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By Michael D. Shear The New York Times

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden told Israel’s leaders on Tuesday that they were losing international support for their war in the Gaza Strip, exposing a widening rift with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who rejected out of hand the American vision for a postwar resolution to the conflict.

Biden delivered the blunt assessment of America’s closest ally in the Middle East during a fundraiser in Washington, where he described Netanyahu as the leader of “the most conservative

government in Israel’s history,” u U.N. General Assembly backs which doesn’t “want anything remotely call for ceaseapproaching a twofire. PAGE A-5 state solution” to the country’s long-running dispute with Palestinians.

The president said Israel had support from Europe and much of the world as well as the United States, but he added that “they’re starting to lose that support by the indiscriminate bombing that takes place.”

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks as he meets with President Joe Biden in October in Tel Aviv. The president on Tuesday reiterated U.S. support for Israel but was blunt about tensions over the war’s aftermath.

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Multiple cases of new felonies like ‘organized retail crime’ pending in area

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Under a new state law, charges of felony shoplifting recently have begun showing up in Santa Fe County courts.

As the Christmas holiday approaches, and with it an increased potential for shoplifting, it remains to be seen whether several pending cases before the court could bring the sort of harsher penalties — and crime deterrence — the law promised.

A Truchas man in late November was accused on suspicion of a relatively new criminal charge called “organized retail crime,” with a 12-page arrest warrant affidavit chronicling an investigation by the state Attorney General’s Office into thousands of dollars worth of merchandise the suspect is accused of taking from a local Lowe’s home improvement store.

Roselio Miguel Duran, 30, faces a charge of organized retail theft, as well as charges of conspiracy, shoplifting and criminal damage to property, according to the affidavit.

Some cases have also been filed for another new charge called “aggravated shoplifting.”

Both criminal charges were created in legislation approved overwhelmingly by state legislators earlier this year that provided for more severe shoplifting charges. The law allowed prosecutors to consider the combined value of items stolen from a retailer over the course of a year in Please see story on Page A-4

Ethics complaint aims to unmask critic ‘Jay Baker’ Councilor-elect alleges unknown operator of Facebook page bought political ads

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James Casaus, a Forest Service fire management officer, ignites a slash pile Monday near the Clear Creek Campground. A crew torched about 40 piles, another below, as part of a 250-acre project in the Cuba Ranger District to take advantage of winter weather.

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CUBA, N.M. ames Casaus steps through ankledeep snow and presses a torch against a pile of branches, logs and other forest debris, and within minutes it’s ablaze, the flames crackling and smoke billowing into a massive column.

Meanwhile, the 20 U.S. Forest Service employees he is supervising also ignite slash piles assembled on a hilly landscape near the Clear Creek Campground in the Jemez Mountains.

Soon, scattered flames can be seen on a snow-covered hill and in a wooded area at the foot. Smoke pouring from roughly 40 burning piles envelops the forest in a gray haze and pungent woody smell, thickening enough at times to mildly irritate the throat and eyes.

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Casaus, the burn boss, helps guide the effort to ignite piles of slash from tree thinning that was done a couple of years ago in these mountains, one of nine pileburn projects the agency plans to carry out through the winter in several ranger districts within the Santa Fe National Forest.

Despite some recent prescribed burns going awry and causing huge wildfires last year, the agency believes planned fires and mechanical thinning are still the best tools to reduce flammable vegetation, small trees and debris — known as fuels — and prevent catastrophic blazes.

Consuming the fuels in a large area is called a “broadcast burn,” whereas pile burns are a way to get rid of slash — branches, stumps and other materials — produced during thinning work and then

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An ethics complaint filed by Santa Fe City Councilor-elect Pilar Faulkner seeks to finally reveal the identity of “Jay Baker,” an anonymous Facebook poster whose unflattering and often unconfirmed tales of the goings-on at City Hall are a regular subject of water cooler conversations.

Faulkner, who won the District 3 race, is accusing the social media firebrand of purchasing digital attack ads leading up to the November municipal election that called her a “bad candidate” and Phil Lucero, who ran unsuccessfully for the District 2 seat, a “vendido,” or traitor.

Pilar Faulkner “These digital ads failed to disclose information required under city law, such as the name of the person responsible for the ads and a telephone contact number,” Faulkner wrote in her complaint. “Additionally, ‘Jay Baker’ failed to file as a political committee, name a treasurer, and report campaign contributions and expenditures.”

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IN BRIEF Santos’ attorney floats plea talks during first appearance in court CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — Former U.S. Rep. George Santos’ lawyer expressed optimism about plea negotiations in Santos’ criminal fraud case Tuesday, successfully fending off prosecutors’ attempts to speed up the ousted congressman’s trial.

In Santos’ first court appearance since he was expelled from Congress earlier this month, his attorney, Joseph Murray, argued it was premature to bring the September trial forward while the two parties were in talks to resolve the case.

“We should focus on the plea deal. I believe they can be fruitful,” Murray told Judge Joanna Seybert in the federal court in Long Island.

Seybert sided with Murray, saying she would try to move the case “as expeditiously as possible” but September seemed like the earliest possible date based on her current caseload. She set the next hearing in the case for Jan. 23.

Microsoft agrees to remain neutral in union campaigns in labor victory Punctuating a year of major gains for organized labor, Microsoft has announced it will stay neutral if any group of U.S.-based workers seeks to unionize.

Roughly 100,000 workers would be eligible to unionize under the framework, which was disclosed Monday by Microsoft’s president, Brad Smith, and the AFL-CIO president, Liz Shuler, during a forum at the labor federation’s headquarters in Washington.

The deal effectively broadens a neutrality agreement between Microsoft and a large union, the Communications Workers of America, under which hundreds of the company’s video game workers unionized early this year without a formal National Labor Relations Board election.

Legal battle over new court in majority-Black Mississippi capital JACKSON, Miss. — The constitutional right of equal treatment under the law is at the center of a monthslong legal fight over a state-run court in part of Mississippi’s majority-Black capital city of Jackson.

A federal judge is set to hear arguments Tuesday over the Capitol Complex Improvement District Court, which is scheduled to be created Jan. 1.

The new court would be led by a state-appointed judge and prosecutors, and it would be the equivalent of a municipal court, handling misdemeanor cases. Municipal judges and prosecutors in Mississippi are typically appointed by local elected officials, but legislators who created the CCID Court said it was part of a package to fight crime.

The Justice Department says the new court would continue Mississippi’s long history of trying to suppress Black people’s right to participate in government.

Study: Cannabis use linked to higher risk of poor pregnancy outcomes Cannabis use is associated with a greater risk of an unhealthy pregnancy outcomes, especially low birth weight, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. The study did not identity why cannabis use might have these effects.

Study authors determined pregnant people who used cannabis experienced unfavorable birth outcomes at rates of 25.9%, compared with 17.4% among those who did not use cannabis.

Low birth weight and cannabis use had the strongest association out of all the adverse outcomes, the study found.

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A cat lingers outside its New York home in August. New research published Tuesday found free-ranging domestic cats eat more than 2,000 species, raising concerns of ecological fallout.

Study: Cats’ palates may be harming environments Domestic cats found to eat over 2K species, far more than thought

By Catrin Einhorn

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veryone can agree on one thing: It’s not the cats’ fault they’re bad for wildlife.

Cats are carnivores. Their talent for preying on rodents is a big reason their ancestors and ours started hanging around together in the first place. But then, people carried cats around the world, into ecosystems that weren’t equipped for such predators.

Wherever they are, they stalk. They pounce.

They kill. They eat.

Now researchers have documented the breadth of cats’ global buffet. A study published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications found free-ranging domestic cats (including feral ones) eat more than 2,000 species, raising renewed concerns about the ecological fallout.

Almost half of the species were birds, followed by reptiles and mammals. An unexpected number of insects were found, including monarch butterflies, pink-spotted hawk moths and emperor dragonflies.

Other surprises on the menu included camels, cows and green sea turtles. (As skilled as cats are at hunting, the camels and cows were probably scavenged. The sea turtles were probably hatchlings.)

“Cats eat a lot more than we thought,” said Christopher Lepczyk, an ecologist at Auburn University and one of the study’s authors.

“That’s meaningful.”

Nearly 350 of the species, including monarch butterflies and green sea turtles, were imperiled or at risk of being imperiled.

“Domestic cats (Felis catus) are beloved companions for many people, but they are also invasive predators that have been linked to numerous birds, mammals and reptiles going extinct,” Andrew Mitchinson, an editor at the journal Nature, wrote in a related article.

The fallout from cats is especially acute on far-flung islands, where species have often

evolved without any mammalian predators. But even in the United States, research by the federal government and the Smithsonian Institution estimated cats kill a median of 2.4 billion (yes, billion with a b) birds per year. That’s especially concerning given the alarming declines in North American bird populations, which have gone down 29% since 1970.

The thorniest controversy comes over what to do with the vast number of feral cats that are driving much of the killing.

Animal welfare organizations advocate a practice known as trap-neuter-return, in which feral cats are released after neutering to live out their lives. But research has shown that those efforts tend to have limited or no success in reducing populations unless they are performed at continuously high intensities.

Lepczyk said he intentionally avoided recommending policy interventions in Tuesday’s paper, though in previous articles, he has advocated “science-driven management” of free-roaming cats that would designate them as an invasive species, giving wildlife officials more authority to control them. He has also argued for strengthening laws around pet ownership and banning outdoor feeding.

Manuel Nogales, a biologist with the Spanish National Research Council who has studied feral cats for more than 30 years and was not involved with the new paper, praised the work.

“These numbers are totally new for the scientific community,” he said. “This paper is quite useful.”

Conservation groups try to educate the public about the danger of free-ranging cats while also finding common ground with cat lovers.

Lepczyk counts himself among them. “I’ve had cats for 40-plus years,” he said. When he was a child, his family had outdoor cats. He recalled learning about their harm in graduate school and telling his mother. After that, their cats stayed inside. Today, his family includes Mochi, a longhair Siamese, and Ahi, an orange tabby.

AND RE BR AU G HER, 1962-2023

Actor honored for police portrayals, both serious, comic

By Mike Ives

The New York Times

Andre Braugher, an Emmy Award-winning actor who starred in Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Homicide: Life on the Street, among many other shows and films, died Monday. He was 61.

His death was confirmed Tuesday by his longtime publicist Jennifer Allen.

She said Braugher, who lived in New Jersey, had died after a brief illness. She did not elaborate.

On Homicide, a police procedural that ran for about six years in the 1990s, Braugher played Frank Pembleton, a Baltimore homicide detective. It was a breakout role that earned him an Emmy Award in 1998.

On Brooklyn Nine Nine, a comedy series that aired from 2013 to 2021, Braugher played another stoic police officer, Capt. Ray Holt. He received

four Emmy nominations and won two Critics Choice Awards for best supporting actor in a comedy series. He was lauded for his sensitive portrayal of an openly gay cop.

Andre Braugher Andre Keith Braugher was born July 1, 1962, and grew up on Chicago’s West Side. His father, Floyd Braugher, was a heavy-equipment operator for the state of Illinois.

His mother, Sally Braugher, worked for the United States Postal Service.

“We lived in a ghetto,” he told The New York Times in 2014. “I could have pretended I was hard or tough and not a square. I wound up not getting in trouble. I don’t consider myself to be especially wise, but I will say that

it’s pretty clear that some people want to get out and some people don’t. I wanted out.”

Braugher attended St. Ignatius College Prep, a prestigious Jesuit Catholic high school in Chicago, and later earned a scholarship to Stanford University. His father, who wanted his son to be an engineer, was furious when he gravitated to acting instead.

After graduating from Stanford with a major in math, Braugher earned a Master of Fine Arts from the Juilliard School.

One of his first professional acting roles was in Glory, an Oscar-winning 1989 film about Black soldiers fighting for the Union during the American Civil War. Its star-studded cast included Matthew Broderick, Morgan Freeman and Denzel Washington.

“I’d rather not work than do a part I’m ashamed of,” Braugher told the

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Inflation came down in 2023 much faster than anyone expected, sealing expectations the Federal Reserve won’t raise interest rates this week and shrinking the chances the economy is headed for a recession.

A year after prices soared to fourdecade highs, inflation for all sorts of goods and services has fallen considerably. The shift still leaves actual prices for eggs, bread, rent and other basics higher than just a few years ago. But costs aren’t rising at such a dizzying, rapid clip — bringing stability and predictability to household budgets and the economy at large.

Fresh data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Tuesday showed prices rose 3.1% in November over the year before, and about 0.1% compared to October.

That’s still higher than normal, but a vast improvement since the consumer price index peaked at 9.1% in June 2022.

A steady stream of encouraging news over the past few months all but guarantees the Federal Reserve will leave rates unchanged when officials gather for their final policy meeting of the year Tuesday and Wednesday. Because they started hoisting rates in the spring of 2022 as inflation spiked, central bankers were often in catch-up mode, scrambling to get borrowing costs high enough to meaningfully slow the economy. But officials have charted a different path since late summer, pausing rate hikes to see how the economy responds to everything they have done so far.

The answer: The economy has stayed remarkably resilient through high rates, prompting forecasters to slash expectations for a recession. Asked Tuesday whether the United States had averted a downturn and achieved what’s known as a “soft landing,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she believed the U.S. was on that path.

The big questions now are whether the Fed has indeed reached the end of its aggressive rate-hike campaign — and whether the central bank will cut rates in 2024. The markets are eager for any hints, which could come during Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s news conference Wednesday afternoon, after the Fed’s two-day meeting.

Inflation in November was largely driven by housing costs, continuing a persistent trend. Rent was up 0.5% compared to October — showing no improvement over the previous few months. Medical care and car insurance were also up.

Gas and energy prices — which surged after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 — saw some of the largest drops. “Core” inflation, which strips out volatile categories like food and energy, rose 0.3% in November, up a smidgen from October but still trending in the direction the Fed wants to see.

But officials are still many steps short of declaring victory, and they are mindful higher-than-normal costs weigh heavily on households’ budgets.

In a statement, President Joe Biden said despite recent progress on inflation, “I know many Americans still find too many things unaffordable.” He touted the administration’s moves to bring down prescription drug costs and insurance premiums, and eliminate junk fees — all steps that are outside the Fed’s narrow remit.

“And now that our actions have helped rebuild supply chains and brought down input costs, I’m calling on large corporations to pass along the savings to consumers,” Biden said.

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Nations still ironing out wording as conference concludes Fight over agreement’s stance on fossil fuels continues, with draft angering many countries

By Jon Gambrell, Jamey Keaten, Sibi Arasu and Seth Borenstein

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A standoff between countries that want a dramatic phase-out of planet-warming fossil fuels and those that don’t pushed a critical climate summit officially into overtime Tuesday. But organizers were about to float another try at compromise.

The United Nations-led summit known as COP28 was supposed to end Tuesday afternoon after nearly two weeks of speeches, demonstrations and negotiations. But the climate talks almost always run long, and negotiators were still meeting late Tuesday as workers nearby dismantled signs and set up scaffolding in preparation for the venue’s next event.

Monday’s release of a draft agreement angered countries that insist on a commitment for rapid phase-out of coal, oil and gas.

Another compromise version of the cornerstone document, called the global stocktake, was being prepped Tuesday evening, along with side potential agreements about adaptation and financial aid to poor nations.

Delegates, analysts and activists hadn’t yet had a chance to see just what’s in the latest proposal from the presidency run by host nation United Arab Emirates, but further negotiations were being set up for after they get a look.

Meetings between delegates and the presidency were ongoing Tuesday evening and some were cautiously optimistic.

“I feel much more encouraged than yesterday,” said Canadian environment minister Steven Guilbeault. “I think it will be probably some hours until a new text and I suspect it will be the last,” he said around 9 p.m. Tuesday evening.

“There’s improvements in some areas from yesterday’s landings, but as I see it, it’s the whole package we want to be able to respond to,” said Samoa’s Cedric Schuster.

Monday’s criticized draft called for countries to reduce “consumption and production of fossil fuels, in a just, orderly and equitable manner” instead of a phase-out.

Majid al-Suwaidi, COP28 Director-General, said the draft was meant to get countries to start talking and presenting their deal-killers.

“The text we released was a starting point for discussions,” he said at a news conference midday on Tuesday. “When we released it, we knew opinions were polarized, but what we didn’t know was where each country’s red lines were.”

“We spent last night talking, taking in that feedback, and that has put us in a position to draft a new text,” he said.

Al-Suwaidi gave conflicting comments about the future of the fossil fuel phase-out language, which at one point he said “doesn’t work.”

“It’s important that we have the right language when it comes to fossil fuels. It’s important that we think about how we get that balance. There are those who want phased out. There are those who want phased down,” al-Suwaidi said. “The point is to get a consensus.”

On one side are countries such as Saudi Arabia that won’t accept phase-out language, while European and Latin American countries and small island nations say it is unacceptable to leave those words out. Countries wanting phase-out are in a tough position because they may have to accept either a weak deal or no deal, neither of which is good for them, said Alden Meyer, a veteran climate negotiations observer for European think-tank E3G. But Meyer thinks the blowback from phase-out supporters may be the start of strengthening a proposed deal, leaving Saudi Arabia and a few other Gulf states “as the last ones standing in the way of a more ambitious deal.

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GOP appears unmoved by Zelenskyy’s pitch Ukrainian leader speaks to Congress with aid held up by border demands

“that by the end of this year we can send very strong signal of our unity to the aggressor and the unity of Ukraine, America, Europe, the entire free world.”

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By Abigail Hauslohner, Leigh Ann Caldwell, of senior advisers, informed Liz Goodwin and Mariana Alfaro reporters in the Oval Office the The Washington Post Kremlin intends to bombard Ukraine’s electrical grid over Ukrainian President Volodythe coming months, as it did to myr Zelenskyy failed Tuesday devastating effect last winter. to secure a breakthrough with The president, describing the Congress as it remains firmly moment as an “inflection point deadlocked over President Joe in history,” reiterated his call to Biden’s request for additional Congress to act without further U.S. military assistance for delay.

Ukraine, even though many Later, while standing beside lawmakers appeared to agree the Zelenskyy at a news briefing, SUSAN WALSH/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS war’s outlook would only worsen Biden warned that Russia’s presiUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, walks with without a continuation of Amerident, Vladimir Putin, is “banking Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, left, and can support.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York during his on the United States failing to Zelenskyy told lawmakers his visit to Congress on Tuesday to request more military aid. deliver for Ukraine.” country will never give up in its “We must, we must, we must fight to expel invading Russian prove him wrong,” he said. the House, increasingly say they Capitol Hill, where Republicans forces, but he warned without There seemed little hope of outright oppose further spending have demanded sweeping more aid, the conflict will turn that in the near term, however. changes to U.S. immigration law to help his government. far more brutal as his military As senators emerged from in exchange for granting Biden’s In remarks at the White House inevitably cedes ground to its request for more than $60 billion after his morning sprint through their private discussion with determined and well-armed to keep Kyiv supplied. It was the Capitol, Zelenskyy character- Zelenskyy, Sen. Ron Johnson, adversary. ized the meetings as “more than R-Wis., said the Ukrainian leader the Ukrainian leader’s second His visit to Washington, positive” but also acknowledged had invoked the term “guerrilla coordinated by the White House time barnstorming the Capitol warfare,” alluding to the bloody, in the past three months, but his that the Ukrainians would have as Ukraine edges closer to runto “separate words from results.” unconventional tactics employed reception was comparatively ning out of weapons and cash, cool as Republicans, notably in coincided with the standoff on by insurgents against occupying “It’s very important,” he said,

U.S. forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, and suggested that is where the conflict could be headed if Ukraine loses U.S. military assistance. Johnson called that “a lose-lose proposition for everybody.”

Other senators affirmed Zelenskyy’s speech, however impassioned, seemed unlikely to affect the impasse over U.S. border policy — or move them to approve additional Ukraine aid without it — before lawmakers recess next week for the holidays.

To date, Congress has allocated more than $111 billion to support Ukraine. Biden’s request for more is part of a larger emergency spending package that also would provide security assistance to Israel and Taiwan, and address long-running challenges at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Zelenskyy also met privately with House leaders, including Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. Johnson characterized the meeting as “good,” telling reporters that he reiterated to Zelenskyy “that we stand with him and against Putin’s brutal invasion,” but the speaker also made clear there would be no Ukraine aid without border reforms.

Huge cyberattack knocks out Ukraine’s largest mobile operator

By Marc Santora

The New York Times

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s largest mobile operator said it had come under a powerful cyberattack Tuesday morning knocked out service to millions of people.

The company, Kyivstar, said the attack also affected internet access and it was “unclear” when service would be restored. The interruption poses real danger in a country where many rely on phone alerts to warn them of impending Russian bombardments.

“We are working to eliminate the consequences of this attack to restore communication as soon as possible,” the head of Kyivstar, Oleksandr Komarov, said in a

video statement, adding that users’ personal data had not been compromised.

While Komarov did not explicitly say who was responsible for the attack and there was no immediate claim of responsibility, the implication was clear.

“The war with Russia has many dimensions, and one of them is in cyberspace,” he said.

Ukraine’s domestic intelligence agency, known as the SBU, said it would investigate and one line of inquiry would be whether “Russian special services” were behind the hack.

Officials in the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy, which has frequently come under Russian bombardment, warned Tuesday morning the air alarm system

was affected.

“The notification system will temporarily not work,” Sumy’s regional military administration said in a statement.

Data showed connectivity for Kyivstar users plummeted to around 12% on Tuesday morning from close to 100%, with both fixed-line and mobile services affected, according to NetBlocks, a cybersecurity research group.

At the same time, one of Ukraine’s large financial institutions, Monobank, said it, too, had been targeted by hackers.

While it was not immediately clear if the attacks had been carried out by the same hackers, the effects of both were widely felt. In the western city of Lviv, the departure boards of public transit systems

were down and some people were unable to withdraw cash from ATMs. After Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukrainian telecom companies banded together to share services so users could roam on a different provider if their service was interrupted. But the national roaming scheme was also offline Tuesday, operators said.

The Ukrainian military relies heavily on smartphones and mobile data to communicate and coordinate operations, especially on encrypted messaging applications.

While Ukraine has other cell providers, and the military uses Starlink satellite extensively, it’s possible that the Kyivstar outage affected the ability of Ukrainian troops to coordinate in some places.

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order to file a felony shoplifting charge.

According to the bill, if the aggregate value of stolen goods adds up to more than $500, the shoplifting can be charged as a felony, which was signed into law by the governor in April.

The law also created a new second-degree felony charge called “organized retail crime” that can be applied to two or more people accused of conspiring to shoplift a combined $2,500 or more over a span of one year or less.

Aggravated shoplifting, a felony charge, is defined in the law as “assaulting or striking at another with a deadly weapon immediately after an act of shoplifting.”

The bill was approved in both chambers, receiving only a handful of “no” votes.

Capt. Aaron Ortiz, who oversees criminal investigations at Santa Fe Police Department, said in an interview he believes “the increased consequences for shoplifting helps to a degree.”

