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Benicia still testing bypass water lines

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BENICIA — Mayor Steve Young said city residents are eager to get back to some semblance of normalcy, but are holding up pretty well since their main water source was disrupted 12 days ago.

“They’re a little anxious and ready to get the freshwater back on,” Young said in a phone interview on Monday.

Benicia has been getting its water from Lake Herman since its main pipeline, carrying water from Lake Berryessa and the Delta, was broken during a land slippage March 29 along Lopes Road, adjacent to Interstate 680 between Gold Hill and Marshview roads. The slippage was caused by the series of winter storms saturating and weakening the hillside.

It moved the pipeline some 15 feet.

The city this week continues its testing of the two 12-inch bypass water lines it installed last week. They run close to 700 feet, slightly longer than the affected area of the old 36-inch pipeline.

Video shows tense firefight in Louisville bank shooting

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The Louisville Metro Police Department has released bodycam video from officers who responded to Monday’s deadly mass shooting at a downtown bank.

The footage captures how police reacted to a gunman who killed five people and injured several others before officers shot and killed him during an exchange of gunfire.

Police released the footage during a news conference Tuesday, showing how the first responding officers were both shot before additional officers responded to help take control of the situation. The videos were expected to be posted on social media Tuesday. Police also provided media with an updated timeline of the incident.

Officials later identified the shooter as 25-yearold Connor Sturgeon, an employee at Old National Bank, where the shooting occurred. He had an AR-15, officials said during a news conference Tuesday.

Among the people shot Monday was Louisville officer Nickolas Wilt, who had been sworn into the force less than two weeks prior to the shooting, according to LMPD. He was shot in the head and was still in critical condition Tuesday afternoon.

Deputy Chief Paul Humphrey from LMPD analyzed the video as it was shown during Tuesday’s news conference. Humphrey said the situation was “not perfect” but what they needed

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FAIRFIELD — Only

19% of the adult probationers who were in the Solano County system in 2018 and 2019 were convicted of a felony within two years of leaving supervision.

That compares to 41% in the study’s first twoyear review starting at the end of 2011. It has dropped every two-year period since.

And those individuals who participate in the Centers for Positive Change programs do even better, Chief Probation Officer Chris Hansen told

the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday.

“For those who do complete the (Centers

for Positive Change programs), they actually have a faster drop in recidivism than our regular popula-

tion,” Hansen said. The centers, one in Fairfield and one in Vallejo, serve as a one-stop location at which participants can address a range of issues, including substance use, mental health, work skills development and housing.

Tim Mahoney is one of those individuals.

“This is really exciting for me. I came from a really bad background when I was a kid,” said Mahoney, who unveiled a painting that will hang in the Therapeutic Social Services Center, part of the Probation Department’s

State

California leading way in EV infrastructure, but still behind

VALLEJO — Solano County Transit this week will break ground on an $11 million Operations and Maintenance Facility in Vallejo.

The infrastructure project is part of SolTrans’ efforts to become a zero-emission bus service provider by 2040 – a goal that could cost the agency as much as $100 million in vehicle and infrastructure needs.

That state also continues to push forward with its target of replacing private gas-powered vehicles to electric vehicles. The California Air Resources Board last August approved the latest iteration of the Advanced Clean Cars rules, codifying the Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive order requiring all new passenger and light-duty vehicles sold in the state to be 100% zeroemission by 2035.

“The new regulation accelerates requirements that automakers deliver an increasing number of zero-emission lightduty vehicles each year beginning in model year 2026. Sales of new (zeroemission vehicles) and (plug-in-hybrid-electric vehicles) will start with 35% that year, build to 68% in 2030, and reach 100% in 2035,” the air board noted.

That too will require a great deal of new infrastructure to meet the vehicle charging demand.

WalletHub, an online personal finance service, released a study Monday that showed California is better prepared than most states. The group looked at electric vehicle adoption rates, electric vehicle incentives, charging stations and other factors in its analysis of each state.

The key findings for California show that 3.81% of all passenger vehicles in California are electric, with 11 alternative fuel stations per 10,000 vehicles and 29 electric charging outlets per 10,000 vehicles.

As of 2021, about 5% of all passenger vehicles sold in the U.S. were electric vehicles. When other countries hit that milestone, the sales then skyrocketed.

Norway, for example, hit that 5% figure in 2014 and is now at 88%. China, meanwhile, crossed the threshold in 2020 and just hit 29% last year. And now, the U.S. is experiencing the same surge in

growth, with EVs comprising 12% of all new vehicle sales in 2022, Freight Waves reported.

Experts in the field said infrastructure needs are not keeping pace.

The Edison Electric Institute, in a June 2022 report, estimates about 26.4 million electric vehicles will be on U.S. roads by 2030, requiring 12.9 million charging ports: 9.52 million – or 74% – will be Level 2 chargers at home; 2.01 million – or 16% – will be Level 2 public location chargers; 1.21 million – or 9% – will be Level 2 workplace charger locations; and 1% (140,000) of the charging ports will be public DC Fast Charging locations.

“The costs associated with EV charging infrastructure include the equipment itself, ongoing operation and maintenance costs, and the installation costs needed to get power to the charg-

ing station site. These costs can vary widely, from a few hundred dollars to install a Level 2 charger at home to tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars to install a DCFC depending on power level,” the Edison report states.

“There are currently 47 federal incentives to purchase electric cars, which includes grants, tax breaks, loans and leases, rebates, credits, exemptions and other programs in the country,” the study said. “Nationally, around 627 state-funded incentives exist. California has the most, with 94 state incentives (72 more than second-ranked Colorado).”

“The hope is that more incentives toward manufacturers and consumers will persuade Americans to swap out older, environmentally unfriendly and less-efficient vehicles for more energy- and consumer-efficient options. According to our findings, states that offer the most EV incentives generally have the highest adoption rates,” WalletHub reported.

“Over the next five years, the (federal) government will spend more than $5 billion to bring EV charging stations to all 50 states,” WalletHub stated in its report. And while costs are going down, insuring an electric vehicle is typically more expensive than insuring a comparable gaspowered vehicle.

Suisun youths encouraged to submit posters for Earth Day Art Walk

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SUISUN CITY — The city plans an Earth Day Art Walk, noon to 3 p.m. April 21 at the Suisun City waterfront.

Children and students are encouraged to submit an original poster for the event.

Age groups are younger than 7 years, 7-10 years, 11-14 years, and older than 14.

The first place winner in each group gets $75, second place is $50 and third place is $25.

Five honorable mention prizes will be awarded, too.

The guidelines are:

n Each entry must be on paper posterboard (compostable/recyclable) or on recyclable material.

n Sizes of posterboards are limited to 11 x 14, 14 x 22 or 22 x 28.

n Only non-toxic mediums may be used (i.e.: pencil, acrylic paint, watercolors, naturalearth paints).

n Students at Suisun City schools or recognized after-school partner-programs may submit as a class, group or individual.

n All submissions should relate to what

Earth Day mean to you and/or informing others about Earth Day.

n Artists may also create a poster to inform or educate the community about how to be water-wise, energy wise, a recycling hero, how and where to recycle common household waste (lightbulbs, batteries, mattresses, old paint) or suggestions for enjoying the outdoor wonders of Suisun.

n All entrants should have the name of their school, grade level or age, name of teacher and name of student, first name and initial last name, are OK. The information must be on the back of the poster.

Entries are due by noon April 22. The display will be set up between 11 a.m. and noon. Judging will commence at 2:30 p.m. and awards will be announced starting at 3 p.m. Winners do not need to be present. Winning posters will be displayed at Suisun City Hall for the month of April. Artists can collect them on or after May 1. Posters not claimed by May 5 may be recycled. For questions, send an email to ahernandez@ suisun.com

FAIRFIELD — The Internal Revenue Service extended the income tax filing and business filing deadline to Oct. 16 for areas with emergency designations by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Individuals and households that reside or have a business in Alameda, Colusa, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Kings, Lake, Los Angeles, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Mono, Monterey, Napa, Orange, Placer, Riverside, Sacramento, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Tulare, Ventura, Yolo and Yuba counties qualify for tax relief, the IRS said in

a statement.

The tax relief postpones various tax filing and payment deadlines starting Jan. 8. The IRS had previously extended the deadlines to May 15.

“The additional relief postpones until Oct. 16, various tax filing and payment deadlines, including those for most calendar-year 2022 individual and business returns,” the IRS said. “This includes 2022 individual income tax returns due on April 18, as well as various 2022 business returns normally due on March 15 and April 18. Among other things, this means that eligible taxpayers will also have until Oct. 16 to make 2022 contributions to their IRAs and health savings accounts.”

Farmers who choose to forgo making estimated tax payments and normally file their returns by March 1 will now have until Oct. 16, 2023, to file their 2022 return and pay

any tax due.

“The Oct. 16 deadline also applies to 2023 estimated tax payments, normally due on April 18, June 15 and Sept. 15. It also applies to the quarterly payroll and excise tax returns normally due on Jan. 31, April 30 and July 31,” the statement said.

More information is online at www.irs.gov/ businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/ disaster-assistance-andemergency-relief-for-individuals-and-businesses

“In addition, the IRS will work with any taxpayer who lives outside the disaster area but whose records necessary to meet a deadline occurring during the postponement period are located in the affected area. Taxpayers qualifying for relief who live outside the disaster area need to contact the IRS at 866-562-5227,” the statement said.

Aaron Rosenblatt/Daily Republic an electric vehicle charging station outside Target in Fairfield, Monday.

Overnight I-680 lane closure to continue

FAIRFIELD – The state Department of Transportation announced southbound Interstate 680 will continue to be reduced to a single lane overnight through April 20.

The left lane, between Gold Hill and Marshview roads, will be closed from 5 p.m. to 5 a.m. each day.

Both lanes will be open overnight on Sunday.

“Crews will continue to perform slide repair work along the right slope of I-680 which suffered storm damage during the past weeks,” Caltrans said in a statement.

“More lanes closures may be necessary in the near future as the repair project progresses. Caltrans will keep the public apprised of upcoming lane closures as information becomes available,” the statement said.

Work depends on weather.

Motorists can receive 24/7 highway condition information statewide by calling 1-800-427-ROAD or 1-800-427-7623.

Garden club talks flower arrangements

FAIRFIELD — Care and creativity help to make a beautiful centerpiece of flowers, learn the basics at the next Fairfield Garden Club gathering.

The Fairfield Garden Club will hear a talk from Linda Sanderson, master flower arranger from the Shibui Arrangers Guild at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, at the Adult Recreation Center, 1200 Civic Center Drive, in Fairfield.

For more information, call Mary Colridge, 707-330-9920.

Dispatchers get a loud ‘thank you’ from county Board of Supervisors

FAIRFIELD — Solano County’s public safety dispatchers took nearly 112,000 calls last year – 20,744 of which were 9-1-1 calls – with close to 85,000 requiring some kind of police or fire response.

The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday recognized April 9-15 as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week in Solano County. Supervisor Wanda Williams was absent.

“Public safety telecommunicators are the first

and most critical contact our residents have with emergency services. They are also the single vital link for our police officers and firefighters by monitoring their activities by radio, providing them information and ensuring their safety. They are the unseen first responders,” the resolution adopted by the board states.

“When a call comes into a dispatch center, lives can be saved. Public safety telecommunicators provide pre-arrival emergency medical assistance and instruction,” the resolution added.

The board also adopted a resolution recognizing April 9-15 as Animal Care and Control Appreciation Week in Solano County.

Supervisor Mitch Mashburn noted that thousands of animals were euthanized in the 1980s, and now the Animal Control staff finds homes for nearly 80%.

“Their compassion for those animals is amazing,” Undersheriff Brad DeWall said.

