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Genentech looking to sell Vacaville facility

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VACAVILLE — Roche is looking for a buyer for its Genentech facility in Vacaville and possibly other holdings.

F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, commonly referred to as Roche or by its holding company name, Roche Holding AG, is a Swiss multinational healthcare company and parent company of Genentech.

Academy of 21st Century Learning debuts new location

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VACAVILLE — This is the time of year students cheer when the classroom door closes for the school year.

The students, parents and staff cheered when the doors opened Thursday morning at the new home of The Academy of 21st Century Learning.

For the last seven years, the private Science, Technology, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Art and Math school sought a larger space to accommodate its growing student body teaching kindergarten through eighth grade.

Home has been the Nut Tree Plaza, in about 4,000 square feet of space. “We tried for six years and

we could not make it happen,” said Barbara Dwyer, CEO and founder.

Enter Vacaville Mayor John Carli and Vacaville’s Director of Economic Development Services Don Burrus.

Carli’s first visit to the school an eye-opener, he said. “You walk down the sidewalk, and you are deceived that it’s another store,” he said. “Then, what you see is going to change the world. You are creating a future workforce for Vacaville.”

The Academy of 21st Century Learning has now almost tripled its space, taking over about 11,000 square feet formerly occupied by The Father’s House. It’s now situated in the hub of Vacaville’s biotech business and near Solano Community College Vacaville

where students can earn a bachelor’s degree in biomanufacturing.

Councilman Mike Silva, a Professor of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, who teaches at SCC, also spoke.

“All of you have endless opportunities,” he said, reminding the students failure happens, but to continue the fight. “When is it OK to give up?” he asked. In unison, the students replied “never.”

He cited the 1985 movie “Goonies,” and a quote from the film “Never say die.”

It was a perfect segue for Giselle Refael, who shared her story of not finding her niche in public school. “The Academy loved my love of questions,” Giselle said. The

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Solano’s Philippine, AAPI cultures acknowledged and celebrated

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FAIRFIELD — As one celebration of the county’s diversity comes to a close, another gears up for its 34th annual “Pista Sa Nayon.”

May was Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

The Solano County Board of Supervisors on May 23 adopted a resolution acknowledging the “significant contributions” of the culture in the county and across the United States.

“The Asian American and Pacific Islander community is inherently diverse in Solano County; according to the Census Bureau (2023 release), over 75,000 Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders currently reside in Solano County with Filipinos being the largest at 16.7 percent of the total Asian population,” the resolution states.

The proclamation acknowledges the long history of Asian peoples in California and the

U.S., and their ongoing contributions.

“The Chinese came to the Bay Area in the 1800s during the Gold Rush, working to build the Bay Area transcontinental line and the Alameda Terminal in 1869. In 1871 Chinese agricultural workers in Suisun Valley built “Big Camp,” the first permanent Chinese settlement in Solano County,” the resolution states. It adds, “Asian American and Pacific Islanders

continue to contribute to the agriculture economy in Solano County and are businessowners, educators, healthcare workers, are employed in

tech fields and the cultural arts.”

While Filipinos are part of the Asian American and Pacific Islanders population, the Board of Supervisors also adopted a resolution acknowledging and celebrating June as Philippine Cultural Month.

The Philippine Culture Committee, on Saturday, hosts the annual “Pista Sa Nayon,” marking the 125th anniversary of Philippine independence from Spain.

Jen Mojica, the committee chairwoman, noted the emphasis on keeping the youth of the culture involved.

“I’m really proud that

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“Roche announced (Wednesday) that it plans to divest its legacy Genentech manufacturing facility in Vacaville ... as part of a broader strategy to evolve its manufacturing capabilities in line with future pipeline requirements. The company will initiate a process of finding a suitable buyer for the site and a decision will be announced in due course,” the company stated in its announcement.

“The Vacaville site has a 25-year legacy of producing innovative medicines for millions of patients around the

world,” said Susanne Hundsbaek-Pedersen, global head of Pharma Technical Operations, Roche. “We aim to find a buyer who shares our values and respects the contributions and expertise of our colleagues at the facility. At this time, there is no impact to operations, or to our employees, and we are committed to treating our colleagues in Vacaville with care and compassion throughout this process.”

Roche added in the statement that the Vacaville site is one of the oldest in the Roche network and specializes in large-scale production of biologics medicines.

“Large scale production remains important in the delivery of Roche’s marketed medicines and will be supported out of one of our newer facilities. In addition, our pipeline continues to diversify across a range of modalities, from monoclonal and biospecific antibodies to cell therapies and

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Senators strike deal to move debt agreement

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WASHINGTON —

Senators reached a deal to expedite passage late Thursday of a debt-ceiling agreement forged by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as a June 5 deadline for a destabilizing US default approaches.

The agreement allows senators to offer 11 amendments to the bill, all of which are expected to fail but nonetheless force brief debate and a vote. It also includes a statement from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell committing to an emergency defense spending bill demanded

by GOP hawks.

Several senators, including Republicans Mike Lee of Utah and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, had threatened to use the chamber’s arcane rules to delay a vote past the June 5 deadline unless they were given time to debate their amendments.

The legislation would impose restraints on government spending through the 2024 election and suspend the legal debt limit until January 2025. Investors have largely judged the risk of a U.S. default as resolved and are shifting attention to other uncertainties, such as Federal Reserve policy. The S&P 500 rose

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Vacaville mayor John Carli and students enter the new location for The Academy for 21st Century Learning, Thursday.

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man sells parasols at Pista sa Nayon, a celebration of Philippine Independence Day, at the Vallejo waterfront on June

2018.

A history of Fairfield’s oft-robbed Octo Inn

As far as can be sussed out from available resources, there doesn’t appear to be a record book detailing which local businesses were burglarized the most. That said, there is a strong case to be made for the all-time champ in that regard being the now long-gone Octo Inn.

A cursory search for information about the Fairfield service station/eatery in Newspapers.com results in dozens of articles not about the business itself, ads and such, but ones detailing attempted burglaries.

Around 1937, Fairfielders Onis James Lentz and his wife Ida May opened the Octo Inn near what in 2023 is the corner of West Texas Street and Beck Avenue. They also owned approximately 25 to 30 acres of property around the area.

Longtime Fairfield businessman Art Engell, who graduated from Armijo High School with the class of 1949, remembered the Lentz family and the restaurant.

“Their grandson was a year younger than me. It was called the Octo Inn because it was an eight-sided building. It was a restaurant and a gas station.”

Onis Charles Lentz, named after his grandfather, in 2021 was living in Merced and still active with the Boy Scouts after 80 years. He shared remembrances of his family’s restaurant.

“Why they built it with eight sides I have no idea. It had a gas station outside with those now old-fashioned pumps and inside were booths for seating and at one end was a kitchen and at the other was a bar. It was built of stucco with a dull yellow color and had red trim with a big wooden sign. Their house next door was the same color.”

Hamburgers and homemade pies were their specialties, but

what attracted those with less than honorable intentions was its then relatively isolated location away from the heart of Fairfield and close to the getaway route of U.S. 40 (now Interstate 80).

Eventually, Onis J. Lentz sold the restaurant to Myron Ulshoffer, his wife’s brother, in the 1940s. Ulshoffer installed an alarm system in the restaurant that would alert him in his house of any funny business at his business.

The first reported breakin was in 1938. A confessed burglar was later sentenced to a six-month term in the county jail by Justice of the Peace William Neitzel on a reduced charge of petty theft. That same year another nabbed perpetrator was being processed at the county jail and when left alone for a moment, made a running dive at a plate-glass window to escape. The glass and heavy window screen prevented the attempted escape and the genius was cut badly, plus he received another charge.

In 1943 an ex-convict burglarized a service station in Vallejo and while he made sure to take the cash drawer, he needed gas but got spooked by a passing car and left. He then came to Fairfield and doubled up on his crime spree by breaking into the Octo Inn and taking three cartons of cigarettes, some cookies and two gallon jugs of wine. Before he could fuel up and make his getaway, however, he discovered he was one of the first unwitting tests of the shop’s burglar alarm as he was surprised by shotgun-wielding owner Myron Ulshoffer. The local law enforcement authorities that pop up time and again in microfilm are Deputy Sheriff Jule Pritchard and Solano County Undersher-

iff Stanley Emerson. Emerson, who was with the department from 1946 to 1980, turned 100 in 2019 and in an interview that year still had a razor-sharp memory about all the Octo Inn break-ins.

“It was the perfect spot to commit burglary, but we caught all of them. I even drilled a hole in the wall so if someone tried to hole up in the bathroom, I could shoot some tear gas in there. We put mirrors behind the bar so you could see if someone was crouched back there hiding and that got a few. It got to the point where I would go to San Quentin with a prisoner and they would say ‘Is this another Octo Inn deal?’”

Emerson’s memory is not flawless, but close. Later records showed that they did not catch all of the would-be burglars. One of them got away.

In May 1945, three youths broke in around 6 a.m. and Ulshoffer came running with his shotgun. One of the young thieves took two shots at the owner, but missed and Ulshoffer opened fire. Four days later the thieves made their appearance in Judge Georgia Crowley’s courtroom, one of them on a stretcher after being hit by the shotgun blast in his head and torso. The trio became

another “Octo Inn deal.”

An August 26, 1948 newspaper article announced that after 11 years the Octo Inn would be moved “to a new location that cuts west of the present location.” If that was to cut down on the amount of burglaries, it didn’t work.

Here are just a few of the later crimes documented:

In 1953 a former New York convict kicked in the front door. He said he didn’t intend to burglarize the joint, just to use the telephone to call his wife. He was later convicted of the lesser charge of malicious mischief. Evidently the sheriffs kept a running tally as the newspaper account reported it to be the 19th attempted burglary and the 17th one where the suspects were captured on the premises.

In 1954 two Oakland youths were busted in the 20th attempt and Sheriff’s Deputy Gordon Burrell had to warn one of them three times to drop a Germanmade P-38 automatic pistol before he complied.

In 1955 a 5-foot, 6-inch convicted Octo Inn burglar crawled through a 12-by-6-inch window on the third floor of the county jail, lowered himself to the second floor by a sheet rolled into a rope and dropped 20 feet to the ground and escaped.

In 1957 Fairfield Officer Richard Hicks fired a warning shot at two 17-year-olds as they tried to escape the Octo Inn after smashing open two pinball machines and a juke box and removing the cash boxes.

Ulshoffer and his wife Dorothy tired of the Octo Inn drama and eventually built a motel near what is now the Interstate 80 West exit for Oliver Road. Called the My and Dot Motel, it served travelers on the highway and was far enough away from Fairfield proper that it was also a popular trysting spot – the local “no-tell motel” – before Sleepy Hollow down the road apiece claimed that title later. While memories of the old oft-robbed restaurant have faded away, the name Octo Inn lives on in Fairfield. The land became the Octo Inn Retention Basin used to manage storm water runoff to prevent flooding and downstream erosion. Then after a concerted effort to provide more exercise facilities for Fairfield youth, the city entered into an agreement with the Fairfield Youth Soccer League. The 40 acre site which had been purchased by the city previously had its grand opening on October 4, 1997, as the Octo Inn Soccer Complex. When a player “steals” the ball from an opponent on that field, it should now take on a whole new meaning.

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

Saber-toothed creature migrated 7,000 miles during ‘Great Dying’

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A story that appeared in Wednesday’s Daily Republic should have stated that longtime Fairfield mayor and Army veteran Harry Price died in 2022.

Also in Wednesday’s news section, a story on the Suisun City State of the City should have stated Barbara Pisching sits on the Measure S committee.

A story in Wednesday’s Sports section should have listed Kaliyah Gipson as the Vanden High athlete heading to Jackson State.

As other species disappeared during Earth’s most extreme known extinction event 252 million years ago, one species of sabertoothed apex predator went on an epic journey, recent research suggests. New fossil evidence shows that the animals migrated 7,000 miles to find a new habitat before also going extinct.

Writing in the journal Current Biology, researchers document a pair of fossils from Inostrancevia, a tiger-sized mammal thought to have elephantlike skin, in South Africa. The only previous such fossil find was in Russia, suggesting that the animals migrated across what was then the supercontinent

Pangaea in search of more livable habitat.

They had good reason. The fossils date from the late Permian period, an era of mass extinction so extreme that it is known as the “Great Dying.” During the extinction, 9 out of 10 species is thought to have died.

The event, triggered by climate change and fueled by volcanic eruptions, would have made it difficult for large predators such as Inostrancevia to find food. As a result, researchers write, the species probably migrated to a place where there was “an open niche for a top predator.”

But the gigantic creatures’ reign was probably short-lived. Inostrancevia soon went extinct, too,

in an example of the era’s rapid transitions across ecosystems. The swiftness of Inostrancevia’s rise and fall underscores the extreme flux of animals during the event, the researchers say in a news release. And they warn that Earth’s largest mass extinction has parallels today as the planet undergoes another mass extinction.

“It’s always good to get a better understanding of how mass extinction events affect ecosystems, especially because the Permian is basically a parallel on what we’re going through now,” said Pia Viglietti, a research scientist at the Field Museum in Chicago.

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collage of pictures and newspaper headlines about the oft-robbed Octo Inn.

Get updates on Lopes Road work at new city webpapge

FAIRFIELD — The city of has established a webpage for the Lopes Road Landslide.

The most recent news is from May 11; the Public Works Department met on-site with staff from Solano County, the city of Benicia, Cal OES, and FEMA to conduct a site visit on Lopes Road.

The goal was to assess the damage and preliminary costs to repair damaged roadways and water infrastructure permanently The visit was the initial step in seeking federal grant funding.

The main emphasis is the city of Benicia’s water supply. Crews are installing two more 12-inch water lines to bring the city back to full capacity. The residents and businesses have been under a mandated 20 percent conservation order.

Public Works staff have also started design efforts,

as geotechnical engineering and topographic survey work are underway. Fairfield and Benicia Public Works Departments are coordinating a plan to bring the damaged infrastructure back into

service. At this time, this portion of Lopes Road will remain closed indefinitely. A portion of the busy road was closed in late March, between Gold Hill and Marshview Roads, due to a landslide.

For updates on the Lopes Road situation visit https://www.fair field.ca.gov/government/ city-departments/pu blic-works/water-division/ lopes-road-landslide.

Pursuit ends with arrests; driver, passenger make it home

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FAIRFIELD — About

1:30 p.m. Tuesday, a Fairfield police officer attempted a traffic stop on a pickup truck speeding near North Texas Street and East Tabor Avenue.

The truck was traveling 55 mph in a 35 mph zone, the police reported.

The officer had activated his lights, but reported the driver contin-

ued on and began driving more recklessly — on the wrong side of the road at one point, running through numerous traffic lights and reaching speeds of up to 70 mph. For safety concerns, the officer terminated the pursuit, the department reported.

Any notions the driver and passenger may have had that they’d successfully escaped justice, though, were short lived.

The truck’s license plates had already been provided to dispatch and returned to a Suisun City address. Officers drove to the residence when the truck soon pulled up, the department reported. When the driver and his passenger spotted officers, it was reported that they ran from the vehicle and began jumping fences. Officers quickly established a perimeter and

Vacaville Museum welcomes summer with new programs

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VACAVILLE — The Vacaville Museum is kicking off summer with music, education and food.

Launching into the summer days, the museum will host its first Food Truck Night on June 9, from 4 to 8 p.m.

Visitors are welcome to gather in the courtyard with their own blankets, beverages and chairs, and listen to Live Music Center under the shade of its giant elm trees.

Cousins Maine Lobster will be on the premises, visitors can select from delicious lobster rolls, starting at $23, or enjoy a cup of lobster bisque for $8. If feeling adventurous, dive into lobster tots for $19. If the food truck is not your forte, there is still the music, and stroll through the gallery. Donations are encouraged.

Then, on June 11, the museum welcomes Paul McGuire as the next speaker in the Aviation Series. The series was created to coincide with the current exhibit, Solano Skies: A History of Aviation in Solano County.

took both 18-year-old men, one from Suisun and one a Fairfield resident, into custody without incident, the department reported.

Charges included evading with wanton disregard for safety and evading/wrong way driver – both felonies. The driver was also charged with driving without a license, the report states. The names were not immediately available.

State Senate passes bill to ban ‘junk fees’ by companies

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FAIRFIELD — The state Senate, following the lead of the White House, has passed legislation that would end hidden charges on purchases – also known as junk fees.

Sens. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, and Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, along with Attorney General Rob Bonta introduced Senate Bill 478.

“This bill will put an end to junk fees that boost corporate profits at the expense of those who can least afford it,” Dodd

said in a statement released by his office. “For too long, Californians have been hit with dishonest charges being tacked on to seemingly everything. It is time we put the consumer first and create a level playing field for those businesses that advertise the real price up front.”

The legislation expands on a White House proposal by banning these secretive fees, regardless of industry sector. “ The bill would expressly prohibit the

pervasive and deceptive practice of advertising a certain price and then adding on mandatory charges that are controlled by the business. Companies that fail to comply with the new rules could be subject to steep financial penalties,” the statement said.

President Joe Biden had condemned the practice of junk fees in his State of the Union speech, and has directed a number of federal agencies to address the issue.

“Californians are sick and tired of deceptive pricing and bait-and-switch practices,” Skinner said in the Dodd statement. “The Senate’s passage today of SB 478 lets Californians know that we are committed to ensuring that consumers will know in advance how much they’re being asked to pay and not be surprised by hidden junk fees, whether it’s buying tickets to a concert or sporting event or booking a vacation or hotel.”

Bill to ban certain apps on state devices clears Senate

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FAIRFIELD – Government employees will no longer be able to download or install any “high-risk social media applications such as TikTok on state-owned or -issued equipment, including cell phones” if legislation recently passed by the state Senate becomes law.

Senate Bill 74, authored by Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, mirrors the federal ban in an effort to tighten cybersecurity such as the recent attack on the state Department of Finance. A ransomware group claims to have stolen 76 gigabytes of data, according to technology news sources cited in a statement released by Dodd’s office.

“Clearly, there are bad actors out there, and we can’t afford to let them in,” Dodd said in the statement.

“Prohibiting these apps on state phones and other devices is a commonsense way to prevent exposure

of our sensitive material through tracking and possible data breaches.” FBI Director Christopher Wray, last fall, warned TikTok could be used for espionage by a non-democratic government.

“In response, nearly two dozen states have instituted limits for use of these apps on government-controlled devices. President Joe Biden has since approved a limited TikTok ban on federal devices, and the U.S. House of Representatives banned it on all of its devices. Previously, the U.S. military prohibited its members from using TikTok on government cell phones and computers,” the Dodd statement said. SB 74 seeks to prevent security breaches through the use of high-risk apps. The bill, co-authored by a contingent of a dozen Democratic and Republican senators, was approved in the Senate Tuesday with unanimous, bipartisan support.

“We need to listen

to security (advisers) throughout the world who are warning us that these types of applications are not safe,” Sen. Brian Jones, R-San Diego, said in the Dodd statement. He is one of the co-authors.

“While individual con-

sumers can make their own informed decisions, we cannot let these dangerous applications to be downloaded onto government issued devices, opening government accounts up to potential security threats,” Jones added.

resident, served as an Air Force pilot.

Raised and educated in Milton, Massachusetts, and completing a bachelor’s degree in physics at Holy Cross in 1969, McGuire entered pilot training in Arizona after being drafted. He served as a reconnaissance pilot and aircraft commander in Vietnam, where he completed more than 100 missions and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and two oak leaf clusters. He ended his service with a tour at Travis Air Force Base. He settled in the area with wife, Debby, and started their family. McGuire will recount some of his harrowing experiences, intense missions and a near catastrophic incident during this rare opportunity to hear firsthand the legacy of one of Solano’s own. This program is free to the public, with donations encouraged. Light snacks and beverages will be served. The Vacaville Museum is located at 213 Buck Ave. For information, call 707-447-4513 or go to Instagram@TheVaca villeMuseum or Vacaville museum.org/events.

McGuire, a Vacaville

Senate clears a pair of Dodd-penned bills

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FAIRFIELD — One bill would lift barriers for wheelchair users, another would add consumer protections for people investing in annuities – both passed the state Senate and are moving on to the Assembly. Both also are bills authored by Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa.

Senate Bill 271 “allows power wheelchair users to get their wheelchairs fixed in an efficient and timely manner when things go wrong. And it prevents manufacturers from imposing onerous repair restrictions, ensuring those who rely on wheelchairs are back up and running as soon as possible,” Dodd said in a statement.

Colorado, last year, became the first state to adopt a right-torepair law “that granted wheelchair owners and independent shops access to parts, manufacturer software, specialized tools and other items needed to ensure timely and affordable wheelchair repair.”

Manufacturers could be cited for failing to comply.

Senate Bill 263, in partnership with Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, “would require insurance producers and insurance companies to strengthen suitability standards for the sale of annuities. The bill would ensure California meets federal and national model standards, while providing additional consumer protections. The goal is to prevent the sale of these financial products to people who do not understand them or would not benefit from them,” according to a statement released by Dodd’s office. “Annuities can be important investment tools but too often, there is incentive for abuse or exploitation,” Dodd said in the statement. “Our bill prevents that by providing consumers new rights and enforceable standards that sales people must meet. The proposal is about doing what is right for people who can least afford to be ripped off.”

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Construction equipment is set up along Lopes Road overlooking Interstate 680 in Fairfield, Tuesday, May 16.

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Survey: Renters willing to pay $6,000

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FAIRFIELD – A survey of pet owners in California showed 82% are willing to pay an additional fee to landlords to keep their pets, adding $500 more each month.

The average renter would be prepared to pay as much as $6,053 annually to live with their pet, the survey by AgentAdvice. com revealed. That is an extra $504.41 per month.

“However, the study also revealed that a significant proportion want the best of both worlds – that is – to continue living with their pets, but not having to pay any premium in order to do so,” AgentAdvice. com said in a statement.

The survey of 3,000 renters who own pets also showed that 15% of pet-owning renters do not disclose that they have pets – a number that represents about 829,235 pets in California alone.