Ortiz said Santa Fe police noticed a dramatic increase in shoplifting a few years ago but that incidents appear to have leveled off in 2023. He added he believes the incidents are underreported by retailers.

Still, the new law “has had a positive effect on it because there is a bigger consequence for suspects to think about before they commit a crime,” he said.

“It’s definitely helped us.”

Santa Fe County has several pending cases of felony shoplifting charges under the new law, including some recently filed. One man is accused of stealing $3,500 in electronics from Target during two incidents, according to a Nov. 27 criminal complaint. Another man has been accused of three separate felony shoplifting charges between November and December, with the alleged thefts totaling more than $3,000.

In August, a Santa Fe man was accused of committing the crime of aggravated shoplifting, a third-degree felony, after a Walmart employee told police the man brandished a gun, according to the criminal complaint filed in the case. The employee told police he saw the man attempting to steal a pair of gloves, the complaint states, and when the employee confronted him, the man threatened him with a firearm.

First Judicial District Attorney’s Office spokesman Nathan Lederman wrote in an email Tuesday the law has not been

in effect long enough “to comment on specific trends.”

Lederman wrote some cases that might be eligible for aggregation as felonies are instead charged by officers as stand-alone misdemeanors.

He added officials have noted “there is no mechanism in place to prompt officers to look deeper into a defendant’s history to see if there are more incidents that may be aggregated under the new law to create a felony case.”

An arrest warrant was issued for Duran, the man accused of organized retail crime and several other felonies, in Santa Fe County Magistrate Court on Nov. 28. The state’s court records database shows he has not been arraigned on the charges.

State Attorney General’s Office spokeswoman Lauren Rodriguez wrote in an email the new charge carries a maximum penalty of up to nine years in jail, a two-year period of parole and not more than a $10,000 fine.

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later gathered into piles.

Some conservation groups contend the agency is pushing too hard and too fast with prescribed burns and thinning to make up for more than a century of excessive fire suppression that turned many forests into overgrown tinderboxes.

These days, there are more precautions in place for all planned burns, which include meetings with higher-ranking officials and more frequent and thorough checking of weather and ground conditions before any fires are ignited. That includes the Santa Fe Forest Supervisor Shaun Sanchez being more involved and asking questions about how preparations are going.

“By the time it’s at this stage, there’s probably 15 people that have already double-checked the work to make sure everything’s ready to go,” said Chris Durant, a burn boss trainee.

Crews also employ technology that wasn’t used before, he said, referring to hand-held infrared cameras and heat-detecting drones.

The Forest Service is requiring more intensive planning, reviewing and monitoring of these burns after a torched slash pile smoldered underground for months through winter weather and flared into the Calf Canyon Fire in the spring of 2022.

That blaze merged with the Hermits Peak Fire, which had blown out of control during a prescribed broadcast burn, forming the biggest wildfire in the state’s recorded history.

The inferno destroyed several hundred homes and scorched 341,000 acres.

That led to Forest Service Chief Randy Moore ordering a pause on prescribed burns until the agency could revamp policies for how to conduct the planned fires more safely as climate change makes the landscape drier and the weather more unpredictable.

This year, an agency report concluded an errant prescribed burn also sparked the Cerro Pelado Fire, which scorched almost 46,000 acres in the Jemez Mountains in 2022.

Prescribed burn plans that were crafted before the pause had to be rewritten to follow the new guidelines, Cuba District Ranger Patrick Petracca said. “Climate change, drought indicators and things like that are being considered under new criteria.”

Previously, a burn boss could receive an order to ignite fires and it would be good for a week or two, Petracca said.

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hours after Netanyahu pledged to defy weeks of American pressure to put the Palestinian Authority in charge of Gaza once the fighting ends. Netanyahu ruled out any role there for the group, which now governs Palestinian society in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Until Tuesday, the United States had largely backed Israel both in action and in rhetoric — supporting the assault on Gaza, fending off calls for a cease-fire at the United Nations and authorizing the sale of thousands of tank shells to the Israelis.

“There is disagreement about ‘the day after Hamas,’ ” Netanyahu said in a video statement posted on social media.

He said he hoped the two governments could reach an agreement about what happens after the war ends, but he vowed not to allow threats to Israel’s population to continue.

“After the great sacrifice of our civilians and our soldiers, I will not allow the entry into Gaza of those who educate for terrorism, support terrorism and finance terrorism,” Netanyahu said. “Gaza will be neither Hamastan nor Fatahstan.”

Fatah is the political faction, a rival to Hamas, that controls the Palestinian Authority, which was ousted from Gaza in 2007 but still administers parts of the West Bank.

In his remarks at the fundraiser, Biden

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Now, managers must revisit the order every day and renew the authorization to ensure conditions are still suitable for a burn, he said.

For instance, a certain amount of snow on the piles and ground is desired so the fires burn cooler and are easier to contain, he said, which is why managers prefer to ignite piles in the winter.

A key objective is to burn nothing in the forest beyond what was intended, he added.

Petracca said the district began using infrared heat detectors 18 months ago after the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire.

The hand-held camera is a small smartphone accessory, he said.

Standing amid the dozens of burning slash piles at the campground, he clasped the device between his thumb and forefinger, then plugged it into his phone.

He aimed the phone at a person to show it’s sensitive enough to register body heat. Then he trained it on a flaming pile, generating orange-and-white undulating waves on the screen.

This device will pick up residual heat from a pile underneath a layer of snow and even dirt, something crew members feeling around with their hands could miss, Petracca said.

U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández, a New Mexico Democrat, is among the critics who say the sleeper fire that turned into the Calf Canyon blaze showed the old look-and-feel techniques were no longer sufficient and drones were needed.

Leger Fernández has pressed Moore, the agency chief, to make drones standard equipment for checking on prescribed fires. In a critique of the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire, Moore noted a changing climate has led to more sleeper fires flaring into wildfires in recent years, suggesting the drier landscape is a factor.

Petracca said infrared monitoring with phone devices can go on for months.

pledged to continue that support for Israel’s effort to protect itself, saying that “we’re not going to do a damn thing other than protect Israel in the process.

Not a single thing.”

“Without Israel as a free-standing state, not a Jew in the world is safe,” he added.

But he also described his response to Netanyahu’s private assertion that the United States had “carpet-bombed” Germany and dropped the atomic bomb on Japan.

“I said, ‘Yeah, that’s why all these institutions were set up after World War II, to see to it that it didn’t happen again,’ ” Biden told the donors at the event.

Hours earlier, Netanyahu appeared to take note of the months of American support in his address.

“I greatly appreciate the American support for destroying Hamas and returning our hostages,” Netanyahu said. “Following an intensive dialogue with President Biden and his team, we received full backing for the ground incursion and blocking the international pressure to stop the war.”

But the tone from both men suggested that the well-wishing could soon end.

Biden’s remarks were his most critical to date of Netanyahu’s handling of the war, which continues to claim the lives of civilians in Gaza. The two men had declared unshakable unity during Biden’s visit to Israel days after Hamas launched a surprise attack on Oct. 7 and killed 1,200 people.

Nearly two months of aerial bombardment by Israel and a continuing ground war have leveled much of Gaza City in the northern part of the tiny enclave, which is home to nearly 2 million Palestinians. More than 15,000 people, including several thousand children, have

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James Casaus, a Forest Service fire management officer, ignites a slash pile Monday near the Clear Creek Campground. A crew torched about 40 piles as part of a 250-acre project in the Cuba Ranger District.

When crews no longer detect heat, the agency will launch a drone to conduct an aerial surveillance of the burn area as a final safeguard, he said.

If the drone finds no heat source, the fires are declared “out,” he said.

The agency’s Southwest region has 22 drones it can deploy for aerial monitoring. Twenty have infrared systems to detect residual heat in places where prescribed burns were ignited. Two are equipped with standard cameras.

The drones assist with various projects across 11 forests in New Mexico and Arizona.

After the slash piles were ignited at the campground, smoke grew thicker because no breeze was blowing. About an hour later, an overhead wind kicked up, carrying the smoke up and away.

This site is isolated enough for smoke to be less of a concern, but if a burn is conducted near a neighborhood, the agency must get a waiver from the state Air Quality Bureau and follow guidelines, such as how much to burn in the current conditions, Forest Service spokeswoman Claudia Brookshire said.

In those situations, the agency reaches out to smoke-sensitive people to ensure they know when the burning will take place and where they can turn for more information, she said.

Fire hazards, possible health impacts from smoke, the areas most in need of burn treatments, conditions on the ground — all are constantly changing and require vigilance, she said.

“There are so many factors to look at every day,” Brookshire said.

been killed in Gaza during the fighting, according to the territory’s health authorities.

The United Nations says that more than 85% of the population has been displaced, with some aid organizations reporting rampant disease and widespread hunger.

Netanyahu says his government is determined to destroy Hamas’ ability to threaten Israel’s population, and he has repeatedly warned Palestinians to move south. Some locations in the south of Gaza have also been bombed, drawing criticism from humanitarian organizations.

Fighting between Israeli forces and armed groups raged near a small hospital in northern Gaza on Monday and over the weekend. The hospital, Kamal Adwan, has 65 patients, including 12 children in intensive care, and is surrounded

by Israeli troops and tanks, according to a report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

The report said the hospital’s maternity department had been hit Monday and that, “as a result, two mothers were reportedly killed, and several people were injured.” It was not possible to verify the toll. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Top aides to Biden have said the president believes that his full-throated support of Israel has given him more leverage to press Netanyahu for restraint as Israel conducts its ground war in Gaza.

He has repeatedly described his decadeslong history with Israel; Monday evening, he declared at a White House Hanukkah reception: “I am a Zionist.”

Last month, Biden and his top foreign

policy aides helped broker a temporary pause in the fighting between Israel and Hamas to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid and the release of more than 100 of the roughly 240 hostages that Hamas seized on Oct. 7.

White House officials said Biden would meet at the White House on Wednesday with the families of Americans taken hostage by Hamas, his first face-to-face meeting with the relatives since the crisis began.

A White House official confirmed the meeting, but did not offer details about how many of the family members would attend the meeting in person. The president previously spoke with the families on a video call about a week after the attacks.

Biden administration officials have indicated there are about eight remaining hostages with American citizenship after several were released, including during a weeklong pause in fighting last month.

Biden’s public message has evolved since the Oct. 7 attacks. He publicly urged Israel to do more to protect civilians in Gaza in its war against Hamas, and White House officials have said he has been blunt with Netanyahu and other Israeli officials during private conversations.

But the president has largely left it to other American officials, including Vice President Kamala Harris, to call out Israel for its actions on the battlefield.

And his comments Tuesday were the president’s first direct acknowledgment of the condemnation by world leaders and humanitarian organizations of Israel’s wartime behavior.

Using the prime minister’s nickname, Biden said that “Bibi’s got a tough decision to make.”

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Board to subpoena information and testimony from Arcy Baca, a retired state employee she believes knows Baker’s identity — as well as information from Facebook to reveal the person or people controlling the controversial account.

Via Facebook Messenger, Baker denied any involvement in the political ads, calling it political grandstanding by Mayor Alan Webber and his “sycophants.”

“This is smoke and mirrors by Webber and his clique,” wrote Baker, who is among the mayor’s harshest critics and tried to link Faulkner to him before the election over a campaign contribution she received from a political consultant who managed his mayoral campaign.

“They want our identities and want to make us look bad,” Baker added. “The progressive mafia is quite skilled at this type of subterfuge.”

Baca, who has filed ethics complaints against Faulkner, Lucero and unsuccessful District 1 council candidate Geno Zamora over their campaign reports, said he doesn’t know Baker’s true identity.

“That’s a joke,” he said.

“First, I don’t know who he is.

Second, I’ve never conspired on anything with him. And third, we don’t like each other. We don’t get along at all,” Baca added. “That’s a million-dollar question. Who is Jay Baker? I don’t know who he is.”

Faulkner said the reason she believes Baca and Baker are connected is because language in Baca’s ethics complaint against her is identical to what Baker wrote about her on Facebook.

“It’s verbatim,” she said. “It’s a cut and paste job.”

While Faulkner said she’s “irritated” by the “lies” in the digital ads, she said whoever purchased them violated the city’s election code.

“They didn’t disclose where the money came from, and they didn’t report that they paid for the ads,” she said, adding the circumstantial evidence points to Baker.

The city’s ethics board is scheduled to meet at 4 p.m. Thursday at City Hall to determine whether any of the four ethics complaints is legally sufficient to advance to a hearing.

In her complaint, Faulkner wrote no entity should be able to conduct political advertising without disclosing the sponsor of those ads.

“If allowed to stand, undisclosed attack ads will be sanctioned by this Board in future elections,” she wrote.

Faulkner called the digital ads slanderous, libelous and “just bald-faced lies.”

“When you disseminate false information, you’re actually part of the problem of what’s wrong with our system,” she said. “You’re not helping fix anything. You’re only trying to make the problem worse, and I call people like that ‘chaos operators’ because the only place they can thrive is in chaos.”

The ads appear to be based on Baker’s Facebook posts.

Some included a Baker logo that includes a stylized depiction of Guy Fawkes, an English conspirator who has been portrayed as a freedom-fighting hero, while others referenced another website that often uses Baker’s Facebook posts to write critical pieces about the mayor, his political allies and top administrators at City Hall.

Baker wrote he — or she or they — has no control over how someone else uses his content.

Asked whether Baker knows the identity of who operates the website, Baker responded: “It simply isn’t our concern.”

Baker wrote the Facebook account has avid and enthusiastic followers.

“We have no control over them,” Baker wrote. “We are simply advocating for the truth and participating in whistleblower activities. That simple. Have them subpoena the website and ad purchases. That would seem to take care of their ‘ethics complaints and concerns.’ Right?”

Baker, however, wrote Faulkner has a valid point political expenditures must be reported.

“But since the Jay Baker Facebook profile had absolutely nothing to do with the website or political ad purchase, her complaint at the Jay Baker Facebook profile is misdirected,” Baker wrote.

Follow Daniel J. Chacón on Twitter @danieljchacon.

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U.N. General Assembly backs call for Gaza cease-fire

By Farnaz Fassihi

The New York Times

The U.N. General Assembly demanded an immediate cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, in an overwhelming vote Tuesday that highlighted much of the world’s desire to bring the bloody conflict to an end.

About three-quarters of the body’s members voted in favor of the nonbinding resolution, underscoring the isolation of Israel and the United States, which last week blocked a cease-fire resolution in the Security Council.

Resounding applause and cheers erupted after the vote was announced: 153 in favor, 10 against and 23 abstentions. The resolution required two-thirds majority for passage.

“How many more thousands of lives must be lost before we do something?”

Dennis Francis, a diplomat from Trin-

idad and Tobago currently serving as president of the General Assembly, said in an address to the chamber before the vote. “No more time is left. The carnage must stop.”

The resolution was put forth by the U.N.’s Arab Group and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, which represents Arab and Muslim countries.

Despite their support of the nonbinding resolution, none of the 57 members of the Muslim organization have offered Palestinians refugee status in their countries.

More than 15,000 people, many of them women and children, have been killed in the Gaza Strip, according to local health officials, since Israel declared war on Hamas after the militant group launched a terrorist attack on Oct. 7, killing more than 1,200 people and taking 240 others hostage.

General Assembly resolutions are

never legally binding, but they carry political weight and are a symbolic reflection of the wider perspective among the U.N.’s 193 members.

The countries that joined the U.S. and Israel in rejecting the cease-fire resolution Tuesday were Austria, the Czech Republic, Guatemala, Liberia, Micronesia, Paraguay and Papua New Guinea and Nauru. Among the countries that abstained were Britain, Hungary, South Sudan and Germany.

Israel’s ambassador to the U.N., Gilad Erdan, sharply criticized the U.N. and said passing the resolution made the institution more irrelevant. He said calls for a cease-fire aimed to “tie Israel’s hand and to continue Hamas’ reign of terror.”

The Assembly convened the emergency session after the U.S. vetoed a binding Security Council resolution for a cease-fire Friday, saying that halting the

Harvard president to stay on job after backlash over antisemitism would not say that calls for The Washington Post the genocide of Jews violated Harvard President Claudine their univerGay will remain in her role, sities’ codes the university’s top governing of conduct. board announced Tuesday, after Gay later days of backlash and calls for apologized and Claudine Gay her removal over her recent clarified her congressional testimony on remarks, sayantisemitism — a contrast to ing that such calls “are vile, they the fate of the University of Penn- have no place at Harvard, and sylvania president, who resigned those who threaten our Jewish after similar testimony. students will be held to account.”

“In this tumultuous and diffiThe other two presidents who cult time, we unanimously stand testified, Sally Kornbluth of MIT in support of President Gay,” and Liz Magill of the University Harvard’s board said in a stateof Pennsylvania, have met similar ment. “Our extensive deliberaoutrage since their remarks, but tions affirm our confidence that differing fates.

President Gay is the right leader Kornbluth’s job also appears to help our community heal and safe, after MIT’s board of trustees to address the very serious socie- swiftly issued a statement of tal issues we are facing.” “unreserved support” for their The announcement drew president. But Magill stepped praise from some and denundown Saturday, shortly before the ciations from others, including chair of Penn’s board of trustees, Jewish advocacy groups.

Scott L. Bok, announced his own Conservative lawmakers and decision to leave. He wrote in a activists declared Harvard had note that Magill’s “position was made a mistake, with some citing no longer tenable, and she and I allegations surfaced in recent concurrently decided that it was days that Gay plagiarized parts time for her to exit.” of her academic work. Harvard’s The reasons the outcomes for board said that political scientists the three presidents have differed independently reviewed those are complex, revolving around allegations and cleared Gay from multiple factors, faculty and any real misconduct, although observers at all three universities she is requesting four corrections said in interviews. appended to two articles to insert As Penn’s president, Magill missing citations and quotation entered the contentious congresmarks. sional hearing earlier this month Gay has faced intense scrutiny on thinner ice than her counand condemnation since her terparts at MIT and Harvard.

Dec. 5 testimony before a House Students and alumni at Penn had been concerned for months panel, during which she and about a spate of incidents, two other university presidents

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including a swastika painted in an academic building and antisemitic emails sent to Penn staff.

And her decision this September to allow an outside group to host a Palestinian literary festival, even though some speakers had a history of antisemitic remarks, spurred an outcry.

Unsatisfied with the university’s response to antisemitism, powerful donors and members of the Wharton Board of Advisors leaned on Magill to do more.

Unlike Gay, who joined the Harvard faculty in 2006, Magill lacked long-standing ties to professors at Penn who might have defended her. A former provost at the University of Virginia, Magill came to Penn in July 2022.

Kornbluth took the MIT job at the start of this year, just after the school faced a bruising fight over free speech. She soon endorsed a faculty-approved statement calling for freedom of expression — a move that earned support from many professors.

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fighting would allow Hamas to regroup and plan more terrorist attacks similar to the devastating assault on Israel it led from Gaza on Oct. 7.

Pressure to halt the bloodshed has increased as the war between Israel and Hamas has battered civilians in Gaza. The U.N.’s senior leadership and humanitarian aid agencies have said that a cease-fire is the only viable way to ease the suffering of Gaza’s 2.2 million people.

Vast swaths of homes and infrastructure have been destroyed; more than 85% of the population is displaced; hunger is widespread; and disease is now rampant, according to the World Health Organization.

President Joe Biden has long pledged that the United States would continue to support Israel’s quest to eradicate Hamas, but earlier Tuesday, it appeared that a rift had opened between the Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

on what happens after the war.

Biden, speaking at a fundraiser, warned Netanyahu that his country was losing international support, citing “the indiscriminate bombing that takes place.” Hours before, Netanyahu rejected a U.S.-backed plan for the Palestinian Authority, which administers part of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, to play a role in Gaza’s reconstruction.

The resolution passed Tuesday said Gaza faced a “catastrophic humanitarian” situation, emphasized that both Palestinian and Israeli civilians must be protected under international humanitarian laws and demanded that all parties abide by these laws.

The resolution also called for the immediate release of hostages held in Gaza and humanitarian access to the enclave. But it stopped short of condemning Hamas’ terrorist attacks on Oct. 7.

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U.N. wants What if Trump wins again? Suit alleges forced labor scheme in Ala. prisons ex-official to pay back misplaced $63 million

By David Bauder

The Associated Press

The New York Times

WASHINGTON — The United Nations has ordered one of its former officials to repay $63.6 million personally, after he lost a vast amount of U.N. funds by entrusting them to a man he met at a party, according to court filings.

Vitaly The huge Vanshelboim financial penalty that the U.N. is seeking to impose on the former official, Vitaly Vanshelboim — once the second-in-command at the U.N.’s logistics agency — is the latest fallout from a scandal that The New York Times first reported last year.

Vanshelboim and his boss, seeking to raise their profile within the U.N., amassed millions for the organization by charging governments and other U.N. agencies extra for construction jobs. Then they invested about $60 million with companies all linked to a British businessperson named David Kendrick, defying internal warnings and dangerously concentrating their risk.

The investments were meant to finance renewable energy and housing projects. But they went poorly, according to U.N. audit reports. An inquiry last year found that the U.N. had recouped only about 10% of its investment.

Hours after the Times reported on the disastrous investments, Vanshelboim’s boss, Grete Faremo, resigned.

Vanshelboim, who is Ukrainian, was fired by the U.N. in January, after an internal investigation. In a recent filing with the U.N.’s internal court system, Vanshelboim revealed other aspects of his punishment: He said he was fined a year’s salary and told to repay $63,626,806 personally. If he does not repay the money, the filings said, he will not be eligible for a U.N. pension.

Vanshelboim has asked the U.N.’s court system, which handles personnel disputes, to overturn the firing, fine and order to repay.

The U.S. mission at the U.N. has demanded transparency about the findings of the internal investigations into Vanshelboim’s conduct and criticized the U.N. for not making more details about his case public.

“We welcome attempts to recover lost funds,” said Ambassador Chris Lu of the U.S. mission to the U.N., adding that the U.S. wants changes to the business model and governance of the Office of Special Projects.

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The Washington Post

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Former President Donald Trump speaks last month at a campaign rally in Hialeah, Fla. Even before the primaries, Trump’s team is planning for Inauguration Day and beyond, with polls showing his continued dominance over Republican rivals.

you say Vice President Tucker Carlson?

The volume of stories had reached the point where the Trump campaign at the end of last week sent a memo calling on allies and former aides to cool it, saying messages about a potential second term from anyone but the former president and his team were “an unwelcomed distraction.”

“The stakes are high,” said David Halbfinger, politics editor at the Times. “We saw on Jan. 6 of 2021, when we cover politics, we don’t just cover elections.

We cover democracy now.

Everybody has to take their jobs seriously, and it’s good to see that everybody is.”

For decades, journalists have been criticized for concentrating too much on the “horse race” aspect of politics: who’s winning, who’s losing and the machinations of campaigns.

With the Republican and Democratic nomination processes uncompetitive so far, there’s less taste for it.

