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Autopsy shows driver in July fatal on Highway 12 was drunk Todd R. Hansen
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RIO VISTA — The driver who caused a two-car collision that killed four people in July was intoxicated. The autopsy report from the Solano County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office states that Jordan Colvin, 20, from Vacaville, had a blood-alcohol concentration level of 0.203, nearly three times the legal limit of 0.08% for drivers who are 21 or older. Marijuana also was detected in his urine. Colvin and his two passengers in a Honda Accord – Lacey Conway, 19, and Erica Anderson, 19, both from Vacaville – were killed in the collision, which took place about 8:10 p.m. July 27, the Rio Vista police reported. An empty case of beer and a half-empty bottle of hard alcohol was found at the scene, the Rio Vista police reported.
Colvin was not wearing a safety belt and was ejected from the car. Conway, sitting in the backseat, also was ejected, the investigation reports show. Laura Poiret, listed in her 70s, was in the Chevrolet Suburban that was struck by the Honda and also died as a result of the crash. Six others in that vehicle were taken to area hospitals for treatment. All seven are Mexican nationals who were vacationing in the United States. Colvin was westbound on Highway 12, between Summerset and Church roads, when he veered off the road to the right, overcorrected and crossed over into the eastbound lane and collided with the Chevy, the police reported. The autopsy report was acquired through a California Public Records Act request as required by the agency.
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Solano health officer expects more hospitalizations Todd R. Hansen
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FAIRFIELD — Solano County health officials are not as concerned about a Covid spike over Thanksgiving as they have been the past two years. However, Dr. Bela Matyas, the county public health officer, said those who are susceptible to bad outcomes from respiratory diseases – including Covid-19 – need to take precautions. “The argument is you should
do what you did in pre-pandemic winters,” Matyas said. “Take precautions if you are concerned about bad outcomes.” One of those precautions is frequent and thorough handwashing, and masks, he said, help. Matyas said he suspects this winter will see an increase in the flu and other respiratory ailments returning to Solano County after two years of relatively low case numbers. That is because as area residents defended themselves against
Covid, they also helped to avoid other diseases. In turn, Matyas said, the normal immunity built up year after year is no longer as strong and individuals with other health concerns should be aware of that. “Every winter, from Thanksgiving to New Year’s, we would have holiday gatherings and we saw increases in illness,” Matyas said. “That’s why we call it the flu season.” See Covid, Page A8
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Former President Donald Trump arrives on stage to speak during an event at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, Nov. 15.
Supreme Court rejects Trump plea to shield taxes from Congress Tribune Content Agency WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied President Donald Trump’s plea to shield his tax returns from being turned over to a House committee. The decision came in a one-line order with no dissents. The court’s action has the effect of upholding a longstanding request from House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., for six years of Trump’s tax returns. Neal acted under a law that says the IRS “shall furnish” the committee chairman with “any return or return information” that he requested in writing. The law does not authorize a public release of any tax returns,
including those of a former president. Rather the Ways and Means Committee is authorized to examine the returns in confidence to consider new or revised legislation. But the long legal battle is ending just as the Democrats are about to lose control of the House, raising doubts about whether Neal’s Republican successor will continue the effort. Trump and his lawyers had already lost before a federal district judge appointed by Trump and an appeals court panel with two Republican appointees. Trump, who last week announced he will run for president in 2024, filed an emergency appeal asking the justices to intervene and block the IRS
Buoyed by southern success, Ukraine revives dream of retaking Crimea Tribune Content Agency ODESA, Ukraine — Beneath a chill, low-lying fog, the Black Sea has gone winter-gray. The craggy coast of Crimea, illegally seized from Ukraine by Russia nearly nine years ago, lies far from this southern stretch of seashore – yet, to many here, the strategic peninsula suddenly seems tantalizingly close. Ukraine’s recapture this month of Kherson, a provincial capital to the north of Crimea, has revived longtime hopes of somehow regaining control of the Massachusetts-sized peninsula, which the government in Kyiv – and most of the world – still considers part of Ukraine.
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appears on screens as he speaks via a video link at the opening session of the International Crimea Platform Parliamentary summit, organized by Ukraine and Croatia, in Zagreb, Oct. 25. Long-range weaponry that Ukraine does not possess would be crucial to such an effort, and Moscow has tried to make clear that attacks
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on its forces in Crimea, including the key warmwater port of Sevastopol, amount to crossing an explosive tripwire. Even so, the fate of the
peninsula, home to 2.4 million people, is increasingly part of the wartime discourse. “Kherson changed things,” said Alexander Babich, a Ukrainian local historian in the Black Sea port of Odesa. “Now people say: ‘On to Crimea!’” Even prior to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which is about to enter a 10th grinding month, Crimea – a coveted prize for centuries, changing hands again and again – has been a lodestar for both sides in this war. Russian President Vladimir Putin often harks back to the See Crimea, Page A8
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