Daily Republic: Friday, June 2, 2023

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Principal tells Sem Yeto High grads, ‘You are

all amazing’

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FAIRFIELD — Prin cipal James Hightower looked out at his grad uating Sem Yeto High School students Wednes day night at Armijo’s Brownlee Field and said, “You are valued. You are needed. Recognize your worth.”

That’s a wrap for Armijo High School Class of 2023

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FAIRFIELD — It was very evident that parents, friends and graduates were eager for the Armijo High School graduation to begin on Thursday night as there was some dancing on the sidelines, a lot of hugging and maybe a few tears.

The graduating procession was long, with about 480 students along with facility members entering the football field on one of the coolest sunny evening ceremonies in a while.

Salutatorians Garbrielle Gaceta and Joshua Rusi lead the Pledge of Allegiance.

The heart of the short ceremony was the Valedictorian address by Sharon Vuong.

She noted in her speech the sacrifices and dedication her classmates

had made over the last four years.

“We stepped through the struggles, heartaches, and created our own unique pathway that is all our own,” Vuong said.

She has discovered a passion for medicine and plans on pursuing her dream of becoming a clinical neuropsychiatrist or a radiologist. She spoke of her parents trepidations of the cost of this dream but also the love and support they have given her to follow her dreams where ever they take her.

“Our hard work has paid off,” she said. “We are ready to face the challenges ahead.” Vuong also said she will carry the pieces of those she loves in her heart forever, because they make up the pieces of who she is.

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The Sem Yeto Class of 2023 numbered 160 with the bulk of them in atten dance, dressed in blue caps and gowns colorfully decorated with their own personal flair. The graduates marched into the stadium to the familiar refrains of “Pomp and Circumstance” and walked out once the evening was complete as high school graduates.

The Sem Yeto class overcame many obstacles that continuation students often face in trying to achieve the goal of graduation. But on top of that, the first two years for

many of them was made even more challenging by the Covid pandemic.

“Trials, tragedies, obstacles and tears can instill character” Hightower added. “Every one of you is valuable to our present and our future. Always hold your head high because you are your

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Erin Hannigan won’t seek 4th term as supervisor

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FAIRFIELD – Solano County Supervisor Erin Hannigan will not seek a fourth term on the county board.

“I have made the decision to retire and not to run again,”

and I think I still have a lot in my tank,” the 59-yearold Hannigan said.

Trump says he’s been indicted

special counsel investigation into classified documents

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WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump has been indicted related to his handling of classified records, he said on social media Thursday, making him the first U.S. president charged with a federal crime.

“The corrupt Biden Administration has informed my attorneys that I have been Indicted, seemingly over the Boxes Hoax,” he said on his Truth Social plat-

form. “I never thought it possible that such a thing could happen to a former President of the United States... I AM AN INNOCENT MAN!”

Trump attorney John Rowley told NBC that his client was indicted on seven counts, but did not reveal the precise nature of the charges.

Trump’s legal team did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the Los Angeles Times.

The former presi-

dent said he has been summoned to appear in federal court in Miami on Tuesday afternoon. At that appearance, he is to be formally placed under arrest by the gov ernment he was once elected to lead.

Trump’s presidential campaign issued a fundraising appeal to donors within minutes of his social media post claiming that “we are watching our Republic DIE before

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Hannigan, the daughter of the late Assemblyman Tom Hannigan, said in a phone interview Thursday morning.

She cited wanting to spend more time with her husband, Vernon Andrews, and her two children.

“We have things we want to do together. He’s a few years older than I am, and we want to do these things while we still can,” said Hannigan, who married Andrews in the fall of 2020.

“It’s hard to even to say the word ‘retiring,’ because I feel young ...

But time can be precious. She even became a bit emotional remembering her mother, who had planned to retire when she turned 65, only to die of cancer at 64. Hannigan emphasized there are things she still wants to see accomplished before she steps down in 18 months.

At the top of that list is the proposed Early Learning Center in Vallejo, and the second First 5 Center in the county, this one planned for Fairfield.

“Those are two of my priority projects,” Hannigan said.

She also noted the longawaited Solano360 project at the fairgrounds property in Vallejo.

“We are in

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Marinovich turns pain into hope in ‘The Book About Betty’

“I’m gonna wave my freak flag high” – from “If 6 was 9” by Jimi

Hendrix

“But I see your true colors shining through, I see your true colors and that’s why I love you, so don’t be afraid to let them show, your true colors, true colors are beautiful like a rainbow” – from “True Colors” by Cindi

Lauper

Since she was in her teens, born and raised Fairfielder Danielle Marinovich strutted to the beat of a different drum. She often paid an emotional price for doing so.

On December 28, 1978, when she was a freshman at Armijo High School, Danielle’s older sister Stormy took her to see punk pioneers The Ramones opening for The Tubes at the Winterland Arena in San Francisco.

“There were women in fishnets with electrical tape across their nipples and The Tubes came out half-naked, mimicking sexual acts on stage. I was terrified, but intrigued,” Marinovich said. “I was a big Cher fan so I loved the risqué look that many of the women had and how many people there expressed themselves in ways I had never experienced.”

The concert birthed a fascination with punk rock in Marinovich that manifested itself in her appearance.

“I decided to look punk rock and I wasn’t sure exactly what that meant, but I teased out my hair and got a dog collar and chain. I never really fit in at Armijo as there wasn’t really a punk rock crowd there,” Marinovich said. “I didn’t feel valued for the person I was and it was really hard.”

Marinovich described herself as a rebellious character who sported a Mohawk, tattoos and piercings way before such things were acceptable. Her

father Frank rode and raced motorcycles and she followed suit, but didn’t like being dubbed a “biker chick” and all that implied or any other labels for that matter.

“I remember I wanted to be a model and my mother told me there was no way they would accept me with the tattoo I had on my ankle. Now, it is a 2-by-2-inch heart with a cloud, lightning bolt and a star, very 1979-80 looking. It wasn’t a big deal, still I hid it from my dad for 9 years because I didn’t want to disappoint him” Marinovich said. “When I was 16 I was fired from the Walgreens that used to be in the Solano Mall when the manager saw my tattoo. His eyes widened and he looked disgusted. I was called into the office and let go and was crushed.”

While her late mother Evelyn “Happy” Marinovich gave her the “I told you so speech,” she also would become the protective mama bear when she and her daughter were in public and someone stared at Danielle.

“I was just being myself and my style changed all the time. I was shunned and frowned upon, but looks can be deceiving,” Marinovich said. “I had a cousin who looked very prim and proper and then there was me who would show up all in black and with tats and piercings and people thought I was a certain way. Actually my cousin was the one who was wild. I’m very conservative. I’m a woman of faith and my faith is very important to me. I remember when my mother-in-law met me, she’s gone now bless her heart, but she said “Omigosh, you are nothing like what you look like!”

In 2002, Marinovich’s world was rocked when her sister Stormy died after a valiant fight with breast cancer. In the

throes of her deep grief and loss, Marinovich had a dream about a character she created named Betty that represented her younger self and all that she endured growing up in a relatively small town and the discrimination she encountered. Marinovich considers the dream her sister wanting her to heal and exercise the courage and faith to do the things she wanted to do.

“She knew I was hurt by a lot of snooty people who looked down on me. A lot of those people now have tattoos by the way,” Marinovich said.

In 2005 she published the book “The Book About Betty” that features a long haired, stitched up, smiling doll with a skull and crossbones dress on the cover. According to a press release, Marinovich brought Betty to life to help promote something the world so desperately needs: tolerance and acceptance.

“ The Book About Betty” was written to help adolescents, their peers and their parents understand that altering one’s appearance can be a natural and healthy form of expression. It is to encourage kids to think for themselves and stay true to their core values. Betty and all of her personas are based on my life and how people reacted negatively to my ever-changing styles. I decided to write a book to convey what really matters about people is who they are inside. Skin color, clothes, tattoos, piercings or hair color

shouldn’t give people the right to assume the definition of your character. Betty wears a skull and crossbones on her dress to send the message: Don’t judge a person by his or her appearance—we’re all the same under our skin!”

“The Book About Betty” was illustrated by one of Marinovich’s friends, Danny Boy Smith, and features images based on actual experiences in Marinovich’s life. One page even has her being teased by other students in front of Armijo High. While it is ostensibly a children’s book with Dr. Seuss-esque rhymes, it also resonated with many adults. A woman who had been ostracized because she was Jewish when she was a U.S. Navy lieutenant during World War II was brought to tears after reading it.

In addition to her book, since 2003 Marinovich has sold antique, vintage and handcrafted items. She had a brick and mortar store in Oakland called “Who’s Your Betty” and attracted interest from singer Pink and retail chain Hot Topic, but the store became a victim of the economic downturn in 2008 and moved online.

Then Marinovich had to deal with a staggering amount of death and loss including her fiancé and both of her parents and consequently lost the fire she had once had for her business.

She was ready to refocus on the Betty character in 2020 and then the murder of George Floyd happened and the sub-

sequent worldwide protests ignited. She did not want people to think she was attempting to cash in on the popular sentiment at the time by offering t-shirts and other items that said “We’re All The Same Under Our Skin” even though they predated the incident by several years. While her book will turn 20 in a couple of years and many of the things it covers have become much more socially acceptable now, Marinovich feels there is still a need for the positive message of her book. There are always new young people. “You can’t assume you know someone from their outer shell, you have to get to know them. A lot of people who were ostracized or who were the black sheep of their families have told me that they wished they had had my book when they were younger to share with their parents.”

Danielle Marinovich’s online store: WhosYourBetty.com 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.”

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Images from “The Book About Betty” by Danielle Marinovich.

Pomp and Circumstance no longer postponed for adult school grads

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FAIRFIELD — Stories of hope and determination permeated Willow Hall on Thursday afternoon as the Fairfield-Suisun Adult School graduated its latest class into the future. The ceremony also included those who took, and passed, the General Educational Development test.

Student speaker Isabel Garcia mastered English as a second language to earn her diploma. “Do not let anyone limit your ability to lead your life,” she began.

There were times she wondered if it was too late for her to learn. After wrapping her assignments in late May, Garcia knew one is never too old to keep learning.

That sentiment was echoed by Elizabeth Kolakoski, the adult school principal. “Education is a lifelong journey,” she told the graduates.

Esmerelda Cervantes choked back tears sharing her 20-year journey to earn her high school diploma. She dropped out at 16 when she became pregnant. Her priorities changed.

When she wanted to enter the work profession, all the applications asked wanted to know if she had a high school diploma or GED.

“Sometimes we believe life should be done in a certain way,” she said. “Sometimes things don’t fall into place.”

Getting the high school diploma is just the beginning, she said. She plans on attending college and earning a degree in business management or

accounting.

Cervantes has her own tax business and works to help those immigrating to the United States.

Her son, Donovan Guillen, stood beside her after the ceremony. He graduated from Armijo High School in 2022 and is attending college.

His support role often included bring food to his mom as she worked long hours in her office.

She encouraged her fellow graduates to reflect on their past and see how far they have come.

“I didn’t make the Class of 2003. Let’s have a big cheer for the Class of 2023.

“I can hardly believe I’m here,” said Alex Marquez-Sabathia, who earned his GED. He thanked family and friends for their support and held up a picture of his mother, while he was at the podium.

Alonzo Price spoke of

how a close friend suggested he go to the adult school. That journey bore fruit on Thursday.

The day was extra special for graduate Elizabeth Mendoza Bayles. She turned 20 on Thursday.

One graduate walked the stage, collected her diploma and found

Salute the red, white and blue at Independence Day Parade

FAIRFIELD — The City of Fairfield will host the 2023 Independence Day Parade in Downtown Fairfield on July 4.

The theme is “We the People.”

The parade will step off at 10 a.m. from the corner of Webster and Kentucky Street and continue down Kentucky Street to Great Jones, then turn up Texas Street to Washington Street.

The review stand is at the intersection of Texas Street and Madison

Avenue on the south side of the street.

Disabled parking is available at the Downtown Theatre parking lot as space allows. Categories for judging include band, commercial, equestrian, float, military, novelty, vehicle and walking. Each category winner will receive a $150 prize. Sweepstakes and Best Use of Theme will receive a $250 prize. For information, visit the city’s website at www. fairfield.ca.gov/events, which includes an entry form. The deadline for entries is 5 p.m. June 15.

someone sitting in her seat, who remained there until he was able to photograph a graduate in the waiting line.

The Willow Hall walls were decorated with Class of 2023 posters, which graduates were encouraged to collect as they left the event.

Voters reject seven of nine proposed LLMDs

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FAIRFIELD — Two of the proposed nine Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District will be formed following Wednesday’s ballot count.

The new assessments begin July 1.

The count was held Wednesday. The results shared during a continued city council meeting Wednesday evening.

Mayor Catherine “Cat” Moy was not present Tuesday. She was attending the United States Mayor Conference. Councilman Doug Carr did not attend on Wednesday.

Vice Mayor Pam Bertani conducted both meetings at the urging of Moy. “We are here on important business,” Bertani said. “Let’s get right to it.”

The nine districts were not generating enough revenue to support the level of landscaping and lighting maintenance services being provided. The council initiated proceedings for the formation of new maintenance districts with higher assessment rates to support the current level of services.

Paradise Valley and Gateway were the two proposed districts that will be formed. The council must abandon procedure on those districts with a majority of protest.

Thirty-one ballots were mailed to those in Gateway. Five were returned, with four supporting the new district.