The total for the country, the survey showed, is more than 7 million.

“That’s a lot of barking to try and cough over, or scratched table legs to try and cover up,” the group stated.

The highest percentage of renters hiding their pets is in Vermont, about 50%, or 36,791 animals. Only 4% of renters in Indiana do not disclose their 32,400 pets, the survey states.

The research also revealed that two-thirds thought it was fair for landlords to ask tenants to leave the property if they had pets which were not permitted. Being a renter discourages 58% of people from getting a pet.

“Caring for a pet is a responsibility that requires commitment and dedication, yet the current rental market often makes it challenging for pet owners to find suitable and affordable accommodations. Discriminatory pet policies and limited pet-friendly options not only place an undue burden on renters, but also deny them the joy and companionship that pets bring to their lives” Chris Heller, of AgentAdvice.com and chief real estate officer at OJO Labs, said in a statement.

AgentAdvice.com offers four tips for convincing landlords to allow pets:

• Talk to Your Landlord: Getting permission to

have a pet as a renter can be difficult as landlords may include a “No Pets” clause in the lease to maintain control over how many pets are in their properties. However, if you have a good relationship with your landlord and are a responsible tenant, you may be able to persuade them to allow a pet. Providing documentation on your prospective pet’s health history and training plans can strengthen your case. Many landlords will make exceptions for excellent tenants who are positive contributors to the rental community.

n Be Flexible: To convince your landlord to allow a pet in your rental, it’s important to be flexible with your pet choices. Many landlords have restrictions on the type or size of pets allowed due to noise or potential damage. If your landlord approves a pet with certain restrictions, consider being more selective in your choice of pet. However, if you have a good relationship with your landlord, it’s possible they may make exceptions for a responsible and reliable tenant. So don’t be afraid to have a conversation about the possibility of bringing in a larger pet.

n Providing Documentation: If you’re a pet owner looking to move into a new rental property, providing additional documentation can help show your landlord that you’re a responsible pet owner. This may include a letter from your current landlord, vet records, training records, and spay/neuter records. By demonstrating that your pet is well-behaved and non-disruptive, you can alleviate any concerns your landlord may have about potential property damage or disturbance to other renters.

n Offer to Pay More:

To convince your landlord to allow a pet, offering to pay extra in the form of a deposit or monthly charge can show that you are committed to being a responsible pet owner. While some pet-friendly rentals have upfront policies regarding deposits or rent surcharges, it’s possible to convince some landlords who don’t allow pets to make exceptions if you offer to pay extra. However, pet deposits can be expensive, so be sure to have the necessary budget before making the offer.

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VACAVILLE – The city on Thursday hoisted the lesbian, gay, bisexucal, transgender and queer Rainbow Flag in recognition of June as LGBTQ Pride Month.

Mayor John Carli also signed an official proclamation recognizing the celebration.

“It has always been my intention to include our LGBTQ residents and visitors. We are a city open to all, recognizing and affirming each individual and what they bring to our beloved community,” Carli said in a statement.

The mayor said the Pride Center’s contention that he refused to issue a proclamation or to raise the flag was entirely false, noting the city has flown the Pride Flag in the past.

The real issue, Carli said, was in regard to policy. He said the city does not have a flag policy, so he asked the city counsel’s officer tor review the matter.

The central issue was whether the city can limit the use of its flag poles, and

other facilities, for official government purposes only, or whether it opens them to private speech.

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 9-0 decision, handed down an opinion in May 2022.

In a case out of Boston, the court concluded that flag raisings were not government speech because the city had allowed orga-

nizations to fly their flags on one of the three poles in front of City Hall.

The issue was over allowing a Christian flag to be flown. The city believed that might be viewed as an unconstitutional endorsement of a particular religion.

However, Boston, at the time, did not have a flag policy.

The Supreme Court stated that government cannot restrict religious speech, but left open government’s right to create a policy that limits government properties – such as city flag poles – to government speech only. Carli said the Vacaville council may take up the issue in the future.

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Lawmakers in the California Senate advanced a bill Wednesday that would raise the minimum wage for health care workers and support staffers to $25 an hour.

The union-supported bill, introduced by Los Angeles Democratic Sen. Maria Elena Durazo, would require any “covered health care facility” to pay the new minimum wage to all workers on their premises, regardless of employer. In addition to nurses and caregivers, eligible employees include janitors, food service staff, housekeepers and even gift shop employees, so long as they directly or indirectly support patient care.

Senators initially debated the bill for over an hour before coming up three votes short on the first attempt. By evening, they sent the bill to the Assembly with the bare minimum of 21 votes.

“I can’t fix all of the problems in our health care system with one bill,” Durazo said in an interview with The Bee after the initial vote. “That was not the purpose. The purpose was to elevate the role of the workers who provide us these services.”

The bill that passed the senate differed significantly from its original version. An earlier amendment to the bill created a twoyear phase-in for the increase, rather than a sudden jump. Wages would rise to $24 an

hour by June 1, 2024 and reach $25 by June 1, 2025. The amendment also lowered the minimum for salaried workers, who would be paid no less than one-and-a-half times the health care minimum wage instead of two times.

Bill analyses so far have not identified a final estimate of how much costs would increase under the new minimum wage. Analysts acknowledged that raising workers’ income would decrease the number of people relying on state social service programs such as cash aid and Medi-Cal. But the state would also be on the hook for paying higher wages to employees and publicly funded hospitals and facilities.

An analysis commissioned by the coalition that opposes the bill estimates the increase in labor costs would total close to $8 billion each year across the public and private sectors.

During initial debate, Republicans and Democrats voiced uneasiness about how the bill might affect financially distressed hospitals.

“Sometimes our generosity and compassion exceeds our ability to pay and serve,” said Republican Sen. Kelly Seyarto, of Murrieta, after he voted no on the measure. “What has to be done first is you have to address the financial stability of the hospital

health care system.”

Sen. Dave Min, D- Irvine, initially said he was concerned that a blanket wage increase for the entire state might not be the best solution for each county. Although he acknowledged that Durazo had worked hard to make the bill better, Min said he was unsure of how he would vote when he spoke to address the full Senate.

“I worry about this bill in a lot of ways,” he said. “I have deep concerns that this bill may end up causing health care facilities to exit the

state, to go out of business, at a time when we really need them.”

Min eventually voted in favor of the bill.

Supporters of the proposal, backed by the Service Employees International Union California, applauded the Senate’s vote Wednesday.

“I’m glad that the State Senate listened to health care workers like me and heard the truth about how we are exhausted and burned out, how short staffing means we are doing double and

Sandra Hussey

On April 17, Sandra Lyn Hussey p assed 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.

Dorothy Johnson

Dorothy also worked for the Daily Republic as a graphic layout artist assistant for a short time.

Dorothy never obtained a driver’s license or learned how to drive a car; cycling or walking were her primary modes of transportation. Fairfield locals more than likely have seen her walking across the Travis Blvd. overpass with groceries from Raley’s or walking downtown and offer her a ride home. She loved cats and never turned one away that came to her home.

Dorothy was “Nana” to grandchildren Jay, Drew, LaShea, Courtney, Naia, Hayden, Samantha, Dillon and great grandson Jaxson.

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Dorothy Mary Johnson (nee Smith) was born on Saturday, September 23, 1933, to Edward W. Smith and Elsie M. Smith in the small hamlet of Tring, Hertfordshire, England, about 30 miles north of London. Dorothy was approaching her 90th trip around the sun before passing on April 18, 2023, in El Dorado Hills, CA. Dorothy was the only sister to older brothers Edward “Ted” Smith and Robert “Bob” Smith. She met her husband, Herman (Johnny) Johnson Jr. of Pawleys Island, SC at a picnic. He was a member of the United States Air Force and the two were married on June 21, 1958, in England. From this union, 4 children were born; Tracey (Cynthia), Lisa (John), Adam, and Stephen (Monica).

Dorothy’s career was focused on child education. Dorothy had a gift for working with children and flourished in her various teaching positions.

Dorothy was a Teaching Assistant at Fairview Elementary School for over 30 years, in addition to positions at The Child Haven and My School (which is now the Fairfield Montessori School).

Dorothy was well known in the neighborhood and town as “Mom”, “Dot”, “Ms. Johnson”, “Ms. Dorothy”, “Mrs. J.”, or “Moms” and will be missed by a great many people for her kindness, wit, and caring personality.

Dorothy is survived by all of her children, grandchildren and great-grandson; as well as brother-in-law, Harr y, (Gladys); and a host of nieces, nephews, family and friends in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents, brothers, husband, and friends, specifically Dorothy’s closest friend Maureen Collins, who passed away in 1996. Dorothy never stopped mourning Auntie Mo’s passing. Family and friends will gather to spread her ashes into the sea off the coast of Sausalito, CA.

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Gavin Newsom warns

California schools that ban books will answer to the attorney general

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Gov. Gavin Newsom sent a stern message Thursday to school leaders across California — any attempt to ban books from classrooms or libraries may require them to answer to the state attorney general.

In a letter to county and district superintendents and charter school administrators, Newsom, State Superintendent Tony Thurmond and Attorney General Rob Bonta cautioned against instituting any book bans.

California bill would allow Sikhs to ride motorcycles without a helmet

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SACRAMENTO — Sikhs and other people whose faith requires them to wear a turban or patka could soon be allowed to ride motorcycles in California without a helmet as mandated by state law.

The state Senate this week voted to grant a religious exemption for the headwear. The measure, Senate Bill 847 from Sen. Brian

Dahle, a Bieber Republican, cleared the chamber by a 21-8 margin. Eight Democrats voted “no,” while 13 others sided with Republicans.

“Freedom of religion is a core foundation of this country. We, as Americans, have the right to freely express our religion and I believe that right should equally extend to everyone,” Dahle said in a statement after the bill

passed Wednesday.

Dahle added that existing state law doesn’t intentionally discriminate against Sikhs and other peoples of faith, but that “the reality is that those who practice those religions are limited in how they can express their customs.”

His office cites the 2021 American Community Survey, which found an estimated

211,000 Sikhs living in California — nearly half of all Sikhs in the U.S.

“Although other countries and our own military make accommodations for Sikhs’ deep beliefs, out of the U.S. states that require helmets, none has exemptions for Sikhs or any other group based on religious practice,” according to Dahle’s office. SB 847 now moves to the California Assembly.

Should a school still choose to remove certain instructional materials, the trio warns that it could be asked to explain its decision-making process to Bonta’s office.

“As state leaders elected to represent the values of all Californians, we offer our response in one shared voice: Access to books – including books that reflect the diverse experiences and perspectives of Californians, and especially, those that may challenge us to grapple with uncomfortable truths – is a profound freedom we all must protect and cultivate,” the letter read.

The free speech organization Pen America has found instances of book bans rising rapidly across the nation. During the first half of

the 2022-23 school year, there were 1,477 cases of books being removed from schools, up from 1,149 in the previous six months, according to a recent PEN report.

The American Library Association recorded 87 challenged book titles in 2022 in California, and almost all of the top 10 books targeted for removal revolved around LBGTQ issues. The two most challenged were “Gender Queer: A Memoir” by Maia Kobabe and “Beyond Magenta” by Susan Kuklin, according to the Library Association.

Book bans are frequently invoked by Newsom as a prime example of repressive policies in red states such as Texas and Florida, and a stark contrast to California.

The letter distributed to California schools on Thursday highlighted constitutional precedent and case law that officials say restrict the removal of books and mandate that school administrators preserve freedom of speech and academic freedom.

Newsom, Bonta and Thurmond said it was meant to assist school leaders with “fielding requests within your community while you continue to support your students and their educational rights.”

State’s

tenant eviction protection bill advances, but watered down amid landlord opposition

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A bill to shore up evic tion protections for tenants survived Senate only after real estate inter ests forced the removal of several significant provisions.

The measure, from Sen. María Elena Durazo, D- Los Angeles, advanced to the Assembly on a 21-12 vote, the minimum majority required for passage. It moved forward despite fierce opposition from the ment Association, realtors and mortgage bankers.

Durazo authored the measure to strengthen the state’s existing system of renter rights laws, passed in 2019 with Assembly Bill 1482. It established a framework of “just cause” eviction rules governing when and how landlords can legally terminate a lease.

Landlords can evict tenants for “no fault” or “at fault” reasons. For example, tenants would be at fault for their evictions if they are not paying their rent.

The new bill, SB 567, came in response to continued concerns from tenant advocates that landlords take advantage of loopholes in “no fault” eviction rules. This system allows them to evict tenants even if they haven’t broken the terms of their lease.

Landlords can terminate tenants’ leases to move into units, to make substantial repairs or to take units off the rental market.

Advocates say some landlords cite these causes to evict tenants when they’re actually trying to get around the state’s 10% cap on rent increases.

Expanding eviction protections

Durazo’s original bill would have lowered the maximum rent increase to 5% and created more limits around no-fault evictions. Property owners or their family members who moved into units would

have to occupy them within 90 days and live there for at least three years.

To legally evict tenants for renovations, repairs would have needed to be substantial enough that the landlord required 60 days to complete them. The fixes would also have needed to be non-cosmetic and essential to maintaining health and safety.

Those taking properties off the market could not rent them again for at least 10 years.

Landlord and real estate organizations saw the changes as a betrayal of AB 1482, which they say they negotiated in good faith. The groups say they are especially frustrated because SB 567 comes on the heels of COVID-19 eviction moratoriums.

“(AB) 1482 was different,” said Debra Carlton of the California Apartment Association. “Fourteen eighty-two was this long (process), everyone was involved. Everyone was sitting at the table. That’s not what they did. They just said, ‘This is what we want. And this is what we’re going to do.’ So there was no collaborative concept at all.”

Rent cap, some protections stripped

The Senate Judiciary Committee stripped the

rent cap portion of Durazo’s bill in April.

Committee Chair Tom Umberg, D- Santa Ana, allowed SB 567 to advance to the Senate Appropriations Committee. However, approval was contingent on Durazo negotiating with Umberg over a series of amendments related to potential loopholes and enforcement mechanisms. The amendments lowered the occupancy period for owners or family who evict tenants to move into units. They must live in rentals for one continuous year, rather than three years.

Substantial repairs requiring tenants to leave must take 30 days rather than 60 days. The amendments removed the provision allowing evictions for renovations only if they are required for the health and safety of tenants. Renters have a right to return only if the landlord does not make the repairs.

Landlords removing properties from the market no longer have to wait 10 years before renting them again.

A section that would have prevented some nofault evictions for tenants who are older than 60, disabled or terminally ill was removed. Also cut was a provision that applied eviction protections to renters

as soon as they begin their tenancies. Currently, they apply only if renters have lived in their units for at least a year.

The bill did retain some new enforcement mechanisms that enable residents and cities to sue landlords who illegally evict tenants or raise rents.

When asked about the amendments, Umberg was explicit about his distaste for rent control and related measures. He said he did not support AB 1482, but was willing to work with Durazo for a compromise that allowed for better enforcement of existing law..

“This is the most expansive enforcement mechanism for tenants rights in California history,” Umberg said. “For the first time, a tenant actually has a right to cause of action for, in essence, wrongful termination. It is a huge expansion. And that’s why the realtors and the Apartment Association still strongly oppose them. And the fact that it got 21 votes — that was it, it nearly failed. That’s a consequence of there’s still strong opposition.”

Prior to the vote, Durazo said she was still pushing the bill, even with the substantial changes, because advocates continue to support it.

Shanti Singh of Tenants Together said her organization and the others that rallied at the Capitol in April have better understanding of the conditions renters face than Umberg and those who weakened the bill.

“I’m not quite sure how well-informed that decision making was, in terms of what to keep what to take out, et cetera,” Singh said. “I’m glad that there’s still enforcement provisions in this bill. And they are very important and will prohibit a significant number of violations, hopefully. Or at least allow tenants to seek damages for those violations.”

Man arrested for allegedly carrying loaded gun into Tahoe movie theater, transporting rifle

An Oregon man was arrested in Tahoe City after walking into a movie theater with a loaded gun on his hip, the Placer County Sheriff’s Office said.

Deputies responded to the Cobblestone Movie Theater on May 19 after a “concerned citizen” spotted the man and called law enforcement to ask about the state’s open carry laws, the Sheriff’s Office said. The witness reported to deputies that they saw the man “openly displaying the firearm on his hip” while at the theater. It was later revealed that he was inquiring when custom-

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triple work, and how our patients are left waiting to get the care they need,” said Mirell Vong, a patient registration representative at Mercy Hospital of Folsom, in a statement provided by SEIU California. “I’m glad they weren’t fooled by hospital industry lobbyists who claim they don’t have the money to pay us better.”

The measure’s opponents, who include hospital groups and long-term care agencies, expressed dismay and

ers arrive at the theater. Deputies then searched for the man, making a traffic stop when his vehicle was spotted.

“The suspect was detained, revealing a loaded handgun holstered on his hip,” the sheriff’s office said. “A subsequent search of the suspect’s vehicle uncovered two additional loaded handguns within the driver’s door pocket and a rifle accompanied by four loaded high-capacity magazines in the trunk.” Deputies also allegedly found a number of prescription bottles and plastic baggies filled with pills inside the man’s vehicle.

vowed to stop the bill in the Assembly. “We’re disappointed in today’s vote,” said Jeannee Parker Martin, president and CEO of aging advocacy group LeadingAge California, in a statement Wednesday night. “Unless this bill is defeated, providers who care for the state’s most vulnerable will face severe reductions in services and closures — hurting California’s growing older adult population.”

The bill moves to the Assembly and, if passed, will return to the Senate for final approval.

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Members of the Fairfield Sikh Temple participate in the Fourth of July parade in downtown Fairfield, July 4, 2019.

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Della Currie, left, and Juliet Castro, right, raise their fists as they join hundreds of demonstrators at the state Capitol in Sacramento April 24 to support proposals to address the cost of housing in California.

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Need help muting my mouthy mother-in-law

Dear Annie: I have teenagers who are in multiple sports. My mother-in-law is a huge fan of sports and attends most events. She gets extremely excited about the game going on and is incredibly loud – shouting during a majority of the game.

For the most part, her comments are positive, but I can tell the constant shouting of how the players should play the game is very bothersome to those around us, including my husband and me. My husband has asked her to tone it down, and her response was to later go ask the referee if it was OK for her to cheer on the team.

We only have a few years left to attend these events, and honestly, her being there makes me sometimes dread going to these events. Do you have any suggestions on how to proceed with my mother-inlaw? – Frustrated

Dear Frustrated: The fact that your MIL’s comments are mostly positive is a good thing, but the truth is that even one insulting remark has no place at a high school sporting event. The next time she says something obnoxious, I would

politely remind her that this event is for teenagers and its primary purpose is to have fun. How do your kids feel about her noisy cheering? If they are embarrassed by it, then that is another compelling reason to ask her to quiet down; explain to her that her shouting is distracting to the athletes and unfairly takes the attention away from them. Dear Annie: My daughter is 31 and suffers from multiple sclerosis. She was diagnosed when she was 23. She uses a walker and wheelchair. I have been her caregiver. I’m 63 and fear who will look after her when I’m gone. She has a good job and can afford to live on her own. I can also contribute some money to make it easier. Should I encourage her to be independent? She does not do any housework or help with cooking. However, when she is on her own, sometimes she becomes responsible. Do you suggest that she should live alone and not with parents? I do want her to be independent but fear her living alone. She does not have many friends. – Mom Wanting Best for Daughter

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ARIES (March 21-April 19).

You take pride in your ability to accurately assess a situation. To hang back and watch isn’t a passive position at all. It takes a great deal of energy to observe well. You’ll focus up and absorb it all.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

Whatever you’ve achieved, you are still capable of more. There are many ways to be great, the most important of which (like great compassion and great patience) often go unlauded, but you won’t let that deter you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

At first it seems things are getting out of hand, then the realization sets in: they were never in your hands to begin with. Let this come as a relief. The illusion of control can be comforting, but there’s deeper comfort in faith.

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

Statements and questions don’t always come in words. There are actions that are questions, and actions that are answers. Be keen to recognize the difference and you’ll know how to respond to people who are testing you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Good scheduling and pacing are your keys to happiness. When there’s not enough on a calendar, the buildup to an event can turn it into a bigger deal than it should be. When there’s too much on the books, it’s hard to

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Dear Mom: The most important thing here is your daughter’s health and well-being. In general, encouraging her to be more independent – making friends, picking up hobbies, keeping mentally and physically active – is objectively a good thing, but it will take time and require baby steps.

Start with some of the dayto-day things, if she is able, like having her help prepare meals or throw in a few loads of the weekly laundry. On a grander scale, sit down together and have an honest discussion. What does she envision for herself one, three, five years down the road? As you think about retirement and eventually entering that chapter of your life, how do your ideas for the future align? How do they differ? Do her finances make it possible for her to hire help if she lives alone? What local resources could she take advantage of to make living alone easier and safer? I also imagine her doctors would be incredibly helpful in determining the best, most seamless way to go about this transition.

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ber that each facet of you is just one among many, trying to be heard. Acceptance and curiosity facilitate the conversation.

Your cosmic birthday gift is the idea that you don’t always have to have a goal. Sometimes the point is no point. Embrace it and everything becomes fun. More highlights: You’ll step out of your comfort zone and take risks. You’ll jump at the chance to travel, and no idea is too crazy for you to make happen.

Incredible new experiences await. Virgo and Scorpio adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 4, 10, 2, 33 and 14.

relax into each event.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). For whatever reason, you still have to remind yourself from time to time that your feelings are important. You have something to say that will be vital to the way things will unfold for you and everyone around you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

Customization will be the key to your success today. How can you make your life fit you better? As it goes with tailoring, small tweaks can make a big difference. This also applies to the things you do for others.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

Mystified by your own behavior? Welcome to the complexity of your humanity. Just remem-

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). While it is frustrating not to get what you want, anyone who’s been depressed knows that desire itself can be a gift. Appetites signal vitality. Wanting teaches us who we are and what we like. Celebrate your drive.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). The seasoned clown doesn’t always go for the laugh. They are strategic and will sometimes kill the chuckles to build to bigger payoffs later. You will employ similar advanced techniques toward the outcome you have in mind.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). Your fun impacts not only you, but the general vibe and direction of a whole scene. If you knew that kindling joy for yourself would bring sunshine to a hundred other people, what would you do to accomplish it?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Confucius says there is beauty everywhere, but not everyone can see it. That tug you feel is the pull of responsibility as you realize it’s up to you to frame the beauty you see to make it accessible to those who would otherwise overlook it.