However, the board was reminded that the county continues to have a feral-cat population, and this time the board was

California has lowest home ownership rate in nation

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FAIRFIELD – A little more than 18% of Californians live in the homes they own – the lowest rate in the nation.

The new study released by real estate agents in Malibu, shows Maine has the highest ownership rate at 33%, followed by West Virginia (32.15%) and Vermont (32.11%). Wyoming and Missouri are fourth and fifth, 30.3% and 30.29%., respectively.

The study, however, is based on the states’ total populations and not adult populations, the likely age groups actually to own a home.

While the study puts the ownership rate for California at 18.35%, that is based on the total population of 39.56 million.

If the number of owneroccupied homes in the state, 6.26 million, is applied to the state’s population of individuals 20 or older, 29.82 million, that percentage rises up to just shy of 21%.

The average age of first-time homebuyers in California, according to the FirstTuesday Journal, is 30 to 35 years old.

In comparison, Maine’s home ownership

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rate when calculated for individuals 20 or older jumps to 40.39%.

Hawaii (19.36%) is second lowest behind California, again based on full populations, followed by New York (20.52%), Alaska (23.36%), and Nevada (23.61%), the Malibu study shows.

A call to the California Association of Realtors was not immediately returned.

informed of the human toll the pressures and frustrations can have on dedicated rescuers.

The supervisors were told of one such person who, on Sunday, committed suicide, citing the enormity of the rescue problem as a reason.

In other action, the board:

n Appointed Alfred Sims and Tamuri Richardson to the Mental Health Advisory Board for terms to end on March 31, 2026.

n Appointed Frank J. Padilla to the Nut Tree Airport Advisory Com-

mittee to fill the remainder of the area resident term ending June 30, 2025.

n Recognized April 23-29 as National Crime Victims’ Rights Week in Solano County.

n Recognized April as Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month in Solano County.

n Approved Reclamation District No. 2127 to go from an annual audit to a five-year audit, going back to 2018.

n Approved submitting three applications,

Aaron Rosenblatt/Daily Republic a house is for sale along Kansas street in Fairfield, Monday.

Supervisors told Garamendi pushing forward 2 Solano earmark requests

FAIRFIELD — The Solano County supervisors learned from staff recently that $8.75 million in federal Community Project Funding requests will be carried forward.

“We are pleased to report that Congressman (John) Garamendi has officially requested funding for two of the federal CPF projects we submitted, including $3.75 million for the Solano County Emergency Operations and

Emergency Communications Center. The county requested $5 million; (and) $3 million for the Vallejo Early Learning Center.

The county requested $3 million,” states an April 7 letter sent to the board by Matthew Davis, a senior management analyst and public communications officer who has taken over legislative officer duties.

“While this is no guarantee of funding, it is extremely encouraging, and a step closer to the finish line. It should

be noted that in the two previous federal appropriation cycles, the vast majority of projects that were requested by House members were ultimately funded within the final budget, the letter states.

Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, also requested $5 million for the Highway 37 / Fairground Drive Interchange Improvement Project, and $3 million for a feasibility study and cost sharing agreement between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Vallejo for deepen-

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ing of the Carquinez Strait ship channel.

Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, as well as the state’s two senators have not posted their earmark requests.

“We have two earmark requests we are still waiting to hear about, including Radio Interoperability and the OneWater Master Plan Development (for the Delta),” the letter states.

The letter was sent to the Daily Republic as part of a public information request.

Two Dodd-authored bills clear reviews

FAIRFIELD — Legislation that would “increase consumer privacy and protection” from artificial intelligence technology on Tuesday passed the state Senate Senate Governmental Organization Committee.

“Like any new industry we’ve seen, safeguards must be added as the risks emerge,” Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, said in a statement. He authored Senate

Bill 313. “It’s like the auto industry. Over the years we’ve adopted speed limits, seatbelts and airbags. Now is the time for AI oversight to catch up, increasing consumer protections with the help of proactive, thoughtful policy.”

Dodd also noted that the legislation aligning California law with the principles of President Joe Biden’s blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights.

The federal framework, the Dodd statement said, “(guides) the design, use

and deployment of automated systems to protect the American public. (Biden’s) five key principles would guard against unsafe or ineffective systems, prevent algorithmic discrimination in things like hiring or credit decisions, ensure data privacy, notify consumers when AI systems are being used and give consumers a chance to opt out.”

The AI technology market is expected to reach $126 billion by 2025, Dodd stated.

“Applications simulating human thought can now perform a multitude of tasks – from running errands to driving cars. However, concerns have arisen over unwanted side effects including automated job loss, privacy violations, algorithmic bias and socioeconomic inequality,” the statement added.

The bill requires people to be notified when they are interacting with AI-driven governmentcommunications.

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Vaca police offers tips on dealing with solicitors

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VACAVILLE — The Vacaville Police Department took to social media to remind citizens with the nice weather comes doorto-door solicitors.

“We know it can be concerning when you see a stranger approach your house, but Vacaville PD has you covered,” the post reads. “Each solicitor must first undergo a background check before being issued a badge and being permitted to go door-to-door. Each solicitor is advised they must have their solic-

itor badge visibly worn at all times, and to respect the houses that have “no soliciting” signs.”

Soliciting hours are from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., or until dark.

Some solicitors can be very passionate about the product they are selling, the post said. “However, they are advised their permit is subject to termination at any time if our department receives any complaints about them being too pushy or not taking ‘no’ for an answer,” the post said.

Vacaville police noted

on occasion they do receive complaints for these individuals simply doing their job.

“So let’s try to remember to show a little kindness. So long as the solicitor has taken the necessary steps to obtain a permit from the PD, then no laws are being broken,”

the post read. For those who do not have a city-issued solicitors badge or are violating the terms above you can contact dispatch at 707449-5200 ext. 1. Try to have the individual’s name and/or the name of the company they are with.

Virginia DosReis

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Virginia Ann (Bright) DosReis. Ginny passed peacefully at home on November 15, 2022, at the age of 77.

Ginny was born on July 19, 1945 in Alameda, CA to Wesley and June (Saunders) Bright and was the oldest of their five children. She lived most of her life in Napa until she moved to Suisun City, where she lived until her passing. While attending Napa High School, Ginny met the love of her life, James D. DosReis. The high school sweethearts married on October 16, 1966 and remained happily married until Jim’s passing in 1998. In addition to raising her family, Ginny worked as the Circulation Manager for the Daily Republic Newspaper, where she retired after 25 years of faithful service.

She is survived by her daughter, Tina (Jerry) Kleeb; sons, Joseph (Crystal) DosReis and Matthew DosReis; grandchildren, Jenna, Ryleigh, and Logan Kleeb, Meghan (Nick) Howell, Alec, Hunter, and Chloe DosReis; sisters, Linda Bright and Kathy Brown; brother, John (Veron) Bright; brother-in-law, Ron Reed and many nieces and nephews.

Ginny was preceded in death by her husband, James; her parents, Wesley and June; sister, Judith (Bright) Reed; and brother-in-law, Vence (Kathy) Brown.

In lieu of flowers, donations c an be made to the National Institute for Mental Health https://www.nimh.nih.gov/ or Got Your Six Support Dogs https://gotyoursixsupportdogs.org/ A Celebration of Life will be held at the on April 28, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. at the Suisun Veterans Memorial Building located at 427 Main St., Suisun City, CA 94585.

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FAIRFIELD — NorthBay Health Foundation announced a new initiative for women in Solano County.

Women’s HOPE at NorthBay is a networking group focused on Health, Opportunity, Philanthropy and Engagement.

“Our goal is to build a network of likeminded women making a difference through collective philanthropy and engagement,” said Paul McGinty, president of NorthBay Health Foundation.

Throughout the year, HOPE members will be invited to exclusive events, at which they will hear from physician leaders, specialists and hospital administrators about general health care issues and the care NorthBay provides. A free kick-off recep-

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and to accept grant funds, with the Federal Aviation Administration for up to 90% of the Airport Layout Plan, $350,000; Airport Pavement Management System, $150,000; and the Northeast Taxilane and Hangar Apron Design Change, $500,000.

n Approved a fiveyear $181,000 agreement

tion to introduce HOPE’s mission and goals to interested participants is set for 5:30 p.m. May 2 at Green Valley Administration Center. Champagne and hors d’oeuvres will be served.

The event will feature executive leadership sharing an inside look at NorthBay’s future followed by a presentation by the NorthBay Heart & Vascular team.

To join Women’s HOPE, members make a tax-deductible annual donation of $1,000. Corporate memberships are $2,500 and includes three memberships. Every fall, members will vote on how to invest their collective donations to fund patient care needs at NorthBay Health.

“It’s an opportunity to come together and make an impactful difference, while networking and

with Lyngsoe Systems Inc. for support, service and maintenance on five automated material handling systems at county libraries.

n Approved an application to the State of state Workforce Development Board of Solano County to continue directly providing direct jobseekerfocused services, titled as “Career Services” under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Title I Adult and Dislocated Worker grant programs.

Oran DeRemer

Oran DeRemer passed away peacefully in his sleep on March 26, 2023, with his family by his side. He was born in Williamsport, PA to Oran and Mamie DeRemer on July 4, 1935. He met the love of his life, Naomi in Williamsport. They were married April 25, 1959. He served three years in the United States Marine Corps, before joining the Air Force. He was assigned to Michigan, England, Charleston, and Travis Air Force Base in California. He was sent to Vietnam for a year before returning to Travis Air Force Base until he retired in 1975. He enjoyed bowling and playing darts at Hickeys and Harrys Sportsman with his friends.

Oran is preceded in death by his parents Oran and Mamie DeRemer, father and mother-in-law, Oscar and Glady Manny, sisters, Emily, Helen, Esther, Marget, Betty, brothers, Charles, Edward, John, daughters, Linda and Bonnie. Oran is survived by his loving wife Naomi; two sons, Ray (Roxanne), and Jack; granddaughters Diane Soucy (Steven), Kimberly (Shawn), Elexis, Emily Denney, grandson, Jeremy; great grandchildren, Matthew, Katelyn, Chelsea Soucy, Jasarae, Winter Marcel, Mateo DeRemer, Dominic, Raleigh, McCartney, Jordyn DeRemer, Carleton Smith, Darven Dickenson; sister-inlaw, Nancy DeRemer; brother-in-law, Richard, Manny (Christine); son-in-law, Delbert Bush; and several nieces and nephews.

A visitation will be held on Monday April 17, 2023, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Br yan-Braker Funeral Home in Fairfield, CA. A graveside service will be Tuesday April 18, 2023, at 12:00pm at the Suisun Fairfield District Cemetery, 1707 Union Ave., Fairfield, CA.

Arrangements entrusted to Bryan-Braker Funeral Home, Fairfield. You may sign the guestbook at www.bryanbraker.com.

President: Dorothy Andrews dorothy.andrews@sicentralsolano.com

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

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League of Women Voters joins Health Hub to support health initiatives

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FAIRFIELD — The League of Women Voters Solano County has partnered with Solano Community Health Hub to “develop collaborative partnerships and innovative solutions that promote community health and resiliency.”

“I am excited the Solano Community Health Hub recognizes that democracy matters and is consequential to ensuring that residents are able to live, work and play together in a safe and healthy community,” Alice Fried, League board member, said in a statement. “We are proud to be a part of this wellness program to support

the vision of developing resilient Solano communities and opportunities for optimal health and improved quality of life for all its residents.”

The health platform will be part of the League’s overall mission “to educate and advocate for informed citizen participation in local government,” which will now include “the overall wellness initiatives ... to provide public health, mental health, economic health and environmental health services.”

The Solano Community Health Hub is hosting a Spring Health Fair/Earth Day Recognition, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 22, at the hub center, 1451 Gateway Blvd., in Fairfield.