In Waterman Highlands, 245 ballots were sent, with 116 returned. Of those 44 ballots supported the new district, 102 opposed it.

Rancho Solano received 1, 218 ballots; 603 were

returned. While 337 voted in favor, and 262 opposed, the district failed because the amount of assessment was greater in the 262 ballots.

The proposed Peppertree district got 367 ballots, with 113 returned. Fifty votes in support, 63 in opposition.

Of the 1.052 ballots sent to Rolling Hills, 418 were returned. While 223 supported the district, 194 said no. The assessment value was higher for the no vote, so the district failed.

One hundred thirty ballots were sent to Kolob Estates. Sixty-three were returned, with 21 in support and 41 opposing.

Paradise Valley’s win was by a narrow margin. Of the 1.055 ballots mailed out, 374 came back with 188 in support and 185 opposing.

The Downtown Business District received 109 ballots and 59 returned. Four were ruled invalid.

Three votes supported the new district, 52 opposed it. North Cordelia got 2,494 ballots with 779 returned. Two-hundred-ninety-two were in support, 487 in opposition.

Voters had one last chance to sound off at Tuesday’s city council meeting. All ballots were due prior to the end of the public hearing, the last item on Tuesday’s agenda.

“It’s been a long journey over the last two years,” said senior planner Chris Lewis.

Waterman Highlands resident Bernadette Curry encouraged the council to reconsider that area’s assessments. Curry said the proposed levy does not take into account the land around her home, and in the area, that cannot be built on.

“Don’t move forward,” she said. “Give it another look.”

Paradise Valley resident James Semien said he

Napa DA files 1st-ever murder charge against Fentanyl dealers

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NAPA — Murder charges have been filed against a pair of Santa Rosa residents who, the Napa County District Attorney’s Office contends, sold Fentanyl to a teen who died of an overdose.

charged a supplier of Fentanyl with murder in connection with a Fentanyl-related death, the DA statement said.

understood the cost when he purchased his home in that area. Over the years, he began to see “constant deterioration around landscaping.”

He questioned whether the money for landscape and lighting districts have been mismanaged. “Now you are coming to us,” he said. Semien said the positive thing is the formation of an oversight committee, adding that it must be held accountable. Some commenters questioned the fairness of the assessments, noting that in the past, every house paid the same.

One man questioned where the $80,000 came from to pay for the study that was used to levy the new fees.

District Attorney Allison Haley on Wednesday announced the charges against Alan Jazeel Martinez, 22, and Luis Fajardo Melgoza, 20.

A third defendant, Erika Garcia Chavez, 23, is charged with conspiracy to commit a crime and possession for sale of a controlled substance, the District Attorney’s Office said in a statement.

The county asserts that Martinez and Melgoza, on May 10 and May 16, 2022, sold Fentanyl-laced pills to 17-year-old Monica Flores. She was found dead in the bedroom of her Napa home on the morning of May 25.

It marks the first time in Napa County law enforcement history that the district attorney has

Martinez and Melgoza also are charged with the sale of a controlled substance to a minor; transportation for sale a controlled substance; possession for sale of a controlled substance; conspiracy to commit a crime; and child abuse likely to cause great bodily injury or death, the statement said.

Additionally, the district attorney charged the defendants with the aggravating factors of: violence, cruelty, viciousness, or callousness; vulnerable victim; inducing others to participate in a crime; inducing a minor to participate in a crime; and planning, sophistication, and professionalism, the statement said.

Martinez and Melgoza are being held at the Napa County jail without bail and were scheduled on Wednesday to appear in Superior Court for an arraignment.

Graduate Jada Duchine greets family and supporters at the Fairfield-Suisun Adult School graduation ceremony, at Willow Hall in Fairfield, Thursday.

Graduate Esmeralda Cervantes speaks at the FairfieldSuisun Adult School graduation ceremony, at Willow Hall in Fairfield, Thursday.

Council asks staff to come up with more options for existing senior center

SUISUN CITY — The Suisun City Senior Center is off the surplus property list, for now.

Council members, after making some soulful pleas, directed staff to return with options beyond a potential sale.

Councilwoman Jennalee Dawson noted with the Baby Boomers aging, that group will soon be the largest in the United States.

Marvin Osum, the newest member of the council, lives at the neighboring Casa de Suisun apartments. “Fifteen steps to the main door,” he said.

He was stunned to learn there was a possibility of the building be disposed of. Osum was under the impression it was closed because of the pandemic.

“We need to retain what we have,” he said.

Vice mayor Princess Washington said it was important to listen to the seniors. She suggested a lease option, as a last resort.

City staff estimated the building needs about $500,000 for renovations

and roof repair. Keeping the senior programs at the Nelson Center saves about $200,000 operationally.

Resident Donna LeBlanc, who was recently presented with a key to the city, noted there was a proposal to spend $650,000 on a fire department bathroom remodel, but not $700,000 on its senior citizens.

Senior programs at the Nelson Center are held at the same time as preschool and after school programs, she said. Seniors need a place of their own

“We already own it,” she said. “Fix it. Let the seniors go back to where they are comfortable.”

Councilman Amit Pal asked rhetorically, “Do you want to be the council that

State assembly panel clears parks-nonprofits partnership bill

FAIRFIELD — Legislation that will allow nonprofits to continue to help with park operations, which had already passed the state Senate, this week cleared the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee.

“Hundreds of volunteers and nonprofit groups devote their time and effort into making California parks the truly remarkable places they are,” state Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, said in a statement. He is the author of Senate Bill 668.

Existing law allows the state to partner with nonprofits “for the improvement, restoration, maintenance and operation of state parks.” However, that authorization is set to end on Jan. 1, 2025. Dodd’s bill removes the sunset.

loses its senior center?”

One resident, Tom LeBlanc, said if the decision is made to sell the senior center, he would buy it.

Regular commentors George Guynn and Steve Olrey both praised the council with Olrey saying it was the proudest moment of the council in the last four years.

Supervisors support use permit for enhanced communications tower

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FAIRFIELD — A series of county oversights dating back at least 14 years has made it possible for New Cingular Wireless to move forward on a project to add 15 antennas to an existing communication tower that should have been removed.

The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday denied the appeal of Daniel Schwartz, an adjacent landowner to the site. He was asking the board to uphold his appeal and deny the use permit for the project.

Schwartz had first appealed the decision by the county zoning administrator, then appealed the decision by the county Planning Commission, each approving the addition of the antennas to an 111-foot tower, plus some ground facilities, on property owned by American Tower Corp.

The hearing was then delayed two more times this year as roadimprovement issues were worked out.

The property is on Gates Canyon Road, about 1,000 feet south of the Mount Vaca peak, though it is sited on what is reported as a private stretch of Blue Ridge Road, county documents show.

The project was supported by former county Office of Emergency Services Manager Don Ryan, who said it will enhance emergency communications in the Pleasants Valley area, and by an area resident, David Stevens, who is a founder of the Pleasants Valley Fire Safety Council.

Schwartz correctly noted, and the county con-

firmed, that ATC failed to renew its 2004 use permit as required every five years, in 2009, 2014 and 2019.

He also correctly noted, and the county confirmed, the footing of the replacement tower installed in 2004, was just 3 feet, 5 inches, from the property line, and therefore in violation of the county setback requirement. The board was told the mistake was not caught at the time that use permit was issued.

The original tower was installed in the 1980s.

And finally, the county confirmed Schwartz’s contention that the tower should have been removed within a year of it being decommissioned years back. In other words, the existing tower should not have been there at all. Again, the county failed to adhere to its own standards.

“It is always our anticipation when something comes off a tower that something is going to go back on it,” board Chairman John Vasquez said of the oversight. The ridge is considered a golden location for communication towers. In fact, there are 23 within 1 mile of the contested tower.

Supervisor Mitch Mashburn noted all three county mistakes, but also got into the record that there is no legal remedy to correct those errors now.

Schwartz believes ATC’s $60,000 road improvement offer has convinced the county to look the other way, again. Moreover, he contends a nearby communication tower could have been used for this project, but this was a cheaper option.

“Quite frankly, I think the answer is quite simple,” Schwartz said. “ATC understands the cost that is going to be associated with the use permit (for the alternative site) ... as anyone would have to do in this county, and (the cost of) removal of that tower.”

A representative for AT&T, parent company of New Cingular Wireless, said the alternative site would have required adding height to the tower, more excavation and would be more visually intrusive to surrounding landowners.

Lingering around the tower issue is the roles and responsibilities of maintaining that stretch of private road between Mixed Canyon and Gates Canyon roads.

Schwartz said he has basically taken care of it from 2002 to 2017, and there was no dispute offered.

Now ATC has offered $60,000 and a promise to work with the county to use those funds for the highest improvement priorities. It also has committed to a more long-term solution to be worked out among the property and business owners in the area, but those details have not been worked out.

It was not clear if the other area interests, or possibly the county, would have to cover any additional costs. It was clear, however, the county has no real authority over the private road interests.

Mashburn raised the

possibility of the county taking over the road to enhance fire response and evacuation safety.

“This begs to me for an answer to why that isn’t a public road – for why we haven’t taken that as a county to assure we have access; to assure we have the ability to fight fires; to assure we have the ability, if it were required, to evacuate in either those two ways: Mixed Canyon or Gates Canyon,” Mashburn said. He called it a “duty to our citizens” to consider making it a public road and then maintain it. Schwartz became

“My proposal would allow these vital partnership to continue, ensuring our parks are sustainable and the best they can be for generations to come,” Dodd added.

“Among other things, the agreements allow qualified nonprofit organizations to operate or co-manage a park unit, taking on functional and financial responsibilities for the park unit with the department. These partnerships have been vital to over a dozen state parks across the state, preventing closures during the recession in 2011, and making critical capital investments in preserving and enhancing parks,” the statement said.

Riddick D. Houston

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Riddick, known to family and friends as Doug. He died peacefully at home on May 10, 2023 after a long illness with Parkinson at the age of 86.

Doug retired from the Air Force after 23 years of service and as a Solano County correctional officer.

Doug loved his country and his church. He was a member of Fairfield Assembly of God for 38 years.

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He leaves behind his wife Mauricette (Moe) after 64 years of a very happy marriage. He also leaves his son Christian, his wife Rosa, granddaughter Angelica and five great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and close friends longtime fishing partner Donald Frey and James Wood.

A military ceremony will be held with family and friends in Dixon at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery on June 14, 2023 at 2:30 p.m., 5810 Midway Road, Dixon, CA 95620.

John Albert Gr ay

John passed away on May 8, 2023 after a brief illness. Born in Rockford, IL to John and Lillian Gray, he is survived by wife of 62 years Meg; children Heather, John, Michael and Kristen; grandchildren Emily, Holly, Hannah, John, Corie, Cierra, JonCarlos, Vincent, and Angelina; and great-grandchildren Mabel, Henr y, Amelia and Michael.

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As valedictorian of Kirkland High School in 1955, and graduate of University of Illinois Urbana with a BS in Civil Engineering, and an MPA from Golden Gate University, John served in the US Army then met and married Meg in 1961.

John served as Public Works Director and later Transportation Director of Solano County.

John and Meg retired to Camino in 2001 as active members of Federated Church in Placerville where John held numerous leadership roles.

John’s life will be celebrated on June 24 at 11:00 a.m at Federated Church 1031 Thompson Way, Placerville, CA 95667. Lunch to follow. Memorial gifts may be sent to the church in his honor.

Ronald Cupid

Ronald Albert Cupid of Fairfield, CA. passed away on Sunday, May 21, 2023, at the age of 74. He had fought a long battle with cancer.

Ronald was born on June 1, 1948 in New York City to Albert and Gloria Cupid. He served in the Air Force, and transferred to California. His hobbies included golfing, music, playing the alto saxophone, and being an active member with Grace Episcopal Church, and Grace Episcopal Mens’ group (GEM). He volunteered with community non-profit organizations. Ronald’s career with Exxon Refinery, now Valero, in Benicia, CA. began in 1973 and spanned for 30 years. He is survived by his wife of 50 years Alma Cupid, whom he met and married during his time in the Air Force. They have three daughters: Dysha Cupid, Veronica Cupid, Rhonda Cupid, and a step son Christopher Gadberry. Ronald also has two grandchildren: Hannah and Patrice Cupid. Ronald has a sister Deborah Cupid of Fairfield, CA.

Kevin Corbett

Kevin Charles Corbett passed in peace at home on May 19, 2023, at the age of 51 after a courageous 4-year battle with cancer.

Born February 12, 1972, to Joseph and Lynne (Mitchell) Corbett, Kevin spent his young life in Texas, Massachusetts, Indiana, Ohio and California. He attended Amijo High School in Fairfield, CA and graduated in 1990. After Kevin met his wife Amy (Clinton) at Purdue University in 1993, they married in 1996 and lived in West Lafayette, IN until 2007 when they moved their family to North Carolina in the Winston-Salem area Kevin was a dedicated father and husband. He worked for Ball Metal from 1999 to 2005 and then had a 18-year career at Ardagh Metal (formerly Rexam) where he was an active member of the United Steelworkers union. Kevin kept his social circle small and valued close relationships with coworkers and friends that stood the test of time. Kevin loved calling North Carolina home, mostly because he didn’t have to shovel snow. He was an avid gardener, loyal Purdue fan, reluctant carpenter and occasional fisher-

He is preceded in death by his mother, father and grandmother. Ronald will be remembered for his dedication to Grace Episcopal Church and many community organizations. He along with Grace Episcopal Church participated in the coat drive for school children at Fair view Elementar y. Ronald volunteered with Nami (National Alliance on Mental Illness), by donating holiday gift bags, and participating in the NAMI/Walks your way, and with the Walk to end Alzheimer’s Team Grace. Ronald selflessly strived to bring awareness and unity with his volunteerism, up until the end of his fight with cancer Ronald has a great smile that was warm and inviting, he was compassionate and relentless. He was witty, organized, had a strong work ethic, and was an excellent communicator. He was loved and will be truly missed.