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to avoid a second heart loser, which was threatened by either a club ruff by West or via a trump promotion if West had A-10-x in hearts.

THE COMPOSER COULD MISPLAY TOO

One of the best devisers of bridge problems was Hungarian Robert Darvas. However, today’s deal, which he described, occurred at the table. I have a sneaking suspicion that Darvas was the declarer. Against four hearts, West led the club eight. East studied this for some time before covering with the nine. South had three top losers. He had

It was clear that if South played a trump immediately, West would win with the ace and receive the lethal club ruff. Instead, declarer played a spade to dummy’s king, cashed the spade ace, discarding the club king, and led a fourth spade, pitching his last club. Lucky, since West couldn’t unblock, South had cut the defenders’ communication with a Scissors Coup. West returned his second club, ruffed by South. Declarer saw that he still couldn’t afford to lead a trump. West would win with the ace and exit with the diamond ace and another diamond. Trapped in the dummy, declarer couldn’t stop West’s heart 10 from winning the setting trick. Correctly, South led a diamond toward dummy’s king, but carelessly he chose the nine. West grabbed his chance, covering with the 10. After winning with dummy’s king, declarer played a trump to his king. However, West won with the ace and underled his diamond honors. East won with the eight and returned a club, promoting the heart 10. As Darvas said, playing the diamond nine was like kicking over a full bucket of milk after a long and tedious milking.

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Transit systems’ pleas for aid haven’t moved the Capitol

California’s public transit systems say they are facing a “fiscal cliff” as ridership continues to lag behind pre-pandemic levels and federal emergency aid expires.

If the state doesn’t cough up billions of dollars to underwrite bus and rail systems –they want $1 billion a year for at least five years – their managers say they will have no choice but to reduce service and/or raise fares, mostly affecting low-income Californians.

On Tuesday, transit system leaders, their unions and supportive legislators staged an “emergency press conference” near the Capitol to raise the issue’s profile, as legislative leaders and Gov. Gavin Newsom work on a state budget that must be passed by June 15.

“It’s a do or die moment for transit in California,” state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, said.

Transit’s pleas haven’t fared well so far. Newsom’s revised budget this month brushed them off with a vague pledge to work on the problem later.

Transit has some support in Assembly and Senate budget blueprints, but looming over the situation is the same cloud that affects every other budget interest group this year – a massive deficit.

Newsom pegs the gap between income and outgo at $32.5 billion – up $9 billion from his initial budget – while the Legislature’s budget analyst, Gabe Petek, says it’s several billion dollars higher and that deficits will plague the state for several years to come.

The deficit is not the only hurdle. While transit leaders say the money is needed to maintain service while ridership rebuilds, there’s no particular reason to believe that it will return to pre-pandemic levels.

The state’s population is dropping and commuting has declined as many workers continue to do their jobs remotely. Moreover, there are rising complaints that buses and trains have become breeding grounds for criminal activity.

The poster child for the state’s troubled transit systems is Bay Area Rapid Transit, or BART, which has seen one of the largest declines in ridership, puny post-pandemic recovery and sharp criticism for operational shortcomings and rider safety.

Harriet Richardson, BART’s inspector general, resigned in March, saying that the system’s directors, managers and unions had obstructed her efforts to root out waste and corruption.

Richardson’s position has been created in 2018 as part of an effort to persuade voters to approve a transit ballot measure and Newsom appointed Richardson, the former Palo Alto city auditor.

“The board keeps wanting to support what the unions want, and that is an interference in our work,” Richardson told the San Francisco Chronicle. “It undermines our independence and undermines employees’ whistle-blower protection rights, and I just simply can’t agree to it.”

Steve Glazer, a Democratic state senator from Orinda, resigned from a legislative committee studying transit finances, complaining that BART – which serves his East Bay constituents – was refusing to confront its managerial problems.

Daniel Borenstein, a columnist for the Bay Area News Group who has closely monitored BART’s performance for years, says the system doesn’t deserve help.

“Most BART directors won’t even consider trimming the district’s operating budget. It’s childish and fiscally reckless. And it demonstrates exactly why neither state lawmakers nor Bay Area voters should entrust BART with more money,” Borenstein recently opined.

“BART doesn’t deserve a bailout until it brings its spending into alignment with the new reality. There is no sign of the system’s ridership returning to pre-pandemic levels – not in the foreseeable future and most likely not ever.”

It would be fair to say that BART’s sorry state drags down the more persuasive pleas of other systems for state aid – a bad apple, as it were, spoiling the whole barrel. 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.

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Abundance of job openings isn’t scary

In financial markets, old habits die hard. The S&P 500 Index initially retreated Wednesday after a Labor Department report ostensibly showed unwanted strength in the job market. Traders feared the report would goad the Federal Reserve into another interest-rate increase next month, but that’s unlikely to be the case on its own. In fact, labor market durability is starting to become an asset rather than a liability.

The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey showed the number of available jobs in the U.S. rose to 10.1 million in April, pushing the ratio of jobs to unemployed workers back to 1.8 – on the surface an elevated reading on a statistic that Fed Chair Jerome Powell has referenced at many of his recent press conferences. Yet a more holistic view of the labor market hints that it’s on an almost ideal trajectory given the circumstances: cooling but without entering a deep freeze.

Private nonfarm payrolls have been adding about 182,000 workers a month over the past three months, reverting to the pre-pandemic (2017-2019) mean.

The rate at which workers have been quitting their jobs (presumably for better, higher-paying ones) fell to 2.5 per 100 workers for the same period, approaching the pre-pandemic average of 2.2.

And then there were job openings.

Notwithstanding the one-off spike, the three-month average shows they’re clearly trending down. The

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trajectory should matter as much as the level.

As recently as last year, it was easy to understand why policymakers and investors would have received Wednesday’s job openings data with a sense of foreboding, but those were different times. Inflation was still accelerating, and no one could say for sure what role the labor market was playing.

Today, inflation has roughly been contained (though clearly not vanquished), and most evidence suggests that the labor market was never at the heart of the problem anyway. As new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco showed Tuesday, labor-cost growth has had a “small effect” on inflation, both overall and in the nonhousing services category, where labor is a big proportion of company costs. The analysis found that recent increases in the employment cost index explained about 0.1 percentage point of the 3 percentage point increase in core personal consumption expenditures inflation. That should help Powell get over any apparent fixation he may have had with the job openings data. In reality, recent comments suggest he was already well on his way there. At his press conference in May, he acknowledged that while wages and prices tend to move together, “it’s very hard to say what’s causing what.” At this point, the most plausible story is that higher inflation drove demands for higher wages and that wages will cool when prices come under control. Ultimately, only infla-

tion data can push the Fed toward meaningfully tighter or looser monetary policy.

By mid-afternoon, the market had mostly gotten over its knee-jerk reaction. Stocks recovered and Treasury yields fell after Fed Governor Philip Jefferson and Philadelphia Fed President President Patrick Harker - both voters on the Fed’s rate-setting committee - signaled they were inclined to skip an interest-rate increase at the next meeting to see how the economy develops. Based on what they and their peers have said, the policy rate may yet require some fine-tuning but nothing like the shock-and-awe rate increases of 2022.

Knowing what we know now, the key economic risks center on a recession, not an inflationary wage-price spiral. The 500 basis points of Fed rate increases in the past 13 months point to growing risks of destabilizing shocks. At the same time, the resumption of student loan payments later this year and modest spending cuts planned for 2024 under the debt-ceiling deal struck over the weekend in Washington could play some role in undercutting economic growth. If the U.S. is going to defy the skeptics and avoid a downturn, it will be because of shock absorbers like the surprisingly durable labor market. At this stage, that’s something to celebrate rather than a cause for consternation.

Jonathan Levin has worked as a Bloomberg journalist in Latin America and the U.S., covering finance, markets and M&A. Most recently, he has served as the company’s Miami bureau chief. He is a CFA charterholder.

Ukraine dodge is opposite of leadership

The war in Ukraine is the most important foreign policy issue facing the U.S. president today – but aspiring candidate Ron DeSantis can’t articulate a coherent view.

By trying to placate everybody, the Republican governor of Florida is pleasing no one. And his dodging is an insult to the voters he is courting.

Even after officially announcing his presidential run, DeSantis can’t give a straight answer when asked about the Ukraine war. In a May 26 Newsmax interview, he praised former president Donald Trump’s “instinct” of pushing for a settlement, but said he hoped the war would be over before the next presidential inauguration in January 2025. When pressed on what he would do if elected, DeSantis pivoted to China and called on European countries to “do more” for security on their own continent.

Two days earlier, when asked during a Fox News interview what he would do about the Russia-Ukraine war on day one of his presidency, DeSantis said he would first go after “wokeness” in the military. He then reiterated his support for a settlement, without elaborating what it would look like or how he would get there. In DeSantis’s campaign launch event last week on Twitter, Ukraine was not mentioned.

The candidate’s answers all sidestep the crucial question: Does DeSantis support continuing the huge U.S.-led program of military and economic aid or not? Every other GOP presidential candidate is able to answer this question. And every GOP lawmaker will have to weigh in on it this autumn, when Congress will have to vote on billions more in funding.

Anyone who wants to be commander in chief should be able to lay out a basic plan for the war he or she would inherit. Vague comments on achieving settlements and avoiding quagmires amount to pablum.

Many GOP insiders tell me that DeSantis is trying to avoid taking a

side in the growing Republican foreign policy divide between “New Right” national conservatives, who are pushing for broad cuts in Ukraine aid, and traditional Republicans who don’t think their standard-bearer in 2024 should be running against Biden as a dove.

“He’s trying to appeal to the hardcore populists and the regular Republicans, hoping to get enough people from both camps to get through the primary,” one GOP foreign-policy insider told me. “But if the hardcore people want the real thing, they can choose Trump. And if you want the anti-Trump, there are more appealing options.”

DeSantis likely doesn’t care about the criticisms of his Ukraine policy coming from the candidates trailing him – such as Nikki Haley, Mike Pence, Chris Sununu or Asa Hutchinson. But he clearly cares about Trump, and the former president is making Ukraine a top issue in his anti-DeSantis efforts. Trump won’t express support for Ukraine at all, promising to end the war with a settlement “within 24 hours.”

In a statement to Tucker Carlson in March, DeSantis called the Russian invasion of Ukraine a “territorial dispute,” and said extensive U.S. involvement was not in America’s national interest. Then, facing criticism, he changed his tune, affirming that he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin is a war criminal. Trump’s response was to accuse DeSantis of using “neocon rhetoric.”

Trump’s callousness and ignorance on Ukraine is pushing many GOP insiders to give DeSantis a temporary pass on the issue. Many Republicans on Capitol Hill and in donor circles assume that DeSantis will back Ukraine if he makes it to the general election, but he just needs to win the primary first.

But what if that assumption is wrong? No one really knows what drives DeSantis on foreign policy these days. Some point to his hiring

of a Ukraine hawk as his only known campaign foreign policy adviser. But that doesn’t mean that this adviser’s view will win the day inside a populist-dominated campaign.

Some say DeSantis is a “Jacksonian,” meaning that he thinks that U.S. foreign policy should be limited to a narrow calculation of national interest and that he eschews values promotion abroad. But even leading “Jacksonian” thinker Walter Russell Mead has said continued U.S. aid to Ukraine is crucial – which goes further than DeSantis.

“Helping Ukraine is not a charity project to be undertaken out of sentiment. Nor is it a strategic distraction that weakens our hand in the IndoPacific,” Mead wrote this week in the Wall Street Journal. “In his blindness and folly, Vladimir Putin has handed the U.S. a golden opportunity. We should seize it with both hands.”

DeSantis’s foreign policy record as a congressman is not a reliable indicator of his current views. He supported U.S. military aid to Ukraine as early as 2014 (along with the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement). He was against President Barack Obama’s plan to use force in Syria but later criticized Trump for not defending the Kurds there. In any case, DeSantis doesn’t seem to feel obligated to stick to any of his foreign policy positions from those days.

DeSantis is correct when he says that we can’t know what the RussiaUkraine war will look like in 2025. That’s why he should tell American voters how he would handle the crisis if he were president now. If DeSantis is just following the polls, his equivocations make sense. But that’s not a sound way to craft national security policy — and it’s certainly not leadership.

Josh Rogin is a columnist for the Global Opinions section of The Washington Post. He writes about foreign policy and national security. Rogin is also a political analyst for CNN. He is the author of the book “Chaos Under Heaven: Trump, Xi, and the Battle for the 21st Century.”

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Deputy sent them into horrific California murder scene

12 years later, couple settles suit

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Jim and Norma

Gund got the call from the Trinity County Sheriff’s Office on March 13, 2011.

Cpl. Ron Whitman told them he needed a little help, asking them to check on a neighbor in the Northern California hamlet of Kettenpom, court records say.

Authorities had received a 911 from the neighbor, Kristine Constantino, as a storm rolled toward the remote area about 100 miles southwest of sheriff’s headquarters in the county seat of Weaverville, court filings say.

Whitman asked the Gunds to go “check on Kristine,” court filings say.

“There’s a big storm coming,” the Gunds recalled Whitman telling them. “That’s probably what this is all about. It’s probably no big deal.”

The couple drove the quarter-mile to the home, and Norma Gund walked inside while her husband waited in their pickup truck.

Then the horror began.

Norma Gund had stumbled onto a double murder scene, where Constantino and her boyfriend had been tied up, tortured and killed, and she was the assailant’s next target.

The man inside the home, who had a black belt in karate, a knife and a Taser, proceeded to slit Norma Gund’s throat and hit her with the Taser until her husband rushed in and was attacked himself, suffering a cut throat and repeated jolts from the Taser.

The couple managed to escape and the suspect, a 32-year-old Corvallis, Oregon, musician named Tomas Gouverneur, was later killed when his car crashed into a tree as he was fleeing deputies.

Now, more than 12 years later, the Gunds’ legal battles with Trinity County over the incident are finally coming to an end.

Lawsuit settled after 12 years

The county has agreed to pay the couple $7 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit against the county and Whitman. Former Sheriff Bruce Haney had earlier been dismissed as a defendant, attorney Ben Mainzer said Wednesday.

In a phone interview, the Gunds said their lives were forever changed, physically and mentally, and that they don’t understand why the county fought them for 12 years after what happened.

“They never once called us and asked how we were,” said Jim Gund, a 70-year-old former heavy equipment operator for the county. “They never once called and said, ‘Can we get you some hay or groceries?’

“They never offered any assistance whatsoever. It’s disgusting.”

The settlement does not include any admission of wrongdoing by officials, Mainzer said, but added, “A recovery of $7 million doesn’t occur without an acknowledgment of serious wrongdoing implicit.”

Trinity County

Sheriff Tim Saxon did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday.

An attorney for the county’s counsel declined to comment, writing in an email that although “the parties are in the process of carrying out the terms of a settlement,

the case has not yet been dismissed, and therefore remains in active litigation.”

Whitman, who the Gunds say has retired from the Sheriff’s Office, could not be reached Thursday. At the time of the incident, the Sheriff’s Office issued a news release saying that “at no time” was Norma Gund asked to go to her neighbor’s house and that sheriff’s officials would never “send a citizen to perform a deputy’s job.”

But court filings allege that Whitman failed to explain to the Gunds that he knew they were being asked to walk into a potentially dangerous situation.

“He sent them in like lambs to the slaughter, and that’s the upsetting part about all of this,” Mainzer said.

‘Help me,’ 911 caller whispered

Court records say the incident began at 3:28 p.m. on March 13, 2011, when the California Highway Patrol received a 911 call from a woman whispering “help me” over and over.

The caller told the CHP dispatcher that she was near the end of the Kettenpom airstrip, near the Gund and Constantino homes. The CHP alerted a Trinity County dispatcher, telling her that “the 911 caller had been whispering in an attempt to avoid being heard,” court records say.

The Trinity County dispatcher tried reaching the woman who had called 911, but got no answer and told Whitman what had happened, court records say.

Whitman then called the Gunds, asking them to go check on Constantino, court records allege, and told them that “the 911 call was likely a phone malfunction due to the recent inclement weather.”

Whitman did not tell the couple about the woman whispering “help me” or mention that the CHP dispatcher believed the woman was whispering in an effort to not be heard, court records say.

The Gunds “had no safety concerns nor any reluctance to following Defendant Whitman’s request because Defendant Whitman had not advised them that a whispering ‘help me’ distress call had been received from the Constantino residence,” court records say.

“They thought they were going to check on a neighbor, that her wood stove had likely gone out because she was a ‘city girl,’ as Norma put it,” Mainzer said. “There was

and Norma thought her fire had gone out and she was calling for help.”

A scene of horror

When Norma Gund went inside Constantino’s home, she saw the 33-year-old woman’s body laying face down with her hands and ankles bound.

Her boyfriend, 26-year-old Christopher Sky Richardson, was face down on Constantino with his hands cuffed behind his back and a bloody plastic bag over his head, according to a factual background statement of the case provided by Mainzer.

“There was blood all over the cabin,” the statement said. “Both Kristine’s and Christopher’s lower legs were bound with rope. Christopher also had an orange electrical cord wrapped around his neck.

“The cord went from his neck up to a double pulley that had been screwed into a ceiling rafter. It appeared they had been tortured.”

The assailant immediately attacked Norma Gund, hitting her with the Taser repeatedly, beating her and slitting her throat, “dissecting the carotid artery and windpipe,” the statement says.

Gund, a 60-year-old former school bus driver, passed out, then regained consciousness to the sight of her husband fighting with the assailant and yelling at her to run.

Norma Gund fled the home to the nearby Kettenpom store, where she sought help.

“Because of the cut to her throat, she could not speak,” the statement from Mainzer said. “She had to write what had happened as drops of foamy blood fell to the floor of the store.”

Jim Gund was beaten, hit with the Taser repeatedly and had his neck cut before he was able to wrest the knife away and escape to his home to grab a firearm.

He found his wife at the store, “bleeding and at risk of death,” the statement says. Officials believe the attacker’s use of the Taser on her neck cauterized the wound enough to stop her from bleeding to death.

‘When people are dead their eyes are open’

Norma Gund was hospitalized at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento for 11 days after the attack, and had a tube in her throat for four months, she said, adding that she was told she had lost half the blood in her body. She still suffers

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Most of the time, what you pay for electricity or water or gas depends on how much you use. Leave the air conditioner and the lights on all night, and your electricity bill will spike. Take long, relaxing bubble baths every day, and your water bill will climb.

But California is about to challenge that basic logic, in an attempt to curb rising rates and help electrify the state’s approximately 14 million homes. A new state law will require its three investorowned utilities to charge customers fees for electricity based not only on how much electricity they use, but also on how much money they make.

In the past 10 years, Freedman explained, nondiscounted electricity rates at PG&E have increased 84 percent; SDG&E rates have gone up 137 percent.

Those high prices could deter Californians who want to electrify their homes and vehicles to cut carbon emissions.

In general, switching out gas heating for an electric heat pump or a gas-powered car for an electric car saves money and helps the planet. But high electricity prices change the calculus. In some cases, people who electrify their homes might end up paying more.

from the physical and mental aspects of the attack, she said.

“My heart aches,” she said. “It’s a physical pain in my heart, and I think it’s because of the two young people that were tortured all day by this guy.

“When people are dead their eyes are open. They were open the whole time I was in there fighting that guy. My heart aches for them, my heart aches for their parents. It’s horrible, and I really want to have a law enacted that people who suffer violent crime and survive should never have to wait 12 years for justice. There’s just no reason for that at all.

“It’s like being assaulted all over again.”

Mainzer said that during the court fights, which included two lawsuits and appeals to the California Supreme Court and the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, he discovered evidence of other instances in which Trinity sheriff’s officials used civilians to assist in dangerous situations.

One came in 1997, when an armed man named Haskell Hall barricaded himself inside a trailer and sheriff’s officials allegedly asked a neighbor, Carole Laag, to try and talk him into coming out. Hall stabbed Laag to death and was shot by deputies, Mainzer said.

The second came in 2008, when a woman named Deena McGaughey called the sheriff after hearing gunshots and feared for her family’s safety, Mainzer said.

A deputy responded and asked a neighbor “to dress up in camouflage clothing and run across McGaughey’s property in one direction so that he could search the property from another direction,” the statement of facts from Mainzer said. “It was McGaughey’s understanding that the deputy believed by doing this it would throw off the shooter and allow the deputy to better locate the shooter.”

Mainzer said that case came to light because McGaughey contacted his office after hearing about the Gund case.

“When we contacted the county to find out more about this, those records had been purged,” Mainzer said, adding that some of Whitman’s emails had been deleted following the attack on the Gunds and that a report the county produced differed from a copy Whitman had provided during discovery.

“So there’s a growing pattern that was emerging where documents and

Depending on the proposal the state ultimately adopts, Californians making more than $180,000 a year could end up paying an average of $500 more on their annual electricity bills, while the lowest-income residents would save around $300 per year. The proposed changes are sparking backlash.

Supporters argue that the plan will help the state electrify by lowering costs for residents that might not otherwise afford it. Critics, including many California residents, say that it will eat into progress on energy efficiency and that it is unfair to those who are conserving energy.

Ronald Dawson, a retired data manager who lives in Eureka, Calif., said he and his wife have always been careful to save energy: only running the washer during off-peak hours and living without air conditioning. The new fixed charge alone, he said, would be more than his typical monthly electricity bill. “It’s a baitand-switch,” he said.

The debate beginning in California touches on the question that all states will have to face sooner or later: Who should pay for the damage climate change is doing to the electricity grid?

