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way to freeze warning most evacuation zones for power to be restored

Relief as thousands
allowed back home
Coming home
a delight for
most, despite
smoky smell
By MARY CALLAHAN
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Don Mussatto’s delight was

apparent as he swung open the
front door of his home near Foot-
hill Regional Park in Windsor.
Nevermind the distinct scent
of smoke that greeted the nos-
trils once inside, or that a back-
yard fence had blown down
during the same windstorm that
drove the massive Kincade fire
within blocks of his Meadow
Place home only days before.
Mussatto, 76, was just “so happy
to be back” after his hasty evac-
uation five days
earlier. INSIDE
His power ■ Gov. Newsom
was still on, to helps out at crisis
boot. A freezer center in Santa
full of frozen Rosa / A3
food provided
proof. ■ High school
“I’m so ex- football teams get
cited to be a week to make
home, I feel like up games / C1
KENT PORTER / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
one of those ■ Despite order
Personnel from the Sonoma County Fire District, Bells Ambulance and the San Mateo Police Department greet Windsor residents Wednesday at Old Fourth of July to evacuate, some
Redwood Highway and Lakewood Drive as people returned to their homes after several days of being evacuated due to the Kincade fire. things whiz- SR businesses
zing around on stayed open / B8

Kincade is largest the ground,” he

said.
Homecomings like his played

fire in Sonoma out across Sonoma County on

Wednesday, as Sheriff Mark

County history
Essick lifted evacuation orders
for more than 140,000 residents
once thought to be in the path of
what’s now the largest wildfire
By GUY KOVNER in Sonoma County history, at
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120 square miles in size.
They included the towns of
The Kincade fire burned into history Wednes- Healdsburg and Windsor, both
day, becoming Sonoma County’s largest wildfire evacuated in their entirety on
by scorching an area three times the size of San- Saturday morning, as well as
ta Rosa as a force of more than 5,000 firefighters portions of Santa Rosa, Lark-
gained a grip on the week-old conflagration. field, Rincon Valley and Ful-
Wednesday night’s winds were weaker than ton — communities that were
expected, and fire crews expanded the protective cleared out later Saturday and
lines between the flames and populated areas, a Sunday in advance of gusting
feat that did not occur with the calamitous fires in winds that threatened to bring
the fall of 2017. the fire down into multiple com-
“I would say there’s a lot of optimism that we munities at once.
have turned the corner for the better on this fire,” CHRISTOPHER CHUNG / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
But by day’s end, only
Cal Fire Division Chief Jonathan Cox said at the 5,788  people — from a peak of
fire agency’s Thursday night press conference. Foothill Oak Estates resident Anna Van Loon holds up a thank-you sign as she drives home 186,000 over the weekend — re-
The fire, which erupted with a fury during Wednesday past a team of Sonoma County Fire District firefighters in Windsor. mained under mandatory evac-
a potent windstorm Oct. 23 in the Mayacam- uation order, primarily in rural
as Mountains east of Geyserville, grew by only THE SCOPE OF THE KINCADE FIRE DISASTER areas along the eastern flank
700 acres Tuesday night — a difference Cal Fire of the week-old fire. They in-
attributed to improved mapping — and got no 76,825 45% 266 5,245 cluded the region near Mount
Acres burned as of Containment as of Total structures Total fire personnel
TURN TO KINCADE » PAGE A6 Wednesday evening Wednesday evening reported destroyed assigned to blaze TURN TO HOME » PAGE A7

Power comes back — but not for everyone

A third of county still
in blackout mode while
60K get lights turned on
By WILL SCHMITT
AND CHANTELLE LEE
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As winds subsided and the
risks to its equipment lessened,
PG&E said Wednesday evening
that about one-third of Sonoma
County homes and businesses
that lost electricity during its
most recent shut-off still did not
have power.
About 60,000 Sonoma Coun-
ty customers, representing
about 180,000 people, had their
power back after the utility be-
gan restoring service Wednes-
day morning.
The shut-off that began Tues-
day affected about 87,000 homes
and businesses in Sonoma
County, PG&E said. But even
though the utility is treating
outages that began Saturday
and Tuesday as two separate
events, the reality on the ground
for the majority of Sonoma
County residents who lost pow-
er is that they were in the dark
for five days.
PG&E’s Tuesday shutdown,
its third in a week, cut power to
516,000 customers in 22 counties
in the hopes of preventing gusty
winds from damaging power
lines and sparking a fire.
Many of the people who re-
gained power lived in the west
county, including Graton, Se-
bastopol and Monte Rio. People
in parts of Santa Rosa, including
some homes in Proctor Terrace
and Rincon Valley, also were no
longer in the dark.
PG&E officials could not pro-
vide specifics on how long it will
take to turn on the lights to the
remaining 28,710 customers in
Sonoma County without power.
Many who were affected by Sat-
urday’s outage did not regain
power before PG&E went ahead
with its latest shut-off. Others
may have regained power brief-
ly, only to lose it again. About
77% of customers across North-
ern and Central California were
affected by both outages.
Peggy Clevenger, who lives BETH SCHLANKER / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
PG&E crewmen work to repair a gas line on Lytton Station Road in
TURN TO POWER » PAGE A2 Geyserville on Wednesday.

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on Cobb Mountain, was
among those whose home
went from one blackout to
another without getting
power back. Her power
still hadn’t been restored
by Wednesday night. While
she and her husband have
an old motor home with
a generator they used to
keep their refrigerator
running, Clevenger said
the small gift shop she
runs in Middletown was
taking a financial hit from
the repeated outages.
Because her shop has
had to close each time
there was a shut-off this
month, Clevenger worried
she might not be able to
pay her rent.
“If this is the new nor-
mal, I’m not sure what we
can do at work,” Clevenger
said, adding that she can’t
afford to buy a generator
for the store. “I’ll probably
end up closing.”
PG&E spokeswoman
Deanna Contreras said
that, depending on dam-
age in the aftermath of
the most recent period of
extreme winds Tuesday
night, the restoration pro-
BETH SCHLANKER / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
cess will go line by line as
soon as inspectors clear PG&E crewmen work to repair a gas line on Lytton Station Road in Geyserville on Wednesday.
them.
“We want to restore pow- noting the fire could lim- ta Rosa to Cloverdale, and
er as quickly as we can,” it crews’ access to some that section of the natural
Contreras said. “It depends PG&E equipment. To has- gas transmission pipeline
on where the damage is ten the lengthy process, the serves customers from
found.” utility is working with Cal Cloverdale to Fulton, as
PG&E has found 83 cas- Fire to inspect lines and well as those in Forestville,
es of damage along its towers. She said more than PG&E spokesman Denny
equipment since the week- 6,000 workers and more Boyles said in an email.
end, including trees that than 40 helicopters are Boyles said gas service
fell into power lines and working to restore power. had been restored to about
broken power poles, said More than 100 other 67% of customers in Clo-
Mark Quinlan, the inci- PG&E workers worked to verdale. PG&E workers
dent commander for the restore natural gas service can’t restore gas if resi-
last two shut-offs. He said in Sonoma County, Contre- dents do not answer the
at a Wednesday night news ras said. PG&E shut off the door, and restoration also
conference that the utili- gas to some 23,000 Sonoma depends on the fire foot-
ty expected that number County customers with print, Contreras said. Cus-
to increase as inspections service lines near the fire tomers are asked to not try
continue. for safety reasons. The af- to relight their own pilot
Full restoration would fected area extends along lights.
occur “as soon as it is safe the Highway 101 corridor Keith Stephens, PG&E’s
to do so,” Contreras said, from the north side of San- chief communications offi-
cer, said at the Wednesday
news conference that it
could take “several days”
for all gas customers to be PG&E employee Darrell Valdez works to restore gas in Geyserville on Wednesday.
restored.
“We are focused on areas perienced an equipment this destructive, and frank- and we did not live up to
where customers are re- problem just before the ly abusive, pattern,” the their expectations when
turning home,” Contreras Kincade fire sparked in board said of the outages it came to communicating
said. “We definitely want the area. The fire burned in the letter. “Enough is about this event.”
to make sure the gas is on 76,825  acres by Wednesday enough, for Lake County, “This is not an indus-
when customers return night and was about 45% and all residents of Cali- try standard practice, nor
BOOTS & SHOES home or shortly after they contained, Cal Fire said. fornia.” approved as part of a tar-
return home.” PG&E did not turn off Clevenger said that, iff, but we believe it is the
As Sonoma County that line in question be- while she wasn’t angry right thing to do for our

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North Bay valleys from 2 to the grid. cided with the second an- discussions” about chang-
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PG&E’s preemptive including Gov. Gavin New- 2017 firestorm, with bill customer credits and ac-
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the state’s largest utility es to avoid wildfires. The businesses. After the first pensating Sonoma County
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ka decided to leave tens Facebook a letter to the ple, Newsom urged PG&E October outages.
of thousands of residents California Public Utilities CEO Bill Johnson to make “We totally understand
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The North Coast

Governor pitches in at crisis center
SANTA ROSA » Newsom
joins state lawmakers,
apologizes over hardship
BY CHRIS SMITH
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Gov. Gavin Newsom, by this
point in the fire-and-power cri-
sis so frequent a visitor to Sono-
ma County that he could be con-
sidered local, doled apples and
apologies Wednesday morning
at an emergency food distribu-
tion in Santa Rosa.
“Sorry about all this,” New-
som told Ocotlan Libreros,
a Kaiser Permanente nurse,
as the Redwood Empire Food
Bank handed out free groceries
in a parking lot at the Kaiser
campus off Sebastopol Road in
southwest Santa Rosa.
“He shook my hand!” Libre-
ros exclaimed as the governor
stepped away to speak to others
and to express his regret at all
that so many in the region and
far beyond are enduring.
Dressed casually in blue jeans
and sneakers, Newsom told Rik-
ki Lee Shuck of Santa Rosa and
her three kids, Gillian, Ryker
and Caius, who’d come for food,
“It’s starting to get better, which
is good.” He told them and oth-
ers in the queue he was sorry for
all that’s going on.
Asked why he was so apol-
ogetic, the governor replied,
“People shouldn’t have to live
like this.”
He was in Santa Rosa, along
with State Sen. Mike McGuire
of Healdsburg and Assembly
members Jim Wood of Santa
Rosa and Mark Levine of San
Rafael, for the first-ever disaster
response by the regional food
bank’s “Engine 1,” a specially
outfitted big-rig truck and trail-
er.
The food bank partnered in
the food distribution with Kai-
ser, which shifted some services
to its campus on Mercury Way
following the evacuation early
Sunday of its medical center
on Bicentennial Way and High-
way 101.
Kaiser and the Redwood
Empire Food Bank distribute
food regularly to residents of
southwest Santa Rosa who are
in need. Wednesday’s distri- CHRISTOPHER CHUNG / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
bution, open to the public and Gov. Gavin Newsom, from left, and Assemblyman Jim Wood help
distribute free food to families Wednesday at the Redwood Empire
TURN TO GOVERNOR » PAGE A4 Food Bank’s crisis truck in Santa Rosa.

KINCADE FIRE » DEALING WITH STRESS SONOMA COUNTY

Vital
services
start to
return
Airport, public transit
getting back to normal;
schools closed for week
By KEVIN FIXLER
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

After four days of canceled

flights while the largest wild-
fire in Sonoma County history
burned and nearly 200,000  peo-
ple were evacuated, a few com-
mercial flights will resume
Thursday afternoon at Charles
M. Schulz-Sonoma County Air-
port, ramping up through the
weekend along with other vital
public services.
The regional airstrip re-
opened Wednesday afternoon
as mandatory evacuations were
lifted for the area, allowing a
PHOTOS BY JOHN BURGESS / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
pair of flights to resume on
Anna Vandermer evacuated her northern Santa Rosa home to the Red Cross shelter at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds on Sunday. Vandemeer Thursday. United Airlines’ early

Traumas taking a toll

evacuated during the 2017 Tubbs fire, but her most traumatic event was in 1944 when she was forced from her home in the Netherlands by the Nazis. afternoon arrival from Denver
International Airport, and then
return departure at 12:40   p.m.
will make it official. The air
carrier’s 9:30 p.m. arrival from
San Francisco International to
Santa Rosa will also happen on
Thursday.
American Airlines will re-

Blaze, evacuations, shut-offs have left many with high levels of anxiety store service with its direct
routes to Phoenix-Sky Harbor
International and Los Angeles
By MARTIN ESPINOZA International airports begin-
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT ning Friday. American’s non-

I
t wasn’t a troop of Nazi soldiers with
rifles that forced Anna Vandermei, 81,
out of her apartment building on West
Steele Lane hours before the sun came up
early Sunday morning.
And yet when Kincade fire risks forced
her to evacuate her west Santa Rosa
apartment, Vandermei heard the echo of
a familiar fear. It was a feeling of uncer-
tainty that took her back to 1944, when
she was 6 and forced to leave her home in
Arnhem, Holland.
“It brought a lot of memories back,”
Vandermei said Tuesday, as she sat out-
side the temporary evacuation center at
the Sonoma County Fairgrounds’ Grace
Pavilion.
For Vandermei, who also had to flee her
home during the 2017 North Bay wild-
fires, Sunday’s evacuation was her third.
Vandermei’s fear, triggered by the Kin-
cade fire, is what one local mental health
professional called the “echo effect” of
trauma, in which there’s a recurrence of
TURN TO STRESS » PAGE A4
stop flights to and from Dal-
las-Fort Worth International
will restart on Monday, accord-
ing to Sonoma County Airport
Manager Jon Stout.
Alaska Airlines and Sun
Country Airlines will complete
the airport’s return to a full
schedule when each carrier re-
sumes service on Saturday, he
said.
Ticketed passengers are
asked to contact their airline for
information, or rebook flights
into Santa Rosa now that the
airport has reopened.
Passengers who parked at the
airport’s long- or short-term
parking lots may retrieve their
cars now that all offramps on
Highway 101 have reopened.
The airport will not charge
customers for the four days the
airport was closed, but vehicle
owners must pay the parking at-
Red Cross Spiritual Care volunteers Ron and Sue Shaw of Madera chat with Nickalena Lonefight tendant during normal business
and Mark Giddings at the Red Cross shelter at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds on Wednesday.
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Many are doing much to help others through this
T CHRIS SMITH
hank you.
Thank you for anything
you’ve done, or may yet
do, for one or more human
beings or animals since the em-
bers and the smoke returned,
and the mass evacuations were
ordered, and the power went
off, and the fear rose up like a
monster we’d fought before and
hoped never to see again.
I probably haven’t heard
about the specific act or acts
of kindness and community
you’ve performed, and I may
never know of them.
But I imagine myself stand-
ing before an Olympic swim-
ming pool filled with tiny slips
of paper, each bearing a men-
tion of what someone has done
for others during this ordeal. I
kneel to remove and read a few.
Thanks if that was you who
bought one of the many restau-
rant meals for firefighters and
police officers who’ve come
from far and wide to protect us
from the Kincade fire and its
allied perils.
Thank you if you were the
firefighters who, while stand-
ing against the fire on Briggs
Ranch Road north of Highway
128 came upon a cabin with an
American flag posted outside.
You took it down to protect
it, then folded it expertly into
a triangle, then placed it on a
table inside.
The owners of the cabin are
blown away.
THANK YOU if you’ve
waved to a PG&E worker, or
handed him or her a cup of
coffee, or at least resisted the
temptation to be unpleasant.
STRESS
CONTINUED FROM A3
similar traumatic experiences.
During the past week, Sono-
ma County residents have been
forced to cope with anxiety and
stress of fire risks, the related
mandatory evacuations and
school closures, PG&E’s inten-
tional power shutdowns and poor
air quality, among others. For
some, this triggered recurring
feelings of dread and other physi-
cal and psychological effects.
Since the 2017 firestorm, a
number of local organizations
and agencies have spearhead-
ed mental health programs to
address the effects of recurring
wildfires in the North Coast.
These include the Wildfire Men-
tal Health Collaborative, an effort
spearheaded by the Healthcare
Foundation of Northern Sonoma
County. The collaborative seeks
to address the county’s long-term
mental health recovery needs.
There’s a self-help website for
fire survivors called mysono-
mastrong.com and a mobile app
version of the site, both offering
information on how to cope with
post-disaster stress.
“I think this community was
not really over the fires that
happened two years ago,” said
Marryellen Curran, mental
health director for Santa Rosa
Community Health, which oper-
ates multiple community clinics
in the city.
For Dayren Torres, 17, that
could be seeing a red traffic signal
glowing in the fog.
“I kind of like stay in a little bit
of shock. I start messing around
with my fingers, pushing my hair
back. I get shortness of breath.
My heart starts pumping,” said
Torres, who along with her fami-
ly was evacuated from their home
in the northeast side of Windsor.
Torres, who volunteered
Wednesday at the evacuation
center at Santa Rosa Veterans
Memorial Building, said she tries
to calm herself to get over her
physical symptoms.
Torres and her family lost their
Mocha Lane home in Coffey Park
two years ago during the Tubbs
fire. Her mother, Daysi Carreño,
said the fear of that October night
SERVICES
CONTINUED FROM A3
hours rather than the automated
system to receive the discount,
Stout said.
Regional transit operators
remain affected by the largest
fire in Sonoma County history,
as well as the effects of PG&E’s
planned power shut-offs.
Following three days of can-
celed service because of issues
with traffic signals from the pow-
er shut-offs across the North Bay,
SMART commuter trains operat-
ed along a reduced route Wednes-
day. The agency will offer full
service across its 43-mile line on
Thursday. Sonoma-Marin Area
Rail Transit will provide all pas-
sengers with free rides through
Gov. Newsom said in Santa
Rosa on Wednesday morning
that some serious nastiness and
even violence has been directed
at PG&E employees in the field.
“I understand people’s out-
rage at this moment, their fear
and their anxiety,” the gover-
nor said. “But please do not
take it out on the hard workers
that are out there quite literally
trying to keep people safe and
save peoples’ lives. They did not
create this mess.”
THANK YOU if you’ve done
anything to comfort the elderly
people and the children and
that animals uprooted and
haunted by the evacuations and
the power shut-offs.
To quote Gov. Newsom from
his comments at a food distribu-
tion Wednesday by the Redwood
Empire Food Bank and Kaiser
Permanente, “This is when our
humanity shines through.
“This is when we put aside
our differences, this is when
people come together ... it
restores faith, and it’s the
antidote to a lot of cynicism and
fear and anxiety ...”
Thank you if you own a
restaurant or are a caterer or
other food-service angel and
have gone out of your way to
see that people are being fed.
Thanks to eateries like Mar-
vin’s in Cotati that have stayed
open, and served folks for free.
Children play a video game on their phone at the Red Cross shelter in the Veterans Memorial Auditorium.
resurfaced last week when they
were forced to evacuate Windsor.
Carreño said after the 2017
fire, her daughter Dayren started
experiencing depression and anx-
iety. She lost a lot of weight and
became increasingly isolated.
“She used to be a very hap-
py girl,” Carreño said. “After
(the fire) she did not want to be
around people or family. Her
grades suffered, she lost interest
in school.”
In response to the Kincade
fire, the Lomi Psychotherapy
Clinic on B Street in Santa Rosa
is offering counseling services to
those experiencing grief, depres-
sion, anxiety and trauma. The
nonprofit clinic is offering the
counseling session free to those
who cannot pay.
Curran, the mental health
director for Santa Rosa Commu-
nity Health, recently launched a
mental health workshop near the
Grace Pavilion at the fairgrounds.
The workshops are part of the
Sonoma Community Resilience
Collaborative, which to date has
trained more than
200 volunteers who help people
learn coping skills.
These skills, aimed at reliev-
Nov. 6, to help those who need
transportation because of the
conditions in Sonoma and Marin
counties, the rail agency said.
Sonoma County Transit and
Golden Gate Transit operated lim-
ited bus service Wednesday with
plans to restore additional routes
on Thursday. Santa Rosa City-
Bus and Paratransit are offering
free service, with modified routes
and times, and Petaluma Tran-
sit remains free to riders as well
through Friday, with expected de-
lays and some routes canceled.
All 40 of Sonoma County’s
public school districts canceled
classes until Monday. Sono-
ma State University also won’t
hold any lectures until Monday,
and Santa Rosa Junior College,
where about 13,500 students are
enrolled this semester, is also
NORTH COAST
The cabin northeast of Healdsburg where someone found an American
flag flying outside, took it down, folded it and placed it safely inside.
Thanks to Ramekins, the cu-
linary school and events venue
in Sonoma, for gearing up on
Halloween day to answer a call
by the valley’s La Luz center
to feed families in the Springs
area that have struggled since
the power went out.
From 3 to 5 p.m. at La Luz on
Greger Street, Ramekins will
serve a Halloween meal to folks
in need of one.
Maybe by Thursday, resi-
dents “will have their power
back,” said Ramekins general
manager David Daniel, “but
they may not have any food in
the fridge.”
Thank you if you donated
food to Ramekins for the com-
munity meal.
THANKS IF you are Healds-
burg pumpkin-lot owners
Jennifer and Ray Crawford and
ing the physical effects of stress,
trauma and anxiety, include soft
belly breathing, shaking and
dancing, guided imagery, and
drawing.
Sonoma County Supervisor
Shirlee Zane, a former marriage
and family therapist, said anxiety
has a strong physiological effect
on our body.
“Your heart beats fast, you
have shortness of breath and
you can feel very achy, like you
have the flu, headache, muscle
stiffness, fatigue, sleeplessness,
restlessness,” Zane said. “You can
get an overall feeling of dread.”
Doreen Van Leeuwen, pres-
ident of the Redwood Empire
chapter of the California Asso-
ciation of Marriage and Family
Therapists, said the Kincade fire
has left many local residents feel-
ing anxious and sleep deprived.
“When people are not getting
enough sleep, they’re functioning
in an impaired state,” Van Leeu-
wen said. “Other people sleeping
in a shelter are not getting good
sleep, either. Even if you’re stay-
ing with relatives, you’re feeling
out of sorts. I think that also
affects your ability to manage or
regulate your emotions
closed through the weekend.
The timeline for reopening of
local hospitals is less clear, but
expectations are early next week.
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional
Hospital, which closed to evacu-
ate 97 patients on Saturday night,
plans to reopen early next week.
Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa
Medical Center evacuated al-
most 250 patients early Sunday,
and does not yet know when it
will again start providing med-
ical service, said Matt Skryja, a
Kaiser spokesman.
The only hospital open north
of Petaluma is Santa Rosa Me-
morial. Petaluma Valley Hos-
pital, which is also run by St.
Joseph Health-Sonoma County,
remains open.
The two St. Joseph locations
saw a spike in visits with Sutter
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you decided that since you can’t
sell pumpkins, you will give
them away.
Said Jennifer, “When God
gives you pumpkins, you make
jack-o’-lanterns.”
When circumstances shut
down her Grandma’s Pumpkin
Patch, she and Ray loaded up
their pumpkins and began de-
livering them and carving kits
to folks at evacuation centers,
and to churches and the Salva-
tion Army and firefighters and
police officers.
“It’s the right thing to do,”
Jennifer said.
THANK YOU if you are
Sonoma County musician
Buzzy Martin and you’re going
ahead with a double-benefit
concert Sunday at the Hop-
monk Tavern in Sebastopol.
Buzzy and his new band, The
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or moods.”
Kathy O’Connell, 60, of Monte
Rio, said her reaction is flight.
O’Connell was among those who
evacuated to the fairgrounds.
After county Sheriff Mark Essick
lifted the evacuations Wednesday
in most areas, only
5,788 people still were under
orders to stay away from their
homes by nightfall.
O’Connell attended a Sonoma
Community Resilience Collabora-
tive workshop Wednesday.
“I have PTSD (post-traumatic
stress disorder) from domestic
violence,” said O’Connell, who
was evacuated Saturday. “This
whole thing triggers the PTSD
symptoms. For me, I want to run.
It’s fight or flight and I don’t fight.
Your mind will start speeding up
and you can’t do anything quick
enough.”
She did “guided visualization”
exercises during the workshop,
where someone had her imagine
she was in a small meadow with
a breeze blowing, and where she
could hear the soft sounds of a
brook.
“It slows you down, it slows
your breathing and that is what
helps you slow your mind,”
and Kaiser in Santa Rosa and
Healdsburg District Hospital
closed, with at least 23 trans-
fers Sunday, said Tyler Hed-
den, interim CEO for St. Joseph
Health-Sonoma County. Peta-
luma typically sees roughly 40
patients per day, and on Monday
treated more than 100.
Meanwhile, the Russian River
Health Center in Guerneville and
Occidental Area Health Center
will be open on Thursday for res-
idents in the west county, accord-
ing to Jennifer Neeley, associate
director of development at West
County Health Centers. Calls to
Healdsburg District Hospital went
unanswered Wednesday night.
And for local trash pickup
in areas evacuated because of
the wildfire, Recology Sonoma
Marin, which manages Healds-
Trespassers, will start the show
at 3 p.m. Proceeds from ticket
sales — check out www.hop-
monk.com/sebastopol — will
boost the education of at-risk
teens in Sonoma County.
And Buzzy and the band will
welcome contributions of cash
and nonperishable foods that
will go to the very busy Red-
wood Empire Food Bank.
THANK YOU if you happen
to be the Webley family, owners
of the McDonald Mansion in
Santa Rosa, and you seized on
a way to make this fraught Hal-
loween more meaningful, and
worthwhile.
John and Jenny Webley and
their clan will for Halloween
invite visitors to come to their
estate on McDonald Avenue
dressed as Waldo. The evening’s
theme is that all the candy has
been stolen, and the prime sus-
pect is a bespectacled fellow in a
red-and-white striped sweater.
It should great fun. But the
Webleys decided that this year,
fun isn’t enough.
They will welcome donations
from their Halloween visitors,
and they’ll forward every dime
to the Sonoma County Resil-
ience Fund. And that’s not all.
The Webleys will match the
donations, up to $25,000.
What can you say about the
way Sonoma County people
unite in a crisis, and reach out
to neighbors in need of a hand?
Certainly we can say:
Thank you.
You can contact Staff Writer
Chris Smith at 707 521-5211 and
chris.smith@pressdemocrat.com.
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accompanied by a me-
dia crush because of the
governor’s presence, was
prompted by the vast num-
bers of residents who’ve
been evacuated from or
have lost their homes, or
have no power.
“I think you can see
there’s a huge need for
food,” said Wood.
For a time, the assembly-
man and the other elected
officials joined the volun-
teers who placed groceries
in cardboard cartons held
by the people who lined up
near the food bank’s truck.
“I’m the apple guy,” the
governor told one benefi-
ciary of the distribution.
Levine handed out yams,
Wood celery and McGuire
pears and carrots.
In addition to saying he
is sorry for the misery and
disruption that’s accompa-
nying the Kincade fire and
the electrical power shut-
offs by PG&E, Newsom
pledged to hold the utility
company responsible for
its role in the crisis.
Pleading that no one
take out anger and frustra-
tion on PG&E employees
in the field, he said, “We’ll
hold PG&E, the corpora-
tion, accountable.
“We’ll make sure that
there are brighter days in
the future. We, I assure you,
are not allowing any of this
to be the new normal.”
Though “Mother Nature
has joined the conversa-
tion” and California suffers
impacts of climate change,
Newsom said, “that does
not mean we have to live in
these kinds of conditions
where our lights are going
off as often as they have
been.”
When he apologized to
Rincon Valley resident
Meggan Williams, a Kaiser
Permanente medical assis-
tant, for what she’s had to
put up with, she assured
him, “It’s not your fault.”
burg, Cloverdale, unincorporat-
ed Sonoma County and the west
county, service will operate on
the regular schedule the follow-
ing week, with no extra pick-
ups before that time, said Fred
Stemmler, the company’s gener-
al manager.
Stemmler advised customers
that food that spoiled because of
the PG&E shut-off can be placed
in compost bins if it is removed
from the packaging.
For the town of Windsor, Sono-
ma County Resource Recovery
trucks will visit customers on
the next scheduled pickup.
Staff Writer Yousef Baig con-
tributed to this report. You can
reach Staff Writer Kevin Fixler
at 707-521-5336 or kevin.fixler@
pressdemocrat.com.
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KINCADE FIRE » FIREFIGHTER GAINS ALLOW SOME RESIDENTS TO RETURN

PHOTOS BY JOHN BURGESS / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Kalub Williams, 4, and brother Skyler, 9, spent their fifth day at

Homecomings
the Red Cross wildfire evacuee shelter in the Veteran’s Memorial James Pate keeps up with news of the Kincade fire on Wednesday after he was evacuated from his
Auditorium in Santa Rosa on Wednesday. west Santa Rosa home to the Red Cross shelter at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds.

to elevate spirits

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Windsor residents Kailey Steele, center, and her dad, Kent, left, thank firefighters from the Sonoma County Fire District after they returned home on Wednesday.

