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Police mum after deadly stabbing in Fairfield Daily Republic Staff

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FAIRFIELD — Police were silent Sunday on the status of the search for a person of interest in a deadly stabbing Saturday. Authorities were searching for Milton O’Neal, 40, in connection with a stabbing reported at approximately 2:45 p.m. Saturday on the 300 block of Jefferson Street. The victim, described only as a man, was transported to a local hospital and died as a result of his injuries. No other information about the man, to include his name, age and city of residence, was released Saturday pending notification of his family, police report. Police in a press release Saturday said they believe O’Neal and the victim knew one

another and that the incident was isolated, with no additional threat to the community. O’Neal, whose city of residence was unknown, goes by the nickname “Porkchop,” police report. A police spokeswoman, in response to a request Sunday for updated information about the case, to include the age and city of residence of the man who died and whether O’Neal had been found, indicated that information was not yet available. A separate request Sunday for a physical description and photo of O’Neal was included in the same response. The death is the city’s eighth reported homicide of 2022 and the first since late September. n A fight reported shortly before 3:50 a.m. See Deadly, Page A6

Experts warn that political violence on rise Los Angeles Times In San Francisco’s tony Pacific Heights neighborhood, an intruder broke into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home and violently attacked her husband. In a New York courtroom, a man pleaded guilty to threatening to kill California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell. In Washington, federal law enforcement warned that violent domestic extremism posed an elevated threat in the approaching midterm election. All on the same day. The targeting of the home of Speaker Pelosi, a Democrat who is second in line for the presidency, stood out on Friday for its brutality and sinister intent. But for many Americans, shock was tinged with a weary sense of inevitability. Far from a freak occurrence, the attack felt of a piece

with the other threats and warnings publicized that day — the latest additions to the country’s growing sense of political menace, especially from the far right. “Unfortunately, this is a continuation of at least a two-and-a-half-yearlong established pattern of violence against elected officials and local officials, including poll workers, that has been steadily ramping up,” said Erica Chenoweth, a Harvard Kennedy School professor who studies political violence. Politically motivated violence has ebbed and flowed throughout U.S. history. Currently, America is going through an upsurge in right-wing violence, according to researchers who track attacks and other incidents. They say today’s climate is comparable to that in the mid-1990s, See Violence, Page A6

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Axel Aguilar, 5, receives his Covid-19 vaccination shot from Brynn Thayer during a Touro University Covid-19

CDC paves the way for California to require school Covid vaccines By Elizabeth Aguilera CALMATTERS

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccination advisors voted earlier this month to recommend all children get the Covid-19 vaccine, a move that does not change California’s list of vaccines required for children to attend school. The addition of the Covid-19 vaccine to the CDC’s recommended vaccines for kids is not a mandate for states’ school attendance requirements. Any additions to California’s list must be made by the state Legislature or the state Department of Public Health. In the last 12 months, the Newsom administration and the Legislature separately tried to mandate the Covid-19 vaccine for kids to attend school, and both failed. People involved in those efforts

said they do not expect the Legislature to consider a mandate for children again next year, barring a big spike in hospitalizations or deaths. “Our goal should be getting the immunization rate up,” said Sen. Richard Pan, a pediatrician Sacramento Democrat, whose bill last session would have mandated the vaccine for children to attend school, with only a medical exemption. “We have work to do on outreach, making sure people have access and educating people about the vaccine.” Since the federal government approved vaccines for children on an emergency use basis, children have received the Covid-19 vaccine at much lower rates than adults. So far, 67% of 12-to-17-year-olds have received the first series of the vaccine, 38% of children 5 to 11 have received the first series and of those under

5 years of age, 5% have received the shots, according to state data. The state Department of Public Health refused to say whether it plans to add the vaccine to the required list. Instead the agency referred to its previous statement from April in an email: “…upon full approval by the FDA, CDPH will consider the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Academy of Family Physicians prior to considering a school vaccine requirement.” The role of the Centers for Disease Control It suggests that children ages 6 months and older receive a vaccination for COVID-19 with shots approved by the U.S. Food and See Vaccines, Page A6

Turkey, UN try to save Ukraine grain export deal as Russia quits Bloomberg News Turkey, the United Nations and others looked for ways to salvage the Ukrainian grain export initiative after Moscow said it would pull out indefinitely following an attack on its Black Sea naval fleet. A Russian official didn’t definitely rule out a return, adding to uncertainty around the

pact, which has seen more than 9 million tons of grains and other foodstuffs shipped since August. Russia said Saturday it was suspending the agreement after its ships off Sevastopol in annexed Crimea were hit by aerial and underwater drones it blamed on Ukraine. The extent of damage to the vessels remains unclear. Turkey and the United Nations, which toiled

together for months to broker the safe-transit deal for grain shipments from three Ukrainian ports, went back to work on Sunday. Turkey, in a statement posted on Twitter, said Defense Minister Hulusi Akar was speaking with counterparts, reminding them that the export initiative is “for the good of the entire humanity and that crises can be solved through goodwill

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and dialogue.” U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he would postpone his departure for the Arab League summit in Algeria by a day to focus on the grain initiative. Among others, he conferred Sunday with EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell. Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko didn’t explicitly rule out See Grain, Page A6

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