The visitation will be held Friday, June 9, 2023 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. at Br yan Braker chapel, 1850 W Texas St. in Fairfield, CA. His funeral will be Monday, June 12, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at Grace Episcopal Church, 1405 Kentucky St. in Fairfield, CA., with a burial at 12:00 p.m. at Suisun-Fairfield Cemetery, 1707 Union Ave. in Fairfield, CA. Arrangements entrusted to Bryan-Braker Funeral Home, Fairfield. You may sign the guestbook at www.bryanbraker.com

man. Kevin will especially be remembered for his sharp wit, strong work ethic, green thumb and ability to literally fix anything.

Kevin is survived by his wife, Amy, and their children Nathan, Alex and Megan; his parents, Joe and Lynne; siblings, Mike (Olivia) and Michelle; mother-in-law, Cynthia and brother-in-law, Judson and many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins. Kevin will also be greatly missed by the family’s dog, Daisy, who was his faithful companion and nap buddy throughout his illness.

The family extends unmeasurable gratitude to the teams at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Hospital and Trellis Supportive Care who provided amazing care

A memorial service honoring Kevin’s life will be held Saturday, July 8, 2023, at 3:00 p.m. at Hayworth-Miller Funeral Home, 6685 Shallowford Road, Lewisville, NC 27023. In lieu of flowers, consider a donation in Kevin’s name to support Cancer research at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, through their Discovery Fund, Office of Philanthropy and Alumni Relations, P.O. Box 571021, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, https:// giving.wakehealth.edu/find-your-cause/cancer or ongoing patient support efforts at Cancer Services, 3175 Maplewood Ave, Winston-Salem, NC 27103, www.cancerservicesonline.org.

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Durand Henderson spreads mulch at the Senior Center during a Suisun City Community Clean Team cleanup, Aug. 25, 2018.

International Bird Rescue center hosts awards ceremony

FAIRFIELD — The International Bird Rescue’s annual Taking Flight Awards Ceremony and Fundraiser will be an evening celebrating its conservation mission and honoring everyday wildlife heroes – including Fairfield resident Karen Sheldon, who has been selected as Volunteer of the Year. Sheldon has been a volunteer since 2006 at Bird Rescue’s San Francisco Bay-Delta wildlife center. She helped develop the Cordelia Slough Youth Education Program in Fairfield.

The event will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Freight & Salvage music venue, 2020 Addison St.,

Vacaville Fire Department reports a busy 2022; offers new program

taking-flight. The keynote speaker is Hailey Winslow, an actress, FOX 11 Los Angeles television reporter and adventuretravel television host. She will discuss how essential it is to share messages surrounding birds in a changing world and the need to take action for wildlife.

Also to be recognized is Community Partner of the Year Bart Selby of San Carlos. The Wildlife Partners of the Year are Dr. Cori Gibble and Laird Henkel, both from Santa Cruz.

Duo Gadjo will provide the music: jazz with a French twist that is largely inspired by the sounds of the 1920s and 1930s. A silent online auction features expe-

VACAVILLE — Calling 2022 a challenging year for the Vacaville Fire Department, Fire Chief Kristian Concepcion said the department was also able to implement some new programs.

“Despite an extreme staffing crisis throughout most of the year, I am proud to say our folks continued to provide the superior services that our community knows and expects from us,” he wrote in the department’s annual report.

The department responded to a record 13,204 incidents in 2022 – a 5.2-percent increase from 2021.

Ambulances also transported a record number of patients – 8,004. It marked the first time the department has 8,000 transports, and reflected an 8.4percent increase from the previous year and 22.4 percent over the past two years.

A pilot a Fire Apprentice Program, approved by the city council, yielded 338 applicants.

The goal is to provide an alternative pathway for individuals to attain a career serving their community. The first half of 2022 was utilized developing the program and beginning the recruitment process.

For the first time in three years, the department was able to bring back its awards ceremony to recognize excellence

Two die in plane crash near Rio Vista

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RIO VISTA — Two people died when the single-engine aircraft they were in crashed north of the Asta Construction Co. quarry east of the local airport.

Rio Vista Fire Chief Jeff Armstrong said the two people were pinned in the aircraft and died at the scene. Their identifies were being withheld pending notification of family.

Armstrong called a pilot of another airplane “a hero” for guiding the fire and other emergency responders to the site of the crash. He said the city is working to determine the identity of that pilot.

The Fire Department had first responded to the Rio Vista Municipal Airport about 11:45 a.m.

The alerting craft waved its wings to draw the attention of the crews on the ground, then guided them to the crash site. Armstrong said the location may not otherwise have been easily found. A section of chainlink fence had to be popped loose to gain access.

According to the National Transportation Safety Board, the plane was an “Experimental Sky Bolt.”

The Federal Aviation Administration, NTSB and the Solano County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the incident.

Nikila Gibson to get her Woman of Year award at Juneteenth event

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FAIRFIELD — State

Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, will present Tri-City NAACP President Nikila Gibson her Woman of the Year award at the June teenth Family Block Party Celebration in Suisun City on June 17.

Dodd announced Gibson as his choice for Woman of the Year for the 3rd Senate District in May.

The presentation will begin at 10 a.m. the Suisun City Marina Waterfront, 800 Kellogg St.

Gibson, is a Solano County Black business advocate, a champion of social equity and racial justice, while promoting holistic child development and environmental sustainability. Juneteenth, marked

Commissioners approve six new pickleball courts

VACAVILLE — Vacaville will get six new permanent pickleball courts.

The Parks and Recreation Commission voted unanimously, after much praise, to convert tennis courts at North Orchard Park to pickleball courts.

Commissioners praised the pickleball community and their dedication to the sport.

The sport combines elements of tennis, badminton and ping pong. It’s played with a paddle and a plastic ball with holes.

Vacaville has 17 tennis court. Three tennis courts at North Orchard are double striped which provide three of the seven pickleball striped courts in town.

Commissioners were told the conversion work could be accomplished in one or two weeks.

Western Railway Museum hosting Hot August Nights

SUISUN CITY — The Western Railway Museum will host its first Hot August Rails event on August.

The museum will be celebrating trains and classic automobiles of all kinds. Take a scenic train ride in the countryside and a classic car show like no other.

in the Vacaville Fire Department.

Firefighter/Paramedic Jerry Di Filippi was named firefighter of the year.

Management Analyst Tiffany Giguere is the administrative employee of the year. Mayra Beru men-Perez was named dispatcher of the year.

The department welcomed seven new fire fighter/paramedics and one new firefighter/EMT to in 2022.

Mindy Simpson and AJ Cavagnaro were promoted to fire captain.

Shaun Jimenez, Joe Shorum, Mike Leonhardt, and Jeff Ordonez were promoted to fire apparatus engineer.

Four of our firefighters retired last year with close to 100 years of experience between them. They

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are Captain Steve LePera, Engineer Al Cornejo, Engineer/Paramedic Dave Martinelli, and Firefighter/ Paramedic Chuck Morse.

“I am proud to say our staff met each challenge head-on and I am more confident than ever that I work alongside some of the

tection Agency has opened the application period for the 2023 San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund.

best, and most communityminded, firefighters and administrative staff in the country, and am honored to serve the 100,000 residents that call Vacaville home, alongside them. We look forward to an exciting 2023,” Concepcion wrote at the end of the report.

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Courtesy photo Nikila Gibson, a Solano County Black business advocate and president of the Tri-City NAACP, has been named Solano County Woman of the Year.

on June 19, represents the day in 1865 that 250,000 African slaves in Texas were notified they were free. There are also Juneteenth events in Fairfield and Vallejo.

Guests can also enjoy an exclusive Wine and Beer garden, as well games and activities for the whole family.

The event will be on Aug. 5 from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 5848 Highway 12. They are currently looking for classic car groups and enthusiasts, as well as local food and beverage vendors to participate in this event.

See the museum’s website for vendor appli-

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commissioners meet on Monday

FAIRFIELD — The Solano Local Agency Formation Commission will consider the detachment from the Solano Irrigation District of 5.41 acres of commercially zoned property within the Farm at Alamo Creek Specific Plan when it meets at 10 a.m. on Monday. The property is east of Leisure Town Road and north of Elmira. The land will be developed for commercial use within the city of Vacaville, the LAFCO agenda states. The commission meets in the Solano County Board of Supervisors chamber on the first floor of the government center, 675 Texas St., in Fairfield.

Fire Safe Council to hold online meeting

FAIRFIELD — The Solano County Fire Safe Council is holding an online meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Monday.

The agenda includes updates on chipping, signage and green waste disposal programs, the Community Wildfire Protection Plan, evacuation planning, the Wildfire Resources GIS Project and other partner activities.

Access is available at https://zoom.us/j/9763413 6406?pwd=KzZxRHYwR WhxVm5ERUVkYVBjci9 OQT09. The Meeting ID is 976 3413 6406. The passcode is 842552. Access is also available via One tap mobile: +166 94449171,,97634136406#,, ,,*842552#, and by calling 1-669-900-6833.

SF Bay protection grants now available

FAIRFIELD — The state Environmental Pro-

The $30 million fund was established “to protect and restore San Francisco Bay watersheds and wetlands. Proposed projects must be within the nine Bay Area counties that drain to San Francisco Bay.”

Applications must be submitted through Grants. gov. The deadline is 9 p.m. on Aug. 2.

There is a 50% match requirement, and many of the projects funded by the State Coastal Conservancy or the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority in the Bay Area are likely to be eligible.

Applications must be submitted with a Unique Entity Identifier number. If UEI number is needed, register at, www. epa.gov/system/files/ documents/2023-06/fy23sfbwqif-base-rfa-requestfor-applications.pdf.

For more information, go to grants.gov, www.epa.gov/sfbay-delta/ san-francisco-bay-waterquality-improvementfund-request-applications-rfas#base-doc, or www.grants.gov/web/ grants/view-opportunity. html?oppId=348532.

FAIRFIELD — This July, come celebrate the birthday of “the boy who lived” with a birthday party at Legendary Letters in downtown Fairfield.

The event will be on July 29, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at various locations in the downtown area.

Start the day with a check-in at at Legendary Letters, 707 Kentucky St., to receive a map with all the participating businesses and a card to get stamped. After the card is filled, return it to Legendary Letters to be entered into a drawing for fun prizes.

Tickets are free, but required. Cancel the tickets if you can no longer make it.

Parking will be free at the corner of Webster and Kentucky streets, another off the alley behind it, and at the library and civic center. Most of Kentucky Street allows street parking, too.

Bring drinking water, wear comfortable shoes to walk in and sun protection is advised. Tickets are available at www.facebook. com/elfstacy.

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Volunteer Karen Sheldon, right, gives a tour of the International Bird Rescue center during an open house in 2016.

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Firefighters mop up the scene of a four-alarm grass fire near Grandview Drive in Vacaville, July 22, 2016.

Robinson Kuntz/Daily Republic file (2015) Vacaville Fire Department firefighters help battle a fire on Pleasants Valley Road, north of Vacaville, in 2015.

They don’t see things as we do

Last time, I gave a heroic account of how America saved the world after World War II.

Gentle readers should be cautioned that parts of the world don’t agree. We often act, they point out, in our own interests contrary to our lofty declarations. For instance, we declare that all people have the God-given rights to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” But in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict we have slowly been pushed into a corner by Israelis and their U.S. supporters to a position of “… except Palestinians.”

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Especially in the Middle East, people resent it.

Another for instance occurred when we invaded Iraq in 2003 declaring that Iraq was going to use weapons of mass destruction against us. We invaded on the legal basis of preemption. Look at a map – fat chance. Most other nations saw it as a war of choice. Even Donald Trump labelled it “A big, fat mistake.”

Both China and Russia declared that pre-emption was an absurdity and they dropped out of the American Century and rejected our liberal international order, returning to dog-eat-dog nationalism and the use of war to achieve national objectives.

Vladimir Putin moved to mend what he characterized as “the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th Century,” the breakup of the Czarist-Soviet empire in 1991. First in little Georgia and then in Ukraine, he broke the United Nations laws of nonviolence, respect for borders and a world of laws.

He took Crimea by force from Ukraine in 2014. He didn’t care that 92% of Ukrainians had voted for separation from Russia in 1992. To him, Ukrainians were Russians and Crimea had been liberated from Turkish control by Catherine the Great in 1783, before there was the nation of Ukraine, so it, too, was Russian.

The fat was in the fire. Seventy years of American-led world peace were gone.

Part of Putin’s justification was fear of a possible NATO invasion, as George W. Bush’s “eastward expansion” of NATO had proceeded. But Putin knew well that NATO is a defensive organization and not capable of invading Russia, but eastward expansion gave him the excuse he needed.

As you know, he failed and is now content to say, “If I can’t have it I’ll make it a wasteland.” Genghis Khan returns to the 21st Century.

