Daily Republic: Sunday, May 28, 2023

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DIXON — The Memorial Day weekend was marked by several ceremonies throughout the county on Saturday. The Sacramento Valley National Cemetery welcomed hundreds out to the green lawns to place flags in remembrance for those soldiers and their widows laid to rest there.

The Band of the Golden West opened the ceremony, then came the presentation of colors by the Fairfield High School JROTC students, who brought in the flags.

There was a flyover of five planes by retired pilots along with speeches by the keynote speaker Col. Derek M. Salmi, commander of 60th Air Mobility Wing at Travis

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VACAVILLE — The big draw for the Fiesta Days celebration always has been the parade, and that certainly was the case again this year, with hundreds of people lining Merchant Street to watch friends and family walk, dance and ride through

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FAIRFIELD — A board member for the Solano Pride Center this week said that LBGTQ residents are once again having to hide their sexual orientation as they age and enter care facilities.

“Many of our seniors who have had to go into assisted living (centers) or nursing homes, they are having to go back into the closet – after all this fighting, after coming out and being so proud

and strong – now they are afraid of the staff and their fellow residents,”

Donna Harris, a Pride Center board member since 2006, told the Solano County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. The story hit much closer to home following a litany, but mostly distant examples of how the LGBTQ community has come under attack in recent years, and particularly by legislative bodies across the country.

“A tidal wave of antiLBGTQ legislation have

been introduced across the U.S. in 2023. Over 400 bills have been introduced, primarily targeting trans and nonbinary people, drag shows and healthcare for

LBGTQ people,” Pride Center Executive Director Jonathan Cook said.

“Even this year, the California Assembly introduced a bill

Air Force Base, and Dixon Mayor Steve Bird. “It is a great honor to be able to pay tribute to those men and women who gave their all,” said Will Pickard III, director of the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery.

“We care for those soldiers who fell in battle, and the widows. They have not been forgotten and they will never be forgotten,” he said.

Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May. “It was over 150 years ago this started as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. service members who died while in the military service,” Salmi said. First enacted to honor

End of leap seconds will give us back some time

When, in 2035 we ask, “Where did the time go?” we’ll have an answer: the International Bureau of Weights and Measures took it.

One second at a time.

Brace yourself, because this is big news: Time is being taken from us by BIPM (which is somehow the acronym for the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in another language). Or time is being taken until 2035.

Because by 2035, the BIPM will stop adding leap seconds to our time as part of their efforts to help us keep pace with the Earth’s rotation.

You weren’t aware they would stop? Wait, you didn’t know that they’ve been adding leap seconds since the Nixon administration? Neither did I.

Now you know why the past 51 years have felt longer than 51 years. It’s been 51 years and 27 seconds.

That’s how many times the BIPM has added a leap second to keep our timepieces (watches, clocks, smartphones, sundials, hourglasses) in sync with the Earth. It was seen as a necessary adjustment because our clocks assume a year is exactly a year, to the second. But like most of us, the Earth occasionally slows down.

As a result, our timepieces get a little ahead of the actual rotation, so we need a “leap second” to allow the Earth to catch up.

It wasn’t always that way. In fact, it’s a relatively new phenomenon.

In 1972, BIPM began adding a “leap second” occasionally. It was necessary due to the arrival of atomic timepieces, which are so exact that they’re the standard for world time. If they’re not in sync with the world’s rotation, who knows what happens? If you were paying attention in 1973, you would have realized it. One of the biggest songs of that year was “Midnight Train to Georgia,” by Gladys Knight and the Pips. When the song was written (a year earlier),

Family of foxes make a Chicago park home

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the title was “11:59:59 Train to Georgia.” Then a leap second was added and a Grammy Awardwinning song was recorded.

The 1972 decision created a conspiracy theory: That employers convinced the BIPM to add the seconds only during workdays, meaning that since 1972, you’ve given your employer 27 free seconds. Rounding up, that means if your average salary over that time was $20 (probably unlikely if you started working in 1972, but work with me here), you are owed an extra 15 cents.

For practical purposes, this only matters in a few places. You might not notice a leap second. Other than Gladys Knight, few others would. But for systems that require an exact, constant, uninterrupted flow of timekeeping, adding a leap second can cause a problem: Satellite navigation. Space travel. Telecommunication.

Gladys Knight songs.

Ultimately, after hearing Gladys Knight sing, “12:00:27 a.m. Train to Georgia,” earlier this year, the bigwigs at BIPM decided to stop adding leap seconds.

So starting no later than 2035, they won’t. Our clocks will slowly get out of sync with the Earth. Every few years, we’ll get off by another second.

The expectation is that there will be another way to adjust our timepieces in the future. Maybe we’ll wait until it’s a full minute. Maybe we’ll find a way to otherwise adjust how we track time.

All we know is that a time phenomenon that most of us didn’t know existed will stop in the next 12 years.

While it may be a change, there’s something to be said about atomic clocks and the BIPM: We’re going back to find a simpler place and time (and when he takes that ride, guess who’s gonna sit right by his side).

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CHICAGO — Below the towering skyscrapers lining Chicago’s Millennium Park, an unlikely group is holing up in a garden: A family of foxes.

Several kits frolicked in Lurie Garden as their mother looked on Sunday night. They played on the walkway, groomed one another atop a concrete slab and walked under metal gates lining the park. As the animals work their way into Chicago’s heart, wildlife experts say the furry family, yet another example of wildlife thriving in Chicago, also offers a lesson in city ecology.

“This is such an amazing example of how animals can really thrive in cities and cities can provide valuable habitat for wildlife,” said Liza Lehrer, assistant director of the Urban Wildlife Institute.

The foxes attracted attention after a photographer shared pictures of the kits on Reddit.

As their images spread, the foxes appear poised to join the list of the city’s beloved wild animals, alongside piping plover couple Monty and Rose, the alligator “Chance the Snapper” spotted in Humboldt Park and, most recently, “Chonkosaurus,” the massive snapping turtle seen atop a Chicago River pylon.

The Urban Wildlife Institute, based at the Lincoln Park Zoo, works with the city to research wild animals in Chicago and make plans that work well for both wildlife and humans. The institute has been in communication with the Lurie Garden’s managers about the foxes, Lehrer said. The kits appeared over the past few months, she added.

“They seem to be displaying a lot of natural behaviors. They’re hunting, getting small mammals and birds. They don’t seem to be relying on human food at all, which is really nice to see. It sounds like they’re doing quite well in this space,” Lehrer said.

Red foxes are easy to distinguish, Lehrer said. They have striking red coats, long, bushy tales akin to a feather duster and black “socks” on the bottom of their legs that match black markings on the back of their ears.

The animals are more active at night, when they navigate the

city and hunt.

“You might see them in the daytime kind of just lounging,” Lehrer said, adding that they often hang out near their dens in the daytime.

When a Tribune photojournalist spotted the foxes at sunset Sunday, they appeared to emerge from holes under trees near South Columbus Drive and East Monroe Street. Signs marking the presence of wildlife were up in the area.

The mother fox played with three kits before walking through the garden on her own. One fox sat on a ledge overlooking the Art Institute.

The foxes’ hoarse barks enlivened the otherwise serene evening in the park. When one woman walked by with her pug, a curious fox briefly followed.

Lehrer advised dog owners to keep their pets on a leash near the foxes. Foxes don’t seek to

hunt animals like dogs –adult red foxes typically weigh eight to 15 pounds, the size of a large house cat – but could perceive other animals as a threat, she said.

The critters are more afraid of humans than humans are afraid of them, Lehrer added. She advised people who come across foxes to “observe and don’t disturb.” While it can be exciting and fun to watch foxes from afar, it’s important to not approach them and not feed them.

The animals likely have plenty to eat. Red foxes are omnivores that prey on small animals such as birds, rabbits and squirrels, Lehrer said. In Chicago, dubbed America’s “rat capital” by pest-control brand Orkin for the eighth consecutive year in 2022, small mammal predation goes a long way.

“They’re doing the hard work for us,” Lehrer

said, adding that she suspects the Lurie Garden is home to plenty of prey for the foxes.

The Tribune photographer said he smelled what seemed to be prey captured by the foxes near their den Sunday evening, and again Monday evening.

Despite being located in a dense part of one of America’s largest cities, the managed garden the foxes live in that sits close to The Bean and Jay Pritzker Pavilion is in many ways a well-suited environment. The garden’s plants can grow fairly high and the foxes seem to dart through them, Lehrer said.

“They kind of provide these corridors of hidden vegetation that people can’t really see that well. I’ve wondered if they’re moving in those corridors that go throughout the garden, rather than sort of out in the open space,” she said.

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A family of foxes in Millennium Park in Chicago, May 21.

Cars line the street during the annual Fiesta Days Car Show in

Car show back at Fiesta Days after Covid hiatus

VACAVILLE — The 1941 DeSoto convertible was the color of a brightred beach ball on a summer day as it waited to be judged Saturday for the 24th annual Fiesta Days Car Show in downtown Vacaville.

The original owner, Don McKimmy, bought the car in the middle of the 1970s sometime – he doesn’t remember the exact date – and has been helping the new owners spruce it up.

“This car was reportedly owned by Deanna Durbin, a movie star who also did ads for the DeSoto company,” McKimmy said.

Durbin was a Canadian-born actress from the 1930s and ’40s.

The car has a bit of a strange history of owners. One of the people who bought the car was a racer, and an engine fell and crushed him before he even got to drive it. Another owner bought the car and

died in a Pan-Am crash off the coast of California.

“Well, so far the current owners are fine, and so am I,” McKimmy said.

The DeSoto was one of 70 cars that entered the annual contest this year, according to one of the volunteer organizers, Bradley Morin.

Rio Vista man, 28, arrested for groping teen

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RIO VISTA — Rio Vista Police officers arrested a man who touched a teen inappropriately in a Rio Vista coffee shop on Friday.

Officers responded to the business on Highway 12, where the teenage victim works. The victim told responding officers that the man jumped through a window and assaulted and inappropriately touched her. The suspect then took off in his vehicle.

After investigating and reviewing surveillance video, officers arrested a man from Rio Vista, who is 28. The suspect was booked

into the Solano County Jail on multiple felony and misdemeanor charges. Rio Vista Police did not name the suspect. “While more information is publicly available through other sources, out of respect for the victim and the associated families, we will not provide additional information via social media,” the department said.

“The Rio Vista Police Department would like to remind everyone that sexual assault is unlawful and subject to prosecution. If you have been subject to unwanted touching, we encourage you to contact the police department.”

Morin is also Realtor for Realty One Fox in town.

“I love car shows,” he said. “I brought my 2014 Dodge Challenger

This was only the second car show he has ever helped out with – he did a Toy Drive Car Show

“I had never done it before, and I loved it,” he said.

Spectators came from as far away as Washington state to participate in the show.

This year, organizers had nine categories for judging the cars. One of them was the Queens Award, which allowed the Queens from the Solano County Pageant a chance to vote on their favorite car.

The car show goes along with the annual parade and was one day only, but Fiesta Days, which runs through Monday, has plenty of opportunity for some fun this weekend.

The program is online at www. vacavillefiestadays.org.

Suisun general plan housing element certified by state

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SUISUN CITY — The city of Suisun City announced the California State Department of Housing and Community Development has certified its General Plan Housing Element as substantially compliant with state housing laws.

This certification provides the city with maximum flexibility to implement the housing element, making the city

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eligible for state housing funds, and keeping Suisun City on track to receive certification as a ProHousing City. “This is an important milestone for our city. We are committed to providing safe, affordable housing for all our residents, and this certification will help us achieve that goal,” Suisun City Mayor Alma Hernandez said in a press release.

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There are 70 entries for the annual Fiesta Days Car Show in downtown Vacaville, Saturday.

Congressional Gunfighters of America will be at Peña Adobe

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VACAVILLE — The Congressional Gunfighters of America, a professional acting stunt troupe, will be returning to Peña Adobe on June 3.

The reenactment group is dedicated to preserving old Western history, specializing in live entertainment. They use period costuming and weaponry.

Along with the gunfighters will be Joe Hoberg, blacksmith from Rush Ranch, who will share with park visitors traditional blacksmithing tools and equipment. Guests can watch as steel is forged into items and take part in an interactive demonstration with Hoberg and his team.

The Peña Adobe is the oldest fully restored structure in Solano County.

The adobe was built in 1842 by Juan Felipe Peña after he and Juan Manuel Vaca arrived from the New Mexico region. Tours of the adobe will be conducted by fifth-generation

Peña family descendants Darlene Peña Coombs and her cousin Cecelia Peña.

Native American park docents Armando Perez and James Tunstall will be speaking with park visitors

of the Native Americans who lived here before the Peñas and Vacas arrived in Lagoon Valley.

The park is also home to the Mowers-Goheen Museum, with its artifacts from the area’s settlement, as well as the Willis Linn Jepson Memorial Garden and the Indian Council Ground. Fun activities for children will include an old-fashioned potato sack race and learning to rope cattle. Music will be provided by the Vacaville Acoustic Jammers under the direction of Terry and Leslie Cloper.

