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US barreling toward a summer of strikes Tribune Content Agency More than 650,000 American workers are threatening to go on strike this summer – or have already done so – in an avalanche of union activity not seen in the U.S. in decades. The combined actors and writers strikes in Hollywood are already a once-in-a-generation event. Unions for United Parcel Service Inc. and Detroit’s Big Three automakers are poised to join them in coming weeks if contract negotiations fall through. One Bank of America Corp. analyst put the odds of a United Auto Workers strike at more than 90%. And while logistics experts and financial analysts expected the Teamsters to reach a deal with UPS, their confidence has dwindled as the July 31 deadline approaches. “This will be the biggest moment of striking, really, since the 1970s,” said labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein, who directs the University of California, Santa

‘It’s very clear that unions are quite alive. The jury’s out on how well they are.’ Michael Lotito, co-chair of the Workplace Policy Institute

Barbara’s Center for the Study of Work, Labor and Democracy. Even before the 100,000-plus actors joined in last week, both the number of strikes and workers on strike were up in the first half of this year, according to Bloomberg Law labor data. Similar trends are playing out in other countries: A costof-living crisis has unions across Europe flexing their muscles, with the the UK losing the most working days to strikes in decades. The pandemic years have, in some ways, reenergized American labor. See Strikes, Page A7

US-China climate dealmaking hinges on 2 diplomats’ deep ties Tribune Content Agency For roughly a quarter century, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry and his Chinese counterpart, Xie Zhenhua, have sought to make headway in the fight against global warming. Over seafood in Washington and duck in Beijing, they have set the pace for progress between the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitters. They’ve brokered agreements for collaboration and hammered out deals that provided a foundation for global climate pacts – from the 2015 Paris Agreement to the Glasgow accord inked two years ago. “We have a special

relationship” and “great respect for each other,” Kerry said in an interview following days of talks with Xie in China this week. “We share a common interest in winning the battle of this crisis.” But the seasoned diplomats are up against a closing window to act. The world is set to warm dangerously beyond a critical 1.5C tipping point unless the U.S. and China – the nations most responsible for planet-warming pollution entering the atmosphere today – move swiftly to slash their emissions. And both statesman See Climate, Page A7

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A peafowl walks across the Dunnell property in Rolling Hills near Hilborn Road and Hillridge Drive, June 7, 2010.

Peafowl run afoul of Rolling Hills, flower street residents Amy Maginnis-Honey

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FAIRFIELD — Birds of a feather don’t always stick together. Residents from Rolling Hills and the flower streets, on the opposite sides of Interstate 80, told city council members Tuesday night of their love, and dislike, for the peafowl, which were to call the Dunnell Nature Park home. “It’s really a mix of extreme,” said Jeremy Profitt with the Fairfield Police Department. “Others are fed up and others don’t want the peafowl to be bothered. It’s a delicate situation.” The birds had two supporters. One woman shared about growing up in the area with the peafowl and, after college, purchasing a home in the area. “An ordinance to not feed (them)

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my windows.” he said. “They are as noisy as I don’t know what,” said another Rolling Hills resident. “My sleep is fractured.” One man reported spending $10,000 on a new driveway to have the peafowl ruin it. “I have been there 22 years. I am fixing my home and moving to Las Vegas,” he said. A woman who lives across the freeway, in the streets named after flowers, said the birds have destroyed her skylight, stop traffic and squeal loud enough to interrupt her phone calls at home. “It sounds like a nightmare,” said Councilwoman K. Patrice Williams. “Call me the antipeafowl lady.” The council directed city staff to get the population down to 20 to 25, put a band on them and start removing them from the flower streets.

New Starbucks mural first project for Suisun’s 1.5% developer impact fee Amy Maginnis-Honey

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SUISUN CITY — Travelers on both sides of Highway 12 at Walters Road will soon see the marsh on one side, and marsh mural on the other. The city council voted Tuesday night to approve Jon Ton’s proposed 22-by-20-foot mural for the future Starbucks on Walters Road. Deputy City Manager Kris Lofthus noted an irony. For some years, a metal sculpture stood in the Walters Road median. It was hit by cars numerous times, and the city

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is unrealistic,” she said. “Trapping them is inhumane and unsafe.” “We lived in a unique neighborhood where wildlife is expected,” said another woman. The city acquired the Dunnell property in May 1998 through a family trust deed that stipulated the property be developed as a park. The property was a refuge for a flock of approximately 50 peafowl, which had free roam of the property and the surrounding Rolling Hills neighborhood. Different population counts were given, ranging from 88 to 120. More than 30 have found news homes thanks to the efforts of city staff. A biologist, who lives in the Rolling Hills area, said the bird’s sounds rise above the city’s noise limit. The five-year resident said the situation is worse. “I can’t open

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Starbucks has commissioned John Ton, a licensed California contractor with 50 years of experience in graphic design and mural art to paint its wall for the city’s first Percent for the Arts project. couldn’t afford to repair it. The mural and sculpture are similar, he said. Starbucks is the first company to use the city’s 1.5% developer-impact fee, approved in September 2021.

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“I am thrilled to be your guinea pig,” Ton said, reaching out online during the meeting. In April 2019, the council voted to add the word Arts to the Recreation, Parks and Marina

commission name. This change was adopted to place an emphasis on the arts in Suisun City. The construction project has an estimated value of $1 million. Starbucks will provide $15,000 in public art to the community or pay that amount in lieu fee. Starbucks decided to have the mural on the south side and will maintain ownership of the art. The stated value of the mural is $20,000, which exceeds the developer’s responsibility. Ton is a licensed See Mural, Page A7

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