Daily Republic: Friday, June 30, 2023

Bogue joins chase for 3rd Senate District office

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FAIRFIELD — Dixon

councilman and former mayor Thom Bogue has announced he will seek the state 3rd Senate District seat.

“As a resident of Solano County for over 40 years, and former mayor, vice mayor and current sitting City Council member for the city of Dixon, I can say I understand first hand the concerns of my constituents and the people who elected me to serve in their best interests,” Bogue said in a statement announcing his campaign.

The Republican also noted his service experi-

ence with such agencies as the Association of Bay Area Governments, the Solano County Water Agency, the Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District and the Solano County Transportation Agency.

“I want to be clear with you, a voter, that while I am running as a Republican, I do not make decisions based on party affiliations; rather, I make decisions based on what I believe serves the common interest of those people who elected me to serve them,” Bogue said in a statement. He identified the ongoing homelessness epidemic, protecting

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2022-23 Solano County civil grand jury reported that Fairfield continues not to “track the use of Measure P revenues,” a commitment it made in its response to the 2019-20 grand jury report.

“The city should immediately begin tracking all funds received pursuant to Measure P and begin reporting on the expenditure of those funds. The city should also immediately begin making information available to the Oversight Committee as to how the Measure P funds are being spent,” the grand jury report states.

However, the report does

indicates which city agencies received funds.

The report states that for the 2021-22 fiscal year, the city collected nearly $25.9 million in Measure P revenue, comprising 21.21% of Fairfield’s general fund.

That report shows $8.85 million went to the Police Department and

another $6.47 million to the Fire Department, a combined increase of $117,726 more than in the previous fiscal year.

The same report states the funding supported 35 police officers and six dispatchers, along with $1.98 million to the Crime Prevention Unit. The tax money also supported 26 firefighter and engineer positions.

The city allocated $4.51 million in Measure P funding to Public Works for streets and roads, and $950,000 to Public Works for what the oversight committee designates as “quality of life” expenditures such as parks maintenance and the Homeless Engagement

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FAIRFIELD — A portion of Lopes Road may remain closed through the end of the year.

In mid-March 2023, the hillside west of Lopes Road was soaked from a series of winter rainstorms causing a landslide that breached the city of Benicia’s water supply line and other underground utilities.

That portion of the road has been closed since the city and state

both wrote emergency declarations.

Lopes Road parallels Interstate 680. It’s closed between the southern intersection of Gold Hill Road and Marshview Road.

An update this week noted work could potentially start later in the summer, but the road would not likely reopen in 2023.

On June 9, the county was added to the list of counties eligible for

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WASHINGTON — In another major reversal, the Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action policies at colleges and universities that use race as a factor in deciding who is admitted.

In a pair of decisions, the six conservative justices ruled that Harvard, the nation’s oldest private college, and the University of North Carolina at

Chapel Hill, the oldest state university, were illegally discriminating based on race and violating the 14th Amendment of the Constitution.

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said the Constitution forbids treating people differently based on their race.

“The entire point of the Equal Protection Clause is that treating someone differently because of their skin color is not

Longtime PE teacher Claudia Wilde turned book publisher

Retired PE teacher Claudia Wilde’s last name is not pronounced like famed Irish poet/playwright Oscar Wilde (wild), but more like its Germanic equivalent: “while dee.” Her vehicle’s personalized license plate gives an alphabetic phonetic interpretation: “Y L D.” Generations of her past students at the former Amy Blanc Elementary School, where she taught and coached for 35 years, already knew that and savor pristine playground memories of “Miss Wilde.”

While many young people often have no real clue as to what particular career path they want to take, Wilde knew she wanted to be a physical education teacher when she was a seventh-grader in Lompoc, California.

Teaching was already in her blood as her mother was an educator and her father had been a teacher before becoming a school administrator. The icing on the cake was the outstanding physical-education program her junior high had. It featured numerous sports staples, but also offered archery, as well as access to plenty of athletic apparatus that seamlessly blended exercise with fun, like trampolines.

After graduating from high school in 1970, Wilde attended Chico State and while that school has a reputation as a party mecca, she did not drink and thus finished up in just three years.

Landing a job, as the saying goes, is sometimes about who you know. Tom Giugni, the first superintendent of the Fairfield/ Suisun Unified School District, had worked for Wilde’s father in Southern California, so she applied for a job as a PE specialist. She was hired and started at year-round school Amy Blanc on July 15, 1974, and immediately began to establish a culture there.

“We became a running school. I had them put in goalposts and the kids would have to run out to the posts, touch them and run back. They usually ran 600 to 800 yards before PE and

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that was just warmup” Wilde said. “They later took those out and added a fence and so kids had to touch the fence in certain areas that were painted. So I can tell how long ago someone went to Amy Blanc by if they had to run posts or fences.”

To help her young charges develop their upperbody strength, Wilde had apparatus installed like hanging rings and climbing poles. Her strength-building efforts were repeatedly stymied by insurance bean-counters who fretted over school district liability issues and would have the equipment removed. Wilde usually found workarounds, like using tetherball poles for climbing poles. Another go-to was “Hot Lava,” where kids had to use existing apparatus to negotiate their way over the pretend bubbling volcanic magma covering the playground that looked like shock-absorbing tree bark to the less imaginative.

When she was doing her student teaching in Willows, Wilde had first encountered a game called shag ball which she perfected over her decades at Amy Blanc. It was similar to dodgeball, but involved much more strategy as once a player was tagged out, they could still become “shaggers” who could target players on the other team from a different part of the court in a crossfire. Also, it wasn’t just about guys who could throw the hardest and according to Wilde, some of the best players were tactical and were often girls.

“It’s very strategic and I like to say that everything I’ve learned about life I got from shag ball,” Wilde said.

To this day former students fondly recall their epic shag ball battles at Amy Blanc. Teachers remember the game as well, especially because they became extra grateful that Wilde would host two and a half hour long shag ball tournaments right before the Thanksgiving vacation which gave the classroom teachers an extra studentfree break.

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“Some of the best baseball pitchers and soccer goalies at Fairfield High School came from my shag ball games,” Wilde said. “They knew how to catch and throw.”

When concerns about using rubber balls arose (the insurance bean counters struck again), they had to switch to cushy Nerf balls. Wilde chose the highest density ones.

Wilde ran the Amy Blanc PE program with the precision of a boot camp drill sergeant albeit one who wore a trademark visor and sunglasses and whom everyone loved. There was paint all over the blacktop signifying boundaries for the basketball courts, tether ball circles, four square courts, standing long jump lines and much more.

When the school got large enough to need another PE teacher, Doug Butt, whom Wilde had competed against when he coached indoor soccer at Fairview Elementary, joined her. They became a complementary team. Wilde and Butt had a carefully choreographed introductory shtick they performed for the younger kids where she would say “OK, so make sure you do this, BUT” and he would interrupt and say loudly “What?” She would then repeat her line and when she came to the word “but” he would again interrupt and say “What?” even louder, which made the kids laugh.

“That’s how we got them to get over his name,” Wilde said.

In addition to PE, Wilde

The WashingTon PosT Lateshia Hall suddenly felt like she was in labor, and she knew she wasn’t going to make it to the hospital in time for the birth of her seventh child.

“It was obvious this baby wasn’t waiting for anyone - he was on his way,” said Hall, who took some deep breaths and asked her mother to call 911.

When a firetruck arrived at her house in Knoxville, Tenn., about 7 p.m., three first responders rushed into her bedroom, she said, and helped deliver her son, O’Tavais “OT” Harris, less than a minute later. It was New Year’s Day 2005.

“His head suddenly appeared, and at 7:01 p.m., he was here and crying,” recalled Hall, 49, now a mother of 13 children.

“The firefighters cut OT’s umbilical cord, cleaned him up and handed him to me, then off they went,” she said, adding that she and her son were then taken by an ambulance to a hospital.

“I really appreciated how those firefighters helped me,” said Hall, who was a single mother at the time and is now married. “But I didn’t expect I’d ever see them again.”

Then in mid-June, Hall received a FaceTime call from OT, now 18.

“Mom, do you know this guy? Does he look familiar to you?” she recalled OT saying before handing his phone to a man wearing a Knoxville Fire Department T-shirt.

The man’s name was Kevin Faddis, and he was an assistant chief of the Knoxville Fire Department. Faddis told her he helped deliver a baby at her house

coached soccer and in fact had the first traveling soccer team in Fairfield. A clue as to how long ago it was is evident in the names the kids chose for their teams: The Jedi Knights and The Wookies. Wilde also coached track and told later race-walker and Vacaville High grad Robyn Stevens when she was 12 that she had what it took to be an Olympian. Stevens competed in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

Amy Blanc Elementary School ceased to be and was reborn as the Public Safety Academy in 2009. Wilde then worked at a number of schools after that, including Dan O. Root II, Laurel Creek, Sullivan and Tolenas before retiring in 2017. But in her heart she is forever an Amy Blanc Bronco. She has several huge scrapbooks and hosts frequent get-togethers with former colleagues including her favorite principal Dr. Sam Tracas.

Wilde has been a lifelong bibliophile and in 2004 she founded her own publishing company called Bedazzled Ink. According to its website, Bedazzled Ink “is dedicated to general and literary fiction, nonfiction and children’s books that celebrate the unique and under-represented voices of women and books about women that appeal to all readers.” The name of her company came from a horse named Infinity Bedazzled and when it had a foal named Gus Gus (after the chubby mouse in “Cinderella), the company followed suit and gave birth to the GusGus Press,

devoted to poetry, short stories, and novellas.

C.A. Casey, a longtime friend of Wilde’s and a retired librarian, is Bedazzled Ink’s managing editor. They both figured they could publish better books than what they were seeing represented. While the overwhelming majority of their authors are women, they do publish books by male writers, but they all must have a female protagonist.

Female empowerment has been a theme throughout Wilde’s life, going back to when she was told as a child that there were some games and sports she was not allowed to play because of her gender.

“I thought it was ridiculous because I could throw and catch better than my brothers,” Wilde said.

The company has for the most part been successful despite some setbacks and some of their latest offerings include “Catharine, Queen of the Tumbling Waters” by Cynthia G. Neale (historical novel), “Khafyri: Blood Shadows, Book 1” by L. M. Filarsky (young adult fantasy fiction) and “How to Raise a Rhino” by Deb Aronson (juvenile nonfiction).

“It’s still hard in this world to find an audience because so few people read a lot of books these days,” Wilde said. “My expertise in the selling world came from my school years, when we had to raise money to send my track kids to the nationals. I’m used to going out and promoting a good cause so I just switched from kids to other people’s stories.”

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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.”

deliver six babies in his career. “The whole thing took probably 30 seconds.”

18 years ago.

“He and OT were smiling and laughing,” Hall said. “And I couldn’t believe what a small world it was.” She squinted into the screen of her phone.

“This man had delivered my baby, and now OT was standing next to him?” she said. “Incredible!”

OT Harris had recently graduated from L & N Stem Academy high school, and was accepted into Knoxville’s Summer in the City program – a paid, eight-week internship that allows participants between ages 16 and 22 to get a close-up look at various city departments.

OT Harris was assigned to the fire department.

“He doesn’t even want to be a firefighter, so it was one in a million,” said Hall, an administrative assistant and human resources specialist.

Harris said he was spending a day watching firefighters train when Faddis, one of the battalion chiefs, asked him about his background.

“He asked me how many siblings I had, and I told him I had a lot – more than a lot,” Harris said. “Then he asked what part of town I lived in, and I told him some of the streets I’d lived on.”

When Harris mentioned he’d spent his early years on Hazen street, Faddis broke into a smile.

“He said, ‘I delivered a baby there!’ ” Harris said.

That was when the men put the pieces of the story together.

“My mom told me when I was little that I’d been delivered by the fire department. So I knew he was talking about me,” Harris said. Faddis said he was stunned

by the realization that he had helped bring one of the fire department’s summer interns into the world.

“I’d held him in my arms and heard his first cry,” said Faddis, 50. “It was the first time I’d ever helped deliver a baby, and I’ve only delivered one other since. When you get a call like that, you don’t forget.”

When Harris called his mother on FaceTime, the assistant chief said he asked her, “Was OT number nine?”

Hall told him that OT was her lucky No. 7.

“It’s been 18 years, but I remember that call because she said she’d given birth at home before, and she was calm as a cucumber, telling us, ‘There’s no time for the hospital – this baby is on his way out,’” Faddis recalled. He said he was one of three first responders who showed up that wintry night. One of the others, Mark Wilbanks, an assistant chief and paramedic in Knoxville, remembered he was surprised at how quick the delivery was.

“It’s the first time I’ve walked in and seen a spontaneous birth,” said Wilbanks, 52, noting that he has helped

Wilbanks said that he gently took hold of OT when he was born and that he and Faddis clamped off OT’s umbilical cord.

“We made sure he and the mom were okay, then an ambulance came to get them,” he said. “It’s a happy feeling when you can be a part of something like that. We were all able to hold OT. But, of course, he’s too big to hold now.”

Wilbanks said he was stunned when Faddis called and told him their summer intern’s backstory.

“I’m assigned to be his mentor, and we’ve had a few conversations back and forth, but I never imagined anything like this,” Wilbanks said. “He’s so charismatic, and I’m thrilled that he’s with us. OT is a very driven kid.”

Harris said he applied for the city internship because he hoped to add more experience to his résumé before he heads to East Tennessee State University this summer to major in English.

“My goal is to eventually become a school superintendent and focus on urban education,” he said. “I’ve never had a real internship before, so this seemed like something cool to do.”

He said he is enjoying learning about water pressure and how to turn fire hydrants on and off, and is looking forward to tagging along on a few calls soon.

“Riding on the truck will be fun,” he said. “I honestly can’t see myself doing what these guys do for 24 hours a day, so I’ve earned new respect for what they do. They work really hard to help people.”

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Left, Claudia Wilde with fellow PE teacher Doug Butt and right, with Fairfield NFL player George Martin and Amy Blanc principal Dr. Sam Tracas.

Grand jury applauds First 5 Solano; wants more

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FAIRFIELD — The 2022-23 Solano County civil grand jury for the first time reviewed First 5 Solano, concluding it “makes a significant contribution to the direction of children’s lives and is a crucial partner for the Solano County community.”

But the grand jury also noted that declining “revenue from Tobacco Tax funding presents both current and future monetary challenges for maintaining mandated First 5 Solano services.”

According to the First 5 Solano 2023 Long Term Financial Plan, the annual funding from Tobacco Tax Revenue will decrease by approximately $600,000 annually. First 5 California’s response to the proposed state budget referenced the loss of revenue.

“This decline in tobacco tax revenue is compounded by the recent passage of Proposition 31, the statewide flavored tobacco ban. First 5 revenue is projected to decrease by a staggering $461 million over the next eight years and $138 million [for] toddlers and preschoolers,” the grand jury report states, citing a First 5 California press statement.

The grand jury also concluded that other cities in Solano County could benefit from the kind of

center First 5 operates in Vallejo. A center is planned for Fairfield, but the grand jury recommends establishing “First 5 Solano Family Learning Centers in each city within Solano County.”