Solano County Fire Safe Council meets Monday

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FAIRFIELD — A review of Saturday’s Fire Safety Expo and a discussion on wildfire safety preparedness are among the topics that are on the agenda for the next Solano County Fire Safe Council meeting.

“Monday’s discussion will focus on preparedness: What are members doing to prepare for fire season, what are you planning to offer to our Solano County communities, what educational programs or on-theground projects have you started?” the Solano Resource Conservation District staff said

Spring, summer, fall, winter events on tap in Suisun City

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SUISUN CITY —

The city kicks off a bevy of spring, summer, fall and winter events on April 22 with BrewBash at the Basin.

City Recreation, Parks and Marina Department on Facebook at www.face book.com/suisunrpm for more information closer to the event.

Five weeks of Saturday Night Music on the Water-

front begin July 15 and wrap up on Aug. 12.

Sunday Jazz concerts begin July 9 and end Aug. 13.

A Cruisin’ Suisun Car Show is slated Oct. 14.

Two weeks later, on

Oct. 28, is the Dia de los Muertos celebration. Christmas at the Waterfront returns Dec. 2. A menorah lighting is slated, with the date to be determined. Kwanzaa will be celebrated on Dec. 28.

in a reminder about the meeting.

The online meeting will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday. Access is available at https:// zoom.us/j/94954362808 ?pwd=NTlycmdMRkF QR3hWV1pwMllJY2M 3UT09. The Meeting ID is 949 5436 2808. The passcode is 874955.

Also on the agenda are planned discussions about the Solano Community Wildfire Protection Plan and the Solano Ag Pass program.

The WildFire Safety Expo, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., will be at Solano Community College, 4000 Suisun Valley Road, in Fairfield. There is no cost.

The event is from noon to 4 p.m. and features microbrews. It’s hosted by the Fairfield-Suisun Rotary Club and Suisun City.

For more information and to buy tickets, visit brewbash2023. eventbrite.com

Dinner and movies in the park kicks off June 30 for six weeks on Fridays. The last one is slated July 28.

The city will continue its annual Fourth of July celebration starting at 11 a.m. on Independence Day at the waterfront. Food, retail vendors, amusement rides, a petting zoo, live music and a fireworks show are scheduled.

This year’s amusement rides will be in Sheldon Plaza and on Driftwood Drive. Follow the Suisun

Aaron Rosenblatt/Daily Republic file (2019) alex Velazquez pours a glass of Green Flash West Coast IPa during BrewBash at the Basin in suisun City, april 13, 2019.

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Trying therapy and feeling blocked

Editor’s note: The following column was previously published in 2020.

Dear Annie: I’ve been seeing a therapist for around five years, and I find myself unsure what to say. My wife first encouraged me to speak with a professional to help me better understand myself and deal with some buried anger. One of my major realizations in therapy has been that I have difficulty sharing my thoughts and emotions, and this can make therapy difficult. I’ve realized this is a common theme throughout my life, as nobody in my childhood ever tried to engage emotionally with me. My therapist will encourage me to discuss what I’m thinking; yet, I struggle to articulate it.

I do understand that the therapist is there to help me and that I should open up to her, but I can’t. I tend to work through thoughts in my head and find it difficult to articulate what I’m thinking to my therapist. She believes that I never learned to express my anger, so I suppress it and move on. I can understand this, and yet I can’t seem to change.

You frequently encourage your readers to seek professional help. How does one maximize the value of this help when they can’t seem to open up? – Unable to Open Up

ARIES (March 21-April 19).

Your welcoming energy turns strangers into friends, customers and allies. One key to your friendliness is that you trust yourself to enforce personal boundaries, and until then you’re cool, calm and collected. You’ll call up your defenses as needed, but it’s usually not needed.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

Don’t worry about how you are going to get from here to there. Your intention to do a good job is all you need right now. You will succeed because you take on the work and keep at it until it’s finished.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

You’re making your own way.

Though you have guides and sometimes share the path, it’s still a unique journey for each traveler. Each must rely on personal instinct. Yours will be particularly strong today.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). There’s juicy stuff going on beneath the surface. You don’t need to say much about it because everyone gets it through vibes. In fact, explaining things can make them seem less magical and interesting, so let the mystery work for you today instead.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You know that there are power dynamics affecting your role, but you don’t know precisely what they are. You’ll do some light testing to see who has the authority and where

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Dear Unable to Open Up: Therapy is a process to better understand ourselves: what built us and how we can learn to improve our lives. Just by seeing a therapist, you must be interested in improving yourself, and that is commendable. Based on the realization you’ve had about yourself and how you were raised, it seems that you’ve been making progress. Recognize these little steps, celebrate them and focus on building off of them. Each session, try discussing a thought or action that you from the last week and how it made you feel. These insights into your thoughts will help a therapist better understand you and will likely lead to insightful conversations. Like a Lego set, each brick adds to the finished product.

Dear Annie: I’m responding to “Confused” who is frustrated with her mother’s constant plea to call when she arrives home. I could have written that letter. When I was leaving my mother’s house, she would ask me several times to call her to let her know I arrived home safely. I know it annoyed my husband, but I called nonetheless, even when it wasn’t convenient. I could hear the relief in her voice when she picked up the phone. It was a brief exchange with reassurances that all was well, so I guess I got something

Today’s

birthday

Welcome to your year of openness. Just when you think you know who you are and what you prefer, you surprise yourself. You dare to try new things and are receptive to the experience. You resist assumptions, or the habit of comparing everything to what you already know. Your lucky numbers are: 1, 19, 3, 37 and 16.

the boundaries lie. Stay flexible and aware of how egos get activated.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

You’re sensitive to your environment and greatly affected by things like lighting, scents and temperature. It’s remarkable how such elements can detract from or enhance your concentration. Changing things up to smooth your process will lead to a much more productive day.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

Each person has unique needs. You can’t address them all, but you can shed a little warmth on the matter. Even though you are very professional in your dealings, you also provide a human touch.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

Powerful forces need to be taken in moderation. Just as

out of it as well. As annoying as it can be sometimes, there is comfort in knowing that there is someone out there who cares that deeply for you. My mother is gone now, and I miss that sweet request. –

Missing My Mom

Dear Missing Mom: I am so sorry for your loss. Thank you for offering a beautiful perspective.

Dear Annie: This is regard to listening to audiobooks to relieve stress. I am a retired mail carrier, and I listened to audiobooks for years to relieve the stress that my job could give me. Now that I am retired, I still listen to audiobooks while doing housework, yardwork and gardening, etc.

I discovered that libraries now carry Playaways, which are full audiobooks on small media-player devices that are smaller than a flip phone. I have listened to thousands of books this way. The one thing I truly love about these Playaways is that I have listened to books that I would never have picked to read on my own. –Retired and Happy Carrier

Dear Happy Carrier: That’s a great reminder for readers to check out their local libraries for Playaways and other helpful devices. And thank you for working hard delivering our mail for so many years.

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moments of sunlight make you feel bright and alive but hours of sunlight deplete you, so it goes with intense people and feelings. For maximum health, control your exposure.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). It’s like you’re going from scene to scene, chasing after something. You won’t be able to process everything in real time. Some lessons take years to fully sink in. Seize opportunities to stop and discuss along the way.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). Every problem is an opportunity to grow. Some problems are harder to feel optimistic about. Don’t let anything overwhelm you. Focus in tighter. What’s the one small improvement you can make?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). Change doesn’t hurt. What hurts is resistance to change. You can look at what you’re holding on to and consciously decide to let it go, or you can simply decide to let it go without examination. Either way, you’ll be free.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

Go where you can look up at the sky instead of the ceiling – it will all restore you. Your connection to nature helps you feel whole. The time you spend with other creatures and life forms will have benefits deep and far-reaching.

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Bridge

good of the partnership. The key play in today’s deal has been highlighted many times in the literature, but it is rarely made by a player below the expert level. Against three no-trump, West led his fourth-highest heart. South captured East’s jack with his king and played a club to dummy’s 10. East defended well by ducking his king, but declarer returned to hand with a diamond to his king and led another club. When West put in the queen, declarer played low from the dummy. West continued with the heart queen, but South was soon claiming 10 tricks: one spade, two hearts, three diamonds and four clubs. West should have sent his club queen to the guillotine at trick two. The sacrifice of one monarch would have caused the collapse of the declarer’s republic.

DON’T DELAY – GO TO THE GALLOWS

Madame Defarge, in “A Tale of Two Cities,” had a strange hobby: knitting. True, that doesn’t sound strange until you remember that she used to knit while watching people being guillotined during the French Revolution. Then it takes on a macabre air. In bridge, though, there are deals in which honors must be sacrificed for the

If South plays low from the dummy, West leads another heart, and when East wins a trick with his club king, the defenders cash three heart tricks.

If South wins West’s club queen with dummy’s ace and continues with the club jack, East ducks. The club suit is dead, and South cannot win more than eight tricks.

When declarer is trying to establish a long suit in an otherwise entryless dummy, it is usually right for second hand to play high.

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For years, Metallica’s hits have been a staple in marching bands’ repertoires. Now the metal super group is reciprocating the love.

On Monday, Metallica launched its inaugural “For Whom the Band Tolls” marching band competition.

Frontman and guitarist James Hetfield broke the news with a whimsical YouTube video.

“Calling all marching bands. Metallica wants to see your most creative and impressive performances of our songs,” Hetfield said after playing toy drums and a toy trumpet.

According to Hetfield, Metallica has partnered with sponsors to provide winning high school and

collegiate bands “over $150,0000 in new gear for their programs.”

The competition website said bands will have access to marching band charts for a handful of Metallica hits including “Enter Sandman,” “Master of Puppets” and “One.”

“For Whom the Band Tolls” features five categories. The band that wins the Collegiate Division 1 prize will take home $75,000 in new gear. The Collegiate Division 2, 3 winner will walk away with $40,000 worth of prizes and the winning high school band will win $15,000 in new musical equipment.

There are also two awards for fan favorites – for collegiate and high school programs –worth $10,000 each.

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Crime logs

SUNDAY, APRIL 9 12:37 a.m. — Drunken driving, 3500 block of NELSON ROAD

2:35 a.m. — Shots fired, TEAL COURT 3:27 a.m. — Battery, 1100 block of ALASKA AVENUE

9:04

1400 block of WEST TEXAS STREET

2:53 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 300 block of EAST TABOR AVENUE

3:14 p.m. — Forgery, 200 block of PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE

3:26 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 2500 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET

3:28 p.m. — Sexual assault, 1000 block of KENTUCKY STREET

3:45 p.m. — Battery, 1800 block of SAN JUAN STREET

4:17 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 700 block of EMERALD BAY DRIVE

4:23 p.m. — Commercial burglary, 1600 block of WEST TEXAS STREET

4:47 p.m. — Battery, 2700 block of ELMHURST CIRCLE

6:30 p.m. — Trespassing, 2300 block of FAIRFIELD AVENUE

7:10 p.m. — Drunken driving, AIR BASE PARKWAY

7:34 p.m. — Drunken driving, 1400 block of PHOENIX DRIVE

8:29 p.m. — Vandalism, 4400 block of CENTRAL PLACE

11:21 p.m. — Reckless driver, NORTH TEXAS STREET

SuiSun City

SUNDAY, APRIL 9

2:19 a.m. — Assault, MAIN STREET / SOLANO STREET

were allotted for the student to write down the word on paper.