For the past decade or so, California has been stuck in a vicious cycle when it comes to climate change. The Golden State embraced wind and solar far earlier than many other states, with enthusiastic homeowners slapping solar panels on around 1.3 million homes; the state now generates around a quarter of its electricity from renewables.

But even as California has hustled to move away from fossil fuels, the effects of a warming planet are transforming the sunny state - and threatening how nearly 40 million people get their power. California is becoming hotter and drier, raising the risk of wildfires sparked by aging, failing power lines. The state’s three largest investor-owned utilities - Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric - need to upgrade their infrastructure to shore it up against rising temperatures and fire risk.

All that work means California’s electricity prices have gone sky-high. California’s average retail electricity price is around 20 cents per kilowatt-hour, almost double the national average. And some customers see prices much higher than that: Pacific Gas & Electric offers rates that start at $0.31 per kilowatt-hour and climb to as high as $0.50 per kilowatthour depending on the time of day.

“In the last decade, electricity prices in California have skyrocketed,” said Matthew Freedman, a staff attorney for The Utility Reform Network, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization headquartered in San Francisco.

That’s where the new law, which passed last summer as part of a larger energy bill, comes in. First proposed by researchers at the University of California at Berkeley and the nonprofit Next 10, the plan would split utility costs into two buckets: Fixed charges, which everyone has to pay just to be connected to the grid, and variable charges, which depend on how much electricity you use.

Proponents say that the creation of fixed charges would cover things like wildfire preparedness and grid updates - and would also lower electricity costs based on usage. In theory, that would make it easier to convince Californians to electrify.

But, in a twist from how many other utilities do it, the fixed charge would be based on how much money the electricity user makes.

“A flat fixed charge is still pretty regressive,” said Meredith Fowlie, a professor of economics at UC Berkeley who helped write the initial proposal. “If you can mimic an income tax, it’s less regressive.”

The California Public Utilities Commission, which regulates private utilities in the state, hasn’t decided what those income-based rates will look like yet. (The commission has until next July to sort it out.) But the proposals that have been put forward thus far by nonprofits and the utilities themselves have sparked concern among consumers.

For example, the proposal from the three largest utilities in the state starts fixed charges at $15 for the lowest-income residents of the state and raises them to a whopping $128 for customers of San Diego Gas & Electric who earn more than $180,000. In turn, usebased rates would drop by 10 to 20 cents per kilowatthour. Other groups have suggested more moderate fixed charges: The Utility Reform Network and the Natural Resources Defense Council, for example, have suggested fixed charges that vary from $5 to $76.

Fowlie points out that the system will help low- and middle-income households that spend a lot of cash on electricity bills. “It would really reduce impacts on lower-income households,” she said. She also notes that the utilities aren’t getting any more cash from the proposalthey’re just rejigging the rates from entirely usebased to a mix that includes fixed costs.

But many Californians are not convinced. Hundreds of angry comments from residents have flooded into the utilities’ commission’s website. Most worry that the high fixed charges will turn customers away from energy efficiency; others say it will disincentivize installation of rooftop solar.

“This proposal actually discourages conservation,” Dawson, the retired data manager, wrote to the commission. “Those that live without air conditioning and conserve electricity or who use solar energy ... will still be required to pay the monthly fees.”

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Norma Gund of Kettenpom, a rural community in Trinity County, shows tattoos of angels that she has on her wrists in early February, 2018. In 2011, Gund and her husband were stabbed after they received call from the Trinity County sheriff’s office to do a welfare check on a neighbor. Gund survived being stabbed and having her throat slashed by an unstable ex-boyfriend of her neighbor.

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Janelle Monáe announces the Age of Pleasure North American tour dates

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Janelle Monáe is taking “The Age of Pleasure” on the road.

On the poster for the North American tour for Monáe’s fourth studio album, they stand topless in a straw hat with their long braids covering their breasts and a cheeky hand sliding down their black track shorts.

This latest tour comes five years after Monáe toured for 2018’s “Dirty Computer.” The performer has amped up the sensuality for their latest trek to 26 cities in the U.S. and Canada, with dates from Aug. 30 to Oct. 18.

In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, the “Pynk” singer discussed how weathering

the Covid-19 pandemic allowed her to better appreciate community, a theme that inspired “The Age of Pleasure,” which is due June 9 (6/9, if you’re nasty).

“[I]t’s beautiful that I have a title called ‘The Age of Pleasure’ because it actually re-centers me. It’s not about an album anymore. I’ve changed my whole f– lifestyle,” Monáe told Rolling Stone. Fans have recently taken note of Monáe’s scantily clad looks as a departure from their previous, more buttoned-up style. But Monáe said –bluntly – that they found it liberating.

“I’m much happier when my titties are out and I can run around free,” she said.

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Zits Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

Pearls Before Swine Stephan Pastis

Candorville Darrin Bell

Baby Blues Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott

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How dry is NorCal ahead of summer?

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SACRAMENTO —

Meteorologists forecast that June will bring abovenormal temperatures to California, which could worsen the state’s remaining drought.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, there’s a 33% to 50% chance weather in California will be hotter than usual for this time of the year. NOAA outlooks show “equal” chances of above-normal, near-normal or belownormal rainfall for June. Meaning, according to the National Weather Service, there’s no clear indication of how much rain the state could receive.

One thing is for certain: Parts of California will

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we have the youth (from) Filipino groups from (the high schools of) Vallejo, Bethel, even students from Benicia and St. Pats, and they come every week,” Mojica said.

However, “it’s more than than festival planning for us ... for our celebration it is really

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Thursday, while Treasury yields were down.

The House passed the deal on a 314-117 bipartisan vote late Wednesday night.

The vote cemented Biden’s reputation for pragmatism and working across party lines as he seeks a second term and allows House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to claim success in his first major test as speaker.

The agreement won the backing of two-thirds of House Republicans, an important show of confidence for McCarthy, whose narrow GOP majority leaves him vulnerable to challenges from discontented members. But the bill ultimately received more votes from the Democratic minority than the

GOP majority, a fact conservative critics will use to argue the speaker made a bad deal.

The outcome marked a rare moment of bipartisan accord in a bitterly divided Washington.

Biden called the House vote “good news for the American people and the American economy.”

The debt bill would remove the threat of another default crisis for the remainder of Biden’s current term, suspending the debt ceiling until Jan. 1, 2025. In exchange, Democrats agreed to cap federal spending into 2025, likely forcing some retrenchment in government services given the current 5% annual inflation rate.

During the House debate, both parties took a victory lap. McCarthy called the legislation “a step toward smaller government.”

middle school student has launched Giselle’s Hope, that focuses on clean water for Africa. She’s raising money to build a well there.

“(The Academy) has taught me I can be different; I can create my goals and complete them. And, to never give up,” she said.

A few boxes were moved from the entry area and guests toured the space. Within moments, a young man was approaching Carli about purchasing eggs from the chickens he raises as part of the entrepreneurship program the school offers. He quickly sold the mayor two dozen for a total of $12.

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personalized cancer vaccines. This requires production of increasingly individualized medicines for defined patient populations rather than large scale production of biologics,” the statement said.

A virtual meeting was held Wednesday afternoon with elected officials from all levels of government, or their representatives, to explain where the situation stands. One source indicated that the firm hopes to sell

scorch this summer.

According to previous Sacramento Bee reporting, Northern California could see more intense heat waves this summer.

“Heat can exacerbate drought, and hot, dry conditions can, in turn, create wildfire conditions,” the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions wrote on its website. The heightened risk of fires this season is in lower-elevation grasslands, as moisture from winter storms is drying up faster than in the mountains, which saw record snow this year. More vegetation in these areas can be fuel for flames.

In Sacramento, according to the National Weather Service, temperatures will reach a high of 92 degrees on Saturday

important that all our generations are together. We want our aunties and our uncles to feel good; that everything is OK and these longtime traditions will continue,” she said.

The festival will be at Mare Island Brewing Co.’s Coal Shed Brewery, 850 Nimitz Ave., running from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. A downtown car show also is planned.

At the festival will be an example of the Philippine

and 93 degrees on Sunday. The weather is predicted to settle into the mid-tolow 80s early next week.

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, California is roughly 95% drought-free after a winter of record-breaking rain and snow. The state is free of “severe,” “extreme,” and “exceptional” drought conditions for more than seven weeks in a row.

The entire Central Valley, Central Sierra, Foothills, Northern California, the coast and most of Southern California have exited drought conditions.

As of Thursday, portions of three out of 58 counties, or roughly 4.6% of the state, are in “moderate” drought. In May, eight counties or nearly 8% remained

jeepney, a minibus-like utility vehicle, which serves as public transportation in the Philippines.

Ferry rides from the Vallejo waterfront to the coal sheds are free.

“As part of a monthlong cultural activities, the annual ‘Pista Sa Nayon’ event draws a large crowd to celebrate and experience Philippine culture ... and traditions,” the staff report to the board states.

The festivities include

in drought.

The majority of the desert region is droughtfree except for “moderate” conditions in parts of Inyo, Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

Nearly 704,800 people remain in drought areas, according to a Thursday update from the U.S. Drought Monitor — an improvement over nearly 736,000 in May and 5 million in March.

Meaning, whether the drought is over depends on where you are and the status of your water agency’s supply.

Roughly 29% of the state remains abnormally dry for the second week in a row.

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a parade, cultural exhibits, a Filipino Martial Arts tournament, food and entertainment.

Mojica said it includes two performance stages, one being a “next generation stage.”

“That’s our youth stage. We got them dancing and performing ... singing, just about everything,” she said.

Filipino-Americans make up about 21.2% Vallejo’s population.

about 85 students. The new space allows for an enrollment of an additional 10. There is already

by the end of the year, and Reuters reported if it cannot sell, it will close the facility by 2029.

Vacaville Mayor John Carli said the urgency is not as pressing as some other reports have made it seem, and that it could take years for the full divestment to be completed. He said the business decision by Roche is not specific to Vacaville. Carli is also confident a buyer can be found quickly.

“The location is incredibly valuable,” the mayor said. “It has been for Genentech and would be for any industry that would look at the site.”

a waiting list. The Vaca Valley Parkway campus official opens June 19 with

“In its day, it was novel in what it was doing ... but the industry has modernized,” Carli said.

Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, who was represented at the meeting, released a statement Thursday in response to the Daily Republic inquiry.

“I’m disappointed the company is planning to leave Vacaville, but I’m hopeful a new owner will buy the plant and continue to be a good employer,” Dodd said.

It is believed there are as many as 1,500 employees and contractors who work at the bio-manufacturing plant. Reuters listed the employee

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total at 800.

One estimate puts the value of the facility at better than $700 million.

Other offices known to participate in the meetings are those of Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, who represents the Vacaville area, and Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, who formerly represented the area. Assemblywoman Lori Wilson, D-Suisun City, also was believed to be represented. Solano County did not participate. Supervisor John Vasquez, who represents much of Vacaville, had a schedule conflict, a district aide said.

Robinson Kuntz/Daily Republic Academy for 21st Century Learning students attend a opening ceremony for the school’s new location in Vacaville, Thursday.

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Lake Oroville, seen at the beginning of February, is one of California’s largest reservoirs.

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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., walks to his office at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday in Washington, D.C.

Former Los Angeles Dodger Steve Garvey weighs US Senate bid

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Former Los Angeles Dodgers icon Steve Garvey is considering running for the open U.S. Senate seat in California as a Republican, a move that would immediately upend the 2024 race, according to several GOP state party insiders and operatives who requested anonymity to discuss the former All-Star’s plans.

The 74-year-old has never held elected office but has been meeting with GOP donors and leaders around the state as he weighs a bid and is expected to make a decision within the next month or so.

Republican strategist Andy Gharakhani, who is advising Garvey, confirmed that the Palm Desert resident is weighing a campaign.

“He is being contacted by leaders up and down the state. They’re recruiting him to run from both sides, Republican and Democrat, and he’s seriously considering it,” said Gharakhani, executive director of the Los Angeles chapter of New Majority, an influential business-minded donor group. “We should have a decision made here in the next few weeks.”

Garvey did not respond to requests for comment.

If Garvey runs, he will focus on quality-oflife issues such as the cost of living and public safety in California, Gharakhani said. California has a rare open Senate seat because long-time Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 89, who is facing significant health issues, has announced that she will not seek another term in 2024. Twenty candidates had filed to run for her seat by the end of March, according to the Federal Election Commission.

The three most prominent Democrats, who have each raised at least seven figures, are Reps. Adam B. Schiff of Burbank, Katie Porter of Irvine and Barbara Lee of Oakland. Los Angeles attorney Eric Early, who ran unsuccessfully for California attorney general in 2022 and 2018, is the most prominent Republican who is officially running.

Given Democrats’ overwhelming voter-registration advantage in the state, any Republican running to succeed Feinstein faces an extremely tough challenge. No GOP candidate has won statewide office in California since 2006.

Garvey has reportedly told potential supporters that he is aware of his odds, but feels it is important for the party to have a prominent name at the top of the ballot, according to

Bay Area tech layoffs top grim milestone after jobs cuts by Meta, Nuro, others

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The latest disclosures of local layoffs by Facebook owner Meta Platforms, along with recently revealed cutbacks by other companies, have shoved the number of tech job cuts in the Bay Area far beyond a grim milestone.

network behemoth are far from the only recent revelations of layoffs by tech companies in the Bay Area.

Besides Meta Platforms, here are the details of other recent layoffs involving tech jobs in the Bay Area:

multiple people who have spoken with him. Because of the state’s “jungle primary” system, Garvey’s entry into the race would be notable.

The two candidates who receive the most votes in the March primary will advance to the general election in November 2024, regardless of party.

Normally, having multiple Republicans on the ballot would dilute the party’s chances of making the general-election ballot.

But this calculus could be upended because of Garvey’s celebrity and name recognition in two of the state’s largest cities. The first baseman played for the Dodgers from 1969 to 1982 and for the San Diego Padres from 1983 to 1987.

In addition to a 1981 World Series victory, Garvey was a 10-time National League All-Star and won four Gold Glove awards.

“Garvey was a sports legend a generation ago, but that’s who makes up the electorate,” said GOP strategist Rob Stutzman, a former advisor to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who describes Garvey as “my childhood hero” but has no involvement in his effort. “And he was huge in two markets. He was a hero in Los Angeles as well as in San Diego for the Padres. He did a ton of advertising over the years. He’s a very well-known former athlete in California, and, assuming a strong and competent candidacy, I think he would absolutely have the opportunity to consolidate the Republican vote in the primary.”

A Garvey candidacy would excite long-suffering California Republicans, even though his odds of success would be low, Stutzman added.

“It’s very tough for any Republican to win statewide, and that’s probably more true in a U.S. Senate race,” Stutzman said. “However, he could possibly be a wild-card candidate that could really

change the dynamic in a way we haven’t seen happen in well over a decade. It’s hard to predict victory, but it could certainly be a real boost for the party.”

Early, who lost to Schiff in a 2020 congressional contest, said he was not concerned.

“All I know about Steve Garvey is he was a ballplayer 40 years ago and he has more baggage than the Pacific Surf Liner,” Early said.

Among the controversies in Garvey’s past are fathering two children with different women shortly before he married a third.

Early also pointed to Garvey’s strength in a recent poll by UC Berkley co-sponsored by the Los Angeles Times. Among voters likely to take part in the primary, Early has support from 18%, nearly all Republicans. Porter is close behind with 17%, followed by Schiff with 14% and Lee at 9%.

“Our campaign is solely focused on beating the three extremists I’m running against,” he said, adding, “regardless of who gets in the race, we’re going to beat him and get in the top two.”

Garvey’s age could also be an issue — it’s unclear whether voters concerned about an octogenarian senator’s capabilities would want to replace her with a septuagenarian.

Garvey has flirted with running for office for decades. In 1981, he told Playboy magazine that he had been approached about running for the Senate because he could “make this society a better place to live in for all of us” and that he may one day consider running for the White House.

Seven years later, Garvey attended the Republican National Convention in New Orleans as he raised money for future President George H.W. Bush, and spoke about his

political ambitions.

“Precedents have been set,” he told the San Diego Union-Tribune, adding that he might ponder a statewide run in 1990 or 1992. “We’ve had an actor in the White House. Why not a first baseman?”

Garvey has spent much of recent years unsuccessfully trying to win a spot in the baseball Hall of Fame, commenting on the sport and promoting the game in Ireland. But he has recently shown a renewed interest in politics, including meeting with California political donors and leaders.

In mid-May, Garvey attended a California GOP donor appreciation event for supporters who had contributed at least $45,500 at the Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort and Spa in Rancho Mirage.

His potential candidacy was “openly discussed at the event,” said a prominent Republican who attended the event, which was hosted by the state’s GOP legislative leaders as well as the leader of the state party. “He attended the receptions, played golf, interacted with the attendees. He was very engaging.”

On Tuesday, Garvey headlined a fundraiser for Rep. Michelle Steel at the Pacific Club in Newport Beach where he autographed baseballs.

Garvey is also scheduled to headline the Orange County Republican Party’s signature Flag Day salute on June 14.

Jon Fleischman, a longtime conservative Republican activist and Dodgers fan, relished the idea of San Francisco Giants fans supporting the former first baseman.

“You know Republicans in the Bay Area are desperate if they are willing to vote for a former Golden Glove Dodger to serve in the U.S. Senate,” he chuckled.

Tech companies have revealed plans to eliminate nearly 25,000 jobs during 2022 and so far in 2023, according to this news organization’s analysis of numerous WARN notices that employers have filed with the state Employment Development Department.

Me ta Platforms, whose apps include Facebook and Instagram, has reported to state labor officials that it has decided to chop 1,125 jobs in the Bay Area.

These are the details of the most recent layoffs by Meta Platforms and the number of employees affected by the staffing reductions in each city.

n Menlo Park, 528 job cuts

n San Francisco, 311 layoffs

n Sunnyvale, 169 staff reductions

n Fremont, 117 job cuts

The layoffs by Meta Platforms are slated to take effect on or around July 28 of this year, the WARN notices show.

These layoffs appear to be part of a second round of worldwide staffing reductions that Meta Platforms had foreshadowed in a blog post earlier this year by the company’s co-founder and top boss Mark Zuckerburg.

The two major layoff announcements by Meta Platforms have resulted in three publicly disclosed rounds of employment reductions in the Bay Area. All three rounds of layoffs were slated to occur this year. Some have taken place while others are scheduled to transpire.

Meta Platforms has now sketched out decisions to eliminate well over 5,000 jobs in the Bay Area in the wake of the three waves of WARN filings with the EDD, a review of the reports shows.

Still, the staffing reductions by the social

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n Enrollease, a software company and unit of Employee Navigator, 25 staffing reductions in San Francisco

n Johnson Matthey Medical Device Components, 65 layoffs in San Jose

n Nuro, a software and robotics company, 252 job cuts in Mountain View

n Lyft, a provider of ride-hailing services, 383 staff cutbacks in San Francisco

n Dropbox, a file hosting service, 182 layoffs in San Francisco

During the first five months of 2023, tech companies have revealed decisions to chop slightly more than 14,500 jobs in the Bay Area. That’s far above the 10,400 jobs that tech companies eliminated in the Bay Area during all of 2022.

Here are the 10 tech companies that have laid off the greatest number of workers in the Bay Area during all of 2022 and so far in 2023, according to a review of the WARN notices filed during the two years.

n Meta Platforms, 5,195 layoffs

n Google, 1,608 job cuts

n Salesforce, 1,151 staffing cutbacks

n Twitter, 900 layoffs

n Cisco Systems, 673 job cuts

n Grocery Delivery E-Services USA (HelloFresh), 611 staffing cutbacks

n Lyft, 610 layoffs

n Intel, 547 job cuts

n Amazon, 524 staffing cutbacks

n Nuro, 521 layoffs

The relentless number of decisions by tech companies to lay off their workers in the Bay Area is having a dismal effect on the job market in the region.

During the first four months of 2023, tech companies have cut a net total of 16,500 jobs in the Bay Area. Tech companies eliminated positions on a net basis in each of those four months.

they are also less likely to own their homes and be able to make efficiency improvements.

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records we thought should exist didn’t seem to exist, or were apparently deleted,” Mainzer said, adding that the Sheriff’s Office has not changed policies following the incidents.

Did divine intervention save them?

The Gunds, who have lived in Trinity County since 1981 and now run a horse-riding school with five horses, believe they survived the ordeal because of divine intervention. Norma Gund had angels tattooed on her wrists because she believes two angels helped her escape her attacker. They say the community they knew before the incident — one where residents never locked their doors and left their keys in their vehicles — has changed, with residents

much more concerned about security.

“It was like Andy and Mayberry,” Jim Gund said. “People would stop in the middle of the road, shut their rigs off and gab for 20 minutes.”

But the couple says they aren’t leaving the area,

where residents still help each other out.

One neighbor paid a truck repair bill for $1,100 for them, they said, and when they returned from the hospital in Sacramento they found neighbors had plowed the snow from around

their home.

“That’s the main reason I wouldn’t want to leave here,” Jim Gund said. “Where would I go? I would live amongst strangers.

“I’m not going to let an evilly possessed freak drive me out. That’s exactly what Satan would want.”

Curtis Benz from Vista, Calif., wrote: “I am scheduled to have solar installed on my home next month but after finding out about this proposal I will be canceling the install. It is unfortunate that people who are spending tens of thousands of dollars to provide energy to the grid are not being rewarded.” (Rooftop solar has been another source of controversy in California; the utilities recently changed the amount they reimburse homeowners for the solar they deliver to the grid.) The question is whether lower prices for using electricity will spur more electrification.

Higher-income Californians are more likely to spend money on electric cars, heat pumps and energy efficiency improvements. But if the majority of those residents’ bills are taken up by a large fixed charge, the relative benefit of those changes is much smaller. Lower-income Californians, by contrast, will have a higher proportion of their bills from the power they use - but

Lazar, the utility rate expert, also has serious doubts about whether the law can be enforced.