Another of the grand jury recommendations is for the county to “develop further sources of income, both public and private, to maintain and expand delivery of services.”

The grand jury report was issued on May 4.

The required responses from the Solano County Board of Supervisors and First 5 Solano Executive Director Michele Harris, as of Thursday, had yet to be filed with the Solano County Superior Court.

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San Francisco, reported missing during the Vietnam War, was accounted for March 23.

FAIRFIELD — A burial service is planned Saturday in San Bruno for a Vietnam War pilot who went missing on April 12, 1969.

Vacaville

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FAIRFIELD — A Solano County Superior Court jury this week found a Vacaville man guilty of five child sexual abuse felonies.

Todd Sampson on Tuesday was found guilty of three counts of sodomy

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with a child under 10, and two counts of oral copulation with a child under 10, the Solano County District Attorney’s Office reported. Sampson “began sexually assaulting the victim when the child was 5 years old. For the next two years, the defendant continued to engage in unthinkable sex acts with the child and

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made physical threats if the child were to disclose the abuse,” the DA’s Office said in a statement. “The victim lived in secrecy and fear of these crimes until finally breaking down to a trusted family member in 2018.”

Armed robber faces 16 years in state prison for 2022 crime

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FAIRFIELD — A Solano County Superior Court jury this week found a Vacaville man guilty of robbery and assault with a semiautomatic firearm, the District Attorney’s Office reported.

The jury also found true the enhancement that Keon Harrison, 21 at the time of the crimes, personally used a firearm in the commission of those felonies.

Harrison, wearing a

ski mask, had gone to the Wingstop eatery on Harbison Drive in Vacaville, pointed his firearm at a group of employees and made demands, the DA’s Office said in a statement.

“He then directed his attention to the cashier and pointed the firearm within inches of the cashier’s head and began counting down from 10. The cashier turned over the money from the register and (Harrison) fled the scene,” the DA statement said.

Harrison was later

Water, salmon protest rally set for July 5

FAIRFIELD — A rally protesting how the state is managing the natural water system is scheduled for July 5 in Sacramento.

“California water management system is broken,” organizers said in a statement released by the San Francisco Baykeeper. “This is especially evident in the Bay-Delta and its watersheds. Communities across the state are facing environmental, health, and cultural

burdens related to poor water quality and lack of river flows.”

This Day of Action will bring representatives of tribal, environmental justice, fishing, and conservation communities from across California to support current legislation that puts California on the path to a sustainable water future. California tribal governments, fishing and environmental justice organizations are heading

located in a nearby apartment complex.

The crimes took place in March 2022. The verdict was issued Tuesday.

Harrison is scheduled to be sentenced July 21 by Judge Tim P. Kam. He faces up to 16 years in state prison, the DA’s Office reported. The case was prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Kirsten Sansoe, and investigated by the Vacaville Police Department.

Sampson is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge John B. Ellis on Aug. 23. He faces the possibility of 105 years in state prison, the DA’s Office reported. The case was prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Elaine Kuo, and investigated by Vacaville police Detective Kelli Gottlieb.

Vacaville opening cooling centers

VACAVILLE — In response to a heat advisory, the city of Vacaville will open a cooling center at the Three Oaks Community Center, 1100 Alamo Drive, Friday and Saturday. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.

The Town Square Library, One Town Square Place, and the Ulatis Cultural Center Library, 1000 Ulatis Drive, will be open and serve as cooling centers.

“Lt. Col. Ernest De Soto was the pilot of a F-4D Phantom II assigned to 390th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 336th Tactical Fighter Wing,” the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said in a statement released on Thursday.

“De Soto, his navigator, Capt. Hall, and another aircraft were returning from a cancelled strike mission near Quang Nam Province, Vietnam, when both aircraft ascended into heavy cloud cover. The lead aircraft noticed De Soto’s plane was not in sight and immediately began an aerial search without success. De Soto was promoted to colonel while in a missing status,” the agency said.

An air search was conducted at the time, but due to enemy activity in the area, a ground investigation of the site was not possible.

In May 1995, a Joint Field Activity team located the crash site in the Giang District, Quang Nam Province. Another team went to the site in July 1996, to recover evidence.

“A number of DPAA investigation and recovery efforts took place between 1998-2020, with a March 2021 recovery mission conducted by the host nation, finding possible osseous remains and material evidence. The remains were sent to the DPAA laboratory for identification,” the agency reported.

“To identify De Soto’s remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA, Y chromosome DNA and autosomal DNA analysis.” Col. De Soto was accounted for on March 23, but his family only recently received their full briefing on his identification. De Soto’s name is on the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., and the American Battle Monuments Commission’s Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, along with others who are unaccounted-for from the Vietnam War. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for. De Soto, who was 37 when he went missing, will be buried at the Golden Gate National Cemetery.

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Children play during the grand opening of the First 5 Center in Vallejo, Feb. 13, 2020.

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced June 23 that Air Force Col. Ernest L. De Soto, of

Cantelow at Pleasants Valley to open this week

FAIRFIELD — Cantelow Road, east of Pleasants Valley Road, will open Thursday or Friday, the county Public Works Department reported.

The other damaged area of Cantelow, between Steiger Hills and English Hills roads, will remain a one-lane section until later in the summer, said Matt Tuggle, county engineering manager.

“That (lane) will stay closed until later in the summer. We have to reconstruct that (area),” Tuggle said.

Crews with Vintage Paving of Winters started work this week on grinding the road and other repairs at the Cantelow and Pleasants Valley location.

“The road will be open to full traffic Thursday or Friday with a gravel bed and low-speed limit signs through the affected area. We’re monitoring slide movement, and once it is done settling, we’ll repave the road in late fall,” Tuggle added, noting, however, the time estimate for the final paving

is just that – an estimate. The cost of that work is $1 million. The county has spent an additional $2.5 million on contractor work for January storm damages to Mix Canyon, Gates Canyon and Pleasants Valley roads.

Vaca council OKs grant application for retail theft prevention

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VACAVILLE — As part of its consent calendar, which requires one motion to be approved, the city council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve an application for funds via the Board of State and Community Correction’s Organized Retail Theft Prevention Grant Program up to the amount of $6,125,000 over the threeyear grant cycle.

“We believe this grant funding and project proposal would allow us to make significant progress in reducing organized retail theft, motor vehicle theft, and many

other crimes,” a staff report read.

The application is due July 7. Background for the application noted:

n The geographic location of Vacaville, situated along Interstate 80, is a prime target for organized retail theft and motor vehicle theft.

n The Police Department staff reviewed crime statistics related to organized retail and motor vehicle thefts and found there has been an increase of close to 20% in these crimes since 2021.

n Over the past five years there were more than 900 motor vehicle

Vaca police ask for help finding hit-and-run driver

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VACAVILLE — The Vacaville Police Department seeks information on the hit-and-run early Tuesday at Yosemite Circle and Plumas Circle.

A community member found an elderly neighbor lying in the street. Blood was beginning to pool beneath her and she was quickly whisked to a nearby hospital.

Officers were able to determine she’d likely been hit by a vehicle that had fled the scene. They estimated it happened about 6 a.m.

A phone call and email to the Vacaville Police Department

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Lolita Castillo Anacta was born in February 1947 and passed away on June 19, 2023. A visitation will be held on July 5 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Fairfield Funeral Home, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave., Fairfield, CA 94533. A service will be held on July 6 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Barbecue to benefit Rebuilding Together

VALLEJO — A barbecue lunch and parking lot sale to benefit Rebuilding Together Solano County is scheduled for Saturday at the group’s warehouse on Mare Island.

When the tally is complete for the March storms, the full cost for the year will be closer to $5 million, and that does not include the county Public Works crew costs, Tuggle said. He estimated that figure at $1 million.

The three downslide events on Gates Canyon, the failure on Mix Canyon and the damage to Cantelow are being attributed, in part, to the LNU Lighting Complex Fire burning away all the hillside vegetation in August 2020.

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The county was told it could take up to five years for full vegetation recovery.

Vintage Paving also has a $2 million contract with the county for paving other roads in the county, Tuggle said.

Civic leader, philanthropist Donnie Huffman dies at 83

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VACAVILLE —

Donnie Joe Huffman of Vacaville, a legendary volunteer and civic leader, champion of agriculture, and a dedicated philanthropist, passed away peacefully at his home on June 17, 2023, surrounded by family.

seeking updated information were not returned on Thursday.

Police want to find the driver. Reach out if you have any of the following:

n Any video footage of that area around that time.

n Someone with recent strange or unexplained vehicle damage, likely near the front or driver side.

n Any other information that might be helpful.

Anyone with information may remain anonymous. Call Traffic Sergeant Carly Stone at 707-469-4847 or email her at carly.stone@cityof vacaville.com.

He was 83 but, as a Leap Year baby — born Feb. 29, 1940 in Thayer, Mo. — he had 20 birthdays.

Huffman served as

president of the Vacaville Chamber of Commerce and chaired both the Vacaville Fiesta Days Committee and the Vacaville Onion Festival. He founded and directed the Friends of the Solano County Fair, and the Friends of the Dixon May Fair, leading the two organizations to provide more than $270,000 in college scholarships for Solano County residents majoring in agriculture.

Huffman married Claudia “Tootie” Berg-

mann in 1960. They raised two children. The couple celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary on April 16.

Huffman was a lifetime member of the Vacaville Museum, active in Vacaville Lodge 134 Masonic Temple, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, No. 83, as well as the 20-30 Club, Western Fairs Association, California Fairs Financing Authority, and the North Bay Stand Down.

Suisun City Council nixes idea of changing meeting dates

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SUISUN CITY — A proposal to move city council meetings to the second and fourth Tuesday of the month was quickly shot down by the public and city council.

In 1989, the ordinance was amended to say the

meetings are the first and third Tuesdays. Every Tuesday is to be considered a regular meeting day to carry out city business. The reasons for the suggested change were, listed in order:

The event runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., with the barbecue starting at noon. The suggested donation is $10.

Cash, credit card or checks will be accepted for sale items. All items sold are as is, no refunds.Donations of items are still being accepted. Contact Rebuilding Together Solano, at ehoffman.rtsc@gmail.com or 707-580-9360.

The warehouse is located at Building 535 on Walnut Street, Mare Island.

Party in the pool at Fairfield’s Night Out

FAIRFIELD — The city of Fairfield’s Parks & Recreation Department will host its 2023 National Night Out event from 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 1 at the Allan Witt Aquatics Complex, 1741 West Texas St. National Night Out is a time for neighbors to get together and connect with each other.

Those attending are encouraged to bring a swimsuit and towels to party in the pool. Hot dogs, chips and beverages will be provided.

For more information, visit at www.fairfield. ca.gov/events

Volunteers needed for July 4th parade

FAIRFIELD — The city seeks volunteers for the Independence Day Parade on Tuesday. You can walk in the parade as a volunteer “pacer” to help move the parade route along.

For more information, call Karen Rees at 707428-7767 or email krees@ fairfield.ca.gov.

There may be other miscellaneous jobs that need volunteers. Students needing community service hours for school are welcome. Volunteers should report at 9 a.m. sharp in the parking lot of the Post Office at 600 Kentucky St.

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the protest, which will begin at noon on the West Steps of the Capitol.

Specific groups involved are Shingle Springs

Band of Miwok Indians, Winnemem Wintu Tribe, Hoopa Valley Tribe, Karuk Tribe, Round Valley Indian

Tribes, Pit River Tribe, Mechoopda Indian Tribe, Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, Restore the Delta, Save California Salmon, Golden State Salmon Association, Sacred Places Institute, California Indian Environmental Alliance, Little Manila Rising, Indigenous Justice, San Francisco Baykeeper, North Coast Native Protectors, Sierra Club California, Friends of the River and Tuolumne

River Trust. Members of those groups also plan to take their message to the lawmakers.

“This daylong event will include visits with legislators and a rally on the steps of the State Capitol Building with speakers on water rights/fishing communities and the impacts of the salmon closure,” organizers said in a statement.

n The first and third Tuesday often happen after a long weekend and city hall is closed Monday.

n Moving the council meetings to the second

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Federal legislation would increase West Coast atmospheric river forecasting

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FAIRFIELD — The U.S. Air Force will be asked to participate in improving the accuracy and timeliness of forecasts for atmospheric river activity on the West Coast if a bill introduced Wednesday becomes law.

U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla introduced the Atmospheric Rivers Reconnaissance, Observation and Warning Act, which would direct the Air Force and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration “to provide the necessary aircraft, personnel and equipment to meet (atmospheric river) mission requirements during the winter season (on) the West Coast.”

It was not immediately clear what if any part of that mission Travis Air Force Base could be tasked to perform.

In a statement released by Padilla’s office, much of the responsibility would fall on the “Hurricane Hunters,” the Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron out of Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi.

“The deadly atmospheric rivers that hit

California this winter underscore why bolstering our ability to more accurately predict the landfall and severity of atmospheric rivers is essential and life-saving,” Padilla said in the statement.

“As we prepare to face more extreme weather

events in the future, we must ensure that the Air Force and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s winter atmospheric river reconnaissance missions can continue to help us better understand and effectively respond to the atmospheric river events that threaten

communities across the West,” Padilla added. He noted that more accurate information on atmospheric rivers also would help to better understand drought patterns.

Atmospheric rivers “are the primary driver of both drought and major flooding events impacting

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the entire western region, causing nearly 90% of the flood damages across the West. California alone was hit by 31 (atmospheric river) storm events that caused hazardous flooding and record snowpack,” the statement said.

The legislation, Padilla’s office stated, would

“improve the accuracy and timeliness of West Coast atmospheric river forecasts and warning services; collect data in sensitive oceanic regions where conventional, upper-air observations are lacking and satellites are unable to effectively resolve the position and vertical structure of the atmospheric river and of other nearby essential atmospheric structures offshore ... It would also “support water management decisions and flood forecasting through the execution of targeted airborne dropsonde and buoy observations over the Eastern, Central and Western North Pacific Ocean to improve forecasts of the landfall and impacts of atmospheric rivers for civil authorities and military decision makers; participate in the Research and Operations Partnership, which guides flight planning and uses research methods to improve and expand the capabilities and effectiveness of AR Reconnaissance over time; and undertake additional activities to further the reconnaissance mission.”

Bay Area air district asks residents to refrain from lighting fireworks

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“Protecting the public is my No. 1 priority, and I’m happy to see these commonsense bills advance through policy committees,” Dodd, D-Napa, said in a statement. “Whether it is consumers getting hit with junk fees or elderly people threatened by unscrupulous financial schemes, I’m proposing safeguards that I believe will improve the life of Californians. I look forward to all of these bills being approved by the Legislature and ultimately, being signed into law.”

Dodd called Senate Bill 478 the key piece of legislation. It would eliminate “hidden fees on a range of online transactions. Essentially, SB 478 requires ticket sellers and other businesses to advertise the final price of a purchase upfront, eliminating extra costs tacked on at the end of a sale,” the statement said.