— Shots fired, 500 block of ALASKA AVENUE

11:14 p.m. — Hit-and-run

property damage, 1400 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD

MONDAY, APRIL 10

7:17 a.m. — Assault with a deadly weapon, DEL PRADO

CIRCLE

10:25 a.m. — Forgery, 2800

block of PARKVIEW TERRACE

10:38 a.m. — Drunk and disorderly, 1300 block of WEST

TEXAS STREET

11:24 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 600

block of KENNEDY COURT

12:16 p.m. — Vandalism, 600

block of UNION AVENUE

12:22 p.m. — Hit-and-run

property damage, 1300 block of GATEWAY BOULEVARD

12:24 p.m. — Forgery, 400 block of UNION AVENUE

1:50 p.m. — Forgery, 300 block of BECK AVENUE

2:45 p.m. — Indecent exposure, WESTAMERICA DRIVE

2:51 p.m. — Indecent exposure,

“The testing has to be very slow because the flow was completely shut off,” Deputy City Manager Sarah Shawky said in a phone interview on Monday.

The city sent a camera up the old pipe in both directions from the break, but Shawky said it is still prudent to take matters slowly to make sure all is OK and no other part of the pipe was at risk of failing, too.

The city immediately initiated a mandatory 40% water usage program. Young said the water savings has been about 20%.

“And 20% may be enough at the end of the day,” Young said.

The 40% target was designed to save as much of Lake Herman water as possible.

Now, the mayor added, if the testing goes as planned, the city will be back on the old system by the weekend or early next week.

The good news is that Young is not aware of any business that has had to shut down because of the water shortage.

Young said it could take months for the old pipeline to be repaired.

7:52 a.m. — Assault with a deadly weapon, 600 block of WHISPERING BAY LANE

11:34 a.m. — Reckless driver, HIGHWAY 12 / WALTERS ROAD

3:33 p.m. — Reckless driver, HIGHWAY 12 / WALTERS ROAD

4:16 p.m. — Burglary, 700 block of RAILROAD AVENUE 10:37 p.m. — Reckless driver, PETERSEN ROAD / FULMAR DRIVE 10:37 p.m. — Prowler, ANDERSON DRIVE / BAUMAN DRIVE MONDAY, APRIL 10 1:52 a.m. — Hit-and-run no injury, HIGHWAY 12 / SUNSET AVENUE

4:21 a.m. — Reckless driver,

The preliminary Spelling Bee round was held virtually March 15 and 16. Eighty-one fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders competed. Each was given 10 words to spell, with increased difficulty, assigned a point value.

The number was reduced to 12 to compete for the county battle.

Each student was introduced individually as they entered the theater to see their names and pictures projected on a big screen. Cheers from family members, school staff and guests greeted them.

Then, it was down to business as emcee Dave McCallum shared the word and used it in a sentence. Fifteen seconds

Each was allowed two misspelled words prior to giving up their chair on stage and reuniting with their families in the audience.

A bevy of words were spelled correctly until raccoon and miscellaneous, resulting in the first students being eliminated. The number was reduced to four about 30 minutes into the bee.

Just before a 10-minute break, there were three left.

“I feel a little nervous,” Sophia said. “I have never been this close. I will hope for the best.”

Then, it was down to two. Lily and Sophia spelled four words correctly in the battle for first, which Lily won.

The two took a bow together on stage before

something with it, but I’m not going to stop. It’s a necessity.”

the awards ceremony.

Kyle and Alison Glotzbach were extremely proud of their daughter, both said. “She did her best,” Kyle Glotzbach said. It was Lily’s first time making it to the county level.

“I feel so excited,” Lily said. “I didn’t think I would win.”

A celebration would follow, Allison Glotzbach said, noting it would probably be something from Cinnabon.

Sophia’s older brother, Aaron Regacho, was excited for his younger sibling. A sophomore at American Canyon High School, he recalled participating in the spelling bee in fifth and sixth grade. He did not make it to the county finals.

“It’s amazing,” he said of his sister’s win. “She did something I could not do.” It was Sophia’s

place to put their heads, we can’t do the other treatments,” Hansen said.

second appearance in the county spelling bee finals.

The finalists were:

Fourth grade: Mark Gabriel Limjoco, of Cordelia Hills Elementary.

Fifth grade: Julian Arentz, Joe Henderson Elementary, Benicia; Abraxas Ayze Belleza, Kairos Public School Vacaville Academy; Freyja Haldane, The Academy of 21st Century Learning, Vacaville; Kiaan Khan, Holy Spirit Elementary, Fairfield; Elina Kim, Travis Elementary; and Viktor Vurz Querol, Annie Pennycook Elementary, Vallejo.

Sixth grade: Abigail Miller, Cambridge Elementary, Travis; Letia Monts, Elite Public Schools, Vallejo; and Marcelo Sing, Cooper Elementary, Vacaville.

duced by one of the probationers, its theme, “I’m not coming back.”

Shawky added that the while the first option is to fix the old line, the city is exploring different options. She said it could be a year for a permanent solution to be completed.

Young said the best solution would be to replace the pipeline, which runs more than 14 miles and dates back to the 1960s. However, that comes with a $100 million price tag.

“There is no way we are going to raise that kind of money, and we could never raise the water rates that high,” Young said.

Ironically, the pipe break could open up opportunities for federal and state dollars to help the city.

The city declared a local emergency in hopes of at least getting reimbursed for some of the repair costs.

Fairfield also declared a local emergency because of the damage the land slippage caused to Lopes Road.

office in Vallejo.

“So it’s a place: a third place,” Crystal Riley, the program director for the office, told the board. Supervisor Wanda Williams was absent. “It’s not the court; it’s not Probation.”

Mahoney recounted a story of addiction, his time in the criminal justice system and even losing his first two children, who he has not seen in 11 years.

Now he has two more children, who also were taken from him, but ultimately returned, and he has been sober for nearly two years. Painting clears his head.

“I had a lot of mental trauma ... and when I paint, it all goes away,” he said. “I hope to do

He also told the board how critical it is in the “addict world” to have a place to live if there is any hope to get clean.

The comment followed an earlier presentation on the Probation Department’s housing program, which includes shortterm sober-living transitional housing, rapid re-housing – a housing first model – and permanent housing.

The board was told how difficult it is to find housing for the program, which is why it also comes with a cost.

The Probation Department secured three grants to fund the programs, although those grants have expired. The department has put in a request for county funds in the 2023-24 budget.

“If we don’t have a

fight” after being shot.

The board presentation also included the changing world of juvenile probation, and especially what will be the influx of offenders who otherwise would have been incarcerated in a state facility.

While Hansen said the department never forgets why those individuals are where they’re at, they have tried to create a more comfortable and functioning environment to live in during their stay.

That is also true for the lower-level juvenile probationers, who have opportunities to complete their high school education, take community college classes, learn trade skills, technology skills and better relationship counseling. There are even two music studios.

Dean Wilder played a tape of a rap song pro-

Breaking those ties to the people and the environment that sent these individuals to the Probation Department in the first place, Hansen said, is one of the toughest challenges his department faces.

That is why his staff does not turn away anyone who has been in the system – sometimes the probation facilities are the only positive place for them to go.

That is why the next step in the evolution of the system is more prevention.

Hansen talked about seeking grants that will allow his staff to get out into the schools more. He also is working on ways to improve recruitment and retention of those staff members, who can burn out quickly.

in order to save lives, and said the officers’ response was “superhuman.”

”You can see the tension in that video and understand what they are going through,” Humphrey said.

Several still images were also shown of the shooter inside the building before the ambush, and after the ambush took place while he was waiting in the lobby of the building for officers to arrive.

The bodycam video footage showed officers Cory Galloway and Wilt arrive to the scene and hear gunfire while they’re still inside their police cruiser, which Wilt was driving.

After pulling up to the bank, Wilt’s footage showed that Galloway pulled a long gun from the trunk of the cruiser. Both officers approached the bank.

Galloway’s bodycam footage showed that he fell after being shot and took cover outside the bank. Humphrey said Galloway continued “to stay in the

Additional officers showed up in an effort to rescue Wilt, who had been shot and was blurred out on video. The gunman fired at those officers, according to police, which broke glass at the bank. Galloway then had a line of sight on the suspect, allowing him to fire at him and kill him.

Galloway can be heard shouting that the shooter was down. Galloway then approached the building and entered to see the shooter lying dead on the ground surrounded by broken glass from the building’s windows.

Galloway’s bodycam video showed the suspect, who was blurred out, and his rifle on the ground.

Police also showed bystander video from near the scene, which appeared to show the altercation from behind Galloway.

Officers were initially dispatched at 8:38 a.m. and arrived on scene at 8:41, according to information provided by LMPD. Sturgeon fired on the officers at 8:41 and again at 8:42, according to police.

Police were fired at again at 8:44 a.m. and returned fire, according to

police. They entered the building and confirmed Wilt had been shot at 8:45.

”It’s easy to tell an officer that you have to run towards gunfire. It’s another thing to actually do it,” Humphrey said. “Their job is to go towards that danger.”

Humphrey said as officers assess an activeshooter situation, they must consider first whether there are victims or hostages. Next, whether there are bystanders in the area, and then officer safety. He said the suspect “has the ultimate control” in such a situation.

”Tragically, lives were lost, but countless lives were saved,” Humphrey said of the officers’ response.

Humphrey said officers took medical supplies into the building and began rendering aid to victims.

”It is 100 percent certainty that officers’ medical treatment saved lives that day,” he said.

The footage was released just weeks after the Metro Nashville Police Department took a similar step, releasing footage from officers who responded to and killed an active shooter inside a school last month.

Dodd

From Page A4

It is an extension of previous legislation, including Sen. Dodd’s co-authorship of the California Consumer Privacy Act. Earlier this year, he introduced the first AI-drafted resolution, Senate Concurrent Resolution 17, which calls for responsible use of AI.”

The legislation was one of two Dodd bills to clear committee reviews.

HOPE

From Page A4

learning more about our system and the community we serve,” Katie Lydon,

The other, SB 95, is an extension of Dodd’s prior cocktail-to-go legislation, which allowed for restaurants to serve to-go alcoholic drinks as a way to help during the Covid-19 pandemic.

This latest bill removes the meal requirement and extends the carry-out provision to bars. The bill, however, also increases oversight of alcohol delivery by Alcohol Beverage Control to prevent underage drinking.

Women’s Hope steering committee member and nurse leader, said. For more information, or to reserve a spot at the for the kickoff event, contact Susan Cianci at scianci@northbay.org, or call 707-646-3131.

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Mountcastle’s nine RBIs in Orioles’ win clobber A’s

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What happens when you intentionally walk someone to load the bases and bring up a hitter that has already driven in five runs?

Strong armed, ready for USFL debut with Michigan Panthers

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FAIRFIELD — Will C.

Wood High School graduate Carson Strong makes his professional football regular-season debut this weekend with the Michigan Panthers of the United States Football League.

Returning quarterback Josh Love could get the start but Strong has challenged him throughout camp after signing

last month and could see playing time this season.

Love threw for 791 yards last season.

Strong, who stands 6-foot-3 and 226 pounds, had a prolific college career at the University of Nevada, throwing for 9,368 yards, completing 68.1% of his passes and connecting on 74 touchdowns. On the downside, he also had two knee surgeries before the age of 23, which apparently

scared off NFL teams from drafting him.

The Vacaville native signed as an undrafted free agent with the Philadelphia Eagles after the 2022 draft but was released at the end of training camp. He later briefly signed with the Arizona Cardinals’ practice squad in December but was released again.

Now he’ll give it a shot in the USFL. The Panthers, led by former San

Francisco 49es head coach Mike Nolan, will open the season Sunday with a 9 a.m. nationally-televised game on NBC against the Houston Gamblers from Memphis, Tennessee.

Softball

Senior third baseman Lewa Day (Armijo) helped Sacramento State to a win over Nevada and three more against Montana last

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Worst in a generation: How did the San Jose Sharks get this bad?