The Peña Adobe Park is located in Vacaville off I-80, left of the Lagoon Valley Park entrance. This event is free.

For more information, call 707-447-0518 or email at penaadobe@gmail.com.

Academy of 21st Century Learning finds larger home in Vacaville

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VACAVILLE — After seven years of searching for a new campus in Vacaville, The Academy of 21st Century Learning is finally relocating to a brand-new facility.

A private move-in event welcoming The Academy of 21st Century Learning, is slated on Thursday at the Parkway Plaza Center, 3333 Vaca Valley Parkway.

In brief

State of the City on tap in Suisun

SUISUN CITY — The City Council will hold a closed session 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the council chambers, 701 Civic Center Blvd.

On the agenda is a conference with the labor negotiator. City manager Greg Folsom is the agency negotiator.

At 6 p.m. Tuesday, the State of the City will be shared in Joseph Nelson Community Center, 611 Village Drive. Citizens can connect

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Folsom echoed the sentiment. “We are thrilled to have our Housing Element certified. This is a testament to the hard work of our staff and the dedication of our community to ensuring that everyone has access to housing. Suisun

Families with children enrolled at The Academy will attend and the Parent Teacher Organization will unveil their special gift to the expanded campus.

Students have painted rocks to celebrate and will construct a rock garden showcasing their artwork, while Mayor John Carli and the council members help faculty move boxes into the new space. City Council members

with city leadership and all the different departments, to provide input and to learn about what’s happening in Suisun City. Appetizers and beverages will be provided. There will be free onsite child care. Admission is free.

Dixon celebrates its railroad history

DIXON — Visitors will have a chance to learn about railroad history in Dixon in June with the Dixon Railroad Day. Learn all about how rail-

City is one of only a few cities in the Bay Area with a state-certified Housing Element,” he said in the press release.

The Housing Element was adopted in early March and is designed to address the housing needs of Suisun City’s residents

and staff worked in conjunction with The Academy of 21st Century Learning leadership to facilitate this private school’s long-awaited move to a larger campus.

Less than a half-mile from Solano Community College Vacaville campus and in the center of Vacaville’s biotech and advanced-manufacturing cluster, the private school will have easy access to

roads helped make Dixon what it is today. Downtown Dixon will become a hub for everything trains, as model railroaders will bring their train sets for your viewing pleasure.

Visitors can enjoy food, crafts, history lessons and Western re-enactments for a day full of educational family fun.

The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. June 24 in downtown Dixon. Admission is free. For more information, visit downtown dixonca.com.

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from 2023 to 2031. It outlines the actions the city will take to promote the production of safe, affordable housing for both current and future residents, as well as the preservation and rehabilitation of existing affordable housing.

Ralph E. Shulenberger

R alph E. Shulenberger joined his family and dogs in Heaven on Father ’s Day, June 19, 2022. Ralph lived an exciting 95 years filled with fulfilling w ork, construction projects, travel, gr eat friends, and an adoring family! He is missed and fo rever re vered by his son Steve, daughter-in-law Shannon, grandkids Taylor and Hunter, daughter Stac y, and son-inlaw-to -be Zigg y.

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the robust industry partnerships and expanding opportunity within the local talent pipeline.

The Academy of 21st Century Learning’s new building will be open to the public starting June 19 with the launching of STEAM summer camps and tutoring center.

Learn more about The Academy of 21st Century Learning at www.academy21learning.com.

Belly will host its inaugural Beananza, which is going to be a three-day celebration of fun and family. Browse quality art and craft vendors, savor treats from food booths, and enjoy carnival rides for children and teens. Other activities include pony rides, a car show, Tesla test driving, an extended bean art gallery, a Chocolate & Wine Experience, beer, wine and more.

The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. June 16-17, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 18 at Jelly Belly Visitor Center, 1 Jelly Belly Lane, Fairfield. Admission is free. For more information, visit jellybelly.com.

Joan Lorna Godsell Hallett

Joan Lorna Hallett, 90, passed away Wednesday, May 17, 2023 in Fairfield.

Joan was born in Hor-Grijan December 2, 1932, in India to Dalia and Fredrick Godsell.

Fr om age 4 to 18 she attended Dr Graham’s home school in Kalimpong, West Bengal, India. She worked as a nanny and studied nursing before leaving India.

Joan moved to Fairfield in 1962 from England.

She is survived by daughter Wendy Wallace of Fairfield, CA; son Rusty Hallett of Suisun City, CA; daughter Cindy Dow and son Fred Hallett

She was preceded in death by husband Kenneth Alan Hallett

A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. at the Fairmont Memorial Park, 1901 Union Ave., Fairfield, CA 94533. There will be a celebration of life at Grace Episcopal Church immediately following the service.

Sandra Hussey

On April 17, Sandra Lyn Hussey passed away at her home in Green Valle y, Fairfield CA; just 25 days shy of her 84th birthday. She w as born in San Jose, CA, raised in Vallejo and spent her adult lif e in Green Valle y.

Sandra enjoyed traveling, watching Hallmark movies and most of all shopping which included giving her special purchases to friends and family.

Sandra was deeply thoughtful, had a huge heart and was very generous and friendly. She had a remarkable ability to make ever yone feel special. She lived life to the fullest and would usually be the las t to leave a party or gathering because she would talk to ever yone upon leaving...especially if you had a child or baby

She had her faith, trusting in our Lord Jesus Christ for her eternal salvation.

Sandra was preceded in death by her parents Ernest Bowen and Mary Duarte, and son Stephen Lee Hussey. She is survived by the love of her life John Hom, her sons Bret Allen Hussey of Vallejo and Jon Paul Hussey (Lola) of Vacaville, and grandson Stephen Shane Hussey of San Francisco.

Sandra will be greatly missed by many more loving relatives and friends. A celebration of life will be held on Sunday, June 4 at 1:30 p.m at Rockville Presbyterian Fellowship, 4177 Suisun Valley Road, Fairfield, CA 94534.

The service will be available on Zoom, log on to https://www.rockvillepresbyterian.org for more information.

Betty B. Flertzheim

Betty Ann Beever was born in Boston on August 24, 1927, and grew up in nearby Sharon, MA. In 1950, after graduating from Radcliffe with a degree in Architecture, she moved to San Francisco where she l ater met H. A. “Spike” Flertzheim, Jr. on a blind date in 1955. Over the next six months, he convinced her that the life of an Army wife was full of excitement and adventure. They were married on Cape Cod, August 24, 1956, beginning a 66 year life together. After 21 years, Army life found them back in San Francisco again. They settled in Bel Marin Keys, enjoying a lagoon-based, Bay accessible, boating environment, and began a 19 year career of world exploration. Between trips, Betty even found time to ser ve six years as a Director of the Bel Marin Keys Community Services District, Treasurer of the BMK Yacht Club, and President of the BMK Womens Club. She also volunteered at the Marin County Sheriff ’s Department.

Their life together was filled with great love, much happiness, some sorrow, and travel and adventure that encompassed the seven continents and their surrounding seas. Finally, they settled in Paradise Valley Estates where they spent the last fifteen years making many new friends while continuing to spread their love song throughout the world. On May 22, 2023, the music stopped. Betty is survived by her husband, Spike; their son, Erich; daughter, Kristine; son-in-law, Brad Sheridan; and grandchildren, Scottlynn and Grayson Sheridan. She was pre-deceased by two young daughters, Melissa Ann and Liese Ann Flertzheim; her parents, Harriet and Granville Beever; and her younger brother, John “Mike” Beever. Interment will be at the Post Cemetery, West Point, NY, with Spike and their two young daughters, at a date to be determined later. A Celebration of Life will be scheduled at Paradise Valley Estates at a future date

Gilbert Baumgartner

Gilbert “Gil” Leon Baumgartner was called home to the Lord after a brief illness on April 24, 2023. He joined the love of his life, Laura, who passed away earlier this year. Gil was born on June 26, 1936, in Asheville, NC to parents Robert and Maleta Baumgartner, along with his beloved sister, Louise, they predeceased him in death. At an early age, he had an enthusiasm for cars and deep love for his countr y. These childhood passions became an important and rewarding part of his life. Gil enlisted in the United States Air Force on October 9, 1956. In July 1959, while Gil was stationed in Portsmouth, NH and on a beach vacation with friends, he met Laura. Within six months, they were married in Laura’s hometown of Barre, VT. The life they shared over the next 63 years was filled with love, family, and faith.

During Gil’s military service, the family moved several times and settled in Fairfield, CA, in 1970 where he was stationed at Travis Air Force Base. He served two deployments to Thailand during the Vietnam War and a deployment to Spain. During his prestigious career, he received many accolades and medals along the way. In 1979, after serving the country for 23 years, Gil retired as Chief Master Sergeant for the Headquarters 307th Air Refueling Group.

During Gil’s military career, he dabbled in his other hobby, cars. It all began with a 1957 Thunderbird. What started out as a fun weekend driving car, unintentionally became a full restoration. He appreciated Mustangs and restored a few of those as well. By the time he retired from the militar y, Gil’s enthusiasm of cars evolved into “Gil’s Ford Center.” Gil always said his business was never work but “fun.” For the next 42 years, he was rewarded 10-fold by creating a business out of a hobby and meeting lifetime friends along the way.

In 1982, Gil was one of the original members to start, “The Golden Hills Mustang Club.” He fully restored countless classic Thunderbirds,

including the rare 1957 Battlebird. Gil was interviewed on the History Channel regarding the history of Fords. He was also featured on the Thunderbird edition of “Wheeler Dealers,” which was filmed at his garage in Suisun Valley. Gil was one of 200 honored recipients of the prestigious Lee Iacocca Award for “Dedication to Excellence in Perpetuating an American Automotive Tradition.” As a longtime member of the Classic Thunderbird Club International, Gil held many roles from the Historian to the Authenticity Chairman. Additionally, he was the official author of the “bible” for the Ford Thunderbird restoration manual. He showed his classic cars at many community events and parades throughout California.

Gil gave 100% to ever ything he was involved in. While Gil was in his 70’s he joined “Team and Training” (TNT) to raise money for research and advancements for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society. He trained and fundraised for six half marathons in San Francisco and was awarded as one of the top individual fundraisers in the countr y. He continued to participate in the half marathons until he was 80 years old.

All these achievements pale in comparison to his most significant role in life as a loving husband and devoted father. His family and love of God were his number one priority in life. He lived life with strong faith, love of family, dedication, and a positive attitude. His daily motto was “live ever yday with gratitude.” Gil will be greatly missed.

Gil is survived by his three children, Haidee and husband Harr y, son Todd and daughter Stacie: his sister-in-law, Mildred and husband Terry and six nieces, their spouses and children.

A visitation and rosary will be held Monday, June 5 at Bryan Braker Funeral Home from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. with the rosary starting at 1:30 p.m. On Tuesday, June 6 a Catholic funeral mass is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. at Holy Spirit Church in Fairfield. Following the mass, a burial with military honors will take place at Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon. A Celebration of Life will be held in Fairfield at the Hilton Garden Inn from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. after the burial. In lieu of flowers, the family invites contributions in Gil’s name to Holy Spirit School –1050 N. Texas Street , Fairfield, CA 94533.

Susan Hiland/Daily Republic file (2021) Eric Leintz, a founder of the Congressional Gunfighters of America, talks about gun safety during the annual Western Days at Peña Adobe in Vacaville, Aug. 7, 2021.

What

the world’s longest happiness study says about money, wealth

What brings happiness to our lives?

Money or wealth?

Maybe not as much as you think.

A thoughtful analysis will highlight that the point is to not treat money as the ultimate goal, but as a means to an end, to shape a meaningful existence. So, the easy answer is, “No, money will not buy you happiness.”

The more complex answer is that money is a big part of our everyday lives. Up to a certain income level ($75,000 in a well-known study) will indeed affect our satisfaction, in terms of meeting basic needs and providing for our families. Beyond that the direct relationship fades.

The Harvard Study of Adult Development, the world’s longest study on happiness, has demonstrated and supported this conclusion with data since it began in 1938. This study has tracked people – now up to three generations – to find out what really makes for a satisfying life and what does not.

Quoting Marc Schulz, psychology professor at Bryn Mawr College, “Money can’t buy us happiness, but it is a tool that can give us security and safety and a sense of control over lives. At the end of the day, life is really about our connections with others. It is our relationships that keep us happy.”

From the annals of the Harvard Study, here are lessons to teach us about our lives, our careers, and our money with comments from Professor Schulz:

Career success does not equal happiness

Our tendency as a society is to imagine that being a big achiever will solve all our problems.

Not really.

Schulz comments that the Harvard study showed the sample of participants with “more prestigious jobs and more money were no happier in their lives,”

The notion that you will be satisfied if you chase a money-oriented achievement, like a big promotion or a dollar figure in your 401(k), pushes happiness into the future and always out of reach.

Says Schulz, “The problem with that approach is that life passes you by.”