Dodd also noted these other bills in the statement:

n SB 263 – It would

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n Allows staff and council to attend other cities’ council meetings. Fairfield’s meetings are on the first and third Tuesday.

n There is always a conflict with National Night Out, which is held on the first Tuesday in August every year.

n There is a conflict this year with the Fourth of July being on the first Tuesday in July.

n City Attorney Elena Gerli has been named the city attorney for the city of Rancho Palos Verdes, which also meets on the first and third Tuesdays.

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protect elderly people from unscrupulous annuities sellers.

n SB 310 – It would allow prescribed and cultural wildfire-prevention burning from Native American tribes.

n SB 808 – It would require timely reporting of sexual harassment cases from California State University campuses.

n SB 61 – It would speed the return of Native American remains from University of California collections.

n SB 271 – It would make it easier for people with disabilities to own power wheelchairs.

n SB 296 – It would restrict the use of images taken by in-vehicle cameras.

n SB 630 – It would increase enforcement of building contractor violations.

n SB 667 – It would enhance the use of nursemidwives.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 17 also moved forward. It would underscore the risks of emerging artificial intelligence technology, Dodd said.

is built on the first and third Tuesday,” said city councilman Marin Osum. Gerli was first hired by Suisun City.

“We should be her first priority,” Osum said.

There were also two emails submitted opposing the plan. Councilman Amit Pal said he had received several phone calls on the issue.

Donna LeBlanc questioned how a 34-year tradition had suddenly become an issue.

“This is a real nobrainer,” George Guynn said. He’s been attending the meetings for the past 25 years. “We pick the date instead of the person getting the money.”

Gerli said there is a possibility something else can be worked out with Rancho Palos Verdes. Hernandez abstained from the vote. The proposal was nixed on a 4-0 vote.

FAIRFIELD — The Bay Area Air Quality Man agement District is asking district residents not to light off fireworks during the Fourth of July holiday.

“Fireworks can cause unhealthy spikes in air pollution. Smoke from exploding fireworks results in elevated levels of particulate matter close to the ground, making it difficult for people to breathe, and may trigger asthma attacks, coughing, wheezing and eye irrita tion. Sensitive groups, including people with respiratory issues or heart disease, along with children and the elderly, should limit their expo sure,” the district said in a statement.

That increase in pollutants can negatively impact pets, too.

“This Fourth of July, we’re asking Bay Area residents to safely celebrate Independence Day by refraining from setting off personal fireworks, which increase the risk of wildfires and create

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unhealthy air pollution in our communities,” Philip Fine, executive officer of the air district, said in the statement. “Enjoying official fireworks displays can help keep fire danger down and enable

our friends and neighbors to breathe easier as we celebrate the Fourth of July holiday.”

the region. The district covers all or parts of the nine Bay Area counties, including the Fairfield and Vallejo areas of Solano County.

MCE gets mixed welcome at Suisun hearing

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Shortly after the Vacaville City Council was called out for not joining Marin Clean Energy at its meeting on Tuesday, Suisun City residents sounded off on whether the energy broker is welcome. The public hearing on

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n In 2022, there were 204 motor vehicle thefts reported, an average increase of approximately 18% when compared to the four years prior.

n Police reviewed retail theft statistics over

the proposal has been continued to an undetermined date. Since the public hearing was announced a few weeks ago, residents were able to offer their thoughts on the matter.

Two people spoke for joining MCE. A handful spoke against.

“It’s not a good idea to force this on the public,” George Guynn said. If the city opts in, residents are

the past five years at 10 major retail businesses located in Vacaville: Target, Walmart, Home Depot, Polo Ralph Lauren, Nike, Nugget Market, Ulta, Tommy Hilfiger, Kohls and Safeway. Several of these stores are located at the Vacaville Premium Outlets just off Interstate 80. Vacaville Police responded to 1,866 calls at the 10 locations, resulting in 1,379 reports taken.

automatically enrolled and must request exclusion, which includes a fee.

Citing climate change, Steve Fetterly said he was shocked at the “amount of disinformation” at the Vacaville City Council meeting when MCE was denied. He asked the council, and residents, to read more about MCE.

“There is no advantage (to joining) that does

n In 2020, an organized retail theft crew from the California Bay Area stole more than 65 firearms from a retail store in Vacaville.

n In 2022, the department’s average response time to calls was 14:31, with an average response time of 6:25 to immediatethreat-to-life calls.

Space has been identified at VPD for the physical establishment of the RTIC.

not already exist,” said one woman. Another suggested the decision be left up to the individual.

MCE had approached the city council prior and was told to return at a later date, which was Tuesday.

The council took no action. A new date for the MCE public hearing is not set.

Fairfield is a member of MCE.

The final component needed for the RTIC is staffing. Grant funding will be used to hire one full-time community service officer.

Grant funding will also be used to cover the cost for retired annuitants and overtime costs for VPD officers to work as RTIC operators. Retired annuitants are retired police officers that are now at-will city employees.

and fourth Tuesday would result in the planning commission changing their meetings to the first and third Tuesday.

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FAIRFIELD — Ten bills authored by state Sen. Bill Dodd this week passed Assembly committees.

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California budget deal delivers major setback to Delta water tunnel project

It’s gone by several names: Peripheral Canal, Water Fix and Delta Conveyance. Its design has changed several times, from a canal to twin tunnels and most recently a single tunnel.

However, its purpose has been unchanged for seven decades – bypassing the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta as water is moved from Northern California to San Joaquin Valley farms and Southern California homes.

Likewise, the fierce disagreement over whether it would rescue the Delta from environmental deterioration, as its advocates contend, or degrade it even further, as opponents maintain, has also remained unchanged.

This week, a new chapter in the project’s long and torturous history was written when legislators thwarted Gov. Gavin Newsom’s effort to partially exempt it, along with other major public works projects, from the California Environmental Quality Act.

To complete a many faceted deal on the state budget, Newsom was compelled to remove the project, a single tunnel currently dubbed Delta Conveyance by the Department of Water Resources, from his list of projects to be given a fast track through CEQA’s provisions.

It was a clear win for the tunnel’s opponents. “However, this play by the governor makes it clear that he and DWR will seek to change any rules to move the Delta tunnel forward while excluding the people of the region,” Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, executive director of Restore the Delta, said in a statement. “It is time for him and DWR to drop the project, that nobody supports, and to get busy on meaningful reforms and projects to restore the Delta and secure California’s water future.”

It was an equally clear setback for the coalition of agricultural and municipal water agencies, including Southern California’s Metropolitan Water District, that had long sought the Delta bypass to make water deliveries from the north more reliable.

Over the decades of having water pumped out of the Delta and into federal and state canals for delivery southward, the West Coast’s largest estuary has been degraded by reduced inflows of freshwater from upstream agricultural diversions and internal flow disturbances from export pumping.

It’s widely accepted that salmon and other fish species have been diminished by changes in the Delta’s natural plumbing. Project advocates say bypassing the Delta, along with reducing upstream diversions, would improve its health. But opponents say a bypass would mean even less water flowing through its channels and sloughs, thus damaging it even more.

The argument has proceeded along those lines for decades, sometimes in the Legislature, sometimes at the ballot, and often in regulatory bodies such as the Water Resources Control Board, which has for years been considering tighter Delta water quality standards.

California’s only two-time governor, Jerry Brown, confronted the issue twice, once in the form of a Peripheral Canal during his first stint in the 1970s and 1980s, and later as twin tunnels after returning to the governorship in 2011. He tried – and failed – to gain approval both times, including losing a 1982 referendum after getting legislative authorization for the canal.

When Newsom succeeded Brown in 2019, he emulated King Solomon, cut the project in half to a single tunnel and restarted the complex process of gaining financial and environmental clearance. His effort to include it in the list of projects to receive streamlined CEQA treatment was an indirect admission that opponents could block it indefinitely otherwise.

This week’s rejection leaves the tunnel in political, legal and bureaucratic limbo –neither dead nor alive – and will indirectly ramp up pressure from the project’s opponents on the water board to proceed with tighter Delta water quality standards.

California’s water wars are a political perpetual motion machine.

CALmatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters. For more columns by Dan Walters, go to calmatters.org/commentary.

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Lawmakers: Plagiarism-R-Us

Steve Corbin THE FULCRUM

Plagiarism (noun): the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own.

Voters may be surprised to know a few years ago investigators revealed 10,163 legislative bills were plagiarized during an eight year time period with over 2,100 of the copycat bills signed into law.

An investigation of law origination was conducted by over 30 USA Today and Arizona Republic reporters. They examined about one million bills throughout America and the U.S. Congress via 150 computers programmed to detect similarities in language. The Center for Public Integrity “identified tens of thousands of bills with identical phrases, [and] then traced the origins of that language in dozens of those bills across the country.”

Shockingly, 54% of the 2,100 copycat bills signed into law were given to legislators by industry lobbyists. ‘Copy-paste-legislate’ has become an accepted practice by our state and federal lawmakers. However, legislative transparency has been ignored and voters have been – most likely – hoodwinked.

Where do the model legislation bills originate? Of the 10,163 copycat bills lawmakers introduced, 4,301 (42%) came from industry, 4,012 (40%) from right-wing conservative groups, 1,602 (16%) from liberal-oriented groups and 248 (2%) from other sources.

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authored by the National Rifle Association and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a rightwing organization. The law that limits people to use bathrooms correlated to their birth certificate sex designation was model legislation introduced by the Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative religious rights organization.

USA Today and Arizona Republic note, “the Washington, D.C.-based public-interest law firm Americans United for Life has for the past decade been the nation’s most prolific author of copycat abortion legislation.”

According to the National Press Foundation, right-wing conservative groups are the most prolific in writing copycat bills and include ALEC, Goldwater Institute, Heritage Action, Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation and Alliance Defending Freedom. State Innovation Exchange is the predominant left-wing bill writer (March 28, 2022).

The previously mentioned investigation found “special interests give lawmakers fully conceived bills they can put their names on and take credit for. And those special interests can become dependable donors to the [legislators’] campaigns.”

As Shakespeare said in the play Hamlet, “something is rotten in the state of Denmark.”

`Copy-paste-legislate’ permits special interest groups to stay under the radar. They could arguably be called America’s third party who rule the roost and control our lawmakers.

When legislators throughout America were interviewed by USA Today, only about 50% knew

the source of the bill they affixed their name to.

For the sake of transparency – critical to maintaining a democracy – there are two solutions to America’s third party writing the vast majority of legislation.

n First, any group who submits a model bill to any legislator MUST be required to register as a lobbyist in every state and U.S. House and Senate or face a $10 million fine per violation.

n Secondly, any state or federal legislator who introduces a bill, resolution or amendment MUST make a public proclamation noting if any phrase or language is the result of a special interest group’s input or face a $1 million fine and 30-days incarcerated per incident.

Ask your state and federal legislators of all the bills they sponsored or voted on, how many were written by lawmakers and how many were plagiarized from another source? Don’t be surprised by the blank look on their face or their stammering for words.

With legislators’ anticipated answer to your inquiry, the phrase used by the late Paul Harvey (19182009) at the end of his news-oriented radio show will most likely apply, “now you know the REST of the story. Good day.”

Lawmakers’ integrity and transparency is desperately needed in today’s divisive political world. Let’s clean up the copy-paste-legislate debacle.

Steve Corbin is Professor Emeritus of Marketing at the University of Northern Iowa.

Squeezed homebuyers just what economy needed

The housing market is full of surprises. Senti ment among homebuild ers has been perking up, their stocks are surging, and new home sales are at the strongest since early 2022. All in the face of persis tently high mortgage rates.

Builders are benefiting from an unusual conflu ence of factors: Homeowners, locked into historically cheap loans, have been reluctant sellers, squeezing re-sale inventory and pushing buyers toward new constructions. This rapid turnaround of the past six months will extend the surprising strength we’ve been seeing in the economy as renewed building activity starts to flow into the gross domestic product data.

Residential investment should start to give U.S. economic growth a boost in the second half for the first time since 2021. That means worries about a long-anticipated recession can be pushed out to next year.

One way to think about this fresh spurt of activity is to see how it worked on the way down. Housing detracted, on average, around 1% from real GDP growth between the second and fourth quarters of 2022, but the leading indicators of weakness showed up earlier. The iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF fell about 28% in the first quarter of last year. The National Association of Home Builder’s monthly sentiment survey capturing future sales slid from 85 to 70 during that stretch – still above 50, indicating an expansion, but a sign that storm clouds were looming.

And while new home sales were still holding up, there was, importantly, a deterioration in the

composition of the data. The sale of new houses that hadn’t yet been started fell to its lowest level in nearly two years in March 2022. That shrinking pipeline for future construction was a sign that there would be less demand going forward for things like labor and building materials that mark the start of a building cycle.

Tuesday’s new home sales report showed how long ago that now seems in this quickly changing housing market. The overall number jumped, with particular strength for homes where construction hasn’t yet begun, which saw one of the biggest monthly increases on record.

This improvement has not yet shown up in the GDP data due to the way the recovery has unfolded.

Last year, builders were busy selling through inventory they already had before starting any new projects. Single-family housing starts, which began declining last Spring, hadn’t shown much improvement as recently as this April.

There are now signs of a change.

New construction of single-family homes jumped in May to the highest level in nearly a year, while purchases of of previously owned homes dropped given the constraints on inventory. Homebuilder KB Home said in an earnings conference last week that it expects to “ramp up” new projects in the third quarter.

All this activity will lead to renewed demand for labor and building materials, which fell off so noticeably in the second quarter of 2022.

Housing is about to shift from a headwind to a tailwind when it comes to GDP. That’s significant when thinking about recession risks.

In the past 40 years, there have been 12 quarters in which real GDP growth fell by at least 1% on a seasonally adjusted annual basis. In nine of those, residential investment detracted from GDP growth. In addition, the first quarter of 2020 reflected a shutdown of the pandemic-hit economy. In short, it’s very difficult for a recession to unfold when housing is boosting economic growth, given the importance it holds in the business cycle, unless some other significant part of the economy is collapsing.And while we shouldn’t give the economy the all-clear when the Federal Reserve still intends to raise interest rates this year to tame price pressures, housing construction cycles last for more than just a month or two. Even if housing demand stalls later, the building uptick underway should boost GDP growth for at least a couple of quarters, and likely longer.

That means the elevated recession risk that forecasters have penciled in since this rate-hike cycle began in early 2022 has most likely been pushed out yet again. Wall Street’s initial response has been to cheer this news – in recent weeks technology stocks, housing-related stocks, and cyclically-sensitive stocks such as those in the travel sector have all rallied on signs of resilient economic growth. But that’s also put more aggressive policy tightening by the Fed back on the table. So long as the central bank’s inflation fight continues, so will the guessing game around the next recession.

Conor Sen is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is founder of Peachtree Creek Investments. This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners.

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Teigen, Legend welcome 4th child

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Chrissy Teigen and John Legend welcomed a baby boy via surrogate this month, the couple revealed in a surprise announcement Wednesday.

Wren Alexander Stephens is their fourth child. Teigen gave birth to daughter Esti in January.

Teigen suffered a pregnancy loss with a baby boy, Jack, in 2020. In Wednesday’s announcement, Teigen said she and Legend reached out to a surrogate agency in 2021 about enlisting two surrogates, before she decided to try to carry a child again and restarted the IVF process.

