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Saturday, November 14, 2020 $2.00 FACEBOOK.COM/MARINIJFAN TWITTER.COM/MARINIJ marinij.com » SAN ANSELMO MARIN COUNTY Fatal fire raises concerns Tighter about cellphone coverage operating rules for business Surge in virus infections prompts new restrictions

By Richard Halstead [email protected] Marin County Public Health Officer Matt -Wil lis announced Friday that he is moving in tan- dem with other Bay Area counties to tighten restrictions due to troubling local increases in COVID-19 infections. “We are making a decision to adopt red tier policies preemptively because our case num- bers are increasing so dramatically,” Willis said. “The projections are we could even be mov - ALAN DEP — MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL ing into the purple tier before the end of the A firefighter walks back to his engine after a fire in the Sleepy Hollow neighborhood of San Anselmo on Oct. 26. A resident month.” died in , which highlighted cellphone service problems in the area. Willis said effective Tuesday he is direct - ing all bars and breweries and indoor pools to close. Restaurants, movie theater concessions Remote Sleepy Hollow area, and food courts must suspend indoor service. San Francisco banned indoor dining earlier this safety outage limit connection week. “As COVID-19 rates increase, indoor environ- to the blaze at 41 Dutch ments where facial covering is not used, like By Matthew Pera [email protected] Valley Lane, they found restaurants, become less safe because there’s a 96-year-old Jean Kinney higher probability that you’re sharing the space Brian White could see dead inside the home. The with someone who is infected,” Willis said in flames torching the house fire, which started shortly a statement. “This isn’t limited to the business behind his fence, sending before 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 26, environment but applies to holiday gatherings a column of smoke billow- served as a grim reminder and travel as well.” ing into the sky, but he knew for some Sleepy Hollow res- Many other Marin businesses are also af - there would be no sense try- idents that reporting an fected by the order. Retail stores and malls ing to call 911. emergency from their neigh- must reduce their capacity to 50%. Museums Pacific Gas and Electric borhood can in some cases SHERRY LAVARS — MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL and places of worship must cut capacity to 25%. Co. had shut off the power be troublingly difficult. Retired San Francisco firefighter Dan Dunnigan saw Gyms and fitness centers must reduce capac- in most of Sleepy Hollow The first 911 call came the Sleepy Hollow fire, but had to look for a spot to get ity to 10%. because of dangerous fire from a gardener working in cellphone service to call 911. Several venues — wineries, family enter - weather. White’s landline the neighborhood, who ran RESTRICTIONS » PAGE 4 wasn’t working during the up a hill in order to get cell- Service had issued a “red destructive wildfires. outage and cellphone ser- phone service, said Marin flag” warning for fire dan- Inside the Marin County vice is scarce in the remote County fire Battalion Chief ger that day. Meteorolo- Office of Emergency Ser- San Anselmo neighborhood, Bret McTigue. gists had predicted strong vices, officials were prepar- HEALTH EXPERTS so he rounded up his son “I don’t know how long offshore winds and low hu- ing to order evacuations in and two neighbors and they the delay was, but that did midity, a familiar October Sleepy Hollow if the house began spraying water on the delay the 911 report,” Mc- weather pattern that has fire turned into a wildfire, fire with garden hoses. Tigue said. set the stage for some of said Woody Baker-Cohn, a Say ‘no thanks’ When firefighters arrived The National Weather Northern California’s most FIRE » PAGE 2 to unsafe parties SAN RAFAEL on Thanksgiving Virus risks heightened when Five charged in church case different households gather

Suspects accused of toppling By Rong-Gong Lin II statue of Serra during protest Los Angeles Times How should Thanksgiving be celebrated in the Avenue, according to a com- middle of the worst global pandemic in a cen - By Matthew Pera [email protected] plaint filed Thursday by the tury? Marin County District At- As safely as possible, experts say. Think small, Marin County prosecu- torney’s Office. Under state and stay at home. tors have filed felony vandal- law, vandalism is consid- Thanksgiving offers profound risks if large ism charges against five peo- ered a felony if the damage numbers of guests hailing from different house- ple accused of tearing down exceeds $400. holds — especially those traveling from far away a statue outside of a San Ra- The incident occurred — gather. Those who are elderly or have underly- fael church last month, but during an Indigenous Peo- ing medical conditions are at particular risk for the suspects will not face ples Day demonstration severe illness or death should they be infected hate crime charges recom- outside of the church. Po- DOUGLAS ZIMMERMAN — SPECIAL TO THE MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL with the coronavirus. mended by police. said a small group of Protesters poured red paint on a statue of Junipero Serra The warnings come as the governors of Cali- The five suspects caused protesters painted and de- and knocked it off its foundation. fornia, Oregon and Washington issued travel ad- at least $10,000 in damage stroyed the church’s statue PANDEMIC » PAGE 2 in connection with the Oct. of Junipero Serra, an 18th- missions. toria Eva Montano Pena, 12 incident at St. Raphael century Catholic priest who Melissa Aguilar, Mayorgi Moira Van de Walker and Inside: Newsom sorry for attending multi- Catholic Church on Fifth founded nine of California’s Nadieska Delgadille, Vic- VANDALISM » PAGE 2 household dinner. Page A4