“It’s extremely difficult to get income information, and extremely easy to game,” he said. He points to shared housing situations, where multiple young people, all in different income brackets, might be living together - or to older, retired Californians who have zero income but high levels of wealth. “What if you just let your nine-year-old be the utility customer?” he said. “They don’t have any income.”

Rich customers could also simply exit the grid. With rooftop solar and a battery, some wealthy Californians could separate themselves from grid costs entirely. Some households are disconnecting in Hawaii, where electricity rates are even higher than in California. And if high-income residents leave the grid, they will leave behind lowincome consumers who will continue to struggle to pay higher and higher electricity rates.

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Steve Garvey attends the 2022 Harold and Carole Pump Foundation Gala at The Beverly Hilton on Aug. 19, 2022, in Beverly Hills.

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Norma and Jim Gund left their home in Kettenpom to check on a neighbor after a call from the Trinity County Sheriff’s Office. They were attacked by a man with a large hunting knife.

Nuggets beat the Heat in Game 1 of Finals

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DENVER — The Miami Heat now will have to flip the script.

Having won the opening game of their first three series during this underdog run to the NBA Finals, the Heat for the first time this postseason will have to play from behind.

Three days after an emotional Game 7 road victory to push past the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals,

the Heat had the look of a team short on energy, height and shooting, falling

104-93 Thursday night to the Denver Nuggets at Ball Arena.

With their fourth loss in their last five games, the Heat were unable to rekindle the East finals magic of Jimmy Butler, Caleb Martin and their 3-point shooters. Butler this time closed with 13 points, seven rebounds and seven assists and Martin with three points on 1-of-7 shooting.

While Heat center Bam Adebayo closed with 26 points and 13 rebounds, the ultimate man in the middle was Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, who was up to a 10-point, 10-assist double-double by halftime, on the way to 27 points, 14 assists and 10 rebounds.

The Nuggets also got 26 points from Jamal Murray, 16 from Aaron Gordon and 14 points and 12 rebounds from Michael Porter Jr.

The Heat closed at .406 from the field and

13 of 39 on 3-pointers.

Game 2 of the best-ofseven series is Sunday at 5 p.m., PDT, before shifting to South Florida, for Games 3 and 4 at Kaseya Center, on Wednesday and Friday night.

Poor early shooting and an early inability to stop Gordon had the Heat down 29-20 at the end of the first period. Gordon scored 12 in the quarter, with the Heat 9 of 26 from the field in the period.

The power pattern continued through the second

Fairfield Expos already off to solid start to their busy summer season

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FAIRFIELD — Brad Hanson knows that there’s nothing better than good chemistry in the dugout and it already appears to be paying off for the 2023 Fairfield Expos.

The Expos are off to a 15-3 start to the summer in a season that will cover up to 90 games. It’s a deep squad with an an abundance of pitching that should serve the squad well.

“They are extremely good kids,” Hanson said. “Not that the others haven’t been. This group is just a real pleasure to be with. They are very

respectful and they all click together.”

The 22-man roster includes Blake Bozzini (Vacaville High School graduate), Drew Carrington (Vacaville senior), Trevor Morse (Vanden senior), Connor Broschard (Rodriguez senior), Ryan Kariolich (Vacaville graduate), Calvin Johnson (New Tech, Napa, graduate), Cy Dempsay (Vacaville senior), Eli Blurton (Vacaville senior), DJ Andersen (Vanden senior), Landon Dodge (Vacaville junior) Aaron Strong (Rodriguez senior), Jace Parkinson (Rodriguez senior), Teagan Gonzalez (Vacaville Christian junior),

Grant Genter (Rodriguez junior), Isaiah Pazmino (Winters senior), Carter Preston (Rodriguez junior), Matthew Hague (De La Salle), Bryce Alcantara (Vanden junior), Noah Rodda (Vacaville junior), A.J. Perrin (Rodriguez sophomore), Brandon Morgan (Vanden sophomore) and Jackson Kolakoski (Rodriguez sophomore).

“I think we have more pitching then we’ve ever had,” Hanson said. “That’s good because last year we literally ran out of pitching in the state tournament. Position-wide, I think we could throw 20 different lineups out there and still win.”

period, which ended with Denver up 59-42.

Denver then went into the fourth quarter up 84-63, at .599 from the field at that point, including 8 of 19 on 3-pointers.

An 11-0 run to start the fourth drew the Heat within 84-74, after they had trailed by 24 earlier.

A Haywood Highsmith 3-pointer later got the Heat within nine, but by then it was too little, too late.

The Heat stood 4 of 17 on 3-pointers and halftime and never could

regain the type of footing. And it just wasn’t just the longest of outside shots that were off. Midway through the third period, Max Strus was 0 for 9 from the field, including 0 for 8 on 3-pointers, with Martin 0 for 6 from the field. Strus closed 0 for 10 from the field, 0 for 9 on 3-pointers. Guard Gabe Vincent was the lone Heat player with more than one 3-pointer through three, finishing 5 of 10.

A’s believe that Las Vegas move is worth the gamble

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John Fisher has been thinking a lot about tourists lately.

Las Vegas runs on tourists. Fisher, the owner of the presumptive Las Vegas Athletics, would like to cater to them. He has pondered whether his A’s should start home games at 4 p.m., the better for tourists to catch a game in the afternoon and a show at night.

The legislation proposed to lure Fisher’s team from Oakland to Las Vegas runs 44 pages. The bill does not mention the A’s. The title of the bill: “The Southern Nevada Tourism Innovation Act.”

duced on the Friday night of Memorial Day weekend, with public comment reserved for a hearing on Memorial Day. Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo could sign the bill into law within a week or in a special legislative session soon after.

The governor’s chief of staff, Ben Kieckhefer, kicked off Monday’s hearing by declaring in no uncertain terms: “The state general fund will make money on this deal.”

The big event this year is the American Legion Western Regionals, August 2-6, hosted by the Expos at Laurel Creek Park. The Expos applied and receive approval to hold the 2023, 2024 and 2025 tournaments.

The regionals will feature the Expos along with state champions from Hawaii, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, California and Nevada. The tournament winner advances to the American Legion World Series in Shelby, North Carolina.

The Expos will also take their annual excursion through the Northwest,

Giants have balanced some MLB competence with solid farm rebuild

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SAN FRANCISCO —

It has taken a while for the first wave of hotshot prospects drafted and developed in the Farhan Zaidi era to arrive at the big league level for the San Francisco Giants.

But the kids are getting here now, as Casey Schmitt, Patrick Bailey and Ryan Walker are already giving the Giants a needed jolt of youth, energy and winning baseball.

More prospects seem to be on the way. Lefthanded starter Kyle Harrison could come up at any point now. So

could outfielder Luis Matos, maybe as soon as Friday for the Baltimore series. Shortstop Marco Luciano, outfielder Vaun

Brown and right-handed pitcher Mason Black are headlining at Double-A Richmond. Left-hander Carson Whisenhunt may

fly through the minors.

This is what Zaidi has been building towards since taking over as the Giants’ president of baseball operations in the fall of 2018.

“It’s exciting to have a number of players who are kind of at the doorstep when it hasn’t really felt like that the last few years,” Zaidi told The Athletic last month. “We’ve had guys that were further away and maybe a guy here and a guy there, but now it seems like you’ve got a group of players that are going to make their debuts this year who have a chance to be here for a

The public-private partnership proposed between the A’s and Nevada, in which the team would get hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies toward a new stadium, does not involve much in the way of public input.

The bill was intro-

Those are the kinds of comments that make economists roll their eyes, because academic studies repeatedly have shown that states and cities rarely make money on stadium deals. Jeremy Aguero, a Las Vegas-based consultant working with the A’s, bluntly addressed that issue in pitching the A’s deal during the hearing.

“If you build a

Fairfield resident Dumdumaya ties for 12th at State

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FAIRFIELD — De La Salle High School

junior and Fairfield resident Jaden Dumdumaya

finished tied for 12th overall Wednesday at the CIF Boys State Golf Championship at Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach.

Dumdumaya shot a 1-under 70 during the round, playing the front nine in 33 and completing the back side in 37.

The Northern California champion birdied six holes, bogeyed two and had a double-bogey 7 on the par-5 10th hole.

De La Salle won its second straight state championship in dominating fashion. The Spartans shot a team score of 9-under to win the title by 10 strokes over second-place Torrey Pines.

As a sophomore, Dumdumaya finished with a 1-under 70 for sixth place overall at the state finals in 2022. Dumdumaya finished four strokes behind individual champion Brandon Knight of Foothill-Pleasanton, who finished with a 5-under 66, at the San Gabriel Country Club.

Dumdumaya recently birdied the 18th hole to win the NorCal title at the Berkeley Country Club in El Cerrito. The birdie putt helped Dumdumaya finish with a blistering score of 4-under-par 68.

General Wood announces 8 earn scholarships

VACAVILLE — Will C. Wood High School recently announced that

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The Expos’ Drew Carrington, left, applies a tag on Arizona’s Trevor Schultz as he safely dives into second base during the American Legion Western Regional baseball game at Laurel Creek Park in Fairfield, Aug. 5, 2021.

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Friday’s TV sports

Baseball College

• NCAA Regionals, Oklahoma vs. East Carolina, ESPN2, 4 p.m.

MLB

• Oakland vs. Miami, NBCSCA, 3:40 p.m.

• Seattle vs. Texas, ESPN2, 5:05 p.m.

• Baltimore vs.San Francisco, NBCSBA, 7:15 p.m.

Golf • DP World, Porsche European Open, GOLF, 4 a.m.

• LPGA, Mizuho Americas Open, GOLF, 8 a.m.

• PGA, The Memorial, GOLF, 11 a.m.

Motorsports

• F-1, Spanish Grand Prix, Practice, ESPN2, 4:25 a.m. and 7:55 a.m.

• NASCAR Trucks, Toyota 200, Qualifying, FS1, 3 p.m. Softball College

Saturday’s TV sports

Baseball

Sharks broadcaster Rusanowsky going into Hockey Hall of Fame

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SAN JOSE — Dan Rusanowsky, the radio play-by-play voice of the San Jose Sharks since the team’s inception in 1991, has been named the newest recipient of the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award for outstanding contributions as a hockey broadcaster.

Rusanowsky, who has called over 2,400 Sharks games in his career, will receive his award at the Hockey Hall of Fame NHL Media Awards Luncheon in Toronto on Nov. 13.

• NCAA Regional, Teams TBA,m ESPN2, 6 p.m.

MLB

• Oakland vs. Miami, NBCSCA, 1:10 p.m.

• Baltimore vs. San Francisco, NBCSBA, 7:05 p.m.

• Chicago Cubs vs. San Diego, FS1, 7:10 p.m.

Football USFL

• Pittsburgh vs. Houston, USA, 9 a.m.

• Birmingham vs. Philadelphia, 3, Noon.

Golf

• DP World, Porsche European Open, GOLF, 4 a.m.

• PGA, The Memorial, GOLF, 9:30 a.m.

• PGA, The Memorial, 5, 13, 11:30 a.m.

• Champions, Principal Charity Classic, GOLF, 11:30 a.m.

• LPGA, Mizuho Americas Open, GOLF, 2 p.m.

Hockey NHL

• Stanley Cup Finals, Vegas vs. Florida, TBS, 5 p.m.

Lacrosse NLL

• Redwood vs. Atlas, 7, 10, 10 a.m.

Motorsports

• F-1, Spanish Grand Prix, Practice, ESPN2.

• F-1, Spanish Grand Prix, Qualifying, ESPN, 6:55 a.m.

• NASCAR Cup Series, Enjoy Illinois 300, Qualifying, FS1, 7 a.m.

• NASCAR Xfinity Series, Pacific Office Automation 147, Qualifying, FS1, 9 a.m.

• NASCAR Trucks, Toyota 200, FS1, 10:30 a.m.

• NASCAR Xfinity Series, Pacific Office Automation, FS1, 1:30 p.m.

Rugby MLR

• Chicago vs. San Diego, FS1, 4 p.m.

Soccer MLS

• Seattle vs. Portland, 2, 40, 1:30 p.m.

Softball

College

• Women’s World Series, Teams TBA, 7, 10, Noon.

• Women’s World Series, Teams TBA, ESPN, 4 p.m.

Tennis

• French Open, 3, 9 a.m.

UFC • Fight Night, ESPN, 6 p.m.

Bay Area’s new NWSL franchise reveals its name

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The Bay Area’s National Women’s Soccer League team finally has a name: Bay FC.

The club revealed the Bay FC name nearly two full months after announcing it would become the NWSL’s 14th club and with only nine months until its first match next year.

“Bay FC will be a uniting force, building a culture of belonging and shared pride,” Aly Wagner said in a statement. “We will be a beacon of hope and connection, welcoming and embracing people of all backgrounds. While community is our foundation, our love of football is our reason for being. Bay FC will have the fire to be the best, and we will show up every day with intensity, competitiveness, passion

“Dan has an insatiable love for radio and has been an integral part of promoting the game of hockey in the Bay Area on that medium from day one of the San Joes Sharks’ existence in 1991,” said Chuck Kaiton, President of the NHL Broadcasters’ Association, in a statement. “He is extremely worthy of this honor.”

Longtime sports journalist Mark Mulvoy, who went on to become the youngest managing editor in Sports Illustrated’s history, will be the recipient the of Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award for excellence in hockey journalism.

Rusanowsky’s and Mulvoy’s award plaques will be displayed in the Great Hall at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto alongside

past award recipients.

Recipients of these awards, as selected by their respective associations, are recognized by the Hockey Hall of Fame as Media Honorees – a separate distinction from individuals inducted as Honored Members. For instance, former San Jose Sharks player and general manager Doug Wilson was elected to the Hockey Hall

Churchill Downs offers new safety measures after outbreak of deaths

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In the wake of the recent 12 equine fatalities during the spring meet at Churchill Downs, the Louisville track announced new safety initiatives and precautionary measures Thursday.

Many of the measures deal with restrictions for horses that have previously performed poorly.

According to a press release, the track held a Thursday morning meeting that included a presentation by California-based equine surgeon Dr. Ryan Carpenter, “who provided educational information and tools to trainers and practicing veterinarians about advanced interventions that can be considered for certain equine injuries.”

immediately, said the track.

The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) held a an emergency veterinary summit at Churchill Downs on Tuesday to discuss what it described as “the cluster” of deaths. Seven fatalities occurred in the week leading up to the Kentucky Derby on May 6, including two on Derby Day.

Churchill suffered its 11th fatality on Friday, May 26 when Lost in Limbo broke down in the seventh race and was unable to stand. The 7-year-old gelding was later euthanized. He was making his 35th career start, with winnings of $225,996 for trainer Michael E. Lauer. Lost in Limbo’s last race was April 15 when he finished third in a starter allowance at Oaklawn Park.

of Fame in 2020 and is an Honored Member.

Rusanowsky directs the Sharks Audio Network, contributes to the team’s official game program, and provides regular columns and broadcast reports for sjsharks.com. A native of Connecticut, Rusanowsky began his broadcast career as the voice of St. Lawrence University’s NCAA Division I hockey program and the American Hockey League’s New Haven Nighthawks.

The Foster Hewitt Memorial Award is named in honor of the late “Voice of Hockey” in Canada and was first presented in 1984 by the NHL Broadcasters’ Association in recognition of members of the radio and television industry who have made outstanding contributions to their profession and to the game of hockey.

Rusanowsky called his 2,000th Sharks game in Jan. 2018.

Celtics bring back coach

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BOSTON — Joe Mazzulla went through growing pains, expectedly, as a first-year head coach with the Celtics this season. He certainly made mistakes in the playoffs. But given the challenging circumstances of his promotion, suddenly thrown into the job days before training camp after the suspension of Ime Udoka, the Celtics were happy with the job he did.

Though the Celtics failed in their goal of winning a championship, they view Mazzulla as the man for the job going forward. Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens, not surprisingly, confirmed Thursday that Mazzulla will remain the head coach.

and a drive to win.”

Wagner headlines the ownership group along with fellow former U.S. women’s national team stars Brandi Chastain, Leslie Osbourne and Danielle Slaton, as well as global investment firm Sixth Street. Alan Waxman, the co-founder and CEO of Sixth Street, is listed as the team’s principal owner.

Along with the name comes a logo and brand identity, which San Francisco-based ad agency Goodby Silverstein & Partners(GS&P) helped to create. The logo stylized the letter B in a gothic font, with the vertical line of the letter B designed to resemble a tower of the Golden Gate Bridge. The team will also be seemingly using the Golden Gate’s distinctive hue as one of its three

“The attending veterinarians and trainers at Churchill Downs are incredibly capable and knowledgeable,” said Dr. Will Farmer, Equine Medical Director for Churchill Downs Incorporated. “We feel a duty to provide the latest information on surgical interventions from an expert who experienced the challenges in California a few years ago that we currently face today. Any decision must be made first and foremost with the long-term well-being of the horse in mind. It is imperative that all available, educated and informed options can be efficiently, confidently and thoroughly relayed to the owners.”

During the meeting, Churchill announced the following initiatives:

n A pause of track-based incentives such as trainer start bonuses and purse pay-out allocations to every race finisher through last place. Purse pay-outs will now be limited to the top five finishers. Churchill Downs is engaged in ongoing discussions with horsemen to determine ways to reallocate these funds to best serve industry needs;

n Restricting the number of starts per horse to four starts during a rolling eight-week period;

n Ineligibility standards for poor performance. Horses that are beaten by more than 12 lengths in five consecutive starts will be ineligible to race at Churchill Downs until approved by the Equine Medical Director to return. The measures will go into effect

Kimberley Dream, a 7-year-old mare owned and trained by Freddie D. Winston, was pulled up in last Saturday’s first race, a $68,000 claiming race for fillies and mares 4 years old and up. The horse was later euthanized, becoming the track’s 12th fatality. A daughter of Colonel John, Kimberley Dream was making her 61st career start, including four this year. She had won seven races lifetime with career earnings of $174,372 but had finished seventh, 10th and seventh in her three previous 2023 starts. She had raced May 14 at Churchill Downs.

Twenty-four racing days remain in the 2023 Churchill Downs Spring Meet.

PETA to protest with mobile billboard at Churchill Downs

PETA announced Thursday that it will have a mobile billboard “traversing” the streets outside the track, running “exclusive footage” of Lost in Limbo’s fatal fall. PETA has called on HISA to suspend racing and workouts during the investigations.

“We are putting a face on these horrible deaths because every one of the 12 horses was an individual,” says PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo. “PETA urges HISA to put horses’ welfare first by immediately halting racing and timed workouts at Churchill Downs until the cause or causes of these deaths can be determined.”

“I think when you consider the position he was thrust into and the overall accomplishments of the group, I thought he did a really good job,’ Stevens said. “When you look at it in the big picture and having a team that was second in offense, second in defense, won 57 games and (had) a chance to go to the NBA Finals on your home court, there’s a lot of direction and organization that goes into that. I thought that he did a good job.”

The Celtics have remained confident in Mazzulla ever since September, when they put him into an almost impossible task in getting the Celtics ready for training camp with nearly no time, a job Stevens – who was once an NBA coach who needed an entire summer of planning – said Thursday was “remarkable.”

Mazzulla gave the Celtics enough confidence to give him a contract extension in February before he ever coached a playoff game.

The playoffs were certainly a challenge for Mazzulla, who admitted costly mistakes along the way. Outsiders called for his job, and the noise was loud after the Celtics fell into a deep 0-3 series hole in the Eastern Conference finals. But in helping the C’s respond to force a Game 7, he showed many of the qualities that made the Celtics comfortable with him throughout a mostly successful season.

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An equine ambulance carrying race horse Here Mi Song is driven off the track after racing in the tenth race ahead of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, May 6.

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San Jose Sharks play-by-play commentator Dan Rusanowsky listens to a question from a fan during an event for San Jose Sharks’ season ticket holders at the Tech CU Arena in San Jose, Sept. 14, 2022.

Emmy campaigns walk a fine line during the writers strike

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LOS ANGELES — In the few hours between the time when the Writers Guild of America called for a strike May 1 and the labor action began at midnight the next day, Apple TV+ and the “Ted Lasso” team held an Emmys event for Television Academy members at Hollywood’s Goya Studios, where the streamer had carved out a lavish for-your-consideration space.

Emmy voters and Screen Actors Guild members, many sporting AFC Richmond scarves and jerseys, began lining up on Cahuenga Boulevard hours before check-in, eager to see the show’s stars – including Writers Guild members Jason Sudeikis, Brendan Hunt and Brett Goldstein. There would be a costume contest – more than one woman sported a Roy Kent beard – and a trivia battle, during which voice actor Jennifer Roberts somehow beat Sudeikis, possibly because she watched the first season of the show 20 times, calling it a “comfort thing” during the pandemic lockdown.

The onstage vibe during the event’s Q&A portion was, at times, a little bizarre. Sudeikis, sporting a baseball cap and hoodie, shook his head at one point and said, “Shout-out to the writers. What a day to be doing this.” Four days later, he and Hunt were walking the picket line outside Warner Bros., saying they’d be willing to strike as actors as well, if it came to that. (The Screen Actors Guild will soon begin negotiating a new contract. Directors Guild discussions are underway.)

Against a backdrop of picket lines, layoffs and a strike involving roughly 11,500 writers that analysts believe will drag on for months, the 2023 Emmy campaign season has continued, largely uninterrupted. On a recent May weekend, there were nearly a dozen events around Los Angeles, some held in the cavernous stages that studios and streamers have set up for FYC screenings. In New York, HBO unveiled the ninth episode of “Succession” for voters a handful of hours before it aired. There was a reception afterward, but no panel. Since the writers strike began, HBO has pulled the plug on talent participating in any of its Emmy events. Showrunners, no matter the network or platform, are notably missing. Per the guild’s strike rules, writers are “prohibited from making ... promotional appearances about your work until the strike concludes.” This has led to the cancellation of events for members like Jon Stewart and John Mulaney along with a handful of shows like “Mythic Quest” and “Five Days at Memorial.”