“Around this same time, we also met the most incredible, loving, compassionate surrogate we could ever imagine, Alexandra,” Teigen wrote. “I knew she was a perfect

match for us the moment we spoke to her.”

Teigen said the first embryo they tried with Alexandra did not survive. Then, during Teigen’s pregnancy with Esti, the surrogate became pregnant with Teigen and Legend’s son.

“We ate hot pot to celebrate, watched ‘Vanderpump Rules’ with our growing bellies, our families blending into one for the past year,” Teigen wrote Wednesday. “Just minutes before midnight on June 19, I got to witness the most beautiful woman, my friend, our surrogate, give birth amidst a bit of chaos, but with strength and pure joy and love.”

“We want to say thank you for this incredible gift you have given us, Alexandra,” Teigen continued, revealing the child’s middle name of Alexander is a tribute to the surrogate.

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Police arrest suspect in shooting death of Fairfield man

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Fairfield resident was killed Monday afternoon in the 1100 block of Cinnabar Way.

Vacaville Police identified Jayro Magana, 26, as the victim.

David Lamont Hersch, 20, Vallejo, was booked into the Solano County Jail on charges of homicide, assault with a deadly weapon and carrying a loaded firearm. He is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.

About 2:20 p.m. Monday, officers responded to multiple reports of shots heard. Officers arrived on scene and found Magana

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with gunshot wounds. Officers provided medical aid until the man was transported to a local hospital, where he eventually succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased. Officers initially received reports of a man fleeing on foot from the area after the shooting. A man matching that description was detained by officers on Somerville Drive, approximately 1 mile from the location of the shooting. Cinnabar Lane was closed for a few hours while police investigated. Anyone with information regarding this incident can call 707-469-4812 or 707-454-5722 to provide anonymous tips.

Criminal grand jury indicts

Martinez man on 2 murder charges

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Solano County criminal grand jury on Thursday indicted Richard R. Klein on two counts of murder, the District Attorney’s Office reported.

Klein, of Martinez, also was indicted on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm, committing murder while released on his own recognizance, and a special circumstance for committing multiple murders, the District Attorney’s Office said in a statement.

The indictment comes after four days of testimony before the grand jury.

Klein, according to the District Attorney’s Office and the grand jury indictment, committed a murder on April 21, 2022, in Fairfield and committed a second murder on Dec. 15, 2022, in Suisun City.

He was 51 at the time of the second killing.

The District Attorney’s Office had filed a felony complaint on May 5, 2022, charging Klein with suspicion of murder, along with being a felon in possession of a firearm, plus an enhancement for personally discharging a firearm during the commission of a murder, the statement said.

“On that case, the defendant had proceeded to preliminary hearing on Oct. 28, 2022, and was held to answer as charged. On

Nov. 14, 2022 ... Klein, who was being held with no bail, was arraigned,” the statement said.

“During the arraignment, the court heard the defendant’s motion to reduce bail. Over the District Attorney’s strenuous objection, the defendant was released on pre-trial services,” the statement added.

The District Attorney’s Office reported that while Klein was out of custody, he purportedly committed the second murder in Suisun City, the statement said.

A new criminal complaint was filed on Dec. 23 with a request from the District Attorney’s Office for a no-bail arrest warrant.

“Investigators with the Solano County Major Crimes Task Force were able to track ... Klein to Rosarita Beach, Mexico. The United States Marshal’s Office was asked to assist in apprehending ... Klein,” the statement said.

On Jan. 11, Klein was arrested in Mexico.

“Due to the different status of the murder cases, and in an effort to join them for trial, the (District Attorney’s Office) presented the evidence to a grand jury. (Klein) is now scheduled to be arraigned June 30 on the indictment,” the statement said.

He is currently being held in custody without bail.

Report: Vaca water system meets all quality standards

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VACAVILLE — The city of Vacaville Utilities Department released the 2022 Annual Water Quality Report, which compares drinking water quality to state and federal standards based on thousands of tests conducted.

The report says the city’s water system meets all water quality standards and is a safe and reliable drinking water supply.

In 2022, the city distributed more than 5.77 billion gallons of drinking water. This water was subjected to extensive testing not only for regulated con-

FAIRFIELD — Hayward police on Wednesday were not ready to disclose what connection Solano County has with the armed robbery of a Brinks armored truck.

Solano County sheriff’s deputies on Tuesday executed a warrant at a Lagunita Circle address that included a “shelter in place” alert for area residents.

The alert was issued at 11:10 a.m. due to “heavy police activity” and lifted at 12:44. Both ends of the street were blocked off.

The warrant was served on behalf of the Hayward Police Department and connected with the Brinks robbery Monday morning.

No arrests were made at the time, and the Solano County Sheriff’s Office

referred all calls to the Hayward police. A Hayward police spokeswoman said Wednesday two robbers are believed to have been involved, but did not

immediately release any more details.

The guard was robbed at gunpoint while he was outside the truck, police said. Police did not disclose how much

cash was taken, but the spokeswoman said it was enough to trigger a criminal enhancement if arrests are made.

Grant awarded to help Vallejo area shorelines, Napa River

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VALLEJO — The Environmental Protection Agency awarded All Positives Possible a $949,343 grant for “shoreline education, fish testing, garbage abatement and shoreline preservation efforts” along the shores of south Vallejo, the Carquinez Strait and the Napa River.

The focus will be on “training and increasing participation of community members and leaders from underserved neighborhoods” in the target areas, the federal agency reported.

The grant was part of $53 million allocated to Bay Area groups in all nine counties.

“The San Francisco Bay is one of our nation’s most iconic natural

treasures and vital ecosystems, and its shores are home to numerous and diverse Californian communities,” EPA Pacific Southwest Regional Administrator Martha Guzman said in a statement. “Thanks to the Biden-Harris Administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Justice40 Initiative, EPA is proudly awarding a record level of funding

to protect and restore the Bay’s watersheds and wetlands, and benefit surrounding underserved communities.”

Funding comes from EPA’s San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund, a competitive grant program focused on restoring impaired watersheds, reducing polluted runoff, and building climate change resilience around San Francisco Bay.

State’s reparations proposal moves to Newsom, lawmakers

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After two years of deliberations, California’s Reparations Task Force on Thursday is sending its final report and recommendations to the state Capitol, where Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers will ultimately decide how the state should atone for slavery.

“We must remind each and every one of us that the final report is not the end of the work. It’s really just the beginning,” said Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Gardenia), who served on the task force, during its final meeting. “It is now up to the Legislature, which I’m part of, and the governor to implement it.”

The governor and state Legislature began the historic process in 2020 with the goal of establishing a path to reparations that could serve as a model for the nation.

cash payments and sweeping policy change to descendants of African Americans enslaved in the United States to right the wrongs of the past.

and 65% were opposed. Support for a formal apology to descendants was higher at 57%, but only 43% backed the idea of providing housing assistance.

The most often cited reason for opposing reparations, according to the results of a January poll, wasn’t the cost or the complicated nature of figuring out how to compensate individuals. It came down to a perception that African Americans do not deserve remedies, he said.

taminants, but for many nonregulated chemical properties as well. More than 8,000 analyses were performed on drinking water samples in 2022.

Drinking water, including boiled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants, the city said. The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that water poses a health risk.

Prepared by the Water Quality Division, the report is available to view on the city’s website at cityofvacaville.

The conclusion of the task force’s work places political pressure on Democrats to finally deliver on their support for reparations – an issue that opinion polls show most Americans view unfavorably – with long awaited

The success or failure of the reparations proposal in one of the most liberal statehouses in the country will also serve as a bellwether beyond California and could carry political ramifications for the Democratic party in the 2024 election.

“If it fails in California, that is a harbinger for the movement and that it is actually not going to gain steam in a lot of other states,” said

Tatishe M. Nteta, a professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and director of the UMass Poll. “But if it succeeds, then it has this symbolic and substantive impact that is going to be really important for this movement going forward.”

Nteta and UMass have been surveying Americans about where they stand on reparations. The results from his June poll weren’t great for reparations advocates.

Only 35% of respondents said they supported cash payments for the descendants of slaves

“There’s a belief that the descendants of slaves do not deserve anything, not just cash payments, but educational systems, housing, or even an apology and that if any sort of debt, if it existed, was to be paid to slaves, the last slave is long gone, and so the debt died with them,” Nteta said.

The task force has spent the last two years hearing testimony from academics, economists and other experts to gather evidence of the effects of slavery and to prove the ways in which government sanctioned policies continued to discriminate against

New utility billing system arrives in July

After July 20, customers will need to know their account number and new customer ID to make an online payment.

After the transition, billing dates will be the same. The bill will have a different layout but will provide the same information that exists on the current bill.

service location or call 707-421-7320.

There is a convenience fee and a website fee to make online payments.

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Solano County Sheriff’s officers set up police tape to block Lagunita Circle, Tuesday.

Crime logs

FairField

TUESDAY, JUNE 27

12:44 a.m. — Stolen vehicle recovery, 1000 block of WEBSTER ST

1:54 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 700 block of FIFTH ST

7:22 a.m. — Suspicious person with a weapon, 3400 block of N TEXAS ST

9:26 a.m. — Prank/annoying phone calls, 1600 block of TRAVION CT

11:34 a.m. — Burglary, commercial, 1000 block of EMPIRE ST

12:08 p.m. — Hit and run property damage, 3400 block of N TEXAS ST

2:23 p.m. — Battery, 1000 block of DELAWARE ST

3:57 p.m. — Drunk driving, CLAY BANK RD

3:58 p.m. — Forgery, 2100 block of N TEXAS ST

4:05 p.m. — Domestic violence, 700 block of REDWOOD CT

4:33 p.m. — Reckless driving, CORDELIA RD

4:36 p.m. — Drunk driving, MANUEL CAMPOS PKWY

7:01 p.m. — Vandalism in progress, 1000 block of NIGHTINGALE DR

7:33 p.m. — Forgery, 1000 block of MOCKINGBIRD LN

9:28 p.m. — Hit and run property damage, CEMENT HILL RD

9:54 p.m. — Vandalism in progress, 1700 block of W TEXAS ST

9:55 p.m. — Tampering with a vehicle, 2000 block of STARLING

block of GRANDE CR

block of N TEXAS ST

a.m. — Domestic violence,

block of MEADOWLARK DR 5:15 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 1600 block of TRAVION CT 5:42 a.m. — Domestic violence, 300 block of SANTA SUSANA CT

6:09 a.m. — Burglary, vehicle, 1300 block of CONNECTICUT ST

6:16 a.m. — Vandalism in progress, 1700 block of N TEXAS ST

6:20 a.m. — Sexual assault, 1200 block of B GALE WILSON

BL

7:35 a.m. — Burglary, commercial, 3000 block of N TEXAS ST

8:06: a.m. — Sexual assault,

1200 block of B GALE WILSON BL

8:37 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 400 block of UNION AV

9:27 a.m. — Physical fight, SUNSET AV 10:53 a.m. — Cruelty to animals, 1400 block of W TEXAS ST 11:07 a.m. — Fight with a weapon, 4400 block of CENTRAL PL

11:13 a.m. — Reckless driving, SILVERADO DR

12:13 p.m. — Petty theft, 1800 block of BLOSSOM CT

12:32 p.m. — Hit and run, with injury/death, 2300 block of N TEXAS ST

1:13 p.m. — Vicious animal, 700 block of STALLION CR

2:39 p.m. — Drunk and disorderly, 1900 block of N TEXAS ST

3:10 p.m. — Reckless driving, PEABODY RD

3:25 p.m. — Fire, police needed, 200 block of ALASKA AV

3:28 p.m. — Physical fight, SANTA ROSA ST

3:50 p.m. — Battery 1900 block, of KIDDER AV

4:16 p.m. — Burglary, commercial, 400 block of LOPES RD

4:31 p.m. — Stolen vehicle recovery, 1000 block of WEBSTER ST

5:54 p.m. — Reckless driving, VANDEN RD

6:00 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 2900 block of AUTO MALL PKWY

7:53 p.m. — Battery, TRAVIS BL

8:10 p.m. — Arson, 200 block of ALASKA AV

9:19 p.m. — Robbery, 2200 block of N TEXAS ST

9:42 p.m. — Burglary, residential, 500 block of BERKELEY WY 10:26 p.m. — Suspicious person with a weapon, CORDELIA RD

SuiSun City

TUESDAY, JUNE 27 10:17 a.m. — Burglary, 400 block of MORGAN ST

a.m. — Vehicle theft, HARBOR CENTER

4:24 p.m. — Vehicle theft recovery, 300 block of CIVIC CENTER BL 10:45 p.m. — Assault with a deadly weapon, 200 block of CLEARBROOK

Trump ‘standing order’ to declassify docs not found by DOJ, Intelligence agency

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A “standing order” that former President Donald Trump has claimed authorized him to instantly declassify documents removed from the Oval Office could not be found by either the Justice Department or Office of Director of National Intelligence.

The disclosure by the agencies was made in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed last August by Bloomberg News, which sued ODNI and the Justice Department’s national security division for a copy of Trump’s socalled standing order – if one existed.

Trump insisted that he

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and Response Team. Additionally, $947,000 was allocated to Parks and Recreation, with $638,690 going to the Allan Witt Aquatic Center, $255,294 to the Adult Recreation Center and Senior Day Program, and $167,016 to the Downtown Theatre.

The grand jury report issued six findings and corresponding recommendations related to the city or the Measure P Oversight Committee.

The grand jury concluded that there is not enough direct communication between the Oversight Committee and the City Council, recommending “the Oversight Committee should be scheduled on the City Council agenda no less than twice each

had such a declassification order after the FBI found top secret materials at his Mar-a-Lago home last year. He has since been charged in the case by Special Counsel Jack Smith, making him the first former president to face federal allegations of criminal conduct.

Last month, in a court filing, government attorneys asserted to Bloomberg News that they could neither confirm nor deny whether the agencies had such a document, citing the ongoing criminal investigations against Trump. But government attorneys have since confirmed in a letter sent Thursday to Bloomberg News that each agency “possesses

year and the committee should be allowed, if not encouraged, to request to be on the City Council agenda additional times as the committee deems necessary.”

To that point, the grand jury said the committee “should be a real oversight committee and be allowed to make recommendations to the City Council with respect to the use of Measure P funds. Such changes to the process would result in more work and more focused work on the part of the members of the Oversight Committee.”

Most of the findings were directly related to the role of the committee, including a recommendation for the committee to hold no fewer than six meetings each year, and that members should receive a stipend.

The grand jury also wants to see more uniformity in the annual report.

Furthermore, the

no records responsive to your request” about the existence of a declassification standing order.

The government was compelled to make the disclosure about the standing order after a judge in a similar case in Massachusetts ordered the agencies to say whether the standing order or records referencing it exist.

Spokespeople for Trump, the Justice Department and ODNI did not immediately respond to requests for comments.

The plausibility of such a standing order was dismissed as nonsensical last year by more than a dozen former White House officials.

While U.S. presidents can declassify any doc-

ument at will, former intelligence officials have said that such a “standing order” would have to be memorialized in writing and shared with the intelligence community, specifically the Office of Director of National Intelligence, as well as the agency that classified the document in the first place.