Much of the recent reporting is an emphatic example of what New York University journalism professor Jay Rosen calls “stakes journalism,” or examining the

potential consequences of an election.

As Trump talks about retribution and his challengers fail to dent his popularity, the story line about threats to democracy “becomes more and more plausible,” Rosen said. “Horse race coverage feels more and more trivial. At least it does to me.”

At the same time, reporters have discovered the extent to which Trump allies have been specifically planning for a return to power, Halbfinger said. Journalists have learned — or should learn — to take seriously what the former president says while campaigning.

“The skeptics who might have consoled themselves about the first term of Trump, saying that he’s too incompetent to get things done, they can’t console themselves by saying Trump and his people don’t know what they’re doing this time,” he said.

“They’ve learned a lot, and they’re preparing.”

Ten current and former Alabama prisoners say they were forced to participate in work programs that raised money for the state while providing cheap labor to public- and privatesector employers, including franchisees of Burger King, McDonald’s and Kentucky Fried Chicken, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.

A complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama describes a system in which prisoners who refuse to work are threatened with disciplinary action, such as solitary confinement or citations that could hinder their parole.

The plaintiffs, who also include several labor unions and the criminal justice nonprofit Woods Foundation, say the system amounts to a “modern-day form of slavery” comparable to convict-leasing programs that

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The complaint was filed as a class-action lawsuit, meaning the court will have to certify the plaintiffs as a class before the case can proceed.

The office of Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, the state’s Department of Corrections, Burger King, McDonald’s and KFC parent company Yum Brands did not immediately respond to requests for comment Tuesday.

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There has been a flurry of recent stories about the implications of a potential second presidency for Donald Trump, and his team’s planning for Inauguration Day and beyond.

Polls show his continued dominance over Republican rivals and the likelihood of a close general election.

The New York Times reporting team of Charlie Savage, Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman has been mining that topic since the summer and last week wrote in depth about the former president’s authoritarian impulses, and the possibility of fewer checks on his power. On Sunday, they examined whether Trump would leave NATO. A special issue of The Atlantic magazine released last week collected essays by 24 writers on how a Trump presidency would affect things like foreign policy, immigration, journalism and climate change. Editor Jeffrey Goldberg wrote people should read every one, “though perhaps not in one sitting, for reasons of mental hygiene.”

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Committee backs proposals on guns Endorsements of modest limits on firearms face uphill battle in session primarily focusing on budget issues

By Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com

Lawmakers grappling with the issue of gun violence endorsed a number of proposals — including imposing a 14-day waiting period to purchase a gun and prohibiting carrying or using guns near an Election Day polling site — at a committee meeting Tuesday at the Capitol.

The endorsements made by members of the interim Courts, Corrections and Justice Committee don’t necessarily mean the bills will win enough support to pass during next year’s legislative session, But they do put a spotlight on legislation that could be heard during the 30-day window, which this year will largely be devoted to budget issues.

However, the committee declined to endorse a bill prohibiting anyone under the age of 21 from buying, owning or using an automatic or semiautomatic weapon. Nor did it endorse legislation allowing residents to sue gun manufacturers if weapons they produced are used in a shooting.

Though there was not much debate on either of

those two proposals, committee members raised enough questions about the writing of the bills to suggest they were not ready for consideration.

Though earning an endorsement does not mean success once the session begins in mid-January, not getting an endorsement could hurt a bill’s chance for obtaining Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s support.

“If you don’t get a message [from the governor on a bill], we’re out of the game completely,” Sen. Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe said.

The hearing played out against the backdrop of gun legislation the governor endorsed this week. At a news conference Monday, Lujan Grisham said she

Short-term rental rules could reach conclusion in January

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hree rules of semantics should be followed while covering those who feed at the public trough.

Never use the words “mean streets” in a political profile unless the context is giant potholes. My recordkeeping reveals 79.2% of people in top government jobs claim they came from the tough side of the tracks.

Always sidestep the sanitized term “executive session.” Call it a secret meeting or closed-door discussion. This choice of words affirms an adversarial system exists in a time when many government publicists refer to reporters as their “media partners.”

Avoid publishing the word “transparency,” no matter how many times the mayor, governor and members of Bureaucrats Anonymous use it.

In Santa Fe, government operations get murkier by the month. The city government provides vivid examples of darkness, its old friend.

The names of all city employees, their job titles and their hourly base pay used to be listed on the government’s website. Nearly all the names have been removed, the exceptions being top-tier managers.

What’s left for consumers of city services are nearly meaningless entries like this: “Parks, Trails and Watershed — parks operations manager, $42.83.”

If a member of the public, aggrieved or otherwise, wants the salary of most city employees, he or she has to try to obtain it through a public records request.

The city will spend more time and money trying to deflect these requests than if it revived the comprehensive list of public employees and what they’re paid.

I asked the city spokeswoman, Amy Akmal, why the names of most employees were scrubbed from public view. She didn’t answer the question but instead referred me to the website without the names.

Mayor Alan Webber and his administration use the T word while operating a government they’ve made more furtive.

Another example is the disappearance of almost every public reference to the city Ethics and Campaign Review Board.

During the municipal election campaign two years ago, the city website contained a full page on the ethics board. Members of this panel were listed alongside their capsule biographies. The scope of their authority also was outlined.

Today, the city website contains one skeletal mention of the ethics board.

That item offers a link for those who want to file a complaint.

After nine months of dormancy, the ethics board will reemerge Thursday afternoon regarding a series of

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County officials aim to impose limits on number of usable sites, hope to pass ordinance early next month

By Maya Hilty

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executive director Marcela Díaz said the focus was on mixed immigration-status families because they are not eligible to receive federal aid such as food stamps. They also did not qualify for the additional federal aid released during the

A contentious process to update Santa Fe County’s regulations of shortterm rentals, such as Airbnbs and Vrbos, will come to a head early next year.

County commissioners on Tuesday voted unanimously to craft an ordinance that would limit the number of non-owner-occupied, short-term rentals to 5% or 10% of the housing stock in communities clustered near the city, as well as scattered throughout the county.

Several commissioners voiced their intention to lower those percentages — to a level that will allow for some growth of the rentals but prevent their numbers from doubling or tripling — before they pass the ordinance. Members of the county staff plan to bring the proposed ordinance forward for a public hearing Jan. 9.

Non-owner-occupied rentals already permitted by the county range between zero and 6.3% of the housing stock in each of the 35 census-designated places the county has proposed regulating, according to data presented by county staff.

On average, permitted non-owner-occupied rentals make up only 1% of the housing stock in those communities.

But roughly 40% of rentals have not yet been permitted, county Geographic Information Systems manager Erle Wright said Tuesday, meaning the percentage of existing rentals may be slightly higher.

The county will not limit numbers of owner-occupied rentals, where the owner lives on the rental property at least 275 days per year.

By contrast, the city of Santa Fe has limited the number of short-term rentals on residentially zoned properties at about 2.3% of total housing units, county staff said in a November meeting.

“At a certain point, this will affect

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Claudia Perez, a guaranteed income participant and member of Somos Un Pueblo Unido, speaks during a news conference Tuesday at the Capitol to discuss the results of a pilot program where immigrant families were given direct cash assistance. The program gave 330 families $500 a month with no strings attached for a year.

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Money to migrants Advocates say guaranteed income for immigrants promising, hope state will take it on

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mmigrant rights organizations are hoping lawmakers will consider establishing a staterun basic income program after an 18-month pilot found giving immigrant families direct cash assistance allowed them to obtain more stable employment and housing.

“When you give people money, they invest in themselves,” New Mexico Voices for Children policy analyst Javier Rojo said during a news conference Tuesday at the Capitol.

New Mexico Voices for Children published a report detailing the results of the pilot program, which it conducted with four other New Mexico organizations, including Somos un Pueblo Unido and Oakland, Calif.-based nonprofit UpTogether.

The program gave 330 immigrant families $500 a month with no strings attached for a year, with some of the participants receiving assistance for an additional six months. To qualify, families had to include at least one minor child or

Javier Rojo, senior research and policy analyst and report author with New Mexico Voices for Children, speaks during the news conference.

“When you give people money, they invest in themselves,” Rojo said.

disabled dependent and at least one person not living in the country legally.

The $2.2 million for the cash assistance came from UpLift, while administrative costs were paid for by a handful of other philanthropic organizations.

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Former Santa Fe Opera leader ‘had such a love for the art form’

By Mark Tiarks

For The New Mexican

Richard Gaddes, among the most influential and progressive leaders in American opera for four decades and Santa Fe Opera’s general director in the early 2000s, died Tuesday morning in New York City, friends said.

He was 81.

Gaddes, who succeeded founder John O. Crosby in the fall of 2000, retired from the Santa Fe Opera after the 2008 season. His artistic credo emphasized a commitment to living composers through world and American premieres.

He believed opera was a theatrical medium as much as a musical one and had a lifelong devotion to advancing the careers of promising young singers.

Gaddes’ status was confirmed when

he was tapped to receive one of the first Opera Honors Awards from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2008. His fellow awardees were composer Carlisle Floyd, conductor James Levine and soprano Leontyne Price.

It was a surprising pinnacle for a lad who grew up in a working-class family in Wallsend, a small town in northeast England where the two career options for young men were coal mining and shipbuilding.

A music lover and a precocious piano student, Gaddes convinced his skeptical father to let him study at London’s Trinity College of Music. He then joined the staff of Artists International Management, arranging auditions for impresarios such as Crosby, who hired him as Santa Fe’s artistic administrator in 1969.

Richard Gaddes was the general director of the Santa Fe Opera from the fall of 2000 to the end of the 2008 season. Gaddes died Tuesday in New York City, according to friends. He was 81. COURTESY THE SANTA FE OPERA Design and headlines: Nick Baca, nbaca@sfnewmexican.com

Charles MacKay, who succeeded Gaddes as the Santa Fe general director, said one of Gaddes’ proudest accomplishments “was conjuring Opera Theatre of Saint Louis out of thin air in 1976.

In almost no time, he made it into one of the most successful opera companies in the country and indeed in the world.”

Gaddes served as the St. Louis company’s general director until 1985, then led the city’s Grand Center project which helped revitalize the midtown arts district that includes the Fox Theatre and Powell Hall, home of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

Arts supporters in Santa Fe and St. Louis knew the ever-dapper Gaddes as a skilled party host, fundraiser and raconteur with an often-charming but sometimes quite prickly personality.

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ment right concerns with a bill that would prohibit firearms within a 100-foot distance of a polling site.

Wirth said he is pushing the legislation after hearing from poll workers in Santa Fe who felt threatened by voters who Continued from Page A-7 favored by the governor. showed up with guns. He said the Romero said in an interview legislation would work the same would favor an assault weapons after the hearing stemming gun way current laws prohibiting the ban that mirrors legislation U.S. violence involving assault weapSen. Martin Heinrich is co-spon- ons “has become a priority for so carry or use of firearms within soring in Congress. His bill many of us. We’re seeing tragedy 100 feet of public schools.

Rep. John Block, R-Alamogordo, would regulate firearms based after tragedy unfold (because of countered guns and politics are on the “lethality” of their internal these weapons).” bound to collide in such circummechanisms.

Efforts to pass a bill banning stances. “When I go to vote, I’m Guns and gun violence have such weapons in the legislative going to vote for somebody who been a key theme for the goversession earlier this year failed to is not trying to take away my gun nor in the past several months, gain traction as critics and advorights.” and polling shows crime to be a cates for Second Amendment Block, who announced last concern for many. A KRQE News rights argued those laws are month his intent to introduce 13 poll conducted by Emerson unconstitutional and would lead legislation to restore the death College Polling in late 2022 found to legal challenges. penalty in New Mexico to deter more than 65% of the 1,000 New The interim committee violent crime, lost a round in that Mexicans surveyed believed reviewed about 30 bills Tuesday, fight when the committee voted crime had risen, including 54% of some related to gun safety meanot to endorse his proposal.

Democrats and more than 80% of sures and others linked to issues His effort to reinstate the death Republicans. like increasing salaries for judges Almost half of those polled and protecting children under the penalty comes 14 years after former Gov. Bill Richardson signed said they either knew someone oversight of the state Children, legislation to abolish it. Several who had been victimized by a Youth and Families Department. members of the committee said home or vehicle break-in over the For the most part, lawmakers from both major political parties there is little evidence the death past year or had been a victim refrained from quarreling with penalty deters crime, and some themselves. one another about the best way Committee members briefly said it costs the state time and discussed potential legislation ban- to combat crime. money when prisoners convicted There wasn’t much heated ning assault weapons in the state. to be executed file appeals. debate about most of the potential Rep. Andrea Romero, D-Santa Fe “The state’s never going to kill said she plans to fashion and intro- bills — though Republican lawanymore,” said Sen. Moe Maesmakers expressed Second Amend- tas, D-Albuquerque. duce a bill similar to legislation

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When I go to vote, I’m going to vote for somebody who is not trying to take away my gun rights.” Rep. John Block

S.F. utilities receive AA+ bond ratings A New York-based ratings agency has listed the city of Santa Fe’s Water Utility and Waste Water System bond ratings at AA+.

According to a news release issued by the city, Fitch said the ratings reflect the systems’ strong financial profiles, among other items. Fitch also considered the affordability of water and sewer rates.

“I appreciate Fitch’s recognition of the financial profile strength of the city’s Water Utility and Wastewater Systems,” city Finance Director Emily Oster said in the news release. “These ratings are independent validation of the strong and stable financial position of the City’s utility programs.”

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mezzo-soprano and Santa Fe favorite Susan Graham. “Richard could be acidic and sarcastic, too, delivering zingers with that low giggle and a surreptitious glint in his eye, and I loved him for that.”

Longtime Santa Fe Opera staff colleague Thomas Morris recalled the major changes Gaddes brought to the company.

“He was the king of opening

Performing Arts Center.

The carefully chosen first event of his general directorship wasn’t a fancy gala or concert. It up the opera to the community, was a gritty production of The which was a big change from Mr. Beggar’s Opera at El Museo CulCrosby’s approach,” Morris said. tural in the Railyard, featuring Gaddes’ initiatives included mostly local performers for one offering discounts to first-time of the first times in SFO history. ticket buyers from New Mexico, Gaddes also took great pride hosting post-season concerts at in one of his most unique the opera presented by different achievements. In 1986, he community groups, and staging became the last man to dance fully produced offerings at in public with Ginger Rogers, various downtown locations, waltzing with her onstage at St. including holiday Gilbert & Louis’ American Theatre as part Sullivan operettas at the Lensic of a gala fundraiser.

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Game camera footage of Asha, the female wolf numbered F2754, while in captivity on earlier this year in the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge in Central New Mexico. The agency announced Monday that the wolf was recaptured after wandering beyond the boundaries of the species’ recovery area.

Dating game lies ahead for Asha After recapturing the roaming canine, wildlife managers hope to find her suitable mate in captivity

By Susan Montoya Bryan The Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE — A match made in the wilds of New Mexico?

An endangered Mexican wolf captured last weekend after wandering hundreds of miles from Arizona to New Mexico is now being readied for a dating game of sorts as part of federal reintroduction efforts.

But only time will tell whether the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service can succeed in finding a suitable mate for Asha, the female wolf numbered F2754. The newly captured wolf will be offered a choice among two brothers that are also housed at the federal government’s wolf management facility in central New Mexico.

It could be late February or early March before biologists know if their

efforts are successful.

It has been 25 years since Mexican gray wolves were first reintroduced into the Southwestern U.S. Through captive breeding and targeted releases, wildlife managers have been able to build up the population of what is the rarest subspecies of gray wolf in North America.

Despite fits and starts, the numbers have trended upward, with last year marking the most Mexican gray wolves documented in Arizona and New Mexico since the start of the program.

Federal and state wildlife managers had been tracking the lone female wolf for months, waiting for an opportunity to capture her again. Her journey began in the mountains of southeastern Arizona and crossed the dusty high desert of central New Mexico before reaching the edge of Valles Caldera National Preserve.

She spent weeks moving between the preserve and the San Pedro Mountains. After showing no signs of returning to the wolf recovery area, officials decided to capture her before the start

of the breeding season.

Their opportunity came Saturday near the rural community of Coyote, New Mexico. A helicopter crew working with the New Mexico Game and Fish Department shot her with a tranquilizer dart and then readied her for the trip south to the Sevilleta Wolf Management Facility.

It was about the well-being of the wolf, said Brady McGee, the Mexican wolf recovery coordinator.

“Dispersal events like this are often in search of a mate. As there are no other known wolves in the area, she was unlikely to be successful and risked being mistaken for a coyote and shot,” he said in a statement.

Officials said the goal is that the match-making efforts net pups in the spring and more wolves can be released to boost the wild population.

The recovery area spanning Arizona and New Mexico is currently home to more than 240 of the endangered predators. There also is a small population in Mexico.

Unapologetic ‘auntie’ of Native data Alaska woman fights to make sure Indigenous people are counted

By Susan Shain

The New York Times

Data has long been in the background of Abigail Echo-Hawk’s life. Growing up in rural Alaska, she remembers hearing stories about Indigenous data gatherers, like an uncle who counted beavers every spring so he’d know how many could be sustainably hunted the following winter.

But it wasn’t until her early 20s that Echo-Hawk realized that data was not just information — it could also be power. After reading a report from the Urban Indian Health Institute about infant mortality in Washington state’s Native community, Echo-Hawk shared it with a volunteer commission on which she served. That led to a 2012 Seattle ordinance protecting the right to breastfeed in public, as breastfeeding is linked to reduced infant mortality.

“A story by itself makes it easy for somebody to say this was just one person’s experience,” said Echo-Hawk, who lives outside Seattle and is a citizen of the Pawnee Nation. Data, on the other hand, makes people pay attention.

Echo-Hawk has since become a leading voice of the Indigenous data movement. She now directs the Urban Indian Health Institute, and is the executive vice president of its overseeing body, the Seattle Indian Health Board.

She wields data as a tool for racial equity, using it to dismantle stereotypes, highlight disparities and vie for funding.

Though Echo-Hawk admitted that even her own mother doesn’t really understand what she does, much of it boils down to making sure Indigenous people are counted.

“Her work tackling health inequities and bringing attention to the disturbing gaps in public health data for tribal

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Abigail Echo-Hawk, right, meets with colleagues last month in her office in front of a dress she created from body bags in Seattle. The dress, which evokes traditional Native American ribbon dresses, incorporates red handprints, which are symbols of the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women movement.

communities is nationally recognized,” Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said in an email. “Abigail is a change maker in the truest sense of the word.”

Echo-Hawk rose to national prominence in 2018 when she released data on the high rates of sexual violence experienced by Native women. That was followed by a much-cited report on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Though Echo-Hawk was far from the first or only person to draw attention to the issue of the missing women, more than a dozen states created corresponding task forces or reports in the years following.

Congress also passed two related laws.

Echo-Hawk, 44, comes from a wellknown family of Indigenous advocates.

Her adopted grandmother fought for subsistence fishing rights all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. One uncle helped found the Native American Rights Fund; another helped write the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. One sister ran for

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pandemic, she said.

“Undocumented folks make meaningful contributions to the system and rarely do they receive any of these benefits,” Rojo said.

Of participants, the majority were women with children and nearly all were Hispanic or Latino. Participants came from urban and rural areas of 13 New Mexico counties, including Santa Fe. After receiving the 12 or 18 months of

guaranteed income, Rojo said participants made gains to their employment, their children’s educational outcomes and their living situations compared to where they were at the start of the pilot. One factor that did not improve was health outcomes, he noted, with nearly three-quarters still being uninsured and about 20% still unvaccinated for COVID-19.

While guaranteed income is not a “silver bullet” to address inequities, Rojo said the results show it can still

mayor of Seattle in 2021.

Sofia Locklear, a member of the Lumbee Tribe and an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Toronto-Mississauga, said EchoHawk, her former mentor, had forced researchers to rethink fundamental questions like: Whom are we collecting data about? Who is collecting it? And what story are we trying to tell?

Because the nation’s American Indian and Alaska Native population is relatively small — 9.7 million people — some studies relegate it to an asterisk: “not statistically significant.” Yet some public health experts say that’s harmful.

The lack of data is “a way to erase Native people from dominant society,” said Melissa Walls, who is of Anishinaabe descent and is the co-director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health. “A lot of policy decisions are made based on data. And if there’s no data to tell the story of a given community, money’s not going to flow in our direction.”

make a meaningful difference in people’s lives.

Santa Fe resident Claudia Perez said she was very grateful to have participated in the program, which helped her send her children to college.

“I hope our government gives this opportunity to other families like mine,” she said in Spanish.

Tuesday was the first day results of the study were public. Díaz said the next step will be reaching out to legislators to share the results of the program and discuss how guaranteed income could be used as a policy tool to curb homelessness, strengthen the state’s workforce or achieve other outcomes.

The Empty Stocking Fund is a longstanding project of The New Mexican.

Each year, hundreds of people receive aid from the fund during the holiday season to help cover rent payments, medical bills, utility costs, car repairs, home improvements and other needs.

Who it helps: Applicants, who must live within 50 miles of Santa Fe and must provide documents that provide proof of their identity, are considered without regard to race, age, ethnicity, gender identity or sexual orientation. Applications are now closed.

How it works: Applications for funding are carefully vetted. Members of the Empty Stocking Committee review requests, meet with each qualifying applicant to examine records of outstanding bills or other needs and verify the applicant’s income. If a request is approved, the committee sends a check directly to the service supplier. Requests can be as much as $2,500 per household depending on the need.

2023 goal: $399,000.

This holiday charity project, which began in 1981, is jointly administered by the Santa Fe Community Foundation, Enterprise Bank and Trust, the Salvation Army, Presbyterian Medical Services, The Life Link, Habitat for Humanity, Esperanza Shelter, Youth Shelters and Family Services, Gerard’s House and a private individual.

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If you can provide a service such as roofing or home repairs, contact Habitat for Humanity at repairs@santafehabitat. org. If you can contribute food, clothing, toys, housewares, furniture, firewood or other items or services, call the Salvation Army at 505-988-8054.

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complaints about campaign tactics in last month’s city election.

City Councilor-elect Pilar Faulkner, who filed one ethics complaint and is the target of another, said she finds the government’s communication lacking.

“Transparency is one of the issues with how the city’s website is run. You should be able to see the [ethics] board and see the complaints that have been filed,” Faulkner said.

Arcy Baca filed complaints against Faulkner and two failed candidates for the City Council, Geno Zamora and Phil Lucero. Baca claims all three were deficient in filing reports on campaign expenditures.

The accused candidates submitted remarkably similar responses saying Baca doesn’t know what he’s talking about. My prediction is Baca’s complaint will go nowhere.

In turn, Faulkner filed a complaint hoping it will lead the ethics board to subpoena Baca. She claims Baca might know who was a behind a digital campaign ad Faulkner considered defamatory. Faulkner believes she received an unfair pummeling from persistent critics of city government who write under the pseudonym “Jay Baker.”

“It’s probably like seven people,” Faulkner said.

