forum and a former director of the Congressional Budget Office. House Republicans have passed legislation to strip the IRS of much of the Inflation Reduction Act funding. (The Democratic-controlled Senate is unlikely to take up the bill.)

Appearing to give Congress an ultimatum about the IRS’s capabilities, he said, rather than working with lawmakers to secure more funding, could spell trouble.

“Don’t blackmail people,” Holtz-Eakin said, “give them options. This should be about the [IRS’s] plans, and not what the Congress does.”

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The Internal Revenue Service headquarters building in the Federal Triangle section of Washington, D.C.

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Calm before storm after Day One at Masters

thoM aS StinSon ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

AUGUSTA — The boys delivered Augusta National a fair whacking on Thursday. Now for nature’s revenge.

After taking a run at the first-round scoring record, Viktor Hovland “just kind of coasted in” while Spain’s Jon Rahm and Brooks Koepka rushed to fill a four-shot gap, matching Hovland’s 7-under 65 as the trio takes a twoshot lead into the second round of the 87th Masters.

But after a calm opening day with receptive greens, the championship takes an atmospheric inversion into the weekend with projected heavy weather and that kind of scoring will not be feasible. A remarkable leaderboard includes Jason Dayand Cameron Young two shots back at 67, while a septet of Shane Lowery, Xander Schauffele, Adam Scott, Gary Woodland, defending champion Scottie Scheffler, amateur Sam Bennett and Sam Burns

Urias delivers as Armijo’s baseball team stops Vanden

FAIRFIELD — Luis

Urias turned in a dominating performance on the mound and at the plate as the Armijo High School baseball team shut out visiting Vanden 7-0 Wednesday.

Urias fired a threehitter with 12 strikeouts against a formidable Vanden lineup. He was also 2-for-3 at the plate with two RBI. Armijo improved to 5-7 overall and 4-4 in the Monticello Empire League.

Caden Magno also had two hits for the Royals. Chad Lewis and Ben Parks had one hit apiece and drove in two runs each. Brayan Rivera also had an RBI.

Armijo had a five-run third inning and tacked on two additional runs in the fourth.

Austin Hammerschmidt, JoJo Torres and Tyler Sampson had the hits for Vanden. The Vikings fell to 9-3 overall and 6-2 in the MEL.

The two teams meet again at 4 p.m. Friday at Vanden. The Vikings won Monday’s first game of the series 10-2.

Rodriguez holds off Will C. Wood

FAIRFIELD — The Rodriguez High School baseball held off visiting Will C. Wood Wednesday for a 4-3 victory. Wood scored three runs in the second inning. Rodriguez pushed across single runs in the first, fourth, fifth and sixth innings to get the win. The Mustangs improved to 8-5 overall and 5-3 in the Monticello Empire League.

Kyle Sandner, Nathan Schikore and Connor Broschard all had singles and drove in runs.

Denzel Dilley, Kaden Wilde, Jace Parkinson and Jaheem MosleyWallace added hits.

Sandner and Evan Broschard pitched one-hit baseball over two

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Kerr: Wiggins won’t play in final 2 games of season

Shayna rubin THE MERCURY NEWS

SAN FRANCISCO —

Andrew Wiggins will not play in the Golden State Warriors’ final two games of the regular season in Sacramento and Portland, head coach Steve Kerr said Wednesday in a radio interview.

Kerr, while speaking on 95.7 The Game’s Willard and Dibs show, made the timeline clearer after saying Tuesday that there would be “no way” that Wiggins could play within the next few days.

That means the Warriors will be without their star forward for two crucial games as they are hoping to lock up a playoff spot and avoid the play-in tournament.

The hope is for Wiggins to be ready for postseason play after having missed 25 consecutive games tending to an undisclosed family matter. The 28-yearold returned to Chase

all stood at 68.

Those anticipating upward transition will need more than their mukluks, even if the leaderboard is so stacked. The top 25, who are all within fours shots of the lead, account for 17 majors titles and a couple Olympic gold medals.

“Obviously we don’t know how bad it’s going to get, but I tend to think that it’s easier to make up some ground on the easier days,” said Hovland, a Norwegian by way of Oklahoma State.

“So if you start with a really low round and it gets very difficult, it’s kind of easier to protect the score a little bit compared to if you’re five, six, seven shots back. It’s really difficult to make up that much ground if this place is playing very difficult.” And it will. The weekend forecast ranges from ominous to inundation. Friday calls for a 90% chance of rain, with thunderstorms expected in midafternoon when most of the field is on the course.

Saturday is worse: 100% chance of rain with up to two inches of precipitation and a high temperature of just 50, a 35-degree differential from Wednesday.

Second-round tee times have been moved up 30 minutes in compensation.

That does little for some big names with some ground to make up. 2022 runner-up Rory McIlroy, seeking his first Masters title, shot 72 just behind 2020 winner Dustin Johnson at 71. Tiger

Woods shot 74. Hovland made the turn at 31 and after playing Amen Corner at 2 under, had opened a four-shot lead. But there he stalled, parring out the last five holes – two missed fairways and three missed greens in those final five did not help – while the rest of the field closed in. He saved par from a bunker on No. 18 with a tricky spinner off a downslope, giving him an eight-footer to

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Giants slug 5 homers to clinch series triumph over White Sox

evan Webeck THE MERCURY NEWS

CHICAGO — Returning home from a six-game opening road trip, the Giants likely rejoiced when their charter flight lands back in San Francisco at about 9 p.m. local time Thursday night. While it was a quick turnaround to their Friday afternoon home opener, on the other side represents their longest time in their own homes, with their families, since the middle of February.

“We’ve been on planes and buses and trains . . . five cities in eight or nine days,” manager Gabe Kapler lamented recently. “There’s been a lot of travel.”

The Giants started in Scottsdale, flew to San Francisco, played an exhibition in Oakland, opened the season in New York and ended their trip in Chicago. It came to an

end on a positive note Thursday, as the Giants turned in a five-homer explosion to back Alex Wood’s first start and beat the White Sox, 16-6, securing their first series win of the young season. Here are some observations.

1. One turn through the Giants’ rotation, Wood was the odd man out. Navigating two days off in the first week of the season and a seven-man starting staff, the herky-jerky lefthander was the last Giants pitcher to appear in a game.

His time finally came Thursday against the White Sox, and it didn’t last long. But it didn’t matter, as the Giants’ offense picked him up in a big way. Wood needed 71 pitches to make it two batters into the fourth inning, when Kapler came out with a hook. Seeing his first game action since

their March 26 exhibition at the Oakland Coliseum, Wood struggled to throw strikes (40 of his 71 pitches). He walked two batters, surrendered six hits and was tagged for three runs. But he also wasn’t helped by his defense.

Two of the runs were unearned.

With Brandon Crawford nursing tightness in his left forearm (still expected to start Friday’s home opener), Thairo Estrada got his first start at shortstop and couldn’t handle a second-inning ground ball of the bat of catcher Seby Savala. Savala later scored the second run of the inning after advancing into scoring position on successful double steal, and Tim Anderson ripped a middlemiddle sinker 107 mph off the bat for a two-RBI knock.

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Center on Tuesday and did play in a five-onfive scrimmage with his teammates on Wednesday, Kerr said.