Curtis Pashelka

THE MERCURY NEWS

SAN JOSE — Erik

Karlsson had just become the sixth defenseman in NHL history to reach 100 points in a season, and Logan Couture joined Patrick Marleau, Joe Thornton, and Joe Pavelski as the only San Jose Sharks players to score 700 points with the team.

But the atmosphere inside the Sharks’ locker room after Monday’s game with the Winnipeg Jets was silent. Again.

San Jose is now 22-42-16 following its 6-2 loss to the Jets, dropping its points percentage to .375, the fourth-worst in

team history and its lowest since the 1995-96 season (.287) – two years before Marleau first came to the

organization.

On March 15, the Sharks, once the model of consistency, became

the NHL’s first team to be officially eliminated from playoff contention with the start of the postseason still more than a month away. With their 6-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday, the Sharks capped a home schedule that yielded just eight wins, matching a franchise low.

All of this despite Karlsson’s historic achievement and Couture’s milestone in what’s so far been a 67-point season, his best in years.

Sharks general manager Mike Grier might be trying to lay a foundation for the future,

See Sharks, Page B10

If you’re the Athletics, Dany Jimenez serves up a grand slam to Ryan Mountcastle in a 12-8 loss to the Baltimore Orioles Tuesday night at Camden Yards. Mountcastle’s nine RBIs in the game is three more than A’s team leader Jace Peterson has for the season. The loss was the latest disappointment, especially considering the A’s at one point had a 7-3 lead in the fifth inning courtesy of a three-run homer by Shea Langeliers and had their No. 1 starter on the mound in rookie left-hander Kyle Muller. With their sixth straight loss, the A’s fell to 2-9, with Baltimore improving to 6-5.

Bryan Baker got the win for the Orioles with one inning of scoreless relief, with Sam Moll

taking the loss for the A’s, having put on two of the baserunners before Mountcastle’s slam.

Mountcastle drove in his first five runs off Muller with a sacrifice fly in the first inning, an RBI single in the third and a three-run home run in the fifth.

In the seventh, with two on and two out, A’s manager Mark Kotsay opted to have Jimenez, who came in for Moll, intentionally walk the switch-hitting Adley Rutschman to load the bases. Mountcastle, a right-handed batter, then deposited a room-service off-speed pitch into the left center field seats 456 away for his fifth home run of the season and second of the night.

The nine RBIs were the most since Adam Duvall drove in nine runs in a game in 2020.

“You tip your cap to a player that had a great night,” Kotsay told reporters. “You pick your poison with Adley and a base open. You’ve got the right-on-right

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Ticket prices for Kings-Warriors setting records

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SACRAMENTO —

Ticket prices are hitting all-time highs in Sacramento as the Kings prepare to face the Golden State Warriors in the first round of the playoffs.

Northern California rivals will collide in a best-of seven series with the Kings making their first playoff appearance since 2006 and the defending NBA champion Warriors seeking their fifth title in 10 years.

The average price for Game 1 on Saturday at Golden 1 Center is the most expensive ticket on record for the first round of the NBA playoffs, according to TickPick.

The site reports that ticket prices for games in Sacramento are twice as high as games at Chase Center in San Francisco.

“Ticket prices for the Kings-Warriors series

are in high demand for a few reasons,” TickPick brand manager Kyle Zorn told The Sacramento Bee. “Most notably is the 16-year wait Kings fans have endured to see their team in the playoffs. Additionally, both franchises ranked in the top 15 this season for most expensive ticket prices with the Warriors being the most expensive ticket of the regular season. The close proximity between the two cities is allowing for more potential buyers for each game. There’s also a ton of hype on social media stemming from these teams featuring two of the best offenses in the NBA.”

TickPick is an online marketplace where users can buy, sell and bid on tickets to games, concerts and other live events. According to TickPick, the average

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Solano College’s baseball team scores 13 runs, and loses

ROCKVILLE — The Solano Community College baseball team scored 13 runs on 12 hits Tuesday but still came up short in a 19-13 loss to visiting Los Medanos. Solano tried six different pitchers on the mound and Los Medanos kept hitting. The Mustangs even had a nine-run sixth inning. Solano fell to

13-17 overall and 7-6 in the Bay Valley Conference. Joseph Guttman had a pair of doubles for the Falcons and drove in five runs. Miles Meadows was 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs. Ryan Mitchell tripled, singled twice and plated two runs. Conner Ross also singled, doubled and had an RBI. Solano will play at Los Medanos at 2:30 p.m.

Thursday. The three-game series will conclude Saturday with a 1 p.m. game at

home for the Falcons.

Solano tennis teams qualify six for state

ROCKVILLE — The Solano Community College duo of Hunter Bradac and Connor Ard captured the Big 8 South Conference Tennis Tournament doubles title Saturday at the Rockville campus.

Bradac and Ard defeated a team from Diablo Valley in a third

set tie-breaker. Ard has achieved back-toback titles after winning last season with partner Jackson DeVries. In men’s singles, Bradac made it to the finals, while Ard and Lorenzo Biatta made it to the quarterfinals and backdraw winner, respectively. Bradac has reached the finals in singles two years in a row. Biatta and James Pullin were back draw doubles winners. In women’s singles,

Katelyn Crismon made it to the semifinals. Crismon and Denise Feria made into the semifinals in doubles as well.

The Falcons have six qualifiers for the state championships in Ojai from April 27 to 30.

Baseball Delgado delivers no-hitter for Knights

VACAVILLE — Diego

Delgado threw a no-hitter with 14 strikeouts over five innings Monday and did a little bit of everything as the Buckingham Charter baseball team cruised to a 19-1 win at Sacramento Country Day. Delgado allowed no hits, no earned runs and walked two. He was also 3-for-5 at the plate with two doubles, a triple and four RBIs. Buckingham improved to 2-6 overall

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Carson Strong (8) gets reps during rookie minicamp with the Philadelphia Eagles at the NovaCare Complex in May 2022. The Will C. Wood graduate is now looking to get field time with the Michigan Panthers of the USFL.

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Sharks goaltender James Reimer (47) stands on the ice after the Nashville Predators scored a goal in the second period at the SAP Center in San Jose in February.

CALENDAR

TV sports

Baseball

MLB

• Oakland at Baltimore, NBCSCA, 3:35 p.m.

• L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, NBCSBA, 6:45 p.m.

Basketball

NBA Playoffs

• Toronto at Chicago, ESPN, 4:30 p.m.

• New Orleans at Oklahoma City, ESPN, 7 p.m.

Golf

• College, Western Intercollegiate, GOLF, 1 p.m.

• LPGA, LOTTE Championship, GOLF, 4 p.m.

Hockey NHL

• St. Louis at Dallas, TNT, 4:30 p.m.

• Calgary at San Jose, TNT, 7 p.m.

Soccer

• UEFA Champions, Teams TBA, 5, 13, Noon.

• CONCACAF, Atlas vs. Philadelphia, FS1, 7 p.m.

Thursday’s TV sports

Baseball

MLB

• Oakland at Baltimore, NBCSCA, 10:05 a.m.

Hockey

NHL

• Dallas at St. Louis, ESPN, 5 p.m.

• Edmonton at San Jose, NBCSCA, 6 p.m.

• Seattle at Vegas, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.

Soccer CONCACAF, U.A.N.L. Tigres vs. Motague, FS1, 7 p.m.

US women’s soccer team to play World Cup tuneup in San Jose

SAN JOSE — The last match that the U.S. women’s national team will play before heading to the 2023 women’s World Cup will be in the Bay Area.

The USWNT will play Wales in their final send-off match on Sunday, July 9 at 1 p.m. PT at PayPal Park, the home of the San Jose Earthquakes – and the likely home of the Bay Area’s new NWSL team.

It’s surely an excellent spotlight moment for women’s soccer ahead of the yet-to-be-named NWSL team’s arrival in the spring of 2024. The Bay Area team has four former national team players – Brandi Chastain, Leslie Osborne, Danielle Slatonand Aly Wagner – as part of their ownership group.

It’ll be the fifth match that the USWNT has played at the Earthquakes’

stadium, but the first since 2018. The Earthquakes noted that the four prior USWNT matches in San Jose were all sellouts.

Earthquakes season ticket holders will get access to a presale for

tickets on May 4 at 10 a.m.

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Monday, May 8 at 10 a.m.

The match will be televised on TNT in English and on Universo, Peacock and Telemundo in Spanish.

The back-to-back World Cup winners will head to the Australia and New Zealandco-hosted World Cup after the match in San Jose and prepare for their Group E opener against Vietnam on July 22 (July 21 locally). They’ll also have a rematch of the 2019 women’s World Cup Final against the Netherlands on July 27 (July 26 in the U.S.) before concluding group play against Portugal on Aug. 1. The current USWNT roster that’s facing Ireland twice this weekend has nine players with Bay Area ties on it, including two former high school stars – Tierna Davidson of Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton and Naomi Girma of Pioneer-San Jose – and seven more players who played collegiately locally, including Alex Morgan (Cal), Julie Ertz (Santa Clara) and Sophia Smith (Stanford).

What is the fairest Aaron Rodgers trade for the Jets and the Packers?

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It has been almost a month since Aaron Rodgers expressed his intent to play for the Jets.

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Head coach Kliff Kingsbury of the Arizona Cardinals looks on during the first half of a game against the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium on Jan. 8 in Santa Clara. Kingsbury has now joined the USC coaching staff.

Kliff Kingsbury to join USC’s coaching staff

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LOS ANGELES — His first stint at USC lasted all of 34 days, a monthlong layover as offensive coordinator on his way to Arizona and the NFL. There was barely time for Kliff Kingsbury to unpack his bags at Heritage Hall in January 2019 before the Cardinals came calling, handing him an offer he couldn't refuse.

Four years after he left, Kingsbury has made his way back to L.A.

This time, he won't call plays. He won't even be a full-time member of USC's coaching staff. Kingsbury is expected to join Lincoln Riley's staff as a senior offensive analyst, working with the Trojans quarterbacks in a support role.

"We're excited to officially welcome Kliff to our coaching staff and add another outstanding football mind to our program," Riley said in a statement.

It's a role for which Kingsbury should be particularly well suited. A prolific college quarterback at Texas Tech, he has accumulated an extensive list of accomplished passers who have spent time under his wing. He's worked with the likes of Patrick Mahomes and Baker Mayfield at Texas Tech, Johnny Manziel at Texas A&M and Kyler Murray with the Cardinals, earning a reputation along the way as an "Air Raid" passing expert and developer of quarterbacks.

At USC, he's expected to work closely with Caleb Williams, giving the reigning Heisman Trophy winner another valuable voice in the Trojans quar-

terbacks room.

For Kingsbury, USC offers a soft landing after a steep fall from grace as the Cardinals coach. Just 10 months ago, ahead of his fourth season in Arizona, Kingsbury signed a six-year contract extension with the Cardinals through 2027. He'd just taken the Cardinals to the playoffs.

The relationship soured quickly from there as Arizona skidded to a 4-13 finish last season. Kingsbury was fired shortly thereafter. The circumstances are vaguely similar to the first time Kingsbury landed at USC. When he agreed in December 2018 to join Clay Helton's staff as USC's offensive coordinator, Kingsbury recently had been fired by Texas Tech, where four of his six seasons as coach yielded records below .500. Before that, he'd served short stints as a coordinator at Texas A&M and Houston.

Still, his reputation as a passing guru preceded him when he signed on at USC. Kingsbury was one of the hottest names available on the coaching market. His hire was viewed at the time as a major coup for Helton and embattled athletic director Lynn Swann, both of whom were under fire after a disastrous 2018 campaign.

His early exit only fanned those flames.