Anyone trying to follow the winding pleadings and politicking gets no help from the city.

Seven people are supposed to serve on the Ethics and Campaign Review Board. One seat is vacant.

According to a statement released Tuesday by the city clerk, the six sitting board members are Justin Miller, Judith Amer, Paul Biderman, Jose Puentes, Christina Brennan and Kristina Martinez. They were appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the City Council.

In the 2021 campaign, the ethics board was in the terrible habit of retreating behind closed doors to discuss and debate the merits of complaints they’d just heard in public. Members initially claimed they could be more candid without the public listening.

I wrote a column saying if they couldn’t be speak honestly before the public, they didn’t belong on the board.

Board members did the right thing after that, ending closed sessions as they deliberated on complaints.

To be seen is if that spirit of openness will persist. Of all city operations, the ethics board became among the most open, though its effectiveness in curtailing campaign shenanigans was unimpressive.

While seeking reelection in 2021, Webber slapped his campaign logo on information about taxpayer-funded events in two public parks, then distributed the flyer in an email blast. The ethics board nonetheless dismissed a complaint against the mayor on a 3-2 vote.

Justice wasn’t done, but at least the board misfired in the open. That’s a win in a mostly secret society.

Ringside Seat is an opinion column about people, politics and news. Contact Milan Simonich at msimonich@sfnewmexican. com or 505-986-3080.

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affordable housing,” Commissioner Hank Hughes said, adding a 10% cap is “too much for any area” of the county.

“If we are trying to protect our housing stock a little bit, I think the limits need to be a little bit closer to what’s existing, with a little room for growth ... but not more than twice as much,” he said.

Commissioners said they intend to set caps depending on communities’ character and the number of existing rentals in each. “One size fits all doesn’t work,” said Commission chairwoman Anna Hansen.

The proposed ordinance also limits the number of short-term rentals one

person or company can own to a total of five, after some commissioners raised concerns in a November meeting about the “corporatization” of non-owner-occupied rentals.

It also would prevent more than 10 people from staying in a short-term rental, whether owner-occupied or non-owner-occupied, at one time.

Rentals can accommodate no more than two people per bedroom under the existing ordinance, but neighbors have complained about some owners adding bedrooms to homes in order to host over a dozen guests.

The new rule, if passed, would grandfather 10 short-term rentals already permitted to accommodate 12 or more guests.

IN OTHER ACTION The commission on Tuesday: u Authorized a purchase of a large building on about 4 acres at 242 Dinosaur Trail in Santa Fe for an estimated $2.2 million for use by the Santa Fe County Clerk’s Office. The building includes 7,500 square feet of warehouse space and 1,800 square feet of office space. u Reappointed one member (Wendy Melgin-Pierard) and appointed two new members (Jeremy Mier and Daniel Pava) to two-year terms on the seven-member Planning Commission. u Approved a $275,000 project to turn the property of the existing Cerrillos Volunteer Fire Station at 10 River St. into a small park with amenities such as a pavilion, picnic tables and barbecue grills once the new Cerrillos Senior Center and Turquoise Trail Volunteer Fire Station are built. u Approved a $617,000 contract with Architectural Research Consultants, Inc. to assess the condition of all county facilities — including parks, trails and buildings — and evaluate the capacity of the county’s water infrastructure to support future growth. The county awarded the contract without competitive bidding, in part because Architectural Research Consultants, Inc. has some data and expertise from completing a similar facility assessment in 2015, county staff said.

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he residents of Farmington lost an opportunity to participate in an event designed to reduce the number of guns in their community. A gun buyback — designed so people can safely rid themselves of unwanted firearms — was canceled abruptly last week.

City Manager Rob Mayes said in a news release he and police Chief Steve Hebbe decided the community just wasn’t ready for such an event. One reason given — not

by Mayes but by critics of the event — is Farmington residents didn’t want a liberal gun group, in this case New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence, in their town. The organization, which campaigns against guns and gun violence, was partnering with the Farmington Police Department for the event.

“Inviting a liberal anti-gun activist group into Farmington in an effort to disarm the general public in exchange for grocery gift cards was a mistake,” Farmington real estate agent Bryan Crawford wrote on Facebook.

“I am glad the public was heard and you guys chose to do the right thing.”

It’s hard to comprehend how a town that just experienced a mass shooting in May — three women were shot and killed — wouldn’t welcome a buyback. This isn’t a mandatory, the government-wants-yourguns event.

It was an opportunity for individuals to clean out the closet for guns they don’t want, whether because of an inheritance or concern for a family member’s state of mind. The guns are decommissioned on the spot and later reshaped by high school students in Albuquerque into garden tools.

Such private-public partnerships won’t solve the gun violence epidemic, but they can make homes and neighborhoods safer, one at a time.

Here’s how they work: New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence works with local law enforcement across the state to host these kinds of events. For each gun turned in, an individual receives

a gift card — with amounts ranging from $250 to $100, depending on the type of weapon surrendered. The buyback in Farmington would have been no different than other group-sponsored events in Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Española and other locations across the state.

If nothing else, gun owners could have shown up to grab free trigger locks — safe storage can mean the difference between life and death or injury from an accidental shooting. So far, the nonprofit group has hosted 18 gun buybacks — Farmington would have been No. 19 — and brought in more than 2,000 guns. These are guns that cannot become a tool in a suicide attempt or fired in anger at a spouse or significant other. They can’t be stolen and used in a crime. A troubled teen can’t take a gun from home and shoot a friend.

These guns will be put out of commission, unlike what has happened in other parts of the country. A weekend New York Times investigation revealed how companies that

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t seems the New Mexico Democratic Party is in the process of kowtowing to the virtue-signaling noisy left (“N.M. Dems seek cease-fire resolution,” Dec. 9). I urge that cooler heads prevail in my party, recognizing the fundamental lesson of the 1930s was that aggression must be punished. Hamas is the clear aggressor and thus there can be no cease-fire until it is crushed.

Santa Fe

Water questions The governor’s Strategic Water Supply outline should be very concerning. There’s no mention that reclaimed produced water should absolutely be the only water used in the oil and gas industry? The oil and gas industry despoils clean water in the fracking process. Toxic waste comes back up with the oil. And we will buy it back after it is treated?

Sounds like the orphan wells mess is being left for the taxpayers. Let’s not allow a major contributor to our water problem to go unmentioned. Let’s not exacerbate our water situation by introducing treated toxic wastewater, and the unknown poisons removed, into nature.

The technology doesn’t exist to economically generate large quantities of industrial water. Should New Mexicans be burdened with a half-billion-dollar possible boondoggle?

Sandoval County’s miserable failure on a public/private partnership in treated brine water should be required reading. I believe that Ponzi scheme is still producing.

Mike Neas

Placitas

An uplifting chamber I wanted to take a moment to applaud Bridget Dixson and her team at the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce for their incredible 12-part resolutions for businesses. In this day and age, where we’re hit with so many negative articles on subpar business practices, it’s refreshing and actually uplifting to see and read the 12th elements she has curated for Santa Fe businesses. I applaud her leadership and her team. We are very lucky in Santa Fe to have such an outstanding chamber. Thank you, Bridget!

Barbara Deppman

Santa Fe

Talented production You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown — the inaugural production of the highly experienced founders behind Family Theatre of

From The Santa Fe New Mexican: Dec. 13, 1923: Deming, Dec. 13 — George Lindly, 11 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Lindly, of this city, has a badly torn hand as the result of an accidental shooting. The boy had been hunting rabbits and was standing with his hand on the muzzle of the gun when it was accidentally discharged, part of the hand being blown away.

He was rushed to the office of Dr. Vickers, where the injured member was dressed and is doing nicely, although it

is feared that the hand will be permanently crippled.

Dec. 13, 1948: Phil Eagan, accountant and lameduck son-in-law of the governor, is rounding up support for appointment as chief clerk of the senate. The post was held last year by Mattye Hare Davis of Silver City who may and may not be a contender for reappointment. Eva Ellen Sabin of Gallup who did a good and popular job at the post for a dozen years up through 1945 is said not to be interested in returning. The position is one of some influence due to the clerk’s close association with the lawmakers.

Dec. 13, 1973: Mayor Joseph E. Valdes agreed

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take weapons surrendered in gun buybacks remove a key part of the gun but sell the rest for parts — in essence, keeping a firearm in circulation. It’s a particularly cynical case of meeting the letter of the law but violating the spirit.

Mayes said greater community collaboration and education are necessary before Farmington can host such an event. That’s a shame, since the event itself provides education. The timing was somewhat poignant as well; the Dec. 9 event would have been held six years and two days after a tragic school shooting at nearby Aztec High School on Dec. 7, 2017. Two students died as a result.

Farmington is a community where many residents are loud and proud to exercise their Second Amendment rights. That’s their prerogative. Unfortunately, city leaders didn’t give others in the community a chance to make their voices heard. We’d bet they would’ve spoken by attending the event and leaving weapons behind.

Santa Fe — is quality, family-friendly theater at its best. The talented cast brings fresh energy to the beloved Peanuts characters.

Adult actors skillfully deliver child-like innocence, heartbreak, determination, and ultimately, important life lessons. This show is for every kid who sometimes struggles with school, love, sports or friends. It’s also for all of us as a reminder that joy, hope and meaning await in the face of adversity. I can’t say enough about the many reasons to get your tickets — the last shows are Friday, Saturday and Sunday (Dec. 15, 16 and 17) — for a fun and memorable holiday experience.

Visit familytheatresantafe.org for tickets and information.

Kathryn Shelley

Santa Fe

See the show I saw You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, the first production of the Santa Fe Family Theatre, last night. The musical is directed

by Jeanette Kolokoff, and the jazzy piano accompaniment is by Will Varner. Both are new to Santa Fe and have long musical theater résumés. The young cast were all fine actors and singers, and some of the solos and ensemble pieces really stood out. I enjoyed seeing the audience full of young people and families, including extended families who took up big blocks of seats. It was great to hear kids laugh and occasionally talk back to the actors.

I think everyone enjoyed being in the company of the talented actors as the wacky and

Wednesday to invite Plaza property owners out to dinner, in the hope that the city’s dessert will be funds to help brick the Plaza’s streets.

The mayor’s decision followed a report at a City Council meeting that some property owners “have expressed a reluctance” to pay a share of the brick paving costs.

Dec. 13, 1998: Fred Libby has seen graffiti in the bathroom of his downtown ice cream store. He has seen it on the walls of the nearby bank. And although he believes people have a right to express themselves, he said it is frustrating when a business owner has to pick up the tab.

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wise Peanuts characters. It runs through this weekend. If you are looking for quality family theater this holiday, I highly recommend it.

Lynn Woodbury

Santa Fe

Conveying the message The Fourth Estate’s influence is potent in shaping harmony or discord among people, elected officials and city staff. Regarding the midtown development issue highlighted in the article (“Midtown housing project to forgo affordable units,” Dec. 5), an erroneous detail led readers to believe the city had abandoned its affordable housing commitments. Despite a prompt correction, such factual errors, especially on the politically charged matter of midtown’s affordability goals, cause politically active residents to pounce and erode faith and trust in the city staff tasked with executing this critical and intricate redevelopment.

The New Mexican’s news team and editorial board would be well-served to convene with city staff and strategize how our state’s paper of record can guide the people toward a better comprehension of the complexities entwined in achieving our collective commitment to attaining a 30% affordability threshold for all residential units that will eventually be constructed at the city-owned midtown site.

Miles D. Conway

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Proposed pallet shelter project lifts church — and may do same for city’s unhoused, Dec. 11

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Similar programs have had “ some difficulty populating

such small homes, but having a small congregation involved should really help.”

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early every aspect of the ongoing conflict in Gaza has been a tragic disaster, except for the recent negotiations that led to the release of hostages. That deal was no failure. Freeing more than 100 people is a success by any metric. But even more critically, the effort should stand as a wake-up call to the world about the urgent need to combat the scourge of hostage-taking, a phenomenon that has only become more prevalent in recent years.

Above all else, the hostage deal stands as a rebuke of the tired notion that one does not negotiate with terrorists — state or nonstate — to free the unjustly detained.

On the moral plane, the argument should be self-evident, especially for democracies: While autocrats can shrug, citizens’ lives and freedom are of paramount importance to democratically elected officials. This is as it should be.

Part of the essence of being a citizen of a democracy is that your welfare matters to your country and its leaders.

Both Israel and the United States have negotiated with hostage-takers to free their citizens in the past, although usually on a much smaller scale. In 2006, Hamas captured an Israeli soldier named Gilad Shalit, releasing him five years later in exchange for about 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. Critics of negotiations like to point to Israel’s daring 1976 commando raid, which freed more than 100 hostages being held by Palestinian and German hijackers in Entebbe, Uganda, as a better model. They argue negotiations, such as the Shalit trade, emboldened hostage-taking. Indeed, Hamas itself has said it hoped the Oct. 7 raid would produce ample hostages that would compel Israel to free all of its Palestinian prisoners.

In this, the critics have a partial point: Deterrence matters, and hostage-taking has not been sufficiently discouraged. My Post Opinions colleagues and I have reported on the upsurge in hostage-taking, especially in the past few years. But the world is thus far doing very little in response.

Hamas’ brazen abductions have focused the world’s attention not merely because of their scale, but also because the victims come from across the world — more than three dozen nationalities were represented among the estimated 239 initially abducted. The fact that a substantial number were women, children and elderly people further drove global attention on the standoff.

This hostage crisis was not just an Israeli problem but also very much a global one.

Getting deterrence right is no simple matter. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has said military action put more pressure on Hamas to come to the table and that continued hostilities could yield further breakthroughs. That might or might not be true in this case, but it does not address deterrence credibly: States are unlikely to declare total war on hostage-takers every time their citizens are abducted, as Israel has done this time. And of course, the hostages are by no means the only reason for Israel’s military response.

There is therefore an urgent need to come up with a comprehensive hostage strategy, to be pursued by the world’s democracies and other friendly governments, to cultivate deterrence options. It’s critical that the problem be approached holistically, not as a series of one-off outrages — which is how most countries approach each new case today. To that end, intelligence agencies need to proactively and collaboratively identify perpetrators, and apply concerted pressure on the hostage-takers and the states that harbor them.

Penalties must be severe. Travel bans, deportations and asset seizures are one piece of the puzzle that are starting to net results. So is prosecution, where feasible.

The deportation of the human rights abusers and hostage planners’ relatives living in the West is low-hanging fruit that has yet to be tried in earnest despite proposed legislation that would target them. The idea is to hurt the perpetrators, not the ordinary subjects under their rule.

Israel’s goal of neutralizing Hamas is legitimate, but the cost in innocent Palestinian civilian lives is tragic, unacceptable and ultimately counterproductive. And it certainly does nothing to combat future hostage-taking.

Our common humanity demands freeing innocent people being used as political or military tools, but not at the expense of other innocents.

Jason Rezaian writes for The Washington Post.

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Indoor sport is livelier than soccer but with heavier ball and only 5 players on floor

By Will Webber

wwebber@sfnewmexican.com

It’s game week for the city’s newest professional sports organization.

The Santa Fe Gloom, an expansion club in a national indoor futsal league, will play its first game Saturday night.

Team owner David Fresquez has worked for months to get the team on the field. On Tuesday, he said he’s proud to put his product out in the open.

“My message is that I want this to have a community feel, something that’s accessible to everyone,” he said. “I see

this as an opportunity for the community to come together for a team that’s here for them.”

There are plenty of questions about the team and, frankly, futsal. Here are answers for at least some of them:

1. What’s this?

It’s not soccer, so don’t try calling it that. It’s not even indoor soccer. There’s such a thing as indoor soccer, and this isn’t it. It looks and sounds like it, though. Futsal is on a smaller, harder surface and played with a smaller, harder, less bouncy ball. There’s five

players to a side, including the goalie.

It’s a game that emphasizes ball control and finesse while the smaller number of players allows for more scoring — lots more. What beer league softball is to baseball, futsal is to (gulp) soccer.

2. The league Santa Fe is a member of the National Futsal Premier League, an eight-team association with Midwest and Southwest divisions. The Gloom, of course, are in the Southwest alongside New Mexico Flagship FC (Albuquerque), Colorado Futsal Academy (Aurora, Colo.) and Brusa FC (Mesa, Ariz.). Santa Fe will play a nine-game schedule; at home Saturday, four straight games on the road, then the final four in town.

The Gloom faces each division rival three times, making two trips to Arizona to play Brusa FC.

3. It’s free Saturday’s game allows people to walk into the gym and watch at no charge. The team is banking on the goodwill of the game to help spread the word before the team’s next home game eight weeks later when it hosts Brusa FC on Feb. 10. That means people who watch Saturday’s game have two months to get their friends, co-workers and family to join them when it’s not on the house.

4. Familiar surroundings

SANTA FE GLOOM First game: 7 p.m. Saturday against Colorado Futsal Academy Where: Santa Fe High’s Toby Roybal Gymnasium Cost: Free

Memorial Gymnasium will serve as home of the Gloom. For the purposes of futsal, the bleacher seats behind each basket will be pushed back while those on the sidelines will remain in place.

The goals will reside somewhere in the neighborhood of the first few rows while the sidelines are, well, out of bounds. If the ball goes out of play, it’s just like hoops — the clock stops until the action resumes. Take that, soccer.

5. Subbing Teams can sub players on the fly, much like hockey. Well, sort of.

Santa Fe High’s spacious Toby Roybal

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Tragedy sparks debate

Broncos safety says Goodell no help on bad hits

By Arnie Stapleton

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in. Price, he said, can be a factor for many parents.

He said the store has been selling a lot of neck guards since Johnson’s death, just as it did in 2022 when a Connecticut 16-year-old, Teddy Balkind, suffered a fatal cut to the throat.

He was playing for a private prep school, St. Luke, in a league that did not require neck guards even though the organization overseeing public youth hockey does.

Courtney Anderson was at home in Edina, Minn., when she read of Balkind’s death. Her 14-year old son, Evan Smolik, was a goalie on a bantam team in a league that did not require neck guards. She persuaded him to wear one.

A couple of weeks later, Evan was at practice when a teammate’s skate struck his throat. The cut hit his jugular vein, but the guard prevented it from cutting his carotid artery. Evan lost three pints of blood, but survived thanks to the guard and the quick work of a doctor at the rink and local paramedics, Anderson said.

Now 16, Evan is still playing and has persuaded his team to mandate neck guards.

“I feel like people mainly don’t wear neck guards because it’s not seen as cool or it looks dumb,” he

PARKER, Colo. enver Broncos suspended safety Kareem Jackson admittedly hasn’t learned his lesson after forfeiting nearly $1 million of his salary for a series of illegal hits that have resulted in a pair of ejections, multiple fines and six weeks’ worth of lost wages.

That’s because the NFL isn’t a very good tutor, Jackson said.

The 14-year veteran argues he’s being singled out by the league and that the NFL has no adequate answers about how he’s supposed to change his hard-hitting playing style to conform to today’s game where the league scorns the collisions it once celebrated.

Jackson was granted an audience with Commissioner Roger Goodell two weeks ago following his second suspension and it didn’t exactly go as he had hoped.

“I was told that I’m responsible for the offensive guys’ protection,” Jackson said Monday night before hosting 50 youth from the Boys & Girls Club of Denver for his annual “JackaClaus Shopping Spree” at a Walmart in suburban Parker.

“So, I’m not really sure how I protect myself, make plays and protect them, as well. But that’s what I was told. And I’m not really sure what I do moving forward as far as playing this game. So, hopefully I’ll figure it out.

“At the end of the day,” added Jackson, “I’m going to go out and I’ll play the game as I have since 2010,” Jackson said.

That ought to worry coach Sean Payton and Broncos fans.

He drew his second suspension for the first tackle he made upon his return from his first suspension when he blasted Vikings quarterback Joshua Dobbs in Week 11.

Thanks largely to the heady, steady play of his replacement, PJ Locke, the first safety in team history to record sacks in three consecutive games, the Broncos (7-6) have won four of the five games Jackson has missed.

Denver is trying to become just the fourth team since the merger to make the playoffs despite starting out 1-5.

The Broncos trail the sliding Kansas City Chiefs (8-5) by just one game in the AFC West, and Jackson is eligible to return to practice next week ahead of the Broncos’ Christmas Eve game against New England.

They could sure use their tone-setter down the stretch, providing he doesn’t get kicked out any more.

“For me, I guess, lowering my target [zone] even more than I have,” is one way, to avoid more trouble, Jackson said.

“As far as trying to protect the guy on the other side, it’s impossible. I have no clue as to how I’m supposed to do that.”

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Nottingham Panthers fans wearing number 47, Adam Johnson’s number, before a memorial game Nov. 18 in Nottingham, England. The memorial game was held three weeks after Adam Johnson, 29, suffered a fatal cut to his neck during a game against Sheffield Steelers on Oct. 28.

Player’s death from throat cut puts neck guards in spotlight

By Pat Eaton-Robb

The Associated Press

SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. day after professional hockey player Adam Johnson suffered a fatal cut to his throat during a game in England, Dan Sacco went out and ordered his 10-year-old twins new neck guards.

Colton and Harper Sacco play together as squirts — 9- and 10-yearolds — for the youth hockey program in North Branford, Conn. They already had neck guards, which are required for youth hockey in the state, but Sacco said he took another look at them after Johnson’s death in October.

“They were small,” he said. “So I got new ones that are made not to be sliced through and they’re bigger. It’s scary.”

Harper, a center, was not a big fan.

“At first I said it was a choking device, because it went up to here,” she said, pointing to her chin. “But I got used to it.”

Johnson’s death has renewed a debate over whether there needs to

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Lightning left winger Cole Koepke wears a protective neck guard against the Oilers on Nov. 18 in Tampa, Fla.

be uniform standards and mandates for neck guards and other safety equipment when it comes to youth hockey. USA Hockey, the nation’s national governing body for the sport, recommends neck guards, but does not mandate them, leading to different policies — even within states.

Dan Larochelle, a manager of the pro shop at the South Windsor Arena in Connecticut, said the guards he sells range in price from about $15 for a standard, relatively thin wraparound guard, to $110 for hockey shirts made of cut-resistant material that come with thicker guards built

Florida fines school for letting trans student play girls volleyball

By Terry Spencer

The Associated Press

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida’s state athletic board fined a high school and put it on probation Tuesday after a transgender student played on the girls volleyball team, a violation of a controversial law enacted by Gov. Ron

DeSantis and the Legislature.

The Florida High School Athletic Association fined Monarch High $16,500, ordered the principal and athletic director to attend rules seminars and placed the suburban Fort Lauderdale school on probation for 11 months, meaning further violations could lead to increased punishments. The association

also barred the girl from participating in boys sports for 11 months.

The 2021 law, which supporters named The Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, bars transgender girls and women from playing on public school teams intended for student athletes identified as girls at birth.

The student, a 10th grader who

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played in 33 matches over the last two seasons, was removed from the team last month after the Broward County School District was notified by an anonymous tipster about her participation.