Where to from here? The war has turned into a battle of attrition, finding who will buckle first. Putin thinks the Russian people will tolerate deprivation longer than the West will support Ukraine. But someday he will have to negotiate. What then?

First, all land taken must be returned. Period. But Crimea is something all Russians deeply think is their own. So, Crimea goes back to Ukraine but Ukraine gives a 50-year lease to the Russians for Sebastopol and the eastern and southern coastlines where Russians go to bask in the southern sun.

Then Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the eastern half of Poland, and Ukraine are given a new NATO status: no NATO troops there unless the evidence of an imminent attack is declared whereupon NATO troops may enter. Next, a full-scale war from NATO commences if any of those nations are actually attacked. Retaliation can occur within the staging and support areas of Russia itself.

So Russia doesn’t get NATO troops on its borders and gets to occupy their favorite parts of Crimea for 50 years, and Russia is deterred from further stupidity. Russia must pay for present damages. The $300 billion frozen now in U.S. banks goes for reconstruction with more if needed.

This, and the eventual passing of Vladimir Putin, might bring more reasonable leadership to Russia and peace.

In the future, we’ll look at the more complex story of China and Taiwan. Jack Batson is a former member of the Fairfield City Council. Reach him by email at jsbatson@prodigy.net.

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Consequences can bite hard

Humanity has raised and razed structures from time immemorial with little regard for the consequences. We just dumped, burned or buried waste in holes, streams, rivers and oceans because out of sight is out of mind. Eventually our attitude and behavior changed as the detrimental effects began catching up.

An increasingly impactful law affecting everyone in California was passed. The law was supported in a near unanimous vote in our state legislature. The law is the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). CEQA signed in 1970 by Governor Ronald Reagan. The California law was passed following the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 signed by President Nixon creating the Environmental Protection Agency.

These laws were enacted in a bipartisan spirit to serve the citizens of California and our nation. These unprecedented laws were a reaction to the long-standing residue of the laissez-faire attitude and behavior in our expansive nation. President Theodore Roosevelt said: “Great thought speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.”

The great thought was, we as a species are destroying our future ability to exist. The great action was, Mayor Carl Stokes of Cleveland, Ohio causing the national press to take notice of the Cuyahoga River Fire of

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1969 by him standing next to the burning toxic river water, made famous by Time magazine’s cover picture. The picture showed the river on fire because of the egregious industrial pollution. Those who looked at the Cuyahoga did not see a flowing river but a thick oozing mass of industrial waste slowly flowing through the heart of Cleveland toward Lake Erie.

His actions, along with others, resulted in public opinion being marshalled about industrial pollution and its derivative issues such as air, water quality, noise, and light pollution, etc. and its probable detrimental effect upon plants, animals, and humanity. Because of his actions today 44 species of fish inhabit the Cuyahoga River. As result of these actions the environmental movement was on its way.

Ironically, Mayor Stokes who went on to serve two terms as mayor, would later in life succumb to esophageal cancer. Of the 10 top causes of cancer listed in the “Cancer Etiology” World Cancer Report (2014) by the World Health Organization, the second-leading cause is from exposure to physical and chemical agents in the environment.

California’s innovative actions sometimes leads to unintended consequences, such occurred with CEQA thanks to California’s activist judiciary. The State Supreme Court, In the 1973 Friends of Mammoth case, decided to mandate as “public” any project at all needing government

approval. This legal dictum (personal opinion of the trial judge) has led to many instances thwarting development.

CEQA has been criticized for being used as a bludgeon to block, downsize, delay or increase concessions from developers, driving up the cost of projects or cancelling them altogether. It is estimated approximately 85% of CEQA lawsuits are brought for other purposes. It’s become increasingly clear governance by bureaucratic fiat (Latin for “let it be done”) is expensive.

CEQA, when passed, had 13 code sections; 53 years later it has 190 code sections with 250 implementing regulations and 14 appendices. It requires public or private entities involved to follow uniform analysis of actions, protocols, processes, and procedures of construction or demolition. Also, CEQA has a broader reach than NEPA by requiring all parties to adopt all feasible measures to mitigate any adverse impact.

CEQA makes environmental protection a mandatory part of every California state and local agency’s decision-making process. Once the documentation and analysis are completed an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) is generated documenting all the elements including what planned or potential mitigations exist.

Since 1983 all governors, including Mr. Newsom, stated CEQA needs reform. Perhaps our legislators might work on something truly useful.

Jim McCully is a former chairman of the Solano County Republican Central Committee and former regional vice chairman of the California Republican Party.

Class of 2023 graduates, what is your next move?

Congratulations! class of 2023. You have just completed the first stage in your career endeavors.

That’s right! I said, your career.

I know that’s probably the last thing on your mind right now. When you’re 18, your priorities are: upgrading your cell phone, getting a vehicle.

Those of you with a bit more ambition may be thinking of finding a job, attending trade school or going to college. Regardless of what will be your next move, college, trade school, military or direct employment, most will all require the minimum of having a high school diploma. I encourage you to brace yourself for you are about to enter an extremely challenging adult reality. What was one once an environment filled with plenty of opportunities regardless of your choice of direction be it the job market, military or advanced education, we are seeing unprecedented obstacles in every career path.

All of you who have successfully reached the plateau of becoming a high school graduate and earned that diploma that has eluded many of your peers. It is over but at the same time just getting started for you. This year’s graduates have accomplished more than those in previous classes. What you have accomplished is worth celebrating. Some of you have overcome long odds while earning the diploma.

You have resiliently made it through high school in spite of a yearlong worldwide pandemic that interrupted your sophomore year and set you back

academically. There are those who have given up and have not made this accomplishment today. Some have fallen so far behind that they quite simply gave up on the possibility of graduating on time. You, however, have made your family proud by remaining focused on your academic goals. This was just another obstacle thrown in your path, but you did not stumble.

Graduating high school is an attainable goal that should be expected of most students who begin secondary education, but there are new challenges and obstacles that have caused many local students to fall short. Those of you who have completed this step in your life reveal something special about your character. You have endured what was probably the most challenging four years of your life.

Whether you plan to join the workforce, trade school or continue your education, you are off to a good start and should have the tools necessary to succeed. Draw strength from your experience and apply it toward the next phase of your life which will be a far greater challenge due to the current economic environment.

There are new barriers and unprecedented conditions that await you once you cross the stage, recover from Grad night and the celebrations are over. Due to extreme budget cuts, there will be fewer freshmen accepted in California university campuses and less classes available in community colleges. The job market continues to

be a challenge particularly for you as employers continue to be apprehensive of hiring youth. The unemployment rate for youth (16-25) is approximately 21% in California.

Needless to say, you have to be at the top of your game these days in order to compete and survive in the current environment. Quite simply … “play time is over.” You must develop a healthy competitive spirit and assertive attitude to successfully navigate through the pitfalls and barriers that are now in your path. Stay focused and stay sharp.

The fundamentals that you’ve learned in high school will be necessary tools to succeed in your next endeavor be it advanced education trade school, military or the work force. Excellent written and oral communication skills will take you further than you realize. Discipline yourself to help improve your work habits and skills. That means reducing habits and activities that could be detrimental to your professional and intellectual development, such as addictions to video games or recreational drugs. Also, find an adult mentor to help you reach certain goals and objectives.

So class of 2023, enjoy your accomplishment and celebrate. The graduation parties should be great, and the gifts should be even greater. This is a major event in your lives. Enjoy it.

Deon D. Price is an author and youth life skills coach who lives in Fairfield. He can be reached at www.deondprice. com or thisyouthgeneration @gmail.com

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Masterson’s former lawyers leaked info to Church of Scientology

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Two of Danny Masterson’s former lawyers, Tom Mesereau and Sharon Appelbaum, have been sanctioned for sharing confidential discovery material with the Church of Scientology to help aid Masterson in his rape trial.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charlaine Olmedo ruled Wednesday that the former legal team leaked criminal material related to allegations from Masterson’s accusers that claim they were being stalked and harassed, reports the Hollywood Reporter.

Mesereau and Appelbaum reportedly shared the materials with attorney Vicki Podberesky, who represented the church in a lawsuit filed by the women.

Podberesky then used the information to file a complaint in the trial, claiming prosecutors were soliciting false testimony to use against Masterson.

The church’s complaint was “demonstrably false,” Judge Olmedo wrote in court documents. Prior to Masterson’s rape conviction in May, it was revealed that a lawyer for the Church of Scientology had received criminal discovery material in the civil suit, with information including photos and texts sharing the addresses and license plate numbers of the female accusers.

Judge Olmedo said the action “flies in the face of both statutory and caselaw authority.” Masterson is set to receive sentencing on Aug. 4.

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FairField TUESDAY, JUNE 6 7:49 a.m. — Assault with a deadly weapon, NORTH WESTERN STREET 8:19 a.m. — Commercial burglary, 2200 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 8:45 a.m. — Commercial burglary, 4700 block of BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE 9:53 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 1900 block of GRANDE CIRCLE 10:17 a.m. — Forgery, 1300 block of EAST TENNESSEE STREET 2:08 p.m. — Grand theft, 700 block of CHADBOURNE ROAD 2:27 p.m. — Trespassing, 2200 block of PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE 3:25 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 1200 block of B. GALE WILSON BOULEVARD 3:49 p.m. — Battery, 2500 block of ALFORD COURT 3:50 p.m. — Shots fired, 2400 block of SUNRISE DRIVE 4:34 p.m. — Forgery, 1100 block of TEXAS STREET 7:01 p.m. — Battery, 2100 block of CADENASSO DRIVE 7:24 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 5000 block of RED TOP ROAD WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7 9:23 a.m. — Commercial burglary, 3300 block of CHERRY HILLS COURT 10:05 a.m. — Assault with a deadly weapon, 4500 block of BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE 10:28 a.m. — Embezzlement, 1300 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 11:10 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 1800 block of INDIANA STREET 11:49 a.m. — Battery, 900 block of OHIO STREET 11:56 a.m. — Embezzlement, 1300 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 1:17 p.m. — Forgery, 800 block of EAST TABOR AVENUE 1:34 p.m. — Sexual assault, 1000 block of WEBSTER STREET 2:01 p.m. — Assault with a deadly weapon, 500 block of SAN MARCO STREET 2:31 p.m. — Battery, 200 block of ATLANTIC AVENUE 3:37 p.m. — Grand theft, 1300 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 7:58 p.m. — Vandalism, 2300 block of CORDELIA ROAD 11:06 p.m. — Reckless driver, DOVER AVENUE 11:08 p.m. — Battery, 1300 block of HOLIDAY LANE

Hannigan: Retiring

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negotiations with IRL (Industrial Realty Group LLC) ... and are working on a lease agreement,” she said.

Continuing her work on homelessness, her role with the California State Association of Counties and other projects also are on her list – not the least of which is Highway 37 improvements, which she knows will not be done – maybe not even started – before she departs.

Hannigan applauded the hard work of the county employees, and mentioned one other relationship of which she is quite proud.

“I would say the Yocha Dehe Wintun relationship is something I am very proud of,” Hannigan added. “We have brought in nearly $8 million into the county for projects that we couldn’t have found other funding for.”

Fraud verdict reached involving former David Grant worker FAIRFIELD — A Napa County Superior Court jury recently found a former U.S. Defense contractor employee, who worked at the David Grant Medical Center on Travis Air Force Base, guilty of illegal computer access and fraud.

Charles David Hersey, formerly of Napa, was found guilty of the felony on June 5. Sentencing is scheduled for July 17.

The jury found Hersey not guilty of attempted extortion and not guilty of a separate penal code

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Principal John McMorris spoke in a brief speech on how thankful he was for everyone support and they help to make it a great year to be a Royal before getting to the diploma presen tation by governing board members.

The parents of Jeimy Alvarez Castillo cheered loudly as her name was read. According to dad Abbakiic Singh of Fair field, she is going into the Air Force after graduation.

“When I see her I am going to throw her up in the air,” he said.

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own success story. You are all amazing.”

Hightower said many different methods were made available to help the students succeed. Prior to the commencement, he mentioned the “boot camp” times that were made available on Saturdays and many afternoons after school to help them make up credits.

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Posey said she had early struggles as a student at Early College High School but was able to find her footing at Sem Yeto and complete her studies. She thanked her teachers and parents for their assistance along the way.”

Aaron Rosenblatt/Daily Republic Seniors enter the field during the Armijo High School Graduation Ceremony in Fairfield, Thursday.

Retiring from the Board of Supervisors does not mean she will not stay involved in the community, most notably the Soroptimist Club in Vallejo. She plans to attend the international convention in Dublin, Ireland, in July.

Hannigan, who served on the Vallejo City Council from December 2007 to December 2012 and started her first four-year term as as the District 1 supervisor in January 2013, has endorsed a successor.

Michael Wilson, a former Vallejo councilman and a district representative for Hannigan, “has raised his hand and would like to work in this arena,” she said. The timing of the announcement has everything to do with the next election. Because the primary is in March, this gives anyone interested in running for the county seat the time to set up a campaign and raise money.

section referring to illegal computer access and fraud.

None of the crime for which he was found guilty took place in Solano County, although one report indicated he may have stored some of the material he took at David Grant.

The victim in the case is reported to be Hersey’s former wife and involved privileged legal and medical data.

The Napa Police Department investigated the matter, but could not be reached Thursday for comment. The District Attorney’s Office would only confirm the basic court details and not specifics of the case.