“He looked good,” Kerr said. “One thing with Andrew is he has that god-given athleticism and he’s one of those guys who doesn’t seem to get tired very easily.”

Wiggins said Tuesday that he didn’t think it would take long for him to return to game action. If the Warriors lock in the West’s fifth or sixth seed, the team will have a week to prepare for the first-round series, giving Wiggins time to ramp up.

“He has to stack together a number of days like this before he’s ready to go out and play an NBA game,” Kerr said. “We can’t put him in a bad spot, health wise we have to bios him up and get his strength and conditioning in a good place.”

M att Miller

MMILLER@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

FAIRFIELD — Rodriguez High School honored nine of its top studentathletes at a ceremony recognizing their college scholarships Wednesday in a gymnasium full of family, friends, teammates and balloons.

There were two football players, two baseball players, two softball players, a track-and-field athlete and a swimmer. They will compete at a military academy, a historically Black university, lower-divisions schools and all the way up to NCAA Division I.

“We’re very proud of these student-athletes,”

Rodriguez athletic director Tracy Lopez told those in attendance. “It takes a lot of practice, time management, keeping the grades up and skill in their

sport. When they started their sports at a young age, this was just a dream”

The group included football players Leroy Bryant (Washington)

and Gabriel Batres (Valparaiso); and baseball players Nathan Schikore (Williamette), Connor Broschard (Lewis & Clark) and Landon Troutt (United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point).

The softball players are Jade Rys Babas (Alfred) and Sofia Vallejos-Coleman (Bethune-Cookman).

Gianni Miles is running track and field (William Jessup) and Keilani Greer will continue to compete in swimming (LaVerne).

Bryant, the Daily Republic’s All-Region Player of the Year in football, will play cornerback at Washington

Rodriguez honors 9 student-athletes who have earned collegiate scholarships

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Blake Sabol (2) of the San Francisco Giants celebrates in the dugout with teammates after his home run in the second inning against the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field Thursday in Chicago.

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Gianni Miles speaks with friends following his signing a letter-of-intent with William Jessup University in Rocklin to run track and field, Wednesday.

CALENDAR

Friday’s TV sports

Baseball

MLB

• Kansas City at San Francisco, NBCSBA, 1:35 p.m.

• Oakland at Tampa Bay, NBCSCA, 3:40 p.m.

Basketball NBA

• Sacramento Kings at Golden State, NBCSBA, NBCSCA, 7 p.m.

Golf • The Masters, ESPN, Noon.

Mixed Martial Arts

• Pacheco vs. Budd, ESPN2, 7 p.m.

Motor Sports

• NASCAR Trucks, Weather Guard Track Race on Dirt, Practice, FS1, 2:30 p.m.

• NASCAR Cup Series, Food City Dirt Race, Practice, FS!, 3:30 p.m.

• NASCAR Trucks, Weather Guard Track Race on Dirt, Final Practice, FS1, 5 p.m.

• NASCAR Cup Series, Food City Dirt Rac, Final Practice, FS1, 5:30 p.m.

Softball College

• Florida State at Clemson, ESPN2, 4 p.m.

Saturday’s TV sports

Baseball College

• Florida at Tennessee, ESPN2, 11 a.m.

MLB

• Kansas City at San Francisco, NBCSBA, 1:05 p.m.

• Texas at Chicago Cubs, FS1, 1:05 p.m.

Boxing

• Stevenson vs. Yoshino, ESPN, 7 p.m.

Football XFL

• St. Louis vs. Vegas, ESPN, 10 a.m.

• Tampa Bay vs. Dallas, ESPN, 1 p.m.

Golf

• The Masters, 5, 13, Noon.

Hockey College

• NCAA Championship Game, ESPN2, 5 p.m.

NHL

• Detroit at Pittsburgh, 7, 10, 10 a.m.

• Dallas at Vegas, 7, 10, 12:30 p.m.

• San Jose at Edmonton, NBCSCA, 1 p.m.

• Boston at New Jersey, 7, 10, 5 p.m.

Horse Racing

• Wood Memorial, 2, 40, 3 p.m.

Motor Sports

• NASCAR Trucks, Weather Guard Truck Race on Dirt, FS1, 5 p.m.

Rugby

• New England at Chicago, FS1, 11 a.m.

Soccer

• EPL, Manchester United at Everton, USA, 4:30 a.m.

• EPL, Wolverhampton at Chelsea, USA, 7 a.m.

• EPL, Southampton at Manchester City, 3, 9:30 a.m.

• Women’s Friendly, United States vs. Ireland, TNT, 11:30 a.m.

• MLS, Los Angeles FC at Austin, 2, 40, 4:30 p.m.

UFC • Gastelum vs. Curtis, ESPN, 5 p.m.

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in the Pac-12 Conference. Washington stood out among many offers because he liked the fact that his family “was being recruited as much as I was.”

Batres said he felt right at home among the “culture” of Valparaiso when he visited the university in Indiana and met many future teammates. He is currently recovering from surgery for a torn labrum but expects to make contributions as soon as he is able.

Mustangs ace pitcher Schikore immediately fell in love with Willamette when he made a visit to the school in Salem, Oregon. He liked the coaches and said the environment “was the place I wanted to go.”

The coaching staff at Lewis & Clark College in Portland is what stood out for Broschard.

Troutt, meanwhile, loved the Merchant Marine Academy and felt it isn’t as intimidating as

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Kerr also stressed that the Warriors will need Wiggins at full strength for a deep playoff run because of his two-way ability.

“You think about all our playoff series a year

Kings announce playoff plans for fans, ticket sales

Jason a nderson

THE SACRAMENTO BEE

The Kings have unveiled information on ticket sales and fun plans for fans as they prepare to make their first playoff appearance since 2006.

The festivities will include a free Playoffs Playground outside Golden 1 Center and free watch parties for road games.

“No one deserves this celebration more than Kings fans, and I know the atmosphere in Sacramento is going to be electric,” Kings owner Vivek Ranadivesaid in a news release. “We have an opportunity to play playoff basketball in Golden 1 Center and show why our fans are the best in the world. I can’t wait to see the entire city come together to support this incredible team and be part of the excitement.”

The Kings have clinched no less than the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference and homecourt advantage in the first round of the playoffs. The sevengame series will begin April 15 or 16 with a 2-2-1-1-1 format with the first two games being played in Sacramento, the next two games being played on the road, and alternating sites for the last three games, if necessary.

The Kings announced Thursday that playoff tickets will be made available

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innings with a combined five strikeouts. Connor Broschard also went four innings.

Wood fell to 3-7 overall and 3-5 in the MEL. No individual statistics were made available for the Royals.

to the general public at noon Monday. Season ticket holders received priority access to playoff tickets. Fans can access an exclusive presale opportunity beginning Saturday by signing up at Kings. com/playoffs before 9 p.m. Friday.

The Kings will tip off their playoff celebration April 14 with the opening of the Kings Playoffs Playground at Ali Youssefi Square near K and 7th Streets. The free fan zone will feature opportunities for fans to test their basketball skills; create commemorative action figures of themselves in Kings gear; take a photo with the famed 6th Man Statue from Arco Arena; and create a video of themselves lighting the beam.

Game tickets will not be required for entry into the Playoffs Playground, which will be open from noon to 8 p.m. on game days, whether the Kings are home or away. Additional dates could be added at the team’s discretion.