Her removal led hundreds of Monarch students to walk out of class two weeks ago in protest.

The Associated Press is not naming

the student to protect her privacy.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) 7 p.m. PAC-12N — Texas at Arizona

SOCCER (MEN’S) 1 p.m. CBSSN — UEFA Champions League Group Stage: Lazio at Atlético Madrid, Group E 5 p.m. FS2 — 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup Draw

COLLEGE FOOTBALL 6 p.m. ESPNU — NJCAA Championship: East Mississippi vs. Iowa Western, Little Rock, Ark.

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L.A. Chargers at Las Vegas, 6:15 p.m.

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Pittsburgh at Indianapolis, 2:30 p.m.

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Atlanta at Carolina, 11 a.m.

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Kansas City at New England, 11 a.m.

N.Y. Giants at New Orleans, 11 a.m.

N.Y. Jets at Miami, 11 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Green Bay, 11 a.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 2:05 p.m.

Washington at L.A. Rams, 2:05 p.m.

Dallas at Buffalo, 2:25 p.m.

Baltimore at Jacksonville, 6:20 p.m.

MONDAY, DEC. 18

Philadelphia at Seattle, 6:15 p.m.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL 2023-24 BOWLS SATURDAY

Myrtle Beach Bowl Conway, S.C. Georgia Southern vs. Ohio, 9 a.m.

Celebration Bowl Atlanta Howard vs. Florida A&M, 10 a.m.

New Orleans Bowl New Orleans Jacksonville St. vs. Louisiana, 12:15 PM Cure Bowl Orlando, Fla. Miami (Ohio) vs. Appalachian St., 1:30 p.m.

New Mexico Bowl Albuquerque, N.M. New Mexico St. vs. Fresno St., 3:45 p.m.

LA Bowl Hosted Inglewood, Calif.

UCLA vs. Boise St., 5:30 p.m.

Independence Bowl Shreveport, La. California vs. Texas Tech, 7:15 p.m.

MONDAY

Famous Toastery Bowl Charlotte, N.C. W. Kentucky vs. Old Dominion, 12:30 p.m.

TUESDAY, DEC 19

Frisco Bowl Frisco, Texas UTSA vs. Marshall, 7 p.m.

THURSDAY, DEC. 21 Boca Raton Bowl Boca Raton, Fla. USF vs. Syracuse, 6 p.m.

FRIDAY, DEC. 22

Gasparilla Bowl Tampa, Fla. Georgia Tech vs. UCF, 4:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, DEC. 23

Camellia Bowl Montgomery, Ala. Arkansas St. vs. N. Illinois, 10 a.m.

Birmingham Bowl Birmingham, Ala. Troy vs. Duke, 10 a.m.

Armed Forces Bowl Fort Worth, Texas No. 24 James Madison vs. Air Force, 1:30 p.m.

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Boise, Idaho Georgia St. vs. Utah St., 1:30 p.m.

68 Ventures Bowl Mobile, Ala. South Alabama vs. Eastern Michigan, 5 p.m.

Las Vegas Bowl Las Vegas, Nev. Utah vs. Northwestern, 5:30 p.m.

Hawaii Bowl Honolulu, Hawaii Coastal Carolina vs. San Jose St., 8:30 p.m.

TUESDAY, DEC. 26

Quick Lane Bowl Detroit Bowling Green vs. Minnesota, noon First Responder Bowl Dallas Texas St. vs. Rice, 3:30 p.m.

Guaranteed Rate Bowl Phoenix Kansas vs. UNLV, 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 27

Military Bowl Presented Annapolis, Md. No. 23 Tulane vs. Virginia Tech, noon Duke’s Mayo Bowl Charlotte, N.C.

PF

380 299 280 230

218 272 287 250 228 309 282 259

PA

233 321 314 395

PA

269 261 270 341

PA

314 242 267 309

PA

205 290 318 331

5-2-0 6-1-0 4-3-0 4-4-0

4-3-0 4-3-0 2-5-0 4-3-0

HOME 7-0-0 5-1-0 3-3-0 1-5-0

HOME

4-3-0 3-3-0 3-3-0 1-4-0

HOME 4-2-0 2-4-0 4-2-0 3-3-0

HOME

5-1-0 3-3-0 4-2-0 2-4-0

5-1-0 2-4-0 3-3-0 3-2-0 4-2-0 3-3-0 3-3-0 1-5-0

AWAY 3-3-0 5-2-0 2-5-0 3-4-0

AWAY 2-4-0 3-4-0 3-4-0 0-8-0

AWAY 5-2-0 5-2-0 2-5-0 2-5-0

AWAY

5-2-0 3-4-0 2-5-0 1-6-0

6-3-0 6-3-0 3-6-0 5-4-0

AFC

6-2-0 4-5-0 3-5-0 3-5-0

AFC

3-0-0 4-1-0 1-4-0 2-2-0

AFC

2-2-0 3-2-0 1-3-0 1-3-0

AFC

3-1-0 1-3-0 2-3-0 1-3-0

AFC

2-2-0 2-3-0 1-2-0 1-4-0

NFC

DIV

3-1-0 2-2-0 1-3-0 2-2-0

2-1-0 3-2-0 2-2-0 2-2-0

3-4-0 5-2-0 2-4-0 4-2-0

AFC

NFC

3-1-0 3-1-0 2-2-0 0-5-0

6-4-0 4-4-0 5-4-0 3-6-0

T

4 6 7 8

AFC

6-3-0 4-5-0 3-6-0 3-5-0

5-1-0 2-4-0 5-2-0 1-6-0

3 3 8 9

L

9 7 6 5

4-3-0 2-4-0 2-3-0 2-4-0

AWAY

L

W

AWAY

HOME

5 6 8 8

W

Dallas Philadelphia N.Y. Giants Washington South

5-1-0 5-2-0 3-5-0 1-6-0

PA

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East

HOME

290 279 330 282

.769 .615 .538 .538

PF

PA

294 244 257 272

312 287 314 241

L

8 7 5 5

411 348 201 169

.615 .538 .538 .385

0 0 0 0

W

Kansas City Denver L.A. Chargers Las Vegas

PF

.692 .538 .385 .231

PCT

0 0 0 0

L

PCT

0 0 0 0

T

5 6 6 8

W

T

4 6 8 10

SCOREBOARD

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN

4-0-0 2-2-0 4-0-0 2-2-0

NFC

2-3-0 3-1-0 2-3-0 2-3-0

NFC

7-3-0 6-2-0 4-4-0 2-7-0

NFC

4-5-0 3-5-0 5-4-0 0-9-0

NFC

6-3-0 6-3-0 4-4-0 4-5-0

NFC

8-1-0 4-4-0 5-5-0 2-6-0

DIV

3-2-0 3-2-0 0-4-0 3-1-0

DIV

3-1-0 2-2-0 1-2-0 1-2-0

DIV

4-1-0 3-1-0 2-2-0 0-5-0

DIV

3-1-0 2-2-0 3-1-0 0-4-0

DIV

2-2-0 2-1-0 2-2-0 2-3-0

DIV

4-0-0 4-1-0 1-4-0 0-4-0

North Carolina vs. West Virginia, 3:30 p.m.

Holiday Bowl San Diego, Calif.

No. 16 Louisville vs. Southern Cal, 6 p.m.

Texas Bowl Houston No. 22 Oklahoma St. vs. Texas A&M, 7 p.m.

THURSDAY, DEC. 28

Fenway Bowl Bronx, N.Y. No. 17 SMU vs. Boston College, 9 a.m.

Pinstripe Bowl Boston, Mass.

Rutgers vs. Miami, 12:15 p.m.

Pop-Tarts Bowl Orlando, Fla. No. 19 NC State vs. Kansas St., 3:45 p.m.

Alamo Bowl San Antonio, Texas No. 12 Oklahoma No. 14 Arizona, 7:15 p.m.

FRIDAY, DEC. 29

Gator Bowl Jacksonville, Fla. Clemson vs. Kentucky, 10 a.m.

Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas No. 15 Notre Dame vs. No. 21 Oregon St., noon Liberty Bowl Memphis, Tenn.

Memphis vs. Iowa St., 1:30 p.m.

Cotton Bowl Arlington, Texas No. 7 Ohio St. vs. No. 9 Missouri, 6 p.m.

SATURDAY, DEC. 30

Peach Bowl Atlanta No. 10 Penn St. vs. No. 11 Mississippi, 10 a.m.

Music City Bowl Nashville, Tenn.

Maryland vs. Auburn, noon Orange Bowl Miami No. 5 Florida vs. No. 6 Georgia, 2 p.m.

Arizona Bowl Tucson, Ariz.

Toledo vs. Wyoming, 2:30 p.m.

MONDAY, JAN. 1

ReliaQuest Bowl Tampa, Fla. No. 13 LSU vs. Wisconsin, 10 a.m.

Citrus Bowl Orlando, Fla. No. 20 Iowa vs. No. 25 Tennessee, 11 a.m.

Fiesta Bowl Glendale, Ariz.

No. 8 Oregon vs. No. 18 Liberty, 11 a.m.

Rose Bowl College Football Playoff Semifinal Pasadena, Calif.

No. 1 Michigan vs. No. 5 Alabama, 3 p.m.

Allstate Sugar Bowl College Football Playoff Semifinal New Orleans No. 2 Washington vs. No. 3 Texas, 6:45 p.m.

MONDAY, JAN. 8

CFP National Championship Houston Semifinal winners, 5:30 p.m.

PREP SCORES TUESDAY BOYS BASKETBALL

Alamogordo 62, Deming 34 Bernalillo 59, Espanola Valley 54 Bloomfield 54, Newcomb 35 Carlsbad 59, Gadsden 36 Clovis Christian 68, Plainview Christian, Texas 17 Da Vinci Science and Arts, Texas 65, Chaparral 41 East Mountain 46, Monte del Sol 43 Farmington 56, Kirtland Central 54 Grants 90, Shiprock 62 Hozho 59, Shiprock Northwest 24 Kermit, Texas 66, Jal 51 McCurdy 74, Cottonwood Classical 63 Mora 57, Raton 56 Pine Hill 67, Chesterton 35 Rio Grande 50, Moriarty 37 St. Pius X 81, Los Alamos 44 Taos 77, Aztec 44 Texline, Texas 65, Des Moines 46 Valley 76, Bosque School 31 Zuni 88, Ramah 27

TUESDAY GIRLS BASKETBALL

Belen 61, Socorro 38 Bosque School 38, Academy for Technology and The Classics 37 Clovis 59, Artesia 33 Clovis Christian 52, Plainview Christian, Texas 6 Crownpoint 43, Cuba 34 Del Norte 45, Manzano 28 East Mountain 24, Monte del Sol 9 Eldorado 70, Cleveland 58 Estancia 57, Capitan 38 Hondo 57, Capitan 38 Hozho 38, Shiprock Northwest 36 Kirtland Central 70, Grants 32 Los Lunas 56, Atrisco Heritage 31 Mesilla Valley Christian 61, Hot Springs 26 Newcomb 34, Aztec 29 Pine Hill 60, Chesterton 11 Robertson 54, Hope Christian 53 Sandia 72, Albuquerque High 39 Santa Fe Indian 38, Capital 26 Silver 60, Lordsburg 42 St. Michael’s 42, Pecos 34 St. Pius X 55, West Mesa 31 Tatum 51, Dora 33 Volcano Vista 54, La Cueva 40

PREP SCHEDULE Subject to change. Check with schools regarding tickets and game times and dates. Send changes to sports@sfnewmexican.com.

Wednesday Boys basketball — St. Michael’s at Capital, 7 p.m.

Girls basketball — Peñasco at Taos, 7 p.m.

Thursday Boys basketball — Ben Lujan Tournament at Pojoaque Valley: round robin, Dulce vs. Monte del Sol, 12:30 p.m.; Santa Fe Indian School vs. Bernalillo, 3:30 p.m.; Portales vs.

Pojoaque Valley, 6:30 p.m.

Wildcat Winter Jam at Questa: Wagon Mound vs. Questa, 12:30 p.m.; Maxwell vs. Abq. Legacy Academy, 3:30 p.m.; San Luis (Colo.)

Centennial vs. Questa, 6:30 p.m.

Bruce King Tournament at Moriarty: first round, Melrose vs. Las Vegas Robertson, 1:30 p.m.

Hub City Tournament at Belen: first round, Academy for Technology and the Classics vs. Belen, 7:15 p.m.

Mescalero Holiday Classic at Mescalero Apache: first round, Quemado vs. Escalante, 12:30 p.m.

J. May Classic at Tularosa: first round, Lordsburg vs. McCurdy, 5 p.m.

Capital at Española Valley, 7 p.m.

New Mexico School for the Deaf at Tierra Encantada, 6:30 p.m.

Peñasco at Springer, 5 p.m.

Los Alamos at Valencia, 5:30 p.m.

Girls basketball — Ben Lujan Tournament at Pojoaque Valley: first round, Capital vs. Academy for Technology and the Classics, 9:30 a.m.; Crownpoint vs. Portales, 11 a.m.; Dulce vs.

Monte del Sol, 2 p.m.; Shiprock vs.

Pojoaque Valley, 5 p.m.

LadyCat Winter Jam at Questa: Maxwell vs. Questa, 11 a.m.; Rehoboth Christian vs. Abq. Legacy Academy, 2 p.m.; San Luis (Colo.) Centennial vs. Questa, 5 p.m.

Mel Otero Tournament at Rio Rancho: first round, Santa Fe High vs.

Abq. Sandia, 5 p.m.

Mescalero Holiday Classic at Mescalero Apache: first round, Gateway Christian vs. Escalante, 2 p.m.

New Mexico School for the Deaf at Tierra Encantada, 5 p.m.

Friday Boys basketball — Ben Lujan Tournament at Pojoaque Valley: round robin, Dulce vs. Portales, 12:30 p.m.; Santa Fe Indian School vs. Monte del Sol, 3:30 p.m.; Beralillo vs. Pojoaque Valley, 6:30 p.m.

PREP ROUNDUP

Wildcat Winter Jam at Questa: TBA Las Vegas Robertson at Bruce King Tournament at Moriarty: TBA Academy for Technology and the Classics at Hub City Tournament at Belen: TBA Escalante at Mescalero Holiday Classic at Mescalero Apache: TBA McCurdy at J. May Classic at Tularosa: TBA Santa Fe High at St. Michael’s, 7 p.m.

Mesa Vista at Pecos, 7:30 p.m.

Girls basketball — Ben Lujan Tournament at Pojoaque Valley: semifinals, Capital/Academy for Technology and the Classics winner vs. Portales/ Crownpoint winner, 2 p.m.; Dulce/ Monte del Sol winner vs. Shiprock/ Pojoaque Valley winner, 5 p.m.; consolation, Capital/Academy for Technology and the Classics loser vs. Portales/Crownpoint loser, 9:30 a.m.; Dulce/Monte del Sol loser vs. Shiprock/Pojoaque Valley loser, 11 a.m.

LadyCat Winter Jam at Questa: TBA Mel Otero Tournament at Rio Rancho: semifinal/consolation, Santa Fe High vs. Las Cruces Centennial/Rio Grancho, 1 p.m.(semifinal)/3 p.m.(consolation) Escalante at Mescalero Holiday Classic at Mescalero Apache: TBA St. Michael’s at Taos, 7 p.m.

Mesa Vista at Pecos, 6 p.m.

Boys basketball ROBERTSON

61 VALENCIA

53 Tournament.

What happened: What started as a nondistrict

defensive battle with the Jaguars on Monday in Michael Marr Gymnasium turned into a game of wild scoring swings. The Cardinals led 9-4 after a quarter, then outscored Valencia 20-8 for a 29-12 halftime lead. That was virtually gone by the end of the third, as the Jaguars went on a 24-8 run and pulled within 37-36. Behind Jesse James Gonzales, the Cardinals won the fourth quarter 24-17 to hold on to the win.

Top players: Gonzales finished with 20 points to lead Robertson, while Esteban Medina added 15 and Michael Marr had 13 Damien Estrada led the Jaguars with 17 points, with 12 coming in the second half.

What’s next: The Cardinals (2-0) play Melrose in the opening game Thursday of the Bruce King

Girls basketball BLOOMFIELD

44

Saturday Boys basketball — Ben Lujan Tournament at Pojoaque Valley: round robin, Portales vs. Monte del Sol, 12:30 p.m; Bernalillo vs. Dulce, 3:30 p.m.; Santa Fe Indian School vs.

Pojoaque Valley, 6:30 p.m.

Wildcat Winter Jam at Questa: TBA Las Vegas Robertson at Bruce King Tournament at Moriarty: TBA Academy for Technology and the Classics at Hub City Tournament at Belen: TBA Escalante at Mescalero Holiday Classic at Mescalero Apache: TBA McCurdy at J. May Classic at Tularosa: TBA Peñasco at Clayton, 2:30 p.m.

Mesa Vista at Cuba, 4:30 p.m.

Pecos at Taos, 7 p.m.

Girls basketball — Ben Lujan Tournament at Pojoaque Valley: championship, 5 p.m; third place, 2 p.m.; fifth place, 11 a.m.; seventh place, 9:30 a.m.

LadyCat Winter Jam at Questa: TBA Santa Fe High at Mel Otero Tournament at Rio Rancho: TBA Escalante at Mescalero Holiday Classic at Mescalero Apache: TBA Gallup at Española Valley, 5 p.m.

Peñasco at Clayton, 1 p.m.

Mesa Vista at Cuba, 3 p.m.

Wrestling — Santa Fe High, Capital at Rio Hondo Invitational at Roswell, 8 a.m.

Taos at Rattler Invitational at Tucumcari, 8 a.m.

POJOAQUE VALLEY

26

What happened: It was a rough shooting night Monday for the Elkettes. They went 10-for-41 overall, and made just one 3-pointer in eight attempts as the host Bobcats pulled away in the second half.

Top players: Senior post Marisela Bowie scored a team-high nine points for Pojoaquem and Marissa Martinez added six.

What’s next: Pojoaque (3-3) takes on Shiprock in the opening round of its own Ben Luján Tournament on Thursday.

The New Mexican

SPORTS BETTING LINE NFL THURSDAY FAVORITE

at LAS VEGAS

SATURDAY FAVORITE

at CINCINNATI

AT INDIANAPOLIS

at DETROIT

SUNDAY

FAVORITE

at GREEN BAY Atlanta Kansas City at CLEVELAND at NEW ORLEANS at MIAMI at TENNESSEE San Francisco at LA RAMS at BUFFALO Baltimore

MONDAY FAVORITE

Philadelphia

OPEN

TODAY

O/U

UNDERDOG

OPEN

TODAY 2½

(39½)

UNDERDOG

1½

3½

O/U

4½

(47½)

(42)

PITTSBURGH

OPEN

TODAY

O/U

UNDERDOG

OPEN

TODAY

3½

3

1½

4½

3½ 3 11½ 3½ 5 13½ 3 13 5½ 1½ 6½

3½ 3 9½ 3½ 6 8½ 2½ 13½ 6½ 2½ 3½

4½

3½

(34)

LA Chargers Minnesota Denver

(41½) (34½) (37) (37½) (37½) (39) (37½) (47½) (49½) (50½) (43½)

Tampa Bay at CAROLINA at NEW ENGLAND Chicago NY Giants NY Jets Houston at ARIZONA Washington Dallas at JACKSONVILLE

O/U

UNDERDOG

O/U

UNDERDOG

(47½)

at SEATTLE

COLLEGE FOOTBALL COLLEGE BASKETBALL

WESTERN CONFERENCE

MEN’S TUESDAY SCORES EAST

Dallas Houston New Orleans Memphis San Antonio

15 11 13 6 3

8 9 11 16 19

Minnesota Oklahoma City Denver Utah Portland

17 15 16 7 6

5 7 9 16 16

Sacramento L.A. Lakers L.A. Clippers Phoenix Golden State

13 14 12 12 10

8 10 10 10 12

SOUTHWEST

Bard 72, Old Westbury 44 Bentley 106, Felician 71 Bethany (WV) 84, Grove City 70 Emerson 73, Bridgewater (Mass.) 67 Farmingdale St. 83, Baruch 67 George Washington 88, Bowie St. 73 Georgetown 71, Coppin St. 54 John Jay 48, Purchast 47 Maryland 105, Alcorn St. 65 Mass.-Lowell 78, LIU 65 Millersville 88, Goldey-Beacom 82 New Haven 92, Georgian Court 56 Rochester 73, York (Pa.) 66 Salem St. 85, Mass.-Boston 77 Seton Hall 70, Monmouth (NJ) 61 Springfield 77, Emmanuel 64 St. Peter’s 66, UMBC 60 Yeshiva 87, St. Joseph’s (NY) 63

NORTHWEST

MIDWEST

Austin Peay 70, S. Illinois 68 Cincinnati 85, Bryant 53 Green Bay 70, Ill.-Chicago 68 Lindenwood (Mo.) 81, Avila 64 Loras 100, Wis.-Stout 75 Minnesota 101, IUPUI 65 N. Iowa 74, Prairie View 55 North Dakota 87, Waldorf 36 St. Cloud St. 68, Mary 61 W. Kentucky 91, Wright St. 84 Wis.-River Falls 68, St. Olaf 67 Wis.-Stevens Pt. 76, North Central 67

W

Angelo St. 74, Texas-Permian Basin 65 Arkansas Tech 74, Arkansas Baptist Buffaloes 46 Cameron 92, St. Mary’s (Texas) 82 Lubbock Christian 76, Texas A&M Kingsville 60 Sam Houston St. 63, Louisiana-Monroe 62 St. Thomas (Texas) 67, Centenary 59 Tarleton St. 85, Sterling Warriors 47 Texas Tech 82, Oral Roberts 76

FAR WEST

Boise St. 95, Northwestern St. 54 Chadron St. 80, Colorado Christian 73 Dominican (Cal.) 73, Chaminade 59 Oregon 76, Cal Baptist 55 UMKC 80, Tabor 57 West Texas A&M 71, Texas A&M International 45

WOMEN’S TUESDAY BASKETBALL SCORES EAST

Albany (NY) 68, Dartmouth 57 Boston College 101, Stonehill 37 Boston U. 80, Emmanuel 47 Maryland 99, Towson 51 NJIT 66, St. Peter’s 47

Bowling Green 69, Wright St. 48 S. Dakota St. 66, Defenders 54

L

Houston 89, Texas Southern 42

Boise St. 67, Rocky Mountain 46 New Mexico St. 89, W. New Mexico 54 Portland St. 69, Bushnell 60 Weber St. 61, Westminster (Utah) 47

NBA 5 7 9 10 14

Orlando Miami Atlanta Charlotte Washington

16 13 9 7 3

7 10 13 14 19

Milwaukee Indiana Cleveland Chicago Detroit

16 13 13 9 2

7 8 11 16 21

W

W

.773 .682 .591 .545 .391

L

PCT

L

PCT

GB — 2 4 5 8½

GB

.696 .565 .409 .333 .136

— 3 6½ 8 12½

.696 .619 .542 .360 .087

— 2 3½ 8 14

GB

FAVORITE

Georgia Southern

OPEN

TODAY

1½

NEW ORLEANS BOWL, NEW ORLEANS

3½

(48½)

Ohio

Jacksonville State

1½

3½

(59½)

Louisiana

Appalachian State

4½

6½

(44½)

Miami (OH)

CURE BOWL, ORLANDO, FLA.