On Aug. 12, a few days after the FBI’s Aug. 8 search of Mara-Lago, Trump posted on his social media platform Truth Social, that the records taken by the FBI were “all declassified.”

The “standing order” defense was promoted that evening on Fox News by John Solomon, a journalist who Trump designated to speak for him on the case.

Getty swears in new civil grand jury

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FAIRFIELD — Wayne Goodman of Vallejo will serve as the foreman of the 2023-24 Solano County civil grand jury.

Presiding Solano County Superior Court Judge Wendy Getty impanelled the group at the Hall of Justice on Thursday.

The members are, from Fairfield: Christina Alderete-Gray, Albert Brill, Russel

report added concluding comments about having a minor sitting on the committee – a member of the Youth Commission – and noted that maybe the city could create a permanent committee post

Cameron, Walter Scherff, David Colomb, Kathleen Skirpstunas, and Alesha Thomas; from Suisun City: Tom Scholl and Stephanie Perry; from Vacaville: Brigette Bauer, Rick Huseman and Susan Collignon; from Vallejo: Clyde Huff Jr., Deborah Johnson-White, Lindsay Elam, and Samantha Fordyce; from Rio Vista: Judy Calpo; and from Dixon, Ann Wallis. Benicia is the only city not represented.

for a minor. The city’s response to the report, issued on May 4, has yet to be filed with the Solano County Superior Court. It calls for responses from the mayor and the City Council.

In brief

Peterson found not guilty of all charges

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Former School Resource Officer Scot Peterson, the only person other than the gunman to face charges in the 2018 Parkland massacre, accused of failing to rush into the building to confront the mass shooter at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018, has been found not guilty on all charges.

Peterson wept openly as verdicts were read.

Peterson, 60, had faced six counts of child neglect with great bodily harm, one count of child neglect without great harm, three counts of culpable negligence and one count of perjury.

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Councilwoman Rozzana Verder Aliga, who has Dodd’s endorsement; Rohnert Park councilwoman and former mayor, Jackie Elward; and former West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon.

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disaster-related assistance.

On Monday, an applicant briefing was held at California Office of Emergency Services. It is a necessary step in securing the funding. The application must be made after the applicant briefing.

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like treating them differently because they are from a city or from a suburb, or because they play the violin poorly or well,” he wrote.

The project is now in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s relief process that involves about a dozen steps. The next is the formulation of projects followed by project review and approval.

Benicia is working on the second phase of the temporary bypass repair to increase the current water flow to accommodate summer demands.

Doing so will take time in order to avoid inducing another leak either up or downstream, the city of Fairfield said in an update on Lopes Road. Multiple temporary water lines remain until permanent repairs can be made to the hillside, roadway and underground utilities.

All permanent repairs are dependent on existing soil conditions, which are

The Senate Office is currently held by Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, who will term out at the end of 2024. The district includes all of Solano County as well as all or parts of Yolo, Napa, Sacramento, Sonoma and Contra Costa counties.

Bogue is the fourth candidate to announce his candidacy.

The others, all Democrats, are Vallejo

“During my tenure, being a three-time elected official, I have strived to be transparent about both my public and personal life, because I believe you deserve to know the person you’re voting for. I have worked in agriculture, finance, Social Services for Solano County, and currently, am a small business owner for the past 18 years,” Bogue said in a statement.

He and his wife, Janelle, have been married for 23 years and have nine adult children.

In dissent, liberal Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson accused the majority of ignoring America’s history as well as continuing racism today. “Our country has never been colorblind,” Jackson wrote.

“Today, this court stands in the way and rolls back decades of precedent and momentous progress,” Sotomayor wrote, joined by Kagan. “The court cements a superficial rule of colorblindness as a constitutional principle in an endemically segregated society where race has always mattered and continues to matter.”

While the ruling will force many universities, including their law and medical schools, to change admissions policies, it won’t prevent them from pursuing diversity or giving extra consideration to students who have overcome hardships or discrimination.

School officials are likely to focus on a passage near the end of the chief justice’s 40-page opinion:

“Nothing in this opinion should be con-

strued as prohibiting universities from considering an applicant’s discussion of how race affected his or her life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise,” Roberts wrote. “A benefit to a student who overcame racial discrimination, for example, must be tied to that student’s courage and determination. Or a benefit to a student whose heritage or culture motivated him or her to assume a leadership role or attain a particular goal must be tied to that student’s unique ability to contribute to the university. In other words, the student must be treated based on his or her experiences as an individual – not on the basis of race.”

The vote was 6-3 in the North Carolina case and 6-2 in the Harvard case, from which Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, a former member of Harvard’s Board of Overseers, recused herself.

Affirmative action, like abortion, has been a target of the conservative legal movement for decades, and the court’s liberal precedents on these two major issues were put in danger when President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans succeeded in appointing three new justices.

The impact of the rulings is likely to be limited in California, however. The University of California and the Cal-

ifornia State Universities are prohibited from using race as an admissions factor under ballot measures approved by voters in 1996 and 2020.

Eight other states have followed California’s lead in forbidding raceconscious admissions policies at state universities, including Michigan, Florida and Washington.

But the ruling in the Harvard case extends that prohibition to private universities, including Stanford and USC.

President Joe Biden joined many Democrats and progressives in slamming the majority opinion.

“I strongly, strongly disagree with the court’s decision,” Biden said in remarks at the White House. “Discrimination still exists in America. Today’s decision does not change that.”

He proposed new guidance for colleges in the wake of the decision, urging them to take into account the adversity a student has overcome in the admissions process. “We need a new path forward, a path consistent with the law that protects diversity and expands opportunity,” he said.

In its opinion, the high court criticized rulings dating back to 1978 that held that universities had a compelling interest in seeking racial diversity on campus and could consider the race of Black and Latino students as a plus factor when choos-

ing among well-qualified applicants.

Those precedents had remained under challenge from conservatives, who argued that the Constitution and the civil rights law prohibited discrimination based on race, even where the consideration of race was intended to increase diversity and correct past injustices.

being assessed. FEMA asks emergency work to be completed within six months of the event and permanent work done by 18 months. Additional time is given on a project-by-project basis. For more information on the city’s status with FEMA/Cal-OES, as well as any progress updates with the project design process, visit www.fair field.ca.gov/lopes. rights and freedoms – from freedom of speech to “a woman’s right to bodily autonomy” – and making District 3 “livable for working individuals and families” as his highest priorities.

A group called Students for Fair Admissions, created by financier Edward Blum, accused Harvard of discriminating against Asian American applicants in favor of Black and Latino applicants. He then filed a separate suit against UNC for similar discrimination. Those suits lost in the lower courts. Judges said the two universities had made careful and limited use of race in seeking a diverse class of new students.

But the Supreme Court, with six conservatives, voted last year to take up the appeals.

Blum hailed the outcome as a long-sought victory. The Supreme Court’s opinion “marks the beginning of the restoration of the colorblind legal covenant that binds together our multi-racial, multi-ethnic nation,” he said. “The polarizing, stigmatizing and unfair jurisprudence that allowed colleges and universities to use a student’s race and ethnicity as a factor to admit or reject them has been overruled.”

‘A dream come true’

More than 1,200 become US citizens at

naturalization ceremonies

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More than 1,200 people from 85 countries were naturalized Wednesday through two separate ceremonies in Roseville, California, hosted by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, with the first ceremony themed as a special tribute to Independence Day.

The 800 who took the oath of allegiance during the first ceremony emigrated from Mexico, Afghanistan, Philippines, India and Vietnam, among others.

USCIS Sacramento Field Office Director Rebecca Sheehy greeted and congratulated the new citizens, and asked them to stand and wave their flag as she read aloud the name of each country.

“You are part of a strong contingent of immigrants who have chosen to put down permanent roots in the United States,” Sheehy said. “Today, you take your final step in that journey.”

Voter registration cards were provided in the white envelopes given to each person along with their naturalization certificate.

For Mohammad Sami, who is originally from Afghanistan, the ability to vote was the most important part of receiving full U.S. citizenship.

“For me, it’s the right of everyone to choose senators, presidents,

someone who can serve for America and make it better again,” Sami said.

Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Rocklin, gave a speech remarking on the significance of the naturalization process and highlighted America as a nation of diversity “held together by shared ideas.”

“The story of America is the story of each generation that’s advanced American ideals,” Kiley said. “Each new citizen here today is now an integral part of that. Your pursuit of happiness embodies the American Dream. Unique experiences and talents that you bring to bear will enrich our nation.”

Jaynth Vinapanula, originally from India, said he was drawn to the educational opportuni-

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ties America provides, as well as the opportunity to live closer to his parents. Vinapanula is a student at UC Santa Cruz, pursuing a major in computer engineering.

“I’ve lived here a long time ... and I think it’s cool to finally be naturalized,” Vinapanula said. “I think it’s an honor and I’m really excited.”

Paula Perez, who hails from Mexico, she said the process of applying for naturalization “was easy” and was both “happy” and “excited” to become a natural citizen. She was joined at the ceremony by her daughter, Andreas, who is a student at UC Davis.

“It’s a dream come true,” Perez said. “It was hard at first, but I did it for my kids.”

Supreme Court broadens religious protections for workers

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court broadened religious protections for workers Thursday in a ruling that clarified when employers can refuse religious accommodations for workers.

The unanimous opinion, written by Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., found that employers must show that granting such an accommodation would lead to “substantial increased costs” in relation to the conduct of its business.

Alito wrote that justices are “brushing away” an incorrect interpretation of a previous Supreme Court case on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. He pointed out that a diverse group of religious organizations contended that the interpretation had “blessed the denial of even minor accommodation in many cases, making it harder for members of minority faiths to enter the job market.”

The case stems from a suit brought by a rural mail carrier in Pennsylvania, Gerald Groff, who quit rather than deliver Amazon packages on Sundays, citing his Christian religion. He then sued the U.S. Postal Service for discrimination.

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Circuit ruled in the Postal Service’s favor, citing a landmark decision from the Supreme Court in 1977, Transworld Airlines, Inc. v. Hardison, which found employers did not have to bear “undue hardship” to accommodate employees’ religious observance.

In court filings, Groff argued that the 1977 decision tamped down on the religious rights of employees that Congress meant to protect in the 1972 amendments to the Civil Rights Act.

The 3rd Circuit and other lower courts – based on a line in the 1977 decision – interpreted “undue hardship” to mean any cost or effort that is more than “de minimis,” Alito wrote in the ruling.

But that interpretation is “erroneous,” Alito wrote, and “may have had the effect of leading courts to pay insufficient attention to what the actual text of Title VII means with regard to several recurring issues.”

“We think it is enough to say that an employer must show that the burden of granting an accommodation would result in substantial increased costs in relation to the conduct of its particular business,” the opinion states.

The Supreme Court found that the law requires that an employer reasonably accommodate a

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worker’s religious practice, “not merely that it assess the reasonableness of a particular possible accommodation or accommodations.”

“This distinction matters. Faced with an accommodation request like Groff’s, it would not be enough for an employer to conclude that forcing other employees to work overtime would constitute an undue hardship,” the court ruled. “Consideration of other options, such as voluntary shift swapping, would also be necessary.”

Some congressional Republicans had backed such an interpretation in briefs filed in the case.

The Biden administration had argued that the court should leave the issue for members of Congress, who have spent decades considering and rejecting a higher standard to accommodate religious employees.

The Justice Department told the justices that Groff asked “this Court to do what Congress would not” by rewriting the law.

The existing law may provide too little protection for religious workers, according to the Biden administration brief, but “that argument should be directed to Congress, which is better positioned to weigh the competing interests in this sensitive area and strike the appropriate balance.”

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“For those reactionaries who say slavery is old news, and the time for reparations has passed, well, you know what, I’ve been a civil rights lawyer for 20 years and I say show me the statute of limitations on mass genocide,” said Lisa Holder, a member of the task force, during the Thursday meeting. “Show me the statute of limitations on the world’s greatest crime against humanity and show me the statute of limitations on accountability for original sin.”

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A family stands in honor of pledge allegiance during the Independence Day-themed naturalization ceremony that welcomed more than 800 new U.S. citizens.

Fairfield Expos hosting WABF tourney

FAIRFIELD — The Fairfield Expos are back from their Oregon trip and ready to host this year’s Western Amateur Baseball Federation Under-19 Tournament at Laurel Creek Park.

The tournament began at 6 p.m. Thursday when the Expos took on AllPro. Three games will follow Friday with four games Saturday through

Monday. Clovis, the Petaluma Express, the East Bay Bulls, Napa, Vallejo and Delta Valley are also participating.

Petaluma and Napa meet at 1 p.m. Friday with Delta against East Bay at 3:45 and Clovis against Vallejo at 6:30. Saturday’s games feature Napa-Clovis at 10 a.m., Petaluma-Clovis at 12:45 p.m., All-Pro-Delta at 3:30 and Expos-East Bay at 6:15 p.m.

Sunday is Vallejo-Napa at 10 a.m., Vallejo-Peta-

luma at 12:45 p.m., East Bay-All-Pro at 3:30 and Expos-Delta Valley at 6:15 p.m. Monday’s game are based on order of division finish. There will be games at 10 a.m., 12:45 p.m., and 3:30 with the division champions meeting in a title game at 6:15.

Fairfield’s American Legion summer baseball team got a big win Wednesday night in a tough tournament tuneup.

The Expos rallied for a 5-4 win over the Petaluma

Leghorns at Laurel Creek.

Jace Parkinson and Drew Carrington had three hits apiece. Noah Rodda had two hits, while DJ Andersen and Matty Hague also contributed offensively. Jackson Kolakowski, Grant Genter and Trevor Morse all pitched in the win.

The Expos are now 32-11 overall. The team went 4-1 at the recent Sandee Kensinger Tournament in Medford.

“The trip was excel-

Wrong side of history: A’s reflect on their ‘perfect’ loss to Yankees

JErry McDonalD

BAY AREA NEWS GROUP

OAKLAND — The Athletics were doing their best Thursday to turn the page on a lamentable chapter in their history.

As if going 21-60 at the season’s halfway point wasn’t enough to digest, the A’s began the second half of the season Wednesday night as victims of the 24th perfect game in major league history as authored by New York Yankees journeyman right-hander Domingo German.

It was the third perfect game at the Coliseum, joining Jim

“Catfish” Hunter (May 8, 1968) and A’s television analyst Dallas Braden (May 9, 2010).

While German was still basking in the glow of the fourth perfect game in Yankees history and an 11-0 win, the Athletics could do little but offer congratulations and reluctantly acknowledge their part in reverse perfection before an announced crowd of 12,479.

Second baseman Tony Kemp tried to make sense of things Thursday before the A’s faced the Yankees in the third game of the series.

“I feel like we’ve been

trying to put a lot of things behind us,” Kemp said. “In baseball, you’ve got to keep battling and you’ve got to keep going. Everybody showed up here today to win a ballgame and win the series. You can’t do anything about it now but tip your cap.”

The A’s didn’t win the series, however, falling 10-3 to the Yankees. They opened the series with a 2-1 win over New York.