Also, the Kings will invite fans inside Golden 1 Center to watch playoff games together when the team is on the road. The watch parties will be free, but a ticket will be required to enter the arena. Additional details will be provided at Kings.com/Playoffs after the playoff schedule is released.

In addition, the Kings are encouraging fans and businesses to light their homes and offices purple.

the plate and pitched a twohitter over four innings with 10 strikeouts. Lane was 2-for-3 a double and an RBI while pitching two innings, with three strikeouts. Ryan Carnahan was also 2-for-2 with a double and an RBI.

No individual statistics were made available for Wood. The Wildcats are now 0-3 overall and 0-2 in the MEL.

role out of the bullpen for the second time, Jakob Junis tossed four scoreless innings in relief. He struck out four, walked two and allowed only two hits. After taking over for Wood with two on and no outs in the fourth, Junis allowed one inherited runner to score but escaped larger trouble by coaxing two fly ball outs and getting Anderson swinging with his signature slider.

The Giants will continue to use Junis in the swingman role, and it’s possible their six other starters see time out of the bullpen, as well. While free agent addition Sean Manaea is set to get his first start Saturday against the Royals, he made his club debut with two innings of relief on Monday.

• 2. The Giants return home at .500 after the season’s first six games.

In their three wins, including Thursday’s, they have hit 15 home runs and outscored opponents 35-14. In their three losses, they’ve totaled 11 hits and been beaten by a combined 18-3.

It would appear, after six games, that the Giants’ offense isn’t just going to have good and bad days –they are going to be really good or really bad. Chalk up Thursday, featuring four more home runs, into the “really good” category.

With homers from Michael Conforto, Blake Sabol, Wilmer Flores, Mike Yastrzemski and J.D. Davis on Thursday, the Giants have hit 15 home runs through their first six games, a new franchise record. Thursday’s homer barrage came only a few days after their recordsetting power display on Monday. But in between, the Giants were held to one run on two hits for the first eight innings of Wednesday’s 7-3 loss.

Hill and Jaxon Ivie.

Vanden earned a win in the No. 1 singles match from James Remeticado, at No. 3 from Romelo Felix and at No. 6 with John Figueroa.

some of the other academies in size. Troutt’s older brother Jackson is a member of the Merchant Marine football team, so Landon is very aware of what awaits him in New York.

Babas is excited about heading to New York and playing softball for Alfred and said the program and the school immediately felt “like a family.”

Vallejos-Coleman is also thrilled to pitch at an HBCU and dive into the culture there, and said the school has the added bonus of being located in Daytona Beach, Florida. Miles has been a terrific basketball player at Rodriguez, but he had to decide whether to try and continue a hoops career or choose track and field. He went with being a sprinter at William Jessup, the Christian university in Rocklin.

Greer, meanwhile, is a butterfly and individual medley specialist in the pool and felt like the University of La Verne was the place for her because she “loved the campus and felt like it a great place to be as well.”

ago, he was taking the best guy whether it was Luka (Doncic) or Jayson Tatum or whoever,”

Kerr said, “and then he’s giving us 18-20 points per night, four or five offensive rebounds. He was brilliant.”

Warriors-Kings is at 7 p.m. Friday.

The teams meet in the final game of the series at noon Friday. Wood won the series opener 5-3 Monday.

Vacaville overpowers

Fairfield in 13-1 win

VACAVILLE — Nick Vierra pitched five strong innings Wednesday and the Vacaville High School baseball team had an eightrun second inning en route to a 13-1 win over visiting Fairfield.

Vierra finished with a two-hitter and four strikeouts. Vacaville improved to 7-7 overall and 5-3 in the Monticello Empire League.

Cy Dempsay and Brenden Murphy each had two hits and drove in two runs for the Bulldogs. Nathan Schnell was 2-for2. Bennie Dyer hit a triple, while Drew Carrington and Drew Lammon doubled.

Joey Mason and Amari Bryant had hits for Fairfield. Trustin Mitchell had the Falcons only RBI.

The teams have a 4 p.m. game scheduled Friday at Fairfield in the series finale. Vacaville will try to sweep after also winning Monday’s game 15-0.

Vacaville Christian picks up big victory

VACAVILLE — Nicko Meadows and Thomas Lane had solid efforts on the mound and at the plate for Vacaville Christian High School’s baseball team in a 10-0 win over visiting Golden Sierra on Tuesday. Meadows was 2-for-4 at

Vacaville Christian scored five runs in the first inning and rolled to victory. The Falcons improved to 6-2 overall and 2-0 in the Sierra Delta League.

The two teams were scheduled to play Thursday.

Dixon cruises past Buckingham Charter

DIXON — Hayden Moore and Max Lopez of the Dixon High School baseball team combined on a two-hitter and had seven strikeouts in a 13-2 win Wednesday over visiting Buckingham Charter in five innings.

Austin Lau was the hitting leader among many Rams, going 2-for-2 at the plate with a double and four RBI. Dixon improved to 8-3 overall.

Diego Delgado and Zack Petit had hits for the Knights. Jasper Prescott drove in a run. Buckinghamfell to 1-6.

Softball Vanden secures triumph by shutout

FAIRFIELD — Isabella Cueva pitched four innings and Samanie Simmons worked three as the two combined on a two-hitter with six strikeouts in a 9-0 victory by the Vanden High School softball team over visiting Will C. Wood on Tuesday.

Aniya Lawson was 3-for-4 with a double and a triple for the Vikings. Kiah Silva was 3-for-4 with a double, triple and two RBI. Vanden improved to 3-3 overall and 3-1 in the MEL.

Boys Golf Vacaville earns pair of MEL wins

FAIRFIELD — The Vacaville High School boys golf team picked up a pair of Monticello Empire League victories this week at Paradise Valley Golf Course.

Vacaville defeated Will C. Wood 229-289 Monday and followed it up with a 228-310 win over Armijo Tuesday. The Bulldogs improved to 4-2 in the MEL and 6-2 overall.

Ben Wilhite had Vacaville’s low round against Will C.Wood with a 41 and was followed by Quinn Strachen (42), Isaac Johns (46), Diego Beccerra (48) and Owen Banvelos (52). Heath Bradford (41) and Myles Bradford (56) had the top rounds among the Wildcats.

Wilhite had a 3-over-par 39 in leading the Bulldogs against the Royals. Beccerra (46), Banvelos (47), Johns (48) and Strachen (48) followed Wilhite. Ciaran Simmons had the best round among the Armijo golfers with a 57.

Boys Tennis

Vacaville sweeps doubles at Vanden

FAIRFIELD — The Vacaville High School boys tennis team swept doubles play Tuesday at Vanden and the Bulldogs notched a 6-3 win over the Vikings.

Vacaville picked up doubles wins from the teams of Eli BlaettlerRiley Evanger, Trino Alvarez-Adam Olson and Rourke Sherry-Max Hawkins. The Bulldogs also won singles matches with Adam Bates, Trenton

“We had great play throughout the singles and doubles, but Vacaville was deeper than us, and swept the doubles,” Vanden head coach Stan Lewis said.