NEW MEXICO BOWL, ALBUQUERQUE New Mexico State

1½

3½

(51½)

Fresno State

UCLA

2½

3½

(49½)

Boise State

Texas Tech

1½

2½

(57½)

Cal

Old Dominion

4½

2½

(55½)

Western Kentucky

7

12½

(52½)

Marshall

LA BOWL INGLEWOOD, CALIF.

INDEPENDENCE BOWL, SHREVEPORT, LA.

MONDAY FAMOUS TOASTERY BOWL, CHARLOTTE, N.C. TUESDAY, DEC. 19 FRISCO BOWL, FRISCO, TEXAS

UTSA

COLLEGE BASKETBALL WEDNESDAY FAVORITE

at RICE at STONY BROOK North Alabama at FLORIDA ATLANTIC at TOLEDO Appalachian State at DARTMOUTH at MISSISSIPPI STATE at LITTLE ROCK at LIBERTY at LSU UAB at LOUISVILLE Auburn at MCNEESE Longwood at NORTHWESTERN at LOUISIANA Creighton at BYU at NEVADA Utah State at SAN FRANCISCO

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

13½ 1½ 6½ 23½ 8½ 6½ 2½ 16½ 6½ 13½ 19½ 11½ 3½ 18½ 5½ 3½ 24½ 3½ 13½ 27½ 9½ 3½ 9½

LINE

UNDERDOG

Incarnate Word Norfolk State at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN Florida International Marshall at QUEENS Boston University Murray State UTSA Tennessee State Alabama State at ALABAMA A&M Arkansas State at UNC ASHEVILLE Southern Miss at MILWAUKEE Chicago State Eastern Kentucky at UNLV Denver Weber State at SANTA CLARA Seattle U

NHL

Chicago at Miami, 5:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Denver, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

Utah at Portland, 8 p.m.

Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

FAVORITE Pittsburgh at NEW JERSEY at N.Y ISLANDERS at COLORADO at LOS ANGELES

LINE -170 -126 -225 -192 -188

UNDERDOG at MONTREAL Boston Anaheim Buffalo Winnipeg

LINE +140 +105 +184 +158 +155

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC

GP W L OT PTS GF GA

Boston Florida Toronto Detroit Tampa Bay Montreal Buffalo Ottawa

26 18 5 28 17 9 26 15 6 28 15 9 30 13 12 28 12 13 29 12 14 23 11 12

3 2 5 4 5 3 3 0

39 87 65 36 85 73 35 94 84 34 106 92 31 96 106 27 76 97 27 84 96 22 79 74

27 19 7 27 13 7 28 15 10 25 14 8 28 15 12 26 14 11 27 12 12 30 9 16

1 7 3 3 1 1 3 5

39 33 33 31 31 29 27 23

METROPOLITAN GP W L OT PTS GF GA

N.Y. Rangers N.Y. Islanders Philadelphia Washington Carolina New Jersey Pittsburgh Columbus

GP W

L OT PTS

89 78 83 87 85 76 64 72 92 91 92 95 79 71 87 106

GF GA

28 27 27 29 28 28 26 28

17 16 16 16 13 13 10 9

9 8 9 13 13 14 12 18

2 3 2 0 2 1 4 1

36 100 35 95 34 87 32 90 28 90 27 80 24 81 19 66

30 29 25 26 29 30 29 27

20 19 16 13 11 9 9 10

5 9 5 12 14 14 17 17

5 1 4 1 4 7 3 0

45 105 73 39 111 74 36 92 60 27 92 85 26 87 104 25 78 101 21 66 118 20 71 92

GP W

L OT PTS

MONDAY’S GAMES 17 15 13 12 9

— ½ 1½ 1½ 3½

GB

New Orleans at Washington, 5 p.m.

Phila. at Detroit, 5 p.m.

Atlanta at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Miami, 5:30 p.m.

Indiana at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, 6 p.m.

Memphis at Houston, 6 p.m.

Brooklyn at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

New York at Utah, 7 p.m.

Vegas Vancouver Los Angeles Edmonton Calgary Seattle San Jose Anaheim

FAR WEST

Boston Phila.

New York Brooklyn Toronto

.619 .583 .545 .545 .455

PCT

TUESDAY’S GAMES

PACIFIC

SOUTHWEST

PCT

— 2 2½ 10½ 11

GB

Boston 120, Cleveland 113 Dallas 127, L.A. Lakers 125 Denver 114, Chicago 106 Golden State at Phoenix, late Sacramento at L.A. Clippers, late

CENTRAL

MIDWEST

L

.773 .682 .640 .304 .273

Indiana 131, Detroit 123 Phila. 146, Washington 101 Miami 116, Charlotte 114 Orlando 104, Cleveland 94 New York 136, Toronto 130 Denver 129, Atlanta 122 Oklahoma City 134, Utah 120 Houston 93, San Antonio 82 Dallas 120, Memphis 113 New Orleans 121, Minnesota 107 Milwaukee 133, Chicago 129, OT Sacramento 131, Brooklyn 118 L.A. Clippers 132, Portland 127

Colorado Dallas Winnipeg Nashville Arizona St. Louis Minnesota Chicago

Bethune-Cookman 96, Johnson 24 LSU 133, McNeese St. 44 Louisiana-Monroe 76, Northwestern St. 60 Mississippi 84, MVSU 56 UAB 69, SC State 54

W

— 2½ 2½ 8½ 11½

PCT

WESTERN CONFERENCE

SOUTH

EASTERN CONFERENCE

GB

.652 .550 .542 .273 .136

THURSDAY’S GAMES

SOUTHWEST

CENTRAL

PCT

L

MONDAY’S GAMES

Belhaven 78, Birmingham Southern 72, OT Campbell 88, Pfeiffer 59 Clayton St. 79, Fort Valley St. 69 Duke 89, Hofstra 68 Flagler 99, Spring Hill 98 Hampden-Sydney 78, William Peace 65 Louisiana Tech 89, SE Louisiana 60 Lyon College 94, Mississippi Univ. for Women 65 NC Central 67, NC A&T 62 NC State 81, UT Martin 67 Radford 73, VMI 56 South Florida 104, Ark.-Pine Bluff 86 Southern U. 109, Champion Christian 61 Talladega Tornadoes 77, Lane 66 Tennessee 74, Georgia Southern 56 Tennessee Tech 81, Bethel (TN) 74 Troy 110, Southern (NO) 63 Virginia St. 90, Shaw 79

SOUTHEAST

L

W

PACIFIC

SOUTH

ATLANTIC

W

SSATURDAY MYRTLE BEACH BOWL, CONWAY, S.C.

Buffalo 5, Arizona 2 N.Y. Islanders 4, Toronto 3, OT Dallas 6, Detroit 3 Colorado 6, Calgary 5

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Carolina 4, Ottawa 1 Toronto 7, N.Y. Rangers 3 Pittsburgh 4, Arizona 2 Detroit 6, St. Louis 4 Nashville 3, Philadelphia 2, OT Vancouver 4, Tampa Bay 1 Seattle 4, Florida 0 Vegas 5, Calgary 4, OT Edmonton 4, Chicago 1 San Jose 2, Winnipeg 1

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Boston at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Montreal, 5 p.m.

Anaheim at N.Y. Islanders, 5:30 p.m.

87 84 74 88 86 94 88 98

GF GA

Buffalo at Colorado, 7:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Columbus at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Carolina at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Calgary at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Ottawa at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Seattle, 8 p.m.

Florida at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League CLEVELAND GUARDIANS — Agreed to terms with RHP Ben Lively on a one-year contract.

DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with LHP Andrew Chafin on a one-year contract.

National League MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Joe Ross on a contract. Announced Ralph and Shelly Stayer purchased a minority stake in the franchise.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Agreed to terms with RHP Dylan Floro and 3B Nick Senzel on contracts. Designated INF Jeter Downs for assignment.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association BOSTON CELTICS — Waived F Nathan Knight.

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Re-signed WR Andre Baccellia to the practice squad. Released CB William Hooper from the practice squad.

BALTIMORE RAVENS — Signed QB/WR Malik Cunningham from the New England practice squad. Placed WR Devin Duvernay on injured reserve. Reinstated CB Damarion Williams from injured reserve.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Placed T Dawand Jones and DT Maurice Hurst II on injured reserve. Promoted DE Sam Kamara from the practice squad to the active roster. Signed QB P.J. Walker to the practice squad.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Released CB Kyu Blu Kelly. Signed WR Thyrick Pitts to the practice squad. Released LB Austin Ajiake from the practice squad.

HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed WR Chad Cota to the practice squad. Released K Matt Ammendola from the practice squad.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Reinstatd LB Cole Christiansen from the practice squad injured reserve.

Placed TE Gerrit Prince on the practice squad injured reserve.

LAS VEGAS RAIDERS — Signed OL D. J. Fluker to the practice squad. Signed OT Brandon Parker.

Placed LB Kana’i Mauga on injured reserve.

LOS ANGELES CHARGERS — Promoted QB Max Duggan from the practice squad to the active roster. Reinstated WR Josh Palmer from injured reserve. Placed QB Justin Herbert on injured reserve. Signed DB Matt Hankins to the practice squad.

LOS ANGELES RAMS — Released K Mason Crosby from the practice squad. Placed TE Hunter Long and LS Alex Ward on injured reserve. Signed LS Carson Tinker.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed DE Melvin Ingram.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Released WR Daylen Baldwin from the practice squad.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed DB Jason Verrett to the practice squad.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Released LB Vi Jones from the practice squad.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Recalled LW Zach Sanford from Tucson (AHL). Assigned C Ryan McGregor to Tucson.

BOSTON BRUINS — Recalled LW Jesper Boqvist from Providence (AHL).

CALGARY FLAMES — Returned RW Matt Coronato to Calgary (AHL). Recalled D Nick DeSimone from Calgary.

COLORADO AVALANCHE — Recalled C Ben Meyers from Colorado (AHL).

LOS ANGELES KINGS — Recalled D Jacob Moverare from Ontario (AHL).

NEW YORK RANGERS — Recalled D Matthew Robertson from Hartford (AHL).

OTTAWA SENATORS — Reassigned G Leevi Merilainen from Belleville (AHL) to Allen (ECHL) and D Donovan Sebrango from Allen to Belleville.

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS — Activated D Pierre-Olivier Joseph from injured reserve.

ST. LOUIS BLUES — Placed LW Jakub Vrana on waivers.

SAN JOSE SHARKS — Recalled D Henry Thrun from San Jose (AHL). Activated F Luke Kunin from injured reserve.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Recalled D Philippe Myers and F Mitchell Chaffee from Syracuse (AHL).

VANCOUVER CANUCKS — Assigned F Josh Bloom from Abbotsford (AHL) to Kalamazoo (ECHL).

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Re-signed G Clay Stevenson to a three-year contract.

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said. “I never thought about it, until that kid got cut. But it made a huge difference for me. You wear it, and you won’t die.”

Former NHL player Pierre-Luc Létourneau-Leblond coaches his 9-year-old son, Luc, for the Clifton Park, N.Y., Dynamos.

He said wearing neck guards, whether mandated or not, needs to be normalized at every level, from the National Hockey League on down.

“If they all wear it, they’re not going to be worried about what they look like,” he said.

Any sort of mandate in the NHL would require an agreement between the league and players union, which have been discussing skate blade safety for years.

Last month, USA Hockey’s board of directors voted to have its Safety and Protective Equipment Committee come up with wording for a mandate. Not long after, the International Ice Hockey Federation announced it is making neck guards mandatory for the tournaments it runs, including the Olympics and men’s and women’s world championships.

In Canada, all boys and girls in hockey leagues and two top junior leagues are required to wear neck protection The English Ice Hockey Association, which governs the sport below the Elite League where Johnson played, will require all players in England to wear neck guards beginning in 2024.

“The process will hopefully bring us closer to our ultimate goal, which has been my ultimate goal long before these tragedies, which is to develop high quality and affordable, cut resistant products, including neck laceration protectors, certify them, promote them, require them, make sure that you’re being manufactured, monitored, continuously evaluated and improved,” said Dr. Michael Stuart, the chief medical officer for USA Hockey and head of the protective equipment committee. “And I think that’s a challenge for the entire hockey community.”

There are more than 387,000 youth hockey players in the U.S., according to USA Hockey data. Injury details can be hard to come by but by one estimate, more than 12,000 of them seek emergency room care every year for injuries in practices or games; 7% of them seek aid for lacerations of some kind.

“The young kids is where a lot of this stuff happens because of the collisions that you see and some of the accidental falls,” said retired NHL defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo, whose 6-year-old son plays. “Every time he goes into a collision, I’m always watching those very closely because I’m thinking to myself: ‘OK, where are the skates? Where are the skates?’ It’s almost like a scar that has been created because I’ve seen it happen so much.”

Stuart said there also needs to be updated and higher standards when it comes to the effectiveness of the equipment designed to prevent cuts. He said a USA Hockey survey showed 27% of neck lacerations occurred to players who were already wearing guards.

USA Hockey is working with the Hockey Equipment Certification Council to adopt new standards, and not just for neck guards, but for cut-resistant socks, wrist guards and protection for other vulnerable areas.

Some companies aren’t waiting for that.

Teri Weiss started her company, Skate Armor, 13 years ago after her then 9-yearold son, Mason Lohrei, took a stick blade to the throat and suffered a relatively minor cut. She said she tested Lohrei’s neck guard and could cut through it easily with a kitchen knife. She saw a spike in orders after Balkind died and again after Johnson’s death. “It’s been an uphill battle a lot of times,” she said. “Parents say, ‘Well, if they’re not mandating it, my kid doesn’t want to wear it.’ ” Her son is now 22 and has been up and down this season with the Boston Bruins in the NHL and the Providence Bruins in the AHL. He no longer wears a neck guard, much to his mom’s dismay. He said it just doesn’t fit well with his other equipment.

“Definitely I have rethought it [since Johnson’s death],” he said. “I’ve actually been talking with her about it. I don’t wear a shirt under my stuff, so it’d be kind of weird to wear the shirt with that. So I’m trying to get her to make me something that, you know, looks like a shirt but isn’t necessarily. So maybe she’ll give me a custom piece because I’m her son.”

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applaud the swift action taken by the Florida High School Athletic Association to ensure there are serious consequences for this illegal behavior.”

DeSantis’ office declined comment. The governor was in Iowa on Tuesday, campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination. He has made his enactment of the law and others that are similar a campaign cornerstone.

The Gloom kick off their first game at 7 p.m. Saturday at Santa Fe High’s gym. It is a game similar to soccer but with key differences. Team officials are mum on the subject of the name and logo, saying only that it embodies the spirit of the city in which the team plays. COURTESY PHOTO

6. The name Ah, yes, the Gloom. Team officials are mum on the subject of the name and logo, saying only that it embodies the spirit of the city in which the team plays. Sure does. The Gloom has a certain connection to a certain something that certainly no one is willing to talk about because of potential confusion.

Still, the logo.

7. The logo The team’s shield is meant to evoke familiarity with the New Mexico United, Albuquerque’s wildly popular team in the United Soccer League Championship. The colors are black, turquoise and white; the seven white dots at the top symbolizing vigas that

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when their team is playing defense in their own end. It’s one reason why the teams’ bench is always on the side or the court where their own net is; makes it a whole lot easier to get players on and off the court in a hurry. Santa Fe’s roster has 18 players so fans can expect to see a lot of moving and shaking going on.

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The Gloom will wear all black at home.

The uniforms are simple in design with black jerseys, black shorts and gray kneehigh socks. The final roster of 18 players was chosen from a group of about 40 hopefuls who showed up to the team’s tryouts last week. The team will go through one final practice Thursday night at Toby Roybal Gym before Saturday’s game.

9. Tune in The Gloom will have Saturday’s game streamed live by SportsPrimo, the local sports broadcasting company that regularly streams high school sports live and on demand. That said, the team would rather see people in person rather than watching online.

10. Familiar names There are three players on the team whose names ring a bell. Bryan and Isai Rivas are brothers. Their older sibling is Sergio Rivas, a popular midfielder with the United. Another name is Capital High graduate Jesus Garcia. He was on the Jaguars’ 2014 Class 5A state championship boys team, a club that won 20 games and beat perennial power Albuquerque Academy in the finals.

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish authorities Tuesday arrested the president of a top-flight soccer club after he punched a referee in the face at the end of a match, prompting the Turkish Football Federation to suspend all league games.

MKE Ankaragucu President Faruk Koca attacked referee Halil Umut Meler on the pitch late Monday after the final whistle of a 1-1 draw in a Super Lig game against Caykur Rizespor.

The referee, who fell to the ground, was also kicked in a melee that occurred when fans also invaded the pitch after Rizespor scored a last-minute equalizer.

The federation suspended all league games indefinitely after an emergency meeting held to discuss the violence.

Meler was hospitalized with a slight fracture near his eye. He was expected to be discharge Wednesday.

Koca, who was considered to be at risk of a heart attack, was also hospitalized overnight. He was ordered arrested pending trial on charges of injuring a public official after questioning by prosecutors, Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc announced on X. Two suspects accused of kicking Meler were also arrested while three others were released on condition they report regularly to police.

Golden State’s Green ejected again after hitting Suns’ Nurkic in face PHOENIX — Golden State bad boy Draymond Green was ejected once again Tuesday night after hitting Jusuf Nurkic in the face while the two were battling for position in the third quarter during a 119-116 loss to the Phoenix Suns.

It’s been less than a month since Green was suspended five games by the NBA for putting Minnesota’s Rudy Gobert into a headlock during an altercation in November.

This fracas wasn’t quite as involved, but it was still another bewildering moment for the four-time All-Star, and could lead to further league discipline, especially because the league cited Green’s history of unsportsmanlike acts when issuing its previous penalty.

Green and Nurkic were battling for position early in the third when the two got tangled. Green appeared to slightly lose his balance, but then inexplicably wheeled around and smacked Nurkic in the face. Nurkic immediately crumpled to the ground but eventually got up and stayed in the game. The referees reviewed the play before calling Green for a Flagrant 2 foul, which causes an automatic ejection.

Chargers QB Herbert will miss rest of season after surgery on broken finger COSTA MESA, Calif. — Justin Herbert’s fourth year as an NFL starting quarterback is over with four games remaining in the season.

The Los Angeles Chargers placed Herbert on injured reserve Tuesday after he had surgery to repair the broken index finger on his right hand.

With Herbert sidelined, Easton Stick will get his first NFL start on Thursday night at Las Vegas. Los Angeles is 5-8 and has dropped four of its past five.

“Obviously, this isn’t how I envisioned it,” Stick said. “When they selected me five years ago, this is what you want as a kid — an opportunity to go play. I’m excited for that.”

Stick said he has talked to Herbert the past couple of days and that they will remain in communication.

Herbert visited two hand specialists Monday after he suffered the injury during the second quarter of Los Angeles’ 24-7 loss to visiting Denver on Sunday.

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Broncos safety Kareem Jackson hits Packers tight end Luke Musgrave on Oct. 22 in Denver. Jackson was penalized for the hit and disqualified from the game.

Broncos safety says Goodell no help on bad hits Continued from Page B-1

Jackson has surrendered $837,000 in lost paychecks to go with the $89,670 he’s been fined for unsafe hits this season, although Jackson said his unflagged hit on Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco in Week 6 that drew a $43,709 fine was erased by the league — but not before Goodell used it as an example of Jackson’s over-the-top tackles during their Nov. 30 meeting in New York.

Jackson said Goodell asked him why would he hit Pacheco like he did when the running back was going down and Jackson explained he’d already committed to going in low and that as elite as NFL athletes are, it’s impossible for any human to change his trajectory in that split-second and avoid the contact when the ballcarrier ducks at the very last moment.

“It’s impossible to play this game and do what you guys are asking us to do,” Jadckson said. “It makes no sense.”

“I told him a lot of these are incidental contact,” too, Jackson argued. “Once I’m committed and I’m going, I can’t change.”

Besides, Jackson said, “I’m the last line of defense. It’s my job to get him down.’”

Two days after the league used the hit on Pacheco in their defense of Jackson’s sus-

Jessica Norton, the girl’s mother and a Monarch information technician, went public last week. She reissued a statement Tuesday calling the outing of her daughter a “direct attempt to endanger” the girl.

The Human Rights Campaign, an LGBTQ+ rights organization that has been supporting the family, said in a statement the ruling “does not change the fact that the law preventing transgender girls from playing sports with their peers is unconstitutionally rooted in anti-transgender bias, and the Association’s claim to ensure equal opportunities for student athletes rings hollow. ” “The reckless indifference to the well-being of our client and her family, and all transgender students across the State, will not be ignored,” wrote Jason Starr, the group’s litigation strate-

pension, the league “turned around and gave me all my money back for it,” Jackson said.

“And then I was just like, ‘Why would you give me all my money back from the Kansas City hit? All of these other hits are pretty much the same.’ ” Jackson said Dec. 4, he sent a thank-you note to Goodell for meeting with him and he attached cut-ups of other unflagged, unfined hits across the NFL this season. “And I said, ‘I can’t help but think you guys are singling me out because these guys aren’t getting flagged, there’s no consequences and these are far worse hits than mine,’ ” Jackson said.

In an epic rant on the Stephen A. Smith show last month, Tom Brady said the level of play in the NFL has deteriorated just since his retirement Feb. 1, and one reason he gave for the mediocrity he lamented was the league’s insistence that defenders have to keep offensive players out of harm’s way.

“It’s not up to a defensive player to protect an offensive player,” Brady ranted. “A defensive player needs to protect himself. I didn’t throw the ball to certain areas because I was afraid a player was going to get knocked out.

That’s the reality.”

Exactly, said Jackson.

“It’s football. It should be their responsibility and their job to protect themselves.”

gist. According to court documents filed with a 2021 federal suit challenging the law on the girl’s behalf, she has identified as female since before elementary school and has been using a girl’s name since second grade.

At age 11 she began taking testosterone blockers and at 13 started taking estrogen to begin puberty as a girl.

Her gender has also been changed on her birth certificate.

A judge dismissed the lawsuit last month but gave the family until next month to amend it for reconsideration.

Broward County Public Schools in a short statement acknowledged receiving the association’s ruling and said its own investigation is ongoing.

The district has 10 days to appeal.

The association also ruled Monarch Principal James Cecil

and athletic director Dione Hester must attend rules compliance seminars the next two summers and the school must host an on-campus seminar for other staff before July.

The school district recently temporarily reassigned Cecil, Hester, Norton and the assistant athletic director and suspended the volleyball coach pending the outcome of its investigation.