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Above, Windsor Above, John

city employees Gardner walks
welcome back through his
residents at house on Buena
Old Redwood Tierra Court
Highway and after the lifting
northbound of the evacu-
Highway 101 ation order in
after the evacu- Windsor.
ation was lifted
Wednesday. At left, Lovell
Goodrum hugs
At right, Teresa his neighbor,
Park of Windsor Anna Van Loon,
thanks Sonoma as they return
County Fire Dis- home to their
trict engineer Foothill Oak
Tom Rathbun Estates neigh-
and other borhood in
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“We believe most of the threat is now in our rearview mirror.”
MARK ESSICK, Sonoma County sheriff on the firefighting efforts against the Kincade fire
A meteor streaks across the sky as gusty winds create an ember cast on a valley oak tree burned by the Kincade fire early Wednesday in Knights Valley, east of Healdsburg.
Cal Fire Battalion Chief Marshall Turbeville, from left, Geyserville volunteer fire Capt. Ryan
Petersen and Diavola Pizzeria chef-owner Dino Bugica talk Wednesday at the restaurant in
Geyserville. Bugica has been feeding residents and first responders for free.
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larger Wednesday, finish-
ing the day at 76,825 acres,
or 120 square miles.
Containment jumped to
45% Wednesday, up from
15% the day before. The
Kincade fire has now de-
stroyed 266 structures,
including 133 homes, an
increase Cox attributed to
a more accurate damage
assessment by Cal Fire
teams. Four first respond-
ers have been injured bat-
tling the blaze.
The fire’s initial power
prompted the evacuation
of nearly 190,000 people,
the largest ever in coun-
ty history. By Wednesday
night, only 5,778 residents
remaining under mandato-
ry evacuation orders, most
of them in the remote,
sparsely populated areas
of Knights Valley and the
hills east of Geyserville,
Sheriff Mark Essick said.
“We believe most of the
threat is now in our rear-
view mirror,” Essick said
at the press conference.
The last active fire area
Wednesday was at the base
of 4,343-foot Mount St. Hel-
ena at the corner of Sono-
ma, Lake and Napa coun-
ties, where helicopters and
air tankers poured water
and retardant on the blaze,
Cox said.
In setting a fire footprint
record, the Kincade fire
exceeded the Nuns fire
(56,556 acres), the Tubbs
fire (36,807 acres) and the
Pocket fire at 17,357 acres
— the only one of the 2017
wildfires that burned sole-
ly in Sonoma County.
The 2017 fires, however,
killed 24 people and de-
stroyed more than 5,300
homes in Sonoma County.
Firefighters in the field
Wednesday expressed sat-
isfaction with their hard-
won gains.
“We dodged a bullet,”
said Sid Andreis, a new
fire captain and a lifelong
Firefighter Alex DeLeon of South Lake Tahoe bundles up against the cold wind as a ridge between Sonoma and Lake County
burns. The flames prompted a flurry of false fire reports Tuesday night on the Santa Rosa plain.
Larkfield resident. “It was
a good night.”
The threat that menaced
the edges of Healdsburg,
Windsor and north Santa
Rosa was blunted by repeat
assaults by firefighters
combating the wind-driven
fire and its flying embers.
Fire officials expressed
confidence they had
blocked the blaze at the
Highway 101 and Mark
West Springs corridors
near Santa Rosa, a mission
accomplished during a
particularly fierce two-day
assault against the fire’s
western push.
“It feels like we turned
the corner,” said Cal Fire
Battalion Chief Marshall
Turbeville, who is also
Geyserville’s fire chief.
Local firefighters Tues-
day night were determined
to turn back the threat
posed by the Kincade fire
to communities still re-
building from the Tubbs
inferno, feeling they’d
failed to stop the blaze two
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years ago and now had a
chance to prevent a repeat
disaster.
“It was pretty awesome.
It’s a good day,” said a ju-
bilant but weary veteran
fire Capt. Rob Bisordi, who
has spent much of his life
living and working as a
firefighter in the Larkfield
area.
By Wednesday night,
PG&E had restored pow-
er to about 452,000 of the
516,000 customers affect-
ed by Tuesday’s shut-off
in 22  counties. In Sonoma
County, about 67% of the
nearly 87,000 customers af-
fected by the shutdown had
their power restored.
The fire broke out
Oct. 23 during heavy winds
near a PG&E transmission
tower that had not been
deactivated during the
power shutoff. PG&E dis-
covered a broken jumper
at the tower, but investiga-
tors have not determined
whether the malfunction
played a role in sparking
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Cal Fire firefighter Corey Vrmeer, right, and Geyserville volunteer firefighter John Lilienthal
extinguish hot spots Wednesday morning after a fire off Rockpile Road at Lake Sonoma. A
man was arrested in connection with the blaze, which firefighters held to 3½ acres.
the wildfire.
Alex Hoon, a National
Weather Service meteo-
rologist, said Wednesday
marked the end of the
forceful winds. But the
agency issued a freeze ad-
visory for early Thursday,
warning that temperatures
could drop to 25 to 32 de-
grees in Sonoma County
and into the low 20s in iso-
lated spots west of Santa
Rosa and in the Alexander
Valley, a wine grape grow-
ing area that sustained
serious damage from the
Kincade fire in the past
week.
There is also no rain
coming for the next seven
days, Hoon said.
Essick said it would take
time to get the remaining
residents back into their
remote homes that are in
or near the burned zone.
Power lines, telephone
lines and trees have fall-
en onto the road, he said,
noting that dozens of trees
were down along Chalk
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Hill Road. Some homes in
the evacuated area appear
habitable, but others have
burned to the ground, the
sheriff said.
Cal Fire damage assess-
ment teams are currently
documenting the locations
and the degree of damage
to the homes, he said.
Also Wednesday, a the first time Wednesday
25-year-old Santa Rosa
man was arrested on sus-
picion of arson in connec-
tion with a fire that burned
about 3½ acres about 6 a.m.
along Rockpile Road, near
Lake Sonoma. The suspect,
Andrew Craig Faulkner,
was near the scene of the
fire, Cal Fire said.
Crews were able to con-
tain that fire quickly, Cal
Fire said.
As thousands returned
to their homes Wednesday,
“heavy commute” traffic
developed, but not in the
usual places, CHP Capt.
Ari Wolfe said, urging mo-
torists to use caution.
“Stay strong and wel-
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come home,” he said.
Dr. Celeste Philip, the
county’s public health of-
ficer, said residents yearn-
ing for a home-cooked meal
should also be cautious.
Food in a refrigerator with-
out power for more than
four hours is no longer safe
to eat, she said.
“When in doubt, throw it
out,” she added.
The county’s air quali-
ty is improving, but that
could change, Philip said.
If the air smells of smoke,
people with health con-
ditions that make them
vulnerable to air pollution
should stay indoors.
The number of people
at American Red Cross
shelters dropped as evacu-
ation orders were lifted for
Sebastopol, Guerneville,
Bodega Bay, Forestville
and other west county mu-
nicipalities, as well as the
northern portion of the
Dry Creek Valley in north
county.
At the fire’s height, more
than 3,200 people were reg-
istered at the 16 shelters es-
tablished across the North
Bay and San Francisco. On
Wednesday, the total had
fallen to about 2,800, ac-
cording to American Red
Cross staff.
Assemblyman Jim Wood
of Santa Rosa was at the
news conference and said
he was going home for
night.
“I think we came through
this a lot better than we did
two years ago,” he said.
The Kincade fire “could
have been catastrophic”
for Healdsburg, Windsor
and Larkfield, he said.
Full containment is
expected Nov. 4, and the
cause of the fire remains
unknown.
Staff Writers Julie John-
son and Randi Rossmann
contributed to this report.
You can reach Staff Writer
Guy Kovner at 707-521-5457
or guy.kovner@pressdem-
ocrat.com. On Twitter
@guykovner.
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Sonoma County Fire District engineer Brandon Hefele, left, and the crew of 7583 welcome residents back to their homes along Vinecrest Road in Windsor on Wednesday. The firefighters
were directly involved in saving the neighborhood as the Kincade fire descended upon the Foothill Oak Estates area on Monday.
HOME
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St.  Helena, Knights Valley
and eastern parts of Mark
West Springs Creek can-
yon.
Many of those allowed
to return home still were
under evacuation warn-
ing, given the still-burning
wildfire at 45% contain-
ment.
But Wednesday’s sud-
den authorization for so
many to return home
came as welcome relief
to the thousands of resi-
dents inconvenienced and,
in some cases, frustrated
by the large-scale evacu-
ations imposed since the
Kincade fire sprang to life
in the Geysers steamfields
amid one of three periods
of fierce winds during the
past week.
Nonetheless, it evoked
a range of emotions, par-
ticularly among those re-
turning to neighborhoods
in close proximity to the
charred edges of the fire
perimeter, with fire en-
gines and other vehicles
still coming and going and
aircraft still active over-
head as the firefight contin-
ued late into the night.
Shannon Moltchanoff
had followed news of the
fire nonstop from her
daughter’s home in Ben-
nett Valley, and found her-
self near tears after driving
past blackened ridgelines
toward her home off Bail-
hache Avenue in southern
Healdsburg.
“We see it here. We smell
it,” Moltchanoff said.
Nearby, John Rader and
his wife, Leighann Lindsay,
were still assessing dam-
age to the farm and coun-
try garden on Bailhache
Avenue, where they are
resident managers, when
Rader pointed to the faint
reddish-pink hue of fire
retardant on the ridgeline
just above.
“The fire came right over
that ridge,” Rader said.
But it was stopped, and
though the wind tore off Chris Mirque, with Wildfire Defense Systems, makes sure there are no hot spots behind a home on Buena Tierra Court in
some tree limbs and ripped Windsor on Wednesday. Sheriff Mark Essick lifted mandatory evacuation orders for more than 140,000 people Wednesday.
off the roof to their chicken
coop, all 46 girls were ac-
counted for, and the place
was largely unaffected, ex-
cept a missing cat.
They had fled Saturday
without any idea where
they were going, and set-
tled briefly in Bodega Bay
only to be rousted again.
They then landed at Lind-
say’s parents’ place in Clo-
verdale, “just a golden nug-
get,” where they had been
welcomed by the commu-
nity and kept safe, she said.
But seeing a blinking
computerized message
board at the entrance to
Healdsburg reading “Wel-
come Home” on Wednes-
day: “What a sigh of re-
lief,” Lindsay said.
Even before the sheriff
officially issued the eager-
ly awaited order shortly
after 2 p.m., allowing peo-
ple to return home from
what were sometimes
overcrowded, unheated or
makeshift quarters they
adopted during their ex-
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ile, Windsor Mayor Dom-
inic Foppoli had gathered
with other elected officials,
city staff members and
firefighters at the Central
Windsor Highway 101 off-
ramp armed with a huge
“Welcome Home” banner
in anticipation that res-
idents would soon start
coming home.
And they did, though the
return started as a trickle
— a few cars heading into
the barren streets still ee-
rie with the absence of life
or powered traffic lights
— and eventually a steady
pace of jampacked trucks
and SUVs, trailers and
RVs, and two-car caravans
clearly belonging to folks
coming home after a time
away.
Along residential streets,
chalk Xs still marked the
driveways, put there by law
enforcement officers last
weekend to mark homes
that had been evacuated.
A second welcome ban-
ner was attached to a fire
Jennifer Cuellar and Al Ochoa, above, hug Wednesday as they return
to their Foothill Oak Estates neighborhood and view the burn line
at the edge of the subdivision in Windsor.
Sonoma County Fire District Capt. Jason Jones, left, joins in on a
selfie with his co-workers, Bells Ambulance personnel and San
Mateo police officers as they greet Windsor residents returning
home Wednesday at Old Redwood Highway and Lakewood Drive.
engine parked at the cor-
ner of Foothill Regional
Park, where Sonoma Coun-
ty Fire District crews greet-
ed returnees and waited on
standby for any questions
related to the fire that had
come into the neighbor-
hood a few days before.
Passersby honked,
waved and shouted their
appreciation to the heroes
of the day.
Among those in the
first wave of returnees
were several residents of
Lisa Court, a short lane
in Windsor’s northeast
corner, where the wildfire
made a run across Foothill
park and started spot fires
in several residential ar-
eas on Sunday afternoon,
including just across Ara-
ta Lane at Brooks Road
North.
The entire area had been
shrouded in smoke for
days, which got into the
houses, too.
Betty Henry, a woman
in her 70s, came home just
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long enough Wednesday to
photograph the food in her
refrigerator and freezer
that would be thrown away
the next day — when she
returned with help. Her
husband already had made
arrangements to have a
painter come to determine
if the interior needed to be
repainted to help with the
smoke.
She said it had been
nerve-wracking tracking
the news of the firefight so
near her home at the end
of Lisa Court. At one point,
she and her husband and
daughter were watching
video footage of firefight-
ers attacking a burning
house that was the same
model as their own and
which they thought might
be, until their daughter
rewound the video so they
could just make out the
street number enough to
know it wasn’t their home.
“It was touch and go,”
Henry said. “I was pacing
a lot. The firefighters did a
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fabulous job.”
Two other neighbors
had similarly begun mak-
ing arrangements to have
their interiors cleaned or
repainted, given the pene-
trating smoke from the fire.
“It smells toxic to me,”
said Megan Woods, 45,
who hosed the house and
opened all the windows
within minutes of her ar-
rival. “We’re not staying.”
Across the street and a
few houses away, Martha
Hernandez didn’t even
make it past the front door
before the overpowering
smell of acrid smoke in
the house for several days
turned her back.
But it’s what she had
expected, and she already
had called her insurance
company about arranging
to have the carpets, drapes
and upholstery cleaned
of the smoke they had ab-
sorbed.
“I knew I was not going
to come here to sleep in
here,” said Hernandez,
53, as her mother watered
plants and picked tomatoes
from the backyard.
Hernandez and her fam-
ily and neighbors had been
staying with her mother in
southwest Santa Rosa, and
would continue to make it
work, though it was packed
and they were sleeping on
inflatable mattresses.
“None of us are hurt.
We’re all fine. It’s good to
be back,” she said. “It’s
good to see that everything
is intact.”
On Healdsburg’s Bail-
hache Avenue, it had tak-
en only an hour or two for
someone on the street to
post a large, hand-paint-
ed paper banner saying
“Thank You Firefighters”
with lots of hearts.
Rader and Lindsay, still
without power like many
returning home Wednes-
day, expected to be cold
during the night.
But, Rader said, “I’d still
rather be here than any-
where else.”
You can reach Staff Writer
Mary Callahan at 707-521-
5249 or mary.callahan@
pressdemocrat.com.
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EDITORIAL
This time, county
got the word out
W
ith conditions
improving and
firefighters gaining
on the Kincade fire, Sonoma
County’s mass evacuation is
winding down. The debate
about its scale probably is just
getting started.
But after the disastrous
fires two years ago, this seems
clear: Doing too much — if
that’s what happened — is bet-
ter than not doing enough.
Warnings were sparse on
the first night of the 2017
firestorm, when most of the
24 deaths occurred. This time,
with 80 mph wind gusts in the
weekend forecast, evacuation
orders started early Saturday,
while the Kincaid fire was still
burning in lightly populated
areas.
In less than 20 hours, the
evacuation zones spread
west to the ocean and as far
south as Roseland. More than
190,000 people were told to
leave their homes — an exo-
dus comparable in size to the
emergency evacuation in the
Feather River basin in 2017
when a spillway failed at the
Oroville Dam, triggering fears
of a catastrophic collapse.
Firefighters say clearing all
of Windsor on Saturday freed
them to focus on saving hous-
es when flames approached a
neighborhood on the edge of
Foothill Regional Park a day
later.
People in a few areas were
allowed to return home before
the wind kicked up again
Tuesday night, and author-
ities feared the fire would
make another run. But the
lines held, and on Wednesday,
most of the remaining evacua-
tion orders were lifted.
We’re beginning to hear
from people who believe
Sunday’s predawn orders
came too soon and without
enough time between adjacent
evacuation zones, resulting
in unnecessary traffic jams
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Disciplined, implacable Pelosi is the anti-Trump
F DOYLE McMANUS
or months, House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi kept a wary
distance from fellow Dem-
ocrats clamoring to impeach
President Donald Trump. She
wanted her tenure defined by
legislation, not litigation.
But once Pelosi agreed to
authorize a formal impeachment
inquiry, she leaned in — and
made herself manager, chief
strategist and public cheerlead-
er for the Democrats’ drive to
remove the president from office.
The leader second in line to
the presidency invited me and
several other columnists to her
office in the Capitol this week to
explain her thinking. We sat at a
polished conference table, under
a portrait of a young Abraham
Lincoln, by windows overlook-
ing the National Mall.
She began by warning, as
a ritual disclaimer, that the
House has not decided whether
Trump’s conduct merits im-
peachment. But America’s most
powerful woman left little doubt
where her heart lies.
“When we have what we need,
we will be ready … and we will
be ironclad,” she said.
She has also escalated her
indictment of Trump, whom she
has described as both a danger
to the republic and a “grotesque
personality.”
For Pelosi, this isn’t only a
struggle over the constitutional
powers of the presidency and
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and added stress for residents.
Others question whether the
orders were driven by fear,
rather than objective assess-
ments of the danger posed by
the fire.
Essick forthrightly ac-
knowledges that the lives
lost in 2017 were on his mind,
but said he relied heavily on
experts at Cal Fire to predict
the possible spread of the
fire. Their computer models
warned that that the fire could
jump Highway 101, as the
Tubbs fire had done two years
ago. From there, it could fol-
low the Russian River, an area
that hasn’t burned in decades,
or turn south into Santa Rosa.
“They run it through the
model, and it spits out three
different scenarios,” Essick
told Staff Writer Bill Swindell.
“It assigns a value to each
scenario, and the scenarios
they are running are consis-
tently saying that based on
the topography, based on the
wind, the fire is going to go
this way.”
Telling people to get out
of the path was the cautious
choice, and the results speak
for themselves. But disagree-
ments aren’t unusual. When
Hurricane Harvey hit in 2017,
the governor of Texas and the
mayor of Houston squabbled
publicly about the wisdom of
mass evacuations.
After the North Bay fires,
authorities revisited and
revised policies for early
warnings. When the danger
from the Kincade fire passes,
Sheriff Mark Essick, who
issued most of the evacuation
orders, and emergency plan-
ning officials need to review
their decisions, including
whether Sunday’s evacuations
could have been spread out
to ease the gridlock in Santa
Rosa and the west county. The
lessons can inform the next
emergency, whatever it is and
when — not if — it occurs.
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Congress. It’s personal too.
“There is something wrong”
with Trump, she said. “He
doesn’t know right from wrong
— or doesn’t really care.”
“He’s always projecting,”
she said. “If he says this about
Adam Schiff, he means it about
himself. He says that about me,
he means it about himself. … He president politically, personally
says, ‘She’s in meltdown,’ means or financially?”
he’s in meltdown.”
Trump accused Pelosi of a
“meltdown” after their latest
tense face-off in the White
House, on Oct. 16, when she
accused him of being in thrall
to Russia’s Vladimir Putin. A
photo showed her standing and
pointing at the president, an
image that became a kind of
political Rorschach test.
Pelosi recounted the story
without being asked.
“He wasn’t going to send the
military assistance to Ukraine.
Who benefits from that? The
Russians,” she said. “He did
what he did in Syria, who bene-
fits from that? Putin.”
“That’s what I was saying to
him the other day, ‘All roads lead will be public hearings in the
to Putin,’ ” she said. “I thought I House Intelligence Committee
was only stating a fact.”
LET THE PUBLIC SPEAK
Pounding the table
EDITOR: The Republicans’
defense of Donald Trump is so
fatally flawed that it’s laugh-
able. Their seminal argu-
ment is that all the evidence
submitted to the House is
merely hearsay. Republicans
disingenuously attempt to
misapply the federal rules of
evidence reserved for trials to
an impeachment proceeding
that is essentially a fact-finding
investigation. Their argument
folds up like a cheap suit.
Assuming arguendo that
the federal rules of evidence
regarding hearsay would apply
to these proceedings, there are
23 exceptions and one residual
exception that states, para-
phrasing in relevant parts, if
none of the prior exceptions
are applicable, hearsay evi-
dence is admissible where the
statement is trustworthy of a
material fact, more probative
than prejudicial and serves
justice. Some legal scholars
contend that the exceptions
swallow the hearsay rule.
There is a saying that if you
have the facts, argue the facts.
If you have the law, argue the
law. If you have neither, pound
the table. The Republican argu-
ment is analogous to King Kong
pounding his chest against an
invading squadron of F-15 fight-
er jets. It’s all smoke and mir-
rors, table-pounding humbug,
a trick to discredit the process
as a distraction from Trump’s
alleged high crimes and misde-
meanors.
GENE M. COLOMBINI
Santa Rosa
Ignoring climate threat
EDITOR: The Sonoma Coun-
ty airport plans to add 16 more
commercial flights. Meanwhile
solar is being installed at the
airport. What hypocrites. Is
minding its carbon footprint
even on the county’s radar? I
doubt the solar production can
compensate for the new flights.
Greta Thunberg is right: Few
take global warming seriously.
Sonoma County’s general
And how did Trump react?
“He was furious!” she said
with a smile of unmistakable
satisfaction.
Wait, one of the columnists
asked: Are you accusing the
president of treason?
“I don’t know if he’s guilty
of treason,” she said. “I’m not
going to that place.”
“All I know (is that) he is
absolving Putin of any responsi-
bility” for interfering in the 2016
presidential election. “It’s cu-
rious, it’s just curious. … What
is it the Russians have on the
What Pelosi does know, she
said, is that Trump has violated
his oath of office and needs to be
removed from the White House,
whether through impeachment
or defeat in the 2020 election.
For either strategy to work,
she needs to swing public sen-
timent more strongly against
the president. Pelosi noted that
polls already have shown a shift
in opinion since she announced
the impeachment inquiry on
Sept. 24. Recent surveys show
that about 48% of voters favor
Trump’s removal from office,
with about 44% opposed.
“I think we’re on a good path,”
Pelosi said.
The next step, she noted,
to examine Trump’s request
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT • THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2019
plan objectives include “pro-
tect(ing) the present noise en-
vironment and prevent(ing) in-
trusion of new noise sources.”
How does adding 16 commercial
flights accomplish those goals?
Unknowingly, we built our
house in the flight path 39 years
ago. My children were small
and enjoyed identifying the
planes flying over. Back then,
planes were small and quiet.
The runways were elongated
by federal mandate in 2015. So
what does the county do? Bring
in commercial jets. Many like
the convenience, but it seems
people don’t care about their
carbon footprint and take no
responsibility for what they are
adding to the carbon dioxide
content of our planet. Lem-
mings to the sea.
My kids are grown and I am
a grandmother of three. I want
to see them grow up, so things
have got to change. It’s a new
day, and the challenges are
great. Please remember this
as you fly over my house and
know you also have a stake in
our survival.
LESLIE MIKULICH
Santa Rosa
Staying informed
EDITOR: The Press Demo-
crat’s coverage of the Kincade
fire has been excellent. The
running updates have been
especially helpful. The article
on the local firefighters was
very powerful (“All local crew’s
personal mission,” Wednesday).
Thank you for all of the report-
ing, links, etc.
NANCY CASE SHAFFER
Glen Ellen
Population and climate
EDITOR: Climate change?
Global warming? Really? It’s
reported there were accurate
scientific projections in the
mid-1980s of the effects of
climate change we seem to be
experiencing.
The most disturbing part is
that 50 years ago it was pre-
dicted that unchecked world
to Ukraine for “a favor” — an
investigation of Democrats,
including former Vice President
Joe Biden — while the president
withheld nearly $400 million in
military aid.
“I do think we have enough”
evidence for impeachment, she
said, but “as long as there’s
corroboration, we might as well
get some more.”
After that, she said, House
Democrats must decide wheth-
er to expand the probe beyond
Ukraine, and how long to wait
before drafting any articles of
impeachment. Neither question
has been settled.
She wants any articles of
impeachment to be “focused
(and) indisputable,” perhaps
“three or four” charges — but
not a laundry list of Democratic
complaints.
That probably means an
article on Ukraine, an article
on obstruction of justice and
an article on refusing to comply
with subpoenas from Congress,
but not much more.
As for timing, she said, “How
much drama can the American
people handle? Where is it that
the law of diminishing returns
sets in?”
The speaker claims she
doesn’t care that the Republican-
controlled Senate will brush
the charges aside and refuse to
remove Trump from office. “The
courage of the House … is not
population would result in ad-
verse changes in global weather
patterns. Guess that term was
too long to be politically cor-
rect. That’s when the world’s
population was half of what it
is today.
Weather was just one of myr-
iad adverse consequences pre-
dicted. Population growth is the
undeniable common denomina-
tor too all these issues. Have we
become so anthropocentric that
we behave like the proverbial
frog in the slowly heated pan
of water? Do we just accept the
environmental conditions, be-
come accustomed to restrictive
laws and higher taxes?
Why has the topic of world
population been ignored by
the media and politicians? I’m
grateful for nostalgic mem-
ories such as never needing
a reservation to go camping
anywhere, driving to the city
without traffic or parking
concerns or boarding a flight
with zero security checking.
Emerging generations will nev-
er experience countless simple
pleasures.
A.C. EICKSTAEDT
Santa Rosa
Recycle center closure
EDITOR: I am very disap-
pointed and feel it a terrible
waste of perfectly good stuff
that Recology has decided to
close the recycle yard at Healds-
burg’s transfer station.
It’s a wonderful source for
perfectly good, used material
that will now go to the landfill.
It’s a source of many “an-
tiquers” income. We will now
have to drive all the way to
Petaluma to recycle or shop for
the same items. Or we can go to
Oakland.
All that time on the highway
isn’t good for the environment.
All the stuff going to landfill
isn’t good for the environment.
We are going two steps back
with this the closing. Is it too
late to change this outcome?
VICKIE NORRIS
President, Geyserville
Chamber of Commerce
affected by the cowardice of the
Senate,” she has said.
Other Democrats argue that
even if Trump stays in office,
impeachment hearings could
damage his prospects for reelec-
tion.
But Pelosi portrays the battle
in more high-minded terms,
as a struggle to preserve the
Constitution’s balance of
power against a president who
has asserted that Article II
allows him to ignore the will of
Congress.
She’s fond of quoting the
founding fathers — and she’s
found a new favorite from the
revolutionary-era pamphleteer
Thomas Paine that reflects her
sense of the moment: “The times
have found us.”
“The times have found us to
protect our Constitution,” she
said.
Pelosi was already assured
a place in history as the first
woman elected House speaker
and as the legislator who steered
President Barack Obama’s
health care bill into law.
Now, at 79, she’s in the ulti-
mate battle. She has become
the anti-Trump: steely, disci-
plined and implacable. It is the
president’s misfortune that his
principal adversary is at the top
of her game.
Doyle McManus is a columnist
for the Los Angeles Times.
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California:
In the dark
and avoiding
hard choices
By MEGAN McARDLE
L
ife is full of unpleasant choices, but
we soft moderns rarely face deci-
sions as thoroughly disagreeable as
the one that now confronts the residents
of California.
First option: They can keep the lights
on, knowing that doing so in the current
hot, dry winds risks sparking more of
the wildfires that have destroyed billions
of dollars worth of property and taken
many lives in recent years. They can
also pay for the damage done by those
fires, either in their capacity as tax-
payers or in their role as consumers of
electricity.
Second option: They can turn the
lights off, which would starve one of
the most economically vibrant regions
of the United States of the most basic
requirement of modern commerce; cat-
apult hundreds of thousands, even mil-
lions of homeowners backward toward
the 19th century; and risk the lives of
vulnerable elderly and disabled people.
Third option: Californians can pony
up more than a quarter of a trillion
dollars to bury the power lines that
have sparked so many fires. Burying
the 81,000 miles of overhead lines for
just one utility, Pacific Gas & Electric, is
estimated to cost something like $240 bil-
lion, roughly $15,000 per customer, and
yet would remove only one of the many
sources of wildfire risk.
There are variations, of course, such
as safety enhancements that stop short
of burying all the power lines. But these
are the three basic choices: live with the
risk, pay a lot of money to abate it or suf-
fer periodic blackouts. They’re all bad.
Yet of the three, it seems obvious
that rolling blackouts are the worst op-
tion. A home that doesn’t have reliable
access to electricity is, for most people,
functionally uninhabitable, so con-
tinuing blackouts on the scale we’ve
recently seen would temporarily dis-
possess Californians of their homes in
much larger numbers than the threat
from wildfires. Moreover, if people
do stay in their homes, they will turn
to candles and generators, which are
even more likely to spark a fire than a
power line. Even without the fire risk,
prolonged lack of electricity can be
deadly for anyone who needs refriger-
OPINION
It’s hard to see how even the best-run utility
could afford to keep the power flowing during
California’s scorched and windy weather and its
even more arid legal and political climate.
ation for medicines or electricity for
lifesaving devices.
Nonetheless, somehow, this is what
California chose — by trying hard not to
make any choice at all.
Liability for wildfires is handled
through the California courts under
a peculiar state doctrine known as
“inverse condemnation,” which holds
utilities and state agencies liable for
damage caused by their operations even
if they weren’t negligent. These massive
liabilities have imposed massive loss-
es on PG&E, the state’s biggest power
company, which is in bankruptcy. This
means that California’s ratepayers are
ultimately on the hook for the cost, since
it sure can’t come out of the company’s
nonexistent profits.
But California’s ratepayers like to
imagine that someone else can pay the
bill — someone richer than themselves,
such as the chief executive of PG&E,
whose admittedly lavish salary would
not quite cover the cost of burying one
mile’s worth of transmission lines, out
of its roughly 81,000 miles of overhead
wires crisscrossing the state. Or perhaps
the utilities’ investors and creditors
— though California will shortly need
those people to put in even more invest-
ment if the state is to meet its ambitious
goals to reach 100% renewable energy
by 2045. But someone, anyway. Certainly
not them, Joe Average, already strug-
gling with California’s absurdly high
cost of living.
The ratepayers are nurtured in
this fantasy by California politicians,
particularly Gov. Gavin Newsom, who
reacted to this crisis by ranting about
the “greed” of the utilities — as if said
utilities were not tightly regulated by the
California Public Utilities Commission,
which sets rates, determines allowable
profit margins and minutely scrutiniz-
es proposed expenditures. In 2017, the
commission refused to let San Diego Gas
& Electric raise rates to cover its liability
for wildfires that took place in 2007,
which is why utilities are now terrified
of any risk, however small, that their
equipment might start a fire.
Undoubtedly, utilities could do better
on safety. But without burying the lines,
there’s no way to eliminate fire risk
entirely, because California is basically a
giant naturally occurring tinderbox; one
of the largest fires last year was started
by a rancher hammering a spike into
the ground. It’s hard to see how even the
best-run utility in the world could afford
to keep the power flowing during Cal-
ifornia’s scorched and windy weather
and its even more arid legal and political
climate.
California politicians keep trying to
evade that reality, pretending that there
aren’t hard choices to be made, and that
the power to make those choices belongs
to someone else. As long as they keep up
the pretense, they’ll end up with exactly
the result they least want.
Megan McArdle is a columnist for the
Washington Post.
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CLOSE TO HOME
Killing American
Dreams like mine
By JOE HELBERG
I
n the early 1980s, I bought my first
truck and became an independent
owner-operator.
I have been working since my early
teenage years, first as a paper boy, then a
dish washer and, by the time I was 20, as
a journeyman welder at a relatively large
trailer manufacturing company.
Having reached top-scale earnings, I
took a look around at my opportunities for
advancement within the company. I calcu-
lated how many years until the foreman
would retire and I could get that position.
It was then that I decided to go out on my
own, and at 21, I became a trucker. I was
self-employed, and I no longer had any
limits on how high I could climb the ladder
of success or the money I could make.
Assembly Bill 5, the recently enacted
law restricting independent contractors,
including truckers, would have killed my
American Dream 35 years ago.
At the same time I started my business,
I got married and started a family. We did
well enough to have the privilege of my
then-wife being a stay-at-home mom, and
within two years of starting our business,
we were able to buy our first home. Al-
though the hours far exceeded an 8-5 job,
I had the freedom to juggle my schedule
so as not to miss important child-rearing
events such as soccer games, school plays
or an occasional field trip.
As the years went by, we grew the
business to five trucks. We were afforded
the opportunity to send our kids to college
and see the first generation in our family
obtain a degree.
In looking back over the past 35 years
and the benefits I received from being an
owner-operator trucker, it was the smart-
est move I could have made. The taste of
independence, the pride of doing it on my
own and the fulfillment of achievement
is my definition of living the American
Dream. The experience I gained led me
to start another successful business, now
running for over 20 years.
My message for Gov. Gavin Newsom
and other supporters of AB 5: There are
a lot of us who don’t want to be coddled
by the government and make just make
enough money to put food on the table.
Some of us are chasing a carrot. I would
think they would be quite pleased with the
tax revenue the state has received from me
over the course of 35 years in business.
Please don’t take away our American
Dream — not from me, not from my kids
and not from my grandkids.
Joe Helberg is the founder and president of
ADTS, Inc. in Rohnert Park.
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Bolton summoned to testify

House prepares for first
official vote in Trump
impeachment inquiry
By LISA MASCARO
AND ERIC TUCKER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — House
investigators are asking for-
mer national security adviser
John Bolton to testify in their
impeachment inquiry, deepen-
ing their reach into the White
House as the probe accelerates
toward a potential vote
to remove the president.
Democratic lawmak-
ers want to hear next
week from Bolton, the
hawkish former adviser
who openly sparred over
the administration’s
approach to Ukraine John
— in particular, Pres- Bolton
ident Donald Trump’s
reliance on his personal attor-
ney Rudy Giuliani for a back-
channel operation. Bolton once
derided Giuliani’s work as a
“drug deal” and said he wanted
no part of it, according
to previous testimony.
Bolton’s attorney,
Charles Cooper, said
Wednesday evening that
his client would not ap-
pear without a subpoe-
na.
The Democrats are
also calling John Eisen-
berg, the lawyer for the
NSC who fielded an Army of-
ficer’s concerns over Trump’s
phone call with the Ukraine
president, and Michael Ellis, an-
other security council official,
according to a person familiar
with the invitation and granted
anonymity to discuss it.
The rush of possible new wit-
nesses comes as the House pre-
pares to take its first official vote
Thursday on the process ahead.
That includes public hearings in
a matter of weeks and the pos-
sibility of drafting articles of
impeachment against the pres-
ident.
The White House has urged
officials not to testify in the im-
peachment proceedings, and it’s
not guaranteed that those called
will appear for depositions, even
if they receive subpoenas as pre-
vious witnesses have.
Bolton’s former deputy,
Charles Kupperman, has filed a
lawsuit in federal court asking a
judge to resolve the question of
whether he can be forced to tes-
tify since he was a close and fre-
quent adviser to the president.
Any ruling in that case could
presumably have an impact on
whether Bolton will testify. A
status conference in that case
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winds
fueling
blazes
Several fires break out
in Southern California;
Reagan library at risk
By SCOTT WILSON
AND KATIE METTLER
WASHINGTON POST

SIMI VALLEY — Gale-force

winds and single-digit humidity
levels combined Wednesday to
spark a number of fires across
Southern California, including
one here that threatened the
Ronald Reagan Presidential
Library for several morning
hours.
Dire weather predictions and
an “extreme red flag warning”
across much of the state’s south
had prompted firefighters to
take up positions before sever-
al of the blazes started, giving LOUISE JOHNS / NEW YORK TIMES

Family plans upended

them a jump on knocking them Gilbert Hategeka, originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, takes collection on Oct. 13 during a church service in Missoula, Montana.
down. The blaze here, known as
the Easy fire, burned more than
1,500 acres very quickly but, by
early afternoon, had burned just
one home.
Ventura County firefight-
ers had several strike teams in
place at the Reagan Library, and
intensive aerial attacks from
helicopters and a DC-10 tanker Trump’s move to limit refugee influx may leave some relatives stranded
kept the flames off the hilltop
where the building sits. The By ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS Funugo Nsanzin-
library’s safety was far from NEW YORK TIMES fura and a friend’s
certain, though, during a morn- daughter talk with

ing when conditions conspired
against hundreds of firefighters
on the ground.
“It was about the worst
time it could happen,” Ventu-
ra County Police Chief Mark
Lorenzen told reporters at a
noon briefing. “And, unfortu-
nately, these winds are going
to continue for at least the next
24 hours.”
The Easy fire was the largest
one that broke out Wednesday,
but throughout the day, brush
fires popped up along busy high-
ways on the outskirts of Los
Angeles, stoking fears that fires
could start — and spread —
quickly and with little warning
to heavily populated areas along
the California coast.
The wind was so fierce
in Riverside County to the
southeast, where the Hill fire
threatened mobile home parks
and senior care hospitals, that it
TURN TO FIRES » PAGE B2
O
MISSOULA, Montana
n his first day in this small
college town cradled between
the Flathead and Lolo national
forests, Funugo Nsanzinfura made sure
to submit the paperwork necessary for
his daughter, Faith, and her mother,
Ayingeneye, to join him in the growing
community of Congolese refugees here.
Since that day in 2018, he has cooked
for students, prepared livestock at a
market and bathed the disabled residents
of a group home, stashing away what he
could to reunite his family in Missoula,
8,400 miles and worlds away from the
Ugandan refugee camp where he grew
up. But the Trump administration’s move
to slash the number of refugees admit-
ted into the United States in the next
11 months by nearly half has already
canceled several planned refugee flights
— including three this week — stranding
more than 400 people cleared for transport
and leaving Nsanzinfura in despair.
He is contemplating what was once
unthinkable, a return to East Africa and
the camp he finally escaped.
Nsanzinfura’s wife
and daughter on
Oct. 12 in Missou-
la, Montana. In
the coming days,
President Donald
Trump will finalize
the lowest annual
refugee cap in the
refugee program’s
history.
“It’s my family which I need to take care from relatives who have waited years in
of,” said Nsanzinfura, who is known as camps in Uganda or Tanzania for refuge
Joseph. “It made me lose hope that I will in the United States. One woman has been
see them again here.” pleading with community leaders to help
As the White House prepares to final- her son, who recently emerged from a
ize the fiscal year’s refugee cap at 18,000, coma and is now alone in a camp. A local
the lowest number since the program preacher prepared his three children to go
was created four decades ago, many of to the airport last month to welcome their
the nearly 200 Congolese who settled in
Missoula have answered desperate calls TURN TO REFUGEES » PAGE B2

Baghdadi given up by Islamic State insider

Syrian Kurdish militia
cultivated defector as
an asset, officials say
and Middle East-based
officials knowledgeable
man, whose nationality
had not been revealed, is
to destroy the terrorist group’s
self-proclaimed caliphate in
riously became clear within the
last couple of weeks.”
about the operation. expected to receive some eastern Syria. SDF leaders then The Washington Post
The mole’s detailed
knowledge of Baghda-
or all of the $25 million
U.S. bounty that had
handed control of the agent to
U.S. intelligence operatives, who
previously reported
contributions of a disaffected
the

By JOBY WARRICK
AND ELLEN NAKASHIMA
WASHINGTON POST
U.S. commandos zeroed in
on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s fi-
nal hideout with the help of an
extraordinarily well-placed in-
formant, an Islamic State oper-
ative who facilitated the terror-
ist leader’s movements around
Syria and even helped oversee
construction work on his Syri-
an safe house, according to U.S.
di’s whereabouts as well been placed on Bagh- spent weeks vetting him until Islamic State operative in
as the room-by-room dadi’s head, according they were sure he was genuine, exposing the location of
layout of his sanctuary to the officials. One the officials said. Baghdadi’s hideout. SDF leader
proved to be critical in official said he was a A months-long effort to ex- Gen. Mazloum Abdi told NBC
Abu Bakr
Saturday’s raid that Sunni Arab who turned ploit the intelligence break- News on Monday that one of
al-Baghdadi
ended with the death of against the Islamic State through began in the summer, his organization’s informants
the world’s most-wanted terror- because one of his relatives had but only in the past month did had helped lead the Americans
ist, the officials said. been killed by the group. the informant’s tips lead to an to Baghdadi’s compound, and
The informant was present The Islamic State defector opportunity to act. said personal items, including
during the assault on Baghda- had been cultivated as an asset “It was assessed for quite a underwear, were taken from
di’s compound in the Syrian by the Syrian Democratic Forc- while that the person might the compound for DNA testing
province of Idlib, and he was es, the predominantly Kurdish have the key to the lock,” said to confirm Baghdadi’s presence
exfiltrated from the region two militia that became the ground one U.S. official familiar with
days later with his family. The troops for the U.S.-led campaign the matter. “That only really se- TURN TO BAGHDADI » PAGE B5
B2 THE PRESS DEMOCRAT • THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2019

NEWSWATCH BOLTON proposing a quid-pro-quo could complicate U.S. goals Most Democrats are
arrangement. for the country. expected to support the
On Thursday, the inves- Another Foreign Ser- formal impeachment in-
CONTINUED FROM B1 tigators are to hear from vice officer, Catherine vestigation resolution
NATION Tim Morrison, a former Croft, said that during her Thursday, even if they
was scheduled for Thurs- top GOP aide on Capi- time at Trump’s National don’t back impeachment
CHICAGO day afternoon. tol Hill, who served at Security Council, she re- itself, saying they are in fa-
Trump and his Repub- Trump’s National Securi- ceived “multiple” phone vor of opening the process
Teachers union accepts tentative deal lican allies on Capitol Hill ty Council and was among calls from lobbyist Robert with more formal proce-
Chicago Teachers Union delegates have voted to say the entire impeach- those likely monitoring Livingston — a former dures.
accept a new contract deal — but won’t end the strike ment inquiry is illegiti- the president’s call with top Republican lawmak- Public hearings are ex-
yet because they’re still squabbling with the city over mate and are unpersuaded Ukraine. er once in line to become pected to begin in mid-No-
making up the days lost to the walkout. by the House resolution Late Wednesday, it was House speaker — telling vember, a matter of weeks.
The union says it will be at City Hall at 10 a.m. formally setting out next disclosed that Morrison her the U.S. ambassador Democrats are eager to
Thursday to “demand the mayor return our days.” steps. was resigning his White to Ukraine, Marie Yovano- hear from some top wit-
Chicago Public Schools responded a short time Senate Majority Leader House position. He has been vitch, should be fired. nesses who have already
later by formally canceling classes again Thursday, Mitch McConnell said the a central figure in other “It was not clear to me provided compelling testi-
which will be the 11th day of the walkout. format for the impeach- testimony about Trump’s at the time — or now — at mony behind closed doors,
“We feel like important things were accomplished ment probe denies Trump dealing with Ukraine. whose direction or at whose including diplomat Wil-
over the last 10 days” during the strike, CTU Pres- the “most basic rights of Two State Department expense Mr. Livingston was liam Taylor, a top ambassa-
ident Jesse Sharkey said. “Now we feel we’re just due process.” Ukraine experts offered seeking the removal of Am- dor in Ukraine, and Alex-
being punished because we had the audacity to (go Now in its second new accounts of Trump’s bassador Yovanovitch,” she ander Vindman, the Army
against) the mayor … Her last card is to punish up for month, the investigation reliance on Giuliani rather said in prepared remarks officer who testified Tues-
what we did.” is focused on Trump’s July than career diplomats to obtained by the Associated day that he twice report-
The union voted 364-242 in favor of a tentative phone call with Ukraine engage with the East Euro- Press. ed to superiors, including
agreement offered by Mayor Lori Lightfoot earli- when he asked President pean ally, a struggling de- Livingston character- Eisenberg, his concerns
er this week, according to a source with firsthand Volodymyr Zelenskiy to mocracy facing aggression ized Yovanovitch as an about Trump’s actions to-
knowledge of the outcome. investigate Democrats and from Russia. “‘Obama holdover’ and ward Ukraine.
But the deal is contingent on teachers getting back a potential 2020 political ri- Foreign Service officer associated with George Vindman is willing to
the days lost in the strike - as of Thursday, that will val, Joe Biden, as the White Christopher Anderson Soros,” she said, referring testify publicly, according
be 11. Teachers won’t get paid for the days lost unless House was withholding testified that Bolton cau- to the American financier to a person familiar with
they are made up. military aid Ukraine relies tioned him that Giuliani who is often the subject of the situation and granted
The makeup of school days called off by the strike on for its defenses. Demo- “was a key voice with the conservative criticism in anonymity Wednesday to
emerged as a make-or-break issue Wednesday after- crats contend Trump was president on Ukraine” and the U.S. and Europe. discuss it.
noon. Union Vice President Stacy Davis Gates tweeted
that the union “may have reached a monumental
agreement and want to convene our (House of Dele-
gates) to suspend the strike.”

