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Cooling centers opening across Solano as temps climb Daily Republic Staff

ness Center Drive; Suisun City, (601 Pintail Drive; both Vacaville sites – Cultural Center Library, 1020 Ulatis Drive, and Town Square Library, 1 Town Square Place; Dixon, 230 N. First St.; Rio Vista, 44 S. Second St.; and both Vallejo sites – John F. Kennedy, 505 Santa Clara St., and Springstowne, 1003 Oakwood Ave. “Bottled water and drinking fountains are also available to all visitors,” the county said in

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FAIRFIELD — County libraries are being used as public cooling centers as temperatures are expected to reach tripledigits by this weekend. An excessive heat warning has been issued by the National Weather Service for parts of Solano County, starting at 11 a.m. Saturday and extending to 11 p.m. Sunday. The libraries include both Fairfield sites – Civic Center, 1150 Kentucky St., and Cordelia, 5050 Busi-

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LaTanna Jones, director of Housing Services, speaks during a Fairfield Homeless Roundtable in Fairfield, Wednesday.

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Kids watch a juggling and magic water science show at the Fairfield Civic Center Library, Thursday.

First OTC birth control pill approved by US regulators Tribune Content Agency Perrigo Co.’s Opill received U.S. clearance as the first daily oral birthcontrol product available without a prescription, coming at a time when reproductive rights are increasingly under fire. The decision released Thursday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration widens access to the drug by removing barriers to obtaining oral contraception, such as inability to get a doctor’s appointment. Birth control and reproductive health have risen to the top of the legislative and political

agenda since the Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade ruling that guaranteed a constitutional right to abortion for about 50 years. President Joe Biden has made reproductive rights a key feature of his 2024 reelection bid, casting Republican positions on abortion and contraception as extreme. Doctors and advocacy groups praised the FDA decision. The American Medical Association urged regulators to consider applications for other available oral contraceptives to be used over-the-counter. See Pill, Page A7

Members of the community attend a Fairfield Homeless Roundtable at the Fairfield Community Center, Wednesday.

FAIRFIELD — Service providers, law enforcement and interested parties packed Willow Hall Wednesday morning for the Fairfield Police Department’s Homeless Roundtable. After a brief introduction, and agenda run down, Fairfield Police Department Lt. Kelly Rombach shared a recent story, recounting how a homeless person, when doused by lawn sprinklers where he was sleeping, picked up a brick and through it through a window. In the past, the person would be arrested for vandalism. It would See Table, Page A7

Legislation introduced to curb foreign land ownership near military bases Daily Republic Staff

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FAIRFIELD — The purchase of a large number of acres near Travis Air Force Base by the mysterious Flannery Group is central to the motivation for new legislation introduced in the House of Representatives this week. Reps. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, and Mike Gallagher, R-Wisconsin, on Wednesday introduced legislation “to strengthen and expand protections around national security

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Twenty-two planes take off from Travis Air Force Base as part of a training exercise, Sept. 11, 2013. sites, critical infrastructure, and farmland.” Travis AFB lies within

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Thompson’s 4th District. Twelve members of Congress, including Rep.

John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, are quoted in the statement released by Thompson’s office. Reps. Jim Costa, Jim Panetta and Salud Carbajal, all California representatives, also were cited. “Protecting national security and food security go hand in hand in our region – which is why it is vital to know who owns land around national security sites,” Thompson said. “The bipartisan legislation I am introducing with Chairman Gallagher See Bases, Page A7

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