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“Coming here changed the way I thought of myself and how I saw myself in others” Posey said. “It taught me that every student deserves an opportunity to have teach-

ers and staff that want them to succeed. Learn and grow. Make a name of yourself. Time is of the essence. Use it.”

Teachers Jeff Scott and Dean Shreve also shared their advice with students and watched first-hand how many of them were able to overcome and earn

their diplomas.

“I see a group of young people that have turned what could have been failure into a success,” Scott said. “When you fell, you got back up. Work toward your goal. You might just inspire someone else.”

have all had your share of serious obstacles,” he said.”We know that if we brought each one of you up here there wouldn’t be a dry eye in the house. We believed in you – that is what Sem Yeto does – sometimes when you didn’t even believe in yourselves.”

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our very eyes.” The unprecedented decision to indict him comes after a more than yearlong investigation into whether he know ingly retained top-secret and other classified gov ernment records when he left office in 2021 and disregarded a subpoena to return all classified documents in his posses sion, and whether he and his staff obstructed FBI efforts to ensure all docu ments had been returned.

Presidential and other government records in the White House’s possession must be turned over to the National Archives and Records Administration by the day a president leaves office. Archives staff quickly questioned why some materials were not received from Trump in January 2021, prompting a months-long negotiation with the former president and his staff and resulting in the return of more than 15 boxes of material in January 2022, including nearly 200 documents marked as classified.

Archives officials notified the Justice Department about the classified materials, and officials sought a subpoena demanding that Trump return any other classified material in his possession. Trump’s legal team produced about three dozen additional documents and a letter stating that a diligent search had turned up nothing more.

The FBI had information indicating more classified records might be in the former president’s possession and secured a warrant to search Trump’s Mar-aLago estate last August. More than 100 additional documents labeled classified and top-secret were found.

Special counsel Jack Smith was appointed in November by U.S. Attor-

ney General Merrick Garland to oversee the classified documents investigation and another probe scrutinizing Trump’s actions in his effort to remain in office after losing the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden. A spokesman for the special counsel declined to comment.

Reports in recent weeks fueled speculation that an indictment was imminent. According to news reports, Trump is heard acknowledging in an audio recording of a summer 2021 meeting that he retained a classified Pentagon document after leaving office. His lawyers have reportedly been unable to find that document, which related to military planning for confronting Iran.

Other reporting indicated that Trump and his aides may have obstructed efforts to retrieve security camera video, and that the special counsel’s team has been asking witnesses about potential damage from the flooding of a room where computer servers containing video surveillance logs were stored.

Garland has adhered to precedent and not

overruled Smith’s charging decision. Smith’s decision adds to the mounting legal challenges Trump faces heading into the 2024 presidential election.

In March, he was indicted in New York City on 34 felony charges related to an alleged hushmoney payment made to porn actor Stormy Daniels in the final days of the 2016 campaign. It marked the first time in history that a former U.S. president has been criminally prosecuted.

In addition to Smith’s concurrent investigation into efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election, Fulton County, Georgian District Attorney Fani Willis is leading a criminal probe related to Trump’s alleged efforts to convince Georgia officials to change results there.

In a four-minute video posted on Truth Social, Trump called the indictment “election interference” and an extension of previous probes, including the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Several prominent Republicans quickly echoed his language in

“The radical Far Left will stop at nothing to interfere with the 2024 election in order to prop up the catastrophic presidency and desperate campaign of Joe Biden,” House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik said in Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California, who played prominent roles in both of Trump’s impeachments, tweeted that the is an “affirmation of the rule of law.”

“For four years, he acted like he was above the law,” Schiff said in his tweet. “But he should be treated like any other lawbreaker. And today, he has been.”

The legal challenges are likely to complicate Trump’s campaign. The judge presiding over the New York criminal trial has ordered Trump to be present during the proceedings, which are scheduled to start in March 2024.

Last fall, the handling of classified documents became an unexpected flashpoint ahead of the 2024 presidential campaign with the news that President Biden and former Vice President Mike Pence – who joined the race on Monday –had both discovered they still possessed classified records from their time in the vice president’s office. Those instances stand apart from the Trump case because both men voluntarily turned the documents over to the Justice Department upon their discovery.

On June 1, the Justice Department informed Pence it was closing its investigation into his handling of classified documents without filling charges. Garland appointed a special counsel in January to review Biden’s handling of classified documents; that investigation is ongoing.

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Graduate MyKai Cooper shakes hands with school board members during the Sem Yeto Graduation at Armijo’s Brownlee Field, Wednesday.

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Former president Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at Waco Regional Airport in Waco, Texas, March 25.

Supervisors endorse CSAC homeless plan, but with cities

FAIRFIELD — Solano County may already be well ahead of the state when it comes to planning for which government entity does what to address the still ballooning homeless issue.

However, agency officials agree there is still an inflated need for state dollars.

The Board of Supervisors this week endorsed a framework plan –At-Home – by the California State Association of Counties that calls for a regular stream of state funding starting with the 2023-24 budget – funds based on point-in-time homeless counts most believe are deflated.

“Unlike other areas of government such as education, child welfare, infrastructure and many other policy areas, California lacks a comprehensive plan to address those who are unhoused and at-risk of becoming unhoused effectively and equitably,” the resolution states.

“The current approach to addressing homelessness is fragmented and lacks clear lines of responsibility, accountability and sustainability, and in order to make meaningful progress in helping those who are unhoused and housing insecure, the California State Association of Counties offers a first-of-its-kind comprehensive approach to address homelessness called the At Home plan ... At Home elevates homelessness as an important shared California priority, and provides a comprehensive roadmap to reducing and mitigating homelessness,” the resolution states.

In turn, the counties will spell out roles and responsibilities – what are defined as pillars of the plan – in addressing the homeless issues.

Those include counties and cities collaborating to located sites and support shelters, permanent supportive housing, and encampment clean-up, as well as encampment outreach.

Board Chairman John Vasquez took exception to what he believed was an undertone of the plan that suggests counties – and specifically Solano County – is not already doing

what the plan sets out.

“But as always, it’s about funding and the state has to be part of that accountability,” Vasquez said.

Solano, on Tuesday, became the 22nd of 58 counties to have adopted the resolution.

At-Home is an acronym for Accountability, Transparency, Housing, Outreach, Mitigation & Economic Opportunity.

Supervisor Erin Hannigan, who is a member of the CSAC executive committee, brought the plan to the board. Justin Garrett, legislative representative for Human Services policies for the organization and the point person for At-Home, made the presentation to the board.

He focused on the pillar of Accountability in the presentation, an element he said that can be addressed in a single piece of legislation to address more money and a confirmed source of funding.

The supervisors, however, added language to the supporting resolution, suggested by Supervisor Mitch Mashburn, that includes cities getting in line with the plan as well.

“I want to make sure the cities are signing on, too, because without them we cannot be successful,”

Mashburn said.

Garrett said CSAC is in discussions with the League of California Cities and some of the larger cities.

He noted, however, that the league as well as other government-related organizations are developing independent plans as well.

While there was some headshaking about whether this actually represents anything new, other than directing more funding to the counties, Hannigan said the strength of the plan is it will be bolstered by a coalition of all the counties.

“We do need money, and we need our fair share, too,” Supervisor Wanda Williams added.

It also was noted that in order to get those funds, the counties must show progress in what is described as a performance-based plan.

Suisun City resident George Guynn, a self-described taxpayer advocate, called the plan another government handout that is essentially picking the pockets of tax-paying citizens.

“There is a problem because people have the their hand out and government is feeding that hand,” Guynn said.

He told the board that the emphasis needs to be on the homeless who need mental health services, including more of the kind of care facilities that have been depleted going back to the days of Gov. Ronald Reagan.

emotional when discussing the threat of fire, and showing a picture of the wall of flames that was bearing down on his property when the LNU fire crossed over from Napa County.

“By the luck of the wind (direction change), as I understand it, this fire was heading directly to District 2 and other (ares) represented by this

Board of Supervisors,” Schwartz said. “It’s damn scary ... We’ve all seen it in the news, but until you live it, you have no idea what it feels like,” he added.

Vasquez, who clearly favors those who are using the road to pay for its maintenance, said that road has been a concern for years, and the question of what to do about it being equally difficult.

“It would take a lot for the county to take over the road and maintain it,” Vasquez said.

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Mudcats open home season Friday against the Stompers

FAIRFIELD — Kyle

Stafford is excited to take the helm of a Solano Mudcats collegiate summer baseball team that features a handful of returning players to help him find his way.

“That really helps bring the team closer together,” Stafford said. “The veterans help us develop a bond because they know what to expect and can help the newcomers.”

Stafford just completed his first season as an assistant coach at Solano Community College. He had spent the previous four years as an assistant at University of the Southwest in Hobbs, New Mexico, an NAIA program. Stafford played two seasons at Solano (2013 and 2014) before graduating from Chico State.

The Mudcats were established as a semiprofessional baseball club in 1990 by Shawn

Scibek, George Sebena and Jed Czajkowski. In 2012, the club became a collegiate program.

Solano, which plays its home games at Vanden High School, is a member of the California Collegiate League with opponents like Lincoln, Healdsburg, Walnut Creek, Sonoma, Humboldt and San Luis Obispo.

Solano has its home opener at 5 p.m. Friday night at Vanden against Sonoma. It’s a 38-game season that features an all-star game in Los Angeles against Southern California squads in the middle of July and a state championship the first week of August.

The full schedule and roster is available at solanomudcats.org.

The roster currently features 28 players mostly assembled from the region, along with a few from other parts of the state and across the nation. The Mudcats

Expos earn win vs. Yolo Post 77 in Woodland

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Genter, Landon Dodge and Teagan Gonzalez combined to allow just one run on four hits as the Fairfield Expos picked up a 6-1 win Wednesday night at Clark Field in Woodland against Yolo Post 77.

Genter went 3 2/3 innings and had a strikeout for the local American Legion baseball team. Dodge went 1 1/3 innings with one strikeout. Gonzalez closed out the final two innings.

Fairfield is 22-4 overall and has won 11 of its last 12 games.

Cy Dempsay went 3-for-4 at the plate with two RBI. Noah Rodda and Blake Bozzini had two hits apiece. Isaiah Pazmino, Aaron Strong, Drew Carrington and Jace Parkinson all had hits. Strong drove in two runs and Pazmino knocked in two.

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Giants complete late comeback to sweep Rockies at Coors Field

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DENVER — No lead is safe at Coors Field, as the San Francisco Giants demonstrated Thursday for the second time in as many games.

Again erasing an early deficit with a late-inning rally, the Giants beat the Rockies 6-4 to complete a three-game sweep.

Pinch-hitting for Casey Schmitt, Brandon Crawford lined the gametying double into the right-center field gap, and LaMonte Wade Jr. lofted a fly ball deep enough to score the go-ahead run from third. Like the previous late-inning comeback, the ninth inning started with a pair of free passes as Pierce Johnson struggled to find the strike zone.

Mike Yastrzemski, who reached on another walk after Sabol, made it to third, where he was in position to score what amounted to the gamewinning run on Wade’s sac fly to right field.

Entering this series, the Giants were 1-25 when trailing after seven innings. They have won the past two games, despite falling into that scenario both times.

In yet another parallel to Wednesday’s win, the Giants were forced to claw their way out of an early hole after their starter was hit hard early and failed to make it through six innings.

Alex Cobb was only beginning to settle in when he left the game after the fifth inning, despite throwing only 83 pitches.

tions at Coors, which can alter pitch shapes. Colorado batted around and scored four runs in the bottom of the first, taking a lead it held until the Giants rallied for three runs in the top of the ninth.

Facing the second batter of the fifth, Cobb threw a pitch that sailed up and in and grabbed at his left side. He was visited by manager Gabe Kapler and trainer Dave Groeschner, who had an extended conversation, but remained in the game to finish the inning.

Yuba-Sutter Stripers rallied for a 3-2 victory over the Expos that snapped a 10-game winning streak for the local team. Fairfield appeared headed to a 2-1 victory before YubaSutter came through with a two-run, game-winning hit in the seventh.

DJ Andersen and Jackson Kolakoski were solid on the mound, combining to allow seven hits, two earned runs and eight strikeouts. Bryce Alcantara and Parkinson had two hits apiece, while Dempsay singled and drove in a run.

In the bottom of the seventh, the Expos had runners on first and third when Alcantara drove a long drive to the warning track in centerfield that was caught for the final out. All four of Fairfield's losses have been by by just one run this season.

The Expos will be back in action at 7:30 p.m. Friday with a home game against the Reno Knights.

Blake Sabol, who drew the leadoff walk, raced home from second on Crawford’s double, and

Like Logan Webb on Wednesday, the Rockies jumped on Cobb as he adjusted to the unique condi-

Until the ninth, the Giants had relied exclusively on two home runs for score their three runs, a departure from the first two games of this series, which were the Giants’ first consecutive games going homerless in the mile-high venue since July 3-4, 2018.

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Defending champ Daniel Suarez returns to Sonoma on an upswing

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Daniel Suarez will return to the scene of his only NASCAR Cup Series victory this weekend, and he will do so with considerable momentum from his top-10 run last Sunday at World Wide Technology Raceway.

Suarez won last year’s event at Sonoma Raceway by 3.849 seconds over runner-up Chris Buescher, and he’ll try to defend that triumph in Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350.