ATLANTA
Plane crashes into home, killing two
A small plane crashed into a townhome Wednesday
morning in a leafy Atlanta-area neighborhood near a
major interstate, killing two people and tearing off the
home’s brick exterior, authorities said.
The crash scattered wreckage and shook up nearby
residents. Both the pilot and a passenger died, but
there were no injuries on the ground because no one
was home at the time, DeKalb County Fire Capt. Dion
Bentley told reporters.
“I’m feeling very lucky,” said David Youngpeter,
who lives near the townhome. “It was too close for
comfort.”
The Piper PA-28 plane crashed shortly after taking
off from DeKalb-Peachtree Airport outside Atlanta
about 10:30 a.m., the Federal Aviation Administration
said in a statement. Conditions were foggy in the area.
Jared Hauck said he was working from his home
about 1,000 feet from the crash site because he had
adopted a dog the day before.
“I heard a really loud crash and some rustling,” he
said. “It didn’t sound like anything normal.”
Hauck said he found a piece of wreckage outside
his front door.

WORLD
TOKYO
Climber’s body found on Mount Fuji
A man’s body has been found on Mount Fuji, Jap-
anese media reported on Wednesday, two days after
a climber live-streaming a solo winter ascent of the
mountain was seen dramatically falling and sliding
down a snow-clad slope.
Although more than 300,000 people walk up Japan’s
iconic mountain every year, authorities say it is
prohibited to do so in the winter. That didn’t stop a
climber, calling himself TEDZO, from live-streaming
his attempt to reach the summit of the nation’s high-
est peak on Monday afternoon.
The video shows a camera’s eye-view of the ascent,
with the climber panting as he said: “I’m rushing to
the peak.”
He complains repeatedly about his cold hands,
which he tries to warm, at point saying he has stuck
them under his arms.
“My fingers are losing sensation. I wish I had
brought a smartphone holder. It’s in my pocket,” he
said.
BRUSSELS
Men found inside refrigerated trailer
Twelve men were found alive in the refrigerated
trailer of a truck in Belgium, federal police said
Wednesday, in an echo of a similar, but deadly, case a
week earlier.
The discovery of the men — 11 from Syria and one
from Sudan — in the province of Antwerp came as
authorities were still scrambling to identify the bodies
of 39 people found Oct. 23 in a refrigerated container
in Grays, in southeastern England, which had arrived
from the Belgian port of Zeebrugge.
Jana Verdegem, a spokeswoman for the Belgian
Federal Police, said the 12 men were found early
Wednesday after the truck driver, who thought he had
been transporting only fruit and vegetables, alerted
police when he became suspicious of the load he was
carrying, she said.
“He suspected that people were in the back of his
truck,” she said. When federal police arrived and
opened the back of the vehicle, parked in a lot on the
side of a highway in Oud-Turnhout in Antwerp, they
found the men.
— Press Democrat news services
Women from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi share a meal after church on Oct. 13 in Missoula, Montana.
REFUGEES
CONTINUED FROM B1
uncle, only to find out the morning
of the arrival that the flight had
been canceled.
In fact, the flights canceled for
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
were the third batch to be scrubbed
as refugee officials await final word
on this year’s refugee cap, said a
government official who spoke
on the condition of anonymity to
discuss internal conversations. The
next possible departures would be
Nov. 5, if President Donald Trump
signs off on the annual cap before
then.
Trump has made restricting refu-
gee admissions part of his broader
goal to limit immigration. This
fiscal year’s 18,000 is down from the
30,000 let in between October 2018
and September 2019, and that was a
fraction of the 110,000 that President
Barack Obama offered refuge in the
2017 fiscal year.
The shriveling of the program
comes as the number of people flee-
ing violence and persecution in the
world totaled 70 million last year,
the highest recorded since World
War II.
Trump is expected to finalize his
refugee cap in the coming days,
which will pair with a potentially
divisive executive order that gives
local activists more power to reject
refugees chosen for resettlement in
their communities. Together, the
cap and the order will change the
complexion of the nation’s refugee
program.
“It’s a political ploy, putting our
program at risk and causing fear
among those who ought to be wel-
comed to a better life in Montana,”
said the state’s governor, Steve
Bullock, a Democratic presidential
candidate.
Administration officials have ar-
gued that the cuts are necessary to
focus federal resources on a surge of
migrant families that have illegally
crossed the southern border this
year, even though such crossings
have declined by more than 60%
since May. Thousands of refugees
abroad have already cleared the re-
quired security screenings and are
simply waiting for their ticket to the
United States.
Many of them hail from the
Democratic Republic of Congo. As
of July, more than 4,300 refugees
from Congo had passed the exten-
sive security screenings required by
the United States and were cleared
to move to the U.S., more than any
other country, according to State
Department data obtained by the
New York Times.
More than 26,600 Congolese people
completed the initial screening in
the refugee process.
But the Trump refugee rules are
stacked against the Congolese in
ways large and small.
The administration is moving
away from dispersing openings
based on geography. Instead of
reserving slots for Africa, East
Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia,
Europe, Latin America and the
Caribbean, the administration will
carve out 4,000 refugee slots for Iraq-
is who worked with the U.S. military,
1,500 for people from Central Amer-
ica and 5,000 for people persecuted
for their religion.
LOUISE JOHNS / NEW YORK TIMES
The final 7,500 slots are for those
who are seeking family unification
and have been cleared for resettle-
ment.
Those carve-outs do not leave
much room for refugees whose fam-
ilies fled ethnic violence and rape in
Congo in the 1990s and have spent
most of their lives in congested East
African displaced persons camps.
“They have uprooted and sold
everything, and they were anticipat-
ing a new life in the United States,”
said Nazanin Ash, vice president for
global policy and advocacy for the
International Rescue Committee.
“And now the rug will get pulled out
from under them with no recourse
in sight.”
Beyond the refugees themselves,
the new rules have raised anxieties
in host communities like Missoula.
The same day the administration
announced its refugee cuts, Trump
signed an executive order that
requires state and local government
officials to provide written consent
before refugees can be resettled in
their communities. The order could
allow officials to effectively block
the resettlement of refugees in their
areas.
Missoula’s mayor, John Engen,
said refugees had not brought crime,
but they had resolved a labor short-
age in the community.
Trump’s community veto order
is “designed to make stuff hard and
designed to allow people in jurisdic-
tions far away from me that have
no idea what Missoula, Montana, is
about to send me hate mail,” Engen
said. “It’s about intimidation. You
got nothing better to do than to
push around the mayor of Missoula,
Montana?”

FIRES ty. The northeast Santa

CONTINUED FROM B1
blew over several 18-wheel
trucks navigating traffic-
clogged roads. Eucalyptus
bent almost parallel to
some highways as debris
was tossed through the
air. Public officials in high-
wind areas warned drivers
to stay home.
Schools closed in many
Los Angeles suburbs, and
employees left work ear-
ly to take care of children
and check on homes as
fires advanced and smoke
streamed across the sky.
Throughout the day, peo-
ple checked the boundaries
of mandatory evacuation
maps on cellphones. Near-
ly 20 million state residents
are living within high-risk
fire areas, which have
DEAN MUSGROVE / ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Firefighters battle the Easy fire in Simi Valley near the Ron-
ald Reagan Presidential Library on Wednesday.
grown in size as the state’s
climate turns to one of ex-
tremes.
Fire crews were still try-
ing to contain the Getty
Fire, on the western edge
of Los Angeles, which was
sparked Monday when a
tree branch fell on power
lines in Los Angeles Coun-
Ana winds were far calmer
in the city Wednesday than
on its outskirts to the north
and south.
So far, the Getty fire has
torched about 745 acres
and forced the evacuation
of more than 7,000 homes.
At least 12 homes have
been destroyed.
The weather concerns
over the next two days are
focused on Southern Cali-
fornia, where the National
Weather Service took the
unprecedented step of is-
suing an “extreme red flag
warning” to communicate
the severity of the event
now underway.
As of 6 a.m., just before
the Easy fire broke out,
peak wind gusts in Los An-
geles and Ventura counties
had reached 65 mph. Gusts
increased through the ear-
ly afternoon.
“The fire outflanked us
very quickly this morn-
ing,” said Chad Cook, the
incident commander with
the Ventura County Fire
Department.
Cook said the heavy
winds and resulting turbu-
lence shut down air opera-
tions off and on throughout
the morning.
But those pauses were
brief.
The sight of helicopters
dropping water, collected
from nearby reservoirs,
and tankers dumping
flame retardant, painting
the tan hills fluorescent,
was near constant.
“It’s been give and take,
off and on,” Cook said.
One of the key factors
that forecasters use in
predicting the strength of
offshore wind events in
California is the pressure
gradient between coastal
portions of the state and ar-
eas far inland. The greater
the pressure difference, the
stronger the winds will be.
The evacuations related
to the Easy fire in Los An-
geles affected an estimated
26,000 people. Overnight,
the Ventura County Sher-
iff’s Department had de-
ployed 81 officers to areas
at most risk of fire, giving
them an early start on the
evacuations that Sheriff
Bill Ayub called “fairly
seamless.”
At one point early
Wednesday, the fire burned
along ridgelines and in the
canyons around the Rea-
gan Library, the reposito-
ry for the late president’s
papers, the aircraft that
served as his Air Force
One, and other histori-
cal materials. Ronald and
Nancy Reagan are buried
there.
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT • THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2019 STATE B3

STATE BRIEFS
SACRAMENTO
Police arrest gunman after
standoff inside home
Police have arrested a gunman
who held people hostage inside a
home for nearly 24 hours.
Authorities say the man surren-
dered Wednesday afternoon after
SCOTT VARLEY / ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
officers entered the home.
Police went looking for the man
Police gather outside a mobile command post early Tuesday afternoon after talking to
Wednesday as they investigate the scene of a shooting in a woman who had been injured in a
Long Beach that killed three people and wounded nine. domestic disturbance.
at the home managed to escape
Wednesday.
SAN JOSE
Two plead guilty to Uber
extortion scheme
Two computer hackers have
pleaded guilty to concocting an
extortion scheme that entangled
Uber in a yearlong cover-up of a
data breach that stole sensitive
information about 57 million of the
ride-hailing service’s passengers
with a $100,000 payment, but waited
until November 2017 to reveal that
the personal information of both
its riders and drivers around the
world had fallen into the hands of
criminals.
RIVERSIDE
Man charged with running
illegal marijuana farms
A San Diego man has been
charged with operating illegal
marijuana farms at 13 homes across

Shooting kills 3
Police say they spotted the man
in a pickup truck, leading to a two-
mile slow-speed chase.
Authorities say the man then
and drivers. three Southern California counties.
The pleas were entered Wednes- Authorities say they raided
day in a San Jose federal court by leased homes Wednesday in Teme-
Brandon Charles Glover and Vasile cula, Murrieta, Riverside, Chino,

at Long Beach
stopped and, holding a gun, forced
a 13-year-old girl from the car
and used her as a shield while he
entered a home whose occupants he
Mereacre. Chino Hills, Rancho Cucamonga,
Glover, 26, and Mereacre, 23, Rowland Heights, and Hacienda
acknowledged stealing personal in- Heights. Chiaming Tim Hsu was
formation from companies that was arrested at the Rowland Heights

house party
didn’t know.
Police say eight adults and chil-
dren were held hostage but six were
released Tuesday evening while the
13-year-old and a woman who lived
Nine wounded in many of the partygoers
stored on Amazon Web Services
from October 2016 to January 2017
and then demanding to be paid to
destroy the data.
Uber met the hackers’ demand
house. He’s charged with conspira-
cy to cultivate marijuana and other
crimes. It’s unclear whether he has
a lawyer.
— Press Democrat news services

attack; unidentified
gunman still at large
By ELIAN PELTIER
NEW YORK TIMES
Three men were fatally
shot and at least nine oth-
er people were injured in
an attack at a Halloween
house party in Long Beach
on Tuesday night, authori-
ties said.
About 25 people were
celebrating when at least
one unidentified gunman
entered an alley behind the
home and began shooting
“almost indiscriminately,”
Chief Robert Luna of the
Long Beach Police Depart-
ment said Wednesday. Of
the partygoers who were
injured, seven were women
and two were men, all be-
tween the ages of 20 and 49,
he added. The three men
who died were believed to
be in their mid-20s.
The gunman was said to
have fled in a dark-colored
vehicle and was still at
large Wednesday. City offi-
cials asked anyone with in-
formation to contact police.
“I know there are people
out there that have informa-
tion as to who this coward
is, and I would like them to
come forward,” Luna said
at a news conference.
The circumstances led
police to believe it was a tar-
geted attack, but there was
no sign it was gang-related,
Luna said. He added that
most of the victims did not
live in Long Beach and that
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worked together at a site
outside the city, which he
declined to identify. Some
attendees characterized the
gathering as a birthday or
office party, he said. A po-
lice spokeswoman had said
earlier that some partygo-
ers were in costume.
The shooting occurred
about 10:45 p.m. in the city,
25 miles south of Los An-
geles.
A spokesman for the
Long Beach Fire Depart-
ment, Jake Heflin, told
reporters that firefighters
had arrived to a scene “full
of chaos.” Some of the vic-
tims had been critically
injured, and others were in
stable condition.
A Police Department
spokeswoman, Jennifer de
Prez, said the victims had
been found inside and out-
side the house.
Aerial footage showed
firefighters triaging victims
on yellow and red tarps out-
side a home and behind a
nail salon. Neighbors and
others said they had heard
about 20 gunshots.
It was unclear what type
of weapon was used in the
shooting as of Wednesday
morning. Luna said police
were still investigating.
Federal lawmakers, law
enforcement officials and
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Life Tributes
IN THIS SECTION
CRINELLA, Francis Michael
CURRAN, Alice
OLIVER, Norm
Francis Michael “Frank” Crinella
Crinella, Francis Michael “Frank”,
passed away peacefully on
October 24, 2019, at his home in
Costa Mesa. He was 82 years old.
Frank is survived by his loving
wife of 60 years, Terrie K. Crinella
(Lynd); daughters, Ramona C.
(Mark) Nizibian, Christina C.
(Patrick) Waters; sons, Marino
Peter (Kristen), Andrew M. (Mar-
garet), and 11 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his
baby boy, Francis M. Crinella,
Jr. (1963) and daughter Gina T.
Crinella (1982).
Frank was born on December 22,
1936, in Petaluma, California, to
Marino and Marian Crinella. He
enjoyed a wonderful childhood in
Petaluma, hunting and fishing with
his father, learning to cook from
his grandmother, playing the pia-
no for his mother, and developing
friendships that would last the rest
of his life.
Frank graduated from St. Vincent’s
High School as a proud member
of the remarkable Class of 1954.
He attended the University of
Notre Dame where he earned a
Bachelor of Arts degree in 1958.
While Frank studied under any
number of outstanding professors
while at Notre Dame, he took
the most pride in the simple,
hand-crafted weightlifting medals
he received from Rev. Bernard H.
B. Lange, C.S.C. During his years
in South Bend, Frank began many
life-long friendships.
While at Notre Dame he also
met Terrie K. Lynd, a resident
of nearby Niles, Michigan. Two
years later, Frank and Terrie were
married, beginning their life
together in San Francisco where
Frank was attending graduate
school at San Francisco State Col-
lege. Frank received a Masters in
Clinical Psychology in 1962. That
Director of Neuropsychology Lab-
oratory, Child Development Center
Department of Pediatrics at UC
Irvine. For the remainder of this
life, Frank dedicated much of his
time and energy to Child Devel-
opment Center, and by doing so
helped countless children and their
parents to experience richer and
more productive lives. Indeed,
Frank’s long and productive career
in social services and education
reflected a world view shaped by
his strong Catholic upbringing
which dictates that a society is best
measured by how it treats the least
of its citizens.
Frank’s life was certainly not
limited to his work. While he
had many interests and hobbies,
including cooking, gardening, and
the Anaheim (he didn’t like to call
them Los Angeles) Angels, he was
most happy when he was golfing.
Frank enjoyed a long and success-
ful career as an amateur golfer
and was most proud of winning
the Club Championship at Irvine
Coast Country Club in 1980 and
qualifying for the United States
Amateur Championship in 1991.
He had great success in club
tournaments throughout Southern
California and played consistently
in regional and state amateur
events. For the past 35 years he
was a member of Mesa Verde
Country Club where he could be
Alice Curran
Alice Curran, age 94 died peace-
fully on October 23, 2019, at her
home in Casa Grande, Arizona.
She was predeceased by her
husband John in 2014. Alice was
born in Jersey City, New Jersey
to Charles and Amelia Colbert.
She graduated from St Michaels
High School and went on to work
as an office assistant in New York
City. She married her teenage
sweetheart, John, and went on to
lovingly raise four children. Pat, and her brother Tom. She was
After John retired in 1987, they predeceased by her sister Molly.
moved to Santa Rosa, California Alice was a devoted grandmother
where they lived for the next 26 to thirteen grandchildren and
years. During that time, Alice and twenty great-grandchildren, with
John were very active in Star of whom she spent many fun and
the Valley Catholic Church as well happy times. They all loved her
as the community of Oakmont. dearly.
After the death of her beloved hus- She also leaves behind many
band John, Alice moved to Casa nieces and nephews who all have
Grande, Arizona to live near her fond memories of Aunt Alice.
daughter Susan. A funeral Mass will be said at Star
She is remembered by all who of the Valley Catholic Church in
knew her as a warm, loving, and Santa Rosa on Saturday, Novem-
caring person. ber 9th at 11:00.
Alice is survived by her children: In lieu of flowers, memorial
Patricia Hennessey, Kathleen contributions may be made to
Jordan, Susan (Jesse) Gladman, Catholic Charities of Santa Rosa,
and John (Patricia) Curran, as well 987 Airway Court, Santa Rosa,
as her two sisters, Barbara and California, 95403.
Norm Oliver
May 29, 1943 - October 25, 2019
Norm was raised in San Anselmo
and Santa Rosa. Most of his adult
life he spent in his beloved Glen
Ellen.
He graduated from Long Beach
State and began his life long ca-
reer as a Designer. He had a gift
of vision and an understanding
of building that was unmatched.

Hospice same year, he went on active duty
in the United States Air Force. For
the next three plus years, Frank
2019 Annual served as an officer assigned to
David Grant USAF Hospital, Travis
Memorial Service AFB. In 1966, he was honorably
discharged from the Air Force with
the rank of Captain.
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Come to remember studies at Louisiana State Univer-
sity, and in 1969 was awarded a
and celebrate the Life Ph.D. in Neuropsychology. He re-
turned with his family to Petaluma
to begin his career as a psychol-
of your loved one. ogist. For the next seven years he
built a private practice, while also
serving as Senior Psychologist at
Sunday, Sonoma State Hospital. All the
while, Frank and Terrie raised a
family of five children.
November 3rd, 2019 In 1977, Frank accepted the po-
sition of Director (Chief Executive
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in Costa Mesa, California. Over
the next eight years, Frank’s
Finley Community Center compassionate leadership led to
progressive changes at Fair-
2060 West College Avenue view designed to enhance the
life-experience of its residents and
Santa Rosa facilitate their integration into the
community. At the same time,
Frank began his long association
Candle Lighting Ceremony with the University of California,
Irvine. From 1982 to 2018, Frank
Refreshments taught and counseled a long line
of graduate students as a Clinical
Professor at UC Irvine, and he
took great pride in the post-degree
For more information,
accomplishments of his former
Call Barbara Yungert at Heartland Hospice students.
707.523.0111 In 1985, Frank left Fairview to
become Director of the California
State Developmental Research
Institutes. In that capacity, he par-
ticipated in, and fostered, research
related to brain development and
disfunction. In 1993, he became
There are many homes and build-
counted on to play each weekend
ings in the Sonoma Valley, and
with his set foursomes, while after-
beyond, that are examples of his
wards holding court and enjoying
skill and talent.
the company of everyone in the
men’s grill. Most of all, however,
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his life, and he was always most
grateful for them. They know who
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There will be a celebration of
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details.
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Norm had earned an incredible
community of friends through
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hand, Frank instead provided
his children and grandchildren
with steady guidance in their
education, career choices, and life
decisions. In doing so, he always
let them know that he would love
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Pathologist disputes suicide in Epstein death

Ex-New York medical
examiner says injuries
look like strangling
By AZI PAYBARAH
NEW YORK TIMES
A forensic pathologist hired
by Jeffrey Epstein’s brother dis-
puted the official finding in the
autopsy of his death, claiming
Wednesday that the evidence
suggested that he did not take
his own life but may have been
strangled.
The New York City medical ex-
aminer’s office concluded in Au-
gust that Epstein hanged himself
in his jail cell while awaiting trial
on sex trafficking charges.
But the private pathologist, Dr.
Michael Baden, said on the morn-
ing TV show “Fox & Friends”
that Epstein, 66, experienced a
number of injuries — among
them a broken bone in his neck
— that “are extremely unusual
in suicidal hangings and
could occur much more
commonly in homicidal
strangulation.”
“I think that the evi-
dence points to homicide
rather than suicide,”
said Baden, who ob-
served the autopsy done
Jeffrey
by city officials.
Epstein
Baden, a former New
York City medical examiner and
a Fox News contributor, added,
“I’ve not seen in 50 years where
that occurred in a suicidal hang-
ing case.”
The findings by Baden were
strongly disputed by the city’s
chief medical examiner, Dr. Bar-
bara Sampson, who previously
ruled that Epstein’s death Aug.
10 in the Metropolitan Correc-
tional Center was a suicide.
“I stand firmly behind our
determination of the cause and
manner of death in this case,”
Sampson said in an interview
Wednesday. She added: “In gen-
eral, fractures of the
hyoid bone and the car-
profile cases.
The death led to several inves-
with him for money.
A spokesman for the U.S. attor-
tilage can be seen in sui- tigations into how a high-profile ney’s office in Manhattan had no
cides and homicides.”
The hyoid is a bone
inmate apparently killed himself
just weeks after he was placed
comment on Baden’s statements
about Epstein’s death.
near the Adam’s apple in on suicide watch after a failed at- The criminal case against Ep-
a man. tempt to take his own life. stein was closed after his death,
Sampson also dis- Epstein was a wealthy finan- but in the final court hearing in
missed Baden’s con- cier and convicted sex offender. August, Epstein’s lawyers said
tention that the cir- He used his money and connec- they were not satisfied with the
cumstances around tions to get a widely criticized city medical examiner’s findings.
Epstein’s death suggested other plea deal in Florida in 2008 af- On Wednesday, one of the
people may have been involved. ter several teenage girls gave lawyers, Martin Weinberg, said
She said her office had done a sworn statements to police stat- Baden’s comments on Fox were
“complete investigation,” taking ing that Epstein had sexually consistent with the concerns he
into consideration information abused them at his mansion in had previously raised.
gathered by law enforcement in Palm Beach, Florida. He spent This is hardly the first time
making the determination. 13 months in jail but was allowed Baden has generated headlines.
“No one finding can be taken to leave for 12 hours a day, six In 1979, the city health commis-
in isolation,” she said. days a week. sioner wrote a letter to Koch —
Baden served briefly as New In July, federal officials arrest- who was the mayor at the time —
York City’s medical examiner. ed Epstein at Teterboro Airport saying that Baden had “exhibited
He was provisionally appoint- in New Jersey and charged him poor judgment in many instanc-
ed to the position in 1978 and with sex trafficking. He was ac- es,” including when he said that
dismissed just a year later, by cused of luring numerous un- it appeared former Gov. Nelson
Mayor Edward Koch. In later derage girls to his homes in New Rockefeller “had died during
years, he went on to work as a York City and Florida then co- sexual intercourse.” He denied
consultant on a number of high- ercing them to perform sex acts making the remark.

US kids lose ground in reading

Dismal assessment
finds 2 in 3 students
don’t meet standards
BY ERICA L. GREEN
AND DANA GOLDSTEIN
NEW YORK TIMES
WASHINGTON — Amer-
ica’s fourth and eighth
graders are losing ground
in their ability to read liter-
ature and academic texts,
according to a rigorous na-
tional assessment released
Wednesday that is likely to
fuel concerns over student
achievement.
Two out of three children
did not meet the standards
for reading proficiency set
by the National Assess-
ment of Educational Prog-
ress, a test administered
by the National Center for
Education Statistics, the
research arm of the Educa-
tion Department.
The dismal results re-
flected the performance of
about 600,000 students in
reading and math, whose
“Think about the mom
or dad who cannot read,
search indicates that read-
ing instruction is uneven
scores made up what is and so does not read to across the country and of-
called the “nation’s report
card.” The average eighth-
their own children at bed-
time,” DeVos said as she
ten ineffective.
Peter Afflerbach,  an
grade reading scores de- released the scores. “Think expert on reading and
clined in more than half about what that portends testing at the Universi-
of the states compared to for their lifelong learning.” ty of Maryland, called
2017, the last time the test DeVos dismissed calls — the eighth  grade declines
was given. The average including those from Dem- “troubling”  and “precip-
score in fourth grade read- ocratic presidential candi- itous,” especially for the
ing declined in 17 states. dates — to increase school lowest-achieving students.
Math scores remained rel- funding to improve the Eighth graders at the
atively flat in most states. worst-performing schools. bottom 10% of reading
Only 35% of fourth grad- Rep. Rosa DeLauro, achievement lost six points
ers were proficient in read- D-Connecticut, chairwom- on the exam compared
ing in 2019, down from 37% an of the House subcom- with similar students two
in 2017; 34% of eighth grad- mittee that oversees the years ago, while students
ers were proficient in read- Education Department’s in the middle lost 3 points.
ing, down from 36%. Over- budget, sharply disagreed. Students in the top 10% lost
all student progress in Rather than “exploiting” only 1 point.
reading has stalled in the the result of the test “to White, black, Hispanic,
past decade, with the high- spread lies and promote Native American and mul-
est performers stagnating her privatization agenda, tiracial students all lost
and the lowest-achieving Secretary DeVos should ground in eighth-grade
students falling further be- join House Democrats and reading, while there was
hind. families across our nation no significant change for
Education Secretary by supporting increased in- Asian students. Eighth
Betsy DeVos on Wednes- vestments in our public ed- grade is crucial because it
day called it a “student ucation system,” she said. prepares students for high
achievement crisis.” A growing body of re- school and beyond.

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Chile calls off climate, trade summits
President putting ‘needs
of his countrymen first’
amid prolonged chaos
By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SANTIAGO, Chile — Chil-
ean President Sebastián Piñera
said Wednesday that he is can-
celing two major international
summits so he can respond to
protracted nationwide protests
over economic inequality that
have left more than a dozen peo-
ple dead, hundreds injured and
businesses and infrastructure
damaged.
The decision to call off the
Asia-Pacific Economic Coop-
eration and U.N. global climate
gatherings, planned for Novem-
ber and December, respectively,
dealt a major blow to Chile’s im-
age as a regional oasis of stabili-
ty and economic development.
Piñera said he was forced to
cancel both events because of
the chaos unleashed by 12  days
of protests. Demonstrators are
demanding greater economic
equality and better public ser-
vices in a country long seen as an
economic success story. Shops
have been vandalized and build-
ings set on fire, shutting down
Cape Town riot police
break up refugee sit-in
SOUTH AFRICA »
100 detained after
3 weeks of protests
By LYNSEY CHUTEL
NEW YORK TIMES
JOHANNESBURG — day whether someone affil-
South African police clad
in riot gear Wednesday
forcibly broke up a group
of refugees who had oc-
cupied a square in cen-
tral Cape Town for three
weeks, pleading for help in
leaving a country plagued
by anti-immigrant vio-
lence.
Photos and videos of the
raid showed police officers
carrying away some of
the protesters, their legs
and arms dragging on the
road, before police shoved
them into armored vehi-
cles and vans. The police
aimed water cannons at
crowds, according to some
local news reports, and
some protesters accused
the officers of firing rub-
ber bullets at them, show-
ing the welts on their bod-
ies to journalists.
Police said about
100  people were arrested
after they failed to heed
the call to disperse from
the area they have occu-
pied since Oct. 8.
Some 300 refugees have
camped outside the offices
of the U.N. High Commis-
sioner for Refugees on St.
George’s Mall, a square
known for hotels and a
IF YOUR BIRTHDAY IS
TODAY: This year, you move into
a new direction, but you might
hesitate at first. You see the
benefits of planning as well as
those of taking risks. If single, you
meet people with ease; however,
finding the right person for the type
of bond you desire will take time.
If attached, the two of you seem
to be able to work through many
of your differences. Always respect
new and different ideas that come
from your sweetie. Use care with
a budget that can often go off the
rails if you listen to a SAGITTARIUS.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
★★★★ Events push you to the
forefront. Others seek you out and
want your help or feedback. Look
at situations from your perspec-
tive and not those of others. When
exchanging ideas, confirm the other
party is getting what you’re saying.
Tonight: The later it gets, the hap-
pier you will be.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
★★★★ One-on-one relating
allows greater understanding
between you and a close friend or
associate. Recognize how much this
person shares with you. He or she
shares not only ideas, but also opti-
mism. Tonight: Confirm Halloween
plans first.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
★★★ Your sensitivity monitor
might be set to “High.” You listen
to others and recognize that they
might not be considering an issue
as fully as you would like. You can
ask questions, but you might not be
able to get past someone’s ideas,
realistic or not. Tonight: Off plan-
ning your weekend.
CANCER (June 21-July
22) ★★★★ Toss yourself into a
Anti-government protesters chant Wednesday against President Sebastián Piñera in Santiago, Chile.
numerous subway stations.
The situation had stabilized
somewhat by midday Wednes-
day. Except for the presence of
a few hundred protesters, the
streets of the capital, Santiago,
Police arrest a man on Wednesday outside the U.N. refugee
agency’s offices in Cape Town, South Africa.
popular tourist market.
They have called on
the refugee agency to ei-
ther help them return to
their home countries or
help them travel to safer
countries following the
latest outburst of violence
against immigrants.
“We were nonviolent,”
said one of the protesters,
Papy Sukami, adding that
police used pepper spray
and tear gas. “They beat
us and arrested us for
nothing.”
Last month, 12 people
were killed in xenopho-
bic riots around country,
although most of the vic-
tims were South Africans.
Groups attacked foreign-
owned shops, blaming
foreigners for taking jobs
and stealing opportunities
while locals face record
unemployment.
project. You will get a lot done with
focus and a responsive attitude.
You might be surprised by what
someone says. Do not hesitate to
ask questions. Tonight: Visit with a
friend while dealing with trick-or-
treaters.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
★★★★ If anyone is creative right
now, it is you. Your sense of drama
comes through when dealing with
a child or a potential loved one.
Meetings might be fragmented. You
also might not be sure of what is
said. Tonight: Know when to call it
a night.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
★★★ Stress seems to mount if
you stay around your home. You
have a lot on your mind, and you
find trick-or-treaters difficult to deal
with. Honor a fast change of pace
in the afternoon. Confusion sur-
rounds events. Tonight: Important
talks occur late.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
★★★★ One-on-one relating is
generally easy for you. You have in-
nate people skills. You have a lot of
energy, and you direct it clearly for
the main good. Others might not
be sure of the best path. Tonight:
Out and about, visiting with a
Halloweener.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
★★★★ Be aware of your financial
wellbeing. Sometimes when sup-
pressing your feelings, you could
go overboard with spending. Keep
receipts or be ready to use your
self-discipline. Tonight: Greet trick-
or-treaters.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21) ★★★★★ Focus on events
that revolve around a meeting.
Others appreciate your concern
and/or ability to follow through.
WORLD
were mostly quiet, with no re-
ports of vandalism.
“This has been a very difficult
decision that causes us great
pain,” Piñera said in a televised
address. “A president always has
ASSOCIATED PRESS
In Cape Town, police
said they were acting on
behalf of the sheriff of the
court, who was ordered
by the city’s magistrate’s
court to remove the pro-
testers.
Local officials said the
protesters presented a
safety hazard because
they had made cooking
fires on the square and
had slept under makeshift
tents, or in the open, ex-
posed to the city’s unpre-
dictable weather.
The U.N. refugee agen-
cy has offices in Waldorf
Arcade, and the other
tenants were threatening
to withhold their rent if
the protesters were not
removed, the building’s
owner told a local radio
station. The refugee agen-
cy did not respond to a re-
quest for comment.
You naturally seem to know which
way to turn. Others are not as sure
of their direction, or they make bad
choices. Tonight: Make the most of
the moment.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19) ★★★ Slow down during the
day. Double-check your plans, and
know what it is you want or expect
from others. You could be disap-
pointed with a close associate or
loved one Take your time working
through the issue. Tonight: Nap if
you can, then decide.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
★★★★ You always seem to be a
natural friend. News comes forth
that could distract you and force a
review of a recent decision. Getting
all the facts straight might not hap-
pen immediately. Tonight: Decide to
call it an early night.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
★★★ You might feel pressured
by a boss or higher-up. A decision
made today could cause you
some problems. Look at what is
happening but know that much
more could be going on behind the
scenes. Tonight: Till the wee hours.
Day rating:
Dynamic ★★★★★
Positive ★★★★
Average ★★★
So-so ★★
Difficult ★ ©2019 King
Features Syndicate
10/31/2019
to put the needs of his country-
men first.”
Opposition
government parties in Chile
generally
president’s decision, saying
BAGHDADI
CONTINUED FROM B1
in the building. Neither the
Pentagon nor the White
House has officially com-
mented on the presence of
a high-level mole inside the
mission to kill or capture
Baghdadi.
Army Gen. Mark Milley,
the chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, answered
indirectly when asked Mon-
iated with the SDF was di-
rectly involved in the raid.
“I’m not going to com-
ment on what may or may
not have happened with
the SDF on the objective,”
he said. “The actions on
the objective, the aircraft
coming in, the aircraft
overhead and the soldiers
conducting the assault,
was a U.S.-only operation.”
The description of the
informant and his contri-
bution was provided by
two current and former
U.S. officials and a Mid-
dle East-based official, all
privy to detailed informa-
tion about the Saturday
raid. All three spoke on the
condition of anonymity to
describe what was a highly
secret intelligence and mil-
itary operation.
One official knowledge-
able about the informant
said the man was a trust-
ed facilitator and logistics
aide who was involved in
helping Baghdadi move
among safe houses in the
Idlib area before relocating
to the compound where he
met his end. The informant,
who was described as a
committed and even enthu-
siastic participant in the
mission, provided essential
personal details about the
reclusive terrorist leader,
including the fact that he
always traveled with a sui-
cide belt so he could kill
himself if cornered. The in-
formant was so trusted that
at times he escorted mem-
bers of Baghdadi’s family
to get medical care.
Baghdadi’s compound
was stormed by members
of the military’s elite Delta
Force and 75th Ranger Reg-
iment, several U.S. officials
have said, speaking on the
condition of anonymity
to discuss the operation.
Along with them were mil-
itary working dogs that
chased the militant leader
as he tried to flee.
The commandos blasted
their way into the house af-
ter a firefight and later cor-
nered Baghdadi in a tunnel
beneath the building. The
Iraqi terrorist had taken
three of his children with
him, apparently as human
shields.
Baghdadi detonated his
suicide belt after one of the
U.S. team’s military dogs
charged him. He and his
three children were killed
and their bodies partly
buried in debris as the
tunnel’s ceiling collapsed.
Two of his wives also were
killed in the operation.
U.S. officials said the in-
formant was vetted with
particular care as intelli-
gence agencies sought to
avoid a repeat of the CIA’s
RODRIGO ABD / ASSOCIATED PRESS
and pro-
welcomed the
2009 disaster at Khost, Af-
ghanistan, when a Jorda-
nian informant with prom-
ising information about
al-Qaeda leaders detonated
a bomb during a meeting,
killing seven American in-
telligence operatives along
with a Jordanian and an
Afghan driver.
One U.S. official said the
informant flipped sides be-
cause he had “clearly lost
faith” in the Islamic State.
Despite his help, plans to
kill or capture Baghdadi
were scuttled or shifted
multiple times as the situa-
tion changed on the ground.
“The last couple of
months, we felt it was com-
ing together,” the official
said, “but it wasn’t until
about the last month where
we felt, ‘OK, this time it’s
for real.’ ”
U.S. and Middle Eastern
officials say the raid was
the culmination of years of
work involving a half-dozen
foreign partners and allies.
Since at least 2015, teams of
U.S. commandos, accompa-
nied by Iraqi and Kurdish
forces, were embedded in
the region specifically to
search for Baghdadi and
other senior Islamic State
leaders. The teams achieved
multiple successes, such as
the killing of Islamic State
propaganda chief Abu Mu-
hammad al-Adnani in 2016.
But Baghdadi proved to be
a much more elusive quar-
ry because of his frequent
movement and refusal to
use cellphones or other
trackable devices.
A Middle Eastern official
privy to details of the search
said the focus of the man-
hunt shifted to Idlib over
the summer, with teams of
U.S. and French operators
and top-of-the-line surveil-
lance equipment scouring
the region for Baghdadi’s
whereabouts.
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was unrealistic given the
summits
circumstances.
Trade and climate negotiators
scrambled to find new locations
for their summits, aimed at re-
solving tariff-related conflicts
between China and the United
States and finalizing countries’
climate rules in advance of a
bigger summit next year during
which governments will be asked
to commit to new emissions lim-
its. President Donald Trump and
Chinese President Xi Jinping
had hoped to sign a modest trade
agreement at the APEC summit,
formerly scheduled to take place
in Santiago on Nov. 16-17.
Under the tentative deal, the
United States had agreed to sus-
pend plans to raise tariffs on
$250  billion in Chinese imports,
and Beijing had agreed to step
up purchases of U.S. farm prod-
ucts.
White House spokesman Ho-
gan Gidley said U.S. officials
were “awaiting potential infor-
mation regarding another loca-
tion,” but it was unclear if any
had been proposed. Gidley add-
ed that Trump wanted to sign
the deal with China “within the
same time frame,” hinting that a
separate event could occur out-
side a summit.
Idlib, a province occu-
pied by rival militias and
far from the Islamic State’s
base, initially seemed an
unlikely choice, the offi-
cials said.
“Nobody can get in
there,” the U.S. official said,
describing it as riddled with
Islamist extremists. “The
Russians own the airspace.”
With the informant’s
help, U.S. officials narrowed
their focus to the town of
Barisha, in northwest Idlib
province. The planning for
the raid began last Wednes-
day, with the expectation
that the terrorist chief
might be taken alive.
The assault force sur-
rounded the compound
and did a “call out,” one of-
ficial recounted, telling the
occupants to surrender.
Almost a dozen children
emerged along with sever-
al adults, but Baghdadi re-
mained inside, fleeing with
three of his children into
the tunnel where he was
finally cornered and trig-
gered the suicide vest.
The assault force com-
mander opted not to re-
trieve the bodies of those
killed with Baghdadi who
were still wearing suicide
vests, the official said.
“People were lying there
dead under all this rub-
ble,” the official said. “We’d
have to dig them out. And
they’ve got sensitized ex-
plosives on them. It’s just
too dangerous.”
Baghdadi’s head was ap-
parently intact after the ex-
plosion, and U.S. operators
were convinced of his iden-
tity even before a field DNA
test was conducted for con-
firmation, the official said.
One of the commandos
radioed his impressions.
“Looking at him. This is
Baghdadi,” the operator
said, according to the offi-
cial. “Jackpot.”
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PEOPLE ADVICE + GAMES pressdemocrat.com/games