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TODAY IN HISTORY dilcic, who was also ar - suspects. She noted that charges to the full extent of worship,” Cordileone said. rested, was not named in such a charge is considered the law,” Cordileone wrote. Frugoli did not immedi- Vandalism the complaint. Police rec- a hate crime. In a statement on Friday, ately respond to requests 1862 FROM PAGE 1 ommended charges for all In a letter to District At- Cordileone said Frugoli’s for comment on Friday. During the Civil War, five people who were ar- torney Lori Frugoli last decision to charge the sus- Bishop said Frugoli told President Abraham Lin- Andrew Lester Mendle rested, in addition to Men- month, San Francisco Arch- pects was “a breakthrough her last week that prosecu- coln gave the go-ahead each face one count of fel- dle, who was later identi- bishop Salvatore Cordileone moment for Catholics.” tors didn’t have evidence to for Maj. Gen. Ambrose ony vandalism. fied as a suspect. urged prosecutors to follow “While a hate crime was pursue hate crime charges, Burnside’s plan to San Rafael police ar - Police Chief Diana the San Rafael Police De- not charged in this case, let which would require proof capture the Confeder- rested Aguilar, Delgadille, Bishop said her department partment’s recommenda- us hope that this prosecu- of intent. ate capital of Richmond; Montano Pena and Van de recommended a charge of tion to pursue hate crime tion will nonetheless con- “Based on her explana- the resulting Battle of Walker at the scene of the vandalism to a place of charges. tribute to putting an end tion, I agreed with the de - Fredericksburg proved a incident. Ines Shiam Gar- worship for each of the six “I am asking you to press to attacks on all houses of cision,” Bishop said. disaster for the Union..

1940 kids. He drove out of his During World War II, driveway and blasted his German planes de- Fire car horn for several min- stroyed most of the FROM PAGE 1 utes, waking his neigh- English town of Cov- bors. entry. county emergency services Firefighters put out the coordinator. second blaze, which was a “Given the red flag, it flare up from the fire the 1965 was really a big concern,” prior afternoon, within The U.S. Army’s first he said. a half hour, according to major military opera- But power outages also Weber. But the blazes have tion of the Vietnam War make it more difficult for left fire officials searching began with the start of officials to send out alerts for solutions to the commu- the five-day Battle of Ia about wildfires and other nication problem in Sleepy Drang. disasters, Baker-Cohn said. Hollow. If Sleepy Hollow res- “We have to look at some idents needed to evacu- alternatives,” Weber said. 1969 ate on Oct. 26, county of- “We’re going to work with Apollo 12 blasted off for ficials would have sent out the cell companies to see if the moon. a “reverse-911” alert to cell- we can get some better cell phones in the area, Baker- coverage out there.” Cohn said. But in that case, Neighbors are also call- 1970 “we only would’ve got to ing for solutions. Melissa A chartered Southern people with cell service,” Lewis said she hopes a cell Airways DC-9 crashed he said. Others would have tower will be installed in while trying to land in been notified by sheriff’s Sleepy Hollow to boost cov- West Virginia, killing deputies blaring sirens and erage. all 75 people on board, knocking on doors. ALAN DEP — MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL White is advocating including the Marshall PG&E’s preemptive Fire captains talk at the scene of a fire in the Sleepy Hollow neighborhood of San for emergency alarms in University football team power shutdowns have Anselmo on Oct. 26. A resident died in the fire, which highlighted cellphone service the neighborhood. He en- and its coaching staff. become a logistical chal- problems in the area. visions “boxes where we lenge for officials man- could smash the glass and aging emergency alert toration, additional com- Francisco firefighter who Chief Jason Weber. The in- have some kind of siren.” 