Treasure work friendships

Certainly, a fundamental purpose of working is for the paycheck. But do not discount all the little daily interactions with the people around you in the office, because it turns out they are very important indeed.

Schulz again: “A large part of our waking lives is spent at work, and if you believe that relationships make for a good life, then you need to think about your connections at work. Those relationships are important to your well-being because you spend such a large amount of time with them.”

Prepare for postretirement life now Retirement represents a significant risk to many people’s happiness and sense of selfworth: Since so many people are so identified with their careers and job titles, retirement can take all that away and make them feel totally lost.

That is why midcareer professionals should think about that transition now. Build a life framework with purpose and meaning and networks outside of the office. That could mean taking up new activities, or repairing old friendships, or volunteering for favorite causes.

“People who have done best in retirement are those who lean into it, and think about their social connections, and rebuild their networks outside of work,” Schulz adds.

Value experiences over things

Accumulating more stuff is not going to nudge the happiness meter, according to the study’s findings. Instead, think in terms of experiences.

“Rather than buying a bigger house or a nicer car, if you use your money to share experiences with others, that money will get you a better return on happiness,” Schulz says. That might be a vacation or treating your family to a nice dinner.

“Those are the kinds of activities that allow us to connect,” he adds.

Do a mini-harvard study – on yourself

The Harvard Study operates by checking in with respondents, 724 original participants, some of whom are still around, and 1,300 descendants. for occasional reflection and self-evaluation.

Are they happy?

Are they where they want to be? Are there areas where they are falling short?

There is no reason why the rest of us cannot do the same, with periodic check-ins. That way, if your career and friendships and finances are not working together to give you a life of purpose and meaning, you can adjust your course.

For more details, check on the Harvard Study or the recent book, “The Good Life,” by Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz.

Mark Sievers, president of Epsilon Financial Group, is a certified financial planner with a master’s in business administration from the University of California, Berkeley. Contact him by email at mark@ wealthmatters.com.

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California has hit a new milestone in clean energy, as the state continues to move away from fossil fuels in its decadeslong effort to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

In 2021, 37% of the state’s electricity was generated by renewable sources like solar and wind – more than double the 16% total in 2012, according to new numbers released Thursday by the California Energy Commission.

More broadly, when nuclear power and hydroelectricity from large dams are included, 59% of California’s electricity now comes from carbonfree sources. The state has a goal of 90% by 2035 and 100% by 2045.

Highlighting the trend, Gov. Gavin Newsom appeared in Richmond on Thursday to cheer the announcement that Moxion Power, a company founded three years ago to build zero-emission electric batteries to replace diesel generators, will open a new manufacturing facility at the site of the former Richmond Ford Point Assembly Plant on Harbour Way. Moxion employs 250 people.

During World War II, the Ford plant built Jeeps, armored personal carriers and other vehicles for the Pacific Theater before closing in the 1950s. The new factory will create about 800 new jobs, the company said.

“The future happens here first,” Newsom said. “We are America’s coming

attraction. It is our responsibility to lead. And we do. No other state has more scientists, engineers, more researchers, more Nobel laureates, more patents emanating out of one state than the state of California.”

Over the past 20 years, California has been steadily increasing the amount of solar and wind power it requires utilities to purchase to reduce

smog and greenhouse gas emissions.

But the greener power grid has come at a cost: Less reliability.

During severe heat waves, millions of Californians turn on their air conditioners, spiking demand for electricity. At night when the sun begins to set, solar farms go off line, even as demand remains sky high.

That’s what happened last September, when all-time heat records tumbled across California, including 118 degrees in Calistoga, 116 in Livermore and 109 in San Jose. Blackouts were narrowly averted, but only after Newsom urged Californians to curb electricity use between 4 and 9 p.m., and relaxed air pollution

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FAIRFIELD — Empower Solano will host a ceremony May 31 honoring small businesses that successfully pivoted and kept serving the community safely during the pandemic.

Five businesses will be highlighted and their owners will receive certificates or recognition from the offices of U.S. Congressman John Garamendi, state Sen. Bill Dodd and state Assemblywoman Lori D. Wilson.

The director of the California Office of Small Business Advocates, Tara Lynn Gray, will be keynote speaker.

The event will take place at 10 a.m. at the Solano-Napa Small Business Development Center, 500 Chadbourne Road, Fairfield.

The public is invited and business owners, entrepreneurs or anyone trying to start a business are encouraged to attend.

Admission is free.

The businesses being honored at the ceremony are Journey Coffee of Fairfield and Vacaville and the company’s owners

Morne and Nicole Van Staden; Bay Hauling of Vallejo and its owner Juan Vallejos; Two60 Kitchen and Bar of Fairfield and owner Molly Tau; Marina Lounge of Suisun City and owner Elease Cheek; and Tomorrow House Supportive Living, located

in Fairfield and owned by Duke and Gabrielle Phillippe-Auguste.

The event marks National Small Business Month, which is held every year in May to commemorate the contributions small businesses bring to their communities.

Tim Murrill, executive director of the SolanoNapa Small Business Development Center, will also speak during the festivities. City officials from throughout the county and representatives from local chambers of commerce have been invited.

Refreshments will be served. Anyone planning to attend must RSVP by Sunday at https:// empowersolano.org/ celebratesmallbusiness.

Empower Solano is a community initiative of BrandGOV, a local public outreach firm.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, announces an infrastructure plan at Proxima Solar Farm outside Patterson, May 19.

‘The summer outlook is looking much better than we anticipated.’

— Siva Gunda, an engineer who sits on the board of the California Energy Commission

Vacaville native featured in UC Davis Symphony season finale

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DAVIS — Pieces from a contemporary violin classic to a Tchaikovsky masterwork will be performed at the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra’s final concert of the 2022-23 season.

Conducted by Professor Christian Baldini, musicians will perform Philip Glass’s Violin Concerto No. 1 with guest soloist Chase Spruill, a native of Vacaville.

A contemporary classic, the work in three movements was first performed by the American Composers Orchestra for soloist Paul Zukofsky in 1987. It was Glass’s first work for a concert hall.

Spruill has gained an international reputation as a performer of contemporary music, interpreting minimalist masters such as Glass, Michael Nyman and Henryk Gorecki. He has recorded solo violin versions of several of Glass’ works, which led Strings magazine to state Spruill is “one of the noteworthy

interpreters of the music of leading American composer Philip Glass.”

The concert includes Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s master work, Fifth Symphony in E Minor, which

was composed and premiered in 1888, conducted by the composer. A work in four movements, the recurring main theme is used as a device to unify the symphony.

This motto theme has a funereal character in the first movement but gradually transforms into a triumphant march, which dominates the final movement.

In addition, the program includes the first movement of Franz Joseph Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat Major, featuring Katie Sharp, this year’s winner of the orchestra’s concerto competition.

The concert begins at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, 1 Shields Ave. Tickets are available at the Mondavi Center Ticket Office in person or by calling 530754-2787 between noon and 5 p.m. Tuesday. Tickets are also available online at tickets. mondaviarts.org.

For more information about the College of Letters and Science’s Department of Music and future performances, visit arts.ucdavis.edu/music.

Solano County Fair coming in June

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VALLEJO — “Celebrate Solano” is the theme for the 74th Annual Solano County Fair, which is coming in June.

Visitors can enjoy carnival rides, fair food and entertainment, and see the special talents of Solano residents.

Livestock will be on hand, celebrating the hard work Solano’s youth have invested in raising their animals. Equally important are the exhibits showcasing Solano’s artists, crafters, garden enthusiasts and more.

Gifts B Cause Arts and Crafts Show coming to Dixon

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DIXON — The inaugural Gifts B Cause Arts and Crafts Show is coming in June to the Dixon Fairgrounds.

The event will have music, games and food along with plenty of vendors. Visitors will be able to browse the handcrafted art that local artists and businesses have to offer.

The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 24 at 655 S. First St.

Admission is free.

For more information, visit solanohomeshow.com.

The fair will take place from 4 to 10 p.m. June 15, noon to 10 p.m. June 16-18 at the Solano County Fairgrounds, 900 Fairgrounds Drive, Vallejo.

The buildings and livestock barns close at 8 p.m. all days. Livestock barns close at 6 p.m. on Sunday.

The fee for parking is $10. For more information, go to scfair.com.

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Chase Spruill will guest solo with the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts in Davis.

Aaron Rosenblatt/Daily Republic file (2022) Mason Degroot, 8, and his father, Matt, ride the Wipeout at the Solano County Fair in Vallejo, June 16, 2022.

Walgreens laying off 10% of corporate workforce

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Walgreens is eliminating 504 corporate jobs, representing about 10% of the retail pharmacy giant’s corporate workforce, the company confirmed late Thursday.

The affected jobs are mostly at Walgreens’ Deerfield, Illinois, and Chicago offices. The roles represent about 1% of its overall U.S. workforce.

The affected employees are not based in stores, microfulfillment centers or call centers, Walgreens said in a statement Thursday night. “We’re grateful for the many contributions by the team members who will be leaving our organization, and are committed to supporting them as much as possible during this transition.”

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rules to allow temporary natural gas-fired “peaker” plants and other generators to fire up.

To help improve reliability, state regulators have ordered utilities to put in place huge battery systems to store solar power on sunny days, then let it out on the grid at night. In 2019, California had 250 megawatts of battery storage. It has 5,000 megawatts now – roughly the same as 10 natural-gas fired power plants.

Newsom also signed a bill in September, over the objections of some activists, to keep PG&E’s Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant – the only one left in the state – open for another five years after its 2025 planned closure date.

Meanwhile, the drenching storms that California received this winter filled most of the state’s largest reservoirs. The water is expected to deliver a banner year for hydro-

electric power. Those factors caused state energy officials this week to announce they do not expect to have the kind of tight issues between supply and demand this summer that raised the risk of blackouts in recent years. A major wildfire that damages transmission lines could change that, they said, but overall, conditions are better than in recent years.

“The summer outlook is looking much better than we anticipated,” said Siva Gunda, an engineer who sits on the board of the California Energy Commission.

Frank Wolak, a Stanford University economist who specializes in energy, said the state should consider more nuclear power to meet its climate goals and energy reliability. He also said battery storage has challenges.

“The battery investments are certainly good news,” Wolak said, “but very expensive, and you need a lot of batteries to really make a dent in terms of storing renewable energy for use later.”

Newsom on Thursday also released a 20-page document laying out the state’s goals and challenges as it moves toward 100% renewable energy.

The report, “Building the Electricity Grid of the Future: California’s Clean Energy Transition Plan,” notes the state has already hit many of its early goals for electric vehicles and renewable energy. But it cautions that to have 100% carbon-free electricity by 2045 “we need to build more clean energy, faster.”

Over the next 20 years, the report calls for expanding transmission lines, building offshore wind farms, making heat pumps widespread in homes, embracing new technology that allows homes to be run by plugging into electric car batteries, building more battery storage for the grid, and providing incentives for residents to run dishwashers, dryers and washing machines during nonpeak times of the day.

Newsom said that the state must do more to cut red tape so solar farms, wind farms, and other green energy projects

can be built more quickly. Last week, he introduced 11 bills in Sacramento that would curb the California Environmental Quality Act, a powerful law that requires environmental studies of major projects.

The law, which was passed 50 years ago, is often the basis of lawsuits by opponents of projects, including neighbors, environmental groups and labor unions. Prior governors, including Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jerry Brown, have attempted reforms, without much success.

Newsom’s CEQA reforms would require lawsuits to be resolved within 270 days not only for renewable energy projects, but for major water projects like new reservoirs. “We need to build. We need to get things done,” he said. “We are running against time.

“We don’t have time to hold hands and talk about the way the world should be,” he said, citing the increased heat waves, forest fires and other disruptions from climate change. “We’ve got to go.”

The sale of Waystar Royco has had the Roy children spinning like tops from the weight of their eccentric father, Logan (Brian Cox) for four seasons, but will they go out in a blaze of glory or a metaphorical body bag in the series finale of “Succession?”

