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FAIRFIELD — Relief remains days away as a stagnant air mass is fixed over much of Solano County and the central region of the state, creating triple-digit temperatures that will last much of the week and an increased threat of wildfires. The high Monday at the Nut Tree Airport is projected to reach 114, top out at 118 Tuesday and

dip back to 112 Wednesday, the National Weather Service reports. The mercury hit 108 Friday, 103 Saturday and 108 Sunday. Highs at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield are projected to reach 110 Monday, 113 Tuesday and 106 Wednesday, the weather service reports. The high Friday was 97: It was 100 Saturday and 109 Sunday. The extended forecast calls

for highs of 108 Thursday and 103 Friday before dropping to 90 Saturday and 84 Sunday in Fairfield; and 113 Thursday and 108 Friday before dropping to 96 Saturday and 89 Sunday in Vacaville. County libraries, shopping malls and other similar public venues remain good places for area residents to go to escape the See Heat, Page A7

Climate change overwhelming US flood maps Bloomberg WASHINGTON — Flood maps used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency are out of date and understate the risks to homes and businesses from flooding and extreme rain triggered by climate change, FEMA Director Deanne Criswell said. Those risks are in focus after flooding in

Jackson, Mississippi, overwhelmed the city’s main water treatment plant a week ago, leaving more than 150,000 residents of the region without safe water. Criswell said there’s no timeline for restoring service to Jackson, the capital city. “I think the part that’s really difficult right now is the fact that our flood maps don’t take into

account excessive rain that comes in,” Criswell said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday. “And we are seeing these record rainfalls that are happening.” Complicating the matter is that climatefueled extreme weather can be hard to predict, as well as whether a city or town’s infrastructure can hold up, she said. “We have to start

thinking about what the threats are going to be in the future as a result of climate change,” Criswell said. A 2020 evaluation of flood risk by nonprofit group First Street Foundation that analyzed every property in the 48 contiguous U.S. states found that federal maps underestimate the number of homes and See Climate, Page A7

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State power officials predict energy ‘deficits’ Monday Heat wave threatens blackouts Tribune Content Agency The managers of California’s power grid warned that blackouts are possible Monday as a punishing heat wave sends electricity consumption into nearrecord territory. Five days into the heat wave, Elliot Mainzer, chief executive of

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin on Sunday said he assumes former Vice President Mike Pence will voluntarily give testimony to the special committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot, but didn’t rule out a subpoena. “He has a lot of relevant evidence, and I would hope he would come forward and testify about what happened,” the Maryland Democrat said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday. “In no one’s case is a subpoena out of question, but I would assume he’s going to come forward and testify voluntarily, the way the vast majority of people have.” Raskin led the impeachment of thenPresident Donald Trump in the aftermath of last year’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by Trump’s

supporters. Pence said last month in New Hampshire he would consider testifying if invited by the panel, and the panel’s top Republican, Liz Cheney of Wyoming, also said she hoped he would testify. Time is running out on the panel’s probe and on this Congress, however, with midterm elections in November. The House committee already has heard from Pence’s former chief of staff Marc Short and former legal counsel Greg Jacob, and it has presented some of that testimony publicly. Short said last week on “The Takeout” podcast that Pence has “profound concerns” regarding executive privilege with the prospect of revealing personal conversations with Trump, as well as concerns about partisan-

the Independent System Operator, said Sunday the grid was looking at significant shortfalls in electricity in the days ahead. “We are looking at deficits for tomorrow, Monday, in the 2,000 to 4,000 megawatt range between the hours

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