German needed just 99 pitches, 72 of them strikes, to retire all 27 batters he faced, striking out nine. German had just two three-ball counts, and the closest thing to a

lent,” head coach Brad Hanson said. “The trip is really about team bonding, building camaraderie and team chemistry. We’re not as concerned about wins.”

The Expos made the journey without two top players in Vacaville High School’s Drew Carrington and Cy Dempsay. Carrington has returned and Hanson said that Dempsay should back by Sunday.

But he said that the team displayed some solid pitching at times that kept

the Expos in most games. “We have deep pitching,” Hanson said of the lineup.”We’re still looking for that No. 1 or 2 guy, but we have six guys that can get the job done.”

Many games remain for the Expos through August, but two big tournaments are ahead. The Expos will host the Area 1 Tournament July 13-17. The Region 8 American Legion Tournament will be Aug. 1-6.

Vacaville QB Fortunati has given pledge to Air Force

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VACAVILLE — Brody

Fortunati is all cleared for a senior season return at quarterback for the Vacaville High School football team with his future likely locked up for the next decade.

Fortunati recently made a commitment to play at the Air Force Academy. A hip injury his junior season limited his time on the field to just four games, but the Falcons apparently saw enough film and live action of him to convince them that he has a future on the Colorado Springs, Colo., campus.

“It speaks volumes about him that an academy was willing to commit to him,” Vacaville head coach Mike Papadopoulos said.

with six touchdowns. There’s no telling what he could have accomplished if he stayed healthy. Alex Barkley took over the rest of the season and threw for 1,093 yards as the Bulldogs went 8-4 overall and won the Monticello Empire League title with a 5-0 record.

hit came on a ball hit down the first base line by right fielder Seth Brown in the fifth inning.

Brown scorched a ground ball at 106.5 miles per hour, with Anthony Rizzo making the stop on a dive and then throwing to German covering first.

“It was a curveball, I hit it well and he made a good play on it,” Brown said. “I was hoping it would sneak through and it just didn’t work out.”

Other than that, the Athletics were helpless with German throwing a dizzying array of

Winn gets first career start, but Giants lose again to Blue Jays

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TORONTO — It was just over a year ago, last June 23, that Keaton Winn made his final start at Single-A San Jose, returning from a twoyear absence caused by a pandemic and major elbow surgery. When the Giants won their last World Series, Winn was merely a teenager in Ollie, Iowa: population 200.

On Thursday, the Giants reached the midpoint of their season, and Winn made his first major-league start in front of 27,761 fans, in North America’s most diverse metropolis.

Despite a 2-1 loss to the Blue Jays, dropping their first series since the second weekend of June, the Giants (45-36) completed their first 81 games in better posi-

tion than they were last season, when they sputtered into the halfway point at 41-41 with their eighth loss in nine games (and only worse to come). And with six strong innings of work from Winn, they may have found a starter who can help their prospects the rest of the way.

Mixing his devastating splitter (52% of his pitches) with a high-90s heater, the 25-year-old right-hander limited a dangerous Toronto lineup to two runs on only three hits and one walk while striking out three.

Registering the 25 fastest pitches of the night (topping out at 98.5 mph), Winn blanked the Blue Jays until his penultimate batter.

One mistake pitch to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. turned into the Blue

Jays’ only two runs against the rookie righty but proved to be the difference in the game.

Blue Jays right-hander Chris Bassitt set a career-high with 12 strikeouts, including two of J.D. Davis that got him and manager Gabe Kapler ejected in the third inning.

But it took him 104 pitches to complete six innings and was forced to hand off to Toronto’s bullpen, whereas an ultra-efficient Winn needed only 67 pitches (46 strikes, 10 swings and misses) to record the same number of outs. He was one strike away from getting through six scoreless, too, until he gave Guerrero a belt-high splitter over the middle of the plate, which he launched 413 feet, just short of the second deck in left field.

“He’s put in a ridiculous amount of time into his craft to get ready. Recovery can really be tough and lonely, but he managed things well and never lost focus.”

Fortunati was 24 of 58 passing for 411 yards in those four games

The junior remained committed to his team through the season and continued to serve as a captain and another set of eyes on the sideline. He earned recognition on the Daily Republic’s All-Region team for

Tri-Valley 10s reach Saturday’s championship

Daily r Epublic Staff DRNEWS@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

FAIRFIELD — The Cordelia Tri-Valley Little League 10s have reached the championship round of the District 53 tournament.

Tri-Valley remains undefeated after an 8-6 win Wednesday night over host Sonoma. Benicia and Sonoma played Thursday night for the right to meet Tri-Valley in the championship round.

The championship game will be at 10 a.m.

Saturday at Sonoma Little League. Benicia or Sonoma would then have to beat Tri-Valley twice. A second championship game would follow Sunday at 1 p.m., if necessary.

Felipe Hernandez hit an inside-the-park home run against Sonoma down the right field line that put Tri-Valley up 3-1 in the first inning.

Manager and league president Caleb Carranza said that Elijah Kelly, Tyson Ramos, Brenden Andersen and Lathan Carranza have delivered strong pitching throughout the tournament. Hernandez, Carranza, Ramos and Rowan Knight have delivered big with key RBIs.

The team is made up of Andersen, Carranza, Grant Collard, Landon Freeman, Kaleb Galvan, Ryan Lassen, Hernandez, Griffin Hockett, Major Keene, Kelly, Knight, Ramos and Cristian Saldivar. Tyrone Ramos and Cristian Saldivar are team coaches.

Tri-Valley reached the final with a 16-2 win over Napa National, an 18-7 triumph over American Canyon and then the win over Sonoma.

The final three teams

Courtesy Photo Vacaville quarterback Brody Fortunati serves as captain during a coin flip.

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New York Yankees starting pitcher Domingo German celebrates with teammates his perfect game in an 11-0 win over the Oakland Athletics at the Coliseum in Oakland, Wednesday night.

CALENDAR

Friday’s TV sports

Baseball

MLB

• San Francisco vs. N.Y. Mets, NBCSBA, 4:10 p.m.

• Chicago White Sox vs. Oakland, NBCSCA, 6:40 p.m.

Golf

• DP World, Betfred British Masters, GOLF, 5 a.m.

• U.S. Senior Open, GOLF, 9 a.m.

• PGA, Rocket Mortgage Classic, GOLF, Noon.

• U.S. Senior Open, GOLF, 3 p.m.

Motorsports

• F-1, Austria Grand Prix, Practice, ESPN2, 4:25 a.m.

• F-1, Austria Grand Prix, Qualifying, ESPN2, 7:55 a.m.

Soccer Gold Cup

• Martinique vs. Panama, FS1, 3:30 p.m.

• El Salvador vs. Costa Rica, FS1, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday’s TV sports

Baseball MLB • N.Y. Yankees vs. St. Louis, FS1, 11:15 a.m.

• San Francisco vs. N.Y. Mets, NBCSBA, 1:10 p.m.

• Chicago White Sox at Oakland, NBCSCA, 1:07 p.m.

• L.A. Dodgers vs.Kansas City, 2, 40, 4:15 p.m.

Basketball

• BIG3 Basketball, 5, 13, 10 a.m.

WNBA

• Las Vegas vs. Connecticut, 7, 10, Noon.

Boxing • Anderson vs. Martin, ESPN, 7 p.m.

Cycling

• Tour de France, 3, 5 a.m.

Football

• USFL Championship Game, 3, 5 p.m.

Golf • DP World, Betfred British Masters, GOLF, 4:30 a.m.

• PGA, Rocket Mortgage Classic, GOLF, 10 a.m.

• U.S. Senior Open, 3, 11 a.m.

• PGA, Rocket Mortgage Classic, 5, 13, Noon.

Horse Racing

• Breeders’ Cup Series, 3, 2 p.m.

Lacrosse

• World Gold Medal Game, Teams TBA, ESPN2, 4 p.m.

Motorsports

• F-1, Austria Grand Prix, Sprint, ESPN2, 2:55 a.m.

• F-1, Austria Grand Prix, Spring, ESPN, 7:25 a.m.

• NASCAR Xfinity, The Loop 121, Qualifying, USA, 8 a.m.

• NASCAR Cup Series, Qualifying, USA, 10:30 a.m.

• NASCAR Xfinity, The Loop 121, USA, 2 p.m.

Soccer Gold Cup

• Cuba vs. Guadeloupe, FS1, 4:30 p.m.

• Guatemala vs. Canada, FS1, 6:30 p.m.

USL

• Phoenix vs. Memphis, ESPN2, 8 p.m.

Swimming

• U.S. Nationals, 3, 10 a.m.

UFC

• Fight Night, ESPN, 1 p.m.

• Fight Night, ESPN, 4 p.m.

Sharks are hoping draft picks make a serious difference

Curtis PashelK a THE MERCURY NEWS

SAN JOSE — The San Jose Sharks selected Will Smith with the No. 4 overall pick in the first round of Wednesday’s NHL Draft in Nashville, Tennessee, taking what they hope will someday be the franchise’s future No. 1 centerman.

Smith, 18, is considered a game-breaking type of centerman who possesses terrific vision and hockey sense. He had 127 points in 60 games for the U.S. National under-18 team this past season and his skillset has drawn comparisons to Vancouver’s J.T. Miller and Anaheim’s Trevor Zegras.

While Smith, who is listed at 6-foot-0 and 180 pounds, needs vast improvement in his two-way game, a year at Boston College should help him become a more well-rounded player, and he could turn pro as soon as next year.

San Jose added some size and skill to their prospect pool by selecting Sudbury Wolves left winger Quentin Musty with the 26th overall pick in the first round of the NHL Draft in Nashville, Tennessee.

Musty, listed at 6-foot-2 and 197 pounds on the Wolves’ website, had 78 points in 53 regular

Evaluating the Warriors’ contract situation heading into free agency

SAN FRANCISCO —

The NBA draft is now in the rearview mirror and the real games of the offseason are about to begin.

Free agency officially kicks off 3 p.m. Friday, but the rumor mill is already churning. Draymond Green will be the Warriors top priority in free agency, but there are other decisions general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. will have to make to round out the roster in the coming weeks.

Golden State has eight players under contract for next season and are expected to sign its two 2023 draftees, Brandin Podziemski and Trayce Jackson-Davis, at some point soon. That will leave them with five open slots, though it’s more realistically four since Dunleavy said he doesn’t plan to fill the 15th roster spot for financial reasons.

With that in mind, here’s a look at the current state of the Warriors’ roster and each player’s contract situation heading into free agency:

Players under contract

Stephen Curry, 35 years old: Largely believed to be the only untouchable player on the Warriors roster this offseason, Curry isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. He’s signed with Golden State through 2026 after he inked a four-year $215 million extension that he signed in August 2021. That deal, which made him the first NBA player to sign multiple $200 million deals all but ensured Curry will be a Warrior for life. Curry is still at the top of his game as he prepares for his 15th NBA season.

Klay Thompson, 33: Thompson is set to make $43 million – second to only Curry among the Warriors’ next season –in what will be the final year of his five-year, $190 million contract that he signed shortly after tearing his ACL in the 2019 NBA Finals. Thompson is extension eligible as he nears a critical part of his career, where he’s being challenged to evolve his game to do more than just score.

player option.

Chris Paul, 38: The Warriors traded Poole, Patrick Baldwin Jr. and Ryan Rollins for Paul last week. The deal, which opened up another roster spot, can’t be finalized until July 6, which is when Poole’s extension begins. Paul’s current deal is also more team friendly than Poole’s. Paul is slated to earn $30.8 million this season, though that figure is only partially guaranteed. His $30 million salary for the 2024-25 season is non-guaranteed.

Gary Payton II, 30: The Warriors didn’t want to lose Payton last offseason in free agency, but the defensive menace earned a $26 million pay raise that Golden State couldn’t match. With their defense floundering, though, the Warriors orchestrated a trade that brought Payton back to the Bay. That move hit a snag when Payton’s physical was flagged as he continued to deal with pain stemming from a surgery he had on a core muscle injury. Payton played through pain during the playoffs, but the summer should give him plenty of time to rehab and strengthen his core. He has two years remaining on his deal.

Kevon Looney, 27: After entering 2022 free agency as the Warriors’ top priority, Looney returned to Golden State, signing a three-year, $15.5 million deal. He was once again a mainstay in coach Steve Kerr’s rotation last season, playing in all 82 regular-season games. The Warriors’ iron man will be under contract for at least two more seasons.

Moody, who was drafted just seven spots behind Kuminga in 2021, was another player who didn’t take the leap the Warriors had hoped for in his sophomore campaign. Still, Golden State’s brass remains high on 3-and-D player, who, like Kuminga, has a club option for next season remaining on his four-year rookie deal.

2023 draftees

Brandin Podziemski,

20: How big of an impact Podziemski will have as a rookie remains unclear, but the No. 19 pick is determined to prove he belongs in the NBA. When he signs his rookie deal, he’ll be under contract through 2026-27, including club options for the final two years of that deal.

Trayce Jackson-Davis, 23: After being drafted No. 57 overall, the former Indiana forward isn’t guaranteed a spot on the 15-man roster. But Dunleavy previously said he plans to give JacksonDavis a spot. He’ll likely sign a four-year deal, with only the first two seasons guaranteed.

Free agents

will surely be more than $5.4 million, which is the most Golden State can pay him, according to Spotrac. Besides, the addition of Paul diminished the need for DiVincenzo, who was the primary ball handler off the bench.

Andre Iguodala, 39: After winning his fourth ring, Iguodala decided to put retirement off for another year, re-signing on a veteran minimum last fall for his 19th NBA season. At the time, he said the 2022-23 season would be his last. Injuries limited him to only eight games. And while he hasn’t officially declared he was done, it seems more likely than not that Iguodala played his final NBA game.

JaMychal Green, 33: Green signed a veteran minimum contract to play with the Warriors last season, with the hope that he could take on a similar role as Otto Porter Jr. during the 2022 run. Green shot 37.8% from 3, which is slightly above his career average. But he could probably find more playing time elsewhere.

Anthony Lamb, 25: The Warriors converted Lamb’s two-way deal to a standard NBA contract in March after he jumped Kuminga in Kerr’s rotation and stepped up during Wiggins’ two lengthy absences. He wasn’t playable in the playoffs and spent most of the postseason watching from the bench. The Warriors aren’t planning to hand Lamb a qualifying offer, The Athletic report. That would make him an unrestricted free agent, free to sign with whomever.

season games, with most of his production coming at even strength after he missed some time with injury.

Musty played for Team USA at the Hlinka-Gretzky tournament and had five points in four games. With the Wolves, Musty enjoyed an 18-game point streak early in the season in which he had 35 points.

Going into the draft, Musty was ranked as high as No. 12 by Elite Prospects, No. 20 by Daily Faceoff, and No. 25 by TSN’s Bob McKenzie.

The Sharks took a pair of big-bodied forwards with their first two picks on the second day of the Draft Thursday.

The Sharks selected Finnish-born winger Kasper Halttunen with their second-round selection at No. 36, then traded the 94th and 100th overall pick to the Carolina Hurricanes for the No. 71 slot where they took center Brandon Svoboda.