The race begins at 12:30 p.m. and will be televised nationally on Fox. Sonoma Raceway is one of six road courses on the Cup Series schedule

this year – including the Chicago Street Course–and Suarez feels he ready for the challenge of defending his win.

“Definitely, man,” said the driver of the No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet. “Every time we head to a road course,

whether it’s Sonoma or somewhere else, I am excited. I feel at home, and I am excited to go back to a place where we had great memories last time, and hopefully we can repeat it.

“Sunday’s race at St. Louis was great for us. It was a good, solid run from start to finish. We just need to build on it.”

In fact, Suarez showed excellent speed throughout last Sunday’s Enjoy Illinois 300, finishing 10th in the first stage, fifth in the second stage and seventh at the checkered flag. Suarez comes to Sonoma 16th in the series

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Quarterback Trey Lance still on long road back with 49ers

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SANTA CLARA — The first competition 49ers quarterback Trey Lance needed to win during this offseason wasn’t against Sam Darnold or Brock Purdy, but against his own body. He had to rid himself of the funky mechanics that developed in the year-plus he spent overcompensating for an injured index finger on his throwing hand, an injury he sustained during the preseason of his rookie

year in 2021. He had to shorten his throwing motion to rediscover a quicker release he had worked hard to master during his time at North Dakota State, where he set an NCAA record for most passing attempts (287) without an interception during the 2019 season.

And he had to recover from a fractured fibula and ligament damage in his right ankle, which grew irritated after surgery last September and, three months later, required a second operation to

remove protective hardware and free the ankle to begin healing on its own.

After clearing all these obstacles, the No. 3 pick in the 2021 draft has found himself in the position of competing with Darnold, previously discarded by the lowly New York Jets and Carolina Panthers, for the opportunity to back up Purdy, the guy who was drafted 262nd overall in 2022.

“Shoot, it feels like it’s been a long process,” Lance, 23, said recently. “But I feel like I’m in a

really good spot. I don’t even feel (the ankle) or think about it… I really feel like I’m having fun playing football again. There are ups and downs, the stress and anxiety that come with playing the position and playing football, but this is the best I’ve been.”

While the health of his hand and the fine-tuning of his throwing mechanics are important, the strength of Lance’s ankle and the explosiveness of his legs are what could make him the quarterback the 49ers thought he could be when

they traded three firstround picks to move up and draft him.

Medically speaking, there’s hope.

Dr. David Oji, a foot and ankle surgeon at Stanford University, said that the surgeries performed on Lance were fairly regular procedures that typically “heal up great” and “most athletes will go back pretty close to their preinjury level.”

While there are different ways to fix ankle fractures, Oji suspected that the method used on

Lance is “mechanically, a very strong way to fix the break, but there’s a high chance the tendon can get irritated.”

That’s what happened with Lance. The implanted metal can “shield the bone and make it artificially stronger,” Oji said, but because of the irritation, Lance had to go back in for a second procedure to remove the hardware. When that happens, the ankle becomes exposed.

“Now all of a sudden the bone is asked to take on

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Thairo Estrada, right, of the Giants is congratulated by third base coach Mark Hallberg as he circles the bases after hitting a solo home run against the Colorado Rockies in the first inning at Coors Field in Denver, Thursday.

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Mexican NASCAR driver Daniel Suarez earned first career Cup Series win at the 2022 Toyota/Save Mart at Sonoma Raceway, June 12.

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Friday’s TV sports

Baseball College

• Super Regionals, Virginia vs. Duke, ESPN2, 9 a.m.

• Super Regionals, Florida vs. South Carolina, ESPN2, 3 p.m.

MLB

• Oakland vs. Milwaukee, NBCSCA, 5:10 p.m.

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

Basketball

NBA

• Finals, Miami vs. Denver, 7, 10, 5:30 p.m.

Golf

• DP World, Scandinavian Mixed, GOLF, 4 a.m.

• LPGA, ShopRite LPGA Classic, GOLF, 9 a.m.

• PGA, RBC Canadian, GOLF, Noon.

Motorsports

• NASCAR Xfinity, DoorDash 250 from Sonoma, Practice, FS1, 1 p.m.

Tennis

• French Open, Men’s Semifinals, 3, 8 a.m.

Track and Field College

• NCAA Outdoor Championships, ESPN2, 6 p.m.

Saturday’s TV sports

Baseball College

• Super Regionals, Wake Forest vs. Alabama, ESPN, 9 a.m.

• Super Regionals, Virginia vs. Duke, ESPN2, 9 a.m.

• Super Regionals, LSU vs. Kentucky, ESPN, Noon.

• Super Regionals, Florida vs.South Carolina, ESPN2, Noon.

• Super Regionals, Stanford vs. Texas, ESPN2, 3 p.m.

MLB

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

• Chicago Cubs vs. San Francisco, 2, 40, 4:30 p.m.

Boxing

• Taylor vs. Lopez, ESPN, 7 p.m.

Football USFL

• Pittsburgh vs. Michigan, 2, 40, 9 a.m.

• Memphis vs. New Orleans, 3, Noon.

Golf

• DP World, Scandinavian Mixed, GOLF, 4:30 a.m.

• PGA, RBC Canadian Open, GOLF, 11:30 a.m.

• PGA, RBC Canadian Open, 5, 13,

Nuggets’ Murray playing with ‘nasty’ wound on his left hand

MIAMI — It’s a good thing history isn’t fragile.

As Jamal Murray walked onto the podium ahead of Thursday’s practice, his left hand was wrapped in protective tape to cover a nasty floor burn he suffered in Wednesday’s Game 3 victory.

During the open portion of practice, most of Murray’s time was spent dribbling two basketballs at once. After 30 minutes, he unwrapped his hand and showed the wound to several courtside reporters.

“It’s nasty,” he said of the raw skin exposed at the base of his left palm, which is Murray’s nonshooting hand.

Despite the wound, Murray made history Wednesday night when he and Nikola Jokicbecame the first pair of teammates to ever record 30-point triple-doubles in the same game — regular season or playoffs. Murray secured his final rebound of the triple-double with only five seconds left.

“(Malone) was trying to make subs but I was at the free-throw line (late), so I kind of had to stay in,” Murray said. “Yeah, like I said, it’s a cool stat. Just want to win a championship. Just trying to win a game. It’s not really worth something looking into or playing for.”

Murray joked earlier this season that Jokic had been stealing all his tripledoubles. He finally secured his first one in January against the Pacers. Murray might not admit it, but making history in the Finals is just a bit sweeter.

Jokic’s voice

Following Denver’s Game 2 loss at home, multiple veterans raised their voice in the locker room and called out the team’s effort and intensity.

According to TNT’s Chris Haynes, Jokic spoke as well, imploring his teammates to stay locked in and unrelenting.

Asked what prompted his remarks, Jokic was vague.

“I don’t know, I don’t think I did,” Jokic said. “Maybe I did. I don’t remember, to be honest. Maybe I said a little bit of something, but I don’t remember what.”

It’s not that Jokic was denying the fact that he spoke up in the postgame locker room. It’s that Jokic almost always downplays the significance of what he says. But his words matter to his teammates.

Porter’s corner

Despite a rough start to the Finals, Michael Porter Jr. still has his teammates’ support. Nuggets coach

Michael Malone insisted he felt a big game coming from their starting small forward and reinforced his starting spot was safe.

Aaron Gordon has remained a staunch advocate for Porter.

“I don’t think Mike has a bigger critic than himself,” Gordon said. “I think he’s hard on himself. We tell him just to keep shooting. That’s the one thing that this team has encouraged since I’ve been here, is when you get an open shot, shoot it. That doesn’t change whether you’re making it or missing it. Mike is one of the best shooters on planet Earth. He has one of the best jumpers that there is, of all time, one of the best jumpers.”

“… I just encourage him to get touches. What I mean by touches is, any time you can touch the ball is how you get energy in the ball for yourself, then the balls start going in. Whether it be on offense, trying to get an offensive rebound, a tap-back, a deflection or a steal, a strip. Any time you

can touch the ball, just do that and it will start to feel more rhythmic for you.”

House party

By now, the Jeff Green dinner party has already been etched in Nuggets lore. Green hosted most of his teammates and coaches on Monday night for a catered meal at his Miami home.

As teammates marveled at how nice a home Green had, the savvy veteran was left to ponder a different question. If the Nuggets clinched their first-ever championship, would Green host again?

“At my house?” he asked incredulously. “No, not there. If we’re celebrating that, no. My house would be destroyed.”

Herro update

If the Miami Heat is looking for a boost headed into Game 4, it won’t be from Tyler Herro.

Miami has ruled the 2022 Sixth Man of the Year out for Friday night’s game on the injury report. He hasn’t played since fracturing his hand in the opening game of the Heat’s first-round series against Milwaukee. Herro has been working out with the team since the start of the Finals.

“This is just part of the process,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “You have to go through stages. First part of it was just shooting, then movement, then contact versus coaches and then the next level of contact in practice. He has not been cleared for a game, and he is still not cleared yet.”

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Stanford will host Texas in Super Regional matchup

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Stanford is two wins at home from making its third consecutive trip to the College Baseball World Series.

The regular season Pac-12 champion Cardinal will need to defeat Texas in a best-of-three Super Regional series starting at 3 p.m. on Saturday to earn its 19th CWS appearance in Omaha, Neb.

The traditional powers will play Game 2 on Sunday (time to be announced) and a third game on Monday, if necessary.

If Stanford advances, it would be the program’s longest run of consecutive CWS appearances since it went to five in a row from 1999-2003.

Top-seeded Stanford won three consecutive elimination games at Sunken Diamond, beating Cal State Fullerton and Texas A&M on Sunday and Texas A&M again on Monday, to reach the Super Regionals.

Muchova stuns Sabalenka to set up final with Swiatek

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MLB draft pick Tommy

Troy, a former Los Gatos High star, won the conference batting title with a .410 average. He also hit 17 home runs and stole 17 bases.

Eddie Park, a Valley Christian product, is hitting .337, and Serra alum Drew Dowd is tied for the team lead with nine wins. Stanford (42-17) has not won the College World Series since it repeated in 1987-88. Texas is a sixtime national champion, winning its most recent title in 2005.

The Longhorns (41-20) beat Louisiana-Lafayette before winning two over top-seeded and host Miami to advance to the Super Regionals.

Texas pitchers Tanner Witt and Lebarron Johnson Jr. are considered Top 200 prospects by MLB.com. Stanford and Texas have not met since 2019 when the Cardinal won three of four during the regular season.

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PARIS — Karolina

Muchova will take on defending champion Iga Swiatek in the French Open final after saving a match point to knock out Aryna Sabalenka.

The unseeded Czech fought back from 5-2 down in the deciding set to claim a 7-6 (5) 6-7 (5) 7-5 victory on Thursday in a tremendous contest lasting three hours and 13 minutes.

It was a stunning performance from Muchova but also a stunning collapse from Australian Open champion Sabalenka who, having held match point, won just four of the next 24 points.

“I got on the better wave,” said the world number 43. “I could see that she was struggling a little bit and doing fast mistakes. I was just trying to keep her there.”

The expected battle between the world’s top two players did not materialize but Swiatek kept up her end of the bargain with a 6-2 7-6 (7) victory

over Beatriz Haddad Maia and will be a strong favourite to win a third Roland Garros crown on Saturday and fourth slam overall.

If Muchova can produce the same all-court wiles she showed against Belarusian Sabalenka, though, she could yet become the latest surprise slam champion.

The 26-year-old was playing in her second slam semi-final having also reached the last four at the Australian Open in 2021, but injuries severely restricted her last year, with her ranking dropping outside the top 200.

Muchova said: “Some doctors told me, ‘Maybe you’ll not do sport anymore’. But I always kept it positive in my mind and tried to work and do all the exercises to be able to come back.

“I think everything has its own time. In the past, it was not easy. That’s actually what makes me appreciate this result even more now, because I know what I have been through in the past.

“To be now in a grand slam final, it’s for sure my dream. I’m super, super glad that I’m here and that I’m going to play finals on Saturday.”

Sabalenka, who has found attention more for her off-court views than her tennis this fortnight, made the faster start but Muchova grew steadily into the match and made the first big move, breaking for 5-4.

Back came Sabalenka immediately, though, a forehand winner saving a set point and then more crunching groundstrokes earning her the break.

It was a compelling contest between the raw power and aggression of Sabalenka and the more subtle skills of Muchova, who gave a masterful display of using angles and changes of direction as well as being very willing to come to the net.

She is not averse to a winner, too, and produced one from the top drawer on her second set point at 6-5 in the tie-break, drilling a backhand.

Saturday’s running of the Belmont Stakes has suddenly been downgraded from probable to possible after the state of New York suspended racing, training and workouts Thursday.

“The New York State Gaming Commission directed all tracks to stop all racing, training and workouts until further notice,” the commission’s statement said.

“The Gaming Commission continues to monitor air quality and rely on guidance from veterinary expertise to ensure any decision to resume racing is based solely in the best interest of the horse population.”

The air on Thursday was improved from what it was on Wednesday afternoon when it appeared as if there was a light orange lens over the sky.

Before the state order, the New York Racing Assn. canceled workouts and the first of the three-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival. The two stakes races, the Grade 2 $200,000 Wonder Again and $150,000 Jersey Girl, will now be run Sunday. Its intent was to resume racing Friday.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul was behind the state order.

