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NYC jury finds Dixon May Fair opens Trump liable for four-day run Thursday sexual abuse Daily Republic Staff
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Awards Carroll $5 million Tribune Content Agency NEW YORK — A jury Tuesday found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll in his closely watched bombshell civil rape trial in Manhattan. The jury awarded Carroll $5 million in damages, almost the twice the amount expected. “I filed this lawsuit against Donald Trump to clear my name and to get my life back,” Carroll said in a statement following the verdict. “Today, the world finally knows the truth. This victory is not just for me but for every woman who has suffered because she was not believed.” The panel of six men and three women delivered their verdict at around 3 p.m. in Manhattan federal court, less than three hours after getting the case. The jury determined Carroll’s lawyers did not prove by a preponderance of the evidence that Trump raped her.
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E. Jean Carroll arrives at the Southern District of New York Court in New York, Tuesday. The verdict comes more than five years after Carroll first levied sexual assault allegations against then-President Trump, who responded at the time by calling her a liar from the White House and proclaiming she was not his “type.” Carroll testified Trump raped her in a dressing room in Bergdorf Goodman after a chance encounter. See Jury, Page A8
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DIXON — Bucking bulls and horses, bucking carnival rides and bucking the odds at the midway games are all part of the fun and festivities at the Dixon May Fair. And don’t forget the always popular Truck & Tractor Pull and Demolition Derby on the weekend. “I hear it is going to be warm and beautiful,” said Patricia Conklin, in her 10th year as the fair director and 40th year in the fair industry. “And then it is going to rain on Monday, the day after the fair.” The annual springtime fair opens its four-day run on Thursday, and the price is right for opening day. Tickets for Thrifty Thursday are $5 for anyone 5 or older. Admission is free for those 4 or younger. It is one of two specialty days at the fair. The other is Kids Day on Friday, with free admission for children 12 or younger. The heartbeat of the fair remains the youth livestock shows and auction. “I showed here as a kid,” Conklin said. “I showed sheep and cattle,” and she has a few grand champion sheep trophies to prove it. The various animal judgings are in the mornings on Thursday and Friday in the livestock area, and are open to the public. The auction for market animals starts at 11 a.m. Saturday. The market card includes 102 pigs, 88 sheep, 39 goats and 16 steers, as well as 100 market birds – poultry and quail – and 33 rabbits. There are also breeding animals that are judged, but are not part of the auction. Keeping to that rural See Fair, Page A8
Rafael and Ana Gonzalez ride the Raptor at the Dixon May Fair, May 11, 2019. Robinson Kuntz/Daily Republic file (2018)
Corrections Lt. Megan Cherinka, of California Medical Facility, places a rose on the memorial plaque for Correctional Officer Albert Patch at the Solano County Peace Officers’ Memorial, in front of the Sheriff’s Office, May 16, 2018. Patch was stabbed to death in 1980.
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FAIRFIELD — The body of a woman was found in a field off Sievers Road in 1980. She had been shot and dumped there. Ten years later, she would be identified as Holly Campiglia. The initial detective on the murder investigation was Jose Cisneros, who on Aug. 25, 1985, was fatally shot when he approached a vehicle that turned out to be stolen. The person who is suspected of killing Campiglia has recently been
arrested using forensic evidence collected by Cisneros. Undersheriff Brad DeWall said after all these years, Cisneros “is still contributing to the community.” Sheriff Tom Ferrara told the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday that he was on duty the day Cisneros died. He also knew Reserve Deputy John Sandlin, who lost control of his car during a highspeed pursuit, was ejected from the vehicle, and died on April 23, 2004. Hale Murphy died See Peace, Page A8
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A tractor tills soil in Suisun Valley, Tuesday. Solano County Supervisor Mitch Mashburn said it is OK to portray farmers and ranchers in a sympathetic image of providers of food, clothing and other goods.
FAIRFIELD — Solano County Supervisor Mitch Mashburn said it is OK to portray farmers and ranchers in a sympathetic image of providers of food, clothing and other goods. However, he said that is not enough when making what amounts to business decisions. “We often lose sight that ag is an industry. It is the second-largest economy-driving industry in our county,” Mashburn said. An estimate of
that economic impact is $1.6 billion. Mashburn said what is needed to protect and grow that industry is hard data of what exists and what is needed, especially with technology changing that industry at an accelerated pace. The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, with Supervisor Erin Hannigan absent, authorized Agriculture Commission Ed King to apply for a Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation See Ag, Page A8
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