Most FYC fetes, though, have continued as scheduled, even with holes on the Q&A panels. At a celebration on a recent Sunday for the Netflix limited series “Beef,” director

Jake Schreier read a statement from the show’s creator, Lee Sung Jin, explaining why he and actor-writer Ali Wong weren’t there. It came complete with scripted pauses for “uncomfortable laughter.”

“It’s awkward out there right now,” one Emmy consultant said of the campaign events.

“Understandably, the strike has just sucked all the oxygen out of the room.”

“Everyone’s looking over their shoulders to see what everyone else is doing,” added another awards campaigner. “We all saw it coming, but the reality of it is always very different than the thought of it.”

Emmy FYC season isn’t as long as the endless march to the Oscars – but it’s close. The first Emmy events this year, including high-profile evenings for FX’s “Welcome to Chippendales” and HBO’s “House of the Dragon,” took place in early March. More than 400 shows contacted the Television Academy inquiring about events this year and by the time nominations voting begins June 15, some 200 events will have taken place.

Given the glut of scripted, reality, documentary and variety programming, Television Academy president and chief operating officer Maury McIntyre said he isn’t surprised by all the interest. Now with the writers strike continuing, the challenge has been to walk the line between celebrating the work and maintaining a tasteful tone.

“We’re hopeful all of these negotiations – WGA, DGA and SAG – are resolved quickly, amicably and equitably,” McIntyre said. “We’re trying to be as respectful as possible. We think it was a terrific year for television. So we really think it’s still worthwhile for us to recognize all the great artists who are out there fighting, making sure they can earn a living.”

Most definitely earning a living right now are the caterers, security and valet teams staffing the massive Emmy spaces around town, an aspect of the season that began in 2017 when Netflix and Amazon Studios redefined campaigning

around giving voters experiences – along, of course, with free food and drinks. The Television Academy has around 19,000 voting members, including a core group who dine out on these events four months a year.

Paramount joined the fun this year, opening its first Emmy promotional venue at the Hollywood Athletic Club, complete with a 340-seat screening space and a dozen or so rooms in the two-story building devoted to its various shows. At a recent event for the Showtime limited series “George & Tammy,” guests sipped cocktails (the Stand by Your Manhattan, a play on the Tammy Wynette anthem, was a particular favorite) while wandering through displays for “Yellowstone,” “Yellowjackets” and “Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies.”

Though the events have still been drawing turn-away crowds, Emmy consultants seem mixed on their efficacy at a time when so many people are out of work.

“I think a noisy campaign could do more harm than good,” one campaigner said, adding that, moving forward through the July nominations and scheduled September ceremony, awards budgets will probably be reduced. “I don’t think it’s a good look to be seen spending millions of dollars on an Emmy campaign right now.”

Then there’s also the question of whether the Emmys will actually happen as planned. The Tony Awards, scheduled for June 11, were initially canceled over fears of picket lines. The Writers Guild of America later reached an agreement with Tony Awards Productions to alter the ceremony, and the show will now go on as planned without any scripted material from writers. That format could be the template for the Emmys should the strike continue through September.

“Does any of it really matter?” one consultant said with a sigh, contemplating the future.

Because awards are meaningless in the face of a conflict that could soon involve actors and directors as well?

“No. Because ‘Succession’ is going to win everything anyway.”

Crossword by Phillip Alder

Bridge

20 pesos. In bridge, there are a few suit combinations that are often mispriced – I mean misplayed. Today’s deal features one of them. Against your contract of three no-trump, West leads the diamond six. After East plays the jack and you win with the queen, how will you continue? You have seven top tricks: two spades, three hearts and two diamonds. Maybe you attacked spades, hoping for a 3-3 split, but that will happen only about one time in three. Perhaps you played on clubs, but good defenders will defeat you. East will win with the ace (even if you start the suit from the dummy) and return his last diamond. West’s suit is established while he still holds the club king as an entry.

IT’S OBVIOUS, OBVIOUSLY

The Guardian newspaper in England has a fun column called “Notes & Queries.” It started with amusing signs being sent in by readers. For example, in a Peruvian cafe, bread with margarine 50 pesos, bread with butter 75 pesos, bread without butter 30 pesos, bread without margarine

The original declarer was Colette Myrans from Belgium. She foresaw the dangers. Knowing she always had only two diamond tricks, Myrans didn’t win the first trick: She played her two, which cut the communications between the defenders. As South played low smoothly, East returned the diamond seven. Now declarer could safely lead clubs. However, even if East had switched to a spade at trick two, South would have triumphed by playing low: a second dissecting ducking play.

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Sudoku by Wayne Gould

Bridge

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Difficulty level: GOLD

Yesterday’s solution:

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

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From left, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, Jeremy Swift, Cristo Fernández, Phil Dunster, Jason Sudeikis, Kola Bokinni, Annette Badland, Billy Harris and James Lance attend “Ted Lasso” Day at The Think Apple TV+ FYC Space at Goya Studios, in Los Angeles, May 1.

Report: Live-action Miles Morales ‘Spider-Man’ and animated ‘Spider-Woman’ are coming

Los A ngeLes Times

LOS ANGELES — The producers of “SpiderMan” films recently teased that live-action Miles Morales and animated “Spider-Woman” films are on the way at Sony, according to a report.

“You’ll see all of it,” producer Amy Pascal told Variety on Tuesday in Los Angeles’ Regency Village Theatre during the premiere of their sequel, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,”

“It’s all happening,” she continued.

Producer Avi Arad also said a stand-alone “Spider-Woman” animated film would be coming “sooner than you expect,” according to Variety.

“I cannot tell you yet, but it’s coming,” he said.

Representatives for Sony Pictures Entertainment did not respond to the L.A. Times’ request for comment on Wednesday.

Pascal and Arad – who produced the first Miles Morales film, “Into the Spider-Verse,” which won the Oscar for animated feature at the 2018 ceremony – made the revelations while also preparing a third film. “Beyond the Spider-Verse” is scheduled to release in March 2024.

The pair also revealed that a fourth live-action “Spider-Man” film starring Tom Holland and Zendaya is also on the way as soon as the writers strike ends, Variety reported.

“Are we going to make another movie? Of course we are,” Pascal said. “We’re in the process, but the writers’ strike, nobody is working during the strike. We’re all being supporters and whenever they get themselves together, we’ll get started.”

Chairperson and chief executive of Sony Tom Rothman joked with the trade publication about the “Spider-Man” news, and said, “If I told you, I’d

have to kill you.”

Fans online celebrated the announcement of the “Spider-Man” spinoffs, with one fan declaring on Twitter, “Already seated,” and another adding, “I will be there no matter what.”

Some fans were already discussing the casting of the liveaction Miles Morales film, speaking to the character’s Afro Puerto Rican descent.

“Since MILES MORALES is coming to live-action soon, Sony needs to discover new talent like what Marvel Studios did when they cast Iman Vellani as KAMALA KHAN/MS. MARVEL,” wrote @ Elliott_Bull2, referring to the Pakistani American teen hero. “Cast a newcoming dark-skinned Afro-Puerto Rican actor!” “I could never be Miles because I’m Black and Moroccan,” agreed actor Khleo Thomas, best known for his character Zero in the film adaptation of “Holes.” “The actor who brings Miles Morales to live action HAS TO BE Black and Puerto Rican.”

“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” which opens in theaters Friday, follows Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) as he and Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) discover more of the multiverse containing more Spider-people. Miles clashes with the team of Spider-people over how to handle a new threat.

The film, co-directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson, also stars Oscar Isaac, Issa Rae and Daniel Kaluuya.

The film also features cult classic characters from the comics, such as Scarlet Spider who fans recognized in the movie’s posters for his iconic spider suit – the punkish blue hoodie with torn sleeves.

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Russian teen dreams of winning ‘25 Grand Slams’

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— Sixteen-year-old Mirra Andreeva said she dreams of winning 25 Grand Slam titles after reaching the third round of the French Open.

The prodigious Russian talent came through qualifying and has lost just six games in her first two main-draw matches, beating France’s Diane Parry 6-1, 6-2 on Thursday.

Andreeva turned 16 only at the end of April and is setting her sights sky high for her tennis career.

“The dream: I know that (Novak) Djokovic, he did 22 Grand Slams, so I want to go until 25, if it will be possible,” said the confident teenager.

Andreeva will try to keep her feet on the ground, though, adding: “As my coach says, to not be like a diva, to stay humble all the time. I don’t think that I

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intriguing clash against 19-yearold American Coco Gauff, who will be in the unusual position of being the vastly more experienced player.

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The pair have practiced together, and Gauff said after her 6-2, 6-3 win over Julia Grabher: “I’ve watched her the past couple of weeks. She’s obviously done well.

“And the practice with her, it was a good practice. I think she’s a great player. Obviously she’s young, but I don’t see age as a factor. You have to play her as you would play any other person that’s grown and strong. Obviously she’s proved her position here, and I’m going to try to do my best against her.”

Defending champion Iga Swiatek again had a tough first set, this time against American Claire Liu, before pulling away to win 6-4, 6-0.

The world No. 1, who celebrated her 22nd birthday on Wednesday, had difficulty finding her rhythm in windy conditions.

Swiatek would rather play on

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Philippe Chatrier in the day than at night, though, and revealed she has been requesting not to be featured in the late session.

Every night session so far has consisted of a men’s match despite organizers facing criticism last year for not giving equal billing to the women.

“I felt like I played already night sessions in this clay court swing,” Swiatek said. “Obviously it would be nice if we had women’s matches as well. But I’m not helping.”

Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina fought off a Czech teenager for the second straight round, following up her success against 16-year-old Brenda Fruhvirtova by defeating 18-year-old Linda Noskova 6-3, 6-3.

Seventh seed Ons Jabeur has looked strong so far, the Tunisian seeing off Oceane Dodin 6-2, 6-3, while Kayla Day upset American Madison Keys 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.

TOALLINTERESTEDPERSONS: Petitioner:DianaJimenez/SergioGonzalez filedapetitionwiththiscourtforadecree changingnamesasfollows:

PresentName: a. Sergio jimenez Gonzalez Jr.

ProposedName: a. Sergio Jr. Gonzalez - Jimenez THECOURTORDERSthatallpersonsinterestedinthismattershallappearbefore thiscourtatthehearing indicatedbelowto showcause,ifany,whythepetitionfor changeofnameshouldnotbegranted. Anypersonobjectingtothename changesdescribedabovemustfileawrittenobjectionthatincludesthereasonsfor theobjectionatleasttwocourtdaysbeforethematterisscheduledtobeheard andmustappearatthehearingtoshow causewhythepetitionshouldnotbegranted.Ifnowrittenobjectionistimelyfiled, thecourtmaygrantthepetitionwithouta hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING

Date: July 12, 2023; Time: 9:00am; Dept: 3; Room: 2 The address of the court is:

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SOLANO Old Solano Courthouse 580 Texas Street Fairfield, CA 94533

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Russia’s Mirra Andreeva plays a forehand return to France’s Diane Parry during the second round of the French Open on the Court SimonneMathieu at Roland-Garros, Thursday.

VINA MATRANAS CANLAS ON BEHALF OF KRISHNA THEA MATRANAS REYES, A MINOR CASE NUMBER: CU23-01386

TOALLINTERESTEDPERSONS:

Petitioner: Vina Matranas Canlas on behalf of Krishna Thea Matranas Reyes, filedapetitionwiththiscourtforadecree changingnamesasfollows:

Present Name:

a. Krishna Thea Matranas Reyes

Proposed Name:

a. Krishna Thea Matranas Canlas

THECOURTORDERSthatallpersonsintere stedinthismattershallappearbefore thiscourtatthehearingindicatedbelowto showcause,ifany,whythepetitionfor changeofnameshouldnotbegranted Anypersonobjectingtothenamechanges describedabovemustfileawrittenobjectionthatincludesthereasonsfortheobjectionatleasttwocourtdaysbeforethematterisscheduledtobeheardandmustappearatthehearingtoshowcausewhythe petitionshouldnotbegranted.Ifnowrittenobjectionistimelyfiled,thecourtmay grantthepetitionwithoutahearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING

Date: Aug. 11, 2023; Time: 9:30am; Dept: 22; Rm: III The address of th e court is: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SOLANO 580 Texas Street Fairfield 94533 Old Solano Courthouse

AcopyofthisOrdertoShowCauseshall bepublishedatleastonceeachweekfor foursuccessiveweekspriortothedateset forhearingonthepetitioninthefollowing newspaperofgeneralcirculation,printedin thiscounty:DailyRepublic. Pleasefileproofofnewspaperpublication atleast5businessdaysbeforehearing (newspaperdoesnotfil ew/court)zoom ok.zoominvitewillbeemailed1-2days beforehearing

Date:MAY182023

/s/AlesiaJones

JudgeoftheSuperiorCourt

FILED:MAY222023 DR#00063681

Published:June2,9,16,23,2023

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PETITION OF: VANESSA DEVER, EARL JOSEPH III CASE NUMBER: CU23-01093

TOALLINTERESTEDPERSONS:

Petitioner: Vanessa Dever, Earl Joseph III filedapetitionwiththiscourtforadecree changingnamesasfollows:

PresentName:

a. Earl Anthony Joseph IV

ProposedName:

a. Ezra Anthony Joseph THECOURTORDERSthatallpersonsinterestedinthismattershallappearbefore thiscourtatthehearingindicatedbelow to showcause,ifany,whythepetitionfor changeofnameshouldnotbegranted. Anypersonobjectingtothename changesdescribedabovemustfileawrittenobjectionthatincludesthereasonsfor theobjectionatleasttwocourtdaysbeforethematterisscheduledtobeheard andmustappearatthehearingtoshow causewhythepetitionshouldnotbegranted.Ifnowrittenobjectionistimelyfiled, thecourtmaygrantthepetitionwithouta hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING

Date: July 12, 2023; Time: 830am; Dept: 012

The address of the court is: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SOLANO Old Solano Courthouse 580 Texas Street Fairfield, CA 94533

AcopyofthisOrdertoShowCauseshall bepublishedatleastonceeachweekfor foursuccessiveweekspriortothedate setforhearingonthepetitioninthefollowingnewspaperofgeneralcirculation,printedinthiscounty:DailyRepublic Pleasefileproofofnewspaperpublication atleast5businessdaysbeforehearing (newspaperdoesnotfilew/court)zoom ok.zoominvitewillbeemailed1-2days beforehearing

Date:MAY22023 /s/C.Carringer JudgeoftheSuperiorCourt

FILED:MAY052023 DR#00063254

Published:May12,19,26June2,2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS DRILL TEAM KEY CUTTERS & PROGRAMMERS LOCATEDAT5330SpringridgeCourt, Fairfield,CA.94534Solano.Mailingaddress5330SpringridgeCourt,Fairfield, CA.94534IS(ARE)HEREBYREGISTEREDBYTHEFOLLOWINGOWNER(S)EricThomas5330Springridge CourtFairfield,94534.THISBUSINESS ISCONDUCTEDBY: anIndividual Theregistrantcommencedtotransact busi nessunderthefictitiousbusiness nameornameslistedaboveonN/A. Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.)

/s/EricThomas INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EXCEPTASPROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYCHANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONApril30,2028. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESSANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof SolanoCounty,StateofCaliforniaon:

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BAUTISTA CASE NUMBER: CU23-01307

TOALLINTERESTEDPERSONS: Petitioner: Carlo Nunez Bautista fileda petitionwiththiscourtforadecreechangingnamesasfollows: PresentName: a. Carlo Nunez Bautista

ProposedName: a. Sam Paolo Bautista THECOURTORDERSthatallpersonsinterestedinthismattershallappearbefore thiscourtatthehearingindicatedbelowto showcause,ifany,whythepetitionfor changeofnameshouldnotbegranted. Anypersonobjectingtothename changesdescribedabovemustfileawrittenobjectionthatincludesthereasonsfor theobjectionatleasttwocourtdaysbeforethematterisscheduledtobeheard andmustappearatthehearingtoshow causewhythepetitionshouldnotbegranted.Ifnowrittenobjectionistimelyfiled, thecourtmaygrantthepetitionwithouta hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING

Date: July 7, 2023; Time: 9:30am; Dept: 22; Rm: 3

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS JOSUE'S LAWN MAINTENANCE CREW LOCATEDAT1303ConnecticutStreet, FairfieldCA94533Solano.MailingaddressPOBox162,FairfieldCA94533IS (ARE)HEREBYREGISTEREDBYTHE FOLLOWINGOWNER(S)JosueRobles 1303ConnecticutStFairfield,94533. THISBUSINESSISCONDUCTEDBY: anIndividual Theregistrantcommencedtotransact businessunderthefictitiousbus iness nameornameslistedaboveon 11/01/2016. Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.) /s/JosueRobles INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EXCEPTASPROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYCHANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONApril17,2028. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESSANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof SolanoCounty,StateofCaliforniaon: APR182023 NewASSIGNEDFILENO.2023000659

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS JC TRANSPORT LOCATEDAT2451TrevinoWay,FairfieldCA94534Solano.IS(ARE)HEREBY REGISTEREDBYTHEFOLLOWING OWNER(S)RobertWalkerJr2451 TrevinoWayFairfield,94534THISBUSINESSISCONDUCTEDBY: anIndividual

Theregistrantcommencedtotransact businessunderthefictitiousbusiness nameornameslistedaboveonN/A Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.) /s/RobertWalkerJr INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EXCEPTASPROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYCHANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONMay14,2028.

THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESSANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof Solano County,StateofCaliforniaon: MAY152023 NewASSIGNEDFILENO.2023000809 CHARLESLOMELI,SolanoCountyClerk DR#00063359 Published:May19,26June2,9,2023

TOALLINTERESTEDPERSONS:

Petitioner:JosephDarnellPickingpack filedapetitionwiththiscourtforadecree changingnamesasfollows:

PresentName: a. Joseph Darnell Pickingpack

ProposedName: a. Joseph Darnell Donaldson THECOURTORDERSthatallpersonsinterestedinthismattershallappearbefore thiscourtatthehearingindicatedbelow to showcause,ifany,whythepetitionfor changeofnameshouldnotbegranted. Anypersonobjectingtothename changesdescribedabovemustfileawrittenobjectionthatincludesthereasonsfor theobjectionatleasttwocourtdaysbeforethematterisscheduledtobeheard andmustappearatthehearingtoshow causewhythepetitionshouldnotbegranted.Ifnowrittenobjectionistimelyfiled, thecourtmaygrantthepetitionwithouta hearing.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS INK WITH CARE LOCATEDAT4742SummersetDr,FairfieldCA94534Solano.IS(ARE)HEREBY REGISTEREDBYTHEFOLLOWING OWNER(S)CarolineGallagher4742 SummersetDrFairfield,94534.THIS BUSINESSISCONDUCTEDBY: anIndividual

Theregistrantcommencedtotransact businessunderthefictitiousbusiness nameornameslistedaboveonN/A. Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.) /s/CarolineGallagher INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EXCEPTASPROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYCHANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONMay42028. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESSANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerk of SolanoCounty,StateofCaliforniaon: MAY052023 NewASSIGNEDFILENO.2023000772 CHARLESLOMELI,SolanoCountyClerk DR#00063244

Published:May12,19,26June2,2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS LIVING GREEN MICROS, RING OF FIRE LOCATEDAT430MoonrakerDrive, VallejoCA94590Solano.Mailingaddress430MoonrakerDrive,VallejoCA 94590.IS(ARE)HEREBYREGISTERED BYTHEFOLLOWINGOWNER(S)Living GreenOrganicsLLCCA.THISBUSINESSISCONDUCTEDBY: aLimitedLiabilityCompany Theregistrantcommencedtotransact businessunderthefictitiousbus iness nameornameslistedaboveon 05/01/2022. Ideclarethatallinformationinthisstatementistrueandcorrect(Aregistrantwho declaresastrueinformationwhichheor sheknowstobefalseisguiltyofacrime.) /s/AmeliaGay,Owner INACCORDANCEWITHSUBDIVISION (a)OFSECTION17920AFICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENTGENERALLYEXPIRESATTHEENDOFFIVEYEARS FROMTHEDATEONWHICHITWAS FILEDINTHEOFFICEOFTHECOUNTY CLERK,EXCEPTASPROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION(b)OFSECTION17920, WHEREITEXPIRES40DAYSAFTER ANYCHANGEINTHEFACTSSET FORTHINTHESTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION17913OTHERTHAN ACHANGEINTHERESIDENCEADDRESSOFAREGISTEREDOWNER. ANEWFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENTMUSTBEFILEDBEFORE THEEXPIRATIONMay242028. THEFILINGOFTHISSTATEMENT DOESNOTOFITSELFAUTHORIZE THEUSEINTHISSTATEOFAFICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAMEINVIOLATION OFTHERIGHTSOFANOTHERUNDER FEDERAL,STATEORCOMMONLAW (SEESECTION14411ETSEQ.,BUSINESSANDPROFESSIONSCODE). FiledintheOfficeoftheCountyClerkof SolanoCounty,StateofCaliforniaon: MAY252023 NewASSIGNEDFILENO.2023000876 CHARLESLOMELI,SolanoCountyClerk DR#00063720 Published:June2,9,16,23,2023

LIMINARYAPPROVALOFTHEFISCALYEAR2023-2024ENGINEER’SREPORT,DECLARINGINTENTIONTOORDERTHELEVYANDCOLLECTIONOFASSESSMENTS, ANDPROVIDINGNOTICEOFAPUBLICHEARINGFORLANDSCAPINGANDLIGHTINGMAINTENANCEDISTRICTNO.19–CORPORATECOMMONS

WHEREAS,onJune4,1991,thisCityCounciladoptedResolutionNo.91-136,AContinuingResolutionDirectingPreparationofAnnualReportforMaintenanceAssessment Districts.