Halttunen, who is listed at 6-foot-3 and 207-pounds, had 18 points in 14 games for Finland’s U18 team this past season.

Andrew Wiggins, 28: After both being pivotal pieces in a championship run in 2022, Wiggins and Jordan Poole inked extensions on the same day last October, but only Wiggins remains after the latter was dealt to the Washington Wizards on draft day. Wiggins’ fouryear extension, worth up to $109 million, will kick in for this season. He’s the only veteran signed through 2027, though the final year of the deal is a

Jonathan Kuminga, 20: Drafted No. 7 in 2021, Kuminga made strides in his second NBA season, especially on the defensive end, but the 20-year-old rising star’s frustration about his playing time bubbled to the surface at several points last season. The Warriors will have to decide whether to exercise his $7.6 million fourth-year option for the 2024-25 season by Oct. 31.

Moses Moody, 21:

Sources: Harrison Barnes to re-sign with Sacramento

Jason a nderson THE SACRAMENTO BEE

SACRAMENTO — NBA free agency doesn’t start until 3 p.m. Friday, but the Kings have already made their first move.

League sources told The Sacramento Bee on Thursday the Kings have reached an agreement to bring veteran forward Harrison Barnes back on a new three-year, $54 million contract, as first reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

Draymond Green, 33: Green is going to decline his $27.6 million player option for next season, which will make him an unrestricted free agent. NBA Insider Marc Spears reported that Green is seeking a three-year, $100 million contract. While several Western Conference teams have been linked to Green in recent days, as the free agency rumor mill starts to churn, the Warriors remain confident that Green will return for his 12th NBA season. If he doesn’t then the Warriors will struggle to contend for another title.

Donte DiVincenzo,

26: After having a career resurgence last season, DiVincenzo will also be declining his player option on the two-year deal he signed with the Warriors last July. It’s unclear how much DiVincenzo might command on the free-agent market, but it

Ty Jerome, 25: Jerome was the Warriors’ two-way player last season and earned the coaching staff’s trust by making smart decisions with the ball. His game fits the Warriors’ system well, but Lamb was signed to the 15th roster spot because the team needed frontcourt depth. Jerome is nearing his fifth NBA season and is no longer eligible for a two-way deal. Though the Warriors reportedly won’t extend him a qualifying offer, Golden State hasn’t ruled out the possibility of bringing him back for another season.

Lester Quinones, 22: Quinones joined the Warriors on a two-way deal after he went undrafted last June. He lit up the G League with the Santa Cruz last season and earned himself another two-way deal by the end of the season. The Warriors remain high on the former Memphis star, who played alongside James Wiseman. He seems likely to sign one of the Warriors’ two-way contracts for this season.

with knowledge of the situation told The Athletic. Barnes has spent five seasons in Sacramento since the Kings acquired him in a trade with the Dallas Mavericks in February 2019. He started all 82 games last season, averaging 15.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists while shooting 47.3% from the field and 37.4% from 3-point range.

The 18-year-old Svoboda, a native of Western Pennsylvania, is listed at 6-foot-3 and 212 pounds and was ranked by NHL Central Scouting as the 66th-best North American skater. See Barnes, Page B10

Barnes, 31, will earn an average of $18 million per year. The deal includes a 10% trade kicker, a source

Barnes, who has been a consummate professional and a strong locker room presence in Sacramento, was set to become an unrestricted free

Hector Amezcua/Sacramento Bee/TNS file Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) celebrates a three-point basket during Game 5 of the first-round NBA playoff series at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, April 26.

Columns&Games

Best friend miffed over missed long-distance call

Dear Annie: My best friend lives on the opposite coast from me. We’re both women, and we share everything with each other, the good and the bad. Or so I thought.

Three weeks ago, I texted her to vent about a big fight with my husband. I also told her I’d call her that weekend. Honestly, I just forgot I told her that. When I called her Monday, she was livid. She hadn’t slept all weekend and had been worried sick about me, picturing my husband kicking me out or handing me divorce papers, etc.

Truly, I don’t know how she got that idea. I never said anything like that. This was the first time I’ve ever mentioned a disagreement that I had with my husband, and she texts me about her relationship woes all the time! I don’t mind that; I just thought it was a two-way street.

She told me she needed space, that she only had room for positivity in her life and that my actions had deeply hurt her – to the point that she isn’t sure we can ever mend our friendship. She asked me not to contact her and said she’d get in touch when she was ready.

ARIES (March 21-April 19).

You’ll look at what is, and what’s behind what is, and, if possible, what’s inside it. Instead of guessing, ask openended questions. The answers will only produce more questions, but at least they’ll narrow the scope of this investigation.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

Ever aware of the vastness of the universe, you resist a narrow focus. Locality is relative. What’s happening in your room will be forgotten when you get to town, and what’s in town will be forgotten when you leave the country.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

Stand by your own definition of beauty. As a wise pig once said, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.” – Miss Piggy

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

You decide your role, then everything flows from character. The artist can turn any act into an act of art. The warrior can turn any act into an act of war... and it follows for the teacher, the lover and the provider.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).

Cats like you aren’t really nocturnal, but they are hunting machines who can do some of their best work at night. There’s something you want to acquire, and you’ll be at your most clever about it after the sun goes down.

My husband says

I’m being a bad friend by not contacting her at all. I feel I’m honoring her wishes. If I told someone to give me space until I reached out, and they popped up a few weeks later, I’d be so angry! I’d feel incredibly disrespected.

I have no qualms about apologizing to her (again). I just thought good friends respected each other’s wishes, especially about stuff like this.

Am I being needlessly stubborn, or should I keep honoring what she asked of me? — Befuddled Best Friend

Dear Befuddled: It sounds like your best friend is going through some issues of her own that she needs time and space to figure out.

It is important that she knows exactly where you stand. Have you already told her that you love her, you are sorry for hurting her feelings and you are committed to the friendship? If so, then I would wait until she reaches out. But if you have not communicated these feelings explicitly, it is important that she hears them.

Dear Annie: What would you suggest I do, short of moving, about my upstairs neighbors?

Today’s birthday

What once eluded you will finally fall firmly into your grasp – such sweet satisfaction!

You’ll be a disciplined investor, conducting research before going all-in. Several financial wins are featured, though the principle applies in nonfinancial matters. You are careful and wise. What you give your heart, time and creativity to will pay you in abundance. Virgo and Capricorn adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 1, 4, 44, 14 and 28.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

There’s little point in trying to stop the flow of feelings because feelings are not amenable to suggestion. You may as well give in and feel emotions fully. Trust in your ability to process what comes. Your feelings will cleanse and heal you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

You’ve experienced your share of consequences and you have known the repercussions of authority enforcing a sense of order. These experiences have led to the development of selfimposed boundaries. Check those restrictions. Do they still make sense?

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

While some are motivated by a

I have been living in my apartment for over a year now. The upstairs neighbors stomp loudly overhead, and when I walk into a room in my unit, they slam their doors! If I go to use the restroom in the middle of the night, they always do something to let me know they’re still here. — Needs Peace of Mind

Dear Peace of Mind: The best way to confront neighbor disputes is head-on. So much can be solved through direct communication over passiveaggressive silence. The next time you see your neighbors out around the complex, introduce yourself and engage in conversation. Politely mention your concerns and inquire if they have any of their own. Oftentimes, people just want to feel heard.

If tensions persist, you might consider reaching out to the building manager or HOA president to organize a formal complaint. Unfortunately, there are some walls too thin to share with even the most courteous of neighbors. While moving can be a headache, if physically and financially possible, it may be the only path to truly bring you the peace you’re looking for. Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

reward that is just out of reach, you’re in no mood to chase. You’d rather build on what you enjoy and do best and see what situations drift into the path of your happy industry.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). Your good attitude about bad things is a wonder. Enthusiasm is like an egg white that, with enough vigor, can be whipped into the light and wonderful meringue that turns a tart lemon pie into a spectacularly sweet dessert.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). Maybe friends would keep your confidences, but it will cause you stress to wonder. It’s better to keep private things to yourself, especially things like the minutiae of relationship statuses that are likely to change with the weather.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). If mistakes end up bringing good fortune in the form of lessons, work, new connections or setting some fortuitous course of action in motion, can they really be called mistakes? You are thankful and open to what comes.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). While there very well may be an art to breaking up, who would want to be in that position enough times to perfect it? The art of connection and reconciliation, on the other hand, is a joy to master.

Write Holiday Mathis at HolidayMathis.com.

Crossword by Phillip Alder

Bridge

Which do you try, and why?

South might have taken the auction more slowly, bidding out his shape and hoping to reach three no-trump. Here, this would have worked well, but at least his actual bid didn’t give the defenders any extra information. In five diamonds, you shouldn’t take the heart finesse, but you may or may not take the spade finesse, according to choice. (I am so friendly today!)

ONLY DO IT WHEN NECESSARY

Diane Sawyer said, “I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.” That advice is sound -- if you’ll excuse the pun -- unless the person to whom you are listening is talking drivel. In today’s five-diamond contract, you face finesses in the major suits.

After winning the opening lead with dummy’s club ace, ruff the club two in hand and draw trumps. Then either play a spade to dummy’s king and take the spade finesse or cash the spade ace, play a spade to dummy’s king and lead a third spade toward your jack. If the suit splits 3-3 or East has the queen, you win at least 11 tricks. Suppose here that you cross to the spade king and finesse your jack. West wins with the queen and returns the spade 10. Win with the ace and lead your fourth spade. However, don’t ruff in the dummy. Instead, discard one of dummy’s hearts. West wins the trick but is endplayed. He must either lead into your heart ace-queen or play a club, which you ruff in hand while sluffing a second of dummy’s hearts. Either way, you lose two spade tricks but no heart trick, your heart loser(s) being ruffed in the dummy.

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Sudoku by Wayne Gould

6/30/23

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

Difficulty level: SILVER

Yesterday’s solution:

Horoscopes by Holiday Mathis

Bridge

Annie Lane

Dear Annie

‘The Idol’ is no ‘Euphoria,’ but it reveals a similar misogyny

Lorraine a Li LOS ANGELES TIMES

Hate watch alert: there’s just one episode left of “The Idol,” HBO’s salacious pop star drama that became a water-cooler show for all the wrong reasons. The hyped series from “Euphoria” writer and director Sam Levinson and singer the Weeknd (aka Abel Tesfaye) ends its disastrous run next Sunday, but it’s already been deemed a bomb of epic proportions by critics and audiences alike, and the show’s title is now a cautionary descriptor: “But is it like ‘The Idol’ bad?”

The hourlong drama follows mega pop star Jocelyn (LilyRose Depp) after a public breakdown that’s achingly similar to that of real-life pop star Britney Spears. Jocelyn is teetering on the edge of total failure when she inexplicably falls for club owner Tedros (Tesfaye), a manipulative L.A. skeezeball and wannabe record producer with a minor cult following. He and his entourage of impossibly hot hardbodies and ne’er do wells move into her mansion, taking over her life and career. From there, it’s a grab bag of salaciousness and cliches amplified by bad writing and laughable performances. A star is unborn in a messy story that loosely resembles “Fifty Shades of Grey,” and “Spinal Tap,” minus the irony and guitars. Think “Showgirls,” just not as good.

Perhaps “The Idol” was meant as a satire about the excesses of fame, the absurdity of celebrity worship and the recording industry’s shameless objectification of underage talent (Jocelyn started her career as a kid). But it’s hard to tell since the show celebrates all three of these things with little to no sarcasm, nuance or clothing.

Jocelyn’s “wardrobe” consists of designer thongs and the occasional strip of material to

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cover her nipples. The series opens with her splayed out for a photo shoot, insisting that she be able to show as much skin as she’d like despite the protests of the shoot’s intimacy coordinator. The show practically pops a disclaimer on the screen: “Jocelyn’s forthcoming objectification in this series is in fact an empowering feminist statement.”

The voyeuristic, adult male gaze into the life of sexy, young, vulnerable girls was better hidden in “Euphoria,” the award-winning HBO series written and directed by Levinson. It too had a lurid and queasy fascination with sex between minors and other young folks, girls in trouble and abuse of women, and it romanticized reckless drug use. But the series was so well written and executed that the criticisms it received were eventually drowned out by the strength of its narrative, its character development and the excellent performances from actors such as Zendaya and Sydney Sweeney.

“The Idol” lays bare the misogyny and exploitation that was lurking in the recesses of “Euphoria.” The abuse Jocelyn endures at the hands of Tedros, whether it’s under the guise of consensual rough sex or wicked manipulation, is so blatantly hateful toward her that it calls into question the intentions behind “Euphoria.” Was that series an elevated yet unvarnished look at messedup teens, or a disturbing glimpse into how certain adult men see them?

“The Idol” is replete with acts of humiliation. By the fourth episode, Tedros has already beaten Jocelyn with a hairbrush when he blindfolds her during a recording session and performs a sex act on her in front of the crew. The goal is to get orgasmic vocals out of her and it works. Music producer Mike Dean (who plays himself), watches with a smirk,

and so does the camera.

Empathy for Jocelyn is in short order, even when the show tries to understand the pressure that she’s under to produce another hit. Her close assistant is concerned that Tedros is treating her like an object. Her lover counters her assessment with this hackneyed line: “She’s not a human being, she’s a star, and stars belong to the world.” And that’s one of the more reflective moments in “The Idol.”

“The Idol” promised good and original music, but that doesn’t happen either. It’s just drawn-out recording sessions, with snippets of songs repeated. It’s unquestionably the Weeknd’s falsetto vocals and bleak, darkly romantic music and production, but his usual playfulness or irony is flattened by the drama it’s set to. And if it’s not his own music, it’s an unimaginative choice: When Jocelyn’s ex enters the picture and Tedros feels threatened, we hear the Weeknd’s cover of John Lennon’s “Jealous Guy.” Yes, it’s that literal.

Tesfaye’s questionable acting skills are at the forefront of the conversation these days (check out the kung fu moves from Sunday’s episode). Depp’s contribution is less clear because she’s rarely given the chance to do anything more than flash the flesh or please Tedros. It’s a shame because there are moments of potential in her portrayal of a frustrated artist who’s being pushed into a pop tart role. Perhaps she felt a similar frustration and disgust as a competent actor stuffed into a demeaning role, not to mention a tiny bandeau top.

“The Idol” is so bad that it’s given HBO a new distinction: home of the year’s most illconceived prestige drama. It’s doubtful anything in the finale can redeem the show, but more than that, its existence may change the way we think about “Euphoria.”

Word Sleuth

Crossword by Phillip Alder

Bridge

HEAVY WITH HONORS, LIGHT ON TRICKS

P.G. Wodehouse wrote several funny lines in describing people who were overweight. (Not that he was exactly slim himself.) For example, “The Right Hon. was a tubby little chap who looked as if he had been poured into his clothes and had forgotten to say

‘When!’” In bridge, sometimes you have

honor cards everywhere, leaving your contract in no apparent jeopardy. In contrast, if you don’t have the entries to reach some winners, careful planning might be needed. In today’s deal, how would you try to sew up four hearts after West leads off with three top diamonds? South didn’t like to open two no-trump with five hearts, but to start with one heart was less appealing. Apart from the prospect of a missed game if one heart were passed out, South might have had trouble describing his true strength later in the auction. Luckily, North used Stayman and located the heart fit. You appear to have 10 tricks: four spades, five hearts and one club. However, the spade suit is blocked. If you ruff the third trick in the dummy and the trumps break 3-1, not 2-2, how will you get back into the dummy? You will have to hope that West holds the club king. There is a much better line available. At trick three, discard one of dummy’s low clubs. If West plays a fourth diamond, discard another club from the dummy and ruff in your hand. If West switches, win in hand, draw trumps, unblock spades and lead the heart five to dummy’s seven. Then you can cash the spade queen and jack in peace.