Crime logs

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THURSDAY, MAY 25

6:41 a.m. — Robbery, 1200 block of B. GALE WILSON

BOULEVARD

9:11 a.m. — Residential burglary, 1400 block of CANTERBURY DRIVE

9:18 a.m. — Battery, 5000 block of RED TOP ROAD

11:13 a.m. — Residential burglary, 500 block of ALASKA AVENUE

11:40 a.m. — Reckless driver, 4400 block of CENTRAL WAY

11:41 a.m. — Grand theft, 1200

12:26 p.m. — Reckless driver, EASTBOUND INTERSTATE 80 2:07 p.m. — Vandalism, 5200 block of WATERLEAF LANE 2:34 p.m. — Reckless driver, 2900 block of GULF DRIVE 2:39 p.m. — Battery, 1900 block of BLOSSOM AVENUE

3:15 p.m. — Assault with a deadly weapon, 1200 block of B. GALE WILSON BOULEVARD

3:21 p.m. — Forgery, 3000 block of ROADRUNNER DRIVE 3:24 p.m. — Fight with a

1300 block of TRAVIS

p.m. — Reckless driver, 3300 block of CHERRY HILLS

p.m. — Hit-and-run property

600 block of GREAT JONES STREET 4:24 p.m. — Hit-and-run property

SUNSET AVENUE 5:01 p.m. — Reckless driver, 1800 block of BLOSSOM AVENUE

5:03 p.m. — Battery, 1600 block of UNION AVENUE

5:54 p.m. — Trespassing, 2100 block of UNION AVENUE FRIDAY, MAY 26

12:21 a.m. — Reckless driver, EAST TRAVIS BOULEVARD

3:16 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, 700 block of EAST TRAVIS

BOULEVARD

8:15 a.m. — Battery, 1900 block of WOOLNER AVENUE

8:56 a.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 1300 block of TRAVIS

BOULEVARD

10:15 a.m. — Battery, 3000 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD

11:49 a.m. — Vandalism, 1100 block of TEXAS STREET

12:03 p.m. — Trespassing, 800 block of WASHINGTON STREET

1:35 p.m. — Grand theft, 800

block of MISSOURI STREET

1:59 p.m. — Trespassing, 2300 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET

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WASHINGTON — White House and Repub lican negotiators reached a tentative deal late Sat urday to raise the U.S. debt ceiling and avert a default that threatened to send tremors through the global economy.

President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who sealed the deal during a 90-minute phone call, must now shepherd the framework deal – reached after weeks of bitter discussions – to final legislative passage over the objections of hardliners in both parties.

McCarthy said he will talk with Biden again on Sunday and line the bill up for a vote on Wednesday.

“We still have a lot of work to do, but I believe this is an agreement in principle that is worthy of the American people,” McCarthy told reporters at the Capitol.

There’s little margin for error, with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warning that an extension must be finalized by June 5 to avoid a historic default that would send borrowing costs soaring.

The deal includes a two-year debt limit increase and a two-year appropriations agreement that keeps non-defense spending roughly flat with current levels, a person familiar with the deal said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Economists warned even a short default could see dramatic market declines and the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs. On May 24, Fitch Ratings placed the US’s AAA credit rating on watch in a move that reflected the mounting

concerns the U.S. would go over the brink.

The agreement doesn’t create work requirements for Medicaid recipients. But it does place time limits on the food assistance program known as SNAP up to age 54, a measure that House Republicans pushed for. Those would be phased out by 2030, however.

Although the tense negotiations put the country on edge, the agreement could bolster both Biden and McCarthy politically, assuming it garners enough support

on Capitol Hill.

For McCarthy, skepticism that he would be able to negotiate an agreement given his razor-thin advantage in the House has hung over the speakership he won in a 15-vote runoff early this year. McCarthy arranged for a call with fellow House Republicans for 9:30 p.m. in Washington.

The compromise, however, could also provoke an attempt by a handful of conservative lawmakers to call a vote to oust him.

The president, at the same time, sidesteps the biggest threat to the post-pandemic economic recovery as he seeks a second term. Yet meeting some GOP demands also risks alienating progressives he needs to propel his reelection campaign.

White House budget director Shalanda Young, senior adviser Steve Ricchetti, and legislative affairs director Louisa Terrell crafted the deal with Reps. Garret Graves, a Louisiana Republican, Patrick McHenry, a North Carolina Republican, and McCarthy’s chief of staff, Dan Meyer.

that would allow and force teachers, in fact, to out trans and nonbinary students to their parents,” he said.

That comment caused Supervisor Erin Hannigan, who presented the board’s resolution recognizing June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Pride Month, to throw her head back in disbelief and disgust.

“I did want to note that we are making history today,” Cook added. “The Pride flag will be flying ... here in front of the (county) administrative building for the entire month of June. I think that’s a wonderful step.”

Union and Confederate soldiers following the American Civil War, it was extended after World War

I to honor Americans who have died in all wars.

“This is not a day of celebration but a day to pause and remember those who made an incredible sacrifice,” Salmi said.

Bird spoke on how the cemetery was a special place where those who served could rest in peace.

Before the final song of Taps and the rifle salute, retired veterans Paul Reyes, a gunnery sergeant who served in Vietnam

from 1969-71, and Jessie Branch, Sgt. Maj. USMC, presented a single wreath symbolizing all branches on Memorial Day to the public.

Afterward, everyone helped place small flags on every grave. Magdalena Sroka came up from Long Beach for the weekend and wanted to come out to help.

“I wanted to help honor the veterans who sacrificed for us,” she said.

The small flags will be retrieved and cleaned from all gravesites throughout the cemetery at 8 a.m. June 3. Volunteers are welcome to come back and assist. It will run all day until all of them are picked up. The flags will be stored for future use.

The county policy for ceremonial flags has limited display to one week, a decision that was made in 2018 following a contentious debate that even included Pride Center representatives calling then-Supervisor Jim Spering a bigot.

He defended himself by saying that putting a time restriction, at the time two days, on how long a flag should be dis-

played was never about what flag was being flown, but just the consistency of how long each is on display. He, in fact, said it was important for the county to have an open connection to community organizations. The one exception has been the MIA/POW flag, which flies below the American flag at all times.

The board resolution on Tuesday adds another exception for the rainbow Pride Flag – albeit for one month. County Counsel Bernadette Curry said in an interview following

around Vacaville for years. He rode in the parade Saturday on not just one float, but two.

the public session of the meeting, that any other organization looking for an exception would also have to address it through a board resolution.

The Pride Flag decision does not otherwise change the Flag Display Policy.

“The County of Solano proudly stands with the LGBTQ community and with all communities who struggle for basic human rights, for acceptance, visibility, safety, acknowledgement, and equitability, in the quest for full equality under the law,” the resolution states.

“Now therefore be it resolved that the Solano County Board of Super-

visors does hereby recognize June 2023, as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Pride Month and orders the rainbow flag to be flown at the county Government Center for the entire month of June.”

This is the 25th anniversary of the Solano Pride Center, which started as a youth outreach and support group and now provides a host of educational and support services for all members of the LBGTQ community. Its annual Pride Festival is set for June 3, noon to 4 p.m., at Andrews Park, 614 E. Monte Vista Ave., in Vacaville.

the morning.

The parade is a beloved tradition for many Vacavillians who rode in floats as children or marched in the band.

Marlene Means remembers riding her horse in the parade when she was very young. On Saturday, she watched as her grandson, Justin Means, 21, pulled out in the big red fire truck as the driver.

“His dad, Frank Means, was a Vacaville fireman, his wife works for CalFire,” she said.

“We have been here since the ’40s, and my family owns a farm on Pleasants Valley Road,” she said. “They still have horses, although they are old and we don’t ride anymore.”

Seeing her grandson in the parade brought back fond memories for her.

Another longtime resident is John Vasquez, whose family has been

The first float was as a representative of the Solano County Board.

“I love coming to the parade to see the people and watch families and kids participate,” he said.

The second float was for one of his fami ly’s businesses, Vasquez Deli, which his family has owned since 1976.

“I was in the very first parade ever held,” he said. “That was 1958 as a Boy Scout.” He even has a picture of the troop together on that day on his phone.

“The best part of the parade, really, is bringing the community together,” Vasquez said.

Christina Love has been the parade chairwoman for the past 15 years. She has pulled it altogether through wind, rain, burning hot days and one pandemic, which dimmed things for a few years but did not extinguish the flame that kept her going.

“Sometimes I am

not sure what keeps me coming back but when it is all said and done, it is the knowledge of the pride that the people of Vacaville have for the town,” she said. “That makes it an honor to put on.”

There were 97 floats, bands and other participants this year. It is a little less than in 2019 before the pandemic, which was 120 participants.

Fiesta Days is not a city event but is a nonprofit organization. It is organized and run by volunteers of all ages and funded by donors and sponsors. “We have a lot of new

people helping out,” Love said. “It is great to see the next legacy of volunteers coming up.”

She noted a big thank you goes out to the Elks Lodge this year for all the assistance they have with helping out.

“We could not have done it without the Elks,” she said.

Love had a little shadow helper this year: her 8-year-old son Titus, who closely followed her up and down the street, making sure everything went off without a hitch. His favorite part of the day was helping his mom out.

uate injured workers in Santa Rosa, Sacramento, San Francisco, Oakland, Rancho Cordova and Vacaville. Although I avail myself of technology, I appreciate physical maps as a way of enriching my journeys. I make a single long trip to Pittsburg, Stockton, Clovis, Glendale, Los Angeles and San Diego, going to clinics in those cities. Our practice management refers to it as my monthly “Milk Run,” an archaic term dating back to the era when milk was delivered to different houses. Geography becomes a diversion.

The World War II generation, parents of baby boomers, tended to appreciate maps. Not surprisingly, in our elementary school, boys and girls alike had to construct a topographic map of California. Upon turning 16, we all got driver’s licenses … on our birthdays. Pay phones were scattered about the landscape, in case of emer-

territory. Looking north, I once met an examinee from Hay Fork, just south of Trinity National Forrest. I just had to locate Hay Fork. East of Rio Vista, you pass Terminous on Highway 12, perhaps the end of the world. The sign on the outskirts reads “Population 250.”

If you head south on Highway 99, there are four cities whose names I used to mix up: Manteca, Modesto, Merced and Madera. Studying maps a bit cured me of that problem. Merced is home to the University of California’s newest campus. If you drive the I-5 Grapevine to Los Angeles, the last town before the summit is Lebec. After the summit you hit Gorman, a great place for coffee.

Many of the “smaller” towns around Los Angeles deserve recognition. Richard Nixon went to college in Whittier, acquiring the nickname of the “Whittier Wonder” upon achieving political success.

that I was from Northern California, confessed, “I haven’t been down there.” Talking about geography is a sign of older age, I think. Lawn care and weather forecasting rank higher, as conversation starters.

When I drive to Oakland to visit my 96-year-old father, I pass the now-defunct Oak Knoll Naval Hospital location, off Highway 13. Bob was a pharmacist’s mate there during the World War II era. I was a Red Cross volunteer at Oak Knoll while a premedical student. My daughter Sophia, an Air Force second lieutenant, is stationed in Bethesda, Maryland. Memorial Day leads my mind on journeys, transcending time and place.

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

4 grains of could you.

But they’re really counterfeits designed to look just like the real thing. What’s worse, half of those pills contain a deadly dose of fentanyl, a drug 100x stronger than

counterfeit designed to look just like a morphine and 50x more potent than heroine.

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Creekwalk concert series begins June 16

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VACAVILLE — The city of Vacaville’s Creekwalk concert series kicks off June 16 with the Neon Playboys, who play funk, soul and rock. Concert hours are 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Andrews Park. Single concert admission is $3. A season pass is $20.

This week

THINGS TO DO

I Suisun City

Noon Sunday Sunday Brunch: Andre Thiery Marina Lounge, 700 Main St., Suite 106. www.marina loungesuisun.com.

7 p.m. Wednesday Cultural Exchange Wednesdayz Marina Lounge, 700 Main St., Suite 106. www.marina loungesuisun.com.

7 p.m. Thursday Karaoke Marina Lounge, 700 Main St., Suite 106. www.marina loungesuisun.com.

7 p.m. Friday Salsa Fridays Marina Lounge, 700 Main St., Suite 106. www.marina loungesuisun.com.

I Vacaville

2 p.m. Sunday ‘Peter Pan and Wendy’ Journey Downtown Theatre, 300 Main St. https://events. journeydowntown venue.com.

I Benicia 2:30 p.m. Sunday Trombetta Brothers The Rellik, 726 First St. www.the relliktavern.com.

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

7 p.m. Wednesday

Karaoke The Rellik, 726 First St. www.the relliktavern.com.

8:30 p.m. Thursday

DJ Jerry Ross The Rellik, 726 First St. www.the relliktavern.com.

I Vallejo

7 p.m. Friday

Uncensored Comedy Empress Lounge, 330 Virginia St. https://empress theatre.org.

1 p.m. Saturday

Midnight Flyers Empress Lounge, 330 Virginia St. https://empress theatre.org.

8 p.m. Saturday Anthony Paule

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

The schedule is:

June 23: Touch of Class, featuring Motown and pop.

June 30: Vinyl Ride, playing 1970s and 1980s rock.

July 7: Hey Jude, with tunes from The Beatles and 1960s British invasion.

July 14: Los Cochinos, performing Latin rock ’n’ roll.

July 21: The Neverland

Band, featuring rock music.

July 28: Big Crush, playing dance and pop tunes.

Aug. 4: Time Bandits, with tunes for dancing.

Aug. 11: Take 2, playing dance music. For more information, visit https://www.ci.vaca ville.ca.us/government/ parks-and-recreation/ special-events/creekwalk.