NOW,THEREFORE,THECOUNCILOFTHECITYOFFAIRFIELDHEREBYRESOLVES:

Section1.Pursuanttosaidresolution,theengineerdesignatedthereinpreparedareport inaccordancewithSection22565etseq.oftheCaliforniaStreetsandHighwaysCodefor LandscapingandLightingMaintenanceDistrictNo.19–CorporateCommons(District). Saidreport,onfileintheofficeofthecityclerk,assupplementedbythesupplementalreportforfiscalyear(FY)2023-2024,orderedbythecouncilandonfileintheofficeofthe cityclerk,hasbeendulyconsideredbythiscouncilandisherebydeemedsufficientand givenpreliminaryapproval.Saidreport,assupplemented,shallconstitutetheengineer’s reportforFY2023-2024(Engineer’sReport).

Section2.ItistheintentionofthiscounciltolevyandcollectassessmentswithinthedistrictforFY2023-2024.TheimprovementstobefinancedbytheDistrictarelocatedinthe streetright-of-waysandperimeterareaswithintheboundariesoftheDistrictandmaybe brieflydescribedastheinstallation,construction,maintenance,operation,andservicing ofstreetlighting,whichmayincludelightingfixtures,poles,meters,andelectricalcables, landscaping,whichmayincludeturf,groundcover,trees,shrubs,plants,weedabatement,ornamentallightingstructures,irrigation,anddrainage systems,andappurtenant facilities.Therearenosubstantialchangestobemadefromthepreviousfiscalyear.

Section3.SaidDistrictconsistsofthelotsandparcelsshownontheboundarymapofthe DistrictonfilewiththecityclerkintheCityofFairfield.

Section4.TheFY2023-2024assessmentsfortheDistrictareproposedtoremainthe sameastheFY2022-2023ratesanddonotexceedthemaximumratesadoptedbythe District,whichareadjustedeachyearbytheOctoberSF-Oakland-HaywardAllUrban ConsumersConsumerPriceIndex(CPI).

Section5.ReferenceisherebymadetotheEngineer’sReport,onfilewiththecityclerk, forafullanddetaileddescriptionoftheimprovements,theboundariesoftheDistrict,and theproposedassessmentsuponassessablelotsandparcelsoflandwithintheDistrict. Anypublicpropertyownedbyanypublicagencyorinuseintheperformanceofapublic functionwithintheDistrictmaybeassessed.

Sec tion6.ThiscouncilherebyordersthatapublichearingshallbeheldbeforethiscouncilintheregularmeetingplacethereofattheCouncilChamber,CivicCenter,1000WebsterStreet,Fairfield,California,orinanyothermannerasspecifiedontheregularmeetingagenda,asfollows:

ThepublichearingshallbeheldonJune20,2023,atthehourof6:00p.m.,orassoonas possiblethereafter,forthepurposesofthiscouncil’sdeterminationwhetherthepublicintere st,convenience,andnecessityrequirethattheproposedlevybemade,andthis council’sfinalactionupontheEngineer’sReportandtheassessmenttherein.The agendawillbeavailableontheCity’swebsite,www.fairfield.ca.gov,atleast72hourspriortothemeeting.

Section7.Thecityclerkshallcausenoticeofthehearingtobegivenbypublishinga copyofthisresolutiononceintheDailyRepublic,anewspaperpublishedandcirculated inthecity,atleasttendayspriortothedateofthepublichearingspecifiedinthisresolution.

PASSEDANDADOPTEDthis2nddayofMay,2023,bythefollowingvote:

AYES:COUNCILMEMBERS:MOY/BERTANI/CARR/PANDURO/TONNESEN/VACCARO/WILLIAMS

NOES:COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSENT:COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSTAIN:COUNCILMEMBERS:

MAYOR ATTEST:

CITYCLERK DR#00063591

Published:June2,2023

CITYOFFAIRFIELD

RESOLUTIONNO.2023-96

RESOLUTIONOFTHECITYCOUNCILOFTHECITYOFFAIRFIELDGRANTINGPRELIMINARYAPPROVALOFTHEFISCALYEAR2023-2024ENGINEER’SREPORT,DECLARINGINTENTIONTOORDERTHELEVYANDCOLLECTIONOFASSESSMENTS ANDPROVIDINGNOTICEOFAPUBLICHEARINGFORLANDSCAPINGANDLIGHTINGMAINTENANCEDISTRICTNO.16–CREEKSIDEATCORDELIA

WHEREAS,onJune4,1991,thisCityCounciladoptedResolutionNo.91-136,AContinuingResolutionDirectingPreparationofAnnualReportforMaintenanceAssessment Districts.

NOW,THEREFORE,THECOUNCILOFTHECITYOFFAIRFIELDHEREBYRESOLVES:

Section1.Pursuanttosaidresolution,theengineerdesignatedthereinpreparedareport inaccordancewithSection22565etseq.oftheCaliforniaStreetsandHighwaysCodefor LandscapingandLightingMaintenanceDistrictNo.16–CreeksideatCordelia(District) Saidreport,onfileintheofficeofthecityclerk,assupplementedbythesupplementalreportforfiscalyear(FY)2023-2024,orderedbythecouncilandonfileintheofficeofthe cityclerk,hasbeendulyconsideredbythiscouncilandisherebydeemedsufficientand givenpreliminaryapproval.Saidreport,assupplemented,shallconstitutetheengineer’s reportforFY2023-2024(Engineer’sReport).

Section2.ItistheintentionofthiscounciltolevyandcollectassessmentswithinthedistrictforFY2023-2024.TheimprovementstobefinancedbytheDistrictarelocatedinthe streetright-of-waysandperimeterareaswithintheboundariesoftheDistrictandmaybe brieflydescribedastheinstallation,construction,maintenance,operation,andservicing ofstreetlighting,whichmayincludelightingfixtures,poles,meters,andelectricalcables landscaping,whichmayincludeturf,groundcover,trees,shrubs,plants,openspace weedabatement,hardscape,ornamentallightingstructures,irrigation,anddrainagesystems,andappurtenantfacilities.Therearenosubstantialchangestobemadefromthe previousfiscalyear.

Section3.SaidDistrictconsistsofthelotsandparcelsshownontheboundarymapofthe DistrictonfilewiththecityclerkintheCityofFairfield.

Section4.TheFY2023-2024assessmentsfortheDistrictareproposedtoincreasefrom theFY2022-2023ratesasshowninExhibitAattachedheretoandherebymadeapart hereof.Theproposedassessmentsdonotexceedthemaximumratesadoptedbythe DistrictfortheparcelsincludedintheDistrictasaresultoftheoriginalformationandfor theparcelsincludedintheDistrictasaresultofAnnexationNo.1,whichareadjusted eachyearbytheOctoberSF-Oakland-HaywardAllUrbanConsumersConsumerPrice Index(CPI).

Section5.ReferenceisherebymadetotheEngineer’sReport,onfilewiththe cityclerk forafullanddetaileddescriptionoftheimprovements,theboundariesoftheDistrict,and theproposedassessmentsuponassessablelotsandparcelsoflandwithintheDistrict Anypublicpropertyownedbyanypublicagencyorinuseintheperformanceofapublic functionwithintheDistrictmaybeassessed.

Section6.ThiscouncilherebyordersthatapublichearingshallbeheldbeforethiscouncilintheregularmeetingplacethereofattheCouncilChamber,CivicCenter,1000WebsterStreet,Fairfield,California,orinanyothermannerasspecifiedontheregularmeetingagenda,asfollows:

ThepublichearingshallbeheldonJune20,2023,atthehourof6:00p.m.,orassoonas possiblethereafter,forthepurposesofthiscouncil’sdeterminationwhetherthepublicinterest,convenience,andnecessityrequirethattheproposedlevybemade,andthis council’sfinalactionupontheEngineer’sReportandtheassessmenttherein.The agendawillbeavailableontheCity’swebsite,www.fairfield.ca.gov,atleast72hourspriortothemeeting.

Section7.Thecityclerkshallcausenoticeofthehearingtobegiv enbypublishinga copyofthisresolutiononceintheDailyRepublic,anewspaperpublishedandcirculated inthecity,atleasttendayspriortothedateofthepublichearingspecifiedinthisresolution.

PASSEDANDADOPTEDthis2nddayofMay,2023,bythefollowingvote:

AYES:COUNCILMEMBERS:MOY/BERTANI/CARR/PANDURO/TONNESEN/VAC-

CARO/WILLIAMS

NOES:COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSENT:COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSTAIN:COUNCILMEMBERS: MAYOR ATTEST:

CLARINGINTENTIONTOORDERTHELEVYANDCOLLECTIONOFASSESSMENTS, ANDPROVIDINGNOTICEOFAPUBLICHEARINGFORLANDSCAPINGANDLIGHTINGMAINTENANCEDISTRICTNO.18–GOLDRIDGEPARK WHEREAS,onJune4,1991,thisCityCounciladoptedResolutionNo.91-136,AContinuingResolutionDirectingPreparationofAnnualReportforMaintenanceAssessment Districts.

NOW,THEREFORE,THECOUNCILOFTHECITYOFFAIRFIELDHEREBYRESOLVES:

Section1.Pursuanttosaidresolution,theengineerdesignatedthereinpreparedareport inaccordancewithSection22565etseq.oftheCaliforniaStreetsandHighwaysCodefor LandscapingandLightingMaintenanceDistrictNo.18–GoldRidgePark(District).Said report,onfileintheofficeofthecityclerk,assupplemented bythesupplementalreport forfiscalyear(FY)2023-2024,orderedbythecouncilandonfileintheofficeofthecity clerk,hasbeendulyconsideredbythiscouncilandisherebydeemedsufficientandgivenpreliminaryapproval.Saidreport,assupplemented,shallconstitutetheengineer’sreportforFY2023-2024(Engineer’sReport).

Section2.ItistheintentionofthiscounciltolevyandcollectassessmentswithinthedistrictforFY2023-2024.Theimprovement stobefinancedbytheDistrictarelocatedinthe GoldRidgeNeighborhoodPark(Park)andgenerallyinclude,butarenotlimitedto,the materials,equipment,utilities,labor,appurtenantfacilities,andexpensesnecessaryfor theongoingmaintenanceandoperationoftheimprovementsconstructedandinstalledin connectionwiththeParksuchaslighting,whichmayincludelightingfixtures,poles, meters,andelectricalcables,landscaping,whichmayincludetu rf,groundcover,trees, shrubs,plants,weedabatement,ornamentallightingstructures,irrigation,anddrainage systems,andamenitiessuchassportscourt,picnicareas,andplayequipment.

Section3.SaidDistrictconsistsofthelotsandparcelsshownontheboundarymapofthe DistrictonfilewiththecityclerkintheCityofFairfield.

Section4.TheFY2023-2024assessmentsfortheDistrictareproposedtoincreasefrom theFY2022-2023ratesasshowninExhibit Aattachedheretoandherebymadeapart hereof.Theproposedassessmentsdonotexceedthemaximumratesadoptedbythe DistrictfortheparcelsincludedintheDistrictasaresultoftheoriginalformationandasa resultofAnnexationNos.1-2,whichareadjustedeachyearbytheOctoberSF-OaklandHaywardAllUrbanConsumersConsumerPriceIndex(CPI).

Section5.ReferenceisherebymadetotheEngineer’sReport,onfilewiththecityclerk, forafullanddetaileddescriptionoftheimprovements,theboundariesoftheDistrict,and theproposedassessmentsuponassessablelotsandparcelsoflandwithintheDistrict. Anypublicpropertyownedbyanypublicagencyorinuseintheperformanceofapublic functionwithintheDistrictmaybeassessed.

Section6.ThiscouncilherebyordersthatapublichearingshallbeheldbeforethiscouncilintheregularmeetingplacethereofattheCouncilChamber,CivicCenter,1000WebsterStreet,Fairfield,California,orinanyothermannerasspecifiedontheregularmeetingagenda,asfollows:

ThepublichearingshallbeheldonJune20,2023,atthehourof6:00p.m.,orassoonas possiblethereafter,forthepurposesofthiscouncil’sdeterminationwhetherthepublicinterest,convenience,andnecessityrequirethattheproposedlevybemade,andthis council’sfinalactionupontheEngineer’sReportandtheassessmenttherein.The agendawillbeavailableon theCity’swebsite,www.fairfield.ca.gov,atleast72hourspriortothemeeting.

Section7.Thecityclerkshallcausenoticeofthehearingtobegivenbypublishinga copyofthisresolutiononceintheDailyRepublic,anewspaperpublishedandcirculated inthecity,atleasttendayspriortothedateofthepublichearingspecifiedinthisresolution.

PASSEDANDADOPTEDthis2nddayofMay,2023,bythefollowingvote:

AYES:COUNCILMEMBERS:MOY/BERTANI/CARR/PANDURO /TONNESEN/VACCARO/WILLIAMS

NOES:COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSENT:COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSTAIN:COUNCILMEMBERS:

MAYOR ATTEST:

CITYCLERK DR#00063590

Published:June2,2023

CITYOFFAIRFIELD RESOLUTIONNO.2023-95

RESOLUTIONOFTHECITYCOUNCILOFTHECITYOFFAIRFIELDGRANTINGPRELIMINARYAPPROVALOFTHEFISCALYEAR2023-2024ENGINEER’SREPORT,DECLARINGINTENTIONTOORDERTHELEVYANDCOLLECTIONOFASSESSMENTS, ANDPROVIDINGNOTICEOFAPUBLICHEARINGFORLANDSCAPINGANDLIGHTINGMAINTENANCEDISTRICTNO.15–GOLDRIDGE WHEREAS,onJune4,1991,thisCityCounciladoptedResolutionNo.91-136,AContinuingResolutionDirectingPreparationofAnnualReportforMaintenanceAssessment Districts.

NOW,THEREFORE,THECOUNCILOFTHECITYOFFAIRFIELDHEREBYRESOLVES:

Section1.Pursuanttosaidresolution,theengineerdesignatedthereinpreparedareport inaccordancewithSection22565etseq.oftheCaliforniaStreetsandHighwaysCodefor LandscapingandLightingMaintenanceDistrictNo.15–GoldRidge(District).Saidreport,onfileintheofficeofthecityclerk,assupplementedbythesupplementalreportfor fiscalyear(FY)2023-2024,orderedbythecouncilandonfileintheofficeofthecityclerk, hasbeendulyconsideredbythiscouncilandisherebydeemedsufficientandgivenpreliminaryapproval.Saidreport,assupplemented,shallconstitutetheengineer’sreportfor FY2023-2024(Engineer’sReport).

Section2.ItistheintentionofthiscounciltolevyandcollectassessmentswithinthedistrictforFY2023-2024.TheimprovementstobefinancedbytheDistrictarelocatedinthe streetright-of-waysandperimeterareaswithintheboundariesoftheDistrictandmaybe brieflydescribedastheinstallation,construction,maintenance,operation,andservicing ofstreetlighting,whichmayincludelightingfixtures,poles,meters,andelectricalcables, landscaping,whichmayincludeturf,groundcover,trees,shrubs,plants,openspace, weedabatement,ornamentallightingstructures,irrigation, anddrainagesystems,and appurtenantfacilities.Therearenosubstantialchangestobemadefromtheprevious fiscalyear.

Section3.SaidDistrictconsistsofthelotsandparcelsshownontheboundarymapofthe DistrictonfilewiththecityclerkintheCityofFairfield.

Section4.TheFY2023-2024assessmentsfortheDistrictareproposedtoincreasefrom theFY2022-2023ratesasshowninExhibitAattachedheretoandherebymadeapart hereof.Theproposedassessment sdonotexceedthemaximumratesadoptedbythe District,whichareadjustedeachyearbytheOctoberSF-Oakland-HaywardAllUrban ConsumersConsumerPriceIndex(CPI).

Section5.ReferenceisherebymadetotheEngineer’sReport,onfilewiththecityclerk, forafullanddetaileddescriptionoftheimprovements,theboundariesoftheDistrict,and theproposedassessmentsuponassessablelotsandparcelsoflandwithintheDistrict. Anypublicpropertyownedbyanypub licagencyorinuseintheperformanceofapublic functionwithintheDistrictmaybeassessed.

Section6.ThiscouncilherebyordersthatapublichearingshallbeheldbeforethiscouncilintheregularmeetingplacethereofattheCouncilChamber,CivicCenter,1000WebsterStreet,Fairfield,California,orinanyothermannerasspecifiedontheregularmeetingagenda,asfollows:

ThepublichearingshallbeheldonJune20,2023,atthehourof6:00p.m.,orassoonas possiblethereafter,forthepurposesofthiscouncil’sdeterminationwhetherthepublicinterest,convenience,andnecessityrequirethattheproposedlevybemade,andthis council’sfinalactionupontheEngineer’sReportandtheassessmenttherein.The agendawillbeavailableontheCity’swebsite,www.fairfield.ca.gov,atleast72hourspriortothemeeting.

Section7.Thecityclerkshallcausenoticeofthehearingtobegivenbypublishinga copyofthisresolutiononceintheDailyRepublic,anewspaperpublishedandcirculated inthecity,atleasttendayspriortothedateofthepublichearingspecifiedinthisresolution.

PASSEDANDADOPTEDthis2nddayofMay,2023,bythefollowingvote:

AYES:COUNCILMEMBERS:MOY/BERTANI/CARR/PANDURO/TONNESEN/VACCARO/WILLIAMS

NOES:COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSENT:COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSTAIN:COUNCILMEMBERS:

MAYOR

ATTEST:

CITYCLERK DR#00063587 Publihsed:June2,2023

MARIAN LOUISE MARTIN-CARY

CASE NUMBER: PR23-00136

Toallheirs,beneficiaries,creditors,contingentcreditors,andpersonswhomay otherwisebeinterestedinthewillorestate,orboth,of: Marian L. Martin aka Marian Louise Martin aka Marian Martin aka Marian Louise Martin-Cary APetitionforProbatehasbeenfiledby: Kimber ly Roy intheSuperiorCourtofCalifornia,County of: Solano ThePetitionforProbaterequeststhat: Kimberly Roy beappointedaspersonalrepresentative toadministertheestateofthedecedent. ThepetitionrequestsauthoritytoadministertheestateundertheIndependentAdministrationofEstatesAct.(Thisauthority willallowthepersonalrepresentativeto takemanyactionswithoutobtainingcourt approval.Beforetakingcertainveryimportantactions ,however,thepersonal representativewillberequiredtogivenoticetointerestedpersonsunlessthey havewaivednoticeorconsentedtothe proposedaction.)Theindependentadministrationauthoritywillbegrantedunless aninterestedpersonfilesanobjectionto thepetitionandshowsgoodcausewhy thecourtshouldnotgranttheauthority.

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

DATE: JUNE 28, 2023; TIME: 9:00am; DEPT.: 22 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SOLANO Old Solano Courthouse 580 Texas Street Fairfield, CA 94533

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

AttorneyforPetitioner: EdwardW.Goldkuhl 2315CapitolAvenue Sacramento,CA95816 (916)422-3000 DR#00063749

Published:June2,5,9,2023

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

GLORIA M. HOWE CASE NUMBER: P051883

Toallheirs,beneficiaries,creditors,contingentcreditors,andpersonswhomay otherwisebeinterestedinthewillorestate,orboth,of: Gloria M. Howe APetitionforProbatehasbeenfiledby: Gerri G. Severdia intheSuperiorCourtofCalifornia,County of: Solano

ThePetitionforProbaterequeststhat:

Gerri G. Severdia beappointedaspersonalrepresentative toadm inistertheestateofthedecedent. Thepetitionrequeststhedecedent'swill andcodicils,ifany,beadmittedtoprobate.Thewillandanycodicilsareavailableforexaminationinthefilekeptbythe court. ThepetitionrequestsauthoritytoadministertheestateundertheIndependentAdministrationofEstatesAct.(Thisauthority willallowthepersonalrepresentativeto takemanyactionswithoutobtainingcourt approval.Beforetakingcertainveryimporta ntactions,however,thepersonal representativewillberequiredtogivenoticetointerestedpersonsunlessthey havewaivednoticeorconsentedtothe proposedaction.)Theindependentadministrationauthoritywillbegrantedunless aninterestedpersonfilesanobjectionto thepetitionandshowsgoodcausewhy thecourtshouldnotgranttheauthority.

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

DATE: July 24, 2023 TIME: 8:30 a.m.

ROOM: 305 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, County of Solano

600 Union Avenue

600 Union Avenue

Fairfield, CA 94533 Hall of Justice

If you object tothegrantingofthepetition,youshouldappearatthehearingand stateyourobjectionsorfilewrittenobjectionswiththecourtbeforethehearing. Yourappearancemaybeinpersonorby yourattorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, youmustfileyourclaimwiththecourtand mailacopytothepersonalrepresentative appointedbythecourtwithinthe later of either(1)four months fromthedateof firstissuanceofletterstoageneralpersonalrepresentative,asdefinedinsection58(b)oftheCaliforniaProbateCode, or(2) 60 days fromthedateofmailingor personaldeliverytoyouofanoticeunder section9052oftheCaliforniaProbate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may wantto consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court.Ifyouareapersoninterestedinthe estate,youmayfilewiththecourtaRequestforSpecialNotice(formDE-154)of thefilingofaninventoryandappraisalof estateassetsorofanypetitionoraccount asprovidedinProbateCodesection 1250.ARequestforSpecialNoticeformis availablefromthecourtclerk. AttorneyforPetitioner: G.RichardGregoryIII 21800OxnardStreet,Suite840 WoodlandHills,CA91367 (818)348-1112 DR#00063764 Published:June2,5,9,2023

Classifieds: 707-427-6936

PUBLICHEARING CITYCOUNCIL

NOTICEISHEREBYGIVENTHATTHECITYCOUNCILOFTHECITYOFFAIRFIELD

willdiscussthefollowingitem:

GENERALPLANUPDATE(GPA2020-002).TheCityofFairfieldisupdatingitsGeneral Plan,whichwaslastupdatedin2002.Theproject,calledFairfieldForward2050,willset thevisionandgoalsforgrowthinFairfieldforyearstocome.ThepurposeofthisCity CouncilStudySessionistorequestfinaldirectionontheCityCouncil’svisionforCordeliaandunincorporatedCountyareas,includingspecificservices,amenities,andland usestheywouldliketosee.(JessieHernandez,707-428-7450, jhernandez@fairfield.ca.gov)

NOTICEISHEREBYFURTHERGIVENTHATsaidStudySessionwillbeheldonTUESDAY,June13,2023,beginningat6:00p.m.attheCityCouncilChamberat1000WebsterStreet.Atthistimeandplace,anypersonsinterestedinsaidmattersmayappearand beheard.Foradditionalinformation,pleasegetintouchwiththeCommunityDevelopmentDepartment,CityHall,1000WebsterStreet,SecondFloor,orphone707-428-7440. TheCityofFairfielddoesnotdiscriminateagainstanyindividualwithadisability.City publicationswillbemadeavailableuponrequestintheappropriateformattopersonswith adisability.Ifyouneedanaccommodationtoattendorparticipateinthismeetingdueto adisability,pleasecontacttheCityClerk’sOffice,707-428-7400, cityclerk@fairfield.ca.gov,inadvanceofthemeeting.