Kingsbury resigned from his role as offensive coordinator in order to interview with both the Jets and Cardinals. He chose the latter, leaving USC to scramble for a new coordinator as he left for Arizona with the hope of rebuilding the Cardinals.

Since then, the Jets have spoken to the Packers about trading for the 18-year veteran, but a deal has yet to be reached.

Last Friday, during a media event in New York, WFAN’s Boomer Esiason asked Jets general manager Joe Douglas about Aaron Rodgers. Douglas responded, “He’s gonna be here.”

The Jets and Packers would both like to final ize a trade for Rodgers before the NFL Draft, which will be held from April 27 through the 29th. Gang Green wants Rodgers around for its offseason program, while Green Bay wants more draft capital.

So what might a trade for Rodgers look like on both sides?

Ideally, the Packers would want the Jets first-round pick [13th overall] for Rodgers, but that’s unlikely to happen. However, the Jets have two second-round picks that they could give away.

The Jets receive:

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The Packers receive:

n 2023 second-round pick (No. 42 overall)

n 2023 fourth-round pick (No. 112 overall)

n 2024 conditional second-round pick

In 2008, the Jets gave up just a conditional fourthround pick in a trade for Packers quarterback Brett Favre. They will likely have to give up a bit more to get Rodgers.

A second-round pick for a player one season removed from winning his fourth NFL MVP is not the worst thing in the world. With Gang Green having back-to-back picks in the second round after the Elijah Moore trade, it gives

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Zack Petit went 5-for-5 for the Knights with a home run and five RBIs. Mason Maurice was 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIs. Jasper Prescott was also 2-for-4 with two RBIs.

Buckingham had an 11-run fifth inning to blow the game open. The Knights play Country Day at home Saturday with an

up the 42nd pick to help the Packers build around quarterback Jordan Love.

Then the Jets will also part ways with their fourth-round pick, giving the Packers 12 picks in the 2023 draft. What should put the cherry on top of the ice cream is the Jets conditional pick in the 2024 draft.

If Rodgers plays over 15 games in 2023, the second-round pick will become a first-round pick.

If Rodgers, who will be 40 in December, plays less than 15 games, the selection the Packers will receive will remain a second-round pick.

Up to this point, the Jets and Packers are reportedly at a stalemate regarding compensation.

According to a Yahoo Sports report, the Jets have offered the Packers a second-round pick in 2024 that can improve to a first-round pick if they reach the AFC Championship Game during the 2023 season. Also, according to the report, the Jets

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have asked to give up a conditional 2025 pick to protect themselves if Rodgers retires after next season and doesn’t play at all in 2024.

It would make sense why the Jets would want to protect themselves if Rodgers retires after one year. Rodgers said he went into his darkness retreat 90% retired. But once he found out Green Bay was finally ready to turn to Love after he sat for three seasons after selecting him in the first round of the 2020 draft, Rodgers entertained his options as he later met with Jets brass at his California home in March.

The Jets will also want to rework Rodgers’ contract, which includes $59.5 million in salary in 2023. Currently, the Jets have just a little over $9 million of salary cap space.

Gang Green does have multiple ways of creating more cap space, which includes releasing or trading wide receiver

Corey Davis or defensive end Carl Lawson. Jets and Packers fans have argued on social media about which side has the leverage. In reality, neither side has an advantage over the other.

Despite what the Jets will say in the media, they want to have Rodgers there in time for OTAs [Organized Team Activities] and mandatory minicamp.

Nathaniel Hackett is also the Jets new offensive coordinator and he previously worked with Rodgers in Green Bay. What better way to teach the Jets players the new offense than to have Rodgers himself working with the players in May and June?

The Packers also want to turn the page as they don’t want the Rodgers trade cloud hovering over their franchise during and after the draft.

Giving the Packers a 2023 second and fourth-round pick and a conditional second-round pick in 2024 is the fairest exchange for both sides.

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enjoys rout of Del Campo

VACAVILLE — Finn Chapman fired a two-hitter over five innings Saturday and Nathan Schnell homered as the Vacaville High School baseball team headed into spring break with a 10-0 win over Del Campo.

Chapman allowed no earned runs, walked three and struck out four for the win. Tyler Chalk was 2-for-3 at the plate with a double and an RBI. Drew

Lammon and Bennie Dyer had two hits apiece and two RBIs.

Vacaville improved to 9-7 overall. The Bulldogs will next play a non-league game at Clayton Valley Charter Friday at 4 p.m.

Softball

Wilson homers as Vacaville earns win

VACAVILLE — Ashlyn Wilson belted a home run and Xochitl Atayde threw a one-hitter over five innings as the Vacaville high

School softball team picked up a 6-2 win Saturday at home against Del Campo. Wilson finished 2-for-2 with an RBI. Laila Dean was also 2-for-4 with an RBI. Atayde allowed just one earned run and struck out six. Natalya Stonebreaker pitched two innings and allowed one hit, no earned runs, no walks and picked up two strikeouts. Vacaville improved to 9-1 overall. The Lady Bulldogs were scheduled to play a game Tuesday afternoon at home against American Canyon.

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Megan Rapinoe of the U.S. Women’s National Team carries a youth soccer player onto the field before a game against Ireland at Avaya Stadium in San Jose, May 10, 2015.

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Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers looks to pass during a game against the Minnesota Vikings at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Jan. 1.

Battles over taxing the rich abound in liberal California

In deeply blue California, there’s never a shortage of efforts to raise taxes on the state’s wealthiest residents or corporations to support expansions of government programs.

Each year sees a new batch of tax-therich proposals in the Legislature or in state and local ballot measures, usually under the rubric of forcing the affluent to pay their “fare share,” even though California’s tax revenues, particularly income taxes, are already largely provided by upper-income residents.

Some proposals succeed but many do not, and even those that make it into law are often challenged in the courts.

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For example, a phalanx of progressive legislators is supporting the latest effort to impose a “wealth tax.” It’s an annual exercise that so far has never advanced beyond the introductory phase, in part because Gov. Gavin Newsom, although endorsing many left-of-center proposals, is adamantly opposed, saying “A wealth tax is not part of the conversation. Wealth taxes are going nowhere in California.”

Newsom also opposed Proposition 30, a 2022 ballot measure that would have placed a 1.75% surtax on personal incomes above $2 million to support climate change resilience. Voters rejected it by an almost 3-2 margin despite support from the Democratic Party and a coalition of leftleaning groups.

Proposition 30 was an unusual measure not only because Newsom opposed it, despite his fervent support of combating climate change, but because wealthy Californians financed a campaign against it, after being passive on previous income tax hikes.

Implicitly, Newsom’s opposition to both proposals reflects, at least in part, a growing concern that raising California’s income taxes, already the highest in the nation, would encourage more of the rich to flee the state for Nevada, Texas, Florida or other states without income taxes.

Voters are virtually certain to face another tax-the-rich ballot measure next year. The proposal would add a .75% surtax on incomes over $5 million to finance pandemic detection and protection programs.

Proposition 30 wasn’t the only tax hike aimed at wealthy individuals and corporations to face suffer recent rejection. In 2020, voters narrowly defeated Proposition 15, which would have removed some property tax limits on commercial holdings.

It would have been a major revision of Proposition 13, the iconic 1978 ballot measure to both limit property taxes and make other taxes more difficult to impose. Speaking of which, the same anti-tax activists who defended Proposition 13 in 2020 will return to the ballot next year with a measure to further tighten restrictions on new taxes, including requiring voter approval of any levies imposed by the Legislature.

The measure to counter state and local tax increase drives would apply not only to future tax hikes but those already enacted since 2022. There’s been a surge of local tax measures in the wake of a 2017 state Supreme Court decision lowering the voting requirement for local taxes imposed via initiative.

If the 2024 measure is endorsed by voters, one effect probably would be to nullify stiff taxes on sales of high-value homes and commercial property that leftleaning cities have adopted in recent years, including those enacted by voters in Los Angeles and Santa Monica last year.

The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association not only is a lead sponsor of next year’s tax limitation measure but is the lead plaintiff in lawsuits aimed at overturning the new property sales levies, which have been dubbed “mansion taxes,” even though they apply to commercial transfers as well.

Battles over taxing the rich, in one form or another, have become a permanent fixture of California’s political landscape. 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.

I’m not fond of complainers. You know the type. The person who always find something wrong with their restaurant meal, the tourist who is perpetually unimpressed by their vacation destinations, or the contrarian who lives to trash what people like.

However, sometimes you need to complain to a business about the service you’ve received. If I complain about something at a business and get nowhere with the employee on hand, a letter to corporate is the next step. Time to be the squeaky wheel.

Recently, Cathi and I went to the movies to see “John Wick: Chapter 4.”

(It rocks! See it!) She wanted to have a pizza but was informed they didn’t serve them until noon as they only had one employee who knew how to make them and he didn’t work until 12. It’s crazy to me when workplaces have only one employee who performs a specific task. So, I penned an email to the theater headquarters.

When I write to a business I always start by telling them what I like about the business. Let’s face it, most of the time customers are writing to businesses to complain about something.

The theater responded quickly and explained the situation in detail

to our satisfaction. They also sent us free passes to the movies. A win-win.

A couple of weeks ago at a Sacramento area cannabis dispensary, I noticed that the security guard was eyeing me with suspicion. On my way out, she pulled me aside and told me the next time I come to leave my cross necklace in the car as it could be used as a weapon. The necklace is a 3½-inch cross similar to a crucifix but has a skull on it. I looked at her the way a dog looks when it hears a strange noise, told her it was in no way a weapon and left.

Hours later, it just didn’t sit well with me because how many stores are held up with jewelry? I wrote to the store and explained that the necklace has spiritual meaning to me and I’d be happy to leave it in the car as long as everyone leaves their religious/ spiritual jewelry in the car. They responded quickly saying what the guard told me is not their policy and she would no longer be working that location. Results!

However, sometimes businesses aren’t crazy about feedback. I’ve frequented a certain laundromat. Truth be told I loathe laundromats. They’re like hell’s waiting room, grumpy people in a humid place with a TV in

the corner playing something no one wants to see, with uncontrolled kids running around like robo-hamsters while you wait endlessly for clothes to dry. However, I liked this place. Plus, it’s a quarter for 34 minutes of drying. That is until I went in a few months ago, popped a quarter into the dryer and received four minutes of drying time. I realize prices have gone up everywhere due to inflation but from 34 minutes to four minutes? The part that aggravated me was there was no sign or notice telling customers about the price change. I felt the lack of transparency was wrong and I wrote a Yelp review about it.

The owner responded angrily to my review, missing my point that it was the lack of leveling with customers I was complaining about. But with that, and a testy face-to-face exchange over my reviews, I was banished from the laundromat. I’ve been kicked out of a few places but never hell’s waiting room.

It’s not going to stop me from squeaking. I believe good businesses want customer feedback, positive and negative. So speak out. Squeak out! Peace.

Kelvin Wade, a writer and former Fairfield resident, lives in Sacramento. Reach him at kelvinjwade@ outlook.com.

Nicaragua’s future emerges from Ortega’s prison

El Chipote, the prison in Managua where Nicaragua’s dictator, Daniel Ortega, locks up political opponents, is a grim place. Yet on many mornings last year, music could be heard along its corridors.

From within the cell where she was confined – alone – for 606 days, the voice of Tamara Davila, a 42-year-old pro-democracy activist, rang out. She was singing a song, by a popular Nicaraguan folk artist of the 1970s, about birds chirping in the mountains at daybreak.

It was her way of staying sane and hopeful in a place where the only daylight came in through a small aperture in the ceiling and where, most days, the only human contact consisted of police interrogation.