Comedian David Lew was a mainstay in the Solano, and beyond, comedy scene

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‘I’m just an ordinary guy in an extraordinary situation,” comic David Lew said in 2018 as he celebrated his 35th birthday. That ordinary guy began doing open mic nights in 2007 at the former Pepperbellys in downtown Fairfield. He stepped on the comedy stage for the first time in May of that year, saying he earned that right by doing dishes and serving food there.

He died on Thursday.

The 2001 Fairfield High School graduate had battled cancer for almost a decade. The cancer diagnosis was followed by a wedding, with his wife Kathleen Lew. The couple then welcomed a daughter, Sydney Lew.

Fellow comics and friends took to social media to share some David Lew memories.

Myles Weber, who launched his career at Pepperbellys, wrote, “David was a light everywhere he went. You just couldn’t be in a bad mood around him. No matter how hard you tried. He had the gift of seeing the positive in everything.

“I watched him go from wild party kid to devoted father and husband overnight. I believe that people have the power to change for the better because I knew David Lew.”

The Lews were guests when Weber and his wife Heather wed. The couples remained close even while Weber lived in Las Vegas and Lew remained in American Canyon.

Fellow comic Kabir Singh wrote, “R.I.P. David Lew. You were the best and most pure human that i ever did Stand Up with and all the world did was hand you cancer for no (expletive) reason. But, the world also handed you an amazing daughter with the amazing Kathleen Lew that will carry

Wine Walk coming to downtown Benicia in June

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BENICIA — The Wine Walk is scheduled for June 17 in the downtown area.

“A variety of wines will be poured inside participating downtown shops, providing an enjoyable outing to ‘sip, walk, and shop’ with friends,” Benicia Main Street organizers said.

Advance tickets are $35 and $65 for a pair. Day of event tickets are $40 each. Ticket price includes

up to 15 tastes.

Participants must be 21 or older. Check-in starts at 12:30 p.m. at Benicia Main Street, 90 First St. Map of tasting locations and wristband will be provided per ticket holder. The event runs from 1 to 5 p.m.

Tickets are limited and can be purchased at Benicia Main Street or at www.beniciamainstreet.org.

For more information, call 707745-9791 or send and email to info@beniciamainstreeet.org.

on your legacy.”

“Rest in paradise,” Missy Bess penned.

In 2014, the Daily Republic accompanied Lew to a CT scan at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Valeljo.

He asked the X-ray technologist to let him listen to music from the animated film “Frozen.” Her response wasn’t as enthusiastic as Lew had hoped.

“She’s not as much fun as the last one,” Lew said, joking. He was referring to the technologist who did a prior CT scan.

Lew was aware of a lump on his neck for three years. He didn’t have health benefits, so he didn’t go to the doctor. A new job, with health care, got him to the doctor. Lew was told the cancer was “incurable and possibly manageable.”

During the pandemic, the boy-band fan launched an online game show called “Trivia Hour! with David Lew,” breaking the monotony of the shut down and a chance to share his love of trivia.

Bay Boys Brewing sponsors

2023 songwriter contest

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VACAVILLE — Bay Boys

Brewing is sponsoring the 2023 Songwriter Competition at Journey Downtown, 308 Main St. Ron George and Eddy K are the hosts.

The competition is open to contestants of all ages. Soloists, duos and trios on acoustic instruments are welcome. Each contestant will have the opportunity to perform two songs, one of them being penned by the musician.

Competition gets underway June 22. Only 10 performers are registered each week.

Judging is based on originality, presentation and performance. Check-in time is 6 p.m.

Weekly winners will compete in the July 28 finale. The first place winner gets $1,000 and an opening act gig at Journey Downtown. Second place takes home $250; third place, $100.

Sign up at www.journeydown townvenue.com. There is an entry fee due at sign up.

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Time Bandits will perform Aug. 4 as part of the Creekwalk concert series.

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David Lew points to the crowd while introducing the night’s first comedian at his birthday party at Tommy T’s in Pleasanton, March 21, 2018.

Musical honors Florida’s lively trailer-park culture

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NAPA — Celebrating Florida trailer-park culture, “The Great American Trailer Park Musical” opens June 2 for a three-weekend run at the Lucky Penny Community Arts Center, 1758 Industrial Way, Unit 208.

“This is a moment we’ve been looking forward to for a while,” said Artistic Director Taylor Bartolucci, in a press release. “We planned to produce it in June of 2020, but the pandemic prevented that. But we didn’t give up because the show is so much fun.”

Bartolucci and partner Barry Martin first worked on the show in 2012, with Martin directing and Bartolucci playing the role of stripper-on-the-run Pippi at 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa.

In 2013, the show debuted in Napa as Lucky Penny performed at the Napa Valley Playhouse.

“We realized if we produced it in 2023 it would be exactly 10 years since we brought the show to Napa, so we’re calling

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this our 10-year anniversary revival,” Bartolucci said in the press release.

In addition to Bartolucci, four more of the show’s original cast of seven are returning for the new run. Julianne Bradbury plays the agoraphobic Jeannie, with real life husband Mark Bradbury as her make-believe husband Norbert Garstecki.

Also returning are Daniela Innocenti Beem as Bad Ass Betty and Shannon Rider as Linoleum. Joining the cast are Kirstin Pieschke as the hysterically pregnant Pickles and Skyler King as Pippi’s troubled boyfriend Duke.

The production is directed by Barry Martin, with musical direction by Justin Pyne and choreography by Staci Arriaga. Performances are

8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Matinees are 2 p.m. Sunday. A half price preview is 8 p.m. Thursday. Tickets are available at www.luckypenny napa.com or by calling 707-266-6305.

Dad’s Night comedy show on June 17

VACAVILLE — Comics Myles Weber and Matt Gubser are featured in the Dad’s Night Out Comedy Show, 9 p.m. June 17.

The show is a stand-up fundraiser for Creative Arts Solano and Arts in Education Advocacy. It is suggested for 18 and older. Journey Downtown, 308 Main St., is the venue. Purchase tickets at events.journeydowntownvenue.com.

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom earns top spot in California theme park rankings

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VALLEJO — Six Flags

Discovery Kingdom earned the top spot in an annual study by HomeToGo of California’s best and most affordable theme parks for 2023.

Vacation rental specialist HomeToGo provided the ranking based on factors such as ticket prices and the number of available rides and attractions to determine which of California’s numerous theme parks had the most to offer visitors this year.

Rounding out the Top 10, in order, are:

n Knott’s Berry Farm, Buena Park.

n California’s Great America, Santa Clara.

n Six Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia.

n Belmont Park, Mission Beach, San Diego.

n Disneyland, Anaheim.

n Pacific Park, Santa Monica Pier

n Disney California Adventure, Anaheim

n SeaWorld San Diego, San Diego

n Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal City.

Napa museum opens new exhibit

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NAPA — “Figure Telling,” on display at the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art from June 3 to Sept. 17, highlights an intergenerational group of Bay Area artists using the human figure to produce works grounded

Dion calls off rest of world tour months after stiff-person syndrome diagnosis

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Celine Dion says her health has continued to take a toll on her performing capabilities, announcing the cancellation Friday of her entire Courage world tour.

“I’m so sorry to disappoint all of you once again,” she captioned her Instagram post Friday.

The superstar’s website shared the same news in a release Friday, noting that Dion has been receiving treatment “for a diagnosed medical condition that prevents her from performing.”

In December, Dion pushed back several European tour dates and spring 2023 concerts after revealing she was diagnosed with

stiff-person syndrome, a disorder that prevents her from singing the way she’s used to.

The five-time Grammy Award-winning singer, 55, revealed her diagnosis on social media in a video statement shared in French and English.

“Recently, I’ve been diagnosed with a very rare neurological disorder called stiff-person syndrome, which affects something like one in a million people,” the French Canadian singer said.

The Mayo Clinic defines stiff-person syndrome as an autoimmune disorder of the nervous system that often results in “progressive, severe muscle stiffness and spasms of the lower extremities and back.”

Friday’s news release said the “My Heart Will Go On” singer’s medical team continues to evaluate and treat her condition. The post also addressed the stop-and-go nature of Dion’s Courage tour, which was interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The latest cancellation affects 42 shows in Europe. Fans should contact their original points of purchase for refunds.

“It’s not fair to you to keep postponing the shows, and even though it breaks my heart, it’s best that we cancel everything now until I’m really ready to be back on stage again,” Dion continued. “I want you all to know, I’m not giving up … and I can’t wait to see you again!”

in narrative, storytelling and personal memory.

“These artists use visual storytelling to convey their unique identities, stories, concerns, and compassions,” said curator Kate Eilertsen, in a press release. “In a world that is so often complex, they use human forms to tell stories – sometimes ugly

and sometimes beautiful, always honest.”

“di Rosa hosts a leading collection of works associated with the Bay Area Figurative movement,” Eilertsen added. “This exhibition examines the legacy of the movement, asking: how do contemporary works borrow from our rich regional tradition

of figurative painting? How are they different?”

The opening reception is 5:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday. The di Rosa is open to the public 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday through Sunday and by appointment Tuesday through Thursday. It’s at 5200 Sonoma Highway. For more information, visit www.dirosaart.org.

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My wife’s friends are crossing my boundaries

Dear Annie: My wife is a synagogue president, which is a highly visible position. She has come across far more people than I ever have.

First, she has a socalled friend from her time at Mary Kay. This woman was a pushy lady who once called my father a loser. She denied ever saying that. My spouse says that she doesn’t believe either of us because she did not hear the conversation herself. For a

time, she insisted that we continue to socialize with this person and her husband, but I refused and continue to do so.

Annie Lane Dear Annie

In addition, my spouse wants me to remain sociable with a couple who came into our home on New Year’s Day. I said, “Happy New Year” to both, and they said absolutely nothing in return. This second couple has never invited us to their residence. As synagogue members,

Horoscopes

by Holiday Mathis

Today’s birthday

Your birthday brings the chance to learn a new skill and the motivation to make it rain. This financial boost and a few savvy moves will situate you comfortably. More highlights: Unforgettable travel you’ll be talking about for years to come, experiments in getting fit and fierce, and an endeavor that unleashes your inner artiste. Virgo and Taurus adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 8, 12, 10, 31 and 6.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). There are uncontrollable factors at work, and you’ll be deciding what’s worth taking on. When you’re obviously outmatched, the strategy is simple: Don’t fight it. Watch and wait for the right moment to make your move.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll compromise gladly today in the knowledge that you are building a relationship based on mutual appreciation and respect, with each of you fulfilling the other’s needs. This is an ideal match of energies and complementary goals.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The perception of achievement varies among individuals. It’s important not to assume any particular definition of accomplishment, except perhaps that each person’s perception of it is distinct.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You prioritize relationships and care deeply how people feel about themselves –and you – inside of each interaction. You’re empathetic and want to create a positive experience for those who interact with you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll do the hard thing because it’s also the right thing. The more you embrace hard things, the better you get at them, and soon you’re the kind of strong, confident person who excels where others wouldn’t dare to go.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Give yourself the leeway to experiment, try things on and play around. The point is that you’re not really making a commitment; you’re just toying with ideas to see if something catches on or feels right to you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Impatience is for amateurs. The pros know that it’s impossible to tell how long a thing will take until you do it, but that many projects take twice as long as expected. You’ll win trust and admiration for keeping your cool.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). There’s no need or benefit to being perpetually, perfectly positive. All attempts to achieve optimum optimism will accomplish the opposite. If you’re going to be obsessed with anything, be obsessed with enjoying yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

The way you dress, act and think will align with who you are and what you want. This allows others to easily understand your intentions and goals. You’ll foster relationships that support your best self.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

You’re well aware at how staying within a narrow scope of preferences leads to a limited and uninspired existence. It’s why you’ll be sure to push yourself to do what’s uncomfortable and a little scary.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). It can be easy to attribute problems and successes to others, but you’ll resist the temptation and focus on your most important relationship – the one you have with yourself.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’re an equal opportunity friend and will relate just as well to those going through high times as you will to those who are treading rockier terrain. Your words will follow where your mind is, and your mind will follow where your heart is.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: The recent single from Colbie Caillat titled “Worth

It” ushers in a new era for the Grammywinning artist. The Gemini trendsetter is a poster girl for healthy choices. She maintains a meatless diet even when she’s touring the world and living out of a suitcase. Caillat’s Virgo moon is a moon of discipline, nutrition, neatness, organization and health. Mercury in Taurus favors a down-to-earth style of communication.

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I stay away from and will not acknowledge them. The husband saw me in our on-site restaurant area and tried to initiate a conversation. It took me three times to tell him to stay away, and he finally did. He doesn’t understand why I stay distant. My spouse doesn’t think that he is “evil.” What is your best advice? I stand my ground and will not allow any of these people to get near me. Am I justified in doing such? — A Concerned Male

Dear Concerned Male: Your wife is a saint as well as a syn-

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agogue president. Of course, if this were a trial and we were adding up everyone’s mistakes, then yes, you might be justified in not wanting to socialize with a couple who was rude to you or the woman you heard say mean things about your father. But all of that could also be a misunderstanding; maybe the woman did not speak badly about your father, and your wife is right in giving her the benefit of the doubt.