After the group’s reassignments, Norton thanked students and others who protested on their behalf.

“The outpouring of love and support from our community ... has been inspiring, selfless and brave,” Norton said in last week’s statement.

“Watching our community’s resistance and display of love has been so joyous for our family — the light leading us through this darkness.”

Vikings will start Mullens this week in their latest quarterback shuffle In this unsettled season for the Minnesota Vikings, Nick Mullens is next up at quarterback.

Coach Kevin O’Connell announced Tuesday that Mullens will start Saturday at Cincinnati after relieving an ineffective Joshua Dobbs last week and helping lead the Vikings to a 3-0 victory at Las Vegas.

“I think we’re all really excited to see what Nick can do with a week of preparation. Even on a short week, I think Nick is going to have a great opportunity,” O’Connell said.

Mullens is the fourth starter for the Vikings (7-6), who have stayed in control of a spot in the playoffs despite losing Kirk Cousins for the season. They’ve never used that many QBs in the same season before in franchise history, and they haven’t started three quarterbacks since 2014.

Jordan, Pippen will headline inaugural inductees for Bulls’ Ring of Honor CHICAGO — Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman are the headliners for the inaugural class for the Chicago Bulls’ Ring of Honor.

The Bulls unveiled their plans for the Ring of Honor on Tuesday. The first class includes 13 men and the 1995-96 team, which went 72-10 and won the NBA title. The franchise plans to honor the group with a couple of events in January.

The inaugural class also includes Phil Jackson, Jerry Krause, Artis Gilmore, Jerry Sloan, Toni Kukoc, Bob Love, Chet Walker, Johnny “Red” Kerr, Tex Winter and Dick Klein. Jackson coached the 1995-96 team, which had Jordan, Pippen, Rodman and Kukoc, with Krause leading the front office and Winter serving as an assistant coach.

“The Chicago Bulls Ring of Honor will be a first-of-its-kind celebration honoring many of the legends who have helped shape our organization over the past 57 years,” Bulls President Michael Reinsdorf said in a release. “They have deep connections to our fans and community and represent a spirit of competition, hard work, and toughness.”

The Ring of Honor festivities include a halftime presentation during a Jan. 12 game against Golden State. Warriors coach Steve Kerr also played on the 1995-96 Bulls team.

Giants say the made $700M offer Ohtani received from rival Dodgers SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Giants made three offers to Shohei Ohtani, including a final proposal that president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi called “very comparable if not identical” to the record $700 million, 10-year contract the Japanese two-way star agreed to with the rival Los Angeles Dodgers.

Ohtani spent two hours with the Giants for a ballpark meeting with Zaidi, Greg Johnson, former catcher Buster Posey and new manager Bob Melvin on Dec. 2. Zaidi said San Francisco increased its offers to meet Ohtani’s requests.

“The proposal that was made was very comparable if not identical to what he wound up agreeing to,” Zaidi said during a conference call Tuesday.

But when the Giants got the sense Ohtani seemed to want to stay in Southern California, Zaidi said there was a realization it might be a hard agreement to make happen despite the proposed financial commitment. Also, San Francisco’s executives hadn’t heard anything a couple of days after their latest offer and were waiting into last weekend to find out Ohtani’s choice.

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PARIS — Vincent Van Gogh has been surprisingly busy for a dead man.

His paintings have featured in major museum exhibitions this year. Immersive theaters in cities like Miami and Milan bloom with projections of his swirling landscapes.

His designs now appear on everything from sneakers to doormats, and a recent collaboration with the Pokémon gaming franchise was so popular that buyers stampeded at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, forcing it to suspend selling the trading cards in the gift shop.

But one of the boldest attempts at championing Van Gogh’s legacy yet is at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, where a lifelike doppelgänger of the Dutch artist chats with visitors, offering insights into his own life and death (replete with machine-learning flubs).

Bonjour Vincent, intended to represent the painter’s humanity, was assembled by engineers using artificial intelligence to parse through some 900 letters the artist wrote during the 1800s, as well as early biographies written about him.

However, the algorithm still needed some human guidance on how to answer the touchiest questions from visitors, who

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converse with Van Gogh’s replica on a digital screen, through a microphone.

The most popular one: Why did Van Gogh kill himself? (The painter died in July 1890 after shooting himself in a wheat field near Auvers.)

Hundreds of visitors have asked that morbid question, museum officials said, explaining the algorithm is constantly refining its answers, depending on how the question is phrased.

AI developers have learned to gently steer the conversation on sensitive topics like suicide to messages of resilience.

“I would implore this: Cling to life, for even in the bleakest of moments, there is always beauty and hope,” said the AI Van Gogh during an interview.

The program has some less oblique responses. “Ah, my dear visitor, the topic of my suicide is a heavy burden to bear. In my darkest moments, I believed that ending my life was the only escape from the torment that plagued my mind,” Van Gogh said in another moment, adding, “I saw no other way to find peace.”

Agnès Abastado, the museum’s head of digital development, said the discussion of developing a Van Gogh algorithm took nearly a year.

“One of the questions we asked ourselves was at what point this Van Gogh was the real Van

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All 7 BTS K-pop members in military

By Jin Yu Young

The New York Times

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A replica of Vincent Van Gogh, through AI, chats with visitors in Bonjour Vincent on Dec. 5 at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris.

Gogh,” she said. “It was important to show how this technology will not only be a commercial project, but a cultural one that can improve the display of knowledge.”

The initiative is integral to a larger effort by the Musée d’Orsay, a public institution supported by the French government, to assert its relevance in modern life when the bulk of its collection originates in the 19th century. And to make that leap forward, the museum has partnered with several companies that might profit from the enterprise Some programs are connected with its current exhibition, Van Gogh in Auvers-surOise: The Final Months, through Feb. 4, which looks at the artist’s crucial and exhausting last months alive, when — under the care of Dr. Paul Gachet, the homeopathic and allopathic doctor — he produced more than 74 paintings and 33 drawings before he killed himself.

SEOUL, South Korea — Fans of the K-pop band BTS have known for years a day would come when its seven members would all be doing mandatory service in the South Korean military.

That day arrived Tuesday. For many BTS fans, who happen to call themselves Army, seeing their favorite musicians enter the armed forces was as painful as they expected it to be. Any potential reunion concert, once the members have fulfilled their military duty, is at least a year and six months away.

For those of you starting timers: That’s 547 days, 13,128 hours or 47 million seconds.

The BTS enlistments began

last December, when Jin, the oldest member of the group, entered a military training center near the North Korean border shortly after his 30th birthday. The members J-Hope and Suga enlisted a few months later, followed by RM, the group’s leader, and V on Monday. (Suga is performing an alternative form of military service as a social service agent.)

The last two members, Jimin and Jungkook, began their military service Tuesday.

A typical enlistment in South Korea is 18 months. The band’s management said last year BTS would reconvene “around 2025,” but before then, the group’s members could perform informally for their fellow troops, as other K-pop stars have done during their enlistments.

The band’s collective conscription caps a yearslong discussion in South Korea about whether BTS members should have been exempt from mandatory service.

While able-bodied men over the age of 18 are required to serve in South Korea’s military, some exemptions are made, including for Olympic champions and some classical musicians who win international competitions.

Pop stars, however, are not eligible, a fact that sparked debate over whether BTS had earned one because of its contributions to South Korea’s economy and cultural exports.

In 2020, South Korea’s parliament revised a law to allow cultural and artistic icons to defer their enlistment to the age of 30, up two years from 28.

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hen I set out to think about this week’s recipe, my initial idea was a broccoli cheddar soup. I mean, what could be a more cozy and warming dinner than soup this time of year? As I started to think about building flavor (my favorite soup-making tactic), one thing led to another, and before I knew it, I had to abandon the idea that this was the classic broccoli-and-cheddar combination. This roasted vegetable, green chile and cheddar soup is loaded with flavor and deeply hearty for this time of year.

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

B-5

Layered with flavor

A little extra time roasting and caramelizing vegetables pays off with a comforting, hearty soup ROASTED VEGETABLE, GREEN CHILE AND CHEDDAR SOUP Makes: 3 quarts; total time: 2 hours 1 pound broccoli, florets and tender stems 1 small head cauliflower, florets and tender stems cut into bite-sized pieces 2 large carrots, peeled and sliced, cut into bite-sized pieces Drizzle of olive oil, salt and pepper 4 tablespoons butter, divided 1 large onion, sliced 8 ounces mushrooms, trimmed and sliced 2-4 cloves garlic, depending on size and preference, minced 2 teaspoons High Desert Herbs (or herbes de Provence) 2 cups (1 tub) green chile, defrosted 6 cups chicken broth 1 cup half-and-half or heavy cream ½ pound sharp cheddar cheese, shredded Salt and pepper to taste Preparation: Preheat the oven to 450 degrees and line a large sheet tray with parchment paper. Place the broccoli, cauliflower and carrots on the sheet tray and drizzle with olive oil. Season with salt and pepper and roast in the oven for 1 hour, giving it a stir halfway through.

While the vegetables are roasting, place a large soup pot over medium heat. Add 2 tablespoons of the butter and the onions. Slowly let the onions caramelize. Once the onions begin caramelizing, reduce the heat to low. Don’t rush it. This could easily take 40 minutes. When the onions are done, transfer them to a bowl.

Turn the heat up to medium-high and add the other 2 tablespoons of butter. Add the mushrooms and cook until the mushrooms have caramelized. Add the garlic and cook for another few minutes. Add the caramelized onions and green chile and let this mixture simmer until most of the water from the green chiles has evaporated.

Add the roasted vegetables, broth and cream. Bring this mixture to a simmer. Carefully blend around half of the soup and stir it back into the pot. Turn off the heat and in two batches, stir in the shredded cheese. Add salt and pepper as needed.

Mariann ne Sundquisst High Desertt Table

To start with, soup is especially friendly to the odds and ends of vegetables. Because of this, I used the tender parts of the stems of both broccoli and cauliflower. When cutting both vegetables, you’ll know if the stem is tender if your knife can easily slice through it. As it gets closer to the root, the stems will get more fibrous and better suited for the compost bin, but most of the stems are perfectly edible and when used in a soup like this, act as a thickener when blended.

Knowing full well how roasting transforms a New Mexico chile, I couldn’t get out of my head that this is true for all sorts of vegetables. So the first thing I did was put broccoli, cauliflower and carrots in a very hot oven for an hour to fully cook and get a bit of char on them before adding them to the soup. And while it might seem like this is an extra hour of prep, this is happening while you are taking your time caramelizing both the onions and mushrooms, so it’s not really adding additional time. The result is a complex layering of flavor in the soup pot — first caramelized onions and mushrooms, roasted broccoli, cauliflower and carrots, then herbs and green chile, finishing it all with sharp cheddar cheese. Because we want the cheese to melt into the soup, and because pre-shredded cheese is usually coated with some kind of starch or cellulose to prevent it from sticking together, in this instance I would highly recommend using a piece of sharp cheddar and grating it yourself with a box grater.

There are many variations you could utilize to make this soup work for you.

You could leave out or swap olive oil for the butter, coconut milk for the cream or a couple tablespoons of nutritional yeast for the cheese to make it dairy free. You could add potato, celery root or butternut squash if you wanted. To make this soup vegetarian, just use vegetable broth instead of chicken broth.

And while blending half of the soup gives it a luscious, creamy texture, this is optional.

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Marianne Sundquist is a chef, writer and co-founder of Stokli, celebrating nourishing goods from the high desert (stokli.com). Find her on Instagram @marianne__sundquist and email her at marianne@stokli.com.

Caramelizing the onions and mushrooms, foreground, and roasting the vegetables, background, maximize flavor in this roasted vegetable, green chile and cheddar soup.

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An easy and elegant holiday treat

I

don’t want to miss a moment of the holiday season festivities, so I turn to recipes that are quick and easy, yet worthy of a celebration. These chocolate velvet cups are a prime example.

Their rich taste and velvety texture have wide appeal and they look showy, like a restaurant dessert. But it takes only one bowl and about 15 minutes to get them in the oven, and they can be prepared two days before serving. Present them slightly warm, with ice cream, to kids, or top them with whipped cream flavored

by Kahlúa or Grand Marnier for those with a more sophisticated palate.

My recommendations: Be sure to beat the batter the specified amount of time to assure the lovely texture that’s responsible for the dessert’s success. And, most important, don’t overbake these beauties!

CHOCOLATE VELVET CUPS Makes: 5 servings; total time: 90 minutes Adjusted for elevations of 7,000 feet and above. Make in 6-ounce ramekins or custard cups. ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons unsweet-

Vera Dawson

Baking Above It All

ened natural cocoa 1 cup superfine granulated sugar, preferably Baker’s ¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour ½ cup unsalted butter, melted ¼ teaspoon salt 2½ large eggs, slightly beaten (For half a large egg, beat one lightly so the yolk and white are combined, then use approximately two tablespoons of the mixture.)

1 generous teaspoon vanilla extract Whipped cream or ice cream, optional Preparation: Center a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 300 degrees. Bring a kettle of water to a boil to use in a water bath. Grease or butter the ramekins (all the way to the top) and

select a shallow baking pan to use for the water bath that will hold them without touching one another.

Make batter: Combine all the ingredients in a medium bowl. With an electric mixer on low speed, beat until combined, and then increase the speed to medium-high and beat for three to four minutes, scraping the sides and bottom of the bowl as needed. Continue until the batter is thick, very smooth, and lightened in texture and color.

Fill ramekins: Spoon the batter into the prepared ramekins or custard cups, filling them to about one-fourth of an inch from the top (if serving with ice cream, fill to about half an inch from the top). Rap each filled ramekin on a counter to release any air bubbles in the batter and place them in the shallow baking pan, spacing them so water can circulate freely around each of them. Place the pan in the oven. Carefully pour the boiling water in the pan so it covers the bottom inch of the ramekins.

Bake: Bake until the tops puff and set all the way across but are still springy to the touch. This takes about 40 minutes, but the precise time will depend on the size and depth of the ramekins and the depth and

COURTESY VERA DAWSON

These chocolate velvet cups can be served with a topping of ice cream or whipped cream flavored with Kahlúa or Grand Marnier. temperature of the water. Don’t overbake.

Cool, serve or save: Carefully remove the ramekins from the baking dish (I use tongs to do this) and place them on a rack to cool completely. They will deflate as they cool. Once they reach room temperature, you can serve or refrigerate them, covered, up to two days. Serve them at room temperature (when they have a light, creamy texture) or warmed slightly

(when they are more gooey, almost like a pudding). If the desserts are refrigerated, give them an hour or so to come to room temperature before serving.

Vera Dawson is a high-elevation baking instructor and author of three high-altitude cookbooks (available at Garcia Street Books in Santa Fe). Contact her at veradawson1@gmail.com.

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riod to your calendar through our Events Calendar located at https://www.env.nm.g ov/events-calendar/.

You can now submit your comments online using the Public Comment Portal located at h t t p s : / /n m e d . c o m mentinput.com/. Requests for public hearingLEGALS shall be in writing and shall set forth the reasons why a hearing should be held. A hearing will be held if NMED determines that there is substantial public interest. After the administrative record for a permitting action is complete and all required information is available, NMED will approve, approve with conditions, or disapprove the Permit based on the administrative record. NMED maintains a Public Involvement Plan (PIP) for each permitting action to plan for providing public participation opportunities and information that may be needed for the community to participate in a permitting process. PIPs may be viewed on-line at https://www.env.nm.g ov/public-notices/, at the NMED field office nearest to the proposed permitted activity, or by contacting the NMED Permit Contact identified below.

NMED also maintains facility-specific mailing lists for persons wishing to receive associated notices for a permitting action. To learn more about a Discharge Permit and the permitting process, to be placed on a facility-specific mailing list, or to obtain a copy of a draft permit or PIP, please contact the NMED Permit Contact at the telephone number or address provided below. Draft permits may be viewed on-line at https://www.env.nm.g o v/p u b l i c - n o t i c e s / under the tab for the facility’s county. Comments or a request for hearing regarding a draft permit should be addressed to the GWQB, PO Box 5469, Santa Fe, NM 875025469, or emailed to the NMED Permit Contact.

If you are a non-English speaker, do not speak English well, or if you have a disability, you may contact the NMED Permit Contact to request assistance, an interpreter, or an auxiliary aid in order to learn more about a Discharge Permit or the permitting process, or to participate in activities associated with the permitting process. To the extent possible, NMED will arrange for requested interpretation services and accommodations or services for persons with disabilities. Telephone conversation assistance is available through Relay New Mexico at no charge for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have difficulty speaking on the phone, by calling 1800-659-1779; Spanish: 1-800-327-1857; TTY users: 1-800-659-8331.

Telephone interpretation assistance for persons that are a non-English speaker or do not speak English well is available at no charge when calling NMED. NMED does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, age or sex in the administration of its programs or activities, as required by applicable laws and regulations. NMED is responsible for coordination of compliance efforts and receipt of inquiries concerning non-discrimination requirements implemented by 40 C.F.R. Parts 5 and 7, including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and Section 13 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972.

If you have any questions about this notice or any of NMED’s nondiscrimination programs, policies or procedures, you may contact: Kate Cardenas, Non-Discrimination Coordinator, New Mexico Environment Department, 1190 St. Francis Dr., Suite N4050, P.O. Box 5469, Santa Fe, NM 87502, (505) 827-2855, nd.coordinator@env.n m.gov. If you believe that you have been discriminated against withContinued... respect to a NMED program or activity, you may contact the Non-Discrimination Coordinator identified above or visit our website at https://www.env.nm.g ov/general/environmental-justice-in-newmexico/ to learn how and where to file a complaint of discrimination.

DP-1108, Cienega Mobile Home Park Association: Cienega Mobile Home LLC proposes to renew the Discharge Permit for the discharge of up to 6,000 gallons per day of domestic wastewater to a treatment and disposal system. Potential contaminants from this type of discharge include nitrogen compounds. The facility is located at 86 Paseo C de Baca, La Cienega, in Section 6, Township 15 North, Range 08 East, Santa Fe County.

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STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT No. D-101-PB-2023-00200 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RONALD MORLEY GRAHAM, Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Dean Byron Graham and Garon Glenn Graham have been appointed CoPersonal Representatives of the Estate of Ronald Morley Graham. All persons having claims against the estate of the decedent are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or the claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented either to the attorneys for the Co-Personal Representatives, Berg, Jones & Walsh, PA (Jacqueline Berg), 460 St Michael’s Drive, Suite 301, Santa Fe, NM 87505, or filed with the First District Court, County of Santa Fe, New Mexico, located at 225 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501.

Dated: November 22, 2023.

BERG, JONES & WALSH, PA Attorneys for Co-Personal Representatives Jacqueline Berg 460 St. Michael’s Drive, Suite 301 Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 303-4999 jsb@newmexicolawgroup.com Pub: Nov 29, Dec 6, 13, 2023

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Call: 505.986.3000 LEGAL #91994 LEGAL NOTICE The New Mexico Brain Injury Advisory Council of the Governor’s Commission on Disability will have a quarterly meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Wednesday, December 20th, 2023.

LOCATION: Nusenda Credit Union Training Center La Luz Room 4100 Pan American Fwy NE Albuquerque, NM 87107 DATE: Wednesday, December 20th, 2023 TIME: 10 to 12noon Meeting Agenda will be posted on both the BIAC website at www.biac.gcd.nm.gov , it will be posted 3 days prior to the meeting.

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LEGALS LEGAL #92001 PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS ISSUED BY THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO, ENERGY, MINERALS AND NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, OIL CONSERVATION DIVISION FOR RULEMAKING SUPPORT SERVICES The State of New Mexico, Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD), Oil Conservation Division (OCD) wishes to obtain primacy over Class VI carbon dioxide sequestration wells (Class VI Wells) from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pursuant to the applicable requirements of Federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), 42 U.S.C. 300f et seq., and other applicable federal laws rules and regulations.

To support this regulatory effort, the Request for Proposal (RFP) announced today is to select one or more individuals or firms (Potential Offerors) that are capable of providing legal and technical support to OCD for its Class VI primacy effort, with the goal that it can obtain primacy over the permitting, administration, and oversight over Class VI Wells from the EPA. Given the complexity of the Class VI primacy process, OCD seeks potentially multiple Offerors capable of completing the tasks outlined in Section III, Scope of Work, of the RFP. For-profit, nonprofit, and governmental entities are eligible to apply.

Potential offerors may view and download the RFP from the OCD’s webpage: https://www.emnrd.n m.gov/ocd/rfps/.

Questions regarding this RFP may be sent to: Ward Rikala, Administrative Supervisor EMNRD, Oil Conservation Division Wendell Chino Building 1220 South Saint Francis Drive Santa Fe, NM 87505 Telephone: (505) 584-0170 Ward.Rikala@emnrd.n m.gov Potential Offerors may submit written questions to the Contact Person as to the intent or clarity of this RFP until 4 p.m.

MST on January 15, 2024. Potential Offerors shall submit their proposals electronically in PDF format to Mr. Rikala at the above email address no later than 5 p.m. MST on January 31, 2024. Proposals must be submitted in the format specified above in Section IV, Proposal Contents and Format, of the RFP. Proposals must be received by the stated date and time to be considered.

EMNRD shall not accept proposals received after this date and shall make absolutely no exceptions for proposals not received by the appointed time.

This public notice is given pursuant to NMSA 1978, Section 13-1-113. The Procurement Code, NMSA 1978, Sections 13-1-28 through – 199 imposes civil and misdemeanor criminal penalties for its violation. In addition, New Mexico criminal statutes impose felony penalties for bribes, gratuities, and kickbacks.

Pub: Dec 13, 2023, Jan 3, 2024 LEGAL #91969 STATE OF NEW MEXICO IN THE PROBATE COURT SANTA FE COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RAYMOND LOUIS JERMANCE, DECEASED.

Pub: Dec 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 2023 No. 2023-0246

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IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RAYMOND LOUIS JERLEGALS MANCE, DECEASED. No. 2023-0246 NOTICE NO TICE TO TO CREDITORS CREDITORS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the estate of the decendent. All persons having claims against the estate of the decendent are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of any published notice to creditors or sixty (60) days after the date of mailing or other delivery of this notice, whichever is later, or the claims will be forever barred.

Claims must be presented either to the undersigned personal representative at the address listed below, or filed with the Probate Court of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, located at the following address: 100 Catron St, Santa Fe Dated 10/23,2023 /s/Chalouy Jermance 1896 Quemado St Santa Fe, NM, 87505 PUB: Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 13, 2023 LEGAL #91980 STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT No. 00258

D-101-PB-2023-

In the Matter of the Estate of MORIO MITO, Deceased NOTICE TO NOTICE TO CREDITORS CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of this estate.

All persons having claims against this estate are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or the claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented either to David A. Finlayson, attorney for the estate of MORIO MITO, at FINLAYSON LAW FIRM, PC, 7301 Jefferson Street NE, Suite F, Albuquerque, NM 87109, or filed with the First Judicial District Court, Santa Fe County Courthouse, 225 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe, NM 87501.