College

Petrill’s shutout sparks SCC baseball

ROCKVILLE — Joshua Petrill threw an eight-hitter over eight solid innings as the Solano Community College baseball team shut out Napa Valley 7-0 Thursday. Petrill allowed no earned runs and walked only one batter. Solano improved 12-16 overall and 6-5 in the Bay Valley Conference.

Miles Meadows went 3-for-4 at the plate for the Falcons. Kevin Parker had two hits. Conner Ross and Ryan Mitchell each contributed doubles.

Solano softball sweeps past Yuba

ROCKVILLE — The Solano Community College softball team swept two games from Yuba on Tuesday in Bay Valley Conference action by scores of 12-4 and 13-2.

The Falcons are now 4-0 in conference and riding a six-game winning streak.

Pitcher Alexis Wright had 12 strikeouts in the first game. Nayzeth Gonzalez had two hits in the first game and two in the second. Naiya Watts added a double and single in the opener to go with two hits in the second game.

The Falcons will play a doubleheader at Los Medanos beginning at noon next Tuesday.

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The purple beam shines into the sky after the Sacramento Kings beat the Orlando Magic 136-111 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, Jan. 9.

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Our daughter brought a stranger to her estranged father’s death bed

Dear Annie: My exhusband died several weeks ago in hospice. We have a daughter together who fell out with him years ago and has not seen or spoken to him in at least 10 years. In the meantime, our son and a daughter he had from a previous marriage had been taking care of him, and my son was doing all his yard work, too.

Annie Lane Dear Annie

So, when the older daughter called our daughter to tell her he did not have long to live, she drove 15 hours to see him for the last two hours of his life. The issue is, she brought some guy with her who no one had met and brought him in the room as her father died.

My son was so mad at her and was so uncomfortable with a stranger in the room that he could not get close to his father like he wanted to, to hold him while he died. I think that bringing the man there was totally uncalled for and really rude on her part. She said she needed a support person. No one else brought a “support animal” to his death bed. She may as well have brought popcorn, too. I haven’t seen this man for 15 years, and this makes

me upset. What do you think? — Upset in Maryland

Dear Upset in Maryland: Try to see things from your daughter’s perspective. Her estranged father is dying. That is painful. It makes sense that she wants someone there to support her, hold her and comfort her while she struggles with some undoubtedly very complex feelings.

I don’t see how this man’s presence gets in the way of your son holding his father while he died. That seems to be a choice your son made on his own. Perhaps he is hurting and looking for someone to blame. You should encourage your children to come together in this time of grief, rather than looking for reasons to push them farther apart.

Dear Annie: I found out about seven years ago that my ex-husband had spent eight years sexually abusing my daughter. She was finally able to report it, and he is serving time in prison. Unfortunately, it always happened when I was not home, and I never knew anything about it until the day he was arrested. My daughter and I have talked extensively and have

Horoscopes by Holiday Mathis

ARIES (March 21-April 19).

Today’s organization will lead to tomorrow’s action. Make your list. Even if you don’t cross anything off it yet, just having the organizational tool will ensure that eventually your efforts will add up to something satisfyingly substantial.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

The best way to get the job done is through teamwork. It will involve some amount of taking turns. But if you’re constantly having to dim your light so another person can shine, you might be in the wrong constellation.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

There’s hardly a situation that can’t be improved by a dose of levity. Playfulness counteracts stress and keeps you healthy for the challenges ahead. Spend time with goofballs, sillies and children of all ages.

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

What’s the difference between a shelter and a cage? Access to an unlocked door. You’ll check for such a door. Maybe you don’t want to use it, but knowing it’s there is the difference between feeling protected and being kept.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). People often blame others for qualities they notice and dislike in themselves, which is why people rarely look powerful while calling out an accusation. While there are certainly instances that call for justice, many minor infringements are best ignored.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

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Consider why you feel the need to take control of the situation. Does it actually require your intervention or are you trying to prove something? Could it go safely on without you? Is it worth your attention? These are all questions only you can answer.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

You’ll labor on. Some admire you for your work ethic. Others sympathize, as it seems you do more than your fair share. If they knew the satisfaction you found in your work, they would be jealous.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

It’s flattering when someone wants you all to themselves,

been able to make great progress through this. The only thing that is holding us up is that she still doesn’t feel safe being alone with me. I can understand this because I was supposed to be the one person who would protect her. But on the flip side, I was unaware it was even going on. She is currently in therapy. She also knows that I would do anything to protect her – now. Do you have any advice for me that I can do to speed up her trust in me, or is this just something I need to give her all the time she needs to get there on her own? — Patiently Waiting Mom Dear Patiently Waiting Mom: It sounds like you already know the answer.

Your daughter has been through a lot. Aside from consistently and unequivocally stating your love and support for her, and making yourself available for conversations without getting defensive, this reconciliation needs to happen on her terms.

If you are struggling trying to communicate with your daughter or still coping with feelings of guilt, I would recommend therapy for you, too. Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

but you’ll be happier when you give your attention to many. So, avoid social monopolies and be as inclusive as possible. Collect friends and influences. You’ll learn best from a diverse group.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). You’ll get in touch with your own preferences. Taste is knowing what you like and why. The “why” part helps you find more to fit the criteria, which adds up to not only having taste, but also having style.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). You care about what your friend cares about. Maybe you have no genuine interest beyond the fact that it matters to your friend; this is what selfless support looks like. Don’t just give it; make sure you get it, too.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). You sense things and pretend you didn’t. It’s often the polite and gentle thing to do. Feelings are a kind of territory. It takes experience, maturity and a lot of paying attention to honor invisible boundaries. Good for you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Though you often know the right thing to say in a moment, you more often recognize where the silence goes. You’re not afraid to let the pause linger. There’s power in space. Without it there is no resonance, no ringing, no echo. Write Holiday Mathis at HolidayMathis.com.

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deal was played by Phil Lennon, a Kiwi from Christchurch. He acted like a bare-faced burglar, but rather than arrest him, the local constabulary admired his larceny. To pass on the first round and then to sacrifice in front of partner on the next, as North did here, is bad bridge. A supine two clubs or a preemptive three clubs on the first round communicates the key information about North’s hand: club support. Then North can leave the final decision to his partner. West led the heart king. Declarer won with the ace, ruffed a heart in the dummy and played a trump to his queen. When West followed with the three, declarer felt sure that four hearts was failing. However, rather than demand his partner be charged with some crime, Lennon set out to make his contract. Impossible, you say? Watch.

YOUR MONEY OR YOUR STRIFE

What is the worst aspect of present-day society? Corruption? Drugs? Terrorism? Vandalism?

In a way, these are all crimes. If only we had no crime, the world would be a much better place in which to live.

One country that has remarkably little crime is New Zealand. Today’s

Declarer ruffed his last heart in the dummy. Then he played a low diamond to his 10 and West’s jack. Back came the spade queen, which declarer ducked! Despite his partner’s discouraging two, West was hoodwinked. He continued with another spade. South won with the ace, cashed the club ace and spade king, led a trump to the dummy and discarded his diamond three on dummy’s spade nine.

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

YOUR MONEY OR YOUR STRIFE What is the worst aspect of present-day society? Corruption? Drugs? Terrorism? Vandalism? In a way, these are all crimes. If only we had no crime, the world would be a much better place in which to live.