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Sudoku by Wayne Gould

Bridge

Difficulty level: GOLD Fill

Yesterday’s solution:

any row, column or box. Solution, tips and computer program at www.sudoku.com

by

Eddy Chen/HBO/TNS

Lily-Rose Depp and Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye in “The Idol” on HBO.

Swift, Palmer, Butler among newest members of film academy

Tribune ConTenT AgenCy

LOS ANGELES —

The most exclusive club in Hollywood is once again parting the velvet rope, with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announcing Wednesday that it is opening its ranks to 398 new members.

Representing 51 countries, the list of invitees includes such boldface names as Taylor Swift, Austin Butler, Keke Palmer, Paul Mescal, Ke Huy Quan, Selma Blair and Bill Hader, as well as many performers, filmmakers, executives and below-the-line professionals whose names have never appeared in lights. The group includes 76 Academy Award nominees, such as “Banshees of Inisherin” co-star Kerry Condon and “Everything Everywhere All at Once” nominee Stephanie Hsu, as well as 22 past Oscar winners, including “Everything Everywhere” co-star Quan.

With the organization continuing to push for greater inclusion even after reaching its post#OscarsSoWhite diversity goals, 40% of the members of the new 2023 class identify as women and 34% are from underrepresented ethnic/racial communities. A little more than half are from outside the United States.

Having achieved its goal in 2020, of doubling the number of women and people of color in its membership ranks, the academy has slowed the pace of overall growth in recent years. This year’s group of invitees is nearly the exact same size as in the last two years, which numbered 395 in 2021 and 397 in 2022.

Although still significantly larger than the annual groups of invitees in decades past, which were generally limited by quotas to around 100 members, this year’s class is less than half the size of 2020’s class of 819, which was itself smaller than the record-setting 2018 class that weighed in at a gargantuan 928.

In 2021, the academy said it would return to more limited class sizes “to enable steady future growth and ensure the

necessary infrastructure, staff resources and environment to support all academy members.”

Including the new class, according to the academy, 34% of its members identify as women while 19% are from underrepresented ethnic/racial communities, figures that are unchanged from last year’s benchmarks. In a landmark 2012 analysis, The Times reported that Oscar voters were at that time 94% white and 77% male.

Four branches invited more women than men this year, down from seven last year, including casting directors, costume designers, makeup artists and hairstylists and marketing and public relations. Two branches – actors and directors – drew the majority of their candidates from underrepresented ethnic/racial communities, down from three last year.

In the directors branch, the invitees include Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, a.k.a. Daniels, who won the directing prize this year for “Everything Everywhere All at Once” which also took home the best picture Oscar, as well as Edward Berger, whose “All Quiet on the Western Front” won the trophy for international feature this year and also scored a best picture nod.

In the music branch, which has brought in such pop stars in recent years as Lady Gaga and Billie Eilish, the invitees include Swift, whose song “Carolina” from “Where the Crawdads Sing” was considered a potential original song contender this year but failed to make the cut, and David Byrne, whose “Everything Everywhere” song “This Is a Life” earned a nomination this year and who shared an original score Oscar in 1988 with Ryuichi Sakamoto and Cong Su for Bernardo Bertolucci’s epic “The Last Emperor.”

In the executives branch, controversial Warner Bros. Discovery Chief Executive David Zaslav and Netflix Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria were among

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ORDER

PETITION OF:

EBONY FONCETTE THOMAS

CASE NUMBER: CU23-01871

TOALLINTERESTEDPERSONS:

Petitioner:EbonyFoncetteThomasfileda petitionwiththiscourtforadecreechangingnamesasfollows:

PresentName:

a. Elijah Edward Guerra

ProposedName:

a. Elijah Edward Thomas Guerra THECOURTORDERSthatallpersonsinterestedinthismattershallappearbefore thiscourtatthehearingindicatedbelowto showcause, ifany,whythepetitionfor changeofnameshouldnotbegranted.

Anypersonobjectingtothename changesdescribedabovemustfileawrittenobjectionthatincludesthereasonsfor theobjectionatleasttwocourtdaysbeforethematterisscheduledtobeheard andmustappearatthehearingtoshow causewhythepetitionshouldnotbegranted.Ifnowrittenobjectionistimelyfiled, thecourtmaygrantthepetitionwithouta hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING

Date: AUG 16, 2023; Time: 8:30am; Dept: 12; Rm: I The address of the court is: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SOLANO 580 Texas St. Fairfield, CA 94533 Civil Clerks Office

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PETITION OF: ERNEST M WILLIAMS CASE NUMBER: CU23-01812 TOALLINTERESTEDPERSONS: Petitioner:ErnestMWilliamsfiledapetitionwiththiscourtforadecreechanging namesasfollows:

PresentName: a. Omari Jaheem Person

ProposedName: a. Omari Jaheem Williams THECOURTORDERSthatallpersonsinterestedinthismattershallappearbefore thiscourtatthehearingindicatedbelowto showcause,ifany,whythepetitionfor changeofnameshouldnotbegranted. Anypersonobjectingtothename changesdescribedabovemustfileawrittenobjectionthatincludesthereasonsfor theobjectionatleasttwocourtdaysbeforethematterisscheduledtobeheard andmustappearatthehearingtoshow causewhythepetitionshouldnotbegranted.Ifnowrittenobjectionistimelyfiled, thecourtmaygrantthepetitionwithouta hearing.

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Date: 8/23/23; Time: 9:00; Dept: 3; Rm: 2 The address of the court is: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF Old Solano Courthouse 580 Texas Street Fairfield, CA 94533

AcopyofthisOrdertoShowCausemust bepublishedatleastonceeachweekfor foursuccessiveweeksbeforethedateset forhearingonthepetitioninthefollowing newspaperofgeneralcirculation,printed inthiscounty:FairfieldDailyRepublic PleasefileProofofPublication5businessdaysinadvanceofhearing date. (newspaperdoesnotfilew/court).

Date:JUN-72023 /s/StephenGizzi JudgeoftheSuperiorCourt

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Barnes

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agent Friday. Barnes first hinted as his desire to stay in Sacramento in a February interview with The Bee as the Kings closed in on their first playoff berth since 2006.

“Just being in this situation now, after having sweat equity in this, I think, obviously, me and (De’Aaron) Fox are the only two here from when I got here,” Barnes said. “Me, Fox and (Richaun Holmes), being through a couple different cycles, I think it’s just rewarding to be a part of this group, and hopefully we can continue to build on that. I’m here. Those things are out of my control. Whatever they put on the table, we’ll go from there.”

Kings coach Mike Brown stressed how important Barnes has been to the team during Sacra-

perfect

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curveballs and change-ups to go along with a fastball in the low 90s.

“It was as perfect of a perfect game as you could throw,” former A’s pitcher and NBC Sports California analyst Dave Stewart said on the air.

The 319th no-hitter in major league history was the first perfect game since Seattle’s Felix Hernandez against Tampa Bay on Aug. 15, 2012. The A’s had played 5,010 consecutive games since July of 1991 without being no-hit, with the last one coming against four Baltimore pitchers (Bob Milacki, Mike Flanagan, Mark Williamson and Gregg Olson) at the Coliseum.

Perfect games are as random as they are rare. German, 30, was 18-4 as recently as 2019 but has had a checkered career, having served an 81-game suspension for domestic abuse in 2020. This season, German received an ejection and a 10-game suspension for using a sticky substance during a game.

Out of nowhere, German put everything together against the A’s.

“I mean, we hit some balls at people, and sometimes that’s just baseball,”

mento’s first-round playoff series against the Golden State Warriors, calling him “irreplaceable.”

“He’s of the utmost importance to us, not just on the floor, not just late in ballgames, not just in

Kemp said. “You can’t help what destiny has for you. We were just on the wrong end of it and he pitched a good game.”

German evened his record at 5-5 and was coming off consecutive poor starts, with his previous outing ending after 3 1/3 innings having given up 10 hits, 10 runs (eight earned) in a 10-2 loss to the Seattle Mariners.

it was a different German Wednesday night.

“He was throwing everything,” third baseman Jonah Bride said. “It’s a different-looking curveball, with a different break. He as putting it right where he wanted and even if you were looking for it he was putting it right on the corner, then throwing the sinker back door. He had everything working.”

Through a translator, a euphoric German stated the obvious.

“To accomplish something like this in my career is something that I’m going to remember forever,” German said.

Coming as it did after a 2-1 win over the Yankees Tuesday night, Athletics manager Mark Kotsay was less than pleased with the way his team approached their at-bats against German.

“We didn’t make any adjustments to what he was doing, throwing his

ballgames, but even off the floor and as we go about our daily routines,” Brown said. “To watch him handle his routine and that type of stuff is extremely beneficial for all of us, especially including our young guys,

change-up and his breaking ball until he got two strikes,” Kotsay said. “We hit a ton of balls to the pull side. Didn’t make one adjustment to hit the ball to the opposite field. When you try and pull soft (pitches), you’re going to hit a lot of ground balls to the pull side and get weak contact.”

First baseman Ryan Noda, who actually worked the count to 3-1 on one of his three at-bats, agreed with his manager

“I just think we weren’t adjusting very well,” Noda said. “I think we missed a couple of pitches we could could have drove, and sometimes that’s the name of the game.”

While Yankees players avoided German in the dugout as a potential perfect game came into view, the tension also increased in the A’s dugout.

“Obviously you know where you’re at with it,” Brown said. “As the game progresses, you start to feel that pressure of, ‘All right, it’s happening. We need to get a hit here.’ It’s hard not to feel that tenseness as the game gets later and later.”

In the television booth, Braden straddled the line between inundating viewers with the tale of his own perfect game on Mother’s Day in 2010 and letting German’s drama play out.

Giants

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Winn was aided by the defense of none other than Joc Pederson, the Giants’ regular designated hitter making his first start of the season in left field, where he rated as the secondworst defender in the majors last season. One moment, he was sticking his tongue out while making a sliding catch and the next, lumbering the other direction toward the warning track and outstretching his glove to make a running catch.

missed seasons (2020, due to COVID-19; 2021, due to Tommy John surgery) with extra heat on his fastball and better command of his entire arsenal. His breakout performance in 2022 was enough to convince the Giants to protect him from the Rule 5 draft this past winter, adding him to the 40-man roster, which set him up to be called up as soon as he proved he was ready this season.

so I truly believe he’s irreplaceable because of the things he brings off the floor as well as on the floor and his championship pedigree. We lean on him for a lot and we will continue to going forward.”

According to statistician Dave Feldman, Braden is the first person to both throw a perfect game and then call one as an announcer.

“For a long time, as the game was unfolding, I’m trying to tell myself, ‘Don’t inject yourself here. This is not about you,’ ” Braden said. “I was trying to find a balance.”

The game stirred up memories for Braden, who pitched his perfect game on Mother’s Day in front of a grandmother who raised him and remains an iconic moment for the franchise.

“It’s life-changing that for a moment in time you are touched and kissed by the baseball gods,” Braden said. “I think what the A’s fans have done for me is they sort of polish you with this aura and it doesn’t ever feel like it fades.”

Braden said he was one of the last people to leave the stadium, and made his way to congratulate German for joining an exclusive club.

“It’s going to be a day that he will always be able to reflect on,” Braden said. “He’ll remember certain emotions. He will be told from here on out how that game changed other people’s lives and will be connected with people he may not have connected with otherwise.”

Drafted out of Iowa Western Community College in the fifth round in 2018, Winn didn’t come with the pedigree of some of the Giants’ other top pitching prospects. He was ranked 13th in their farm system by MLB. com and Baseball America. But he began popping on to teams’ radars last season, when he returned from two

All- star

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are set among the AllStar 11s. Napa American is undefeated. Napa National played Benicia Thursday night for the right to take on American in the championship game Saturday at 1 p.m. at Napa Little League. Four teams remain among the Junior AllStars. Tri-Valley takes on host St. Helena at 6 p.m. Friday in the

pledge

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his continued grit and determination in recovery and his involvement captaining the team on crutches.

“It took me five to six months to get back to where I wanted,” Fortunati said. “It wasn’t that terrible, but it was still a lot of work. It was pretty rough, but it was still fun being part of the team.”

Fortunati feels the time off did give him time to see the game from another perspective, watching Barkley run the offense and play along in his mind the decisions that he would have made. He feels he has become more a student of the game and better tuned to the mental aspects of playing quarterback.

Fortunati visited Colorado Springs last weekend. He had dinner with the coach, toured the academic and athletic sides of the academy, got to check out a flight simulator, got his photo taken in

The Giants have had up to six starting pitchers in their bullpen this season, including established veterans Alex Wood, Sean Manaea and Ross Stripling serving in bulk relief roles. That was Winn’s introduction to the big leagues, too, but after three successful relief appearances (12 innings, four earned runs), manager Gabe Kapler decided Thursday was the time to try him out in the rotation.

“Keaton has done a really nice job making this transition from a guy with really good stuff and some strike throwing ability to actually putting it into action,” Kapler said.

consolation round. Napa plays Sonoma Saturday at 10 a.m. in a semifinal game at St. Helena High School.

The All-Star 12s begin their tournament Saturday at Tri-Valley. Saturday’s games features Napa American against Fairfield Atlantic at 10 a.m. and Napa National against St. Helena at 1 p.m. Sunday’s games have Benicia taking on host TriValley at 1 p.m., Vallejo versus Suisun at 1 and Sonoma against American Canyon at 3.

Falcons gear, and soon committed, making the announcement on his Twitter feed, @Brody_QB.

He’ll have four years of college eligibility and if he sticks at Air Force he will have at least a five-year commitment to military service. Fortunati is hoping to study engineering. He currently carries a 4.0 GPA at Vacaville.

“I like all the benefits that come with the school and the coaches made me feel wanted,” Fortunati said. “It’s a big weight off my shoulders. There’s a lot of pressure in trying to get an offer.”

The quarterback has been involved in passing leagues and quarterback camps this summer. The season begins Friday night, Aug. 18, against Davis at Tom Zunino Stadium. Papadopoulos said that Timothy Jackson (Air Force), Kyler Martin (Army) and this year’s signee Brady Mott (Army) are other academy selections.

“I’m really proud of him,” Papadopoulos said. “He’s a really solid individual and a great kid. I’m glad to see him commit to an academy.”

Xavier Mascarenas/Sacramento Bee/TNS file (2022) the sacramento Kings bench celebrates a three-point basket by forward Harrison Barnes against the Miami Heat at the Golden 1 Center in sacramento, oct. 29, 2022.