“I promised myself I’d leave one day,” Davila, who came to the United States on Feb. 9 as one of 222 political prisoners Ortega released into exile, told me, “and that I’d leave more committed than ever to the cause, a better person – and healthier – than when I went in.”

In my talks with Davila and six other ex-prisoners during the weeks since their release, it became clear they suffered terribly, and that, nevertheless, the net effect of imprisonment was to fortify them politically and spiritually.

Having entered El Chipote as members of ideologically diverse but politically aligned groups, they bonded on a deeper level. (Davila was the only one held entirely in solitary confinement.) The activists left “more united than before,” said Violeta Granera, 70, who, along with Davila, was one of 21 women among those released.

Ortega rounded up these dissidents in mid-2021 to prevent them from organizing a challenge in that year’s scheduled national elections. Having rigged that vote, and entrenched himself in power, Ortega, 77, seems to have calculated that releasing his opponents posed little risk – and

could forestall new U.S. economic sanctions in addition to those that have been in place since October.

Biden administration officials say there was no quid pro quo; the sanctions regime has remained the same since Feb. 9. Some 37 political prisoners remain, including a Roman Catholic bishop, Rolando Alvarez, who refused to accept exile on Feb. 9 and received a 26-year sentence as a result.

The dictator might eventually discover that all he accomplished by locking up his opponents was to make them more determined.

That is certainly a lesson of recent history. Imprisonment for one’s beliefs is a common thread in biographies of change-makers ranging from the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to dissident-turned-president Vaclav Havel of the Czech Republic.

Of the six 20th-century greats Henry Kissinger profiled in his recent book, “Leadership,” three – Anwar Sadat of Egypt, Charles de Gaulle of France and Konrad Adenauer of Germany – were affected by stints in political detention or, in de Gaulle’s case, as a prisoner of war.

Between 1967 and 1974, Ortega himself was imprisoned by Nicaragua’s Somoza family dictatorship. Unlike the civic organizing for which Ortega jailed Tamara Davila and others, though, the act of opposition that landed Ortega in prison was an armed bank robbery to fund the then-insurgent Sandinista National Liberation Front.

He was released in a swap for hostages taken by other Sandinistas under the command of Hugo Torres. Without Torres’ deed, Ortega might never have become president, as he did, after the Sandinista revolution in 1979.

Ortega lost an election in 1990 but regained power in 2007 with 38 percent of the vote. Following that election, he gradually dismantled democracy and engineered the domi-

nation he wields now.

Torres, as it happens, was also jailed in the 2021 crackdown, having turned against Ortega because of the latter’s abuses. Torres was not released on Feb. 9; he died last year, at 73, after collapsing in his cell at El Chipote.

There is an awful cyclicality to political repression and political incarceration in Nicaragua. Davila is the daughter of prominent ex-Sandinista guerrillas; her father, Irving, served as an army colonel during Ortega’s first presidency before he, too, became disenchanted.

The song about birds and other tunes she sang in El Chipote were originally composed as pro-Sandinista revolutionary anthems, and are indeed still performed at pro-Ortega events.

Davila told me that she changed the lyrics, plugging in Ortega’s name for other oppressors mentioned in the original.

The Ortega regime not only expelled Davila and the others but also stripped them of their citizenship and passports. She is trying to overcome bureaucratic hassles and reunite with her 7-year-old daughter, from whom she was separated by imprisonment – and who remains behind with family in Central America.

Yet Davila insists it is possible to wage an effective political campaign from abroad. On March 30, she addressed a meeting of the Organization of American States, calling on the assembled ambassadors to “act for a democratic transition in my country.”

Chile, governed by a leftist president, Gabriel Boric, invited her to the event – an important diplomatic signal given Ortega’s political pedigree.

With more solidarity, including targeted economic sanctions and other pressure, there is a chance to shorten Ortega’s rule and break the repressive cycle that has plagued Nicaragua for too long.

Don’t be afraid to squeak out when unhappy

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Though stylish and fun, vampire film ‘Renfield’ lacks true bite

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With the horror-actioncomedy “Renfield,” the iconic Nicolas Cage finally grants the world his take on Count Dracula, and instantly lands in the top tier of Best Dracula Performances of All Time, creating a holy trifecta with Bela Lugosi and Christopher Lee. His version of the famous vampire is seductive and self-important, naturally, and he delivers it with the heavy dose of sarcasm required for this comedic modern analysis of Dracula’s dynamic with his “familiar”: Robert Montague Renfield (Nicholas Hoult).

The best horror movies know that the monsters therein are metaphors, and “Renfield,” written by Ryan Ridley, with a story by Robert Kirkman, who created the zombie epic “The Walking Dead,” extrapolates the Dracula/Renfield relationship into a contemporary parable of codependency and narcissist abuse. Renfield isn’t just a loyal servant and enabler, dragging unsuspecting human prey to their demise in Dracula’s lair, he’s another victim, his life force sucked dry not via fang, but rather, coercion, manipulation and gaslighting.

The pair have made Dracula’s latest roost in New Orleans, in an abandoned hospital, and after decades of service, Renfield has sought out a support group for people in toxic relationships. As he makes a breakthrough with group leader Mark (Brandon Scott Jones), realizing that if he doesn’t prioritize his boss’ needs, he won’t grow to his fullest power, the joke is that he’s talking about a literal monster, a supernatural being who can fly and burst into

clouds of bats, not just some rotten boyfriend. But at the heart of the matter, the issue is the same.

“What if Renfield described Dracula in therapy?” is a good joke, exploited in the trailers, but this is unfortunately a onejoke movie. Directed by Chris McKay, the film feels like a comedic sketch stretched into a 90-minute feature, thanks to an organized crime storyline that’s been laid on top to beef things up.

In an attempt to do less harm, and perhaps some good, Renfield has been bringing Dracula the abusers of his fellow group members to snack on, which lands him in the midst of a gang war between Teddy Lobo (Ben Schwartz), backed by his intimidating crime boss mom (Shohreh Aghdashloo), and a young upstart cop, Rebecca (Awkwafina) seeking revenge for her father’s death. Things only get more complicated with the addition of a centuries-old all-powerful vampire and his familiar, who develops super fighting strength from eating bugs.

The plot may be flimsy and disposable, but “Renfield” is gleefully gory and goofy, the kind of movie where a charmingly floppy-haired Hoult jumps on an assassin’s head, exploding his body like a blood-filled water balloon, while cheerily waving at his new friend Rebecca. The red stuff doesn’t so much flow as it projects, geyser-like, from

dismembered limbs, our hero wielding severed arms like clubs.

That such violence is enacted by our sweetly earnest protagonist just lends to the winking tonal clash, which is reflected in the film’s design. Dracula’s lair is ostentatiously goth and gruesome, decked out with spent blood bags, dripping candles and eerie green lighting, his visage oozing through various stages of transformation as he regains his strength. But when Renfield sets up his own apartment, he goes for brightly painted walls and inspirational posters, eschewing Victorian garb for a multicolored sweater and khakis.

The ironic tone and overthe-top style gives “Renfield” a 1990s throwback feel, like a classic “Tales from the Crypt” installment (i.e., “Demon Knight”). It draws from the entire history of Dracula, including the 125-year-old novel, and performances from the 1930s and 1960s, all refracted through a highly self-aware 2020s point of view, with the rapid, fluid action cinematography that nods to contemporary cinematic trends.

The stylish “Renfield” is a bit of frothy fun, and may be too flip for some, but flippancy isn’t the issue – it’s the flimsiness. Hoult and Cage sell the toxic odd-couple dynamic well, but a sturdier story is required to fully support their performances, especially Cage’s operatic Dracula, who delights in terrorizing his foppish familiar. “Renfield” dutifully delivers the goods – and a few therapist-approved lessons about codependent relationships too – but unfortunately, it’s lacking a bit of bite.

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high level, because the opponents are less likely to be able to produce a lucrative penalty double early on. Here, though, South could hardly pass over three clubs.

West led the club ace and switched to the heart 10: six, queen, jack. East returned the club eight, the high spot lead being a suit-preference signal for hearts. After ruffing, though, West switched to a diamond. He was confident that, from the appearance of the heart jack, a heart return would be ruffed by South.

TRUST YOUR PARTNER FOR SUCCESS

When you are defending, if your partner asks you to shift to a particular suit, do so – unless you are certain it is better to lead another suit. Look at today’s deal. East’s decision not to open and then to overcall at the three-level is distinctly dubious. It is safer to open a borderline hand than to overcall later, especially at such a

Declarer won with dummy’s diamond king and called for a low spade. Here, East made the correct move. He went up with the spade ace, but then he made an error: He tried to cash the heart ace. He was annoyed that his partner hadn’t led a heart at trick four. Declarer ruffed, drew the remaining trumps with the spade king and claimed. If only East had led another club, West’s spade queen would have been promoted for the setting trick.

East was clearly wrong, but suppose West leads a heart regardless at trick four. Declarer ruffs, plays a diamond to the dummy and calls for a spade. Now East has no other defense: He must win with the ace and lead a club, hoping for a trump promotion. So West was wrong also!

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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

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Nicolas Cage as Dracula in “Renfield,” directed by Chris McKay.

Eddie Vedder, The Killers and Foo Fighters will headline the 2023 Ohana Festival

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SAN DIEGO — Eddie Vedder, The Killers and Foo Fighters have been announced as the headliners of the 2023 edition of Ohana Festival, the three-day bayside music festival Vedder founded six years ago at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point.

Other artists conformed to appear include The Chicks, The Pretenders, Haim, The War On Drugs, Father John Misty, San Diego’s Thee Sacred Souls and about two-dozen more.

This year’s edition of Ohana will take place Sept. 29 to Oct. 1. The opening night will be headlined by The Killers, whose guitarist, Dave Keuning, is a San Diego County resident. Vedder will headline the second night, while Foo Fighters will top the bill for the closing day.

This will be the second year in a row that the Ohana lineup does not include Vedder’s band Pearl Jam.

However, it is possible that Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron – a San Diego native – could appear, if the rumors that he is replacing the late Taylor Hawkins in Foo Fighters pan out. Vedder grew up in San Diego’s North County, not far from Dana Point, which is in nearby Orange County.

By coincidence, another San Diego-bred drummer also reportedly in contention to man the Foo’s drum chair is Atom Willard. He is currently a member of the band Against Me! Neither Pearl Jam nor Against Me! have announced any tour dates for 2023.

The first ticket presale for this year’s all-ages festival began at 8 a.m. for members of Pearl Jam’s fan club, Ten Club. The SMS presale will begin Thursday at 10 a.m. for anyone who signs up for early access at ohanafest.com. Any remaining tickets will go on sale to the general public Thursday at noon.

Ticket options include single-day general admission ($169), single-day VIP ($549), weekend general admission ($469),

weekend VIP ($1,499) and “ultimate” VIP packages ($9,950).

A portion of the proceeds from Ohana will benefit the Doheny State Beach Foundation and the San Onofre Parks Foundation. This year’s other beneficiaries include the Surfrider Foundation’s South Orange County yhapter, WSL PURE, Unidos South Orange County, Los Cerritos Wetlands Land Trust, the Rob Machado Foundation, Everytown Gun Control, Music Preserves, Sea Legacy, and others. Ohana will also feature an area called The Cove. It is designed to showcase the power of music and activism with panel discussions from leading conservationists, environmentalists, researchers and professional surfers.

In addition, The Cove will house an art gallery, curated by Charles R. Adler, that features works inspired by music, surfing, skating and activism. More information on the Storytellers Stage programming will be announced prior to the festival.

