Issuu

Eddie Roberts makes his stage debut with Bay Area Stage B1

Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals ready to roar again B6

SUNDAY | July 23, 2023 | $1.50

DAILYREPUBLIC.COM | Well said. Well read.

July on track to be the hottest month on record And things are about to get warmer Tribune Content Agency July is shaping up to be the planet’s hottest month on record as global warming, El Niño and regional heat waves conspire to push civilization into uncharted thermal territory, experts say. As a sizzling heat dome spread misery over the American Southwest, and hospitals reported increasing numbers of heat-related illnesses, government officials told reporters this week that it was increasingly likely that July would rank as the hottest month ever recorded, and that 2023 and 2024 may end up being the hottest years ever. “We are seeing unprecedented changes all over the world – the heat waves that we are seeing

in the U.S., in Europe, in China are demolishing records left, right and center,” said Gavin Schmidt, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. “This last June was the warmest June on record, and we anticipate, with the understanding of what’s going on on a day-by-day basis, that July is likely to be the warmest absolute month on record.” Schmidt said he put the odds that 2023 will be the warmest year on record at about 50-50, but noted that others have suggested it’s more like an 80% chance based on current data. “We anticipate that 2024 will be an even warmer year because See Record, Page A9

Susan Hiland/Daily Republic photos

The Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District seeks new employees during the Teacher Hiring Fair, Saturday.

FSUSD hires new staff for the coming school year at job fair Board hears important dates for new school year Susan Hiland

SHILAND@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

Brandon Bell/Getty Images/TNS file

A billboard displays the temperature that was forecast to reach 115 degrees Fahrenheit in Phoenix, Arizona, July 16.

California looks into its future – and sees fewer Californians Tribune Content Agency More than a century of long-term population growth in California could be over, according to new projections that show the state will have about the same number of people in 2060 as it does now. The forecast released this week from the California Department of Finance is sobering news for the country’s most populous state, which saw its first-ever population decline in 2020 amid an exodus driven by the pandemic and high housing costs. Lower birth rates and aging baby boomers will add to the demographic drag over the coming decades. The department predicts that there’ll be 39.5 million people in the state by 2060. Just three years ago,

forecasters were expecting the number to be 45 million – and a decade ago, the population was seen surging to almost 53 million. Population losses over the last few years will have a compounding effect in the future, says Andres Gallardo, a demographer who works for the state government. “You don’t have those people, and those people don’t have kids,” he says, adding that it’s the first time California’s long-term forecast has shown the population staying flat. There are already real consequences for the state. California lost a House seat in 2021 – the first since achieving statehood in 1850 – and the new population estimates could signal more See Future, Page A9

FAIRFIELD — In a brief meeting Thursday night for the Fairfield Governing School Board, Sheila McCabe, assistant Superintendent of Education Services, reminded everyone that summer is nearly done and the new school year will begin in just a few short weeks. “Some important dates are coming up,” she said. “School will actually be started before our next meeting.” Those important events and dates include the annual Back to School Resource Fair See Board, Page A9

job as an administrative assistant. “I took a job working in UC Davis, but it was mostly paperFAIRFIELD — The Fairfield- work. I didn’t get to interact Suisun Unified School District with the kids,” she said. “I really will welcome students back to the missed the kids.” classrooms in a few short weeks, She missed seeing them struggle and new teachers will be there to and succeed on tasks, she missed greet them. the hellos each day and missed Linda Houston was offered being needed. a position as special education “Being in school, it is more than teacher at a hiring fair Saturday just work. It is about learning life for the school district. skills,” she said. The mother of two grown sons is Houston thinks by teaching the excited to be returning to the classroom after taking time away last students those life skills, in the end year. For many years, she worked she is giving back to the community. “Because they will get jobs, they as a paraeducator in the specialeducation classroom and left for a will be in the workforce,” she said. Her husband, Robert Houston, is also a teacher and she looks forward to sharing her day with him next year. “We have lived in Fairfield for 30 years, so we know the area,” she said. The Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District held the yearly hiring fair on Saturday. It was The Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District hires one of three this year. at least 13 new teachers at the Teacher Hiring Fair, Saturday. See Staff, Page A9

Susan Hiland

SHILAND@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

Russian attack kills at least 4 near Donetsk; Kyiv drones hit Crimea Tribune Content Agency KYIV, Ukraine — At least four people were killed in the latest Russian attacks on a village near the city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, the public prosecutor’s office said on Saturday. Moscow’s forces dropped Fab-250 bombs on the village of Niu-York in the Donetsk region on Friday evening, and three civilians were taken to hospital with injuries, according to the office. The number of victims was expected to rise. The Ukrainian village of Niu-York, or New York, was renamed in 2021 in an effort to break from its Soviet past. The prosecutor’s office opened an investigation

into possible war crimes. Also, the Dnipropetrovsk regional authorities reported three people had been injured by Russian artillery fire in Nikopol, a town located on the banks of the Dnipro River on the opposite side of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant that is occupied by Russian troops. In Crimea, an ammunition depot caught fire after a Ukrainian drone attack on the Black Sea peninsula, the Moscowappointed governor Sergei Aksyonov said on Saturday. No deaths or injuries have been reported so far. Aksyonov added that orders were given to evacuate nearby villages and suspend

WEATHER 94 | 58 Mostly sunny. More on B12.

rail traffic. The incident occurred in the Krasnogvardeysk district north of Simferopol in the central part of Crimea. Videos showing a major fire are being shared online and in some videos, explosions can be heard. There were initial reports of an attack on a

fuel depot. Moscow reported that a Russian military correspondent died in the combat zone in southern Ukraine. “As a result of shelling with cluster munitions by the Ukrainian armed See Attack, Page A9

Voted One Of The Best Furniture Stores In Our Community Simply Amish Flexsteel • Stanton Open 7 Days A Week

395-A E. Monte Vista Ave., Vacaville 707.449.6385 LaineysFurnitureForLiving.com