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips CROSSWORD Thomas Joseph

Children cut off stepmom

with power of attorney
Dear Abby: This let-
ter is for women who have
stepchildren or are consid-
ering marriage to a man
with children. My second
marriage of 20 years is in
limbo with no closure. My
three adult stepchildren
took my husband away from
our home two years ago. He
EVAN AGOSTINI / INVISION
was having some cogni-
Pop singer Taylor Swift will be named artist of the decade at tive dementia, but we were
this year’s American Music Awards, according to an doing well in our home.
announcement by Dick Clark Productions on Wednesday. After a fall, everything came
apart. To make a long story
Swift to be honored as artist of decade short, I was naive about
legal issues and discovered
Superstar singer Taylor Swift will receive the artist of
he had named his children
the decade award at the American Music Awards next
as powers of attorney with
month. no plans for me.
Dick Clark Productions announced Wednesday that I have not had a visit
Swift will be honored during an ABC live telecast on
or phone call in months
Nov. 24 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. At because his kids will not
the show, she has a chance to break Michael Jackson’s
allow it unless they are pres-
record for most wins. ent. Our home was jointly
Swift has won 23 AMAs and has five nominations shared and the court has
this year; Jackson holds the record for most wins with ordered me to maintain it
24 trophies. Swift has won more awards at this show with no financial assistance
than anyone else during this decade. from my husband as I live
Swift is expected to hit the stage to perform some of here. He has been shuttling
her biggest hits. back and forth between his
Swift, Post Malone, Ariana Grande, Drake and Halsey son and daughter and is liv-
are nominated for artist of the year.
ing in another state.
Abby, I encourage any
Hart on crash: ‘God ... told me to sit down’ woman who is considering
remarriage to take great
After staying mostly quiet since a care of important legal
brutal car crash nearly two months matters for their well-being
ago, Kevin Hart posted a video Tues- in case stepchildren try to
day night showing the progress he’s “kill” the marriage and take
made in recovery from the injuries he over. I have experienced the
sustained. ups and downs that go along
“Basically what you realize is that with abandonment, depres-
you’re not in control,” the “Night sion and absence of closure.
School” actor said as accident footage I am grateful for my family
Kevin
rolled in his Instagram TV post. “At the and friends for their love
Hart
end of the day, it can all be over, man.” and support.
He also revealed he’s looking at a full year of recov-
— Surviving Alone
ery. Footage shows him wrapped up in a brace, being Dear Surviving: Sadly,
helped from a hospital bed by two women. you are not the only woman
The actor-comedian, 40, was hospitalized for 10 days I have heard of this happen-
with three spinal fractures after the Sept. 1 wreck of his ing to; I know one person-
souped-up 1970 Plymouth Barracuda in Calabasas. He ally. This is why I, too, urge
was a passenger in the car. Hart reportedly then went to anyone, female or male,
a live-in rehab facility, which can be seen in the video. who is going into a second
“I swear, life is funny, ’cause some of the craziest marriage to be conscious
things that happen to you end up being the things that of the legal ramifications
you needed most,” he says in the video. “In this case, and end-of-life planning and
I honestly feel like God basically told me to sit down.
You’re moving too fast, you’re doing too much, some-
times you can’t see the things that you’re meant to see.” ASK AMY Amy Dickinson
The video shows moments with his wife, Eniko, and his
three children.
Separated soul mates
McGregor abhorred lying about role
Ewan McGregor felt somewhat
are eager to connect
tortured for the last few years because
while he was signed up to reprise his Dear Amy: I’m a 50-year-
role as Obi-Wan Kenobi, he couldn’t old freelance graphic
publicly talk about it. designer. My income has
So when was asked whether he’d completely dried up, and
come back to the “Star Wars” fran- so I recently moved in with
chise, the actor felt like he’d had to lie. my mother (Dad died nine
Says McGregor: “I’m not really months ago).
Ewan
brought up that way. I’d much rather My ex-wife is in a seri-
McGregor
be honest with people.” ous relationship. She lives
“But the studios are, and the franchises are, under- a half-hour away from me.
standably secretive,” he said. “And they want to keep Our youngest daughter, 17,
everything a secret till they want it released.” is special needs and lives
McGregor spoke about his struggle at Tuesday’s with her most of the time.
premiere of his thriller, “Doctor Sleep,” which is being I get our daughter every
released in the U.S. next Friday. other weekend and every
McGregor was finally free to talk about it after Disney Wednesday. She will start
announced the planned spinoff series over the summer. staying with me an extra
McGregor played a young Obi-Wan in the “Star Wars” day each week (Tuesdays).
prequels. This schedule works for us.
My girlfriend lives two
hours away in New York
Birthdays City and just got a full-time
Actress Lee Grant is 94. Former job. She has a sister in the
astronaut Michael Collins is 89. Former city that she cannot move
CBS anchorman Dan Rather is 88. Folk away from, so she can’t
singer Tom Paxton is 82. Actress Sally move to live with me.
Kirkland is 78. Actor Brian Doyle- My girlfriend and I don’t
Murray is 74. Actress Deidre Hall is 72. see how we can maintain
TV show host Jane Pauley is 69. Movie any type of relationship
director Peter Jackson is 58. Actor Rob with the responsibilities
Schneider is 55. Rock musician Rogers I have with my youngest
Dan
Stevens (Blind Melon) is 50. Rock sing- daughter. I would move to
Rather er Linn Berggren (Ace of Base) is 49. Brooklyn and could get
Folk-rock musician Tay Strathairn (Dawes) is 39. Rock work in the city in a heart-
musician Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance) is 38. beat, but I won’t be able to
see my daughter as often.
At this point in my life,
I don’t want to lose my
soul mate! Do you have any
suggestion?
— Devoted
Dear Devoted: You have
experienced several very
to do it with the help of an
attorney.
Dear Abby: My acupunc-
turist and staff are all bilin-
gual, speaking both English
and Spanish. Almost always
while I’m sitting in the
waiting room, the staff will
converse with one another
in Spanish like they’re the
only ones in the room.
Once, a patient came in,
and the receptionist didn’t
recognize the person. She
asked the patient her name
ACROSS 2 Lover of drama
in English. Once the recep-
tionist realized she knew 1 Snatch 3 First-string players
the patient and the patient 5 Mating game 4 Except
spoke Spanish, the remain- 10 Yoga position 5 Chowder bit
der of the conversation was
12 Coniferous tree 6 Plucked instrument
13 “... — man who wasn’t 7 Royal furs
in Spanish. there” 8 Game officials
Another time, one of
14 Knight wear 9 Moles’ cousins
the staff pointed to some- 15 Pot brew 11 Rescuers
thing on the receptionist’s 16 Halloween costume 17 Oxygen: Prefix
computer screen and spoke choice 19 Tourney pass
in Spanish to the reception- 18 Halloween costume 22 Dominions
ist, and I could see she was choice 24 One released early
showing the receptionist 20 Original 25 Tangled
how to do something on 21 Olden days 27 Syr. neighbor
the computer. In addition, 23 Hosp. sections 28 Least wild
if any of the staff needs to 24 Berth place 30 King Kong, e.g.
26 Overlook 33 — acids
speak with the doctor dur-
28 Shoe hue 34 Moon of Saturn
ing my treatment, Spanish 29 Easy targets 35 Use, as force
is spoken.
I feel the only time the
31 Place of refuge 37 Set eyes on
32 Halloween costume 38 Addition column
staff should speak Spanish choice 42 Near the ground
is when a patient doesn’t 36 Halloween costume
speak or understand Eng- choice
lish. What do you think 39 Blend
about this? 40 Wed in secret
— Don’t Understand in 41 Chosen few
Florida 43 Attack
Dear Don’t: What I think 44 Sub system
is that you should address 45 Lab work
46 Custom
your concerns to the person
whose acupuncture practice
DOWN
it is. Explain that it makes 1 Extravagant showiness
you feel uncomfortable and YESTERDAY’S PUZZLE
isolated when his or her
employees do this in front
of you. And if you are not JUMBLE David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek
satisfied with the response,
change acupuncturists.
Write Dear Abby at P.O. Box
69440, Los Angeles 90069 or
www.DearAbby.com.
important transitions over
the last year: your father’s
death, your own profession-
al reversals, your decision
to move back home, and
your new co-parenting plan.
Life tends to happen in
overlapping stages, not
in discreet and separate
incidents or episodes. You SUDOKU Michael Mepham
have a lot of imponderables
stacked up right now, and
your anxiety is directing
you elsewhere.
I suggest that if you are
financially able, you should
not make any sudden
moves, and devote this next
six months to your family
relationships, staying where
you are and concentrating
on your duties as a father
and a son. Your girlfriend
is starting a new job; she
will need to devote time and
attention to her career. If
you are living two hours
from New York, you should
be able to visit her for long
weekends. You can get the
lay of the land and make a
Today: Moderate
longer-term plan.
Your daughter will soon Complete the grid so
be of an age where her each row, column and 3
choices and options will x 3 box (in bold border)
change, and you should be contains every digit 1
close by to help guide her to 9. For strategies on
how to solve Sudoku,
through. visit sudoku.org.uk.
Send questions via email to
askamy@tribune.com or by
mail to Ask Amy, PO Box 194,
YESTERDAY’S PUZZLE
Freeville, NY, 13068.

BRIDGE Frank Stewart

“My wife is a much better player
than I am,” a club player told me. “I
think she views our partnership as if
she’s vacuuming a rug. If there is a
piece of lint that the vacuum cleaner
won’t get, she picks it up, inspects it,
puts it back on the rug — and gives
the vacuum one more chance.”
My friend was today’s East. His wife
led the king of diamonds against four
hearts.
“I signaled with the nine,” he said,
“and my wife continued with the ace
and a third diamond. I ruffed, but
declarer won my club return, led a
trump to his queen and took the ace.
When the trumps fell, he claimed,
pitching his spade loser on the queen
of diamonds.
“My wife was upset. I don’t know
how many more chances she’s going
to give me.”
East misdefended. He should signal
with the deuce on the first diamond.
Since East has a natural trump trick
anyway, he wants a shift — the obvi-
ous shift, to a spade — not a diamond
continuation. If West leads a spade at
Trick Two, South fails.
Daily Question: You hold: S A 7 2
H 10 4 D Q 10 6 4 C A K 7 3. North in
today’s deal opened one club with this
hand. Do you agree with his call?
Answer: Some players tend to
open one diamond with four cards in
each minor, but I see little reason to
do so here. This is a balanced hand,
not a diamond-club hand. You’ll
bid 1NT over a one-heart response
or raise a one-spade response. You
leave room for partner to respond
in diamonds. Also, you prefer a club
opening lead.
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Twitter banning all
political advertisements
Twitter is banning all politi-
cal advertising from its service,
saying social media companies
give advertisers an unfair ad-
vantage in proliferating highly
targeted, misleading messages.
“While internet advertising is
incredibly powerful and very ef-
fective for commercial advertis-
ers, that power brings signifi-
cant risks to politics, where it
can be used to influence votes
to affect the lives of millions,”
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said
Wednesday.
Facebook has taken fire since
it disclosed earlier in October
that it will not fact-check ads
by politicians, which could
allow them to lie freely. The
issue arose in September when
itrefused to remove a mislead-
ing video ad from President
Trump’s campaign.
WASHINGTON
US economy grows at
modest 1.9% rate in 3Q
The U.S. economy slowed to
a modest growth rate of 1.9%
in the summer as consumer
spending downshifted and
businesses continued to trim
their investments in response
to trade war uncertainty and a
weakening global economy.
The Commerce Department
reported Wednesday that the
July-September performance
for the gross domestic product,
the economy’s total output of
goods and services, was just
below the 2% rate of growth in
the second quarter.
Economists had been fore-
casting a much bigger slow-
down with fears GDP could
slump to 1.4% or less given a
number of headwinds.
NEW YORK
Lyft loses money again
but eyes future profits
Lyft is continuing to lose
staggering sums of money as it
barrels ahead with impressive
revenue growth, but its execu-
tives said they believe the compa-
ny will turn a corner and reach
profitability in about two years.
The ride-hailing heavyweight
raised $955.6 million in reve-
nues in the third quarter, up
63% from the same time last
year, the company said on
Wednesday.
That beat expectations of
analysts polled by FactSet.
But the company lost
$463.5  million in the quarter
compared with a $249.2 million
loss a year ago.
More than half came from
stock-based compensation and
payroll tax expenses related to its
initial public offering.
Lyft’s executives said they
believe the company will turn a
profit in the fourth quarter. of
2021, earlier than predicted.
NEW YORK
NBC News online staff
votes to unionize
Journalists at NBC News
digital division have formed a
union, the latest in a wave of or-
ganizing that has swept through
media companies across the
country in recent years.
Three-quarters of the staff,
which includes reporters,
editors, designers, video jour-
nalists and social media staff at
news sites run by the company,
have signed on to the effort, ac-
cording to a statement released
Wednesday by the NewsGuild
of New York, the union which
will represent the employees.
The NBC News Guild said
reasons behind the push
included concerns about the
company’s treatment of women
and people of color and sexual
misconduct incidents.
— Press Democrat
news services
Business
KINCADE FIRE » EVACUATION ZONES IN SANTA ROSA
Concerns raised over
shops defying orders
Annie Licardo, left, greets longtime customer Johanna Kolberg at Dave’s Market on Third Street and Dutton Avenue in Santa Rosa. The market
stayed open in the evacuation zone to serve local customers.
Some stores, cafes asked workers to come in despite authorities’ directive
By BILL SWINDELL
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
D
espite being located in mandatory
evacuation zones, certain Santa
Rosa businesses continued operat-
ing this week in defiance of public safety
calls to clear the area because of Kincade
fire risks.
They appear to be mostly small compa-
nies around the west side of the city that
retained power during PG&E’s preemptive
shut-off that continues. It also included a
Safeway supermarket.
The concern was palpable enough that
city officials sent 10 teams of two staffers
each around the city on Tuesday to visit
businesses and residences to remind them
that they were in a mandatory evacuation
zone and should leave.
Law enforcement officials said they
were worried that defying the Sonoma
County Sheriff’s evacuation order posed a
public safety threat given that the winds
around the Kincade fire easily could have
changed direction and took aim at the city
and posed problems for emergency crews
responding to calls.
“These mandatory evacuation orders
were put in place because of what we
learned in the Tubbs fire,” Santa Rosa
Police Chief Ray Navarro said.
Just as troubling were concerns of
employees who worked at the open busi-
nesses as well as their family members who
contacted The Press Democrat about the
matter and asked for anonymity because of
possible retaliation from their employers.
“I’m very worried as I’m losing out on
money and it’s just another level of stress
added and I want to do the right thing,”
wrote one worker whose employer on the
west side of the city encouraged employ-
ees to come into work if possible.
Elected officials said they were troubled
by the actions of these companies that
kept operating when they were supposed
Fed cuts interest rate 3rd time this year
By HEATHER LONG
WASHINGTON POST
The Federal Reserve reduced the bench-
mark U.S. interest rate for the third time
this year Wednesday in an effort to boost
the economy as the trade war and a global
slowdown threaten to drag the U.S. econo-
my down.
But it also signaled that its campaign
of rate cuts has come to an end, with Fed
ChairmanJerome Powell telling reporters
that the current stance was “appropriate.”
Fed leaders have stressed that they do not
see a recession on the horizon. Instead, they
have sought to portray these rate reductions
as “insurance” cuts that are meant to give
the economy extra protection in a world of
rising uncertainty.
The central bank lowered the benchmark
interest rate a quarter of a percentage point
to a range of 1.5% to 1.75%. The move should
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT • THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2019
to close. “That’s the wrong message,”
county Supervisor Shirlee Zane said.
City Councilman Chris Rogers acknowl-
edged the evacuations were a hardship
on small businesses. “If you are a small
business and shut down for a few days,
I understand the desire to get open,” he
said.
Yet, he also was adamant that business-
es did the wrong thing by defying evacua-
tions.
“The reality is, businesses should not
have been open in the evacuation zone.
Period. The City shouldn’t have had to go
door to door telling them to be closed, they
should have been closed,” Rogers wrote in
a Facebook post.
The issue started to emerge Monday
night, Rogers said, and became a bigger
problem by Tuesday, forcing the city to
address it. The tipping point came when
Omelette Express in Railroad Square an-
nounced on Facebook Tuesday at 4:16 a.m.
that it would be open that day in an evacu-
ation zone.
Don Taylor, owner of Omelette Express,
said he opened Tuesday morning after
seeing others nearby working, specifically
the construction crew building the new
AC Hotel by Marriott at Fifth and Davis
streets.
“I thought they must have lifted the ban
or something. But that’s when the city
came down and said I had to close” Taylor
said. “I was confused because the only
angle I had on that was they didn’t seem to
stop the hotel people.”
The restaurant was closed on Wednes-
day, but will open Thursday morning,
Taylor said.
Dave’s Market at Third and Dutton
streets opened Monday and Tuesday be-
fore a city crew visited manager Michelle
Berry and asked her to close her store.
They told her police officers would follow
up to make sure that she closed. They did
not and she kept operating Wednesday
trigger mortgage, auto and personal
loan rates to fall, making it cheaper
to borrow money. Home prices and
home sales have ticked up since the
Fed began lowering rates in late
July.
“Weakness in global growth and
trade developments have weighed
on the economy and posed ongoing Jerome
risks,” Powell said. Powell
He suggested that if the economy
continues at the pace the Fed now forecasts,
the central bank could stand pat and not cut
rates further.
“We see the current stance of monetary
policy as likely to remain appropriate as
long as incoming information about the
economy remains broadly consistent with
our outlook,” Powell said. “If developments
emerge that cause a material reassessment
of our outlook, we would respond accord-
ingly. Policy is not on a pre-set course.”
JOHN BURGESS / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
until the evacuation for the rest of the city
was lifted.
Berry said she stayed open this week as
Kincade simmered in north Sonoma Coun-
ty because her customers were desperate-
ly asking her to stay open for essential and
deli selections.
“They wanted normalcy of coming in,”
Berry said. “We’re trying not to be disre-
spectful.”
A yoga studio and a brewery in the evac-
uation zone also emailed customers notify-
ing them they were open on Tuesday.
Navarro said given the other enormous
demands of his officers this week, they did
not press the issue.
“We don’t want to arrest business own-
ers for being open,” the police chief said.
Some companies claimed special dispen-
sation from the city. The Airgas location
on Piner Road was open as the company
was advised by the city that it could con-
tinue operations “given the critical nature
of our work filling and delivering medical
oxygen cylinders,” spokeswoman Kimber-
ly Menard said.
The Safeway store at Marlow Road was
open, too.
“We evacuated the Santa Rosa stores
where we were told to leave and the other
locations remained open,” said spokes-
woman Wendy Gutshall, noting the
supermarkets have been donating food to
Cal Fire.
Workers, however, had a different view.
Those who opted not to work likely would
have to burn a vacation day or use sick time
if the employer did not provide paid time
off. “I’m in an evacuation zone as well and
can’t go home but I’m supposed to attend
work in an evacuated area. I’m confused,”
wrote one worker in an email about their
office location near Stony Circle.
You can reach Staff Writer Bill Swindell at
707-521-5223 or bill.swindell@pressdemo-
crat.com. On Twitter @BillSwindell.
President Donald Trump and
Wall Street are looking for signals of
how much more the Fed will lower
rates heading into the presidential
election, but Powell suggested on
Wednesday that it was pausing for
the foreseeable future.
“This is the clearest signal we’ve
gotten that the time for action is
over for the Fed,” said Mike Loewen-
gart, vice president of investment
strategy at E*Trade.
Fed leaders signaled Wednesday that they
are going to wait and see what happens to
the economy and trade talks before they
commit to another cut. All summer, Powell
stressed that the Fed would “act as appro-
priate to sustain the expansion,” but that
phrase was scrapped from the statement an-
nouncing the latest decision.
The U.S. economy is growing at a “moder-
ate” pace, and hiring remains strong.

Teams given time to make up games
PREP FOOTBALL » With fire-related disruptions to
schedule this week and last, playoffs pushed back
By LORI A. CARTER
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
North Bay high school foot-
ball teams received a welcome
surprise Wednesday morn-
ing upon learning that the
CIF North Coast Section extend-
ed the regular season a week to
accommodate fire-related can-
cellations last week and likely
this week.
In a letter to member schools,
WORLD SERIES » NATIONALS 6, ASTROS 2
Capital celebration
The Washington Nationals celebrate after Game 7 of the World Series on Wednesday in Houston. The Nationals won 6-2 to win the Series.
Nationals top Astros in Game 7 for
franchise’s first World Series title
By BEN WALKER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON — Almost out of
contention in May, champs in
October.
Howie Kendrick, Anthony
Rendon and the Washington Na-
tionals completed their amazing
comeback journey — fittingly
with one last late rally on the
road.
In Game 7 of the World Series,
no less.
Kendrick and Rendon hom-
ered in the seventh inning as the
Nationals overcame a two-run
deficit, rocking the Houston As-
tros 6-2 Wednesday night to win
How 49ers can avoid a big stumble
BEN MARGOT / ASSOCIATED PRESS
Carolina Panthers quarterback Kyle Allen is sacked by
49ers defensive end Nick Bosa during Sunday’s game
in Santa Clara. Bosa leads the team with seven sacks.
Sports
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2019 • THE PRESS DEMOCRAT • SECTION C
Inside
NCS Playoffs » 3
Scoreboard » 4
NFL » 7
Weather » 8
Several games were called off
last week because of air quali-
Cardinal
Newman head
ty concerns or fears of evacua- coach Paul Cro-
tion orders as the Kincade fire nin comes out
NCS commissioner Pat Cruick- spread Wednesday from The to talk with his
shank announced the extension, Geysers area north of Santa defense during
which pushes the beginning of Rosa south and west toward an Oct. 4 game
playoffs back a week to Nov. 15 populated areas. against Rancho
and 16. PG&E cut off electricity be- Cotate.
That means games that can- fore and during the crisis, and
not be played this weekend can public safety officials ordered
be played Nov. 8 or 9. Games that evacuations of nearly 190,000
were called off on Oct. 25 could people in Sonoma County.
be played this week or Monday, As the fire threat lessened and
if schools can gather players air quality improved, league
and complete at least two prac-
tices. TURN TO FOOTBALL » PAGE C3 ALVIN JORNADA / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
WARRIORS
Curry
lost to
broken
hand
Injury happened during
third quarter of another
embarrassing blowout
By JANIE MCCAULEY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — Ste-
phen Curry broke his left hand
and became the latest injured
Warriors player when he fell
hard in the third quarter of
another embarrassing defeat
by Golden State, 121-110 to the
Phoenix Suns on Wednesday
night.
The two-time MVP drove to
his left defended by Kelly Ou-
bre Jr. and with big man Aron
Baynes standing solidly in the
paint.
Curry leapt with the ball then
came down head first, land-
ing awkwardly on his hands to
brace himself from the court,
with Baynes crashing onto Cur-
ry’s left hand. Curry grimaced
in pain — grabbing at his fin-
gers — then walked to the locker
room with 8:31 left in the third
quarter.
Baynes had 24 points, 12 re-
bounds seven assists and three
blocked shots, Devin Booker
DAVID J. PHILLIP / ASSOCIATED PRESS scored 31 points as the Suns
jumped out to a huge lead they
never relinquished.
TURN TO WARRIORS » PAGE C3
the first title in franchise histo-
ry.
PHIL BARBER
With all eyes on Max Scherzer
and his remarkable recovery af-
ter a painkilling injection, these
Nationals truly embraced their
shot in the only Series when the
road team won every game.
Even more against the odds:
Juan Soto and Washington
Yes, Raiders
came from behind to win five
elimination games this postsea- could make
playoffs
son, an unprecedented feat.
“What a story,” said Ryan
Zimmerman, the Nationals’ ini-
this season
tial draft pick back in 2005. ERIC GAY / ASSOCIATED PRESS
“I hope D.C.’s ready for us to The Washington Nationals’ Howie Kendrick hits a two-run home run
off Houston Astros reliever Will Harris during the seventh inning
TURN TO NATIONALS » PAGE C2 Wednesday to give the Nationals a 3-2 lead.
B
ALAMEDA
efore hitting SEND on
this column, I
double-checked, then
triple-checked my facts. I
consulted with experts in the
field (of comforting me). I went
for a long, contemplative walk.
I had to take a hard look at my
49ERS » Prime-time contest “Guys coming off a Sunday game to
play on Thursday is just a terrible turn-
premise, because it sounded
preposterous. But here goes.
against Cardinals Thursday around,” Richard Sherman said. “Obvi- The Raiders are pretty good,
no sure thing on short rest ously, guys have gotten hurt during those
games.”
and they have a reasonable
chance of making the playoffs.
By GRANT COHN Guys such as Sherman. He tore his Do you remember the Raid-
PRESSDEMOCRAT.COM Achilles tendon during a Thursday night ers? They played in the Oak-
game in 2017. land Coliseum a long time ago,
SANTA CLARA — Under normal cir- Funny things happen on Thursday before the A’s were eliminated
cumstances, the 49ers would blow out the night. The better team doesn’t always there by the Tampa Bay Rays,
Arizona Cardinals. win. This game could be much closer and reportedly will play there
The 49ers have a complete team — than most expect. again Sunday. For local context,
they’ve built it up the past three seasons. Here’s what the 49ers must do to win. the Raiders are the team that
The Cardinals have an incomplete team ■ 1. Stop the Cardinals’ running game. does NOT have a 7-0 record that
— they’re rebuilding with rookie head The Cardinals have a run-first offense, glows in the dark. They are
coach Kliff Kingsbury. They’re at least contrary to what most people expected NOT the team with the
two seasons behind the 49ers. before the season. zombie-army pass rush led by
But the game will be in Arizona. Ad- “It’s not what everyone talked about, the Defensive Rookie of the
vantage: Cardinals. And the game will be how it’s just going to be the ‘Air Raid’ of- Year / Time magazine Person
Thursday night, meaning neither team fense,” head coach Kyle Shanahan said. of the Year.
practiced much this week. And neither
team is fully rested and prepared. TURN TO 49ERS » PAGE C6 TURN TO BARBER » PAGE C6
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BASEBALL
PLAYOFFS
Strasburg
WORLD SERIES
named
■ WASHINGTON 4, HOUSTON 3
Best-of-7 Series
MVP
Game 1: Washington 5, Houston 4
Game 2: Washington 12, Houston 3
Game 3: Houston 4, Washington 1
Game 4: Houston 8, Washington 1

Nats’ right-hander
Game 5: Houston 7, Washington 1
Game 6: Washington 7, Houston 2
Game 7: Washington 6, Houston 2
won Games 2 and 6
BOX SCORE
Washington 6, Houston 2 By RONALD BLUM
Washington AB R H BI BB SO Avg. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Turner ss 4 0 0 0 1 1 .161
Eaton rf 4 1 1 2 1 0 .320
Rendon 3b 5 1 1 1 0 1 .276 HOUSTON — The shut-
Soto lf 4 1 2 1 1 1 .333
Kendrick dh 3 1 2 2 1 0 .280 down that shook baseball
Cabrera 2b
Zimmerman 1b
3 0 1 0 0 0 .286
3 0 1 0 1 0 .208
paid off for Stephen Stras-
Gomes c 4 1 0 0 0 0 .188 burg and the Washington
Robles cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .160
Totals 34 6 9 6 5 3 Nationals. It just took sev-
Houston
Springer cf-rf
AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
4 0 0 0 1 1 .296
en seasons.
Altuve 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .303 Strasburg was voted
Brantley lf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .321
Bregman 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .207 MVP of the World Series
Gurriel 1b
Alvarez dh
4 2 2 1 0 0 .310
3 0 1 0 1 0 .412
following the Nationals’ 6-2
Correa ss 4 0 2 1 0 1 .222 win over the Houston As-
Chirinos c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .211
Reddick rf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .214 tros in Game 7 on Wednes-
Marisnick ph-cf
Totals
2 0 1 0 0 1 .375
35 2 9 2 4 8
day night, the first title in
Washington 000 000 312 — 6 9 0 the 51 seasons of the Wash-
Houston 010 010 000 — 2 9 1 ington/Montreal Expos
E—Marisnick (1). LOB—Washington 7, Houston
10. HR—Rendon (2), off Greinke; Kendrick (1), off franchise.
Harris; Gurriel (1), off Scherzer. RBIs—Rendon (8),
Kendrick 2 (3), Soto (7), Eaton 2 (6), Gurriel (5), Correa
Ending the most prolif-
(3). SB—Eaton (1). S—Cabrera. GIDP—Kendrick, ic of 10 big league seasons
Altuve. DP—Washington 1 (Cabrera, Zimmerman);
Houston 1 (Altuve, Gurriel). for the 31-year-old right-
Washington IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA hander, Strasburg went
Scherzer 5 7 2 2 4 3 103 3.60
Corbin, W, 1-1 3 2 0 0 0 3 44 3.60 MATT SLOCUM / ASSOCIATED PRESS 5-0 with a 1.98 ERA in five
Hudson
Houston
1 0 0 0 0 2 12 9.00
IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Houston Astros relief pitcher Will Harris watches as the Washington Nationals’ Howie Kendrick rounds the bases after postseason starts and one
Greinke 61/3 2 2 2 2 3 80 2.45
hitting a two-run home run during the seventh inning of Game 7 of the World Series on Wednesday in Houston. relief appearance, includ-
Harris, L, 0-1, BS, 0-1 0 2 1 1 0 0 5 4.50
Osuna 11/3 2 1 1 2 0 36 3.86 ing victories in Games 2
Pressly 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 9.00
WORLD SERIES » GAME 7 and 6 of the Series.
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Smith 1/
3 2 2 2 1 0 15 5.40