Instead of asking if you are justified, how about asking how you and your wife can have

nice, harmonious friendships with other members of the synagogue, and also spending one-on-one time with your wife? Both are important for marriages: alone time and social time with friends. But if you keep finding faults with all her friends, that will continue to make life a whole lot more challenging for both of you.

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

Guarding against skin cancer

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Given the rainy winter we experienced, many people are probably looking forward to summer with warmer temperatures and more opportunities to enjoy outdoor activities. But as we embrace the sunshine, it’s important to remember that ultraviolet light from the sun is the main cause of most skin cancers. Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States, with an estimated two million cases every year.

Sangeeta Marwaha, M.D., chief of dermatology for Kaiser Permanente Napa Solano, shares her expertise on what to look for and how to prevent skin cancer.

Q: Who is most at risk for developing skin cancers?

Skin cancer risk increases with sun damage, which is accumulated over time and usually is more predominant in people with fair skin, blonde or red hair, blue eyes, freckles, and those who sunburn easily. Those older than 80 also are at greater risk.

Q: What is something new or something people may not realize about skin cancer and sun damage?

Sun damage is additive meaning we accumulate it daily over our lifetime. It starts in childhood, and we add to it slowly. Even exposing yourself to the sun 15 minutes a day (such as going

to the mailbox or taking a short walk) without sun protection can add to this damage. It’s important to account for the good sun protection performed as an adult not just the exposure that occurred as a child.

Q: What are the signs of skin cancer and how/when should you check for it?

There are three types of skin cancer: basal, squamous and melanoma. Most importantly, we should perform self-checks of our skin monthly for changes. Look for things that bleed (easily without scratching), nonhealing growths and enlarging pigmented lesions. Some may be normal age-related growths and it’s recommended that things that change or bleed be checked out by a health care provider. Monthly selfchecks can be done effectively at home and in conjunction with checking your partner’s skin: https://www. aad.org/public/diseases/skin-cancer/ check-your-partner.

Q: What sunscreen is best and how should we apply it?

The best sunscreen is one you will wear. I recommend SPF 30 or higher applied daily and reapplied every two to four hours. Remember that one application will not last all day and even less time if the skin gets wet or sweaty. Application should cover the skin generously.

Q: Besides sunscreen, what else

can we do to prevent skin cancer?

Protecting your skin from the sun is how we prevent skin cancer. Try to avoid the sun during peak times from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., seek shade when possible, wear protective clothing such as long sleeves and built-in UV protective factor (widely available through many retailers), wide-brimmed hats and wrap-around sunglasses that block at least 99% of UVA and UVB radiation.

Q: Will there ever be a vaccine to prevent skin cancer?

There is some work being done with vaccines for prevention of the recurrence of melanoma (not for initial diagnosis), and vaccines could be a possibility for prevention of some squamous cell carcinoma as some of these types of skin cancers are triggered by HPV.

Q: Are there any special recommendations for protecting children’s skin?

Children’s skin should be protected just as adults by avoiding the sun during peak times and wearing protective hats and clothing. Sunscreen is usually approved for those 6 months and older, but due to skin sensitivities, be careful when choosing a sunscreen for young children.

Sangeeta Marwaha, M.D., is the chief of dermatology for Kaiser Permanente Napa Solano, a partner of Solano Public Health.

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The best sunscreen is one you will wear. Application should cover the skin generously.

The stakes for Newsom’s big plan to streamline big state projects

Gavin Newsom is fond of proclaiming “big hairy audacious goals,” having borrowed the term from a book on successful corporate leadership.

However, he has not been particularly successful in delivering on his promises of bold, transformative action – such as single-payer health care for all Californians or constructing 3.5 million new housing units.

The hairiest and most audacious of Newsom’s goals is converting California’s massive economy – the fourth largest in the world, according to recent estimates – into one that booms while reducing its carbon footprint to zero in the next 22 years.

It would involve, among other things, shifting 30 million cars and trucks from gasoline or diesel power to electricity or hydrogen and abolishing gas-fired power plants in favor of solar, wind or thermal generation.

Such massive conversions are technologically doable, but they would be very expensive for consumers, utilities and governments. They would require a lot of construction projects, such as solar and wind farms, with some of the latter offshore.

Newsom says the state is planning to spend $180 billion over the next decade on projects to decarbonize the state’s economy and make its water supply less precarious, much of it from the federal government. However, he laments, the ability to deliver those public works is hampered by red tape, including the misuse of the California Environmental Quality Act by project opponents.

“The question is, are we going to screw it up by being consumed by paralysis and process?” Newsom said last week while announcing a package of legislation aimed at speeding up project delivery. “We’re here to assert a different paradigm, to commit ourselves to results.”

Newsom made his announcement at a solar energy farm in the San Joaquin Valley, citing it as an example of the kinds of projects his proposal would affect.

If approved by the Legislature, Newsom’s package would extend to major public works projects, including a very controversial water tunnel beneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and a big reservoir, Sites, in the Sacramento Valley, the same kind of fasttrack permitting that the state has given to sports arenas.

“I love sports,” Newsom said. “But I also love roads. I love transit. I love bridges. And I love clean energy projects like the one we’re seeing here. It’s not just about stadiums. And we’ve proven we can get it done for stadiums. So why the hell can’t we translate that to all these other projects?”

Significantly, however, Newsom’s proposal to speed up CEQA’s process on big public works projects excludes housing, a field where the law has been obviously misused to delay or kill much-needed developments.

While administration officials say that CEQA reforms could indirectly benefit housing by reducing the volume of information that must be gathered, Newsom obviously doesn’t want a direct confrontation over the law’s application to housing, the shortage of which has exacerbated poverty and the state’s homelessness crisis.

The housing exclusion is drawing fire from pro-housing groups such as California YIMBY. Defenders of Wildlife, along with the Natural Resources Defense Council and more than 70 other conservation organizations immediately published an opposition letter. Opponents of specific projects, such as the Delta tunnel – which has been on the list of proposed public works for at least 60 years – are likewise angered.

With opposition mounting, the package is not a slam dunk in the Legislature, even though Newsom offers it in the form of budget “trailer bills” that can be enacted without the scrutiny that most legislation must endure – a misuse of process unto itself.

Newsom may be staking his governorship on procedural changes needed to make decarbonization, his biggest goal, a reality.

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.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

More on the homeless issue

There is much controversy, along with abundant hand wringing, over California’s homeless issue. Eschewing quaint and beloved old-age terms such as hoboes, vagrants, bums and tramps, the concerned element have embraced calling them more elevated terms such as “houseless” and abode-free. At any rate, politicians, editorialists and community disorganizers all seem to agree that there is a problem, but aside from some spasmatic efforts at the city level, not much concrete has been poured. Now, rumor has it, the state may mandate that cities pony up X number of beds per some pro rata formula at local taxpayer expense. This may give the contagion more allure but no cure.

As a suggestion, possibly the down and out, who do not respond to positive rehabilitation suggestions and programs nor make an honest effort to improve their status, could be afforded free transportation to strategically situated “relocation centers.”

At these centers they can bond together as in support group meetings, sharing and comparing their adventures and paths of least resistance. They could plant and tend small vegetable plots and gardens, getting them into healthy eating habits as well as fostering a sense of responsibility. (Weeding would be welcome.)

They could organize volleyball and softball teams to compete and provide healthy exercise along with hand/eye coordination, teamwork skills and rule observing.

Who knows? Maybe a contingent of the younger guys could enlist in the Army, gain a proud record and earn national recognition.

Obviously, some will be outraged and take great umbrage when confronted by “A Modest Proposal” such as this, even though it will never be implemented. However, before we get into quality shrieking, rock throwing and name calling, dust off the history books. The U.S. government did exactly the same thing to a group of highly productive and valuable citizens in 1942.

Bill Ferguson Vacaville

Fairfield needs an IKEA

Last month, IKEA announced they are looking to open several new stores across the U.S. as part of a multi-billon dollar business expansion. The perfect place for one of these stores, would be the I-680/ I-80 area. Not only does it make sense geographically, but it makes financial sense as well.

IKEA would be able to pull customers from as far east as Dixon,

as far west as Pinole and even portions of Contra Costa County. The benefit to the city would be immense. Jobs, tax dollars and a much needed boost to our image, that would go along way in helping attract other corporate investment and smaller businesses as well.

With average sales in U.S. of $6 billion annually, IKEA can pay decent wages. Anywhere from $23-$33 per hour for workers and up to $130k yearly for fulfillment specialists. Hundreds of new jobs with livable wages is something this region desperately needs. Giving citizens more opportunities than low-end retail and fast food.

It is certainly a long shot, but one most defiantly worth looking into. The long road of financial growth, budget flexibility and improved public image is a difficult one, but we can not miss any opportunity, big or small.

Brian Runkle Fairfield

Raising voter awareness

The California State Assembly is comprised of 62 Democrats and 18 Republicans, and the Senate is 32 Democrats and eight Republicans. The Assembly Public Safety Committee has eight members, two are Republicans and six are Democrats. The Speaker of the House is Anthony Renden. The Speaker appoints committee chairs.

As of today, California is in the clutches of 94 people who are actively making laws that negatively impact public safety because bills put forth are pro-criminal and antilaw enforcement. Additionally, many bills contain outright lies and still get passed. Proponents of bills can speak before a committee and lie, and there are zero consequences for lying.

Further, no one vets the information to determine if it is true or not.

There are seven public safety lobbyists in the state who actively work to convince Assembly and Senate members to not vote for bills that are detrimental to health and safety. These lobbyists know the voters are not helping them in this fight. Unless voters become very aware of how the system works and the impact of who they choose to vote for, California will continue to decline.

Voters can easily research candidates and learn about their backgrounds and the identity of their donor groups. Along with serious public safety concerns, these legislators pass bills into law that undermine parental roles. Perhaps voters will get fed up enough to stop voting party line and begin to vote from a policy perspective. Time and again there are comments on Next Door, in this paper and on social media sites where people are complaining about crime. Well, it is

entirely in the hands of the voters to decide what kind of environment they desire. If they keep voting for people who lack the experience and intellect to make laws, then what is happening today in our communities will continue and worsen.

Lisa Murphy Fairfield

DR still not back to six days a week

I subscribe to the Daily Republic as I still like going out in the morning and picking up my daily newspaper four times a week. I like opening a paper newspaper. Sadly, the Daily Republic doesn’t print all of the news nor every day, and when it does, it is highly politicized. They told us that they’d be back to six days a week once the ripple of the pandemic and economy recovered, but that hasn’t happened yet. But according to President Biden, it’s the greatest economy in 40 years with 12 million jobs created and the most new small businesses ever etc. So, which is it; best economy or not, a daily paper six times a week or not?

It’s almost as if the Daily Republic has a news curator that Obama has called for in the past to oversee which national articles to copy and paste for print. The worst to date was printed Friday, May 12, on Page A4. “Donald Trump’s ‘disastrous’ CNN town hall elicits strong reactions.” It was a ridiculous Tribune Content recap of the actual event. Actually, Trump crushed it. Witty, cool, calm and collected. I never see articles from the New York Post (banned from the White House). The Post exposed the spies who lied about Hunter Biden’s laptop that influenced an election.

The John Durham report came out later in the week. Where’s the front-page coverage or any page for that matter? Apparently, the DR only prints state-run Pulitzer Prize-winning Pravda- curated news articles. We now know without a doubt that the FBI and CIA conspired with the DNC and the Obama administration to prevent a peaceful transition of power to Mr. Trump and it continues to this day.

Hank Schwarzbach Fairfield

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Vanden’s Chavez finishes sixth in state 400

FAIRFIELD — Vanden

High School’s Brayden

Chavez shined bright Saturday night among elite company in the 400 meters and finished sixth overall at the CIF State Track and Field Championships in Clovis.

The junior clocked a time of 48.04 seconds to better his winning time in a preliminary race Friday night (48.26). The finals time was off his best

of 47.80 that he ran last week to win the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters meet, but he still managed to finish ahead of three other runners in a very competitive field.

Chavez had the goal all season of making it to the second day and run in the finals. As a sophomore, he finished second to last in his prelim.

Los Angeles Section champion Dijon Stanley of

Granada Hills showed why he is top of the class in California this year, winning in a blistering time of 45.75, his personal best.

Xai Ricks of Long Beach Poly and the Southern Section made it a two-man race around the final turn with a fast 46.06, a new PR for him as well.

The senior Stanley will be making tracks on the football field next season at the University of Utah. He rushed for 2,756 yards and 33 touchdowns at Granada Hills and was voted as the

2023 DAILY REPUBLIC’S ALL-REGION SOFTBALL TEAM

Los Angeles Times Player of the Year.

On Friday, Gianni Miles of Rodriguez did not make the finals in the 100 meters. Miles ran a time of 10.71 to finish 19th overall.