1990 systems. The shutoffs munications and other re- lives in Sleepy Hollow. vestigation won’t be closed He said call boxes with It was revealed that typically come during dan- sources,” Contreras said. Dunnigan was walking until the county coroner’s landline phones could also the pop duo Milli Vanilli gerous fire weather in an Baker-Cohn and other home with his dog when division determines a cause be installed throughout (Rob Pilatus and Fabrice effort to prevent the util- emergency managers are he first caught a glimpse of death for Kinney, he said. Sleepy Hollow. Morvan) had done none ity’s electric equipment urging telecommunications of the fire on Dutch Val- A man was also injured in Dunnigan hopes the of the singing on their from sparking more wild- companies, in turn, to no- ley Lane. When he realized the blaze. county will install a cam- Grammy-winning debut fires. During a shutoff in tify county officials when that there were no firefight- White, who was shaken era in the neighborhood album, “Girl You Know October 2019 that lasted their cell towers aren’t ers on scene, he turned by the incident, stayed and have a staff member It’s True.” more than four days in working. But the compa- around and began walking up late that night talking monitor it during power some parts of the county, nies have been reluctant back up the hill he had just about the fire with his fam- shutoffs, looking for fires. Birthdays more than half of Marin’s to share such information, come down from, hoping to ily, shining flashlights in According to county Su- Former NASA astro- cell towers stopped work- Baker-Cohn said. find a spot where he could the dark. Eventually, they pervisor Katie Rice, the naut Fred Haise is ing. To Baker-Cohn’s sur- For many Sleepy Hollow place a 911 call. all went to sleep. But just Sleepy Hollow Fire District 87. Composer Wendy prise, landlines were down residents, cellphone service “I’m looking down like, after 4 a.m., White was plans to issue weather ra- Carlos is 81. Britain’s too for many residences. doesn’t reach their homes. ‘Oh my God, there are no si- jolted awake by the smell dios to residents in the Prince Charles is 72. “It was really problem- Some rely on internet con- rens,'” Dunnigan said. “Not of smoke and the crackle neighborhood. The devices Rock singer-musician atic,” Baker-Cohn said. nection to make calls, while one siren.” of fire. can receive emergency James Young (Styx) is PG&E aims to give tele- others use landlines. But By 5 p.m., firefighters He pulled back the cur- alerts without relying on 71. Pianist Yanni is 66. communications compa- power outages can some- had doused the blaze and tains covering his bedroom power. Actor Patrick Warburton nies at least 72 hours no- times render those options stopped it from spread- window and again saw The fire on Dutch Valley is 56. Rock singer Butch tice before power shutoffs, useless. ing beyond the house. flames rocketing into the Lane “highlights the vul- Walker is 51. Actor Olga said Deanna Contreras, a “When people see smoke The cause of the fire re- sky from the same neigh- nerability of communities Kurylenko is 41. spokeswoman for the util- and their phone doesn’t mains under investigation, bors’ house. like Sleepy Hollow, which ity. work and their backup but investigators have de- “My heart sank,” he said. have poor to no cell service, “Since these critical facil- landline is down, that’s termined that it was not White bolted out of his and for whom landline ser- ities support public safety, where you’re going to have caused by a generator or an house in the dark and piled vice … does not work dur- Star report we give them advanced no- major problems,” said Dan electrical problem, accord- into his car with his dog, ing power outages,” Rice tifications, prioritized res- Dunnigan, a retired San ing to Marin County fire his wife and their three said. Gillian Anderson brings ‘Iron Lady’ to ‘The Crown’ The pandemic’s first Gillian Anderson’s global spread coincided portrayal of British Pandemic with a holiday quite like political leader Marga- FROM PAGE 1 Thanksgiving in : ret Thatcher in “The the Lunar New Year. Cel- Crown” was built step visories Friday urging peo- ebrations proceeded in by step. ple entering their states or Wuhan, the global epicen- Olivia Colman, who returning from outside the ter of the pandemic, even as Queen Elizabeth states to self-quarantine to though there were ample II goes coif to coif slow the spread of the coro- warnings the virus was with Thatcher, found navirus, California Gov. spreading. And it hitched Anderson’s Thatcher Gavin Newsom’s office said. a ride with travelers as so uncanny that it was Testing before Thanks- they fled the region just “quite scary.” The U.K.’s giving also isn’t a sure wave before a quarantine was first female prime min- to stave off the spread of enforced. ister and Conservative the illness, as people can Dinners have also been be highly contagious even shown to be a big spreader Party leader died at 87 when showing no signs of of the coronavirus. Disease in 2013. illness. investigators in Arizona “Sitting opposite her, A negative test “should who studied an outbreak especially with the light not be used as a free pass to tied to 60 people found behind her a bit, it was” gather with others or to not that many of the cases likely — Colman paused, follow the basic core public stemmed from transmis- shivering dramatically health measures that are MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ — AP PHOTO, FILE sion at an indoor potluck and widening her eyes essential to keeping us all dinner, where attendees did — “like she was there.” Travelers