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Season 2 of ‘Schmigadoon!’ morphs into Schmicago

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Aloving spoof of midcentury musicals, from “Brigadoon” to “Oklahoma!” to “Carousel,” the Apple TV+ series “Schmigadoon!” returns for a second season with its modern-day couple, played by Keegan-Michael Key and Cecily Strong, stumbling into an entirely different musical twilight zone: A place called Schmicago.

A winking homage to titles from the ’60s and ’70s – Bob Fosse’s greatest hits (“Pippin”/“Chicago”/“Sweet Charity”/“Cabaret”), the hippie-inspired (“Hair”/“Godspell”) plus “A Chorus Line,” “Sweeney Todd” and more – somehow the comedic zaniness of this improbable mashup works. While I appreciated the show’s first season, I quickly lost patience with it; the central joke felt too repetitive. I didn’t experience any of that with its move to Schmicago.

Mired in personal and professional ennui, Josh and Melissa (Key and Strong) head back into the woods (ha! A pun worthy of a third season if it tackles the ‘80s) to recapture that old Schmigadoon magic. But instead of a Technicolor soundstage, they encounter a darker, seedier alternate reality, where they are greeted by a “Pippin”-esque narrator (Tituss Burgess) who performs the opening number promising lots of sex, but no romance: “Does that shock you? We hope it shocks you because we’re really puttin’ a lot of effort into it!”

Several familiar faces from the first season turn up as new characters, including Dove Cameron as a variation on Sally Bowles. She’s the star attraction at a nightclub run under the stern eye of Ann Harada’s Madam Frau. Now that’s the kind of ridiculous wordplay that I can get behind: Madam Frau!

When a dancer at the club turns up dead, Josh is framed for her murder. His fate left in the hands of a slinky lawyer (Jane Krakowski) offering dubious assurances, Melissa goes undercover as a dancer to

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find out what really happened. Before she can do that, Josh breaks out of jail with his cellmate, played by Aaron Tveit in full hippie regalia, who invites the uptight Josh to join his commune and embrace a more laid-back existence.

In an entirely different part of town, a version of “Sweeney Todd” is playing out with Alan Cumming (Schmicago’s resident butcher) and Kristin Chenoweth (as his Mrs. Lovettesque partner in … something). Don’t ask, somehow it all fits together. At six episodes, the show is just the right length –neither belaboring things nor overstaying its welcome.

The series functions like a game of Name that Reference and it’s a hoot on those merits alone if you have a decent familiarity with musicals from this era. “Mein Herr” from “Cabaret” is reimagined as “We’ve Gone Kaput” (complete with bentwood chair choreography). Melissa’s audition at the club is a riff on “I Hope I Get It” from “A Chorus Line,” but with a more overt plea for the job: “I Need to Eat.” Musically, the groovy harmonies of the “Hair” parody, “Everyone’s Gotta Get Naked,” might be the catchiest tune of the second season – legitimately at the level of a Broadway musical looking to send the audience out humming.

The songs are from Cinco Paul, who is the show’s co-creator with Ken Daurio, and the score is by composer Christopher Willis. The music is stronger this time out, maybe because there’s more variety to draw on for inspiration.

And with Schmicago, the show escapes the increasingly bland visuals of the first season, both in setting and costumes. Anachronisms abound and yet it all makes a strange sort of sense, from Tveit’s bell-bottom jeans and fringed suede vest to Kra-

kowski’s leg-baring lady suiting to the saucy little black-andwhite leotards worn by Strong, Cameron and Ariana DeBose during Melissa’s big number on stage at the club. DeBose also gets a terrific “Dreamgirls”-inspired number, which is maybe fudging the era a bit since it premiered in ‘81, but who cares, she belts it out with so much feeling. She, along with Harada, Burgess, Cumming, Chenoweth, Krakowski and Tveit, are legitimate Broadway talents and they’ve landed on a tone that goes right up to the edge of camp without sacrificing real earnestness when warranted. You have to appreciate the meta-humor of Tveit’s character – a draft-dodging free spirit who is the very embodiment of the hippie mantra “don’t trust anyone over 30” – being played by an actor who’s pushing 40. Age, schmage; Tveit is very funny. With Key and Strong, you have two seasoned pros who actually seem to delight in one another. They understand where the humor lies, but also that none of it matters if Josh and Melissa don’t feel like real people. As actors, they’re effectively doing double duty here: Embodying the straight man trope (their reactions are full of wonderful little choices and wry facial expressions) but also embracing their surroundings and playing in this world.

It’s frothy and fizzy but Strong, in particular, is the grounding element. She brings a vulnerability that earns the season’s emotionally resonant epilogue as the couple returns home and literally brings color to their lives. They don’t need or want the fantasy, they want the real thing:

Happy endings don’t exist

But here’s a pearl you may have missed

Every day can be a happy beginning. I’ve rewatched that closing number a few times and my cold dark heart gets choked up every time.

On its surface, “Schmigadoon!” is a lampoon. Strong gives the kind of performance that turns it into something deeper.

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sunshine and warmth will be here soon. However, mention of baseball reminds me of a deal.”

The SLM handed the man a piece of paper.

This deal was played during the 1978 pennant playoff game between the Yankees and the Red Sox (continued the SLM). Rowan Atkins was partnering his fiancee, Charmaine Carpenter.

West led the spade king. After winning with the ace, Rowan saw that if he found West with the heart king, he was home. Alternatively, he could play East for the diamond queen.

Suddenly, Bucky Dent hit his three-run homer, giving the Yankees victory. Rowan cheered, and Charmaine glared.

THE BRIDGE EGG WITH TWO YOLKS

Winter was refusing to retire. It was still so cold outside that the Senior Life Master was sitting is his chair beside a roaring fire.

A young man handed him a large cappuccino, adding, “The Yankees’ opening day has been postponed because of snow.”

“That’s true,” replied the SLM, “but

Deciding that the diamonds gave the better chance, because West might have a singleton queen, Rowan played a diamond to dummy’s ace and took the diamond finesse. West won with the queen and cashed four spade tricks: down one.

“Oh, Rowan, you are pathetic,” wailed Charmaine. “You have two chances to make your contract. Cash both top diamonds. If the queen drops, fine. If not, take the heart finesse. Why don’t you concentrate on the bridge, rather than on that stupid baseball? Our engagement is at an end.”

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Keegan-Michael Key, left, and Cecily Strong in “Schmigadoon!”

‘Shrek’ isn’t ogre just yet

DreamWorks eyes a 5th movie with its original stars

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The ‘Shrek’-naissance is upon us.

DreamWorks is reportedly working to expand the beloved “Shrek” franchise more than a decade after the titular ogre voiced by Mike Myers lumbered onto movie screens in 2001.

In an interview with Variety published Tuesday, Illumination founder and Chief Executive Chris Meledandri said he wants to return to the world of “Shrek” with some familiar names.

“It’s not that dissimilar to the process that we went through with ‘Mario,’ where you look at what the core elements are that audiences have loved, and you do your very best to honor those core elements,” the “Super Mario Bros. Movie” producer said. “And then you’re hard at work to build story elements and new characters that take you to brand new places. The original cast is a huge part of that.”

Set in the fictional land of Duloc, “Shrek” starred Myers as a grumpy green ogre tasked with saving damsel not-so-in-distress Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz), along with a hyperactive sidekick named Donkey (Eddie Murphy).

