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Solano case count jumps – again Todd R. Hansen
INSIDE Travis airmen help send Covid-19 aid to India. Page A3.
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FAIRFIELD — Solano County’s recent drop in its daily coronavirus case counts did not last long. After daily case declines over the weekend, and on each day leading up to Thursday’s report, the numbers jumped with 46 confirmed cases, the county Public Health Division reported. Dr. Bela Matyas, the county public health officer, said the source of the increases continues to be social gatherings of mostly younger residents, and largely at residences. But he agrees that in practical terms, the county is probably
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Sr. Airman Zachary Latham of the 660th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron de-fuels a KC-10 at Travis Air-Force Base, Tuesday. The 349th Air Mobility
Wing participated in Exercise Nexus Dawn, a five-day readiness exercise designed to test the ability of Air Force Reserve units stationed on the West Coast.
Readiness test
Travis’ reserve wing focal point of multiple-service Nexus Dawn exercise
already functioning as if it is in the orange tier, even though the case numbers and other testing data put it squarely in the red. Matyas indicated that with state reports of no threat of returning to purple, dropping the tier system come June, the vaccinations and other indicators, “there is a general sense of dropping your guard.” “I believe that has been the case for a while. It could be why we are See Count, Page A9
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TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE — When Travis Air Force Base tests airmen’s abilities with trainings and exercises, it’s almost always the active-duty folks running the show. Almost. The base’s reserve unit, the 349th Air Mobility Wing, took the lead this week on Nexus Dawn, a three-day exercise Monday through Wednesday that brought together multiple services as well as airmen from five other Air Force bases. The exercise took place across the western seaboard. The aims were to test and improve the
Airmen disembark from a KC-10 at Travis Air-Force Base, Tuesday.
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A Pfizer vaccine shot is prepared at Vacaville High School, Wednesday.
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Vaca releases few details about police K-9 striking incident Todd R. Hansen thansen@dailyrepublic.net
VACAVILLE — Both the Vacaville police officer and the dog he punched during K-9 training are out of the local program. The officer, who was immediately returned to regular police duties after the Dec. 28 incident, continues with those assignments, while the
dog, Gus, was returned to the vendor who supplied him to the Vacaville Police Department and could very well end up serving at another agency, Kris Concepcion, a city spokesman, said during a phone interview Thursday. The Vacaville City Council received a presentation on the three independent investigations into the incident,
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which was caught on video by a neighbor of the training area. The investigation into the officer’s actions is the one with the fewest details being released. Concepcion cited the Police Officers Bill of Rights and advice from City Attorney Melinda Stewart in declining to answer questions specific to the incident and
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the officer’s actions. He cited the same provision in declining comment about whether the officer had been disciplined beyond being removed from the K-9 program. Concepcion would only say “appropriate” action was taken by the department. The officer’s name was not released because of threats he has received. He is described as a
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veteran officer. Acting Chief Ian Schmutzler is on record stating the officer did not face any criminal charges. There was an immediate public outcry after the release of the video, including calls for the officer to be fired. The footage showed the officer straddling the dog, which was on its back, and then punching the dog in the head.
The explanation at the time was that the handler had rewarded the dog with a toy after successfully completing the session, but when the officer tried to get the toy back, the dog “became angry” and lunged at the handler. The man who videotaped the incident said he went to see what was See Police, Page A9
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