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Damage costs from winter storms keep rising in Solano Daily Republic Staff
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FAIRFIELD — The storms in February and March did not carry the same kind of wallop as those in January, but the accumulation has added to the damage to infrastructure and added to the rising costs. Matt Tuggle, the county engineering manager, said another $2 million to $3 million in damage has been sustained to roads, bridges and other infrastructure during February and March. The roads in the hills are of particular concern. “It’s the creeping damage affect,” Tuggle said.
That is on top of the estimated $3 million in damage sustained in the early winter storms. “We are still in active recovery for the 2022-23 storms . . . still mitigating the effects,” said Robyn Rains, who was recently confirmed as the full-time Emergency Services Office manager. “We are still in our early . . . reporting to FEMA.” Reports on private property damage have been relatively low, and have not reached the threshold for federal reimbusement. The Solano County Board of Supervisors, with Supervisor Erin Hannigan absent See Damage, Page A8
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A portion of Cantelow Road near Steigler Hill Road in Vacaville was damaged from a storm, March 15.
Supervisors adopt Holocaust Remembrance resolution Daily Republic Staff
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FAIRFIELD — There wasn’t a Jewish spacelaser show, nor Kanye West tunes blaring as Chairman John Vasquez gaveled the Solano County Board of Supervisors into session. But the “lasers” and Ye – and the access presidents and other U.S. leaders have granted to antisemitic prophZAKLOS ets — are why the board’s action recognizing Holocaust Remembrance Day is ever so important, because it has been so readily dismissed. “There is a wave of antisemitism going around the world,” Rabbi Chaim Zaklos said. He retold the story about how a Japanese ambassador, defying orders from his government, signed visas that allowed Jewish residents of Lithuania to escape the Nazis. Among the 6,000 individuals he saved were the grandparents of the rabbi’s wife. The ambassador, Chiune Sugihara, was
recalled to Japan. “And while on the train, Sugihara continues to sign visas and throw them out the window,” Zaklos said. The board, with Supervisor Erin Hannigan absent due to a family health issue, adopted a resolution that states: WHEREAS, the Holocaust was a tragedy the scale of which the world had never before witnessed; and, WHEREAS, from 1933 to 1945, six million Jews were persecuted and slain in the Nazi Holocaust as a part of a systematic program of genocide, and millions of other people also perished as victims of Nazism; and, WHEREAS, the year 2023 marks the 90th anniversary of the beginning of the genocide of European Jews, the bleakest, most murderous moment in history; and, WHEREAS, April 18, 2023, marks the international observance of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day See Holocaust, Page A8
SUISUN CITY — Susiun City’s newest council member pledged his loyalty to the citizens of the city and will serve as long as the people want him. On a 3-1 vote, with Mayor Pro Tem Princess Washington the lone no vote, the council selected Marlon Osum to fill the final seat, which has been vacant since February when Mike Hudson resigned. Osum’s maturity and connection with the small-business community were among the deciding factors. Jonathan Richardson received more public
Suisun City Mayor Alma Hernandez listens to speakers during the council meeting at City Hall, Tuesday. support during the meeting. One resident, Michelle Chavez, via Zoom, asked the council to choose the best candidate for the city. Osun’s new post
was celebrated during a brief intermission at the meeting. He will not be sworn in until the April 18 meeting as the item was not on the agenda. Then, he will take
his seat on the dais. The decision was made about 75 minutes into the meeting. At a six-hour meeting on March 21, the council could not come to a conclusion between the two candidates. At the same meeting, they passed on hopeful Katrina Garcia. Richardson was praised for his leadership and mentoring skills. He previously served on the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District board. In her dissent, Washington noted Suisun City was more than small businesses. She cited statistics about the number of youths calling Suisun City home and felt See Council, Page A8
Former president Donald Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony counts The Washington Post NEW YORK — Donald Trump appeared in a Manhattan courtroom Tuesday for a moment unprecedented in American history, pleading not guilty to 34 felony counts related to payments intended to silence an adult-film actress during his 2016 presidential campaign – a scheme that prosecutors said amounted to an illegal conspiracy to win the White House. He is the first former or sitting U.S. president to be criminally charged. Dressed in his trademark blue suit and red tie, Trump wore a subdued expression as he sat at the defense table in the courtroom of New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, flanked by four lawyers. He did not speak to waiting cameras or members of the public as he entered or exited the Manhattan criminal court building, though he raised a clenched fist
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Former president Donald Trump appears in court at the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, Tuesday. as he left Trump Tower on the way to the courthouse. Trump left New York immediately after the arraignment and flew to Mar-a-Lago, his Florida home and private club, where he was scheduled to address reporters this evening. The prosecution of a former president sets up an extraordinary test for the judicial system amid a viciously partisan environment: Trump, who is again seeking the Republican
nomination for president, already has verbally attacked Merchan and
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D), calling the case against him a politically motivated “witch hunt.” Prosecutors pressed the judge to expedite a trial schedule to begin in January, but Trump’s team said that was too ambitious and suggested next spring as a more appropriate target. Either way, the trial could take place during the heart of the Republican primary campaign season. Merchan did not set a date during the hearing. See Trump, Page A8
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