The computer-generated film’s snark, sneaky adult humor and play on fairy-tale tropes made it an animated classic and box-office smash that brought in more than $484 million worldwide.

DreamWorks followed the first film with several sequels, the “Puss in Boots” spinoff franchise,

several TV specials and a television series.

Meledandri, who serves as a creative partner to DreamWorks Animation, said he and the studio “anticipate the cast coming back,” though no deals have been made just yet.

“Talks are starting now, and every indication that we’ve gotten is there’s tremendous enthusiasm on behalf of the actors to return,” he added.

“You People” star Murphy told Etalk in January that he’s “absolutely” open to reprising his role as Shrek’s fasttalking, four-legged companion and that the studio should consider a Donkey-centric spinoff because “Donkey is funnier than Puss in Boots.”

Meledandri seems to be taking the comedian’s comments to heart.

“It’s evidence of his strong enthusiasm for a role that he so brilliantly inhabited and really created alongside the artists at DreamWorks,” he told Variety. “I found that comment to be very exciting.”

Decades after its premiere, “Shrek” has stood the test of time, living on in pop culture, internet memes and a Broadway musical adaptation.

“I can’t account for how wonderfully impactful to the culture it’s been, but it’s been great to be a part of it,” Myers told the L.A. Times in 2010. “And I didn’t know a person was allowed to care that much about a character in the world of animation, and that was a really awesome revelation.”

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maintain a piece of the lead. Greg Norman’s firstround 63 in 1996 remains the best opening round in Masters history.

“I like to gamble a little bit,” said Hovland, whose best finish in his 13 majors came in last summer’s Open Championship where he tied for 20th. “You probably shouldn’t find out and see if you can hit the shot or not at the Masters, but you’ve got to try them out somewhere. Today I pulled a lot of those shots off, so that’s fun”

Rahm was having the precise opposite of fun when he four-putted from 14 feet to doublebogey No. 1. But he said he channeled Spainish hero Seve Ballesteros on his way to the second tee, repeating to himself Ballesteros’ celebrated description of his four-

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Viktor Hovland tees off on 12th hole during first round of the 2023 Masters tournament at Augusta National Golf Club thursday in Augusta, Ga.

putt in the 1986 Masters.

(“I miss, I miss, I miss, I make”) to put the disaster out of mind.

“If you’re going to make a double or four-putt or anything, it might as well be the first hole. Seventyone holes to make it up,” he said. “After that, it was more (that) I was focused

on the fact that all the strokes were good.”

He birdied the next two holes, eagled No. 8 and then finished birdie-birdie-par-birdie, dropping a three-footer on the finishing hole to leave him 9 under over the last 17 holes.

Koepka’s score was a

toast to his recovery from surgery last year for a dislocated kneecap. Barely three weeks after that procedure, he exceeded doctors’ expectations by just making it to Augusta but was quickly dismissed after a painful 75-75 missed the cut. Thursday found

him 2 under after three holes and performing so well that he missed four birdie putts inside 10 feet and still found a share of the lead after a birdiebirdie finish.

“I don’t think my score really gives me much of an advantage,” he said. “I

think my (8:18 a.m.) tee time with the weather coming up, I think I might be able to squeak out a few more holes than everybody else before it starts dumping. I would say that’s probably the biggest advantage I’ve got going for me right now.”

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/s/GustavoCruz INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EXCEPTASPROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYCHANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONMarch19,2028. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESSANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof SolanoCounty,StateofCaliforniaon: March20,2023 NewASSIGNEDFILENO.2023000491 CHARLESLOMELI,SolanoCountyClerk DR#00062159 Published:March24,31April7,14,2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS KING LOVE REAL ESTATE LOCATEDAT2750N.TexasStreetApt 5101,Fairfield,CA94533Solano.Mailing address2750N.TexasStreetApt5101, Fairfield,CA94533.IS(ARE)HEREBY REGISTEREDBYTHEFOLLOWING OWNER(S)ArethaBrown2750N.Texas StreetApt.5101Fairfield,94533.THIS BUSINESSISCONDUCTEDBY: anIndividual Theregistrantcommencedtotransact business underthefictitiousbusiness nameornameslistedaboveon 03/08/2023. Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.)

/s/ArethaBrown INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EXCEPTASPROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYCHANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONMarch12,2028. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESSANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof SolanoCounty,StateofCaliforniaon: March13,2023

NOTICEOFTRUSTEE'SSALET.S.No.22-02642-DM-CATitleNo.2264330A.P.N. 0030-141-040ATTENTIONRECORDER:THEFOLLOWINGREFERENCETOANATTACHEDSUMMARYISAPPLICABLETOTHENOTICEPROVIDEDTOTHETRUSTORONLYPURSUANTTOCIVILCODE2923.3YOUAREINDEFAULTUNDERA DEEDOFTRUSTDATED08/08/2019.UNLESSYOUTAKEACTIONTOPROTECT YOURPROPERTY,ITMAYBESOLDATAPUBLICSALE.IFYOUNEEDANEXPLANATIONOFTHENATUREOFTHEPROCEEDINGAGAINSTYOU,YOUSHOULDCONTACTALAWYER.Apublicauctionsaletothehighestbidderforcash,(cashier's check(s)mustbemadepayabletoNationalDefaultServicingCorporation),drawnona stateornationalbank,acheckdrawnbyastateorfederalcreditunion,oracheckdrawn byastateorfederalsavingsandloanassociation,savingsassociation,orsavingsbank specifiedinSection5102oftheFinancialCodeandauthorizedtodobusinessinthis state;willbeheldbythedulyappointedtrusteeasshownbelow,ofallright,title,andinterestconveyedtoandnowheldbythetrusteeinthehereinafterdescribedpropertyunderandpursuanttoaDeedofTrustdescribedbelow.Thesalewillbemadeinan"asis" condition,butwithoutcovenantorwarranty,expressedorimplied,regardingtitle,possession,orencumbrances,topaytheremainingprincipalsumofthenote(s)securedbythe DeedofTrust,withinterestandlatechargesthereon,asprovidedinthenote(s),advances,underthetermsoftheDeedofTrust,interestthereon,fees,chargesandexpensesoftheTrusteeforthetotalamount(atthetimeoftheinitialpublicationoftheNoticeofSale)reasonablyestimatedtobesetforthbelow.Theamountmaybegreateron thedayofsale.Trustor:JohnArringtonAndNaamaArrington,HusbandAndWifeAs JointTenantsDulyAppointedTrustee:NationalDefaultServicingCorporationRecorded 08/09/2019asInstrumentNo.201900053356(orBook,Page)oftheOfficialRecordsof SolanoCounty,California.DateofSale:05/04/2023at09:30AMPlaceofSale:Atthe SantaClaraStreetentrancetotheCityHall,555SantaClaraStreet,Vallejo,CA94590 Estimatedamountofunpaidbalanceandothercharges:$450,888.20StreetAddressor othercommondesignationofrealproperty:721GeorgiaWay,Fairfield,CA94533A.P.N.: 0030-141-040TheundersignedTrusteedisclaimsanyliabilityforanyincorrectnessofthe streetaddressorothercommondesignation,ifany,shownabove.Ifnostreetaddressor othercommondesignationisshown,directionstothelocationofthepropertymaybeobtainedbysendingawrittenrequesttothebeneficiarywithin10daysofthedateoffirst publicationofthisNoticeofSale.IftheTrusteeisunabletoconveytitleforanyreason thesuccessfulbidder'ssoleandexclusiveremedyshallbethereturnofmoniespaidto theTrustee,andthesuccessfulbiddershallhavenofurtherrecourse.Therequirements ofCaliforniaCivilCodeSection2923.5(b)/2923.55(c)werefulfilledwhentheNoticeofDefaultwasrecorded.NOTICETOPOTENTIALBIDDERS:Ifyouareconsideringbidding onthispropertylien,youshouldunderstandthattherearerisksinvolvedinbiddingata trusteeauction.Youwillbebiddin gonalien,notonthepropertyitself.Placingthe highestbidatatrusteeauctiondoesnotautomaticallyentitleyoutofreeandclearownershipoftheproperty.Youshouldalsobeawarethatthelienbeingauctionedoffmaybea juniorlien.Ifyouarethehighestbidderattheauction,youareormayberesponsiblefor payingoffallliensseniortothelienbeingauctionedoff,beforeyoucanreceivecleartitle totheproperty.Youareencouragedtoinvestigatetheexistence,priority,andsizeofoutstandingliensthatmayexistonthispropertybycontactingthecountyrecorder'sofficeor atitleinsurancecompany,eitherofwhichmaychargeyouafeeforthisinformation.If youconsulteitheroftheseresources,youshouldbeawarethatthesamelendermay holdmorethanonemortgageordeedoftrustontheproperty.NOTICETOPROPERTY