Dated: 9-25, 2023 /s/MARY NEUMUTH MITO, Personal Representative FINLAYSON LAW FIRM, PC By:/s/David A. Finlayson Attorney for the Personal Representative of the Estate of MORIO MITO, Deceased 7301 Jefferson Street NE, Suite F Albuquerque, NM 87109 (505) 373-3500 PUB: Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 13, 2023 LEGAL #91991 New Mexico Environment Department – Ground Water Quality Bureau The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) Ground Water Quality Bureau (GWQB) hereby provides notice that the following Groundwater Discharge Permits have been proposed for approval. NMED will allow 30 days after the date of publication of this notice for submittal of written comments and/or a request for a public hearing for a permitting action. You can add the comment period to your calendar through our Events Calendar located at https://www.env.nm.g ov/events-calendar/.

You can now submit your comments online using the Public Comment Portal located at h t t p s : / /n m e d . c o m mentinput.com/. Requests for public hearing shall be in writing and shall set forth the reasons why a hearing should be held.Continued...

A hearing will be held if NMED determines that there is substantial public interest. After the administrative record for a permitting action is complete and all required information is available, NMED will approve, approve with conditions, or disapprove the Permit based on the administrative record. NMED maintains a Public Involvement Plan (PIP) for each permitting action to plan for providing public participation opportunities and information that may be needed for the community to participate in a permitting process. PIPs may be viewed on-line at https://www.env.nm.g ov/public-notices/, at the NMED field office nearest to the proposed permitted activity, or by contacting the NMED Permit Con-

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versaciones telefónicas a través de Relay New Mexico de forma gratuita para las personas sordas, con problemas de audición o con dificultades para hablar por teléfono llamando al 1-800-659-1779; español: 1-800-327-1857; los usuarios de TTY: LEGALS 1-800-659-8331. Asistencia telefónica de interpretación para personas que no hablan inglés o no hablan bien el inglés está disponible de forma gratuita llamando a NMED. NMED no discrimina por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, discapacidad, edad o sexo en la administración de sus programas o actividades, según lo exigido por las leyes y los reglamentos correspondientes. NMED es responsable de la coordinación de los esfuerzos de cumplimiento y la recepción de consultas relativas a los requisitos de no discrimin a c i ó n implementados por 40 C.F.R. Partes 5 y 7, incluido el Título VI de la Ley de Derechos Civiles de 1964, según enmendada; Sección 504 de la Ley de Rehabilitación de 1973; la Ley de Discriminación por Edad de 1975, Título IX de las Enmiendas de Educación de 1972 y la Sección 13 de las Enmiendas a la Ley Federal de Control de Contaminación del Agua de 1972. Si usted tiene preguntas sobre este aviso o sobre cualquier programa, política o procedimiento de no discriminación de NMED, usted puede comunicarse con la Coordinadora de No Discriminación: Kate Cardenas, Non-Discrimination Coordinator, New Mexico Environment Department, 1190 St. Francis Dr., Suite N4050, P.O. Box 5469, Santa Fe, NM 87502, (505) 827-2855, nd.coordinator@env.n m.gov. Si usted piensa que ha sido discriminado/a con respecto a un programa o actividad de NMED, usted puede comunicarse con la Coordinadora de No Discriminación antes indicada o visitar nuestro sitio web en https://www.env.nm.g ov/general/environmental-justice-in-newmexico/ para aprender cómo y dónde presentar una queja de discriminación.

DP-1108, Cienega Mobile Home Park Association: Cienega Mobile Home LLC propone renovar el Permiso de Descarga para la descarga de hasta 6,000 galones por día de aguas residuales domésticas a un sistema de tratamiento y eliminación. Los posibles contaminantes de este tipo de descarga incluyen compuestos de nitrógeno. La instalación está ubicada en 86 Paseo C de Baca, La Cienega, en la Sección 6, Municipio 15 Norte, Rango 08 Este, condado de Santa Fe. Las aguas subterráneas que tienen más probabilidad de ser afectadas se encuentran a una profundidad de aproximadamente 26 pies y tenían una concentración total de sólidos disueltos antes de la descarga de 150 a 600 miligramos por litro.

Solicitante: Cienega Mobile Home LLC, Rudolph Rodriguez, Gerente, P.O. Box 6926, Santa Fe, NM 87502.

Contacto para el permiso del NMED: Andrew Romero, Profesional de Recursos Hídricos, AndrewC.Romero@env.n m.gov o pps.general@env.nm.g ov, Teléfono: 505-6608624 o 505-827-2900. El Plan de Participación Pública puede verse en línea en https://www.env.nm.g ov/public-notices/ o en la oficina de NMED en Santa Fe: 540 Camino Edward Ortiz, Santa Fe, NM 87507.

tion qualifies as a CE and no extraordinary circumstances exist that would prevent the issuance of this CE Determination.

Therefore, this documentation will serve as a record stating that the proposed action may be categorically excluded from the environmenLEGALS tal review process because the action fits within an eligible category.

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GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the estate of the decendent. All persons having claims against the estate of the decendent are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of any published notice to creditors or sixty (60) days after the date of mailing or other delivery of this notice, whichever is later, or the claims will be forever barred.

Claims must be presented either to the undersigned personal representative at the address listed below, or filed with the Probate Court of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, located

discrimination programs, policies or procedures, you may contact: Kate Cardenas, Non-Discrimination Coordinator, New Mexico Environment Department, 1190 St. Francis Dr., Suite N4050, P.O. Box 5469, Santa Fe, NM 87502, (505) 827-2855, nd.coordinator@env.n LEGALS m.gov. If you believe that you have been discriminated against with respect to a NMED program or activity, you may contact the Non-Discrimination Coordinator identified above or visit our website at https://www.env.nm.g ov/general/environmental-justice-in-newmexico/ to learn how and where to file a complaint of discrimination.

DP-1108, Cienega Mobile Home Park Association: Cienega Mobile Home LLC proposes to renew the Discharge Permit for the discharge of up to 6,000 gallons per day of domestic wastewater to a treatment and disposal system. Potential contaminants from this type of discharge include nitrogen compounds. The facility is located at 86 Paseo C de Baca, La Cienega, in Section 6, Township 15 North, Range 08 East, Santa Fe County.

Groundwater most likely to be affected is at a depth of approximately 26 feet and had a pre-discharge total dissolved solids concentration of 150 to 600 milligrams per liter.

Applicant: Cienega Mobile Home LLC, Rudolph Rodriguez, Manager, P.O. Box 6926, Santa Fe, NM 87502. NMED Permit Contact: Andrew Romero, Water Resource Professional, AndrewC.Romero@en v.nm.gov or pps.general@env.nm.g ov, Telephone: 505-660-8624 or 505-827-2900. The Public Involvement Plan may be viewed online at https://www.env.nm.g ov/public-notices/ or at the NMED office in Santa Fe: 540 Camino Edward Ortiz, Santa Fe, NM 87507.

ráneas (GWQB, por sus siglas en inglés) del Departamento de Medio Ambiente de Nuevo México (NMED, por susLEGALS siglas en inglés) notifica por este medio que se han propuesto los siguientes Permisos de Descarga de Agua Subterránea para su aprobación.

NMED permitirá 30 días después de la fecha de publicación de este aviso para la presentación de comentarios por escrito y/o una solicitud de audiencia pública para una acción de permiso.

Puede añadir el periodo de comentarios a su calendario a través de nuestro Calendario de Eventos situado en https://www.env.nm.g ov/events-calendar/.

Ahora puede enviar sus comentarios en línea utilizando el Portal de comentarios públicos ubicado en h t t p s : / /n m e d . c o m mentinput.com/. Las solicitudes de audiencia pública deberán presentarse por escrito y expondrán los motivos por los cuales debe celebrarse una audiencia. Se llevará a cabo una audiencia si NMED determina que existe un interés público considerable.

Después de que el registro administrativo para la acción de permiso esté completo y toda la información requerida esté disponible, NMED aprobará, aprobará con condiciones o denegará el Permiso basado en el registro administrativo. NMED mantiene un Plan de Participación Pública (PIP, por sus siglas en inglés) para cada acción de permiso para planificar la facilitación de oportunidades de participación del público e información que pueda ser necesaria para que la comunidad participe en el proceso de permisos. Los PIP se pueden ver en línea en https://www.env.nm.g ov/public-notices/, en la oficina local de Pub: Dec 7, 2023 NMED más cercana a LEGAL #92008 la actividad de permiso propuesta, o coSTATE OF NEW MEXICO municándose con el COUNTY OF SANTA FE contacto de permisos FIRST JUDICIAL de NMED identificado DISTRICT COURT a continuación. NMED también mantiene lisNo. tas de correo específiD-101-CV-2023-01929 cas de las instalaciones para las NUSENDA FEDERAL personas que desean CREDIT UNION, recibir avisos asociaPlaintiff, dos para una acción de permiso.

Para v. obtener más información sobre un Permiso STEPHEN JOSEPH de Descarga y el proLUJAN, Defendant. ceso de permisos, para ser incluido en la NOTICE OF PENDENCY lista de correo especíOF SUIT fica de una instalación, o para obtener To Defendant Stephen una copia de un borJoseph Lujan. rador de permiso o You are hereby noti- PIP, comuníquese con fied that the above- la persona que sirve named Plaintiff has como Contacto de Perfiled a civil action misos de NMED en el against you número o la dirección in the above-entitled facilitados. Los borCourt and cause, the radores de permisos general object thereof se pueden ver en línea being to recover en money due. https://www.env.nm.g That unless you re- o v/p u b l i c - n o t i c e s / spond to the Com- bajo la pestaña correplaint within 30 days spondiente al condado of completion of publi- de la instalación. Los cation comentarios o las soof this Notice, judg- licitudes de audiencia ment by default will be sobre un borrador de entered against you. permiso deben diriName, address, and girse a GWQB, PO Box phone number of 5469, Santa Fe, NM Plaintiff’s attorney: 87502-5469, o enviarse Wainwright and Asso- por correo electrónico ciates, al contacto de perP.A., 3301 Coors Blvd. misos de NMED. Si NW Suite R #274, Albu- usted no habla inglés, querque, NM 87120, no habla bien inglés, o 505-842-1313. si tiene una discapaciWITNESS the Honor- dad, puede comuniable Francis J Mathew carse con el contacto District Judge of the de permisos de NMED First Judicial District para solicitar asistenCourt of the State of cia, un intérprete o un New Mexico and the dispositivo auxiliar Seal of the District con el fin de aprender Court of Santa Fe más sobre un Permiso County, on de Descarga o el proDecember 7, 2023 ceso de permisos, o para participar en acKathleen Vigil tividades asociadas CLERK OF THE con el proceso de perDISTRICT COURT misos. En la medida de lo posible, el NMED orBy: Jaqueline Rosales ganizará los servicios Juarez de interpretación y las adaptaciones o serviPub: Dec 13, 20, 27, cios para personas 2023 con discapacidades Pub: Dec 7, 2023 que hayan sido solici- LEGAL #92010 LEGAL #91992 tados. Hay disponible Departamento del asistencia para con- NEW MEXICO FINANCE AUTHORITY Medio Ambiente de versaciones telefóniExclusion Nuevo México - La cas a través de Relay Categorical Exclusion Determination Oficina de Calidad de New Mexico de forma gratuita para las perStatement of Finding Aguas Subterráneas sonas sordas, con DW-6255 - City of Las problemas de audición Cruces - Water Water SysSysLa Oficina de Calidad tem Upgrades Upgrades de Aguas Subter- o con dificultades para ráneas (GWQB, por sus hablar por teléfono llaDate: November 27, siglas en inglés) del mando al es- 2023 Departamento de 1-800-659-1779; pañol: Medio Ambiente de los Project Number: DWNuevo México (NMED, 1-800-327-1857; 6255 por sus siglas en in- usuarios de TTY: glés) notifica por este 1-800-659-8331. Asistencia telefónica de inIntroduction: Intr oduction: The New medio que se han para Mexico Finance Aupropuesto los sigu- terpretación personas que no Continued... thority (NMFA) has ientes Permisos de Continued...

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Descarga de Agua hablan inglés o no conducted a review of Subterránea para su hablan bien el inglés the City of Las Cruces’ aprobación.

NMED está disponible de (City) proposed Water permitirá 30 días de- forma gratuita lla- System Upgrades Projspués de la fecha de mando a NMED. NMED ect (Project) in accorwith the publicación de este no discrimina por mo- dance aviso para la pre- tivos de raza, color, National Environmensentación de comen- origen nacional, dis- tal Policy Act (NEPA) tarios por escrito y/o capacidad, edad o and the New Mexico una solicitud de audi- sexo en la adminis- State Environmental encia pública para una tración de sus progra- Review Process (SERP) acción de permiso. mas o actividades, for the Drinking Water Puede añadir el peri- según lo exigido por State Revolving Loan leyes y los Fund (DWSRLF). The odo de comentarios a las corre- procedure is based on su calendario a través reglamentos de nuestro Calendario spondientes. NMED es the implementing regde Eventos situado en responsable de la co- ulations for NEPA (40 ordinación de los es- Code of Federal Reguhttps://www.env.nm.g *Savings compared to newsstand price. plan required. de EZ-Pay lations [CFR] Parts 6, ov/events-calendar/. fuerzos Ahora puede enviar cumplimiento y la re- 25, 35, and 1500) as folsus comentarios en cepción de consultas lowed by the EnvironProtection línea utilizando el Por- relativas a los requisi- mental tal de comentarios tos de no discrimi- Agency (EPA). NMFA n a c i ó n has determined that públicos ubicado en h t t p s : / /n m e d . c o m - implementados por 40 this project is eligible mentinput.com/. Las C.F.R. Partes 5 y 7, in- for a Categorical Exsolicitudes de audien- cluido el Título VI de la clusion (CE). Accordde Derechos ingly, the project is cia pública deberán Ley presentarse por es- Civiles de 1964, según exempted from further crito y expondrán los enmendada; Sección substantive environmotivos por los cuales 504 de la Ley de Reha- mental review requiredebe celebrarse una bilitación de 1973; la ments under 40 CFR audiencia. Se llevará a Ley de Discriminación Part 6.107(d)(1) and cabo una audiencia si por Edad de 1975, Tí- 6.505(b)(1). Following

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Project Number: DW6255 LEGALS Introduction: The New Introduction: Mexico Finance Authority (NMFA) has conducted a review of the City of Las Cruces’ (City) proposed Water System Upgrades Project (Project) in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the New Mexico State Environmental Review Process (SERP) for the Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund (DWSRLF). The procedure is based on the implementing regulations for NEPA (40 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] Parts 6, 25, 35, and 1500) as followed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). NMFA has determined that this project is eligible for a Categorical Exclusion (CE). Accordingly, the project is exempted from further substantive environmental review requirements under 40 CFR Part 6.107(d)(1) and 6.505(b)(1). Following is a description of the proposed action and a statement of how the action meets the criteria for a CE.

The responsible official shall revoke a CE and shall require a full environmental review if, subsequent to the granting of an exclusion, the responsible official determines that (1) the proposed action no longer meets the requirements for a CE due to changes in the proposed action; or (2) determines from new evidence that serious local or environmental issues exist; or (3) that federal, state, local, or tribal laws are being or may be violated.

The documentation to support this decision will be on file at the NMFA and is available for public review upon request.

Comments concerning this decision may be addressed to: New Mexico Finance Authority, Attn: Todd Johansen, Senior Program Administrator, 207 Shelby Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87501.

This documentation does not exempt the applicant from applicable local, state, or federal permitting requirements that may result from the proposed action.

Project Description and Backgr Background: ound: The City, located in Doña Ana County, New Mexico has applied to the DWSRLF to finance upgrades and new connections within their water system.

The DWSRLF funding may come from the following sources: Federal Capitalization grants (FS-99692525 and/or future awards); Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Supplemental Capitalization Grant (4D-02F18901 and/or future awards); and/or Tier II funds (recycled principal and interest payments back to the DWSRLF).

/s/ Marquita Russel Chief Executive Officer, New Mexico Finance Authority 12/7/2023 Date Copies A Av vailable: The documents that support this CE are available for public review at the following locations: 1.

New Mexico Finance Authority, Attn: Todd Johansen, Senior Program Administrator, 207 Shelby Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87501.

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City of Las Cruces, Attn: Adrienne L. Widmer, Utilities Director, 680 N. Motel Boulevard, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 88001, (575) 528-3500

DWSRLF finances will be used for a variety of individual projects around the City, including rehabilitating two water storage tanks, adding a booster station to a tank, connecting two wells to the system, and adding an interconnection between two zones in the system. These improve- Pub: Dec 13, 2023 ments will help the City increase its water LEGAL #92013 system’s capacity and INVITA INVIT ATION to BID foster a healthy enviSolicitation ronment for its citiNo. 24-40-B zens.

Project Costs: The City has received funding from the DWSRLF for $15,300,000.00 for the proposed Project.

Filter Replacement Replacement – Cany Can yon Road Road Water Water Treatment Plant Bid due date: January 10, 2024, no later than 2:00pm MST

Categorical Ex Exclusion clusion Determination: CEs are identified categories of actions that do not individually, cumulatively over time, or in conjunction with other federal, state, local, or private actions, have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment. For a project to be eligible for a CE under the DWSRLF, it must meet the criteria described in 40 CFR Part 6.107 and 6.505.

INVITATION to BID INVITA Solicitation No. 24-42-B On-Call Overhead Overhead Door Services Bid due date: January 11, 2024, no later than 2:00pm MST

Invitation to Bids will be submitted via purchasing@santafenm.g ov. Any bid received after the due date and time will not be accepted and/or considNMFA has performed a ered. review of the application materials and has Attention is directed to determined that the the fact that all appliproposed action fits cable Federal Laws, within the category of State Laws, Municipal actions described by Ordinances, and the the CE and that no ex- rules and regulations traordinary circum- of all authorities havstances are involved. ing jurisdiction over The proposed action is said item shall apply in a category of ac- to the solicitation tions that are solely di- throughout. rected toward minor rehabilitation of exist- The successful vendor ing facilities or func- will be required to contional replacement of form to the Equal Opportunity Employment equipment. regulations.

Appro Appr oval: The conclupackets sions presented here Solicitation are based on the find- are available at the folings of an independent lowing website: review of the applica- www.santafenm.gov/b tion materials, includ- ids_rfps ing a CE checklist and supporting documen- Questions concerning tation, for the pro- this solicitation shall posed action. Based be directed to: on the independent re- purchasing@santafen view, the proposed ac- m.gov tion qualifies as a CE and no extraordinary Pub.: Dec. 13, 2023 circumstances exist that would prevent the issuance of this CE Determination.

Therefore, this documentation will serve as a record stating that the proposed action may be categorically excluded from the environmental review process because the action fits within an eligible category.Continued...

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your success in dealing with finances, as well as handling the things that you own. Tonight: Impress others.

go well today. For starters, you’re in a practical, realistic frame of mind. Tonight: Cooperate.

sions. You also might see ways to get help from someone else or a financial institution.

Tonight: Cocoon.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH This is the perfect time to finish papers, manuscripts and important writing projects. It’s also a good time to study the past and wrap up loose ends with publishing projects. Tonight: Travel plans.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH This is a productive day at work for you. You will be persistent and persevering. You won’t overlook details. You’re in a practical frame of mind; however, you will entertain big ideas. Tonight: Work.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Make plans. You also might use your practical frame of mind to study or learn something. Discussions with relatives and neighbors might wrap up issues that have been dangling.

Tonight: Conversations!

MOON ALERT: Avoid shopping or important decisions from 12:01 a.m. to 7:45 a.m. PST. After that, the Moon moves from Sagittarius into Capricorn.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH This is an excellent time to finalize issues related to insurance matters, inheritances or anything to do with shared property. Tonight: Check your finances.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHHH Home and family continue to be a focus. Discussions with your kids will be practical and successful today. You’re in the groove; capitalize on this advantage! Tonight: Socialize.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Exercise or outdoor sports will benefit you today.

Meanwhile, this is an excellent day for finances. You might see ways to boost your income.

Tonight: Check your money.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH People notice you today.

In particular, they will notice

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Conversations with partners and close friends will

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH This is an excellent day for productive family discus-

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHH This is a powerful day! Discussions with your kids,

HOROSCOPE The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023: You are confident, resourceful and tenacious. You are a perfectionist when it comes to details.

In 2024, focus on family responsibilities and service to others.

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especially about old problems, will be productive. You might see ways to move forward with practical plans about sports, future vacations or financial speculation. Tonight: You win!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Research will definitely pay off today. Keep looking for answers or solutions to problems. You will find them. You’ll be like a dog with a bone. You make a great impression on bosses today. Tonight: Solitude.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Your ambition is aroused today. Travel for pleasure will appeal to you. Meanwhile, discussions with young people might help you complete goals or plans that you had from the past. Accept help and suggestions from others. Tonight: Friendships.

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Text message beau refuses to meet in person Dear Annie: I’m 48 years old. I’ve been a single mom since I had my first kid — in other words, since forever. I’ve never really had healthy relationships with men.

I’m way too trusting and just want love so badly.

A few months ago, I accidentally texted a man I knew from high school. We ended up striking up a conversation, texting back and forth for a few days. Then he called me a couple of times, and we had long talks.

We became friends on Facebook. I was so interested, as he seemed like a very good man: 20-year veteran, retired, single father, hard worker. I could tell that family was important to him. And he was so goodlooking. After two months of chatting back and forth, I asked to meet him. He said, “Maybe after some more time.”

After another month, I asked to meet.

For some reason, he seemed to panic. He said: “I am going through something professionally. I may be moving out of state and don’t want to get attached.” I decided he was worth the risk, so I pushed on and asked questions. He got angry and blocked me. For two weeks after that, I tried to contact him, but he kept me blocked. I just don’t understand. Our friendship meant something to me. In our last conversation, when I brought that up, his only response was that “we weren’t together.” I understood that. But why would he not just let me meet him? I’m too old to be this confused. — Lost Dear Lost: It sounds as though he’s the one who’s lost and confused. You know what you want. Thankfully, your directness flushed out these issues after just three months; otherwise, this could have dragged on for who knows how long. Don’t get discouraged. There are plenty more good men out there who value family — and who are looking for a relationship.

While the pandemic makes in-person dating risky at the moment, you can connect with potential partners on dating sites such as Match.com and eHarmony and go on FaceTime or Skype dates to see whether you feel a spark.

Dear Annie: I’d like to share my response to “Working From Home Works.”

In the past, I also had at least an hour’s drive to the office. Talk to your boss. He might consider some compromise, such as allowing you to do three days at home and two days at the office. That approach worked well for me — the best of both worlds! Initially, bosses may think that you goof off at home. But in time, they’ll likely find that production is higher, and then they are happy. — Worked for Me Dear Worked for Me: Indeed — a hybrid remote and in-office approach might be just the thing to make life workable for long-distance commuters and managers alike. Thanks for writing.

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