Astros manager: ‘I’ll have to

Urquidy 2/
3 1 0 0 0 0 10 0.00 Seven years after Stras-
T—3:42. A—43,326 (41,168).
burg was shut down because
World Series champions of an innings limit following
2019 — Washington (NL) 4, Houston (AL) 3
2018 — Boston (AL) 4, Los Angeles (NL) 1 Tommy John surgery, he

live with’ bullpen decisions

2017 — Houston (AL) 4, Los Angeles (NL) 3
2016 — Chicago (NL) 4, Cleveland (AL) 3 helped lead the Nationals to
2015 — Kansas City (AL) 4, New York (NL) 1
2014 — San Francisco (NL) 4, Kansas City (AL) 3
the championship.
2013 — Boston (AL) 4, St. Louis (NL) 2 “I slept like a baby
2012 — San Francisco (NL) 4, Detroit (AL) 0
2011 — St. Louis (NL) 4, Texas (AL) 3 when we made the deci-
2010 — San Francisco (NL) 4, Texas (AL) 1 sion,” Washington general
Hinch kept his ace
2009 — New York (AL) 4, Philadelphia (NL) 2
2008 — Philadelphia (NL) 4, Tampa Bay (AL) 1 6-2 defeat that cost them so wrong for Houston. He just faltered at the manager Mike Rizzo said
2007 — Boston (AL) 4, Colorado (NL) 0
the chance at a second ti- Hinch could have worst possible time. Wednesday. “I knew more
2006 — St. Louis (NL) 4, Detroit (AL) 1
2005 — Chicago (AL) 4, Houston (NL) 0 in bullpen after tle in two years. turned to Cole, a Cy Young “I think I made a pretty information than the peo-
pulling Greinke
2004 — Boston (AL) 4, St. Louis (NL) 0
2003 — Florida (NL) 4, New York (AL) 2 “It’s every reliever’s Award contender who good pitch,” Harris said. ple criticizing. I’ve got a
2002 — Anaheim (AL) 4, San Francisco (NL) 3
2001 — Arizona (NL) 4, New York (AL) 3 nightmare that I get a won Game 5 on Sunday. “He just made a champi- pretty thick skin being in
2000 — New York (AL) 4, New York (NL) 1 By KRISTIE RIEKEN chance to live,” Harris Ready to go on short rest, onship play for a champi- the game this long.”
1999 — New York (AL) 4, Atlanta (NL) 0
1998 — New York (AL) 4, San Diego (NL) 0 ASSOCIATED PRESS said, his eyes red-rimmed he was warming up ear- onship team.” Strasburg’s October
1997 — Florida (NL) 4, Cleveland (AL) 3
1996 — New York (AL) 4, Atlanta (NL) 2 from the emotional end- lier in the game but had It was the second is unmatched, the first
1995 — Atlanta (NL) 4, Cleveland (AL) 2 HOUSTON — Astros ing. cooled off by the seventh. straight night Harris sur- pitcher to go 5-0 in a sin-
1994 — No series.
1993 — Toronto (AL) 4, Philadelphia (NL) 2 manager AJ Hinch had Greinke, the 2009 AL Cy He only left the bullpen af- rendered a home run af- gle postseason. Stras, as
1992 — Toronto (AL) 4, Atlanta (NL) 2
1991 — Minnesota (AL) 4, Atlanta (NL) 3 options. Young Award winner who ter the final out. ter Rendon took him deep teammates call him, struck
1990 — Cincinnati (NL) 4, Oakland (AL) 0 There was Zack Grein- joined the Astros from “I wasn’t going to pitch for two runs in Houston’s out 47 and walked four in
1989 — Oakland (AL) 4, San Francisco (NL) 0
1988 — Los Angeles (NL) 4, Oakland (AL) 1 ke, a veteran ace showing Arizona at the trade dead- him unless we were going 7-2 loss in Game 6. Harris 36⅓  innings. He won
1987 — Minnesota (AL) 4, St. Louis (NL) 3
1986 — New York (NL) 4, Boston (AL) 3 his first signs of fatigue. line, had looked strong all to win the World Series hadn’t allowed a run this Games  2 and 6 against
1985 — Kansas City (AL) 4, St. Louis (NL) 3 Out in the bullpen, Gerrit night. and have a lead,” Hinch postseason before that Houston in the World Se-
1984 — Detroit (AL) 4, San Diego (NL) 1
1983 — Baltimore (AL) 4, Philadelphia (NL) 1 Cole was watching. And He threw only 80 pitch- said. “He was going to shot. ries, giving up four runs
1982 — St. Louis (NL) 4, Milwaukee (AL) 3
1981 — Los Angeles (NL) 4, New York (AL) 2
of course, Will Harris was es, was just starting his help us win. He was avail- Cole started throwing over 14⅓ innings in an ana-
1980 — Philadelphia (NL) 4, Kansas City (AL) 2 warming. third turn through the or- able, and I felt it was a in the bullpen again in lytic era of quick hooks.
1979 — Pittsburgh (NL) 4, Baltimore (AL) 3
1978 — New York (AL) 4, Los Angeles (NL) 2 What came next, Hinch der, and Rendon’s homer game that he was going to the eighth, but by the Intense and quiet, Stras
1977 — New York (AL) 4, Los Angeles (NL) 2
1976 — Cincinnati (NL) 4, New York (AL) 0
will contemplate for was just his second hit come in had we tied it or ninth he was sitting down and Mad Max are the yin
1975 — Cincinnati (NL) 4, Boston (AL) 3 years. allowed. He played superb taken the lead.” again, wearing a jacket and yang of the Nationals’
1974 — Oakland (AL) 4, Los Angeles (NL) 1
1973 — Oakland (AL) 4, New York (NL) 3 “It’s a decision I’ll have defense, too. Harris was Hinch’s and staring emotionless championship rotation.
1972 — Oakland (AL) 4, Cincinnati (NL) 3
1971 — Pittsburgh (NL) 4, Baltimore (AL) 3
to live with,” he said. And yet, out came man for that seventh-in- toward the field. He was “Max is a little bit more
1970 — Baltimore (AL) 4, Cincinnati (NL) 1 After Greinke allowed Hinch. ning spot. It’s not hard to simply a spectator to the outgoing — rambunctious
1969 — New York (NL) 4, Baltimore (AL) 1
1968 — Detroit (AL) 4, St. Louis (NL) 3 a homer to Anthony Ren- “We asked him to do see why. The right-hander last moments of an illus- maybe is the word. And
1967 — St. Louis (NL) 4, Boston (AL) 3
1966 — Baltimore (AL) 4, Los Angeles (NL) 0
don and walked Juan more today than he had had been steady in the late trious 326-strikeout sea- Stras is a little more subtle
1965 — Los Angeles (NL) 4, Minnesota (AL) 3 Soto, Hinch handed a 2-1 done, and pitched deeper innings all season, post- son that could well earn in his behavior,” manager
1964 — St. Louis (NL) 4, New York (AL) 3
1963 — Los Angeles (NL) 4, New York (AL) 0 lead to Harris in the sev- into the game more than ing a 1.50 ERA in the reg- him his first Cy Young Dave Martinez said before
1962 — New York (AL) 4, San Francisco (NL) 3
1961 — New York (AL) 4, Cincinnati (NL) 1
enth inning of World Se- he had done in the entire ular season. And Hinch — but that didn’t get him Game 7. “In case you didn’t
1960 — Pittsburgh (NL) 4, New York (AL) 3 ries Game 7. month of October,” Hinch liked the matchups with a ring. notice yesterday when the
1959 — Los Angeles (NL) 4, Chicago (AL) 2
1958 — New York (AL) 4, Milwaukee (NL) 3 On Harris’ second pitch, said. “I wanted to take Harris facing Kendrick “We just went over the game was over, there was
1957 — Milwaukee (NL) 4, New York (AL) 3
1956 — New York (AL) 4, Brooklyn (NL) 3
Howie Kendrick drove a him out a bat or two early and Asdrubal Cabrera game plan and he laid out a group hug for Stras. They
1955 — Brooklyn (NL) 4, New York (AL) 3 two-run, go-ahead homer rather than a bat or two — right-handed hitters the most advantageous all got together and gave
1954 — New York (NL) 4, Cleveland (AL) 0
1953 — New York (AL) 4, Brooklyn (NL) 2 off the right field foul pole late.” who figured to struggle times to use me,” Cole him a big hug. … When
1952 — New York (AL) 4, Brooklyn (NL) 3
1951 — New York (AL) 4, New York (NL) 2
screen — a haymaker That was only half with Harris and his sharp said. “And we didn’t get to Max does it and pitches, he
1950 — New York (AL) 4, Philadelphia (NL) 0 that stunned Houston in a the decision that went breaking ball. that position.” wants all those hugs.”
1949 — New York (AL) 4, Brooklyn (NL) 1
1948 — Cleveland (AL) 4, Boston (NL) 2
1947 — New York (AL) 4, Brooklyn (NL) 3
1946 — St. Louis (NL) 4, Boston (AL) 3
1945 — Detroit (AL) 4, Chicago (NL) 3

NATIONALS
1944 — St. Louis (NL) 4, St. Louis (AL) 2
1943 — New York (AL) 4, St. Louis (NL) 1 where Houston hammered the
1942 — St. Louis (NL) 4, New York (AL) 1
1941 — New York (AL) 4, Brooklyn (NL) 1
Nats for three games last week-
1940 — Cincinnati (NL) 4, Detroit (AL) 3 end, but their luck changed in
1939 — New York (AL) 4, Cincinnati (NL) 0
1938 — New York (AL) 4, Chicago (NL) 0 CONTINUED FROM C1 Texas.
1937 — New York (AL) 4, New York (NL) 1
1936 — New York (AL) 4, New York (NL) 2
“The way this game went is the
1935 — Detroit (AL) 4, Chicago (NL) 2 come home!” way our whole season went,” said
1934 — St. Louis (NL) 4, Detroit (AL) 3
1933 — New York (NL) 4, Washington (AL) 1 World Series MVP Stephen Zimmerman, the last player left
1932 — New York (AL) 4, Chicago (NL) 0
1931 — St. Louis (NL) 4, Philadelphia (AL) 3
Strasburg, new lefty Patrick from the 2005 Nationals team that
1930 — Philadelphia (AL) 4, St. Louis (NL) 2 Corbin and the Nats brought the debuted in Washington.
1929 — Philadelphia (AL) 4, Chicago (NL) 1
1928 — New York (AL) 4, St. Louis (NL) 0 first World Series championship This World Series had lacked a
1927 — New York (AL) 4, Pittsburgh (NL) 0 to the nation’s capital since ol’ lot of drama, aside from a volatile
1926 — St. Louis (NL) 4, New York (AL) 3
1925 — Pittsburgh (NL) 4, Washington (AL) 3 Walter Johnson delivered the call of interference in Washing-
1924 — Washington (AL) 4, New York (NL) 3
1923 — New York (AL) 4, New York (NL) 2 crown for the Senators in 1924. ton’s Game 6 win that stoked heat-
1922 — New York (NL) 4, New York (AL) 0, 1 tie This franchise started out as ed debate across the sports world.
1921 — New York (NL) 5, New York (AL) 3
1920 — Cleveland (AL) 5, Brooklyn (NL) 2 the Montreal Expos in 1969 when Who knew rule 5.09(a)(11) could
1919 — Cincinnati (NL) 5, Chicago (AL) 3
1918 — Boston (AL) 4, Chicago (NL) 2 the major leagues expanded be- stir such passion?
1917 — Chicago (AL) 4, New York (NL) 2 yond the border, putting a team With Greinke and Scherzer
1916 — Boston (AL) 4, Brooklyn (NL) 1
1915 — Boston (AL) 4, Philadelphia (NL) 1 with tricolor caps at jaunty Jarry grunting on every pitch, Game  7
1914 — Boston (NL) 4, Philadelphia (AL) 0
1913 — Philadelphia (AL) 4, New York (NL) 1 Park. was a classic duel from the start.
1912 — Boston (AL) 4, New York (NL) 3, 1 tie They moved to D.C. in 2005, end- Yuli Gurriel put the Astros
1911 — Philadelphia (AL) 4, New York (NL) 2
1910 — Philadelphia (AL) 4, Chicago (NL) 1 ing Washington’s three-decade- ahead with a home run in the sec-
1909 — Pittsburgh (NL) 4, Detroit (AL) 3
1908 — Chicago (NL) 4, Detroit (AL) 1 plus wait for big league baseball JOHN MCDONNELL / WASHINGTON POST ond and Carlos Correa added an
1907 — Chicago (NL) 4, Detroit (AL) 0, 1 tie after the Senators left town to be- Nationals starting pitcher Max Scherzer throws a pitch in the first inning in RBI single off Scherzer that made
1906 — Chicago (AL) 4, Chicago (NL) 2
1905 — New York (NL) 4, Philadelphia (AL) 1 come the Texas Rangers. Game 7 of the World Series on Wednesday at Minute Maid Park. it 2-0 in the fifth.
1904 — No series.
1903 — Boston (AL) 5, Pittsburgh (NL) 3 But the incredible path these Scherzer was done after the
World Series MVPs wild-card Nationals with the Astros win their second title in move. He’d had ace starter Gerrit fifth, but he had done his job to
2019—Stephen Strasburg, Washington (NL) curly W logo took, well, no one three years, they watched their Cole warming up in the bullpen keep it close. Only a few days
2018—Steve Pearce, Boston (AL)
2017—George Springer, Houston (AL)
could have imagined. chance suddenly vanish as Hous- earlier, but this call was for Will earlier, the three-time Cy Young
2016—Ben Zobrist, Chicago (NL) “Resilient, relentless bunch of ton fell apart. Harris. Award winner had been unable to
2015—Salvador Perez, Kansas City (AL)
2014—Madison Bumgarner, San Francisco (NL) guys,” manager Dave Martinez “I’ve got a group of heartbroken Kendrick connected on the sec- lift his right arm because of nerve
2013—David Ortiz, Boston (AL)
2012—Pablo Sandoval, San Francisco (NL)
said. “They fought all year long.” men in there that did everything ond pitch, slicing a drive that hit irritation near his neck.
2011—David Freese, St. Louis (NL) Having lost star slugger Bryce they could to try to bring a World the screen attached to the right Daniel Hudson, released by the
2010—Edgar Renteria, San Francisco (NL)
2009—Hideki Matsui, New York (AL) Harper to free agency and beset by Series championship to this city. field foul pole. Just like that, ev- Angels in March, closed it out for
2008—Cole Hamels, Philadelphia (NL)
2007—Mike Lowell, Boston (AL)
bullpen woes, Washington plum- And we fell one win shy,” Astros erything had changed for the the Nationals, who made Houston
2006—David Eckstein, St. Louis (NL) meted to 19-31 in late May. It got manager AJ Hinch said. team in orange that led the ma- pay for stranding so many run-
2005—Jermaine Dye, Chicago (AL)
2004—Manny Ramirez, Boston (AL) so bad there was talk around town “Let’s be honest, there’s 28 oth- jors in wins, and the ballpark fell ners on base all game. Hudson
2003—Josh Beckett, Florida (NL)
2002—Troy Glaus, Anaheim (AL)
the Nationals might fire Martinez er teams that would love to have silent. struck out Michael Brantley for
2001—Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson, Arizona (NL) and trade away Scherzer. our misery today. We play to get For Kendrick, another timely the last out, then threw his glove
2000—Derek Jeter, New York (AL)
1999—Mariano Rivera, New York (AL) Instead, they stuck with the here. We play to have an oppor- blow. At 36, playing on the oldest to start the celebration.
1998—Scott Brosius, New York (AL)
1997—Livan Hernandez, Florida (NL)
mantra that sprung up on T-shirts tunity to win it all. And I just told team in the majors, the journey- For the Astros, who brought
1996—John Wetteland, New York (AL) — Stay In The Fight. our team, it’s hard to put into man earned the NL Champion- baseball into the Space Age with
1995—Tom Glavine, Atlanta (NL)
1994—No Series. “That was out motto,” Scherzer words and remember all the good ship Series MVP award against their far-out Astrodome and As-
1993—Paul Molitor, Toronto (AL) said. that happened because right now St. Louis after hitting the winning troTurf, and helped zoom the
1992—Pat Borders, Toronto (AL)
1991—Jack Morris, Minnesota (AL) And months later they finished we feel as bad as you can possibly grand slam in the 10th inning of game into the galaxy of the Ana-
1990—Jose Rijo, Cincinnati (NL)
1989—Dave Stewart, Oakland (AL) it, indeed. feel,” he added. the deciding Game 5 in the Divi- lytics Era, it was a startling end.
1988—Orel Hershiser, Los Angeles (NL) “Guess what? We stayed in the Washington kept pulling away sion Series at Dodger Stadium. Houston shares a spring train-
1987—Frank Viola, Minnesota (AL)
1986—Ray Knight, New York (NL) fight. We won the fight!” Martinez after taking the lead, with Adam Then again, this was nothing ing complex in Florida with the
1985—Bret Saberhagen, Kansas City (AL)
1984—Alan Trammell, Detroit (AL) shouted during the trophy cele- Eaton’s two-run single in the new for the Nationals. Nationals and reported to camp
1983—Rick Dempsey, Baltimore (AL) bration on the field. ninth accounting for the final Washington rallied in the in February full of high hopes.
1982—Darrell Porter, St. Louis (NL)
1981—Ron Cey, Pedro Guerrero and Steve Yeager, “We were down and out. We margin. eighth to beat Milwaukee in the The Astros breezed to the AL
Los Angeles (NL)
1980—Mike Schmidt, Philadelphia (NL) were 19-31. We didn’t quit then, Zack Greinke was in complete wild-card game and took the last West title, edged Tampa Bay in a
1979—Willie Stargell, Pittsburgh (NL) we weren’t going to quit now,” he control until Rendon — a Hous- two to beat Los Angeles in the five-game ALDS and topped the
1978—Bucky Dent, New York (AL)
1977—Reggie Jackson, New York (AL) said. ton prep and college star — hit a NLDS, setting up a sweep of the Yankees in the ALCS. They played
1976—Johnny Bench, Cincinnati (NL)
1975—Pete Rose, Cincinnati (NL) For the 43,326 revved-up fans home run that cut Houston’s lead Cardinals in the NLCS. through front-office fiasco, which
1974—Rollie Fingers, Oakland (AL) at Minute Maid Park, it was a to 2-1 in the seventh. Far away, a big crowd poured led to the firing of an executive for
1973—Reggie Jackson, Oakland (AL)
1972—Gene Tenace, Oakland (AL) combination of shock and disap- When Soto followed with a one- into Nationals Park for a watch a boorish rant at female reporters
1971—Roberto Clemente, Pittsburgh (NL)
1970—Brooks Robinson, Baltimore (AL) pointment. So close to seeing the out walk, Hinch decided to make a party. That was the stadium during a clubhouse celebration.
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WARRIORS the first quarter.

CONTINUED FROM C1
The Warriors have lost badly
in their first two home games at
sparkling new Chase Center.
The ailing, undermanned
Warriors welcomed back two
players but still fell behind
39-11, shooting 4 for 17 as the
Suns made 14 of their first
23 shots and 8 of 12 3-pointers.
Curry had nine points on
3-for-11 shooting before getting
hurt.
Losing Curry, Golden State’s
longest-tenured player and old-
est at age 31, for an extended pe-
riod would be a huge blow for a
young Warriors team.
Golden State is struggling to
start the season with Kevin Du-
rant’s departure to Brooklyn
and Klay Thompson out for per-
haps the entire season recover-
ing from July 2 surgery to repair
a torn ACL in his left knee.
This was another rough one
after an embarrassing sea-
son opener in the first game at
Chase Center, a 141-122 loss to
the Clippers last Thursday that
saw some fans leaving after the
third quarter.
Golden State returned home
with a 1-2 record and amid
a stretch with five games
over seven days and two
back-to-backs.
The Warriors trailed 72-46
LGBTQ Night
The Warriors held LGBTQ
Night with a panel following the
game featuring Golden State
COO Rick Welts — the first open-
ly gay NBA executive — WNBA
and Olympic champion Sue Bird
of the Seattle Storm and her
partner, Megan Rapinoe, of the
World Cup-winning U.S. wom-
en’s soccer team.
Warriors coach Steve Kerr
tried to connect with Rapinoe
over the summer to have her
speak to the World Cup basket-
ball team he coached that went to
China. It didn’t work out, but he
hoped to get a few minutes with
her Wednesday.
“She’s such an incredible ath-
lete and advocate and Sue has
been one of the best women’s
players in the game for a long
time,” Kerr said. “I know Rick
is close with both of them, so it’s
important I think, especially on
a night like tonight where we’re
celebrating the idea of being ac-
cepting of everyone, it’s great to
BEN MARGOT / ASSOCIATED PRESS have them here.”
The Warriors’ Stephen Curry, left, grimaces as Eric Paschall, center, and The women also spoke to
Glenn Robinson III watch, after the Phoenix Suns’ Aron Baynes fell onto members of the Warriors orga-
Curry during the second half of Wednesday’s game in San Francisco. nization earlier in the day.
Curry left the game and the team later announced he has a broken hand. Bird and the U.S. women’s bas- Up next
ketball team play at Stanford on
at halftime Wednesday after training camp with a sprain in Saturday.
falling behind 70-37 at the break his left foot, had 12 points and
in Oklahoma City on Sunday. five rebounds in his Golden Tip-ins
Golden State center Willie State debut. He checked in for ■ Suns: Phoenix beat Golden in two nights, with Charlotte vis-
Cauley-Stein, who missed all of the first time at the 8:23 mark of State for just the third time in iting Saturday night.
the last 21 regular-season meet-
ings. ... The Suns’ 115-111 win at
Golden State on March 10 this
year snapped an 18-game los-
ing streak to the Warriors and a
14-game road skid in the series.
... Suns assistant coach Willie
Green spent the past three years
with the Warriors.
■ Warriors: Kerr said F Kevon
Looney, who missed his fourth
straight game because of a right
hamstring injury, is scheduled to
be evaluated early next week by
a team of specialists because of
an “ongoing presence of a neu-
ropathic condition in his body,
which has a direct correlation to
his recent injury.” Looney is lim-
ited to controlled workouts with
the training staff for now. “He’s
frustrated and we’re frustrated
for him,” Kerr said. ... Rookie Eric
Paschall made his first career
start. ... Alec Burks, who missed
all five preseason games and the
first three of the regular season,
also returned for the Warriors
and scored seven points in his
first game with Golden State. ...
G Jacob Evans III sat out Wednes-
day after exiting Monday against
the Pelicans in the first quarter
with a left adductor strain.
■ Suns: At Grizzlies on Satur-
day.
■ Warriors: Host Spurs on
Friday in the first of two games

FOOTBALL Piner’s Adri-

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officials explored how
they could finish the sea-
son, fairly decide league
champions and help play-
off-bound teams prepare
for the postseason.
The section’s announce-
ment came on the heels of
a lengthy conference call
between North Bay League
administrators Tuesday,
during which principals
and athletic directors
agreed on a formula to
choose divisional winners
if games couldn’t be played
and ground rules for try-
ing to squeeze in unplayed
games within the existing
NCS calendar.
“I was absolutely
stunned because I had no
knowledge that any of this
was coming about,” said
NBL Commissioner Jan
Smith Billing. “But it’s
wonderful. It eliminates a
lot of problems. It would
have been nice to have that
information yesterday.”
In the Vine Valley Ath-
letic League, the Egg Bowl
rivalry game on Satur-
day between Casa Grande
and Petaluma High was
brought back to life. It was
scheduled for Saturday,
then canceled when the
district stopped all school
activities because of the
poor air quality and lack of
electricity residents have
endured since last week —
but it is back on for Satur-
day afternoon.
NBL coaches and ADs
scrambled Wednesday
to squeeze practices and
games back into the sched-
ule. As of mid-afternoon,
one of three canceled
Oct. 25 games had been re-
scheduled.
Maria Carrillo admin-
istrators said they can-
not gather their evacua-
tion-scattered students and
get in two practices, so the
Pumas will not schedule
a makeup game against
Cardinal Newman. Like-
wise, Healdsburg has said
it will leave the Oct. 25
game against Santa Rosa
unplayed but plans to host
Montgomery next week.
Montgomery will play at
El  Molino on Monday to
make up for the game not
played last Friday.
Administrators agreed
on Tuesday that games un-
played will be declared “no
contests,” not forfeits.
All games scheduled for
this Friday have been re-
scheduled to Nov. 8.
Those are:
■ Rancho Cotate at Uki-
ah
■ Maria Carrillo at
Windsor
■ Cardinal Newman at
Analy
■ Montgomery at
Healdsburg
■ Piner at Santa Rosa
■ Harker at El Molino
(nonleague).
The extra week was
welcome news for Piner,
which at 3-0 in league and
9-0 overall is in the midst of
a record-setting season and
seeking to win the NBL
Redwood Division champi-
onship with a victory over
Santa Rosa (2-0, 3-5).
Piner had a bye on
Oct. 25, but if this Friday’s
game couldn’t be made up,
the league title would have
been decided (in Piner’s fa-
vor) by a points system, not
on the field.
“I’m ecstatic,” said Pin-
er Athletic Director Marc
Anderson. “We’re trying to
outright win a league title,
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then get the highest NCS
seeding possible. We’re
looking to win the NCS. I
feel like our boys and our
coach (are) ready for the
challenge. This can be an
historical year.”
While missing a game
doesn’t necessarily reflect
poorly on a team for NCS
seeding purposes, having
fewer victories overall
could be a negative.
Cardinal Newman
shared those concerns
with Piner. The Cardinals
are 3-0 in the NBL-Oak and
7-1 overall. Because Maria
Carrillo won’t be able to
play its canceled Oct. 25
game against Newman,
the Cardinals will have
one fewer game than other
teams to impress the seed-
ing committee.
“It’s frustrating not be-
ing able to get that game
in,” Newman coach Paul
Cronin said. “Especially
when schools are making
decisions that affect other
schools, it’s disappointing.”
Newman administrators
expressed dismay at Santa
Rosa City Schools district
reps who made the deci-
sion to cancel the Carril-
lo-Newman game hours
before Friday night’s kick-
off, while Windsor at Uki-
ah and Analy at Rancho
Cotate did play.
The NCS move to
extend the season by a
week, Cruickshank said,
was meant to help all
schools finish their sea-
sons with as much normal-
an Torres,
left, tries to
CIF-NORTH COAST SECTION
FALL PLAYOFF GLANCE
evade El Mo-
lino’s Jalen
Hall during VOLLEYBALL Division 5
the first half (Seedings in parentheses) Mendocino (14) at St. Vincent (3),
of an Oct. 11 7 p.m.
game in FIRST ROUND
Division 6
Santa Rosa. Tuesday’s result Anderson Valley (11) at St. Ber-
Division 3 nard’s Academy (6), 7:30 p.m.
Moreau Catholic 3,
Friday’s schedule
Rancho Cotate 1
Division 4
Wednesday’s results Justin-Siena (14)
Division 2 at Kelseyville (3), 7 p.m.
Montgomery 3, Las Lomas 2 Saturday’s schedule
Division 6 Division 2
cy as possible. Emery 3, Tomales 1
“This will allow schools Montgomery (7) at
Rio Lindo Adventist 3, Carondelet (2), 7 p.m.
to play their final regu-
Cornerstone Christian 1
lar-season game, many of Division 4
which are rivalry games Thursday’s schedule
Division 2 Cardinal Newman (1) vs. TBD
or league championships,
and still give the North Maria Carrillo (5) Division 6
Coast Section three play- vs. Clayton Valley Charter (12), Calistoga (3) vs. TBD
able weekends to complete at Petaluma HS, 5 p.m.
Rio Lindo Adventist (5) vs.
the playoffs and determine Division 3 California Crosspoint (4) at
champions,” said Cruick- Terra Linda (13) Redwood Christian HS, 8 p.m.
shank, in his first year as at Sonoma Valley (4), 7 p.m.
NCS commissioner. Tuesday, Nov. 5 schedule
Analy (12) at Petaluma (5), 7 p.m.
The playoff seeding Division 5
meeting, originally sched- Division 4 Clear Lake (9)
uled for this Sunday, will Healdsburg (13) at Sonoma Academy (8), 7 p.m.
be held Nov.  10. The play- at Head-Royce (4), 6 p.m.
Credo (12) at Cloverdale (5), 7 p.m.
offs already were pared El Molino (5)
Semifinals
down to three rounds from at Pinole Valley (12), 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 6
four in previous years, Fort Bragg (11) at Roseland
partly due to past experi- Finals
University Prep (6), 4 p.m.
ences with schedule inter- Saturday, Nov. 9
ruptions in October.
The postseason schedule
will now look like this:
■ Last possible play date
for regular-season games:
Nov. 9 CONTRACTORS
■ Seeding: Nov. 10
■ NCS first round: PROTECT YOUr ONSITE EFFORTS
Nov.  15-16 (most games
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■ NCS championships:
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■ CIF NorCal regionals:
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NBA NHL TRANSACTIONS COMING UP