OWNER:Thesaledateshownonthisnoticeofsalemaybepostponedoneormore timesbythemortgagee,benefici ary,trustee,oracourt,pursuanttoSection2924gofthe CaliforniaCivilCode.Thelawrequiresthatinformationabouttrusteesalepostponementsbemadeavailabletoyouandtothepublic,asacourtesytothosenotpresentat thesale.Ifyouwishtolearnwhetheryoursaledatehasbeenpostponed,and,ifapplicable,therescheduledtimeanddateforthesaleofthisproperty,youmaycall714-7302727orvisitthisinternetwebsitewww.ndscorp.com/sales,usingthefi lenumberassignedtothiscase22-02642-DM-CA.Informationaboutpostponementsthatarevery shortindurationorthatoccurcloseintimetothescheduledsalemaynotimmediatelybe reflectedinthetelephoneinformationorontheinternetwebsite.Thebestwaytoverify postponementinformationistoattendthescheduledsale.NOTICETOTENANT*:You mayhavearighttopurchasethispropertyafterthetrusteeauctionpursuanttoSection 2924moftheCaliforniaCivilC ode.Ifyouarea"representativeofalleligibletenantbuyers"youmaybeabletopurchasethepropertyifyoumatchthelastandhighestbid placedatthetrusteeauction.Ifyouarean"eligiblebidder,"youmaybeabletopurchase thepropertyifyouexceedthelastandhighestbidplacedatthetrusteeauction.There arethreestepstoexercisingthisrightofpurchase.First,48hoursafterthedateofthe trusteesale,youcancall888-264-4010,orvisitthisinternetwebsitewww.ndscorp.com usingthefilenumberassignedtothiscase22-02642-DM-CAtofindthedateonwhich thetrustee'ssalewasheld,theamountofthelastandhighestbid,andtheaddressofthe trustee.Second,youmustsendawrittennoticeofintenttoplaceabidsothatthetrustee receivesitnomorethan15daysafterthetrustee'ssale.Third,youmustsubmitabidso thatthetrusteereceivesitnomorethan45daysafterthetrustee'ssale.Ifyouthinkyou mayqualifyasa"representativeofall eligibletenantbuyers"or"eligiblebidder,"you shouldconsidercontactinganattorneyorappropriaterealestateprofessionalimmediatelyforadviceregardingthispotentialrighttopurchase.*PursuanttoSection2924mof theCaliforniaCivilCode,thepotentialrightsdescribedhereinshallapplyonlytopublic auctionstakingplaceonorafterJanuary1,2021,throughDecember31,2025,unless laterextended.Date:03/16/2023NationalDefaultServicingCo rporationc/oTiffanyand Bosco,P.A.,itsagent,1455FrazeeRoad,Suite820SanDiego,CA92108TollFree Phone:888-264-4010SalesLine714-730-2727;SalesWebsite:www.ndscorp.comConnieHernandez,TrusteeSalesRepresentativeA-477804303/24/2023,03/31/2023 04/07/2023 DR#00062098 Published:March24,31April7,2023

(FIRSTREADING)

SummaryofOrdinanceNo.2023-08

ORDINANCEOFTHECITYCOUNCILOFTHECITYOFFAIRFIELDAMENDINGSECTION25(E)OFCHAPTER10EOFTHEMUNICIPALCODE,ALSOKNOWNASCOMMERCIALCANNABISBUSINESSES,TOALLOWCURBSIDEDELIVERYATLICENSEDSTOREFRONTCANNABISRETAILERS

OrdinanceNo.2023-08wouldamendChapter10E,Section25(e)toallowStorefront CannabisRetailerstoconductcurbsidedeliveryattheirpremisesinamannerconsistent withregulationsestablishedbytheCaliforniaDepartmentofCannabisControl.

ThisOrdinanceisnotsubjecttotheCaliforniaEnvironmentalQualityAct(CEQA)pursuanttotheCEQAGuidelinesSection15060(c)(3)becauseitisnota“project”asdefined bySection15378.AdoptionoftheOrdinancedoesnothavethepotentialtoresultin eitheradirectphysicalchangeintheenvironmentorareasonablyforeseeableindirect physicalchangeintheenvironment.Subsequentprojectssub jecttotheOrdinancewillrequireadiscretionarypermitandCEQAreview,andwillbeanalyzedattheappropriate timeinaccordancewithCEQA.TheCityCouncilfurtherfindsthat,iftheOrdinanceis considereda“project,”itisexemptfromreviewunderCEQAGuidelinesSection 15061(b)(1)whichexemptsaprojectfromCEQAiftheprojectisexemptbystatute.BusinessandProfessionsCodeSection26055(h)providesthatDivision13(commencingwith Section21000)ofthePublicResourcesCodedoesnotapplytotheadoptionofanordinance,rule,orregulationbyalocaljurisdictionthatrequiresdiscretionaryreviewandapprovalofpermits,licenses,orotherauthorizationstoengageincommercialcannabis activity.Pursuanttothatexemption,Chapter10EoftheFairfieldMunicipalCodeprovides commercialcannabisbusinessesissuedacommercialcannabisbusinesspermitmust obtainallnecessarylanduseapprovals,includingcompliancewithCEQA.

Noticeisherebygiventhatacopyoftheabove-numberedordinanceisavailableforinspectionbyallinterestedpartiesattheofficeoftheCityClerkofFairfield,1000Webster Street,4thFloor,Fairfield,andthatsaidordinancewasintroducedonApril4,2023.