DR#00063477

Published:June2,2023

NOTICEOFLIENSALE

NoticeisherebygivenpursuanttoCaliforniaBusinessandProfessionalCode#2170021716,Section2328oftheUCCofthePenalCode,Section535theundersigned, SmartStopSelfStoragelocatedat2998RockvilleRoad,Fairfield,CA94534willsellat publicauctionbycompetitivebiddingthepersonalpropertyof: E014Vladie,Milica E045Chester,Richmond E046Kautzman,Leeah E102Velasco,Erica E107Demartini,Danielle H036Reyes,Heather A017Jo hnson,Rashaan B003Chamberlain,Barry Propertytobesold:householdgoods,furniture,appliances,clothes,toys,boxes&contents.AuctioneerCompanywww.selfstorageauction.comTheSalewillendat10:00AM, June20,2023.Therundatesare06/02/2023and06/09/2023.Goodsmustbepaidin cashatsiteandremovedatcompletionofsale.Saleissubjecttocancellationinthe eventofsettlementbetweenownerandobligatedparty.

6/2,6/9/23 CNS-3705131# THEDAILYREPUBLIC DR#00063600

Published:June2,9,2023

StorageLienSale-JUNE2023

TherewillbealiensaleatCrockersLockers,991BeckAve.,Fairfield,CA.94533

On:Monday6/12/23,12:00PMThisand enforcementisauthorizedbyDivision8, Chapter10oftheCaliforniaBusiness& ProfessionsCode,commencingwithout warrantyorguaranteeforCashonly.Purchaseditemsmustberemovedfrompropertyimmediatelyfollowingthesale.

Bond#0342850

Thepersonalpropertystoredwiththeundersignedby: A85MONTEALEXANER :clothes,bedding,toys,fishrod,dufflebag,miscbins andboxes C85CHRISTYABRUZZINI:toys,misc. bins/boxes,endtable,rockingchair, Christmasdec.,bedding,books C90ANGELAMOORE:wickerfurniture, ottoman,endtable,vacuum,stools,table, shoes,misc.bins/boxes,lamp.Picframe

DR#00063554

Published:May26June2,2023

Pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Code sections 3691 and 3692.4, the following conditions will, by operation of law, subject real property to the tax collector’s power to sell:

• All property for which property taxes and assessments have been in default for five or more years.

• All nonresidential commercial property for which property taxes and assessments have been in default for three or more years.

• Any property the tax collector has received a request to bring the property to the next scheduled tax sale from a person or entity that has a nuisance abatement lien recorded against the property and for which property taxes and assessments have been in default for three or more years.

• Any property that has been identified and requested for purchase by a city, county, city and county, or nonprofit organization to serve the public benefit by providing housing or services directly related to low-income persons and for which property taxes and assessments have been in default for three or more years.

Note: The power to sell schedule for nonresidential commercial property is three or more years of tax default status, unless the county adopts, by ordinance or resolution, the five-year tax default schedule. The parcels listed herein meet one or more of the conditions listed above and thus, will become subject to the tax collector’s power to sell on July 1, 2023, at 12:01 a.m., by operation of law. The tax collector’s power to sell will arise unless the property is either redeemed or made subject to an installment plan of redemption initiated as provided by law prior to close of business on the last business day in June. The right to an installment plan terminates on the last business day in June, and after that date the entire balance due must be paid in full to prevent sale of the property at a tax sale.

The right of redemption survives the property becoming subject to the power to sell, but it terminates at close of business on the last business day prior to the date of the tax sale by the tax collector. All information concerning redemption or the initiation of an installment plan of redemption will be furnished, upon request, by Charles Lomeli, Solano County Treasurer-Tax Collector-County Clerk, at 675 Texas Street, Suite 1900, Fairfield, California, 94533 (707) 784-7485.

The amount to redeem, including all penalties and fees, as of June 2023, is shown between the parcel number and the name of the assessee.

PARCEL NUMBERING SYSTEM EXPLANATION

The Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN), when used to describe property in this list, refers to the assessor’s map book, the map page, the block on the map, if applicable, and the individual parcel on the map page or in the block. The assessor’s maps and further explanation of the parcel numbering system are available in the assessor’s office.

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31,325.84 MANALO DIANE M TR 1201 GLEN COVE PARKWAY UNIT 113 VALLEJO 94591

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8,100.08 GOSWAMI DEEPIKA PURI

1306 & 1308 NORTH TEXAS STREET FAIRFIELD 94534

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45,239.27 707 MOTORS LLC 2021, 2023 & 2025 NORTH TEXAS STREET FAIRFIELD 94533

7,711.96 VIRONCHI VANESSA 704 NEBRASKA STREET VALLEJO 94503

1,337.89 MILK FARM DEVELOPMENT LLC 8444 CURREY ROAD DIXON 95620

15,803.26 AHMAD JAWAD 5012 WALNUT ROAD VACAVILLE 95688

14,885.65 SCHERNER STEVEN M 9321 WEST CORDELIA ROAD UNINCORPORATED

16,801.77 SCHERNER STEVEN M 9321 WEST CORDELIA ROAD UNINCORPORATED

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For the Taxes, Assessments and Other

Charges for the Fiscal Year 2018/19

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Assessee

22,819.42 DAVIS RUBY 945 OHIO STREET FAIRFIELD 94533

14,851.66 CHAVEZ BERNABE MORALES JT; VENTURA GLORIA MORALES JT 919 FIRST STREET FAIRFIELD 94533

1,380.25 ELLIOTT HASANA AYASHA; ELLIOTT KARINDA AKILAH 1962 DIAMOND WAY FAIRFIELD 94533

18,288.74 CONTRERAS LUIS; CONTRERAS MARTHA 727 LOTZ WAY SUISUN CITY 94585

26,276.56 WEISS DIANNE 406 MORGAN STREET SUISUN CITY 94534

7,812.10 HEMENWAY DANIEL R TR 212 MAPLE STREET SUISUN CITY 94534

1,880.56 JOHNSON HELEN 1749 SAN JOSE STREET FAIRFIELD 94533

5,016.92 BALINGIT MILAGROS T JT; LACANLALE ARMAN JT 2338 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE FAIRFIELD 94533

4,531.32 TRAPSI MYRA V 609 CHYRL WAY SUISUN CITY 94585

22,178.16 ANNE LEE CARR 562 HICHBORN STREET VALLEJO 94590

3,375.74 HOLLIDAY-ARCHIE TEMIA 59 PARROTT STREET VALLEJO 94590

7,402.33 ULIMITED DEVELOPMENT LLC 113 B. W. WILLIAMS DRIVE VALLEJO 94590

29,261.40 GRAYSON CHALKA ALI 240 WILLOW STREET VALLEJO 94589

5,844.72 REHOBOTH WRLD O C C O G I CRST 245 HOLLY STREET VALLEJO 94590

12,363.28 ESCOBAR CAROLINE JT; ESCOBAR HELEN JT; ESCOBAR RAYMOND JT 1408 SERENO DRIVE VALLEJO 94503

2,849.85 GRAVES LYNDA (TOD) 454 PEPPER DRIVE VALLEJO 94590

3,546.50 COOPER BARBARA 1333 NORTH CAMINO ALTO UNIT 108 VALLEJO 94590

9,544.41 ULIMITED DEVELOPMENT LLC 337 FLORIDA STREET VALLEJO 94590

13,468.31 MARTINEZ EDUARDO ALTAMIRANO 936 VIRGINIA STREET VALLEJO 94590

13,619.41 CLYBURN LINDA A JT; SMITH ANTHONY A JT 462 SPRINGS ROAD VALLEJO 94590

973.28 CLEMONS BRANDON H 32 MULLER STREET VALLEJO 94590

1,145.80 MACEDONIA BAPTIST CH OF VJO NO SITUS

15,626.84 JOHNSON DOROTHEA S TR 106 ORANGE STREET VALLEJO 94590

14,540.43 REED GLADYS 160 HAMILTON COURT VALLEJO 94591

6,020.87 LINDAYEN ALMA 172 DELTA CIRCLE VALLEJO 94590

13,917.52 BERNARD ALINE JT; BERNARD MICHEL JT; BERNARD PATRICK JT 730 STELLA STREET VALLEJO 94589

5,678.76 GONZALEZ ELMER ALIRIO RIVAS 130 GINA COURT VALLEJO 94589

33,879.46 SIGNOR LUIS E & GLORIA M P 1741 GATEWAY DRIVE VALLEJO 94589

668.74 ADMIRAL CALLAGHAN PROF CTR LLC NO SITUS

66,793.16 CHAU NHI TU 225 SKYLINE DRIVE VALLEJO 94591

15,224.45 HUERTA MARTIN 106 HOLLYWOOD AVENUE VALLEJO 94591

29,496.45 SMITH GLENDORA 1533 MAGAZINE STREET VALLEJO 94591

262.26 DAVIS LORITA M 408 RIDGE AVENUE VALLEJO 94591

1,174.86 RIVARD GEORGE; PRIVARD LINDA M NO SITUS

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10,042.62 JWI INVESTMENT CORPORATION NO SITUS

47,224.66 DIXON LEKEISHA 131 RAMSGATE WAY VALLEJO 94589

15,519.53 DELCAMPO JUAN MARTIN 7687 HARTLEY ROAD UNINCORPORATED

24,743.54 ATTARD PAUL G & TAMARA L; DAVIS CHARLES THEODORE; ERICKSON SCOTT GAVIN; GUERRERO LISA; HAMMER ROGER W & MARJORIE E; MAYORGA DANILO NO SITUS

3,811.08 BINGHAM JOSHUA C 151 FRUITVALE ROAD VACAVILLE 95688

3,107.64 JOHNSON MARSHALL O III 112 KIOWA COURT VACAVILLE 95688

2,449.21 LOPEZ HELEN 548 ARLENE DRIVE VACAVILLE 95688

1,651.22 PRIMERA IGLESIA BAUTISTA 213 BROWN STREET VACAVILLE 95688

0132401020 174.56 DEVALDEZ LILIANA PADILLA JT; VALDEZ LORENZO B JT 200 CATALPA COURT VACAVILLE 95687

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10,323.48 MATSON MARK F 243 BERGEN COURT VACAVILLE 95688

53,225.56 RESCH RICHARD J & MELBA L JT 862 ATCHISON DRIVE VACAVILLE 95687

23,232.66 MARRS MICHAEL V & KELLIE J JT 137 CORNERSTONE COURT VACAVILLE 95687

8,915.90 ARCEMENT LLOYD & FAHEEMAH

NO SITUS

0153210050 56,888.58 JONES CYNTHIA

4418 GREEN VALLEY ROAD FAIRFIELD 94534

0156332050 33,744.67 TINNARELLO ANTHONY J JT; TINNARELLO ERIC J JT; TINNARELLO LARRY A JT 3856 CHAPPARAL DRIVE FAIRFIELD 94534

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6,205.24 YUNG VIVIAN C 5303 GRAMERCY CIRCLE FAIRFIELD 94533

47,674.40 RUTTENBERG JOSEPH & JULIE 1001 SHIRE COURT FAIRFIELD 94533

12,889.28 MARTIN JUAN MARCELL 121 VILLA COURT FAIRFIELD 94533

3,566.50 ELLISON BURT EUGENE 2232 EMERSON PLACE FAIRFIELD 94533

2,193.00 TUBBS TEANETA 700 RING NECK LANE SUISUN CITY 94585

5,909.98 HERNANDEZ ROGELIO NERI; NERI MARIA CHAVEZ 751 TIMBERLINE PLACE FAIRFIELD 94534

0180352370 29,695.53 VANZUIDEN THOMAS RAY 1133 COURTLAND COURT FAIRFIELD 94534

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0053081250 3,116.91 SPINOLA MARY FRANCES 1940 TUOLUMNE STREET VALLEJO 94589

0061221210 642.51 SCOTT ROBERT 125 REMINGTON COURT VALLEJO 94590

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1,326.07 ANDREWS FRANK J JR & HELEN NO SITUS

15,739.15 ANDREWS FRANK J JR & HELEN Y NO SITUS

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5,050.90 VERNON SHAWN 2751 CLARION PLACE FAIRFIELD 94533

Giants

From Page B1

long time.”

Unlike the Pirates, who the Giants just faced, and the Orioles, who arrive in San Francisco this weekend, Zaidi never stopped trying to put a competitive MLB team on the field.

The Pirates are coming off back-to-back 100loss seasons and have only had one winning season since 2015 (an 82-79 year in 2018).

Then there’s Baltimore, which bottomed out even harder than Pittsburgh. The Orioles lost 115 games in 2018, 108 in 2019 and 110 in 2021.

(Fans can also see an organization fully burning a roster to the ground right now across the Bay with the A’s. Oakland’s 12-46 record has it on pace to finish 34-128 in 2023, a year after going 60-102.)

“Focusing on the future” at the expense of the major league teams at the time has some benefits, sure. Both teams have “earned” the No. 1 overall pick in the MLB Draft multiple times, and they each have built up strong farm systems.

The Pirates started this season strong, opening with a 20-8 record before tumbling through May. They’re now 28-27 after taking two of three from the Giants. Pittsburgh has developed key pieces of its future in shortstop Oneil Cruzand third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes and has catcher Henry Davis, 2021’s No. 1 pick, and others coming up soon.

Then there are the Orioles, who turned things around last season and have surged to start the year, all while still holding baseball’s top farm system.

Led by catcher Adley Rutschman, a former No. 1 overall pick, the Orioles are 35-21 coming to San Francisco.

“bottoming out to winning it all” before, there’s no guarantee of a World Series run. That was the case for the 2010s Pirates and Orioles, who ended decades of suffering for a grand combined total of one division win, six playoff appearances and zero wins in the League Championship Series, let alone the World Series.

A team can’t buy a title, but it can doom itself to ineptitude. The Giants haven’t done that.

Even when they had a horrendous 64-98 season in 2017, the previous front office of Brian Sabean and Bobby Evans tried to get back to winning baseball in 2018, trading for Evan Longoria and Andrew McCutchen. That didn’t really work, but the attempt itself is noble.

Since Zaidi has taken over, the Giants have balanced trying to restock their farm system with a dizzying amount of roster arbitrage at the big league level.

The entire time, they’ve been competent and competitive in the majors. The Giants were still a .500 team in late August in 2019 before a poor September. They finished one game under .500 in 2020 and then ended up exactly at .500 in 2022.

And we all remember what a magical run 2021 was, even if it has started to feel more like a full-season fever dream than anything that could be replicable.

Yeah, it’s been hard to get to know and love some of the Giants since Zaidi took over, especially in the way Giants fans have been used to with the likes of Buster Posey, Brandon Crawford, Madison Bumgarner and others.

stadium in most places around the United States,” Aguero said, “it is going to have a negative economic impact.”

Rob Manfred, commissioner of Major League Baseball, must be thrilled. Good luck with expansion.

What makes Las Vegas different from any other market, Aguero said, is the tourist infusion. Las Vegas runs on 40 million tourists per year, and a baseball team could be another marquee attraction on the world-famous Strip.

With tourists come revenue and jobs, but baseball teams do not offer the number of jobs that Aguero and the A’s are pitching. The A’s have about 200 full-time employees. Perhaps that number would double with the ticket sales and marketing that would surround a move.

The Angels have about 200 concession workers on an average game day, union spokeswoman Maria Hernandez said. Security, parking, ticket operations and other positions outside that union account for more game-day jobs –but not thousands more.

Aguero told me Tuesday that his projection showed the A’s ballpark would result in 5,400 jobs per year in team and stadium operations.

“I don’t know that I necessarily agree with your numbers,” he said.

Aguero said the Las Vegas difference

Bay FC

From Page B3

signature colors alongside fog gray and dark navy blue — though the club is calling its color “warm poppy red”, which differs from the “international orange” color of the bridge, as designated by the Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District.

The club didn’t specify which of the six logos it unveiled on Thursday was its primary, with

Oakland A’s fans display signs as they protest at the Oakland Coliseum during a baseball game between the A’s and the Cincinnati Reds, April 28.

revolves around the nongame events, the private parties and corporate events that can fill a stadium when the team is not playing. He said the A’s stadium could have 200 private events per year and said he did not consult with other major league teams about job numbers.

“I think it’s very much an apples to oranges comparison,” he said. “We’re looking at other facilities that we have here in Las Vegas, to get a sense of what it might look like.”

Aguero provided legislators with estimates that 30% of fans would be tourists, including 16% who would not have to come to Las Vegas if not for the opportunity to see a major league game. In a stadium with a proposed capacity of 30,000, that would mean as many as 9,000 tourists per game.

Aguero estimated the NHL’s Golden Knights, whose winter season is much more touristfriendly, sell 10% to 20% of their tickets to tourists.

a mixture of its three colors used as the logo or background.

The iconography intentionally pairs up the San Francisco landmark with a team that looks to represent the entire region.

“If anyone knows how to turn a big idea into a world-changing reality, it is the Bay Area,” Waxman said in a statement. “With the right investment, care, and culture, Bay FC will become as strong and dynamic as the incredible community of people it serves. We’re going to activate every muscle

He said the popular team has instituted restrictions on ticket sales.

He said the baseball attendance estimates were informed by surveys of fans of other American League West teams, and by data from what legislators were told were “comparable Major League Baseball teams.” He told me those comparable teams included the Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.

“I don’t want to leave you with the impression that we somehow said the A’s are instantly going to be the Yankees or the Dodgers or the Red Sox,” Aguero said.

The Yankees and Dodgers and Red Sox are national brands. The A’s are a punchline, at least this season.

They could flourish in Las Vegas, or they could flounder. Greg Maddux and Bryce Harper stand for a blossoming baseball heritage in a town where even triple-A baseball draws well. But the

from across this region to drive this franchise toward setting new standards of excellence. This is the beginning of the Bay FC generation, and it is going to be powerful.”

The club will also be hosting its first public event this Saturday from noon to 3 p.m. at the Presidio’s Main Parade Lawn in San Francisco, near the Golden Gate Bridge itself. The event will have a live concert, food trucks, giveaways and a first look at new team merchandise.

In addition to the four former USWNT stars,

Golden Knights and Raiders — and the NBA team that awaits on land already secured for an arena — could suck up so many fan and corporate dollars that there might be too few left for the A’s in what still is a small market. That would make success with tourists an imperative, not a bonus. This likely is Las Vegas’ best chance at a major league team, because expansion would be far more competitive and far more expensive. Still, the hundreds of millions of dollars in public subsidies essentially mean legislators would be gambling with taxpayer money. A World Series would be worth it. But the Stanley Cup Final is just as thrilling, and it opens Saturday in Las Vegas. Tweeted Clark County Commissioner Tick Segerblom: “ironic that the best men’s team in las vegas is the one that didn’t receive any public subsidy.”

former Facebook CEO and FC investor Sheryl Sandberg is expected to attend the Saturday event and address the crowd, as will elected officials and local athletes.

The team still hasn’t finalized where it will play, though its likely home is PayPal Park in San Jose, about 50 miles south of the landmark depicted on Bay FC’s logo. Even without a home stadium announced, fans can now place ticket deposits for the 2024 season on the team’s new website.

Expos

From Page B1

June 13-25, including a 75-mile jetboat ride on the Rogue River, then they will return home and host a big July 4th tournament (June 30-July 4) and the American Legion Area 1 Tournament (July 13-17), with the winner advancing to the state finals at UCLA.

While on their Northwest trip, the team will play in a two tournaments, the first in Roseburg, Oregon, and then another in Medford, Oregon.

Some of the best teams in the western United States will also play at Laurel Creek Park, June 9-12, when the Expos host a mini-round robin

Local

From Page B1

But even if some teams have done the full cycle of eight student-athletes have received athletic scholarships to four-year colleges. Darrius Hickinbottom and Raymond Lane from the football team are moving on to the next level. Hickinbottom will play at Western Oregon. Lane is headed for Adams State in Colorado.

There certainly has been a bit of a mercenary feel to the Giants in recent years. Kevin Gausman and Carlos Rodón have been like shooting stars, starring here briefly before settling down more permanently elsewhere.

tournament. The teams participating will be the Expos, the Reno Knights, Medford Mustangs, Chico Nuts, Vallejo Post 550, and the Humboldt Eagles.

This weekend the Expos host the Diablo Valley Oaks Saturday with doubleheader games at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Vallejo will be at Fairfield Sunday for doubleheader games at 1 p.m. and 4.

The Fairfield Expos Baseball Association also features the Tomson Cabinetry American Legion team, which features players 16 years old and younger. For a schedule of upcoming games and more about both teams, check out Fairfield’s Facebook page at “Expos News.”

Baseball players Mason Sayre and Jarren Ford are both headed to Hawaii Pacific. Softball standout Kaitlyn Martinez will go to North Dakota State.

Athena Brombacher will take her basketball skills to Penn State, Brandywine. Preston King will run track at San Jose State, while Jackson Hicks will compete in cross country and track and field at Concordia.

Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group/TNS file Patrick Bailey hits a solo home run for the Giants against the Marlins in the second inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco, May 21.

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