Softball

Vacaville falls in D-2 title game to Whitney

VACAVILLE — Backto-back home runs in the fourth inning and a pitching gem from its ace helped

Pitching aces and offensive pop abound on area prep diamonds

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FAIRFIELD — Talk about the ultimate bounce back. The Vacaville High School softball team lost its first game of the season and didn’t lose again until Saturday’s Division II championship game to Whitney. Vacaville went undefeated in the Monticello Empire League and was loaded with offensive pop and dominating pitching. Softball talent was on display up and down the Interstate 80 corridor but few teams had as fearsome a lineup as head coach Destinee Santistevan had at the West Monte Vista

Avenue campus. Vacaville led the 2023 Daily Republic’s AllRegion Softball Team.

But eight of the 10 teams in the area earned postseason berths.

Dixon fell 4-3 to Capital Christian in the Division IV championship game Saturday.

Here are the top honors:

Pitcher of the Year: Xochitl Atayde, Vacaville. Atayde went 17-1 in the circle with a 1.25 ERA prior to Saturday’s championship. She struck out 213 batters and only walked 17 over 140.1 innings. The Bulldogs’ ace also helped her own cause with a .350 batting average and

four doubles.

Player of the Year: Makayla Freshour, Vacaville. The senior first baseman and San Jose State recruit belted six home runs this season. She had a batting average of .529, scored 38 runs, had 55 hits, drove in 38 runs and also finished with eight doubles.

Best Two-Way Player: Felesha LePenske, Dixon. The junior shortstoppitcher did it all for the Rams. She hit .473 with 37 runs, 35 hits, 28 RBIs to go with 10 doubles, a triple and three home runs. LePenske was also the Rams’ ace with a 16-4 record, a 1.70 ERA

Whitney High School to a 7-1 win over Vacaville Saturday in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II championship game.

Mya Flindt hit a two-run home run and Tyler Kitchen followed with a solo shot on the very next pitch in an explosive fourth inning at Sacramento State’s softball field. Pitcher Hannah Duncan held the Bulldogs in check all game, working a complete seven innings while allowing three hits, no earned runs

and three walks, to go with 12 strikeouts.

The Wildcats were the 2019 champion in Division I and follow it up four years later with the Division II crown. The Wildcats are 21-7 overall.

Vacaville lost its opening game of the season and the very last.

In between, the Bulldogs won 29 straight games and had an unbeaten Monticello Empire League season. Vacaville finished

Webb’s gem, Haniger’s HR power Giants past Brewers

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MILWAUKEE —

Logan Webb showed no signs of the bum back that forced him from his last start, matching Milwaukee ace and St. Mary’s alumnus Corbin Burnes pitch-for-pitch and keeping his shutout bid intact until his 107th and final offering Saturday afternoon.

Yet, it took Mitch Haniger’s second home run in as many games for the Giants to secure their 10th win in their past 12 games, 3-1.

With a 419-foot, two-run shot off the batter’s eye in center field in the top of the eighth, Haniger offered a loud and immediate answer to the first run Milwaukee was able to scratch across against Webb in the bottom of the seventh.

Brice Turang sneaking a triple past first baseman LaMonte Wade Jr. and into the right field corner and scoring on an almost identical hit by the next batter, Victor Caratini.

Webb’s final pitch led to the Brewers first and only run but also ended the inning, as Michael Conforto fired a rope from right field to nab Caratini advancing to second.

Winning their third straight here in Milwaukee, the Giants (27-25) secured at least a win in this four-game series and guaranteed they will take a winning record home with them to San Francisco.

and 135 strikeouts.

Coach of the Year: Destinee Santistevan, Vacaville. When your team wins 29 straight games after a loss, they must have been listening to your message. Her team had the most success, the most fun and the best camaraderie of any squad in the region.

The rest of the AllRegion selections: Vacaville

Junior outfielder Ashlyn Wilson hit .426 and had 21 runs scored, 29 hits, 10 RBIs, three doubles, one triple and four home runs.

What 49ers QB Trey Lance has in common with many greats of NFL

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Not only is this the first season Trey Lance feels fully healthy from a physical standpoint, but the 23-year-old has made significant strides with his mental health, too.

Speaking at OTAs on Tuesday, the 49ers thirdyear quarterback revealed he’s been working with a mental health professional to keep his mind right. Asked if the person was a sports psychologist, Lance said, “Something like that. It wasn’t provided by the team, but someone that someone knew for the team. But it wasn’t unique to me, like, ‘You need to go meet with somebody, you’re sad.’ I’m pretty positive. But it’s helped

me a lot and I’m thankful to be here.”

Lance said meeting with a professional has kept him present, especially amid an offseason in which he was recovering from ankle surgery

and refining his throwing mechanics after a previous injury to his index finger created some bad habits. Now he faces an unknown role while the 49ers prepare to enter the season with three

potential season-opening starting quarterbacks in Lance, Brock Purdy and Sam Darnold. “I meet with people who help me set my mindset for the day regularly,” Lance said. “For me, it’s just being able to find ways to live in the moment. I think that’s one big thing I’ve focused on this year, as well as realizing how blessed I am to be in this position. “I say it every single day, I play in the NFL. Hopefully the plan is for me to get on the field this year and really get this thing started. But gratitude is what I bring everything to. Bringing everything back into perspective.”

It shouldn’t be a surprise to see Lance taking

In dominant form, Webb blanked the Brewers for six-plus innings. But Milwaukee was able to break through with two outs in the seventh, when the Brewers strung together two hits for the first time all day, with shortstop

Although his start was pushed back two days and was closely monitored by the Giants’ training staff, Webb was in top form Saturday, just as he has been all month. He has completed seven innings in four of his five starts this month, only leaving his last one after the sixth out of precaution, and allowed five total runs. In those five May starts, Webb has a 1.30 ERA. Webb recorded his second double-digit strikeout game with 11.

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OAKLAND — The Oakland A’s are on pace to lose 131 games – a mark not seen in Major League Baseball since the 19th century.

Among big league teams, the A’s have the worst ERA, the worst batting average, and one of the worst defenses by fielding percentage.

Oh, and the A’s appear to be nearing relocation, leaving the city and the obsolete stadium they’ve called home for the last 55 years.

As the general manager of the team with the lowest team payroll in MLB, David Forst might have had modest expectations for his club in 2023. But one-third of the way through a historically bad year, Forst remains at a bit of a loss to explain how it’s all gone off the rails in what is shaping up to be the most dreadful season in the franchise’s 123year history.

“It’s hard to describe how things have gone,” Forst said Saturday at the Coliseum before the A’s

went out and lost again to the Houston Astros 6-3. “This is not what anybody imagined. It’s frankly hard to explain. It’s a little bit of a perfect storm of a lot of inexperience and young players, combined with a lot of veteran players not sort of playing to their expected level.

“Throw in a bunch of injuries and you sort of get where we are right now.”

Forst’s team is riding a season-long 10-game losing streak to drop to 10-43. They are on pace to have the worst record for any big-league team since 1899 when the Cleveland Spiders went 20-134. The A’s entered Saturday with a team ERA of 6.83, well behind the Kansas City Royals’ mark of 5.29, the 29th-worst in MLB. Their team batting average is .221, and other offensive stats rank near the bottom of all bigleague teams. Their run differential before Saturday was a staggering -187.

Forst is in his first full season as the leader of A’s baseball operations

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Rodriguez High School’s Brooklyn Denina pitches during a softball game against Fairfield, March 31. Denina earned a spot on the All-Region team after a strong junior season at the plate, at shortstop and in the circle.

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Ganassi has fleet of top drivers chasing Indianapolis 500 crown

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Chip Ganassi’s IndyCar team doesn’t have a pecking order among its drivers.

“Some teams have a Number 1 and a Number 2,” the Fox Chapel car owner said on Wednesday. “We don’t have any of that. We have four Number 1s.”

It’s that philosophy that helped the team triumph in the Indianapolis 500 in 2022, when Marcus Ericsson positioned himself well to win in racing’s biggest event after pit road troubles foiled teammates Scott Dixon and Alex Palou, who’d dominated much of the race.

A year later, that depth of top-end speed has only improved. Four Ganassi drivers will start in the top 10 on Sunday, with last year’s trio being joined by two-time race champion Takuma Sato.

Palou will lead the field to green after winning the pole last weekend with a sizzling four-lap qualifying average of 234.217 miles per hour, the fastest in race history. Dixon is sixth on the grid, followed by Sato in eighth and Ericsson in 10th.

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Kitchen went 3-for-4 at the plate and also doubled with her home run. Mya Flindt had two hits and drove in four runs. Madilyn Novello was 3-for-4 at the top of the order and scored three runs. Brooklyn Steele added a single and a double.

Duncan held Vacaville to just three hits.

Ashlyn Wilson had a pair of hits and Laila Dean added a double. Vacaville scored its lone run in the bottom of the third inning when Wilson raced home after a Whitney error on the infield.

Vacaville ace Xochitl

Atayde gutted out a tough seven innings. She gave up 14 hits, five earned runs, one walk and also struck out three.

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Vaca athletics win School of the Year

VACAVILLE — The Vacaville High School athletics department won a share of 15 titles during

the 2022-23 school year, thus earning honors as the Monticello Empire League School of the Year. Vacaville scored 178 team points. Points are awarded in a 10-7-5-32-1 order based on where schools finish in the standings of each sport.

The Bulldogs won 13 outright championships in softball, boys track and field, girls track and field, wrestling, boys soccer, girls soccer, baseball, boys golf, boys cross country, girls cross country, football, girls tennis and volleyball. Vacaville shared the boys basketball title with Vanden and the badminton crown with Rodriguez.

Rodriguez was second with 127.5 points. The Mustangs won outright titles in girls golf, boys swimming and diving, girls swimming and diving, and boys tennis.

Vanden had 99 points, winning an outright championship in girls basketball.

Wood was fourth with 65 points, Armijo fifth with 45.4 and Fairfield sixth with 35 points.

Those six teams will make up the MEL during the 2023-24 season before section realignment in 2024-25.

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The hope is that depth will give Ganassi’s team the ability to again control the race and dictate the action, rather than simply compete. But more dominance will not be easy.

“The race itself is gonna be a little tougher than last year, I think,” Ganassi said. “I think there are a few other cars

in there that I think can run with us.”

Among them are the four Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolets – led by Felix Rosenqvist in third – that have each secured top 10 starting spots, as well. Ganassi also has his eye on Team Penske’s Will Power – who won the race in 2018 – and the Andretti Autosport Hondas of Kyle Kirkwood and Romain Grosjean.

Still, the Ganassi cars have done a good job of keeping that competition at bay so far. Palou leads the IndyCar point standings. Ericsson is a healthy third. And Dixon is seventh despite some bad luck with accidents in the first four races.

For his part, Dixon is hopeful he can bounce back from those woes and last year’s heartbreak –his race was doomed by a pit road speeding penalty less than 30 laps from the checkered flag – to

earn his second win in the big race.

“I think the team’s very confident,” said Dixon, who last August passed Mario Andretti for second on IndyCar’s all-time wins list. “I think the speed, if you break it down for us in the Number 9 car, has been very good with the qualifying position. We’ve worked on a lot. The car’s been more competitive.”

The race will unfold at a heady time for motorsports worldwide. Formula One has exploded in popularity amid the success of its companion Netflix series “Drive to Survive,” which has turned drivers into mainstream pop culture figures.

For the first time, that series will stage three races in the United States this year amid intense interest from fans. And there are signs that interest is bleeding over into American open wheel racing, as well.

Forbes reported Wednesday that the big

race at the Brickyard is sold out and will see its largest crowd since the 100th anniversary race in 2016. This after more than 85,000 turned out over two days just to watch qualifying sessions.

It’s for those reasons that both Ganassi and Dixon said they don’t feel threatened by F1’s growth in the States. Rather, they see it as an opportunity to reach new American fans as a more accessible and – frankly – more exciting version of F1, which is prone to single-team dominance and a lack of passing at the top.

Qualifying rained out for Coca-Cola 600

CONCORD, N.C. — William Byron will start on the pole for the state of North Carolina’s biggest race.

NASCAR Cup Series practice and qualifying was canceled on Saturday after rain washed out all on-track activities. That means the starting lineup for the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway was subsequently set by the rule book – and the driver of the No. 24 car finds himself on the pole as a result.

Kevin Harvick will start second. Brad Keselowski will start third, with Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch rounding out the Top 5. This marks the second pole win for Byron, a Charlotte native, at his hometown racetrack.

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Nearly 2,000 children abused by Catholic clergy in Illinois

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Nearly 2,000 children across Illinois were sexually abused by 451 Catholic clerics and religious brothers over the past seven decades, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced in an investigation report released Tuesday. The number of accused abusers is significantly larger than the 103 the Catholic dioceses of Illinois had publicly listed in 2018, when the investigation was first launched.

“These perpetrators may never be held accountable in a court of law, but by naming them here, the intention is to provide a public accountability and a measure of healing to survivors who have long suffered in silence,” Raoul said in a statement released with the report.