KarenL.Rees,CityClerk

Dated:April5,2023

(1streading/Introduction)

DR#00062545 Published:April7,2023

NOTICEOFPUBLICLIENSALE: ThisnoticeisgiveninaccordancewiththeprovisionsofSection21700etseqoftheBusiness&ProfessionsCodeoftheStateofCalifornia.StorageStarwillsellthefollowing unitsatpubliconlinesalebycompetitivebidding,pursuanttostatelaw.

Auctiontobeheldaton10:00AMApril21st2023

170BellaVistaRdVacavilleCA95687

TheItemsarestoredatStorageStarVacaville:

170BellaVistaRdVacavilleCA95687

Itemsincludebutarenotlimitedto:

EdwardVarni-Boxes,Bags,Clothing,Mattress,Shelves,Speakers,Totes,Trash AndrewGoodwin-Bags,Boxes,Miscellaneous,speakers,Totes,Trash,BBGun,BBGun WarkCall-Boxes,Chairs,Clothing,FileCabinets,Microwave,Miscellaneous,Officesupplies,shelves,sofa,Tables

AndrewGoodwin-Bags,Boxes,Computer/Monitor,Miscellaneous,Totes,Trash,ComputerParts,AmmoCans MichelleBender-FileCabinets,Lamps,Miscellaneous,Shelves,SportsEquipment Tables MarandaJamison-Bags,Boxes,Chairs,Clothing,Lamps,Miscellaneous,Television Donald-RenaudJRorTracyRenaudJR-Chairs,Dresser,Mattress,Shelves,Sofa

Tables,Totes

FernandoGalvan-Bags,boxes,books,chairs,clothing,coffeetable,diningtable,entertainmentcenter,lamp,pictures/paintings,speakers,tables,suitcasestoys,bedset,food CynthiaArcher-Boxes,books,Chairs,Clothing,dishes,bedding,books,chairs,coffeetable,desk,diningtable,dresser,hutch,mattress,nightstand,sofa,bedframe,Trash CynthiaArcher-Boxes,Dishes,Bedding DeborahLPinon-Bags,boxes,mattress,dishes,Crib,toys ElyssaBilleci-Bags,boxes,books,clothing,computer/monitor,miscellaneous pictures/paintings AntoinetteTremayne-Bags,clothing,miscellaneous,bedframe,Trash PattyorHowardRobinson-Bags,boxes,chairs,entertainmentcenter,miscellaneous musicalinstruments,pictures/paintings,refrigerator,shelves,sportsequipment,TV,totes trashladders JanellT.Brannen-Bags,boxes,computer/monitor,exerciseequipment,filecabinet,Miscellaneous,totes,Trash JustinPrivatte-Bags,Miscellaneous,tools,totesTrash

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EL DEMANDANTE) PARKWAY GARDENS ASSOCIATION, a California nonprofit mutual-benefit corporation NOTICE! Youhavebeensued.Thecourtmaydecideagainstyouwithoutyourbeing heardunlessyourespondwithin30days.Readtheinformationbelow. Youhave30CALENDARDAYSafterthissummonsandlegalpapersareservedonyou tofileawrittenresponseatthiscourtandhaveacopyservedontheplaintiff.Aletteror phonecallwillnotprotectyou.Yourwrittenresponsemustbeinproperlegalformifyou wantthecourttohearyourcase.Theremaybeacourtformthatyoucanuseforyourresponse.YoucanfindthesecourtformsandmoreinformationattheCaliforniaCourts OnlineSelf-HelpCenter(www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp),yourcountylawlibrary,orthe courthousenearestyou.Ifyoucannotpaythefilingfee,askthecourtclerkforafee waiverform.Ifyoudonotfileyourresponseontime,youmaylosethecasebydefault, andyourwages ,money,andpropertymaybetakenwithoutfurtherwarningfromthe court. Thereareotherlegalrequirements.Youmaywanttocallanattorneyrightaway.Ifyou donotknowanattorney,youmaywanttocallanattorneyreferralservice.Ifyoucannot affordanattorney,youmaybeeligibleforfreelegalservicesfromanonprofitlegalservicesprogram.YoucanlocatethesenonprofitgroupsattheCaliforniaLegalServices Website(www.lawhelpcalifornia.org),theCalifo rniaCourtsOnlineSelf-HelpCenter (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp),orbycontactingyourlocalcourtorcountybarassociation. NOTE: Thecourthasastatutorylienforwaivedfeesandcostsofanysettlement orarbitrationawardof$10,000ormoreinacivilcase.Thecourt'slienmustbepaidbeforethecourtwilldismissthecase. AVISO! Lohandemandado.Sinorespondedentrode30dias,lacortepuededecidiren sucontrasinescucharsuversion.Lealainformaciona continuacion. Tiene30DIASCALENDARIOdespuesdequelaentreguenestacitactionypapeleslegalesparapresentarunarespuestaporescritoenestacorteyhacerqueseentregue unacopiaaldemandante.Unacartaounallamadatelefonicanoloprotegen.Su respuestaporescritotienequeestarenformatolegalcorrectosideseaqueprocesensu casoenlacorte.Esposiblequeyahaunformularioqueustedpuedausarparasu respuesta.PuedeencontrarestosformulariosdelacorteymasinformacionenelCentro deAyudadelasCortesdeCalifornia(www.sucorte.ca.gov),enlabibliotecadeleyesde sucondadooenlacortequelequedemascerca.Sinopuedepagarlacuotade presentacion,pidaalsecretariodelacortequeledeunformulariodeexenciondepago decuotas.Sinopresentasurespuestaatiempo,puedeperderelcasoporincumplimientoylacortelepodraquitarsusueldo,dineroybienessinmasadvertencia. Hayotrosrequisitoslegales.E srecomendablequellameaunabogadoinmediatamente. Sinoconoceaunabogado,puedellamaraunservicioderemisionaabogados.Sino puedepagaraunabogadoesposiblequecumplaconlosrequisitosparaobtenerservicioslegalesgratuitosdeunprogramadeservicioslegalessinfinesdelucro.PuedeencontrarestosgrupossinfinesdelucroenelsitiowebdeCaliforniaLegalServices, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org),enelCentrodeAyudadelasCortesdeCalifornia, (w ww.sucorte.ca.gov)oponiendoseencontactoconlacorteoelcolegiodeabogados locales.AVISO:porley,lacortetienederechoareclamarlascuotasyloscostosextentosporimponerungravamensobrecualquierrecuperacionde$10,000omasdevalor recibidamedianteunacuerdoounaconcesiondearbirageenuncasodederechocivil. Tienequepagarelgravamendelacorteantesdequelacortepuedadesecharelcaso. Thenameandaddressofthecourtis: (Elnombreydirecciondelacortees): SolanoCountySuperiorCourt OldSolanoCourthouse 580TexasStreet Fairfield,CA94533 Thename,address,andtelephonenumberofplaintiff'sattorney,orplaintiffwithoutan attorney,is: (Elnombre,ladireccionyelnumerodetelefonodelabogadodeldemandante,odeldemandantequenotieneabogado,es): ShebaS.Yaqoot,ADAMSSTIRLINGPLC,2566OverlandAvenue,Suite730,Los Angeles,CA,Tel:(310)645-0280

Date(Fecha):NOV.14,2022 /s/D.Cimmino,Clerk(Secretario),Deputy(Adjunto) DR#00062321

Published:April7,14,21,28,2023