“As New Yorkers continue to experience unhealthy air quality as a result of Canadian wildfires, we must all work to ensure that animals, including those peak-performance equine athletes,

win over the Miami Heat during Game 3 of the NBA Finals at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Wednesday.

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Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic plays a forehand against Aryna Sabalenka during the Women’s singles semiFinal match at the 2023 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris, Thursday.

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Moving out and moving on

The following column was originally pub lished in 2019.

Dear Annie: I lived with my husband for 50 years. We met spontaneously, and I moved in with him soon afterward. He was different from the norm. He was smart, always outgoing and had many great friends. I fell deeply in love. We got married after a few years together and began to build our careers in businesses, where we both became respected and successful in our fields. Over those years, we also partied excessively, and hung out with people who would eventually end up in prison. We moved beyond our youthful acts and raised a family. But he never stopped bragging about his earlier, danger-filled exploits to anyone and everyone. And his stories have grown to new exaggerated versions or downright lies.

I also painfully discovered that he considers himself a ladies' man, and has been secretly wining and dining other women. As much as I worked to make our lives better and make myself more attractive, I became more and more depressed. I felt I wasn't good enough. I confronted him several times about all of these issues and nothing ever improved.

Through an "aha" moment and research, I came to discover that I married a sociopath. I have been trying to fix someone who cannot be fixed. He ignores my attempts to improve our relationship because he doesn't care. He's not wired for it. I am finally working through all of this through therapy, particularly mindfulness meditation. I feel like a new person. I'm writing this because the symptoms have been there all along, and I was too busy, tired or ashamed to deal with it until now. I wish more information had been available to me earlier in my life about the prospects for a loving relationship with a sociopath. I found that he may often say and do the right things, but it is all an act and short-lived. With no regrets, I am now moving on with the second half of my time on this earth! I am happier and really enjoy life. — Breathing Free

Dear Breathing: And I am so happy for you. I appreciate your sharing your story here so that it might be a light for someone who's in the dark, as you were.

Dear Annie: I was a little disappointed by your advice to "Bent But Not Broken in Missouri" who started her letter: "My husband and I moved to another state following our

Horoscopes by Holiday Mathis

ARIES (March 21-April 19).

Most relationships come with caveats and conditions, and yet there are some relationships that seem beyond all that. You really do believe in extending unconditional love to some people. Who and why?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

If only you could get to a destination by merely wanting to be there. But since you can't today, you'll move and shake, putting yourself in the thick of the action where you can feel which direction everything is going.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

You're curious, willing to dip a toe into the unknown, and more than capable of handling whatever comes of that. Even so, keep your distance from weird energy. Good things to borrow: library book, pen... Bad thing to borrow: trouble.

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

A very effective process can seem like a mess to behold to the outsider who doesn't know better. But to the insider who understands what's getting made and how things come together, the same process is fascinating and beautiful.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).

Let the others fight over who owns a thing and who gets credit, money and status from it. You're more interested in the general usefulness of the

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Today’s birthday

Notable figures mentor and inspire you as you navigate the challenges and opportunities that come your way. You are also someone who values personal growth and development, and you may find that your work takes on a deeper meaning as you see it as a way to contribute to your own spiritual practice and self-improvement. Aquarius and Sagittarius adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 6, 13, 2, 22 and 19.

thing. Can it be played with, leveraged or traded? You'll use things very well regardless of who they belong to.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

You've known the lingering shadow of loneliness and recognize when it's settled on someone else. You'll help. Even the shortest conversation can have an enormous impact to alleviate the pain of isolation.

Your smile has healing power.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

A problem that's very real to a 5-year-old may seem ridiculous to a teen and irrelevant to the autonomous adult. Life gets simple when you skip the

retirements a few years ago. We moved to a resort town six hours away from my brother Billy and his wife, Patty." The writer continued to complain that family was not coming to see them or visit them with any frequency.

I agree with your advice that she should focus on her friends and not on her family, but she also must see the fingers pointed back at herself. If you choose to move six hours away after retirement, you should assume you'll be making frequent trips back "home," if you intend to stay in touch with your relatives there. Your relatives aren't required to suddenly plan vacations around you simply because you and yours decide to move to a new location after retirement.

I suggest that before those who move away become upset with relatives who stayed home, they start making plans to return to their roots to keep the relationships intact and not expect visits to their new locale in return. — Goes Both Ways Dear Goes Both Ways: You make a fair point, and you invoke a favorite aphorism of mine, "When you point one finger, there are three fingers pointing back to you." Thanks for offering another perspective.

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mundane struggles, opting only for the timeless ones.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

The schedule that worked for you before does not quite represent your current needs and priorities. It's possible something is demanding attention you can't afford to give at this time. A few tweaks can make things work much better.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). Even as a powerful commander of your own vessel, you can still be surprised at the strong impulses, preferences and behaviors that can overtake you. Today this happens beautifully and to your benefit.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). Healing takes time and has many stages. Things do not get magically better in one day. Adjust your expectations to allow for ups and downs, blips and bumps in the road.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). It can be like a torture to tolerate the soft grating of boring discourse. When what's going on has no relevance or interest to you, don't wait to act. Change the channel, set something down or walk away.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

It's not necessary to ask anyone if you're on the right path today because the multitudes within you will sing and let you know. Sometimes it's the soundtrack that makes the path right.

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Bridge

so if being used as a signal (discouraging, or an odd number, or suit-preference for the lowest-ranking of the relevant suits), it cannot be misconstrued -- as long as the defenders are on the same page. The 10s because they give finessing possibilities. For example, an entryless dummy has the A-4-3-2, and declarer has K-Q-10-5. To maximize the chance of four tricks, declarer cashes his king before crossing to the ace. If lefty discards, there is a marked finesse of the 10 to deliver four tricks. How is a 10 useful in today’s deal? South is in six no-trump, and West leads the club 10.

Declarer starts with 11 top tricks: three spades, three hearts, one diamond and four clubs. The initial reaction is probably to take two diamond finesses. This is more likely to work (76%) than to try for four heart tricks by cashing the king and finessing the 10 (50%). However, those major-suit 10s can be put to better use as long as East does not have more than four clubs.

THE MOST UNDERRATED CARDS IN THE DECK

Helena Bonham Carter, an English actress, said, “I do think imperfection’s underrated.” At the bridge table, two cards are badly underrated: the twos (or deuces, if you prefer) and the 10s. The former because there is no card lower than a two,

South takes the first three tricks with the club ace, club queen and club king. After East discards a heart, declarer runs the diamond eight to East’s queen and claims! As declarer explains, whatever East returns now, it gives South a 12th trick. A spade to dummy’s 10 supplies a fourth spade, a heart to the 10 a fourth heart, and a diamond to declarer’s 10 a second diamond.

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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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What to look for at Tony Awards and picks for potential winners

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Instead, expect more songs from Broadway musicals, selfpenned acceptance speeches that don’t cross the line into something scripted and maybe some unexpected improvisation. It’s live TV, after all.

Let’s hope the bosses at the Broadway League and American Theatre Wing are smart enough to deliver some kind of blanket, we-all-support-thewriters endorsement at the start of the broadcast, ideally something witty and moving, thus freeing everyone else from the need to virtue signal in their acceptance speeches. That kind of repetition will do little for the folks watching at home, especially given the complexity of the strike, and will hurt Broadway if only by encouraging bored viewers to look away.

The winners themselves are by no means all locked up. You can expect some surprises and much spreading of the bounty.

Best play

The best play award is one of the very few sure things: If anything other than “Leopoldstadt” wins, injustice will be served. No disrespect to its only serious rival, James Ijames’ excellent “Fat Ham,” but that is a deconstructive riff on a play whereas “Leopoldstadt” writer

ot only are the winners and losers at Sunday's 2023 Tony Awards unknown, so is the shape and content of the show. With the Writers Guild on strike, and most honorees in the theater world sympathetic to their cause, scripted matter is verboten and comic numbers, long a Tony Awards specialty, have been nixed.Tom Stoppard dug deep at the end of an astonishing career, probing his own identity and privilege with all the prowess you’d expect.

Best musical

The best musical Tony Award is more complicated. The 2022-23 season had several decent musicals, though not all of their fine performers received nominations. That’s given an abiding prejudice against populist attractions, the same blind spot that felled “Peter Pan Goes Wrong.”

But the 2022-23 season did not have a great musical. That’s indicative, I think, of how much the lingering COVID crisis and Broadway’s ongoing self-examination impacted the ability of very talented creative teams to create truly solid, ideally cast constructions. And, believe me, that is what a lasting Broadway musical needs to be. In show after show, things felt insecure and uncertain. Understandably so.

Two shows clearly have support: “Kimberly Akimbo,” a lovely if quirky musical that does put one in mind of one’s mortality, always a good thing in a musical, and that features a rich and beautiful score from the incomparable Jeanine Tesori. It has my support even if the caper elements of the plot are less interesting and certainly less truthful. But others like “Some Like It Hot,” which is pretty much the exact opposite of “Kimberly” in that it is frenetic to a fault, notwithstanding the chops of formidably experienced creators who do their best to wriggle around all kinds of new minefields created by the source material. That’s a show that feels closer to what the so-called “road voters,”

who book big Broadway shows in cities across America, might prefer. Then there’s the “Hee Haw”-like comedy “Shucked,” which is the funniest of the three but utterly unintegrated when it comes to book and score. “Shucked” surely won’t win the main prize, but Robert Horn can and should win for best book, even as Tesori deserves to win for best score, with all due respect to Tom Kitt of the Broadway version of “Almost Famous.”

Best revivals

The slate of musical revivals was far stronger than new shows. For my money, “Sweeney Todd” was head and shoulders above the competition — the revival directed by Thomas Kail (no nomination, which was ridiculous) was both respectful and revelatory of the original while also offering a fresh splash of aftershave. Best of all, it was present and alive and pulsing with emotional intensity. “Parade” also has its fans; some see it as a vast improvement over the original production. Not me, although there certainly was a good deal to enjoy there, if that’s an appropriate word. And then there is the minimalist “Into the Woods,” which also has a shot: many people adore this staging, which contained a stunner of a performance from Sara Bareilles as the Baker’s Wife, but I prefer my “Into the Woods” a tad more truthful and less overplayed. It’s a taste thing; Sondheim’s genius allows for many different paths and this one certainly led to joy for many.

There were two superlative revivals of plays on Broadway: one was Lorraine Hansberry’s

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Alder

after West leads a trump and East follows suit?

South’s jump to three hearts was a superaccept showing four-card support, a maximum and a doubleton somewhere. After four control-bids, North jumped to the small slam. Declarer had eight tricks in the majors, so he needed four from the minors. His first reaction was to take the diamond finesse. If it worked, he was home. If it failed, either the diamonds could split 3-3 or the club finesse could work. All in all, around an 80% line. Then South realized that if East had the diamond king, there was no need to take the finesse. He could cash his diamond ace and lead twice through East. What was the vigorish from that approach?

Answer: West might have both minor-suit kings but only one or two diamonds.

THE FINESSES

CONTINUE TO FAIL

H.L. Mencken said, “There is a saying in Baltimore that crabs may be prepared in 50 ways and that all of them are good.”

Today’s deal, which occurred in Baltimore, features two plays that each should work 50% of the time but never do in a lesson or a newspaper column.

How should South play in six hearts

South drew trumps, cashed the diamond ace and took his three spade tricks ending on the board. Then he led a diamond to his queen. West took the trick, but he was endplayed. He had to lead either a spade, conceding a ruff-and-sluff, or a club away from the king.

Note, though, that if West had begun with four diamonds, declarer still had the club finesse on the back burner.

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Michael Iskander, Justin Cooley, Victoria Clark, Nina White, Olivia Hardy and Fernell Hogan in “Kimberly Akimbo,” a potential Tony Award winner this year for Best Musical.

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“The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window,” a vibrant look at one of the most overlooked masterworks of the 20th century, all the more so because its genius of a playwright was at the end of her life as the show was in previews. It’s a beautifully acted revival and directed with remarkable insight by Anne Kauffman. The other was “Topdog/Underdog,” another feast of acting and the best directing work of Kenny Leon’s stillflourishing career.

Some will surely vote for “Death of a Salesman,” which was excellent in all of its present-day sections but much less effective in its flashbacks. This competitive category has the most quality shows of any at the Tony Awards, but may “Sidney Brustein” get what it deserves. Its deserving director, Kauffman, won’t be honored. No nomination.

Director

The best director of a play category could also have used a spot for relative newcomer Justin March, although his day will come. March made a solo show, the thriller “Prima Facie,” feel like a multi-cast production, it rippled with so much tense action. I suspect Patrick Marber will win for “Leopoldstadt.” I also suspect he’d be the first to admit the quality of the

play and the cast made his work easier.

Leading roles

There were several great female performances this season. My top three (in no particular order) were Jodie Comer in “Prima Facie” (who deserves and will likely win the Tony in the play category), Rachel Brosnahan in “Sidney Brustein” (deserving but not nominated) and Annaleigh Ashford in “Sweeney Todd,” (deserving a win in the musical category) who was so present and alive as Mrs. Lovett she ignited the whole shebang. No disrespect to Victoria Clark of “Kimberly Akimbo” and Jessica Chastain of “A Doll’s House.” Women rocked this year.