The report detailed accusations of lengthy cover-ups and horrific narratives of repeated abuse after investigators reviewed over 100,000 pages of documents and received more than 600 contacts from survivors. Accounts include clergy getting three brothers drunk soon after their father died before having sex with them; reaching into

the pants of boys at a Halloween party, then receiving new assignments in other states; and abusing more than 20 young boys over two decades, including giving a 14-year-old a drink with a strange taste then raping him, before finally being charged.

The Illinois Catholic Dioceses frequently failed to hold offending priests accountable, the report showed, instead reassigning them or downplaying parents’ concerns.

“Is there not some other way to protect children + at the same time not destroy the accused, e.g., leave the accused in place but assign a monitor, spell out his restrictions, inform leadership, etc. (‘house arrest’ is better than public disgrace),” Raymond Goedert, who was serving as one of the archdiocese’s top officials at the time, wrote in a handwritten note reviewed by the attorney general’s office.

The report, the 21st of its kind in the last two decades, is the latest in a renewed effort by civil authorities to conduct comprehensive investigations into the specifics of sex abuse allegations from Catholic clergy. In 2018, then-Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro (D) chron-

icled abuses across the state, inspiring over a dozen attorneys general, including Raoul’s predecessor, Lisa Madigan, to examine similar abuse in their states.

Madigan had accused the Catholic Church of lowballing the scope of sex-abuse allegations in 2018. The 696-page report, available in Spanish and Polish, includes hundreds of pages of examples of alleged abuse while listing the name of every single accused abuser.

“It’s clear from the investigation and now the report that the archdiocese and the five other dioceses have acknowledged the offending priests in ways they wouldn’t have otherwise,” said Terry McKiernan of Bishop Accountability, a Catholic research and advocacy group.

On Friday, the state’s Catholic leaders released a statement saying they “act immediately” when receiving an allegation of sexual abuse.

“We are committed to continuously reviewing our policies and will carefully consider any changes recommended by the Attorney General,” Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, said in a statement Tuesday. “Indeed, the archdio-

cese has already implemented a number of recommendations the Attorney General made during the course of the investigation such as expansion of the parameters of our website list.”

The general counsel of the archdiocese of Chicago, Jim Geoly, told The Washington Post that that meant including deceased priests and priests from different religious orders, which they had not done prior to receiving recommendations to do so from the attorney general during the investigation. The latest significant update to their list of offenders was made in October of last year.

Geoly added that the archdiocese will review the names of the more than 100 clergy the attorney general found to have been linked to allegations of sexual abuse and the archdiocese could add them to its list.

The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, which has its roots in Chicago, said in a statement Tuesday that the findings by the office of the attorney general are likely an undercount.

“And let us be clear, in our view the bishops lied,” the statement read. “There is no questioning the facts of the

report – until 2018 when the investigation began, hierarchs in every Illinois diocese kept known abusers under wraps, declined to include them on their accused lists and refused to acknowledge the truth that survivors of abuse who came forward to make a report shared with them.”

In April, the Maryland attorney general released a report that found that, in Baltimore, over 600 young people suffered sexual abuse and “physical torture” by more than 150 clergy members from the mid-1940s to 2002.

A judge ordered that names of those not known to be deceased and who had not been listed as accused by the archdiocese of Baltimore be redacted, though. That wasn’t the case for the Illinois one, which listed the names of all the accused abusers and the stories of their alleged abuse, along with the date and location of the reported abuse.

Illinois is home to 3.5 million Catholics who made up 27% of the state’s population in 2019, according to the Catholic Conference of Illinois, as well as 2,215 priests, 949 parishes and 260 religious brothers.

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Sophomore catcher

Hayden Kyne hit .434 with 28 runs scored, 33 hits, 21 RBIs, nine doubles and three home runs.

Freshman shortstop

Laila Dean stepped right in the center of the infield.

She hit .379 with 27 runs scored, 39 hits, 20 RBIs, five doubles, a triple and three home runs.

Junior second baseman

Jordan Munn hit .309 with 27 runs scored, 30 hits, 25 RBIs, five doubles and two home runs.

Junior third baseman

Aubrie Gibson had a .303 batting average, scored 20 runs, had 20 hits and drove in 21 runs. She also had two doubles, a triple and a home run.

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The MEL’s Player of the Year, senior center fielder Kaliyah Gibson, batted .508 with 24 runs scored, 33 hits, 15 RBIs, five doubles and a triple.

Senior third baseman

Daniella Ontiveros hit .392 with 18 runs scored, 20 hits, 20 RBIs, seven doubles, one triple and two home runs.

Senior left fielder Aniya Lawson had a .373 batting average with 18 runs scored, 22 hits, 11 RBIs, eight doubles, one triple and a home run.

Junior first baseman

Maalia Cherry matched Freshour with six home runs. She hit .426 with 18 runs scored, 26 hits, 24 RBIs and five doubles.

Junior second baseman

Kiah Silva hit .420 with 22 runs scored, 29 hits, nine RBIs, eight doubles and five triples.

Junior shortstop Mia Zabat played a steady middle infield and hit .329 with 23 runs scored, 24 hits, 15 RBIs, three doubles, five triples and a home run.

Rodriguez

Junior Brooklyn Denina played a solid shortstop and was one of the Lady Mustangs’ top pitchers. She hit .412 with 19 runs scored, 23 hits, 24RBIs, 13 doubles and a home run. Denina was also 4-0 in the circle with a 2.55 ERA and 36 strikeouts.

Senior second baseman has a recorded .651 batting average, scored 17 runs and had 28 hits, nine RBIs, seven doubles and two triples.

Senior pitcher Sofia Vallejos-Coleman, who headed to Bethune-Cookman in Florida, went 5-0 with a 2.28 ERA and 83 strikeouts in 58.1 innings pitched.

Junior first baseman Hailey Permenter hit .571 with 22 runs scored, 28 hits, 17 RBIs, seven

Lance

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care of his mental health

after ESPN’s Adam Schefter previously reported that Lance’s psychological tests for the 49ers were “off the charts” and the 49ers considered him the smartest quarterback in the 2021 NFL draft.

Lance isn’t the first NFL quarterback to see a sports psychologist nor will he be the last. Here are a few other notable QBs who have spoken publicly about utilizing mental health services:

Tom Brady

In 2020, Brady told the Howard Stern Show that a sports psychologist helped him overcome the difficulties of being a backup to Brian Griese at the University of Michigan before the Patriots took him in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL draft.

“It’s a little emotional because it was a very vulnerable time in my life because I was questioning who I was,” Brady told

doubles, two triples and a home run.

Will C. Wood

Third baseman

Danica Walker posted a .366 batting average with 10 runs scored, 15 hits, eight RBI and five doubles.

Freshman shortstop Karly Sampson hit .400 with 13 runs scored, 14 hits and four RBIs.

Fairfield

Senior catcher Nikki O’Reilly had a big season with a .459 batting average, 25 runs scored, 34 hits, 29 RBIs, seven doubles, eight triples and five home runs.

Junior shortstop Kailee Cox hit .447 with 14 runs scored, 34 hits, 21 RBIs and four doubles.

Sophomore first baseman Talia Falekaona batted .470 with 17 runs scored, 31 hits, 18 RBIs, nine doubles and a home run. She also pitched for the Falcons.

Armijo

Sophomore shortstop Charlotte Spears hit .500 with 17 hits, four RBI, two doubles and also pitched. Sophomore third baseman Lucy Heston batted .405 with seven runs scored, 15 hits, eight RBIs, three doubles, a triple and a home run.

Buckingham Sophomore Haley Griffin was a solid two-way player for the Lady Knights. Griffin batted .423 with eight runs scored, 11 hits, 10 RBIs, three doubles and a triple. She was also 5-3 in the circle with a 1.83 ERA and 90 strikeouts.

Freshman Annalyn Steh batted .457 in her first varsity season with 20 runs scored, 16 hits, 11 RBIs, two doubles and a triple.

Vacaville Christian

Senior Emmerson Meggers did it all for the Lady Falcons. She hit .833 (not a typo) with 18 runs scored, 25 hits, 35 RBIs, 11 doubles, four triples and five home runs. Meggers was also 6-1 pitching with a 2.39 ERA and 91 strikeouts.

Dixon

Junior infielder Ashley Garcia hit .488 for the Rams with 25 runs scored, 42 hits, 37 RBIs, three doubles, two triples and two home runs.

Junior middle infielder Audrey Graham batted .478 with 41 run scored, 43 hits, 24 RBIs, eight doubles, a triple and a home run.

Stern. “I had gone from [growing up in] California to Michigan. I was a long way from home in a different environment.”

The sports psychologist “wasn’t going to let me be a victim” and “had an amazing influence on my life,” Brady said.

Aaron Rodgers

In 2021, Rodgers advocated for more open dialogue surrounding sports psychology when he told the New York Times he felt like the NFL was far behind other sports in encouraging the use of mental health services.

“The masculine part of it is difficult, because there’s this idea that we grew up with about what it means to be a man,” Rodgers told the Times. “This idealism that a man doesn’t cry, show weakness, talk about feelings. Until that kind of breaks down in society and we embrace that side of our personality and encourage those conversations, I think the stigma around asking someone for help is going to still be there.”

Local scores

1: Sandy Latchford, Barb Rigdon, Linda Perry, Barb Ray, 35

2: Rene Romiski, Kay Bone, Diane Stephens, Willa Seppard, 35 3: Barb James, Mona Begell, Becky Ramirez,

4: Kitty Lockwood, Marge Tye, Suellen Johnson, Shirley Helmich,

5: Cathy Treece, Berna LaPointe, Trellis Morris, Jodene

Paradise

A’s

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after Billy Beane moved into a senior advisor role to owner John Fisher last November. Asked to evaluate his own performance thus far, Forst said, “We’re 10-43. We have a lot of work to do.”

Some takeaways from Forst’s meeting with reporters Saturday.

No big moves ahead

Forst said he’s not yet considering moving out some veterans to make room for younger players.

Last season, the A’s traded pitchers Frankie Montas and Lou Trivino and catchers Christian Bethancourt and Austin Allen prior to the deadline, and veterans Stephen Piscotty and Jed Lowrie were later released. Players set to become free agents in the offseason include Trevor May, Tony Kemp, Shintaro Fujinami, and Jesús Aguilar, and it seems unlikely that those players would be kept beyond the Aug. 1 trade deadline if there’s any demand for their services.

But it appears nobody is getting moved right away.

“We’re so sort of focused right now on dayto-day, trying to try to

win games,” Forst said. “I have not gotten to the point where we’re thinking about what comes at the deadline.”

More vets needed

The A’s presently have a total payroll of $59.6 million, per Spotrac, the lowest in MLB by roughly $6 million. They did spend money on May (one year, $7 million), Aledmys Díaz (two years, $14.5 million), Jace Peterson (two years, $9.5 million), Fujinami (one year, $3.25 million), and Aguilar (one year, $3 million).

While May has missed time to deal with anxiety issues, the A’s other signings haven’t provided enough bang for Oakland’s buck. Forst wonders if those players have been asked to do too much considering what their roles were earlier in their careers.

“And that’s not their fault. That’s the roster that we put together,” Forst said. “When you have young players, any veteran guy is going to be asked to take on a role that maybe he hasn’t played on another team where you either wasn’t an everyday guy or wasn’t expected to lead things like that.

“These guys … have

track records. I get that we’re two months in, but I still think it’s realistic to expect them to perform better. We need them to.”

Coaching staff safe

Forst praised the way A’s manager Mark Kotsay had tried to find positives through the team’s first 53 games. Asked to evaluate the rest of the coaching staff in a season of strife, Forst said, “Those guys get judged on how much work they put in. How much communication they have with the players and neither Mark nor I can find fault in any of those guys right now.

“As long as I’ve been here, we’ve always said it’s hard to hold those guys accountable for what happens between the lines. They can only do so much. The players have to go out and perform.”

So the staff is safe for the rest of the season?

“Absolutely nothing has been discussed,” Forst said.

Play the kids?

If A’s history is any indication, prospects in the system will get a shot at the big league level at some point. Just not now.

Some of the A’s top prospects at Double-A or Triple-A include center

Tyler Soderstrom, infielders Zack Gelof, Lawrence Butler, Brett Harris, and Darell Hernaiz, and outfielder Denzel Clarke.

The A’s could use an injection of youthful energy and enthusiasm, but not at the expense of that players’ long-term development.

“I think you should expect to see them when they’re ready,” Forst said. “I don’t want to get into a situation where we’re we’re rushing guys’ development because of what’s happening here. The idea is to bring those guys up when they’ve performed to the point where they’re clearly ready to come here and stay.”

Vegas, baby!

Friday, not only did the A’s release artist renderings of their proposed new Las Vegas ballpark, but a funding bill for the stadium was introduced at the Nevada legislature.

While moves made in recent months by Fisher and team president Dave Kaval have made them deeply unpopular among local A’s fans, and attendance at some home games near record lows, Forst said he’s trying to keep those in baseball operations focused on their own jobs.