Ohana Festival 2023 lineup

Eddie Vedder, Foo Fighters, The Killers, the Pretenders, The Chicks, Haim, The War On Drugs, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Father John Misty, Goose, Japanese Breakfast, The Backseat Lovers, Charley Crockett, Glen Hansard, Lucius, Thee Sacred Souls, Suki Waterhouse, Franc Moody, Hermanos Gutiérrez, Dehd, Shame, Dhani Harrison, Brooks Nielsen, Amos Lee, Lido Pimienta, Danielle Ponder, Trousdale, Talk, Wunderhorse, Big Joanie, The Aquadolls, The Alive and Emma

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Alumni

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week. Day had five hits for the Hornets in the week with a double, home run, three RBIs and four runs scored. The home run was her second of the season and came in a 6-0 win over Montana.

Senior outfielder and leadoff batter Brook Mitchell (Vacaville) helped set the table for Army with seven hits, a double and six runs scored. The Black Knights went 4-2 against Albany and Bucknell.

Sophomore outfielder

Tai Wilson (Vanden) had a pair of hits, scored two runs and drove in another for Seattle University, but the Redhawks dropped three games to Utah Tech.

Senior Hailey Enriquez (Solan0) hit a home run, doubled and singled with three RBIs and one run score as Dickinson State lost three games to Bellevue. Senior Emma Woodworth (Solano) also had a hit in the series.

Sophomore outfielder Maiya Alemani (Rodriguez) doubled and drove in a run for Cal State Northridge in a 5-2 win over Cal State Fullerton.

Graduate student, outfielder and leadoff batter Megan Massa (Rodriguez) had six hits, scored five runs and picked up two RBIs in six games for Concordia Irvine against Holy Names, Azuza Pacific and Biola.

Senior outfielder Ashley Miller (Fairfield) had two hits and scored two runs for Simpson in a 9-3 loss to Antelope Valley. Miller had a hit, scored a run and added one RBI in a 5-4 win over La Sierra.

Senior teammate Madeline Moorhead (Wood) pitched two innings in the win over La Sierra and allowed four hits, no earned runs, one walk and struck out two batters. She also hit a sacrifice fly to drive in a run.

Sophomore Destiny Harris (Vanden) had a hit and drove in a run in La Sierra’s 5-4 loss to Simpson.

A’s

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matchup that we wanted.

Dany’s come in some big spots and got that out. He just wasn’t successful tonight.”

The Orioles also had a home run from Austin Hays, his third of the season. The A’s have given up 17 home runs in their last five games, 23 on the season, and a 7.88 team earned run average.

Langeliers’ 417-foot home run to left field drove in three runs in a five-run fourth inning that began when starter Grayson Rodriguez walked Ryan Noda, struck out Jesus Aguilar, then walked Brent Rooker and J.C. Peterson.

That was it for Rodriguez, with Austin Noth coming in to face Kevin Smith. Smith grounded a first-pitch single to left, tying the score 3-3, and Conner Capel’s infield chopper resulted in a put-out at first which brought home the a run to make it 4-3.

Langeliers was next, and he crushed the home run to left field for a 7-3 A’s lead.

tickets

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purchase price for Game

1 at Golden 1 Center is $747. That is 778% higher than the average purchase price for Kings home games ($85), making it the most expensive Kings home game on record.

The current “get-in price” for Game 1 is $522 compared to $261 for Game 3 at Chase Center. TickPick notes that these figures represent “all-in

Senior Korrie Corral (Vanden) had a pinchrunning appearance for Stanislaus State in a 7-4 win over Cal Poly Humboldt.

Baseball

Sophomore first baseman Hunter Dorraugh (Vacaville) had a big weekend for San Jose State as the Spartans took two of three games from New Mexico. Dorraugh went 7-for-12, scored five runs and picked up three RBIs.

Senior pitcher Aaron Rund (Vacaville) picked up his third save of the season for Campbell in a 14-7 win over Presbyterian College. Rund threw four innings, allowed four hits, no earned runs and one walk to go with six strikeouts.

Freshman Griffin Harrison (Vacaville) hit his first triple of the season for Sacramento State, scored two runs and drove in another as the Hornets defeated Menlo 10-5.

Freshman Aidan Russell (Vacaville) threw two strong innings and allowed just one earned run and one walk to go with one strikeout for San Diego State in a 14-5 win over UC Riverside.

Freshman shortstop Jack Metcho (Rodriguez) picked up five walks and a hit as the University of the Pacific lost to Cal and split two games with Santa Clara.

Junior Michael Brown (Vacaville) pinch-hit for the University of Washington and got a walk in a 12-4 loss to Arizona.

Freshman Darryl Dilworth, Jr. (Vanden) scored a run as a pinch-runner for Cal in an 18-8 loss to Stanford.

Men’s Tennis

Sophomore Zach Lim (Rodriguez) won in doubles for the University of Pennslyvania with partner Harsh Parikh 6-4 and the Quakers took down No. 30-ranked Cornell 4-3. Penn improved to 2-0 in Ivy League action. The duo won again 6-4 against Columbia but Penn dropped that match 6-4.

After throwing 23 pitches in the first two innings, thing got rocky for Muller. He gave up single runs in the third and fourth before coming undone in the fifth. He gave up singles to Hayes and Adley Rutschman, followed by Mountcastle’s three-run home run to slice the A’s margin to 7-6.

Zach Jackson entered for Muller, gave up a single to Ramon Urias, but retired the next three hitters to end the inning. Hays hit a one-out solo home run against Trevor May to tie the score 7-7 in the sixth.

It was the least impressive of Muller’s three starts, as he gave up seven hits and six earned runs in four-plus innings and couldn’t get through the fifth which began with a four-run lead. He began the game with a 2.53 ERA, best among the starters, but left it at 5.52.

With Seth Brown out four to six weeks (strained left oblique) and Ramon Laureano resting after playing three games on artificial surface in Tampa, the A’s were without two of their top offensive players but scored seven times after getting just one run in their previous 27 innings.

prices” with no added fees for buyers.

As of Tuesday morning, Ticketmaster had listings ranging from $531.25 (fees included) for the upper level to $15,000 for courtside seats. There are other options for fans in Sacramento who don’t want to make the trip to San Francisco in search of more affordable tickets.

The Kings will host watch parties at Golden 1 Center for away games. Admission is free, but tickets will be required.

sharks

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but it’s painful for everyone involved right now.

“It’s frustrating because you want to take advantage of great players like Erik and Logan,” Sharks coach David Quinn said. “Obviously you wish that along with the individual statistics and the milestones that they’re reaching, we could be winning through the process. But unfortunately, we’re not.”

Hit-and-miss drafts

NHL teams have to draft well to stay competitive in the salary cap era. Over the last decade-plus, sometimes the Sharks struck gold, and other times they whiffed. Badly.

While the selections of Tomas Hertl in 2012 at No. 17 overall, and Timo Meier in 2015 at No. 9 worked out about as well as anyone could have hoped, other decisions backfired, like the ones to take defenseman Mirco Mueller 18th overall in 2013 and move back in the 2014 draft to take forward Nikolai Goldobin at No. 27.

Mueller’s development appeared to be mishandled by the organization and he only played 54 games for the Sharks before he was traded to New Jersey in June 2017. Now 28, he has been out of the NHL for three seasons. Players chosen behind him later in the first round, and who remain in the league, include forwards Andre Burakovsky, Jason Dickenson, Ryan Hartman, and defenseman Shea Theodore.

Goldobin, born in Russia, was a small, skilled winger. But his commitment to a two-way game wavered and he never fit in on the Pete DeBoer-coached Sharks by the time he became a full-time pro in North America in 2015. He only played 11 games for the Sharks over two seasons, but the most painful part of that draft was that the Sharks, in a trade with Chicago, moved from No. 20 to No. 27. Taken at No. 25 by Boston was David Pastrnak, one of the NHL’s elite goal scorers.

Mueller was the only 2013 Sharks draft pick to play in the NHL and five of the eight players

the Sharks chose in 2014 never reached the league. Players taken those years are now in the primes of their careers across the NHL.

Of the 25 players the Sharks drafted from 2015 to 2018, just five played more than 100 games for the team.

Win-now approach

The Sharks went Stanley Cup-or-bust with the acquisition of Erik Karlsson from the Ottawa Senators in September 2018.

Senators fans howled at the time, feeling the team didn’t get enough in return for the beloved superstar, but there’s no way they’d take back that deal now.

As part of the Karlsson trade, Ottawa received 2017 first-rounder Josh Norris and a 2020 conditional first-round draft pick from the Sharks that turned into Tim Stützle. Norris is a top-six centerman, and Stützle is Ottawa’s leading scorer this season.

The Sharks did not win the Cup in 2019 and Karlsson, who signed an eight-year, $92 million extension later that offseason, was hampered at times by injuries from 2019 to 2022, limiting his chances to be a difference-maker.

Former general manager Doug Wilson’s win-now approach was prevalent throughout the 2010s, as he also gave up first-round draft picks in 2016 and 2019, respectively, to acquire Martin Jones in 2015 and Evander Kane in 2018.

Bad contracts (and the flat cap)

Karlsson remains the

highest-paid defenseman in the NHL as his contract carries an average annual value of $11.5 million. The previous offseason, the Sharks inked Kane to a seven-year, $49 million deal. Other lengthy contracts handed out by Wilson to Brent Burns, Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Couture, and Jones had a total cap hit of $28.75 million, and each deal contained a modified no-trade clause.

In 2019-2020, the start of the Sharks’ downward spiral, those six contracts had a combined cap hit of $47.25 million, or 58 percent of the $81.5 million salary cap. That didn’t leave much money left to re-sign Pavelski, although the Sharks also weren’t willing to give their captain at the time a third year on a new deal.

Pavelski scored his 1,000th career NHL point Monday, as he now has 239 points in 285 games with the Dallas Stars.

Then the pandemic began in March 2020, and the NHL lost over $1 billion, resulting in a flat salary cap for three consecutive years before the cap went to $82.5 million for this season.

That, of course, hampered the Sharks’ ability to fill in the roster with proven players. The Sharks decided the 2020-2021 season would be a transitional one, but the organizational malaise continued. Wilson stepped down last April, and now Grier is reshaping the franchise.

Wilson bought out Jones in July 2021 with three years left on his deal, meaning the Sharks will have some dead money on their books for another four seasons. Kane’s contract was

then voided in January 2022 as the Sharks felt he was in breach of his contract and violated AHL Covid-19 protocols, but he was never effectively replaced.

Grier traded Burns to Carolina, retaining $2.72 million of the deal that lasts for two more years. The Sharks now own a record of 104143-41 since the start of the 2019-2020 season, the fourth-worst mark in the NHL.

The Sharks’ projected cap hit for next season, as of now, per CapFriendly, is just over $71 million with several roster moves yet to come.

Goaltending woes

In an ideal world, Jones would be entering the final year of that sixyear, $34.5 million deal he and the Sharks signed in July 2017. He’d be the same steady goalie he was from 2015 to 2018, giving the Sharks a chance to win on a nightly basis.

Instead, Jones is finishing up his season with the Seattle Kraken, after three .896 save percentage seasons with the Sharks, and a .900 save percentage last season in Philadelphia.

With Jones gone, James Reimer, Adin Hill, Kaapo Kahkoken, Aaron Dell, Alex Stalock, Zach Sawchenko, Aaron Dell, and Eetu Makiniemi have all started at least one game for the Sharks, who still don’t have a long-term answer at the sport’s most critical position.

The Sharks entered Monday with the NHL’s worst save percentage at .881, a significant dropoff from last season’s .900 save percentage that ranked 21st in the NHL.

Too slow

The Sharks have been exposed by a lack of team speed this season, most recently in home games against the Avalanche and Oilers.

But it’s not just footspeed, of course. The Sharks haven’t thought the game at a fast-enough level in their first year under Quinn to keep up with the teams that have some of the quickest players in the NHL.

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