Standings Celtics 116, Bucks 105 Standings Baseball
WESTERN CONFERENCE MILWAUKEE (105) WESTERN CONFERENCE American League TODAY NOV. 1 NOV. 2 NOV. 3 NOV. 4 NOV. 5 NOV. 6
Pacific
L.A. Lakers
W
3
L Pct
1 .750
GB
—
Middleton 10-15 3-3 26, G.Antetokounmpo 8-13
6-10 22, B.Lopez 2-8 5-6 10, Bledsoe 3-8 0-3 7,
Pacific
Edmonton
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
14 9 4 1 19 42 37
BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Assigned LHP Josh
Rogers and RHPs Ryan Eades, Luis Ortiz and Tayler
49ERS 800-746-0764, sf49ers.com RADIO: 680 AM/810 AM,107.7 FM
Phoenix 3 2 .600 ½ Matthews 1-8 0-0 3, Ilyasova 3-4 0-0 7, R.Lopez 1-3 Vancouver 12 8 3 1 17 47 30 Scott outright to Norfolk (IL). Claimed INF Pat Valaika Cardinals
L.A. Clippers 3 2 .600 ½ 0-0 3, Hill 5-9 0-0 12, Connaughton 2-8 0-0 6, Korver Vegas 13 8 5 0 16 42 36 off waivers from Colorado.
3-6 1-2 9. Totals 38-82 15-24 105. Anaheim 14 8 6 0 16 39 35
5:20 p.m.
Warriors 1 3 .250 2 KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Designated RHP
Sacramento 0 5 .000 3½ BOSTON (116) Arizona 12 7 4 1 15 35 28 Trevor Oaks for assignment. FOX
Southwest W L Pct GB Tatum 10-22 1-2 25, Hayward 9-17 0-0 21, Theis Calgary 14 6 6 2 14 37 41 National League
San Antonio 3 0 1.000 — 5-8 0-0 11, Walker 7-19 14-15 32, Smart 7-16 0-0 Sharks 13 4 8 1 9 32 48 COLORADO ROCKIES — RHP Chad Bettis
RAIDERS 800-724-3377, raiders.com RADIO: 740 AM,1350 AM
Houston 3 1 .750 ½ 19, Ojeleye 1-3 1-2 3, Williams 1-4 0-0 2, Williams Los Angeles 13 4 9 0 8 34 54 refused outright assignment and elected free agency. Lions
Dallas 3 1 .750 ½ III 1-2 0-0 2, Wanamaker 0-1 0-0 0, Edwards 0-0 1-2 Central GP W L OT Pts GF GA Assigned RHP Tim Melville outright to Albuquerque
Memphis 1 3 .250 2½ 1, Langford 0-0 0-0 0, Green 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 41-92 Colorado 12 8 2 2 18 47 34 (PCL).
1:05 p.m.
New Orleans 0 4 .000 3½ 17-21 116. Nashville 12 8 3 1 17 48 34 PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Claimed LHP Sam FOX
Northwest W L Pct GB Milwaukee 34 24 18 29 — 105 St. Louis 13 7 3 3 17 39 40 Howard off waivers from Colorado.
Utah 4 1 .800 — Boston 19 23 38 36 — 116 Winnipeg 13 6 7 0 12 36 44 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Claimed LHP Tyler WARRIORS 888-479-4667, warriors.com RADIO: 95.7 FM,1350 AM
3-Point Goals—Milwaukee 14-45 (Middleton Dallas 14 5 8 1 11 31 39 Anderson off waivers from Colorado.
Denver 3 1 .750 ½
Chicago 11 3 6 2 8 25 34 Spurs Hornets Blazers Rockets
Minnesota 3 1 .750 ½ 3-6, Korver 2-5, Hill 2-5, Connaughton 2-6, Ilyasova
Portland 3 2 .600 1 1-2, R.Lopez 1-3, Bledsoe 1-4, B.Lopez 1-5, Matthews Minnesota 13 4 9 0 8 30 45 Basketball 7:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m.
Oklahoma City 1 4 .200 3 1-7, G.Antetokounmpo 0-2), Boston 17-41 (Smart EASTERN CONFERENCE National Basketball Association NBCSBA NBCSBA NBCSBA NBCSBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE 5-11, Tatum 4-7, Walker 4-11, Hayward 3-6, Theis Atlantic GP W L OT Pts GF GA LOS ANGELES LAKERS — Assigned F Kyle
Atlantic W L Pct GB 1-3, Ojeleye 0-1, Williams 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Boston 12 9 1 2 20 41 25 Kuzma to South Bay (NBAGL) for a rehab assignment. SHARKS 408-287-7070, sjsharks.com RADIO: 98.5 FM
Rebounds—Milwaukee 45 (G.Antetokounmpo 14), Buffalo 13 9 2 2 20 44 33 NBA G League
Philadelphia 4 0 1.000 — Boston 45 (Hayward 10). Assists—Milwaukee 21 Florida 13 6 3 4 16 47 51 Jets Canucks B’hawks
Toronto 4 1 .800 ½ COLLEGE PARK SKYHAWKS — Named Calbert
Boston 3 1 .750 1
(G.Antetokounmpo, Bledsoe 5), Boston 25 (Hayward Toronto 14 6 5 3 15 49 49 Cheaney, Shelden Williams, Mfon Udofia and Therian 7:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
7). Total Fouls—Milwaukee 21, Boston 20. Tech- Montreal 12 6 4 2 14 45 37 Williams assistant coaches. NBCSCA NBCSCA NBCSN
Brooklyn 1 3 .250 3 nicals—Milwaukee coach Bucks (Delay of game), Tampa Bay 12 6 4 2 14 42 42
New York 1 4 .200 3½
Southeast W L Pct GB
G.Antetokounmpo, Boston coach Celtics (Defensive Detroit 13 4 8 1 9 30 46 Football KEY: HOME AWAY * also on NBCSBA Radio coverage varies by time, location
three second), Smart. A—18,624 (18,624). Ottawa 11 3 7 1 7 29 37
Miami 3 1 .750 — Metropolitan GP W L OT Pts GF GA National Football League
Atlanta 2 2 .500 1 Pacers 118, Nets 108 Washington 14 9 2 3 21 54 46 ATLANTA FALCONS — Released P Kasey Red-
Orlando 2 2 .500 1 INDIANA (118) Carolina 12 8 3 1 17 39 30 fern. Signed QB Danny Etling to the practice squad.
Charlotte 2 3 .400 1½ Warren 8-16 4-4 20, Sabonis 11-18 5-6 29, Turner N.Y. Islanders 11 8 3 0 16 34 27 BUFFALO BILLS — Signed OT Victor Salako to ON THE AIR
Washington 1 3 .250 2 3-5 0-0 7, Brogdon 7-19 6-6 21, Lamb 11-19 0-2 25, Pittsburgh 13 8 5 0 16 46 31 the practice squad.
Central W L Pct GB CLEVELAND BROWNS — Claimed LB Tae Davis
Milwaukee 2 2 .500 —
McDermott 2-4 0-0 6, Bitadze 0-1 0-0 0, A.Holiday
1-6 0-0 3, McConnell 0-4 2-2 2, J.Holiday 2-4 0-0 5.
Columbus
Philadelphia
12 5 5 2 12 31 43
11 5 5 1 11 36 38 off waivers from the N.Y. Giants. TIME TV RADIO
Cleveland
Detroit
2
2
2 .500
3 .400
—
½
Totals 45-96 17-20 118. N.Y. Rangers 10 4 5 1 9 33 35 DETROIT LIONS — Released RB Paul Perkins.
Signed CB Michael Jackson. Signed OL Casey Tucker
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
BROOKLYN (108) New Jersey 10 2 5 3 7 28 43
Indiana 1 3 .250 1 Harris 5-9 0-1 13, Prince 3-10 0-0 8, Jordan 3-7 Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime to the practice squad. West Virginia at Baylor 5 p.m. ESPN 1050
HOUSTON TEXANS — Released NT Javi
Chicago
Wednesday’s Results
1 4 .200 1½ 2-4 8, Irving 11-20 4-5 28, LeVert 6-18 1-2 15, Kurucs
1-2 0-2 2, Allen 3-5 2-3 8, Dinwiddie 7-17 5-6 20,
loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild
cards per conference advance to playoffs. Edwards from the practice squad. Signed CB Anthony Ga. Southern at Appalachian St. 5 p.m. ESPNU
Chesley and NT Eddie Vanderdoes to the practice
Phoenix 121, Warriors 110
Cleveland 117, Chicago 111
Temple 1-2 2-3 4, Musa 0-0 0-0 0, Pinson 0-0 0-0 0,
Nwaba 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 41-93 16-26 108.
Wednesday’s Results
Tampa Bay 7, New Jersey 6, OT
squad. COLLEGE HOCKEY
Orlando 95, New York 83 Indiana 31 29 30 28 — 118 Edmonton 4, Columbus 1
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — CB Josh Robinson
announced his retirement. Signed CB Taylor Brown
Wisconsin at Penn State 4 p.m. Big Ten
Philadelphia 117, Minnesota 95 Brooklyn 31 32 20 25 — 108 St. Louis 2, Minnesota 1 and LB Keishawn Bierria to the practice squad.
Boston 116, Milwaukee 105 3-Point Goals—Indiana 11-26 (Lamb 3-7, Florida 4, Colorado 3, OT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Released WR Cody COLLEGE SOCCER
Indiana 118, Brooklyn 108 Montreal 4, Arizona 1
Toronto 125, Detroit 113
McDermott 2-3, Sabonis 2-4, Turner 1-1, A.Holiday
1-2, J.Holiday 1-3, Brogdon 1-5, Warren 0-1), Vancouver 5, Los Angeles 3
Thompson from the practice squad. Signed WR Jack
Fox to the practice squad.
Women: Arizona at Cal 1 p.m. P12 Net
Houston 159, Washington 158
Portland 102, Oklahoma City 99
Brooklyn 10-31 (Harris 3-6, LeVert 2-4, Irving 2-6,
Prince 2-8, Dinwiddie 1-5, Temple 0-1, Nwaba
Thursday’s Games LOS ANGELES CHARGERS — Released PK Men: UCLA at Cal 4 p.m. P12BA
Calgary at Nashville, 5 p.m. Chase McLaughlin. Signed CB Tevaughn Campbell
Charlotte 118, Sacramento 111 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Indiana Montreal at Vegas, 7 p.m. from the practice squad and OT Tyree St. Louis to the Women: TCU at West Virginia 4 p.m. FS1
Utah 110, L.A. Clippers 96
Thursday’s Games
41 (Brogdon, Sabonis 8), Brooklyn 54 (Jordan 17).
Assists—Indiana 25 (Brogdon 13), Brooklyn 21 Friday’s Games practice squad.
MIAMI DOLPHINS — Released TE Nick O’Leary.
Men: San Diego State at Stanford 6 p.m. P12 Net
Miami at Atlanta, 4 p.m. (Dinwiddie 7). Total Fouls—Indiana 24, Brooklyn Winnipeg at Sharks, 7:30 p.m.
Denver at New Orleans, 6:30 p.m. 19. Technicals—Brooklyn coach Nets (Defensive Tampa Bay vs. N.Y. Islanders at Nassau Veterans Claimed CB Xavier Crawford off waivers from
Houston.
GOLF
Memorial Coliseum, 4 p.m.
San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. three second) 2, Jordan. A—17,083 (17,732).
Philadelphia at New Jersey, 4 p.m. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed PK PGA: Bermuda Championship 9:30 a.m. Golf Ch.
Friday’s Games Cavaliers 117, Bulls 111 Buffalo at Washington, 4 p.m. Nick Folk.
San Antonio at Warriors, 7:30 p.m.
CHICAGO (111)
Detroit at Carolina, 4:30 p.m. NEW YORK GIANTS — Waived LB Tae Davis. LPGA: Swinging Skirts
Cleveland at Indiana, 4 p.m. Columbus at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Released LB Jake Carlock from the practice squad.
Houston at Brooklyn, 4 p.m. O.Porter Jr. 5-10 4-5 15, Markkanen 4-12 6-8 16,
Dallas at Colorado, 6 p.m. NEW YORK JETS — Placed LB Albert McClellan Taiwan Championship 2 p.m. Golf Ch.
Milwaukee at Orlando, 4 p.m. Carter Jr. 5-8 5-6 15, Satoransky 2-5 2-2 8, LaVine on IR. Signed LB B.J. Bello. Signed CB Arthur Maulet
Vancouver at Anaheim, 7 p.m.
New York at Boston, 4:30 p.m. 6-14 0-0 16, Young 6-14 0-0 14, Kornet 4-6 0-0 9,
Arcidiacono 0-2 2-2 2, White 3-12 0-0 8, Dunn 4-7 Saturday’s Games
from the practice squad and OL Leo Koloamatangi to WGC: HSBC Champions 7 p.m. Golf Ch.
Detroit at Chicago, 5 p.m. the practice squad.
Vancouver at Sharks, 7 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. 0-0 8. Totals 39-90 19-23 111.
CLEVELAND (117) Edmonton at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m.
OAKLAND RAIDERS — Waived LB Dakota NBA
Utah at Sacramento, 7 p.m. Allen. Released DE Kasim Edebali and DT Corey
Saturday’s Games
Osman 4-6 0-0 12, Love 6-10 4-5 17, Thompson N.Y. Rangers at Nashville, 11 a.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Buffalo, 4 p.m.
Liuget. Signed LB Will Compton, C Erik Magnuson Miami at Atlanta 4 p.m. TNT
11-19 1-3 23, Garland 4-11 0-0 9, Sexton 7-12
Charlotte at Warriors, 5:30 p.m. 3-4 18, Nance Jr. 3-9 5-6 12, Clarkson 4-6 8-9 17, Ottawa at Boston, 4 p.m.
and DT Terrell McClain.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Released CB Ajene
Denver at New Orleans 6:30 p.m. TNT
New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 2 p.m. Dellavedova 0-1 0-0 0, K.Porter Jr. 2-4 4-4 9. Totals Detroit at Florida, 4 p.m. Harris from the practice squad. Signed DT Bruce
Brooklyn at Detroit, 4 p.m.
Denver at Orlando, 4 p.m.
41-78 25-31 117. Calgary at Columbus, 4 p.m. Hector to the practice squad. NFL
Montreal at Dallas, 4 p.m.
Minnesota at Washington, 5 p.m.
Chicago
Cleveland
26 27 29 29 — 111
25 25 30 37 — 117 New Jersey at Carolina, 4 p.m.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Released TE Kevin
Rader from the practice squad. Signed RB Darrin Hall
49ers at Arizona 5:20 p.m. Ch. 2, 680, 104.5,
Phoenix at Memphis, 5 p.m.
Toronto at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. 3-Point Goals—Chicago 14-39 (LaVine 4-8,
Toronto at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
St. Louis at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
to the practice squad. NFL Net 107.7
Philadelphia at Portland, 7 p.m. Satoransky 2-2, Markkanen 2-6, White 2-7, Young SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Placed C Justin Britt on
2-7, O.Porter Jr. 1-2, Kornet 1-2, Carter Jr. 0-1,
Colorado at Arizona, 6 p.m.
Winnipeg at Vegas, 7 p.m.
IR. Signed G Jordan Roos from the practice squad. NHL
Suns 121, Warriors 110 Arcidiacono 0-2, Dunn 0-2), Cleveland 10-24 (Osman Chicago at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Promoted TE Jor-
Calgary at Nashville 5 p.m. NHL Net
PHOENIX (121) 4-5, Clarkson 1-1, K.Porter Jr. 1-2, Love 1-3, Nance dan Leggett from the practice squad. Placed LB Jack
Oubre Jr. 5-10 0-0 11, Saric 7-15 0-0 16, Baynes Jr. 1-4, Sexton 1-4, Garland 1-4, Dellavedova 0-1). Canucks 5, Kings 3 Cichy on injured reserve. Signed TE Codey McElroy to
the practice squad. RUGBY
9-17 4-5 24, Rubio 4-8 4-4 14, Booker 10-21 5-5 Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Chicago 32
Vancouver 2 1 2 — 5
31, Bridges 1-3 1-1 3, C.Johnson 5-6 0-0 12, Diallo (Carter Jr., Markkanen 8), Cleveland 47 (Love 20).
Assists—Chicago 25 (Satoransky 8), Cleveland 25 Los Angeles 1 1 1 — 3
TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed DE Matt Dicker-
son. Signed RB Dalyn Hawkins and CB Kareem Orr to World Cup bronze-medal match:
2-2 0-0 4, Kaminsky 0-6 4-6 4, Okobo 0-1 0-0 0,
Carter 0-3 0-0 0, T.Johnson 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 44-95 (Love 6). Total Fouls—Chicago 24, Cleveland 21. First Period—1, Los Angeles, Carter 3 (Kopitar, the practice squad. New Zealand vs. Wales 2 a.m. Fri. NBCSN
18-21 121. A—17,595 (20,562). Martinez), 3:53. 2, Vancouver, Boeser 5 (Hughes, Pet- WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Announced OT
GOLDEN STATE (110) Raptors 125, Pistons 113 tersson), 17:39 (pp). 3, Vancouver, Horvat 6 (Hughes, Trent Williams has reported to the team and were
granted a roster exemption. Placed LB Cassanova
TENNIS
Robinson III 6-10 4-4 17, Paschall 7-9 6-6 20, Pettersson), 19:34 (pp).
Green 2-8 0-2 4, Curry 3-11 2-2 9, Russell 5-12 4-8 DETROIT (113) Second Period—4, Los Angeles, Kempe 1 McKinzy on IR. Signed DE Carroll Phillips to the ATP Paris Masters, WTA Finals 3 p.m. Tennis Ch.
practice squad.
15, Spellman 0-5 4-4 4, Cauley-Stein 5-5 2-2 12,
Bowman 2-4 5-5 10, Poole 2-8 3-3 9, Burks 3-6 0-0 7,
Snell 2-7 0-0 6, Morris 7-13 0-0 16, Drummond
10-17 1-2 21, Frazier 3-8 0-0 7, Kennard 1-6 0-0 3,
(Kopitar, Doughty), 10:06 (pp). 5, Vancouver, Boeser 6
(Pettersson), 15:17.
WTA: Shiseido Finals 1 a.m. Fri. Tennis Ch.
Lee 1-4 0-0 3. Totals 36-82 30-36 110. Mykhailiuk 3-4 0-0 9, Maker 3-7 1-2 8, Wood 2-4 4-7 Third Period—6, Vancouver, Boeser 7 (Horvat,
Hockey
Phoenix 43 29 23 26 — 121 9, Rose 7-12 2-2 16, Galloway 3-7 8-8 17, Brown 0-3 Miller), 0:55 (pp). 7, Vancouver, Pettersson 4 (Boeser, National Hockey League
1-2 1. Totals 41-88 17-23 113.
Golden State 14 32 21 43 — 110
TORONTO (125)
Hughes), 15:46 (pp). 8, Los Angeles, Carter 4 (Dough-
ty, Grundstrom), 18:49.
DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned RW Givani
Smith to Grand Rapids (AHL). NFL EMPIRE
3-Point Goals—Phoenix 15-36 (Booker 6-10, Anunoby 6-10 0-0 13, Siakam 13-21 1-1 30, Gasol NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Reassigned F Colin
Rubio 2-2, C.Johnson 2-3, Saric 2-5, Baynes 2-8, 2-3 1-1 6, VanVleet 5-9 2-2 13, Lowry 7-13 4-5 20, Panthers 4, Avalanche 3, OT Blackwell to Milwaukee (AHL). Standings Men’s college golf
Oubre Jr. 1-2, T.Johnson 0-1, Bridges 0-1, Carter Powell 7-10 2-3 19, Boucher 0-2 0-0 0, Ibaka 9-15 AMERICAN CONFERENCE
Florida 1 0 2 1 — 4 NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Recalled F Otto Dennis Rose Invitational
0-1, Kaminsky 0-3), Golden State 8-28 (Poole 2-5, 0-0 19, McCaw 2-3 0-0 5, Davis 0-0 0-0 0, M.Thomas West W L T Pct PF PA
Colorado 2 0 1 0 — 3 Koivula from Bridgeport (AHL). AT WAIKOLOA, HAWAII
Bowman 1-1, Robinson III 1-2, Burks 1-3, Lee 1-3, 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 51-86 10-12 125. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Recalled Fs Cory Kansas City 5 3 0 .625 226 181 Par: 72; Yardage: 7,074
Russell 1-4, Curry 1-7, Spellman 0-1, Green 0-2). Detroit 28 30 27 28 — 113 First Period—1, Colorado, Nieto 3 (Bellemare, Conacher and Alexander Volkov and D Luke Schenn Raiders 3 4 0 .429 151 192
Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Phoenix 46 Toronto 37 27 37 24 — 125 Calvert), 6:05. 2, Florida, Sceviour 1 (Weegar, Ekblad), Final Team Scores
from Syracuse (AHL). L.A. Chargers 3 5 0 .375 157 157
(Baynes 12), Golden State 41 (Russell, Green, 9:59. 3, Colorado, Donskoi 5 (Girard, MacKinnon), 1. Sonoma State 289-288-286—863 -1
3-Point Goals—Detroit 14-30 (Mykhailiuk 3-4, Denver 2 6 0 .250 125 151
Spellman 6). Assists—Phoenix 34 (Baynes, Rubio
Galloway 3-5, Snell 2-4, Morris 2-5, Maker 1-1, Wood
19:28. Olympic sports East W L T Pct PF PA T2. UC San Diego 296-296-285—877 +13
7), Golden State 25 (Curry, Russell 6). Total Fouls— Second Period—None. T2. CSU Monterey Bay 302-281-294—877 +13
1-2, Frazier 1-3, Kennard 1-4, Rose 0-2), Toronto USA VOLLEYBALL — Named Dr. Peter Vint New England 8 0 0 1.000 250 61
Phoenix 22, Golden State 22. Technicals—Green. Third Period—4, Colorado, MacKinnon 7 (Cole, T4. Western Washington 301-293-291—885 +21
13-27 (Powell 3-5, Siakam 3-6, Lowry 2-6, Gasol chief of sport. Buffalo 5 2 0 .714 134 122
A—18,064 (18,064). Kadri), 7:37. 5, Florida, Barkov 1 (Hoffman, Yandle), T4. Concordia (Oregon) 295-293-297—885 +21
1-1, McCaw 1-2, Ibaka 1-2, Anunoby 1-2, VanVleet N.Y. Jets 1 6 0 .143 78 185
Rockets 159, Wizards 158 1-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Detroit 42 12:04. 6, Florida, Huberdeau 6 (Ekblad, Dadonov), Soccer Miami 0 7 0 .000 77 238 Final Sonoma State Scores
(Drummond 22), Toronto 34 (Anunoby 8). Assists— 18:30. Major League Soccer South W L T Pct PF PA 2. Blake Bourelle 73-70-69—212 -4
HOUSTON (159) Overtime—7, Florida, Huberdeau 7 (Barkov), Indianapolis 5 2 0 .714 158 151 T6. Devin Gregg 68-77-72—217 +1
House Jr. 5-9 2-2 16, Tucker 3-7 2-2 9, Capela 9-13 Detroit 30 (Rose 10), Toronto 30 (VanVleet 11). Total COLUMBUS CREW — Signed D Harrison Afful to
Fouls—Detroit 15, Toronto 22. Technicals—Brown, 0:29. Houston 5 3 0 .625 212 188 8. Griffin Pace 74-73-71—218 +2
3-7 21, Westbrook 7-16 2-4 17, Harden 18-32 17-18 a contract extension. T13. Thomas Jenkins 74-72-74—220 +4
Jacksonville 4 4 0 .500 173 163
59, Sefolosha 1-3 0-0 3, Anderson 1-2 0-0 3, Chandler Lowry. A—19,800 (19,800). Canadiens 4, Coyotes 1 USL Championship
Tennessee 4 4 0 .500 148 135 T34. Maximilian Morris 77-73-76—226 +10
1-1 0-0 2, Gordon 5-13 0-0 15, McLemore 1-1 0-0 3,
Rivers 4-6 0-0 11. Totals 55-103 26-33 159.
Magic 95, Knicks 83 Montreal 1 1 2 — 4
OTTAWA FURY — Announced the contract of
coach Nikola Popovic will not be renewed.
North W L T Pct PF PA
Women’s college golf
NEW YORK (83) Arizona 0 0 1 — 1 Baltimore 5 2 0 .714 214 156
WASHINGTON (158) SAN ANTONIO — Mutually agreed to part ways Pittsburgh 3 4 0 .429 150 145 Dennis Rose Invitational
Bonga 3-4 0-0 6, Hachimura 9-15 2-2 23, Bryant Morris Sr. 2-11 4-5 9, Randle 7-13 2-3 16, First Period—1, Montreal, Gallagher 6 (Tatar, with coach and technical director Darren Powell.
Robinson 4-6 4-4 12, Barrett 4-11 0-2 9, Ellington 1-8 Cleveland 2 5 0 .286 133 181 AT WAIKOLOA, HAWAII
5-10 3-4 13, Smith 3-6 0-2 6, Beal 14-20 11-12 46, Weber), 0:22.
Brown Jr. 5-7 2-2 14, Bertans 7-10 1-1 21, Wagner 0-1 2, Knox II 3-10 2-2 10, Portis 5-11 0-0 12, Gibson Second Period—2, Montreal, Weber 2 (Danault, College Cincinnati 0 8 0 .000 124 210 Final Team Scores
5-8 2-3 12, Thomas 6-11 3-3 17. Totals 57-91 24-29 2-4 0-0 4, Ntilikina 3-8 0-0 7, Dotson 0-0 2-3 2. Totals Mete), 0:24. AUBURN — Announced freshman QB Joey NATIONAL CONFERENCE 1. Concordia (Oregon) 304-291-291—886 +46
158. 31-82 14-20 83. Third Period—3, Montreal, Cousins 2 (Petry, Su- Gatewood has left the football team and entered the West W L T Pct PF PA 2. Sonoma State 304-297-289—890 +50
Houston 35 41 35 48 — 159 ORLANDO (95) zuki), 1:17. 4, Arizona, Chychrun 2 (Kessel, Goligoski), NCAA transfer portal. 49ers 7 0 0 1.000 207 77 3. Western Washington 303-301-297—901 +61
Washington 34 43 40 41 — 158 Isaac 4-6 2-2 10, Gordon 6-13 0-0 15, Vucevic 4:47. 5, Montreal, Drouin 6, 11:03. CONNECTICUT — Announced freshman F Seattle 6 2 0 .750 208 196 4. Biola University 303-311-288—913 +73
8-17 3-4 21, Augustin 2-6 0-0 5, Fournier 5-12 2-2 Richie Springs will sit out this season as an academic L.A. Rams 5 3 0 .625 214 174 T5. Westminster (Utah) 312-312-303—927 +87
3-Point Goals—Houston 23-54 (Harden 6-14, 14, Aminu 3-9 1-2 9, Bamba 4-7 0-0 9, Fultz 3-6 1-2 Blues 2, Wild 1 redshirt. Arizona 3 4 1 .438 170 223 T5. Chico State 307-312-308—927 +87
Gordon 5-13, House Jr. 4-7, Rivers 3-5, McLemore 7, Carter-Williams 1-2 0-0 3, Ross 1-10 0-0 2. Totals East W L T Pct PF PA Final Sonoma State Scores
1-1, Anderson 1-2, Sefolosha 1-3, Tucker 1-4, 37-88 9-12 95. Minnesota 0 1 0 — 1 Dallas 4 3 0 .571 190 124 4. Lexi Nielsen 76-72-70—218 +8
Westbrook 1-5), Washington 20-36 (Beal 7-12,
Bertans 6-9, Hachimura 3-3, Thomas 2-4, Brown Jr.
New York 25 19 23 16 — 83 St. Louis 0 1 1 — 2
THE LINE Philadelphia 4 4 0 .500 202 199 7. Samantha Cabunag 80-73-70—223 +13
Orlando 22 20 30 23 — 95 First Period—None. N.Y. Giants 2 6 0 .250 158 218 T12. Cristina Picariello 75-76-75—226 +16
2-4, Bryant 0-1, Wagner 0-1, Smith 0-2). Fouled
Out—None. Rebounds—Houston 44 (Capela 12), 3-Point Goals—New York 7-31 (Knox II 2-5, Second Period—1, St. Louis, Blais 4 (Pietrange- NBA Washington 1 7 0 .125 99 195 T16. Jasmine Monas 77-77-74—228 +18
Portis 2-7, Ntilikina 1-3, Barrett 1-4, Morris Sr. 1-5, lo, O’Reilly), 6:52. 2, Minnesota, Zuccarello 1 (Zucker, South W L T Pct PF PA T19. Courtney Cervellin 76-76-77—229 +19
Washington 40 (Bryant 12). Assists—Houston 34 Staal), 8:43. FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG New Orleans 7 1 0 .875 195 156
Randle 0-2, Ellington 0-5), Orlando 12-32 (Gordon
(Westbrook 12), Washington 31 (Thomas 10). Total
3-6, Aminu 2-3, Fournier 2-4, Vucevic 2-4, Carter-Wil- Third Period—3, St. Louis, Pietrangelo 5 Miami 6 216 at ATLANTA Carolina 4 3 0 .571 179 184 High school volleyball
Fouls—Houston 24, Washington 27. Technicals— (Gunnarsson, Perron), 1:39. at New Orleans OFF OFF Denver Tampa Bay 2 5 0 .286 196 212
House Jr., Rivers, Thomas. A—20,476 (20,356). liams 1-1, Bamba 1-2, Augustin 1-4, Fultz 0-1, Isaac NCS Tournament
at LA Clippers 5 225½ San Antonio Atlanta 1 7 0 .125 165 250
0-1, Ross 0-6). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds— Oilers 4, Blue Jackets 1 Division 2
Hornets 118, Kings 111 New York 44 (Portis, Randle 10), Orlando 52 (Vucevic NHL North
Green Bay
W L T Pct PF PA
7 1 0 .875 215 163
AT LAS LOMAS
CHARLOTTE (118) 13). Assists—New York 19 (Randle 7), Orlando 24 Edmonton 2 2 0 — 4 Montgomery d. Las Lomas 25-21, 21-25, 26-
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE Minnesota 6 2 0 .750 211 132
Bridges 7-11 0-0 17, Washington 10-13 1-2 23, (Augustin 7). Total Fouls—New York 15, Orlando Columbus 0 1 0 — 1 24, 21-25, 15-9
17. Technicals—Orlando coach Magic (Defensive at Nashville -145 Calgary +135 Detroit 3 3 1 .500 180 186
Zeller 6-14 0-0 12, Rozier 7-15 5-7 22, Bacon 1-8 0-0 First Period—1, Edmonton, Neal 11 (Draisaitl, at Vegas OFF Montreal OFF Chicago 3 4 0 .429 128 122 Montgomery: Laney O’Neil 11 kills, 3 aces, 30
3, Williams 4-4 2-3 11, Graham 4-7 2-2 12, Co.Martin three second), Orlando coach Steve Clifford. McDavid), 9:11 (pp). 2, Edmonton, Draisaitl 11 assists, 14 digs; Amy Iroz 26 digs; Sabrina Vidamo 26
0-0 0-0 0, Monk 7-12 0-0 18. Totals 46-84 10-14 118. A—17,456 (18,846). (Chiasson, Nugent-Hopkins), 17:02. College football Thursday’s Game digs, 31 assists; Megan Harrington 23 kills, 6 digs;
49ers at Arizona, 5:20 p.m.
SACRAMENTO (111)
Barnes 10-18 1-2 22, Bjelica 5-6 0-0 11, Holmes
NBA leaders Second Period—3, Edmonton, Khaira 1 (Gag-
ner, Nugent-Hopkins), 1:20. 4, Edmonton, Draisaitl 12
Thursday
Sunday’s Games
Jessie Welch 16 digs.
Record: Montgomery 17-12
SCORING G FG FT PTS AVG FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG
8-10 1-2 17, Fox 6-16 3-3 16, Hield 8-22 0-0 23, (Kassian), 4:56. 5, Columbus, Werenski 3 (Atkinson, Detroit at Raiders, 1:05 p.m.
Ariza 1-4 0-0 3, Gabriel 0-1 2-2 2, Dedmon 0-0 0-0 Harden, HOU 4 36 63 147 36.8 Dubois), 6:55 (pp). at Appalachian St 19½ 15 44½ Ga. Southern Houston vs. Jacksonville at London, UK, 6:30 a.m. High school girls golf
0, Joseph 2-5 0-0 5, Bogdanovic 4-14 2-3 12. Totals Irving, BRO 4 47 31 141 35.2 Third Period—None. at Baylor 16½ 18½ 56 West Virginia N.Y. Jets at Miami, 10 a.m. NCS Tournament
44-96 9-12 111. Lillard, POR 5 48 36 146 29.2 Friday Washington at Buffalo, 10 a.m. Division 1
Charlotte 30 31 32 25 — 118 Davis, LAL 4 32 48 115 28.8 Lightning 7, Devils 6, OT FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG Tennessee at Carolina, 10 a.m. AT ANTIOCH
Sacramento 33 33 18 27 — 111 Siakam, TOR 5 51 26 140 28.0 Navy 27 27½ 55 at UConn Minnesota at Kansas City, 10 a.m.
Tampa Bay 2 1 3 1 — 7 Par 72
Ingram, NOR 4 42 11 109 27.2 New Jersey 1 3 2 0 — 6 Saturday Chicago at Philadelphia, 10 a.m. Cardinal Newman: Abby Leighton 76, Gabby
3-Point Goals—Charlotte 16-32 (Monk 4-7, Towns, MIN 4 37 17 109 27.2 FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG Indianapolis at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. Sinatra 86.
Bridges 3-5, Rozier 3-6, Washington 2-3, Graham Leonard, LAC 4 40 21 108 27.0 First Period—1, New Jersey, Palmieri 4
at Wake Forest 8 7½ 60½ NC State Tampa Bay at Seattle, 1:05 p.m. Note: Cut-off to move on to NorCal was 75; 140
2-5, Williams 1-1, Bacon 1-4, Zeller 0-1), Sacramento Beal, WAS 4 36 21 107 26.8 (Simmonds, Hall), 1:10 (pp). 2, Tampa Bay, Palat 4
Liberty 21½ 23½ 70 at UMass Green Bay at L.A. Chargers, 1:25 p.m. golfers, top 4 moved on.
14-46 (Hield 7-16, Bogdanovic 2-11, Bjelica 1-2, Young, ATL 4 36 21 107 26.8 (Shattenkirk, Point), 9:28. 3, Tampa Bay, Killorn 2
at FIU 15½ 17 48½ Old Dominion Cleveland at Denver, 1:25 p.m.
Joseph 1-3, Barnes 1-4, Ariza 1-4, Fox 1-5, Gabriel Doncic, DAL 4 33 24 100 25.0 (Shattenkirk, Johnson), 17:15 (pp).
Troy 1½ 1 61 at Coastal Carolina New England at Baltimore, 5:20 p.m.
0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Charlotte
46 (Zeller 15), Sacramento 39 (Holmes 9). Assists—
Walker, BOS
Booker, PHX
4 30 24 98 24.5
5 45 19 122 24.4
Second Period—4, New Jersey, Bratt 2 (His-
chier, Zacha), 6:05. 5, Tampa Bay, Point 4 (Johnson,
Pittsburgh 11 7½ 43 at Georgia Tech Open: L.A. Rams, New Orleans, Atlanta, Cincinnati TENNIS
Charlotte 30 (Graham 9), Sacramento 26 (Fox Nebraska 2½ 3 58 at Purdue Monday’s Game
Mitchell, UTA 5 46 21 120 24.0 Sergachev), 11:48. 6, New Jersey, Palmieri 5 (Butcher,
10). Total Fouls—Charlotte 17, Sacramento 19. Antetokounmpo, MIL 4 36 21 95 23.8 Hall), 12:17. 7, New Jersey, Bratt 3 (Greene, Hischier),
at UCF 22½ 22 71 Houston Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 5:15 p.m. ATP Paris Masters
A—15,416 (17,608). Michigan 16½ 21 55½ at Maryland Thursday, Nov. 7 AT PARIS
Embiid, PHL 3 24 18 70 23.3 13:16.
at Indiana 10 11½ 43½ Northwestern L.A. Chargers at Raiders, 5:20 p.m.
Trail Blazers 102, Thunder 99 Third Period—8, New Jersey, Vatanen 3 (Greene, Men’s Singles
FG PERCENTAGE FG FGA PCT at Bowling Green 6 6 49½ Akron
Simmonds), 1:13. 9, Tampa Bay, Cirelli 1 (Joseph, Sunday, Nov. 10 Round Of 32
PORTLAND (102) Harrell, LAC 37 51 .725 at Illinois 20½ 20½ 50½ Rutgers
Rutta), 2:45. 10, Tampa Bay, Joseph 3 (Cirelli), 7:45. Arizona at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m. Dominic Thiem (5), Austria, def. Milos Raonic,
Hood 3-10 1-2 9, Tolliver 2-5 0-0 6, Whiteside 4-9 Holmes, SAC 25 37 .676 Cincinnati 20½ 23½ 46½ at East Carolina
11, Tampa Bay, Palat 5 (Point), 16:03. 12, New Jersey, Kansas City at Tennessee, 10 a.m. Canada, 7-6 (5), 5-7, 6-4.
4-6 12, Lillard 7-19 5-6 23, McCollum 7-22 3-4 22, Wright, DAL 17 26 .654 at Syracuse 4½ 3½ 60 Boston College
Palmieri 6 (Simmonds, Butcher), 19:52. Buffalo at Cleveland, 10 a.m. Denis Shapovalov, Canada, def. Fabio Fognini (11),
Hezonja 1-1 0-0 2, Labissiere 2-5 3-4 7, Simons 3-6 White, SAN 15 23 .652 Buffalo +3 1 50½ at E. Michigan
Overtime—13, Tampa Bay, Johnson 4 (Mc- Baltimore at Cincinnati, 10 a.m. Italy, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.
0-0 7, Bazemore 5-9 1-2 14, Trent Jr. 0-0 0-0 0. Totals Capela, HOU 28 43 .651 at N. Carolina 1½ 2½ 46½ Virginia
Donagh, Palat), 1:16. N.Y. Giants at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m. Cristian Garin, Chile, def. John Isner (15), United
34-86 17-24 102. Whiteside, POR 25 39 .641 at Utah St 8 3½ 50½ BYU
Atlanta at New Orleans, 10 a.m. States, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4).
OKLAHOMA CITY (99) Paschall, GOL 21 33 .636 NHL scoring leaders at Notre Dame 17½ 17½ 58 Virginia Tech
Detroit at Chicago, 10 a.m. Stefanos Tsitsipas (7), Greece, def. Taylor Fritz,
Ferguson 1-4 0-0 2, Gallinari 5-15 2-2 15, Noel Wagner, WAS 17 27 .630 Oregon 5½ 4½ 62 at Southern Cal
GP G A PTS at UCLA 4 6½ 64½ Colorado Miami at Indianapolis, 1:05 p.m. United States, 7-6 (3), 6-3.
6-7 3-4 15, Paul 5-10 10-11 21, Gilgeous-Alexander Green, LAC 20 33 .606
Tucker, HOU 21 35 .600 Leon Draisaitl, EDM 14 12 13 25 Kansas St 6½ 6½ 55 at Kansas Carolina at Green Bay, 1:25 p.m. Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria, def. David Goffin (12),
3-13 7-10 13, Bazley 0-0 0-0 0, Muscala 2-9 0-0 4, L.A. Rams at Pittsburgh, 1:25 p.m. Belgium, 7-5, 6-3.
Drummond, DET 43 72 .597 David Pastrnak, BOS 12 12 12 24 at La.-Lafayette 21 22 55½ Texas State
Schroder 6-17 5-6 17, Diallo 5-9 2-4 12. Totals 33-84 Minnesota at Dallas, 5:20 p.m.
Thompson, CLE 38 64 .594 John Carlson, WAS 14 7 16 23 at S. Carolina 14 15 51 Vanderbilt Gael Monfils (13), France, def. Benoit Paire, France,
29-37 99. Open: Washington, Jacksonville, New England,
Baynes, PHX 25 44 .568 Connor McDavid, EDM 14 6 17 23 N Illinois 1 1 50½ at Cent. Michigan 6-4, 7-6 (4).
Portland 24 25 19 34 — 102 Brad Marchand, BOS 12 7 14 21 Denver, Philadelphia, Houston Alex de Minaur, Australia, def. Roberto Bautis-
Oklahoma City 17 27 25 30 — 99 Bertans, WAS 21 37 .568 Marshall 10½ 10½ 47 at RICE
Hill, MIL 17 30 .567 Alex Ovechkin, WAS 14 11 7 18 at Colorado St 10 8½ 65 UNLV Monday, Nov. 11 ta-Agut (9), Spain, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (1).
3-Point Goals—Portland 17-35 (McCollum Elias Pettersson, VAN 12 4 14 18 at Memphis 3 5½ 72½ SMU Seattle at 49ers, 5:15 p.m. Stan Wawrinka (16), Switzerland, def. Marin Cilic,
5-10, Lillard 4-9, Bazemore 3-4, Tolliver 2-4, Hood 3-POINT FG PERCENTAGE 3FG 3FGA PCT Jack Eichel, BUF 13 7 10 17 Croatia, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5).
at Texas A&M 38 38½ 53½ UTSA
2-5, Simons 1-3), Oklahoma City 4-27 (Gallinari 3-9, Green, LAC 15 23 .652 Nathan MacKinnon, COL 12 7 10 17 at Air Force 14 14½ 45½ Army NFL injury report Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Corentin Moutet,
Paul 1-4, Ferguson 0-2, Gilgeous-Alexander 0-2, Payton, NYK 5 8 .625 Sidney Crosby, PIT 13 5 12 17 France, 7-6 (2), 6-4.
at Arizona 7 5½ 72 Oregon St Thursday
Schroder 0-4, Muscala 0-6). Fouled Out—None. Wood, DET 5 8 .625 Auston Matthews, TOR 14 11 5 16 Kyle Edmund, Britain, def. Diego Schwartzman
at Tennessee 10½ 12 48 UAB 49ERS at ARIZONA
Rebounds—Portland 49 (Whiteside 12), Oklahoma Aldridge, SAN 3 5 .600 Mark Stone, VEG 13 7 9 16 (14), Argentina, 7-5, 6-3.
Tucker, HOU 13 22 .591 at Auburn 20 19½ 52½ Mississippi 49ERS: OUT: RB Kyle Juszczyk (knee), T Mike
City 55 (Noel 14). Assists—Portland 19 (Lillard 13), Mitchell Marner, TOR 14 3 13 16 Georgia 4½ 6½ 44½ Florida Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Adrian Mannarino,
Oklahoma City 15 (Paul 5). Total Fouls—Portland Hayward, BOS 7 12 .583 McGlinchey (knee), CB Ahkello Witherspoon (foot). France, 7-5, 6-4.
Aminu, ORL 4 7 .571 at Oklahoma St 5½ 2½ 59 TCU DOUBTFUL: T Joe Staley (fibula). QUESTIONABLE:
30, Oklahoma City 21. Technicals—Oklahoma City Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, def. Matteo Berrettini
coach Thunder (Defensive three second). A—18,203 Green, UTA 8 14 .571 COLLEGE FOOTBALL at North Texas 22½
at Tulane 10½
23
10½
58
60½
UTEP
Tulsa
RB Matt Breida (ankle), RB Raheem Mostert (knee), (10), Italy, 6-4, 6-3.
(18,203). Leonard, MIA 4 7 .571 TE Levine Toilolo (groin). CARDINALS: OUT: DE Men’s Doubles
Mississippi St 7 7½ 58½ at Arkansas
Bertans, WAS 16 29 .552 Pac-12 standings Zach Allen (neck), RB Chase Edmonds (hamstring). Round Of 32
Jazz 110, Clippers 96 Turner, IND 8 15 .533
Conference All Games
Middle Tenn.
at W Kentucky 2½
Pk 3
1½
65
50
at Charlotte
FAU
QUESTIONABLE: RB David Johnson (ankle), T Justin Marcel Granollers, Spain, and Horacio Zeballos (2),
L.A. CLIPPERS (96) Osman, CLE 9 17 .529 Murray (knee). Argentina, def. Horia Tecau, Romania, and Jean-Julien
NORTH W L PF PA W L PF PA Arkansas St Pk 2 67½ at La.-Monroe
Towns, MIN 18 34 .529
Shamet 1-7 3-3 5, Patterson 1-4 0-0 3, Zubac
4-4 0-0 8, Beverley 4-13 0-0 8, Williams 9-17 5-7 Knox, NYK 11 21 .524 Oregon 5 0 155 82 7 1 288 118 at Florida St 6½ 3 47 Miami NFL top performers Rojer, Netherlands, 3-6, 6-3, 10-4.
Maximo Gonzalez, Argentina, and Austin Krajicek,
Harris, BRO 13 25 .520 Stanford 3 3 137 172 4 4 181 224 at Nevada 6½ 3½ 58½ New Mexico PASSING
24, Harkless 1-3 0-0 2, Mann 2-3 0-0 4, Kabengele Oregon St. 2 2 104 131 3 4 213 221 Utah 1 3½ 47 at Washington St United States, def. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Marcelo
0-1 0-0 0, Ja.Green 8-11 2-2 23, Harrell 5-9 0-0 10, Washington, CHA 13 25 .520 517, Jared Goff, LA vs. TAM 9/29 (45-68, 2 TD) Melo (3), Brazil, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 10-8.
Washington 2 3 142 119 5 3 286 172 Boise St 17 17 59 at San Jose St
Walton Jr. 0-0 0-0 0, McGruder 0-3 0-0 0, Robinson FREE THROW PCT FT FTA PCT at Hawaii 3 2 69½ Fresno St 463, Dak Prescott, DAL vs. GBY 10/6 (27-44, 2 TD) Rohan Bopanna, India, and Denis Shapovalov,
California 1 4 61 116 4 4 139 166
4-7 0-0 9. Totals 39-82 10-12 96. Bogdanovic, UTA 15 15 1.000 460, Matt Schaub, ATL vs. SEA 10/27 (39-52, 1 TD) Canada, def. Fernando Verdasco, Spain, and Benoit
Washington St. 1 4 186 190 4 4 334 238
UTAH (110) Curry, GOL 18 18 1.000
Conference All Games
NFL 443, Patrick Mahomes II, KAN at OAK 9/15 Paire, France, 6-4, 7-5.
Bogdanovic 5-11 2-2 14, O’Neale 0-0 0-0 0, Forbes, SAN 7 7 1.000 (30-44, 4 TD) Rajeev Ram, United States, and Joe Salisbury,
SOUTH W L PF PA W L PF PA Thursday
Gobert 5-7 3-8 13, Conley 11-17 2-2 29, Mitchell 10- Gallinari, OKC 21 21 1.000 429, Aaron Rodgers, GBY vs. OAK 10/20 (25-31, Britain, def. Robin Haase and Wesley Koolhof,
FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG
17 4-4 24, Ingles 4-8 0-0 10, Kidd 0-0 0-0 0, Je.Green Graham, MIN 7 7 1.000 USC 4 1 165 116 5 3 250 199 5 TD) Netherlands, 6-1, 6-3.
3-8 0-0 8, Niang 0-0 0-0 0, Davis 2-3 0-0 4, Bradley Utah 4 1 169 53 7 1 265 82 San Francisco 8 10 42½ at Arizona 426, Deshaun Watson, HOU vs. ATL 10/6 (28-33,
Poole, GOL 8 8 1.000 Men’s Doubles
0-0 0-0 0, Mudiay 4-9 0-0 8, Williams-Goss 0-0 0-0 0. Siakam, TOR 26 27 .963 UCLA 3 2 191 179 3 5 233 274 Sunday 5 TD) Round Of 16
Totals 44-80 11-16 110. Brogdon, IND 22 23 .957 Arizona St. 2 3 128 148 5 3 187 169 FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 422, Aaron Rodgers, GBY vs. PHL 9/26 (34-53, Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert (7),
L.A. Clippers 23 28 20 25 — 96 Harden, HOU 63 66 .955 Arizona 2 3 127 180 4 4 258 280 Houston 3 1 46½ Jacksonville 2 TD) France, def. Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany, and Hubert
Utah 33 19 38 20 — 110 VanVleet, TOR 19 20 .950 Colorado 1 4 108 187 3 5 217 279 at Buffalo 8½ 9½ 37 Washington 418, Andy Dalton, CIN at SEA 9/8 (35-51, 2 TD) Hurkacz, Poland, 6-3, 6-4.
Rose, DET 17 18 .944 Saturday’s Games at Carolina 4½ 4 41½ Tennessee 406, Russell Wilson, SEA vs. NOR 9/22 (32-50, Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies (5), Germany,
3-Point Goals—L.A. Clippers 8-23 (Ja.Green 5-6, 2 TD)
Lopez, MIL 16 17 .941 Utah at Washington, 1 p.m. at Philadelphia 4 5 42 Chicago def. Marin Cilic, Croatia, and Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay,
Patterson 1-2, Robinson 1-3, Williams 1-3, Harkless 405, Dak Prescott, DAL vs. NYG 9/8 (25-32, 4 TD)
Hart, NOR 13 14 .929 Oregon St. at Arizona, 1:30 p.m. at Kansas City OFF OFF OFF Minnesota 7-6 (3), 6-1.
0-1, Kabengele 0-1, Shamet 0-3, Beverley 0-4), Utah
Oubre, PHX 21 23 .913 Oregon at Southern Cal, 5 p.m. NY Jets 5 3 41 at Miami RUSHING
11-24 (Conley 5-8, Je.Green 2-4, Ingles 2-4, Bogdano-
vic 2-5, Mudiay 0-1, Mitchell 0-2). Fouled Out— Irving, BRO 31 34 .912 Colorado at UCLA, 6 p.m. Indianapolis Pk 1 42½ at Pittsburgh
225, Leonard Fournette, JAX at DEN 9/29 (29 WTA Finals
at Oakland Pk 2 50½ Detroit AT SHENZHEN, CHINA
None. Rebounds—L.A. Clippers 36 (Ja.Green, REBOUNDS G OFF DEF TOT AVG att., 0 TD)
Zubac 8), Utah 36 (Davis 9). Assists—L.A. Clippers Drummond, DET 5 23 64 87 17.4
Top 25 schedule at Seattle 6 6 51 Tampa Bay 176, Christian McCaffrey, CAR vs. JAX 10/6 (19 Round Robin
19 (Mann 5), Utah 23 (Ingles 7). Total Fouls—L.A. Thursday’s Games Cleveland +1 3 39 at Denver att., 2 TD)
Love, CLE 4 2 65 67 16.8 Green Bay 3 3 48 at LA Chargers Singles
Clippers 22, Utah 18. A—18,306 (18,306). Antetokounmpo, MIL 4 5 49 54 13.5 No. 12 Baylor vs. West Virginia, 5 p.m. 174, Marlon Mack, IND at LAC 9/8 (OT) (25 att., Purple Group
No. 20 Appalachian State vs. Georgia Southern, 5 p.m. New England 5½ 3½ 45 at Baltimore 1 TD)
Zeller, CHA 4 20 34 54 13.5 Elina Svitolina (8), Ukraine, def. Simona Halep (5),
76ers 117, Timberwolves 95 Davis, LAL 4 13 37 50 12.5 Saturday’s Games
Monday 165, Nick Chubb, CLE at BAL 9/29 (20 att., 3 TD) Romania, 7-5, 6-3.
MINNESOTA (95) Jokic, DEN 4 12 38 50 12.5 FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 154, Dalvin Cook, MIN at GBY 9/15 (20 att., 1 TD) Karolina Pliskova (2), Czech Republic, def. Bianca
No. 4 Clemson vs. Wofford, 1 p.m.
Graham 1-5 4-4 6, Covington 2-7 2-2 7, Towns Whiteside, POR 5 15 46 61 12.2 No. 6 Florida vs. No. 8 Georgia at Jacksonville, Fla., Dallas 8½ 7 48 at NY Giants 153, Christian McCaffrey, CAR at ARI 9/22 (24 Andreescu (4), Canada, 6-3 retired.
5-7 0-0 13, Teague 6-13 1-2 15, Wiggins 6-16 6-6 19, Westbrook, HOU 4 13 35 48 12.0 12:30 p.m. att., 1 TD) Standings: x-Svitolina (2-0, sets 4-0, games 26-18),
152, Lamar Jackson, BAL vs. CIN 10/13 (19 att.,
Layman 3-6 0-0 6, Vonleh 1-4 0-0 2, Bell 2-4 1-1 5,
Napier 4-9 3-3 13, Okogie 0-2 3-6 3, Culver 2-8 1-4 6.
Adams, OKC
Thompson, CLE
4 14 33 47 11.8
4 17 30 47 11.8
No. 7 Oregon at Southern Cal, 5 p.m.
No. 9 Utah at Washington, 1 p.m.
CFL 1 TD)
Pliskova (1-1, 1-2, 16-16), Halep (1-1, 2-3, 24-28),
Andreescu (0-2, 1-3, 18-22).
Totals 32-81 21-28 95. Towns, MIN 4 8 38 46 11.5 No. 11 Auburn vs. Mississippi, 4 p.m. 145, James Conner, PIT vs. MIA 10/28 (23 att., Red Group
PHILADELPHIA (117) Vucevic, ORL 4 12 33 45 11.2 No. 14 Michigan at Maryland, 9 a.m. Standings 1 TD) Standings: Ash Barty (1-1, 3-3, 30-25), Belinda
Harris 7-15 3-3 18, Horford 5-12 1-2 12, Embiid Randle, NYK 5 20 36 56 11.2 No. 15 SMU at No. 24 Memphis, 4:30 p.m. WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA 142, Dalvin Cook, MIN at DET 10/20 (25 att., 2 TD) Bencic (1-1, 3-3, 23-30), r-Kiki Bertens (1-0, 2-1, 15-
7-14 4-4 19, Simmons 7-13 2-4 16, Richardson Gobert, UTA 5 6 48 54 10.8 No. 16 Notre Dame vs. Virginia Tech, 11:30 a.m. y-Saskatchewan 12 5 0 .705 454 373 135, David Montgomery, CHI vs. LAC 10/27 (27 13), Petra Kvitova (0-2, 2-4, 29-30), w-Naomi Osaka
4-10 2-4 12, Ennis III 3-7 2-2 8, Thybulle 2-5 4-4 9, Adebayo, MIA 4 10 33 43 10.8 No. 17 Cincinnati at East Carolina, 4 p.m. y-Calgary 11 6 0 .647 461 391 att., 1 TD) (1-0, 2-1, 17-16).
Bolden 1-1 0-0 2, Scott 2-3 0-0 4, O’Quinn 0-1 0-0 0, Jordan, BRO 4 13 30 43 10.8 No. 22 Boise State at San Jose State, 7:30 p.m. y-Winnipeg 11 7 0 .611 508 409 RECEIVING Doubles
Neto 0-1 0-0 0, Korkmaz 5-10 4-5 17. Totals 43-92 ASSISTS G AST AVG No. 22 Kansas State at Kansas, 12:30 p.m. y-Edmonton 8 9 0 .470 393 377 226, Amari Cooper, DAL vs. GBY 10/6 (11 rec., Red Group
22-28 117. No. 23 Wake Forest vs. N.C. State, 9 a.m. BC 5 12 0 .294 395 431 1 TD) Elise Mertens, Belgium, and Aryna Sabalenka (1),
Brogdon, IND 4 45 11.2
Minnesota 20 23 35 17 — 95 Westbrook, HOU 4 41 10.2 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA 220, Cooper Kupp, LA vs. CIN 10/27 (7 rec., 1 TD) Belarus, def. Chan Hao-ching and Latisha Chan (5),
Philadelphia 28 34 30 25 — 117 Taiwan, 7-6 (5), 6-4.
3-Point Goals—Minnesota 10-35 (Towns 3-5,
James, LAL
Harden, HOU
4
4
38
35
9.5
8.8
SOCCER x-Hamilton
y-Montreal
14 3 0
9 8 0
.824
.529
530
437
326
453
217, Will Fuller V, HOU vs. ATL 10/6 (14 rec., 3 TD)
198, Sammy Watkins, KAN at JAX 9/8 (9 rec., 3 TD) Timea Babos, Hungary, and Kristina Mladenovic
Teague 2-4, Napier 2-6, Covington 1-4, Culver 1-4, Rubio, PHX 4 35 8.8 198, Mike Evans, TAM at TEN 10/27 (11 rec., 2 TD) (3), France, def. Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany, and
Wiggins 1-6, Vonleh 0-1, Layman 0-1, Graham Antetokounmpo, MIL 4 32 8.0 MLS playoffs Toronto
Ottawa
4 13 0
3 14 0
.235
.176
355
280
541
522 190, Mike Evans, TAM vs. NYG 9/22 (8 rec., 3 TD) Demi Schuurs (8), Netherlands, 7-5, 6-2.
0-4), Philadelphia 9-25 (Korkmaz 3-8, Richardson Simmons, PHL 4 32 8.0 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS 183, Keenan Allen, LAC vs. HOU 9/22 (13 rec., Standings: Babos-Mladenovic (2-0, 4-1, 25-16),
x-clinched division Mertens-Sabalenka (1-1, 3-2, 24-19), Groenefeld-
2-4, Embiid 1-1, Horford 1-3, Harris 1-3, Thybulle Beal, WAS 4 31 7.8 Tuesday’s Result y-clinched playoff spot 2 TD)
1-3, Scott 0-1, O’Quinn 0-1, Ennis III 0-1). Fouled Graham, CHA 5 38 7.6 Western: Seattle 3, Los Angeles 1 182, Michael Thomas, NOR vs. TAM 10/6 (11 Schuurs (1-1, 2-3, 16-24), Chan-Chan (0-2, 1-4, 19-25).
Out—None. Rebounds—Minnesota 34 (Towns, Lillard, POR 5 38 7.6 Friday’s Game rec., 2 TD) Purple Group
Wednesday’s Result Montreal at Ottawa, 4 p.m. Standings: Hsieh Su-wei-Barbora Strycova (2-0,
Okogie 6), Philadelphia 56 (Horford 16). Assists— Leonard, LAC 4 30 7.5 180, Davante Adams, GBY vs. PHL 9/26 (10 rec.,
Eastern: Toronto 2, Atlanta 1 4-2, 19-18), Barbora Krejcikova-Katerina Siniakova
Minnesota 12 (Teague 5), Philadelphia 24 (Simmons Ball, NOR 4 29 7.2 Saturday’s Games 0 TD)
7). Total Fouls—Minnesota 21, Philadelphia 27. Young, ATL 4 29 7.2 MLS CUP Edmonton at Saskatchewan, 1 p.m. 172, Demarcus Robinson, KAN at OAK 9/15 (6 (1-1, 3-2, 20-14), Sam Stosur-Zhang Shuai (1-1, 3-3,
Technicals—Towns, Embiid. Ejected—Towns, VanVleet, TOR 5 36 7.2 Sunday, Nov. 10 Toronto at Hamilton, 4 p.m. rec., 2 TD) 21-21), Gabriela Dabrowski-Xu Yifan (0-2, 1-4, 16-23).
Embiid. A—20,204 (20,478). Lowry, TOR 5 35 7.0 Toronto at Seattle, Noon Calgary at BC, 7 p.m. 172, Chris Godwin, TAM at LA 9/29 (12 rec., 2 TD) x-clinched semifinal berth, w-withdrew, r-replacement
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT • THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2019 C5