The best male performance in a play? Sean Hayes in “Good Night, Oscar” was the actor who combined full-blown psychological integrity and craft with a level of bravura, jaw-dropping showmanship that audiences are right to love on Broadway. No one else had all of that in place, although there surely was rich work from Wendell Pierce in “Death of a Salesman,” Yahya AbdulMateen II and Corey Hawkins in “Topdog,” and Stephen McKinley Henderson in “Between Riverside and Crazy.”

Men in musicals is a less obvious category: The favorite, and my favored, is J. Harrison Ghee in “Some Like it Hot,” although a case could surely be made for the generous ensemble player Josh Groban, who I’d say showed us the softer side of Sweeney Todd if that didn’t sound like a Target ad.

Brian Crane

Zits Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

Pearls Before Swine Stephan Pastis

Candorville Darrin Bell

Baby Blues Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott

Baldo Hector Cantú and Carlos Castellanos

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Wendell Pierce, left, and Sharon D. Clarke in “Death of a Salesman” at the Hudson Theatre in New York.

Bronwen Sharp/Broadway/TNS Jodie Comer in “Prima Facie.”

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Noticeisherebygiventothecreditorsand contingentcreditorsoftheabove-named decedent,thatallpersonshavingclaims againstthedecedentarerequired tofile themwiththeSuperiorCourtat,theFamilyLawDivision,600UnionAvenueFairfield,CA94533andmailacopytoKaren R.Korinetz,trusteeoftheRamosFamily Trust,datedJanuary7,2022,whereinthe decedentwasthesettlor,at3041Kaiser Drive#FSantaClara,CA95051withinthe lateroffourmonthsafterJune16,2023 (thedateofthefirstpublicationofnoticeto creditors)or,ifnoticeismailedorpersonallydeliveredtoyou,60daysafterthedate thisnotice ismailedorpersonallydeliveredtoyou.Aclaimformmaybeobtainedfromthecourtclerk.Foryourprotections,youareencouragedtofileyour claimbycertifiedmail,withreturnreceipt requested. MeghanM.Avila,Esq.May24,2023 DR#00063902 Published:June16,21,23,2023

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NOTICE OF IMPENDING POWER TO SELL TAX-DEFAULTED PROPERTY

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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1306 & 1308 NORTH TEXAS STREET FAIRFIELD 94534

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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

Property Tax Defaulted on July 1, 2019

For the Taxes, Assessments and Other

Charges for the Fiscal Year 2018/19

Assessor’s Amount to Redeem Parcel # by June 30th, 2023 Assessee

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13,673.62 ALHUZAIBI NAJI 10 & 22 BROADWAY VALLEJO 94503

Property Tax Defaulted on July 1, 2018

For the Taxes, Assessments and Other

Charges for the Fiscal Year 2017/18

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standings, on the bubble when it comes to making the Playoffs on points.

Suarez recalls the final moments of his breakthrough victory with crystalline clarity. He is the only Mexican driver to win in NASCAR’s premier division.

“I was just trying to stay calm,” he said. “I knew that it was a big stake on the line, but I was trying to stay calm. I was silent.

I wanted to do my thing. I didn’t want too much noise on the radio. I knew what I had to do.

“I would say after the white flag is when I got out of control. I just started crying inside the helmet, just thinking about it. Especially because I had a big gap. If it wasn’t a big gap, I would be focused. Since I had a big gap, I was just thinking about every single moment that has caused me to be here.”

Suarez isn’t the only driver who will come to Sonoma with a head of steam. Michael McDowell ran ninth at Gateway after recovering from an early spin, and he arrives in wine country hoping to improve on the third-place finish he achieved last year. Road course standout Chase Elliott also makes a return at Sonoma – from a one-race suspension for wrecking Denny Hamlin in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte.

Elliott has two top fives and four top 10s in six starts at Sonoma, including a runner-up finish to Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson in 2021.

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regulars will have their hands full in Saturday’s DoorDash 250 at Sonoma Raceway, beginning at 5 p.m. and televised on FS1.

The influx of seven fulltime NASCAR Cup Series drivers eager to gain seat time at the 1.99-mile road

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are protected,” Hochul said. “The measures being implemented at tracks across New York state are effective steps to keep all those who participate in the sport safe now and into the future.”

The Gaming Commission uses standards that are in conjunction with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s air quality index (AQI). If the number is higher than 200, there can be no racing or training in New York. If it is between 150 and 200, horses must pass a prerace respiratory screening.

The Stronach Group, which owns Santa Anita and other tracks, sets their number for cancellation at 175.

On Wednesday, on Long Island, the AQI high was 265. Mid-afternoon on Thursday it had dropped to 132.

If that trend continues racing could resume as early as Friday. But not until the state reverses its order.

“Safety is paramount as we navigate this unprec-

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Thairo Estrada got San Francisco on the board in the top of the first, attacking the first pitch he saw from Colorado starter Chase Anderson and whacking a chesthigh fastball an estimated 424 feet, about halfway up the stands in left field.

Continuing to burnish his All-Star résumé, Estrada’s homer was his seventh of the season, and he added

course has swollen the entry list for the first-ever Xfinity race at Sonoma to 41, with only 38 spots available on the starting grid.

Foremost among the interlopers are the last two Cup Series winners at the track – Daniel Suarez (2022) and Kyle Larson (2021). Other double-duty Cup regulars are Ross Chastain, Ty Gibbs, Ty Dillon, AJ Allmendinger and Aric Almirola. Though Allmendinger claimed both of his Cup Series victories and 11 of his 16 Xfinity wins on road courses, his finishes at Sonoma haven’t matched his acknowledged talent on tracks with both right and left turns.

In 11 Cup starts at Sonoma, Allmendinger has but two top 10s and an average finish of 23.5. The Los Gatos driver hopes he can improve those numbers dramatically this weekend.

“Sonoma is always a special, important weekend for me,” Allmendinger said. “It’s near where I grew up, and I still get to see a lot of friends and family there. Quite honestly, it’s a race track that I don’t have a very good average finish. I’ve felt like I’ve always been fast there, but it hasn’t worked out.

“Being able to run both races, I’m really looking forward to it. Sonoma is a race track I’ve always wanted to win at, knowing it’s my home racetrack and I would be able to do that in front of a lot of friends and family. Hopefully, we can go back there and have some success to keep building on our program.”

Sonoma Raceway is one of eight road courses on the Xfinity Series schedule this year and the second straight. Cole Custer won last Saturday’s event at Portland International Raceway, outdueling Justin Allgaier in a close finish. For either Custer or Allgaier to win this Saturday, however, they’ll have to beat some of the best drivers in NASCAR’s top division.

edented situation,” said David O’Rourke, New York Racing Assn. president and chief executive, on Thursday. “NYRA will actively monitor all available data and weather information as we work toward the resumption of training and racing both here at Belmont Park and at Saratoga Race Course. Based on current forecast models and consultation with our external weather services, we remain optimistic that we will see an improvement in air quality.”

The current air quality conditions are considered the worst in the Northeast in more than 20 years. Finger Lakes, near Rochester, N.Y., canceled racing Wednesday and will resume Monday. Delaware Park and Penn National also suspendedracing Wednesday and Thursday.

The Horse Racing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) issued the following statement: “HISA does not have a specific rule regarding air quality but HISA’s Racetrack Safety rules require racetracks to develop, implement, and annually review hazardous weather protocols.”

his team-leading 14th stolen base after reaching on a walk in the seventh.

Michael Conforto pulled the Giants within one with a two-run shot to right field in the sixth, driving home J.D. Davis after he tripled into the left-field corner. It was his first homer of June, coming in his third game back after a three-game absence with a bruised heel, and his team-leading 12th of the season. Before the heel injury, Conforto had homered seven times in May, all coming in a 14-game stretch.

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all the pressure or the mechanical load without the metal being there, so it would be stressed a little bit more,” Oji said. “So if you were to fall or twist, there’s a higher likelihood it could rebreak. Still fairly low. But until the screw holes fill in, it’ll be a little bit weaker.”

The process to a full recovery typically takes a year, only amplifying the importance of this coming season, Lance’s third in the NFL. Not only will he need to prove himself on the field, but he’ll need to do it on a compromised ankle. He’ll be entering year three of a four-year, $34-million contract he signed as a rookie, and the 49ers will have to decide after this year whether or not to pick up his fifth-year option.

Quarterbacks coach Brian Griese said he hasn’t noticed any impact of the ankle injury during OTAs, but Lance said he’s prepared for potential setbacks.

“I’ll learn as I go, figure out what works best,” Lance said. The hard part is over: most athletes can get back on the field in full capacity within a month or two of the operation. And after getting the hardware removed in late December, Lance said he was back to 100% in March.

In April, he returned to Fargo, North Dakota, to throw passes in front of some of his former college coaches at NDSU. His younger brother, Bryce, is a wide

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receiver for the Bisons.

Lance’s time in North Dakota impressed Bisons quarterback coach Randy Hedberg, who had a cup of coffee with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the late ‘70s and has since coached Lance, Carson Wentz, the second overall pick by the Eagles in 2016 and Easton Stick, a fifth-round pick by the Chargers in 2019.

“I’ve been impressed with what I’ve seen since he healed up from his injury,” Hedberg said of Lance.

He saw clear improvement in Lance’s throwing motion, which he thought got too long at times with the 49ers, but now has a quicker, more direct path to the release. And Lance’s ankle looked to be a non-issue.

“The impression I got when I saw him was that he feels good about where he’s at,” Hedberg said. “That’s critical.”

In a run-first offense with the Bisons in 2019, Lance ran for 1,100 yards and 14 touchdowns while passing for 2,786 and throwing 28 touchdowns without an interception.

“I don’t know if that will ever be duplicated,” Hedberg said of the 28 touchdowns without throwing a pick.

Three years into his NFL career, Lance

remains a mystery. When he was healthy, there was limited opportunity. When there was an opportunity, he couldn’t stay healthy.

“I know Trey, he’ll bounce back,” said Terry Bahlmann, the coach at Marshall High. “We’ve talked and texted. He’s looking forward to a challenge. Some people are doubting what he can do and that’s only going to make him better down the road…Most of the quarterbacks drafted this year are already older than he is.”

In his brief audition as an NFL quarterback, Lance has completed 55% of his passes with a QB rating of 84.5 and an average of 4.4 yards per rushing attempt.

Those numbers are almost identical to those put up by Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen in 2019, Allen’s second season when he was still trying to harness his enormous talent and pair it with quality decision-making, better accuracy and an understanding of when to abandon the pocket and go off-script.

The difference is that Allen made 27 starts his first two years in the league before he broke out in Year 3 and finished as the runner-up to Aaron Rodgers for NFL MVP.

A&M, Texarkana), Brenden Morris (Colorado Mesa) and Tyler Lamperti (Cosumnes River).

Lance has just four starts under his belt. And there’s no clear path to getting more.

In the competition to see who keeps the seat warm until Purdy returns, 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said he will judge the quarterbacks’ timing, accuracy and which one plays the most realistically in practice.

Darnold has 55 career starts to help him understand what realistic NFL play looks like. If Lance is going to be the guy at some point, perhaps he’ll need to stand out with something else.

The unrivaled athleticism and fierce competitive nature that got him here in the first place. Protecting the football the way he did in college. Using his legs to make himself an explosive dual threat.

And keeping himself healthy.

“Just give him a chance,” Hedberg said. “He needs to play. That’s what’s needed. Trey needs that opportunity to play and he hasn’t had that yet because of injury.”

Shanahan said that no matter where Lance falls on the depth chart, teammates “respect the hell out of him and they’ll continue to do that.”

“Obviously, when you’re the No. 1 quarterback and have done that and have experience, that carries more weight,” Shanahan said. “But also, when you’re a No. 1 quarterback and haven’t played, that stuff isn’t real until you go out and do it. That’s all just outside perception.”

With trade rumors bubbling up in April, Lance was asked if part of him thought he would’ve been better off just getting traded to another team.

“No, not at all,” he said.

have several pitchers in Karon Casey Jr. (Contra Costa College), Dayton Hicks (Diablo Valley College), Caleb Davis (Sonoma State), Chase Banks (Sonoma State), Jasper Dalton-Recht (College of the Canyons), Ryan Fortune (College of Marin), Diego Maldonado (Oklahoma Baptist), Jake Tandy (Pacific), Steven Verespey (Willamette), Brayan Orrantia (New Mexico JC), Jack Derby (UC Riverside), Anthony Galindo (Texas

“Our pitching isn’t as strong as we’d like it to be,” Stafford said. “We’d like to be able to add some more depth. Some guys didn’t get as many innings with their schools and aren’t quite stretched out yet.”

Stafford does have high praise for his position players that feature outfielder Braden Indelicato (Diablo Valley), catcher Caleb Jeske (College of Marin), catcher Broncon Balholm (Arizona State), second baseman Alex Nava (Delta College), outfielder Nathan Hamburger (Willamette), outfielder Max McGee

(Pacific), catcher Nathan Schwartz (Cosumnes River), utilityman Tyler Tobey (Delta College), second baseman-outfielder Jackson Forbes (San Jose State), third baseman Austin Russell (Tarleton State), Tandy, first baseman Noah Garcia (University of La Verne), catcher Orrantia, first baseman Luke Piazza (UC Davis), outfielder Michaal Benevides (Yuba College) and infielder Niko Cstrillo (Diablo Valley).

“The offense should be pretty good,” Stafford said. “We’re not going to get a lot of home runs, but we have a lot of good hitters that can go gap to gap.”

Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group/TNS file Trey Lance of the 49ers walks on the field during a practice session at the practice facility in Santa Clara, May 23.