SIDELINES
CYCLING
Tour of California race going on hiatus
The Amgen Tour of California — the only U.S. stop
on cycling’s prestigious WorldTour circuit— has been
placed on hiatus for 2020 and faces an uncertain future.
Since its debut in 2006, the multiple-day road race has
featured top international cyclists traversing the state
in an important leadup to the Tour de France. But its
owner said the event has become increasingly problem-
atic from a financial standpoint.
“This has been a very difficult decision to make,
but the business fundamentals of the Amgen Tour of
California have changed since we launched the race
14 years ago,” said Kristin Klein, the tour’s president
and executive vice president for AEG Sports. “This
new reality has forced us to reevaluate our options and
we are actively assessing every aspect of our event to
determine if there is a business model that will allow us
to successfully relaunch the race in 2021.”
The Tour of California last came to Sonoma County
in 2016.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Oregon tops AP women’s poll for first time
Oregon is No. 1 for the first time in school history
while Tennessee’s streak of 42 straight appearances in
the Associated Press preseason Top 25 is over.
The Ducks, led by sensational guard Sabrina Ionescu,
garnered 25 of the 28 first-place votes from the national
media panel to earn the top ranking in the poll released
Wednesday. With many players back from last season’s
team that reached the Final Four, expectations are high
for coach Kelly Graves and his team.
No. 2 Baylor, the defending national champion,
received the other three first-place votes. Stanford,
Maryland and UConn round out the top five. The Husk-
ies have been in the top five for 239 consecutive weeks,
since January 2007.
Texas A&M is No. 6 and Oregon State, South Caroli-
na, Louisville and Mississippi State complete the top 10.
HORSE RACING
Santa Anita looking into removing dirt surface
Santa Anita is looking into the possibility of remov-
ing its dirt surface, where the majority of the Southern
California track’s 36 horse deaths since December have
occurred, and going back to a synthetic surface.
The drastic measure is being explored as a way to
curtail the spate of deaths at the track, according to Dr.
Dionne Benson, chief veterinary officer for The Stro-
nach Group, which owns the track.
In 2007, Santa Anita installed a mixture of silica sand,
synthetic fibers, elastic fiber and granulated rubber
with a wax coating after the California Horse Racing
Board mandated the change for all of the state’s thor-
oughbred racetracks.
The surface experienced drainage problems the fol-
lowing year that cost the track 11 racing days and it was
eventually replaced by another brand of synthetic that
failed to perform adequately under the extreme temper-
atures in Arcadia. The track returned to dirt in 2010.
— Press Democrat news services

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only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse
SUMMARY OF A PROPOSED ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Date: First
OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF SONOMA, STATE OF are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned American Title Insurance Company 4795 Regent Blvd, Mail Code 1011-F Irving,
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Supervisors will consider adoption of the ordinance on or after November one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER:
The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times 24747 – Pub Oct 31, Nov 7, 14, 2019 3ti.
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The proposed ordinance will amend Chapter 28 of the Sonoma County Code: NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND This statement was filed with the
the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale
OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT. County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on
1. Section 28-1 provides the title of this ordinance. postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to
State Water Resources Control Board 10/09/2019
2. Section 28-2 provides the purpose this ordinance. those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been
staff will receive written comments I hereby certify that this copy is a
postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this
3. Section 28-3 provides Definitions related to the ordinance, including, and hold a public workshop to receive correct copy of the original statement
property, you may call 800-280-2832 for information regarding the trustee’s sale
among other things, oral comments on the Draft General on file in my office.
or visit this Internet Web site http://www.qualityloan.com, using the file num-
Waste Discharge Requirements for DEVA MARIE PROTO
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cially designed, constructed, modified, equipped, arranged, maintained, about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to
on December 11, 2019 at By /s/ Amanda King
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convalescent or otherwise incapacitated persons, and expectant moth- or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is
Headquarters Building, Training Room SEAL
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any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, 1 East/West (1st floor), 1001 I Street, 23218 - Pub. Oct 24, 31, Nov 7, 14,
3) “Ambulance Dispatch Center” means any entity that dispatches
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ambulances in response to requests for service through any means of
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communication.
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more air or ground ambulances providing any class of service, one or ies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, and will
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The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, begin at 9:30 a.m. An agenda will be
the County. doing business as:
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Prevention Transactions and Use Tax Ordinance (the “Act”), imposing a spe- By /s/ Julie Garfia
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geon designated by the County to provide medical control and assure fire suppression and fire-fighting services, and wildfire prevention provided by
and the subsequent hearing for 21887 - Pub. Oct 10, 17, 24, 31,
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medical services system pursuant to the Emergency Medical Services address listed below, select the box FILE NO. 2019-03313
tions (spending) limit for four years, the maximum period allowed by law, to
System and Pre-hospital Emergency Care Personnel Act of 1980. for ‘Composting Operations’ located The following person (persons) is (are)
allow the County to use the proceeds of the special tax imposed by the Act.
29) “Permittee” means an Ambulance Service Provider which has been within the ‘Water Quality’ section, and doing business as:
The special tax proposed in the Act would be a half-cent transac- provide the required information. The OLD WEST BOUTIQUE located at
granted a permit by the LEMSA to engage in a business or service in
tions and use tax imposed on retail sales throughout the entire County, Email List Subscription Form is located 30505 KING RIDGE ROAD CAZADERO,
which ambulances are operated.
beginning October 1, 2020. The tax would be collected in the same manner at: https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/ CA 95421 Sonoma County, is hereby
30) “Provider Agreement” means any agreement between an EMS Entity as sales tax is currently collected and would remain in place until repeal by resources/email_subscriptions/
and the LEMSA specifying terms and conditions for the provision of EMS registered by the following owner(s):
the voters. The Act is in a form provided by the California Department of Tax swrcb_subscribe.html ASHLEY PARMETER 30505 KING
including, but not limited to, class of service to be provided, LEMSA and Fee Administration to ensure it includes all of the necessary procedural 10/31/19
approval for optional scope of practice, participation in LEMSA data and RIDGE ROAD CAZADERO, CA 95421
requirements and exemptions and exclusions from the tax. CNS-3305234# This business is conducted by: An
quality improvement activities and/or performance standards. THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
As part of the approval process for the Act, the Board must approve Individual
31) Qualified Elected Governing Entity (QEGE) means a City, Special an Expenditure Plan for the revenue. A draft Expenditure Plan is attached to The registrant commenced to trans-
District providing ambulance services or the County. 23117 – Pub Oct 31, 2019 1ti.
the proposed Act. The revenue from the tax can be spent only on projects act business under the fictitious name
4. Section 28-4, Administrative Authorities, provides that the Department of and goals listed in the Expenditure Plan. The Expenditure Plan sets out a ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR or names above on 9/1/19.
Health Services is designated as the LEMSA, that LEMSA functions are detailed description of these projects and goals, which include: CHANGE OF NAME I declare that all information in this
the responsibility of the LEMSA Medical Director, the role of the EMCC, 1. Providing funding for alert, warnings, and sirens to keep com- SUPERIOR COURT OF statement is true and correct. Signed:
and that there will be periodic reviews of the EMS system. munities safe in the event of future fires and/or disasters; and ASHLEY PARMETER
CALIFORNIA FOR THE
2. Providing additional resources to fund vegetation manage- This statement was filed with the
5. Section 28-5, Services Requiring Authorization, provide that EMS entities COUNTY OF SONOMA
ment and wildfire prevention and preparedness services; and County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on
operating in the County may be authorized by the LEMSA. 3055 Cleveland Ave.
3. Providing support for the recruitment of approximately 200 09/30/2019
6. Section 28-6, Ambulance Service Provider Permits, states that all enti- additional firefighters throughout the County based on the Santa Rosa, CA 95403
I hereby certify that this copy is a
ties providing ambulance services in the County, except pubic agencies, recruitment and retention allocations set forth in Exhibit B to Case No. 093756 correct copy of the original statement
must obtain a permit from the LEMSA. the Expenditure Plan; and Petition of: COSMOS on file in my office.
7. Section 28-7, Provider Agreement Required, provides that, with some 4. Incentivizing consolidation of fire suppression agencies, CLOUDWALKER HARRISON MARINO DEVA MARIE PROTO
limited exceptions, any EMS entity providing emergency medical ser- enhancing regional vegetation management efforts, and for change of name Sonoma County Clerk
vices in the County must enter into an agreement with the LEMSA. improving alert and warning systems; and TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS By /s/ Amanda King
5. Funding equipment and facilities based on the facility improve- Petitioner COSMOS CLOUDWALKER Deputy Clerk
8. Section 28-8, Response Zones, provides for a process to be followed HARRISON MARINO filed a petition with
ment distribution plan included as Exhibit C to the Expenditure SEAL
when there are proposed zone changes to the EMS plan. The process this court for a decree changing names
Plan.
includes involvement of the applicable governing bodies and LAFCO. as follows: COSMOS CLOUDWALKER 23092 - Pub. Oct 17, 24, 31, Nov 7,
Any affected agency can challenge the decision by requesting a hearing To carry out these goals, the Expenditure Plan calls for the following alloca- 2019 4ti.
tion of revenue generated by the Act to the following agencies in accordance HARRISON MARINO to COSMOS
under Section 28-21. CLOUDWALKER HARRISON.
with the specific allocations set forth in Exhibits A, B, and C to the Expenditure FICTITIOUS
9. Section 28-9, Data Collection and Reporting, discussed the types of data THE COURT ORDERS that all per-
Plan: City of Healdsburg; City of Petaluma; City of Rohnert Park; City of Santa BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
collected and its uses. sons interested in this matter appear
Rosa; City of Sebastopol; City of Sonoma; Bodega Bay Fire Protection District; FILE NO. 2019-03094
10. Section 28-10, EMS Dispatch, provides that EMS Dispatch is responsible Cazadero Community Services District; Cloverdale Fire Protection District; before this court at the hearing indi-
for overall coordination of EMS and ambulance resources during emer- Forestville Fire Protection District; Geyserville Fire Protection District; Glen cated below to show cause, if any, why The following person (persons) is (are)
gency calls. Ellen Fire Protection District; Gold Ridge Fire Protection District; Graton this petition for change of name should doing business as:
Fire Protection District; Kenwood Fire Protection District; Monte Rio Fire not be granted. Any person object- PACIFIC MINI STORAGE located at
11. Section 28-11, Private Dispatch of Ambulances, provides that private ing to the name changes described 7946 GRAVENSTEIN HWY COTATI,
entities must obtain LEMSA approval. Protection District; North Sonoma Coast Fire Protection District; Occidental
Community Services District; Rancho Adobe Fire Protection District; Russian above must file a written objection that CA 94931; Mailing Address P.O. BOX
12. Section 28-12, Public Provider Dispatch, allows public entities to use includes the reasons for the objection 2324 RICHMOND, CA 94802 Sonoma
River Fire Protection District; Schell-Vista Fire Protection District; Sonoma
their own dispatch systems in coordination with EMS Dispatch. at least two court days before the mat- County, is hereby registered by the
County Fire District; Timber Cove Fire Protection District; Valley of the Moon
13. Section 28-13, Dispatch Standards, discusses the processing of emer- Fire Protection District; and County Service Area No. 40 (CSA-40) for the ben- ter is scheduled to be heard and must following owner(s): PACIFIC MINI-
gency calls. efit of Bloomfield Volunteer Fire Company, Bodega Volunteer Fire Company, appear at the hearing to show cause STOR, LLC 769 SOUTH 13TH STREET
Camp Meeker Volunteer Fire Company; Fort Ross Volunteer Fire Company, why the petition should not be granted. RICHMOND, CA 94804
14. Section 28-14, Cost Recovery, provides that the LEMSA has the ability to If no written objection is timely filed, This business is conducted by: A
recover certain specified costs. Lakeville Volunteer Fire Company, Mayacamas Volunteer Fire Company, San
the court may grant the petition with- Limited Liability Company
Antonio Volunteer Fire Company, Two Rock Volunteer Fire Company, Valley
15. Section 28-15, Funds, discusses that special funds have been estab- out a hearing. The registrant commenced to
Ford Volunteer Fire Company, and Wilmar Volunteer Fire Company.
lished pursuant to state law. NOTICE OF HEARING transact business under the fictitious
Copies of the Act and the Expenditure Plan are available at the 12-19-2019 at 2:30 p.m. in Dept 18, name or names above on 04/01/2002.
16. Section 28-16, Policies and Procedures, provides that the LEMSA
County Administrator’s Office, located at 575 Administration Drive, Suite located at 3055 Cleveland Ave. Santa I declare that all information in this
Medical Director shall develop and implement policies and procedures 104A, Santa Rosa, California and are also available on-line at www.sonoma-
in a specified manner, and following adoption, an affected agency may Rosa, CA 95403. statement is true and correct. Signed:
county.org. A copy of this Order to Show Cause ROCKY J. STITCH, MANAGER
request a hearing under Section 28-21 to challenge a policy.
ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE HEREBY INVITED TO BE PRESENT shall be published at least once each This statement was filed with the
17. Section 28-17, Exclusive Operating Areas, provides that the LEMSA may AND HEARD ON THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. week for four successive weeks prior County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on
establish an EOA, as allowed by law, discusses the competitive process, to the date set for hearing on the peti- 09/11/2019
and provides that an entity granted an EOA shall enter into an agreement By:
tion in the following newspaper of gen- I hereby certify that this copy is a
with the County, which is approved by the Board of Supervisors. 25220 – Pub Oct 31, 2019 1ti. eral circulation, printed in this county: correct copy of the original statement
18. Section 28-18, Emergency and Disaster Operations, provides that, dur- The Press Democrat. on file in my office.
ing certain defined emergencies, ambulance providers shall assist the Dated: OCT 22 2019 DEVA MARIE PROTO
LEMSA, and that the Department of Health Services shall fulfill the role NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE JENNIFER V. DOLLARD Sonoma County Clerk
specified for the Medical Health Operational Coordinator in accordance Judge of the Superior Court By /s/ Darrell Light
TSG No.: 8670456 TS No.: B549738 APN: 173-220-011-000 Property Address: 3421 Deputy Clerk
with Health and Safety Code 1797.153
BONITA VISTA LANE SANTA ROSA, CA 95404 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU 23902 – Pub. Oct 24, 31, Nov 7, 14, SEAL
19. Section 28-19, Suspension and Revocation of Permits or Provider ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 07/12/2006. UNLESS YOU 2019 4ti.
Agreements, provides that permits and agreements may be revoked or TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC 21873 - Pub. Oct 10, 17, 24, 31,
suspended for good cause, subject to certain procedures, and allows for SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING FICTITIOUS 2019 4ti.
a hearing under Section 28-21. AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 11/25/2019 at 10:00 A.M., BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

To
20. Section 28-20, Immediate Suspension or Revocation of Permit, provides First American Title Insurance Company, as duly appointed Trustee under and FILE NO. 2019-03332
for the ability to take immediate action when there is an immediate threat pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 07/18/2006, as Instrument No. 2006088513, in The following person (persons) is (are)
to public health and safety, and allows for a hearing under Section 28-21. book, page, of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of SONOMA doing business as:
County, State of California. Executed by: RENEE WHITLOCK-HEMSOUVANH, A GRAPETIME ADVENTURE WINE

place
21. Section 28-21, Hearing Procedure, provides for a hearing to be con-
MARRIED WOMAN AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, WILL SELL AT TOURS located at 933 CENTER ST
ducted when provided for under the ordinance and the rules for such
PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH SONOMA, CA 95476 Sonoma County,
hearings. Allows expansion of existing medical review panel authority
EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (Payable at time of is hereby registered by the following
established in Health and Safety Code Section 1798. (c) for the review of

a Legal/
sale in lawful money of the United States) In the Plaza at Fremont Park located at owner(s): 4SYTE CONSULTANTS LLC
the medical effect of LEMSA policy created in accordance with 28-16.
860 Fifth Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95404 All right, title and interest conveyed to and 933 CENTER STREET SONOMA, CA
22. Section 28-22, Enforcement, provides that any new requirements in this now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and 95476
ordinance will not be enforced on existing system participants until one State described as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED This business is conducted by: A CA

year from the date of passage.
Copies of the proposed ordinance are available for public inspection during
regular business hours in the office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors,
575 Administration Drive, Room 100A, Santa Rosa, California and on-line at
Public
DEED OF TRUST APN# 173-220-011- 000 The street address and other common Limited Liability Company
designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 3421 The registrant commenced to trans-
BONITA VISTA LANE, SANTA ROSA, CA 95404 The undersigned Trustee disclaims act business under the fictitious name
any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common des-

Notice,
or names above on N/A.
http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/CAO/BOS-Items-of-Significant-Interest/. ignation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or I declare that all information in
warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, this statement is true and correct.
Sheryl Bratton
to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, Signed: MICHAEL SOUZA, MANAGING
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors

Please
with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of MEMBER
By: __________________________________ said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts This statement was filed with the
Deputy Clerk created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on
obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, 10/01/2019

call
24956 – Pub Oct 31, 2019 1ti. expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale I hereby certify that this copy is a
is $ 244,537.27. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust has deposited all docu- correct copy of the original statement
ments evidencing the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust and has declared on file in my office.
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE all sums secured thereby immediately due and payable, and has caused a written DEVA MARIE PROTO

Stefanie
TS No. CA-19-863248-BF Order No.: 8756413 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be executed. The undersigned caused Sonoma County Clerk
A DEED OF TRUST DATED 8/6/2010. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the By /s/ Amanda King
PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering Deputy Clerk
NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved

Puckett
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YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property
bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle 21778 - Pub. Oct 10, 17, 24, 31,
by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that 2019 4ti.
and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at

at:
5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the FICTITIOUS
by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warran- lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
ty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens FILE NO. 2019-03422
remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title The following person (persons) is (are)

707-526-8508
and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If doing business as:
of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender BUDGET BLINDS OF NAPA, SONOMA
for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) rea- may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE AND EAST SANTA ROSA located at
sonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be 17150 TAYLOR LN OCCIDENTAL, CA
of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT
DUE. Trustor(s): SEBASTIAN P MCEACHERN AND FRANK J GUERINONI, AS
JOINT TENANTS Recorded: 8/12/2010 as Instrument No. 2010067014 of
postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court,
pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that infor-
mation about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the
95465 Sonoma County, is hereby reg-
istered by the following owner(s): LC
LLC 17150 TAYLOR LN OCCIDENTAL,
Or send
Official Records in the office of the Recorder of SONOMA County, California; Date public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether CA 95465
of Sale: 11/14/2019 at 1:00 PM Place of Sale: In the Plaza at Fremont Park,
located at 860 Fifth Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 Amount of unpaid bal-
ance and other charges: $255,059.00 The purported property address is: 2304
your sale date has been postponed, and if applicable, the rescheduled time and
date for the sale of this property, you may call (916)939-0772 or visit this Internet
Web http://search.nationwideposting.com/propertySearchTerms.aspx, using the
This business is conducted by: A CA
Limited Liability Company
The registrant commenced to trans-
an email to:
ROWE DRIVE, SANTA ROSA, CA 95403 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 180-240-006- file number assigned to this case B549738 Information about postponements that act business under the fictitious name
000 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this
property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a
trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing
are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not
immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site.
The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.
or names above on 10/01/2019.
I declare that all information in this
statement is true and correct. Signed:
legals@pressdemocrat.com
the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled JILL G LAIRD, CFO
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NFL » AWARDS
Bosa brothers win Week 8 accolades
Rookie 49ers DE Nick,
Chargers DE Joey named
week’s top defenders
By CAM INMAN
SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
SANTA CLARA —Rookie sen-
sation Nick Bosa and his older
brother, Joey, swept NFL Defen-
sive Player of the Week honors
Wednesday for their roles in
leading the 49ers and Los Ange-
les Chargers, respectively, to vic-
tories Sunday.
They were the first brothers to
each produce at least two sacks
in the same week since Toby and
Jimmy Williams did it in 1985.
BARBER
CONTINUED FROM C1
But they do exist. And they
are pretty good, and they have
a reasonable chance of making
the playoffs.
How can this be? The Raiders
have a losing record and have
been outscored by 41 points in
2019. A couple of their losses
have looked wretched. In NFL
power rankings compiled this
week by ESPN, NFL.com, the
Athletic and SI.com, they are
ranked between No. 18 and
No. 20. Those facts need a squirt
of Febreze just to attain the
whiff of mediocrity.
But dig into the schedule. It’s
the same point I made about the
49ers last week, but in reverse.
The Niners have emerged from
the soft portion of their sched-
ule to play with the big boys;
they took a huge first step last
weekend by brutalizing the
Panthers. The Raiders, mean-
while, have emerged from the
dystopian wreckage of Weeks 1-8
to find the sun breaking from
the clouds.
Oakland’s schedule has come
under heavy scrutiny, but only
because of the six-week span
that included four away games,
a “home game” in a country
where football is a sport played
by Neymar, a bye week, flights
across a total of 32 time zones
and not a single football con-
test at home. It was a bizarre
sequence, and Raiders coach
Jon Gruden has had just about
enough of it.
“I hope they do it to every-
body in our division next year,”
Gruden said Wednesday, barely
containing his disdain. “I think
everybody should have an
opportunity to go on the road for
six weeks. Somebody had a great
idea for us to do it, I think every-
body ought to do it next year.”
But, as wide receiver Zay
Jones noted, no one is weeping
for the Raiders.
“From the outside looking
in, people probably won’t care
about our schedule,” Jones said
Wednesday. “But we know inter-
nally that, first of all, it’s hard to
win in this league, period. Then
going on a four- and five-game
road trip, literally traveling
halfway across the world. …
49ERS
CONTINUED FROM C1
“They’re mixing in a lot of stuff.”
Kingsbury was a college
coach from 2008 to 2018, and
he used a specific system
called the “Air Raid.” It’s a
pass-first system, i.e. bombs away.
Air Raid quarterbacks throw
roughly 50 passes per game.
But the Cardinals aren’t built
to pass. They don’t have good
enough weapons. Larry Fitzger-
ald is 36 and slow. The offense
averages just 6.2  yards per pass
attempt — eighth lowest in the
league. But it averages 4.8 yards
per carry — ninth most in the
NFL.
“The quarterback can
run,” defensive coordi-
nator Robert Saleh said,
referring to Cardinals rookie
quarterback Kyler Murray, the
first pick of the draft. “He’s a dy-
namic player, he’s extremely fast.
He’s not afraid to pull it and run.
He’s got those young legs where
he’s not afraid to take a hit. Just
the element of the quarterback
being involved always presents
more of a challenge.”
Murray’s best attribute is his
speed. He is the most agile, ex-
plosive quarterback the 49ers
have faced this season, and he’s
averaging 5.5 yards per carry.
Arizona also has running back
Kenyan Drake — they traded for
him this week. He’s fast and will
start, because the Cardinals’ top
two running backs are injured.
Nick Bosa’s three sacks and
doozy of a first career intercep-
tion led the undefeated 49ers’ de-
fensive showing in a 51-13 rout of
the Carolina Panthers.
Running back Tevin Cole-
man’s four touchdowns that
game weren’t enough to beat
out the Green Bay Packers’ Aar-
on Jones for the NFC Offensive
Player of the Week award. Jones
has 226 total yards and two TDs
in a win at Kansas City.
Earlier this month, Bosa cap-
tured his first NFL player of the
week honor for his show against
the Cleveland Browns, and he
was the first 49ers defensive line-
man so honored since Bryant
Young in the 2005 opener.
Raiders tight end Darren Waller scores a touchdown against the Houston Texans during Sunday’s game in
Houston. Waller is the team’s leading receiver with 46 receptions for 496 yards.
Now to be home, everybody can
get some extra treatments, extra
rest, kind of clear our mind. Un-
derstand now the playing field is
coming back more our way.”
The thing is, locale hasn’t
been the Raiders’ biggest
problem. With the exception of
donating one home game to the
cause of NFL trade expansion,
they will be rewarded with
enough home contests to make
up the difference, starting with
the next three.
No, the real issue has been the
opposition. It has been pretty
rugged.
Of the seven teams the Raid-
ers have played thus far, five
would be in the playoffs if they
were to start tomorrow (which
would be weird, because it’s a
weekday).
And that remains true even
if you remove their results
If the 49ers stop Murray and
Drake, they should win. Sounds
simple, but it’s not.
■ 2. Don’t always match up
with Arizona’s four-wide-receiv-
er formations.
The Cardinals are not a typ-
ical run-first team. They don’t
use lots of blockers, and rarely
use a tight end. Instead, they use
four wide receivers and one run-
ning back most of the time. They
look like a college offense. They
want to create running lanes by
spreading out the defense.
And they spread the defense
by aligning the wide receivers
as far from the offensive line as
possible. Sometimes, two wide
receivers line up near the right
sideline, and two line up near the
left sideline. Meaning four de-
fensive players must vacate the
tackle box and follow those wide
receivers to the sideline. Other-
wise, Murray will throw one of
his receivers a quick screen pass
for a big gain.
To match up against four wide
receivers, defenses typically use
a “dime” defense — six defensive
backs and just one linebacker.
This is strong against the pass,
but weak against the run. The
Cardinals frequently run against
soft dime defenses, which is one
reason their run game has been
so effective.
If the 49ers use dime, they’ll
have to bench standout lineback-
er Kwon Alexander, one of their
best run defenders, and replace
him with second-year safety Tar-
varius Moore, who’s a run-de-
fense liability.
After this past win, Bosa drew
acclaim from teammate Richard
Sherman: “He’s an incredibly
poised player. He’s everything
you could ask for. He’s probably
one of the best picks in ten years
with just how he’s played and
he’s played like this since Day 1,”
Sherman said. “He deserves
Player of the Week or Rookie of
the Week or Rookie of the Year,
everything. If he just kept the
stat line as it is right now, he
could win Rookie of the Year, but
right now, he should be in line for
Defensive MVP.”
Earlier Sunday, Joey Bosa
posted two sacks for a second
straight game to lift the Chargers 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa runs with the ball after an interception
over the Chicago Bears.
against the Raiders. Another
foe, the Bears, would be 3-3 if
you subtracted their loss against
Gruden’s team.
So the Raiders have had just
one gimme in 2019, at home
against the Broncos. At the
end of all those long airplane
rides were mean people lying in
ambush.
From that perspective, going
2-3 during The Odyssey was
something of an achievement.
“I think it was really just pos-
itive momentum, that’s what we
really built,” left guard Richie
Incognito said. “We didn’t get
all those wins on the road, but
I think for this team to go and
play well against some really
good teams, I really think it
proved a lot to us that we can
kind of hang with anybody.”
And the road ahead is more
cleanly paved. Of the nine teams
“It does pose a problem, but
not something that needs to
be panicked over,” Saleh said.
“We’re going to play our game.
We feel comfortable with how we
match up.”
The 49ers have an elite defense.
It may not have to adjust to the
Cardinals’ limited, college-style
offense. The 49ers may win by
sticking with their nickel de-
fense, which features their 11 best
defensive players as much as
possible. But defending the Car-
dinals’ offense will be interesting.
■ 3. Make Kyler Murray be a
quarterback.
The 49ers don’t have to sack
Murray to beat the Cardinals.
They merely have to contain
him in the pocket and make him
throw.
“The play doesn’t start until
he starts moving around,” Saleh
explained. “Obviously, he’s a
good quarterback, he will throw
on schedule, but a lot of their
explosive plays are him creating
off-schedule things.”
Meaning Murray easily can
run for a first down on third and
long, or he can scramble behind
the line of scrimmage, buy time,
wait for a receiver to break open
downfield and throw him the ball
for a touchdown. Both of these
plays happen when defensive
linemen let Murray escape the
pocket.
“You’re always trying to keep
(quarterbacks) in the pocket,”
Saleh said. “You’re always trying
to make them play quarterback.”
If the 49ers’ defensive line-
men simply keep Murray in the
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during the second half of Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers.
MICHAEL WYKE / ASSOCIATED PRESS
remaining on the Raiders’
schedule, exactly one has a win-
ning record; that’s the Chiefs,
and they expect to have quar-
terback Patrick Mahomes back
by then. Three of the upcoming
foes are currently at .500, and all
of them must travel to Oakland.
Meanwhile, five upcoming
Raiders opponents have losing
records, and at least two of them
— the Bengals and Jets — are
truly woeful.
Remember that the Raiders
have already beaten one team,
Indianapolis, that is better than
almost anyone they will face
before the new year, and that
they haven’t lost to anyone who
is sub-.500.
In other words, if they take
care of business and win the
games you would reasonably
expect them to win, the Raiders
will finish 11-5. They could lose
pocket — he’s only 5-foot-10 —
he’ll have to throw over DeFor-
est Buckner and Arik Armstead,
who are both 6-foot-8. Good luck
with that, Kyler.
■ 4. “Green dog” Kenyan
Drake.
The Cardinals traded for
Drake this week because they
need a healthy running back,
and he fits their running game.
“He’s explosive,” Kingsbury
said of Drake on a conference
call with Bay Area reporters.
“We need somebody with pop
while those running backs are
banged up. He can catch out of
the backfield, he’s very dynamic
in space and has been a very pro-
ductive player in his career.”
But Drake is a horrible blocker.
Kingsbury didn’t mention that.
If the Cardinals keep Drake
in the backfield to block on
third down, and they probably
will eventually, the 49ers should
“green-dog” him. Green dog is a
delayed blitz.
In the 49ers’ defense, a line-
backer typically covers the run-
ning back man to man if the run-
ning back runs a pass route. If
the running back simply blocks,
the linebacker can blitz, or
“green dog,” instead of standing
still and doing nothing.
When the 49ers green-dog
Drake, they’ll knock him over.
He’s a lightweight.
■ 5. Don’t mess with Patrick
Peterson.
Shanahan went out of his way
to praise a bad Cardinals defense
this week.
“It’s a huge challenge,”
TONY AVELAR / ASSOCIATED PRESS
at home to, say, the Lions or
Titans, and still go 10-6, which
would at least keep them in
playoff contention through
Hanukkah.
The reason I am not more
emphatic about the Raiders and
their chance of playing in Janu-
ary is that, with four losses, they
have left themselves little room
for error. One slip-up against the
Chargers or Broncos could spell
elimination.
Oh, and now the Raiders are
ailing. Center Rodney Hudson,
one of the most important mem-
bers of the team, is out with an
ankle injury. His backup, Andre
James, also missed practice
with a bum ankle Wednesday.
Running back Josh Jacobs
(shoulder) and wide receiver
Tyrell Williams (foot), two key
offensive components, both were
limited.
Still, considering how little
respect the Raiders are receiving
here and across the country, you
have to admit their position is
far from hopeless. Oh, and don’t
forget that one of the teams they
are chasing for an AFC post-
season spot is the 5-2 Bills, who
will surprise nobody (least of all
Buffalonians) if they collapse
behind their second-year quar-
terback from Firebaugh, by way
of Wyoming.
Unfortunately, the Raiders
can’t really say any of that out
loud. Admitting how rough the
first seven games were is one
thing. The slightest insinuation
of the schedule getting easier
would be instant bulletin-board
material, if bulletin boards
were still a thing; the internet
actually conveys slights much
faster.
“If you go in with any disre-
spect for any of your opponents,
they’ll make you pay for it,”
tight end Darren Waller said. “I
guess we’re looking more so at
the home stretch, to have that
energy and that advantage.”
But I can say it for them. The
Raiders’ schedule is about to
get less intense. And they’re a
pretty good team, and they have
a reasonable chance of making
the playoffs. You can look it up.
You can reach columnist Phil
Barber at 707-521-5263 or phil.
barber@pressdemocrat.com.
Follow him on Twitter: @Skin-
ny_Post.
Shanahan insisted. “I never look
at the numbers right away. I just
watched the tape and thought
they were ranked very high in a
lot of areas. I see as good of a de-
fense as we’ve played this year.”
Sure, Kyle.
Here’s what the numbers say:
The Cardinals defense stinks
against the run. It gives up
4.7 yards per carry — 10th most
in the league. It also stinks
against the pass. It allows an av-
erage opponent quarterback rat-
ing of 116 — third highest in the
league. It just stinks.
The 49ers’ offense should get
whatever it wants, if it’s smart.
The Cardinals have one elite cor-
nerback — Patrick Peterson. The
NFL suspended him for the first
six games, but he’s back, and last
week he intercepted Drew Brees.
The 49ers can avoid him the en-
tire game and still win. Make
Jimmy Garoppolo throw any-
where else.
“He’s as talented as they
come,” Garoppolo said. “He’s got
eyes on the quarterback most of
the time. He does all the right
things. But at the same time,
you don’t want to never attack
(him).”
You don’t?
Garoppolo tends to stare down
receivers and throw at least one
pass per game to the other team.
That’s what Bad Jimmy does,
as opposed to Good Jimmy. The
only person on the Cardinals de-
fense who can bring out Bad Jim-
my is Peterson.
Never attack him, Jimmy. Be
smart. Be Good Jimmy.
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INSIDER
NFL Week 9
Rankings
Last week’s ranking in parentheses.
1. Patriots 8-0 (1)
Yes, their first-half schedule has been
packed with punching bags, but you
can’t deny the sheer dominance.
2. Saints 7-1 (2)
The return of Drew Brees sparked
the Saints in a big win over Arizona.
3. 49ers 7-0 (3)
Their roll continued as the 49ers
flattened the Panthers’ offense.
4. Packers 7-1 (4)
Matt LaFleur is the first coach in
team history to begin his career 7-1.
5. Colts 5-2 (6)
It was a bumpy ride for the Colts in
Sunday’s tight win over the Broncos.
6. Chiefs 5-3 (5)
They proved they are more than Pat-
rick Mahomes, despite Sunday’s loss.
7. Ravens 5-2 (8)
The Ravens come off their open date
having won three straight games.
8. Vikings 6-2 (10)
Remember when Stefon Diggs was
a forgotten man in the Vikings’
offense? Well, that has changed.
9. Texans 5-3 (7)
The win over the Raiders came with
a significant loss. DE J.J. Watt is lost
with a torn pectoral muscle.
10. Seahawks 6-2 (11)
It’s difficult to say how good this
Seahawks team is.
11. Rams 5-3 (12)
They took care of business in London
against the Bengals, even if it wasn’t
the predicted blowout.
12. Cowboys 4-3 (13)
The open date came at a perfect time
for the Cowboys.
13. Eagles 4-4 (16)
Has Doug Pederson turned into a
run-first play-caller? The Eagles hand-
ed the ball off 33 times last week.
14. Lions 3-3-1 (15)
The Lions held off the Giants to snap
a three-game losing streak.
15. Bills 5-2 (9)
The Bills’ feasting on mediocre-to-bad
teams ended when the Eagles came
into Orchard Park and stuffed them.
16. Panthers 4-3 (14)
Their four-game win streak came to a
halt as the 49ers blew them out.
17. Jaguars 4-4 (20)
Gardner Minshew has one more start
to state his case before Nick Foles is
eligible to return Nov. 17.
18. Steelers 3-4 (21)
Mason Rudolph moved to 2-0 in his
career on Monday night.
19. Titans 4-4 (23)
The Titans have clawed their way
back to .500 and will go for a third
straight win this week.
20. Raiders 3-4 (17)
Loss at Houston was the final road
game in a brutal stretch.
21. Chargers 3-5 (24)
They snapped a three-game losing
streak, barely.
22. Bears 3-4 (18)
The Bears have lost three straight
games for the first time since a five-
game skid during the 2017 season.
23. Browns 2-5 (19)
Browns fans know misery better
than just about any other franchise,
so this isn’t anything new.
24. Cardinals 3-4-1 (22)
Interesting that the Cardinals would
be the team to trade for Dolphins
running back Kenyan Drake.
25. Broncos 2-6 (25)
The offense has scored 16 points or
fewer in six games.
26. Giants 2-6 (27)
Daniel Jones is making progress but
needs to take better care of the ball.
27. Buccaneers 2-5 (26)
Jameis Winston’s woes continue.
28. Jets 1-6 (28)
If Adam Gase can’t beat his former
team, the Dolphins, he could be in
jeopardy of going one-and-done.
29. Falcons 1-7 (29)
The Falcons enter their week off
with time to sort through the wreck-
age of a disastrous first half.
30. Redskins 1-7 (30)
They are 1-7 for the fourth time in
franchise history and first since 1998.
31. Bengals 0-8 (31)
The Bengals remain winless in En-
gland as well as the United States.
32. Dolphins 0-7 (32)
They stand no chance when coach
Brian Flores and his staff make bone-
headed decisions.
— Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune
NFL TICKER
NFC looks like stronger half
Saints, 49ers, Packers
among those dominating
in conference so far
By JOHN CLAYTON
FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
The eighth Sunday of the 2019
NFL season served as a remind-
er of just how good the NFC
is compared to the rest of the
league — and proved that the
conference may just have a great
team or two, after all.
In a week with no divisional
matchups, the 10 NFC teams that
currently stand .500 or better
compiled an 8-1 record. As mid-
season approaches, it’s pretty
clear that more than six NFC
teams will win 10 or more games.
The NFC is 23-13 in interconfer-
ence games, and the top 10 NFC
teams in record are a staggering
20-3 against AFC opponents.
Let’s take a look at what we’ve
learned about the NFC following
its strong start: There might be a
great NFC team after all.
Early in the season, it looked
as though the NFC had plenty
of depth, but perhaps not a great
team — at least not after Drew
Brees went down with a thumb
injury, and the Los Angeles Rams
stumbled after their 3-0 start.
Eight weeks in, things look dif-
ferent. Not only were the New Or-
leans Saints perfect in Brees’ ab-
sence and impressive in his return
to the field Sunday in a win over
the Arizona Cardinals, but there
are two other teams in the mix to
be the conference’s top team.
The San Francisco 49ers
proved they are a legitimate con-
tender with Sunday’s 51-13 win
over the Carolina Panthers. They
rushed for 232 yards, and their
dominant defense was the first
one to find a way to stop backup
quarterback Kyle Allen, who en-
tered the game with a four-game
winning streak. The Niners in-
tercepted Allen three times and
sacked him seven times.
THURSDAY
San Francisco 49ers (7-0)
at Arizona Cardinals (3-4-1)
Kickoff: 5:20 p.m., NFL Network, Ch. 2
Broadcasters: Joe Buck, Troy Aikman
Favorite: 49ers by 10 (42½ total)
All-time series: 49ers lead, 29-26
Notable: The 49ers have a short week
with a game in Arizona on Thursday
night, and they host the Cardinals
again two weeks later. Quarterback
Jimmy Garoppolo was efficient in San
Francisco’s dismantling of Carolina
last week, completing 18 of 22 passes
for 175 yards and a touchdown. At this
point, the 49ers can set their sights
on playing for a first-round bye in the
playoffs. The schedule gets much more
difficult, however, as they face the
Seahawks, Packers, Ravens and Saints
in the next six weeks. … Good for
the Cardinals for making a move to
shore things up in the backfield before
a Thursday test against the 49ers by
acquiring Kenyan Drake. But Drake is
in the final year of his contract, so the at Oakland Raiders (3-4)
Cardinals are shipping out a draft pick
for an asset that could be with them
for only eight games. That’s somewhat
puzzling but understandable if coach
Kliff Kingsbury believes he needs
a legitimate running back in order
to develop rookie quarterback Kyler
Murray.
SUNDAY
Indianapolis Colts (5-2)
at Pittsburgh Steelers (3-4)
Kickoff: 10 a.m., Ch. 5
Broadcasters: Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts
Favorite: Colts by 1 (42½ total)
All-time series: Steelers lead, 18-6
Notable: Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri had a big game throwing for 285 yards
won last week’s game at Denver with and three touchdowns, but the Raiders
a 51-yard field goal, but he had an earli- couldn’t get it done in the fourth quar-
er miss from 45 yards and also missed ter as 11 penalties for 100 yards took a
an extra point. Vinatieri is 11 for 15 on toll in a loss to the Texans last week.
field goals and 13 for 17 on extra points It’s the kind of game the Raiders have
this season. The Colts have won 14
of their last 17 regular-season games,
and their next three opponents are
all under .500. … Steelers quarterback must-win game.
Mason Rudolph completed 20 of
36 passes for 251 yards and a touch-
down in last week’s squeaker vs.
the winless Dolphins. Running back
James Conner rumbled for 145 yards
and a touchdown but went to the
Raiders preparing to play without injured C Rodney Hudson. ... Redskins say LT Trent Williams reported to team, then failed physical due to helmet discomfort. ...
‘Frustrated’ Browns QB Baker Mayfield storms away from interview. ... Chiefs remain hopeful QB Patrick Mahomes will start Sunday. ... Jets S Jamal Adams still ‘hurt’
team listened to trade offers for him. ... Jaguars add QB Gardner Minshew to injury report with sore shoulder. ... With Redskins QB Case Keenum still in concussion
protocol, Dwayne Haskins prepares to start. ... NFL earns lowest score for racial, gender hiring in 15 years, according to Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport.
Jimmy Garoppolo leads the undefeated 49ers
to Arizona to face No. 1 pick Kyler Murray and
New Orleans Saints running back Latavius Murray celebrates his touch-
down with offensive tackle Terron Armstead during Sunday’s game
against the Arizona Cardinals in New Orleans.
They’ve only had two games
against teams .500 or better, and
things will get harder in the back
half of their schedule. But they
have the look of a 12- or 13-win
team.
Meanwhile, the Green Bay
Packers improved to 7-1 with
their win over the Kansas City
Chiefs. Aaron Rodgers is playing
at an MVP level and is clearly
on the same page with his new
head coach, Matt LaFleur. They
have a strong rushing attack,
and their pass rush is excellent.
Don’t sleep on them as a candi-
date to earn the No. 1 seed.
Brees completed a staggering
34 of 43 passes for 373 yards in
Sunday’s win, even though he
didn’t have running back Alvin
Kamara and tight end Jared
Cook in the lineup. They are the
most complete team in the con-
ference with a great offense and
a top-level defense. If they could
add a wide receiver before Tues-
day’s trade deadline, they will
further reinforce their chances
to earn the NFC’s top seed.
The wild-card favorites are
dangerous.
Minnesota Vikings quarter-
back Kirk Cousins responded
to criticism of his downfield
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Colts QB Jacoby Brissett has
thrown 14 TD passes this season.
locker room with an injury late in the
game, and that could be concerning
moving forward. Coming out of the
open date, it was the first of three con-
secutive home games for the Steelers
with the Rams following the Colts.
Detroit Lions (3-3-1)
Kickoff: 1:05 p.m., Ch. 2
Broadcasters: Thom Brennaman, Chris
Spielman
Favorite: Raiders by 2 (50½ total)
All-time series: Tied, 6-6
Notable: Even if they don’t get many
style points for their tight win at home
over the Giants last week, Matt Patri-
cia’s team needed to get back on track.
Perceived to be a buyer at the trade
deadline, the Lions wound up stand-
ing pat. They could use some help at
running back and would have been
a nice fit for Kenyan Drake, but the
Dolphins traded him to the Cardinals.
… Raiders quarterback Derek Carr
to close out if they want to sneak into
the AFC playoffs. The Raiders host the
Lions on Sunday in what amounts to a
Green Bay Packers (7-1)
at Los Angeles Chargers (3-5)
Kickoff: 1:25 p.m., Ch. 2
Broadcasters: Jim Nantz, Tony Romo
TONIGHT’S GAME
49ers at Cardinals
the Cardinals.
5:20 p.m., Ch. 2, NFL Network
BILL FEIG / ASSOCIATED PRESS
passing by going on a tear, and
at 6-2, they’re still in the mix for
the NFC North title. The only
thing that could hold them back
is their 1-2 divisional record,
making a Dec. 23 home game vs.
Green Bay even more critical.
But they have the passing attack
to pair with dynamic running
back Dalvin Cook, and one of the
best defenses in the league.
Thanks to Russell Wilson’s
MVP-caliber start to the season,
the Seattle Seahawks are 6-2
even though they’ve outscored
opponents by only 13 points.
Like many of the top teams in
the NFC, they have six games
coming up against opponents
who are .500 or better, but their
biggest game is the Nov. 11 Mon-
day night road game against the
49ers. The biggest question mark
is their pass rush, as Seattle con-
tinues to struggle to generate
pressure without blitzing.
After back-to-back wins, the
Los Angeles Rams are still in the
mix, as well. They have a chance
to catch up to their NFC West
rivals the Niners and Seahawks
due to an easier second-half
schedule, although coach Sean
McVay is still figuring out the
team’s problems on offense.
Favorite: Packers by 3 (48 total)
All-time series: Packers lead, 10-1
Notable: The Packers’ offense contin-
ues to operate at a high level without
its best playmaker, Davante Adams,
who remains sidelined with turf toe.
Running back Aaron Jones has turned
into a multi-dimensional threat. He
has rushed for 466 yards and eight
touchdowns and he has caught
42 passes for 355 yards and another
three scores. … Sometimes it’s better
to be lucky than good, and the offense
was not good Sunday when the Char-
gers got lucky on a missed field goal at
the end of the victory over the Bears.
The Chargers couldn’t run the ball,
and Melvin Gordon is averaging a pal-
try 2.5 yards per carry since returning
from his unsuccessful holdout. The
Chargers will have to score more to
hang with the Packers this week. May-
be replacing offensive coordinator Ken
Whisenhunt, who was fired Monday,
will spark the offense.
New England Patriots (8-0)
at Baltimore Ravens (5-2)
Kickoff: 5:20 p.m., NBC 11
Broadcasters: Al Michaels, Cris Col-
linsworth
Favorite: Patriots by 3½ (45 total)
All-time series: Patriots lead, 8-1
Notable: The Patriots are first in the
league in defense, allowing only
7.6 points per game. There is a lot of
football to be played, but they could
beat the all-time mark for scoring in a
16-game season set by the 2000 Ravens didn’t. Three of the next four games
at 10.3 per game. The Patriots are sec-
ond in yards allowed (234 per game),
second in passing yards (148.8), fourth need to win to stay ahead of the Eagles
against the run (85.3), first in sacks (31), in the NFC East. … Giants QB Daniel
first in interceptions (19) and first on
third down with a ridiculous 15.6%. It’s time Saquon Barkley has culpability
nothing short of remarkable what Bill as the quarterback tried a backward
Belichick’s defense has accomplished pass to the running back. Barkley
to this point. … It will be fascinating
to see how Ravens quarterback Lamar ground and Lions linebacker Devon
Jackson fares against the super-stingy Kennard scooped it up and went for a
Patriots defense. “He’s very fast and
he’s definitely a hard guy to handle,”
Belichick said. “He’s fast, and that’s
really a big problem. A lot of times he league-leading sixth lost fumble of the
just outruns people. I mean, he’s got
good moves too. But a lot of times he
just outruns people with his speed.
Catching him is an issue, especially
when he keeps the ball. A lot of times
C7
THIS WEEK’S PICKS
THURSDAY
49ers 27, Cardinals 10
SUNDAY
Jaguars 23, Texans 21**
Seahawks 31, Bucs 27
Bills 17, Redskins 10
Panthers 24, Titans 21
Eagles 23, Bears 13
Chiefs 27, Vikings 24
Jets 21, Dolphins 20
Colts 23, Steelers 20
Lions 27, Raiders 21
Browns 20, Broncos 16
Chargers 28, Packers 24
Patriots 27, Ravens 24
MONDAY
Cowboys 30, Giants 17*
* Best bet
** Upset special
Season total: 66-54-1
Best bet: 6-2
Upset special: 5-3
— Associated Press
Quarterback Jared Goff threw
for 372 yards against the win-
less Cincinnati Bengals, but the
running game remains absent,
with Todd Gurley rushing just
10 times for 44 yards.
Don’t count out the Eagles.
Philadelphia scored a criti-
cal win Sunday over the Buffa-
lo Bills, moving to within a half
game of the NFC East-leading
Dallas Cowboys, who at 4-3 en-
joyed their bye this week. The
Eagles responded to criticism of
their locker room by former play-
er Orlando Scandrick with the
31-13 victory, saying the comments
brought the team closer together.
Even after Dallas’ blowout win
two weeks ago, it’s clear the NFC
East title is still up for grabs.
Also clear is that the division
champ runs the risk of earning
no better than the fourth seed,
and that the team that loses out
will have a hard time earning a
wild-card bid in such a competi-
tive conference.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ravens QB Lamar Jackson has com-
pleted 63.3% of his passes this year.
he’s running against a defensive end
and the ends just aren’t fast enough.”
MONDAY
Dallas Cowboys (4-3)
at New York Giants (2-6)
Kickoff: 5:15 p.m., ESPN
Broadcasters: Joe Tessitore, Booger
McFarland
Favorite: Cowboys by 7 (48 total)
All-time series: Cowboys lead, 67-45-2
Notable: The Cowboys added Michael
Bennett to provide some depth on
the defensive line via a trade with the
Patriots and tried to get some help at
safety before Tuesday’s deadline, but
are on the road beginning with Mon-
day night at the Giants. The Cowboys
Jones’ fumble woes continue, but this
watched the ball bounce on the
touchdown. It was the eighth fumble
of the season for Jones and it was the
season. Otherwise, Jones had a solid
outing as he completed 28 of 41 passes
for 322 yards and four touchdowns.
— Press Democrat news services
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Plenty of sun Friday and Saturday. Omaha 44/30 pc 43/30 c
Boonville 73/36 0.00 0.07 1.42 Date Time High Time Low Shown is Orlando 91/71 pc 80/69 t
Calistoga 69/49 0.00 0.02 1.48 Oct. 31 2:30 a.m. 4.8’ 7:38 a.m. 2.8’ today’s weather. Philadelphia 73/47 r 57/37 s
Cazadero 75/28 0.00 0.03 1.79 1:24 p.m. 5.9’ 8:32 p.m. -0.4’ Temperatures are
today’s highs and SAN FRANCISCO: Plenty of Phoenix 77/48 s 80/50 s
Cloverdale 74/32 0.00 T 1.74 Nov. 1 3:33 a.m. 4.7’ 8:36 a.m. 3.1’ San Francisco sunshine today. Clear tonight. Pittsburgh 66/35 r 45/27 pc
Fort Bragg 64/43 0.00 0.62 0.96 tonight’s lows. Portland, Ore. 53/33 pc 57/34 s
2:10 p.m. 5.6’ 9:27 p.m. -0.1’ 72/47 Plenty of sunshine Friday and
Guerneville 74/26 0.00 0.02 1.72 STATE FORECAST Saturday; nice. Oakland, 73/42. Providence
Raleigh-Durham 80/43 c
69/53 r 59/34 r
60/37 s
Healdsburg 72/32 0.00 0.02 1.06 SUN & MOON
Lakeport 62/40 0.00 0.00 0.93 Crescent City Reno 57/26 s 61/28 s
58/41 Richmond 78/45 c 60/37 s
Middletown 64/47 0.00 0.01 1.57 A waxing crescent moon St. Louis 37/29 sf 53/34 s
Petaluma 71/33 0.00 0.02 0.93 greets observers after sunset, Mt. Shasta
Rohnert Park 73/31 0.00 0.02 1.44 looking like the smile of a 61/30
PACIFIC JET STREAM Salt Lake City 42/25 s 46/25 s
San Antonio 58/34 s 62/40 s
Santa Rosa 74/27 0.00 0.02 1.23 Full grinning pumpkin in the sky, Santa Fe 49/20 s 55/22 s
Sea Ranch 66/53 0.00 0.22 1.84 Nov. 12 with the planets Jupiter (to Eureka Seattle 52/37 pc 54/38 s
Redding
Sebastopol 74/23 0.00 0.04 1.09 its lower-right) and Saturn 60/37
77/42 Spokane 41/21 s 43/26 s
Sonoma 70/36 0.00 0.00 1.30 (to its upper-left). It doesn’t Tampa-St. Pete. 87/70 pc 79/67 t
St. Helena 72/45 0.00 0.00 1.28 give off much light, so be on Chico Tucson 75/46 s 80/50 s
the watch for those wander- 74/39 Washington, D.C. 76/48 r 58/38 s
Ukiah 61/46 0.00 0.05 1.33 Last qtr. ing trick-or-treaters! Wichita 48/28 pc 53/29 s
Windsor 72/30 0.00 0.02 1.47 Nov. 19 s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers,
Sacramento Tahoe
*Season runs Oct. 1 through Sept. 30 Venus sets at 7:13 p.m. 73/35 55/20 r-rain, sf-flurries, sn-snow, t-thunderstorms,
Lakeport temperatures temporarily unavailable. Mars rises at 5:55 a.m. San i-ice, T-trace
Francisco
RECORDS FOR WEDNESDAY Jupiter sets at 8:47 p.m.
Saturn sets at 10:25 p.m.
72/47
San Jose
Yosemite INTERNATIONAL
SANTA ROSA 67/40 Today Tomorrow
New 75/43
Average Record low: City Hi/Lo Sky Hi/Lo Sky
temperatures: Nov. 26 Source: Morrison Planetarium,
25 in 1946 California Academy of Sciences Fresno While not as Acapulco 91/77 t 86/77 t
High 71, Low 43 Monterey 70/41
Average rainfall Today 72/44 strong as recent Amsterdam 50/36 s 48/36 pc
Record high: since Oct. 1: Sunrise 7:36 a.m. days, winds will Athens 76/55 s 72/61 t
Death Valley Auckland 60/54 pc 65/54 pc
90 in 1966 1.92 inches Sunset 6:13 p.m. San Luis Bakersfield 73/42 continue to bring
First qtr. Friday 71/39 Baghdad 79/62 s 79/56 s
Obispo a high fire risk Bangkok 91/81 s 92/76 pc
CALIFORNIA Nov. 4 Sunrise 7:37 a.m. 77/41 across Southern Beijing 71/40 pc 73/42 pc
Wednesday Today Sunset 6:11 p.m. San Bernardino California today. Berlin 49/30 pc 45/28 s
City Hi/Lo Prec. Hi/Lo Sky Santa
Barbara 77/43 Otherwise, expect Buenos Aires 72/61 pc 71/60 s
Alturas
Bakersfield
51/5
70/45
58/18 s
71/39 s
LAKES & RIVERS 74/36 sunshine along the Cairo 81/66 pc 81/62 s
Palm Springs Calgary 48/14 pc 39/21 pc
Barstow 57/35 64/32 s Lake Sonoma Los 76/47 coast. Cancun 88/77 pc 87/76 t
Bishop 54/16 65/26 s Capacity: 381,000 acre-feet. Storage: Angeles
Blythe 65/46 73/37 s Caracas 91/75 pc 86/74 pc
212,932. Water supply pool: 244,833, 86.97% 79/51 Copenhagen 48/28 s 49/41 pc
Chico 68/34 74/39 s
Concord 69/44 75/40 s Elevation: 438.31 feet. Release: 106 cfs. San Diego Dublin 52/46 c 53/51 r
Crescent City 62/49 58/41 s NATIONAL FORECAST 77/49 Frankfurt 48/36 pc 48/32 s
Eureka 65/34 60/37 s Lake Mendocino Geneva 56/51 r 56/50 r
Fresno 69/43 70/41 s Capacity: 116,500 acre-feet. Storage: 70,246. Havana 90/72 pc 88/72 pc
Livermore 66/42 74/39 s Water supply pool: 71,240, 98.60% Elevation: Ho Chi Minh 93/79 c 89/76 t
Long Beach 77/53 81/49 s 738.60 feet. Release: 199 cfs. Hong Kong 81/69 c 82/75 c
Los Angeles 77/55 79/51 s Istanbul 68/54 pc 66/57 c
L.A. Airport 79/55 78/51 s Jerusalem 72/58 s 71/59 s
Marysville 69/36 72/34 s Lake Pillsbury
Capacity: 74,933 acre-feet. Storage: 44,939. Johannesburg 79/50 s 79/58 pc
Monterey 73/40 72/44 s Kabul 68/48 pc 67/48 pc
Mt. Shasta 54/17 61/30 s Water supply pool: 74,993, 59.92% Elevation: Lima 68/61 pc 68/61 s
Needles 60/44 70/42 s 1,893 feet. Release: 110 cfs. Lisbon 69/64 r 71/64 c
Oakland 71/47 73/42 s
Palm Springs 70/55 76/47 s London 55/46 s 53/49 c
Russian River Madrid 66/48 pc 71/54 c
Pasadena 75/51 78/49 s At Hacienda Bridge: 2.82 feet; 200 cfs.
Paso Robles 75/32 76/27 s Manila 90/78 c 91/79 t
Source: Sonoma County Water Agency Operations Mecca 98/72 s 98/72 s
Redding 71/48 77/42 s Department readings as of 7 a.m. Wednesday
Redwood City 68/46 74/41 s Mexico City 74/57 t 64/49 t
Riverside 68/50 76/36 s Montreal 59/54 sh 60/40 r
Sacramento 70/43 73/35 s Clear Lake Moscow 31/30 sn 29/24 c
Salinas 75/43 77/39 s 2.96 feet Rumsey. (The Rumsey scale starts at New Delhi 88/68 pc 89/68 pc
San Diego 80/55 77/49 s 1,318.26 feet above sea level.) Oslo 39/23 pc 43/27 pc
San Francisco 67/50 69/46 s Source: USGS Paris 50/45 c 55/49 c
S.F. Airport 69/51 72/47 s Rio 88/77 pc 91/76 pc
San Jose 71/42 75/43 s Rome 72/55 pc 71/56 t
San Luis Obispo 77/37 77/41 s INDEX AIR QUALITY Sao Paulo 90/72 s 90/68 pc
San Rafael 65/48 74/39 s Ultraviolet: 3
Santa Ana 80/55 81/50 s Pollution: 102 Seoul 64/37 s 70/44 s
Santa Barbara 74/42 74/36 s 0 5 11+ 0 50 100 150 200 Singapore 89/79 pc 87/77 t
Santa Cruz 75/43 74/43 s Stockholm 39/25 s 41/27 pc
Santa Maria 77/40 77/38 s Low Mod. High Low Mod. High Sydney 84/62 pc 79/64 pc
Santa Monica 76/52 77/48 s 0-50 Good, 51-100 Moderate, Cold Warm Stationary Showers T-storms Rain Flurries Snow Ice Tokyo 69/55 pc 68/57 pc
Stockton 69/36 73/35 s The higher the AccuWeather 101-150 Unhealthy (SG), Toronto 48/46 r 54/38 r
Susanville 45/12 55/24 s UV IndexTM number, the 151-200 Unhealthy, -10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s Vancouver 48/30 pc 49/37 pc
greater the need for eye and 201+ Very Unhealthy.
Tahoe Valley 48/9 55/20 s Vienna 46/40 sh 48/30 s
Truckee 45/5 60/15 s skin protection. Shown is the Wood Burning: PRESSDEMOCRAT.COM FOR CONTINUOUS NEWS AND WEATHER Warsaw 48/28 pc 44/28 pc
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