check in at the American Airlines terminal at the Los Angeles International healthy,” said Dr. Christina Airport in May. The governors of California, Oregon and Washington urged people entering not wear masks, and a sub- — The Associated Press Ghaly, Los Angeles County’s their states or returning from outside the states to self-quarantine to slow the spread of sequent graduation dinner director of health services. the coronavirus. with more than two dozen That’s why the safest attendees. Two of those who bet is to stick to your own fell ill had to go to an emer- household for the holiday bara Ferrer, the Los Ange- temporary. We will get back live elsewhere. gency room, and one re- LOTTERY this year, public health of- les County director of pub- to normal. But right now, “Obviously, the prefer- quired critical care. WINNING NUMBERS ficials say. lic health. it is just too dangerous to ence is for people not to be California still generally Daily 3 Afternoon: “I know everybody The advisories from the gather.” flying home for the holidays prohibits large gatherings 1, 0, 1 wants to know what to do governors urge people to “Please choose to be part — for students or for oth- and has outlined the fol- for Thanksgiving, and the avoid non-essential out-of- of the solution because ers,” Ferrer said. lowing requirements: Daily 3 Evening: 2, 1, 4 basic answer — to be the state travel, ask people to it’s going to take all of us Health officials nation- Gatherings are limited Daily 4: 5, 4, 4, 0 Grinch who stole Thanks- self-quarantine for 14 days to avoid increased heart- ally and in California con- to no more than three Fantasy 5: giving — is not to do it,” Dr. after arriving from an- break,” Ferrer said. “We’re tinue to urge people to households and for a du- 11, 12, 14, 21, 22 George Rutherford, an epi- other state or country and actually recommending avoid travel, which raises ration of no more than Daily Derby demiologist and infectious encourage residents to stay this Thanksgiving be a stay- the risk of contracting and two hours. Gatherings are diseases expert at UC San local, a statement said. at-home Thanksgiving.” spreading the coronavirus. to be held outside; attend- 1st: 9, Winning Spirit Francisco, said at a recent “California just sur- Ferrer said she won’t If students do fly home, ees may go inside to use re- 2nd: 12, Lucky Charms campus town hall meeting. passed a sobering thresh- be driving this year for some colleges are recom- strooms, which should be 3rd: 8, Gorgeous George “It’s just going to be my old – one million COVID-19 Thanksgiving to see her mending they don’t return frequently sanitized. At- Race Time: 1:42.96 wife and me. I already told cases – with no signs of the grandchildren, who live in to campus until after the tendees need to be able the kids, ‘Forget it,’ “ said virus slowing down,” New- a state that has a lot of coro- new year, Ferrer said, “so to maintain six feet of SUPER LOTTO PLUS Rutherford, who has six som wrote. “Increased navirus cases. that you’re not really ex- distance away from peo- Wednesday’s drawing: adult children. cases are adding pressure “It’s just not good idea. posing lots more people ple not in their house - 6, 7, 11, 29, 38 Feel free to make a spe- on our hospital systems and And I’ll be really sad about when you come back here hold. As much as possible, Mega Number: 23 cial dinner. But to “host,” threatening the lives of se- this. Like all of you, I wish to to finish out the semes- food or beverages should it’s safest to connect with niors, essential workers and things were really differ- ter.” be handed out in single- Today’s estimated vulnerable Californians.” ent, but they’re not,” Fer- A person infected with $26 million extended friends and fam- serve disposable contain- jackpot: ily through video calls or Oregon Gov. Kate Brown rer said. “I don’t want to the coronavirus on average ers, and if not, should be MEGA MILLIONS the telephone, while keep- said in a social media video be one of the people that’s goes on to infect two to four served by someone who Wednesday’s drawing: ing in-person guests among Thursday, “If we do not act contributing to ... increas- more people. One person washes their hands often 6, 7, 14, 28, 59 only the members of your immediately we will soon ing cases that could result can easily be responsible for and wears a mask. 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Ruther- and officials expect deaths spending time with people who currently live with you large gatherings during ford said one idea to keep Friday’s drawing: Thanksgiving as the vi- 13, 15, 17, 45, 63 to rise too. “This much of an from outside our house- and share common spaces things safer is to assign increase in cases may very holds right now, including in your housing unit, offi- rus surges nationally to re- each group its own table. Mega Number: 13 well result in tremendous Thanksgiving and the De- cials say. That doesn’t in- cord levels, with more than Today’s estimated suffering and tragic deaths cember holidays,” he wrote clude college students or 100,000 people infected ev- Distributed by Tribune jackpot: $168 million down the road,” said Bar- on social media. “This is other family members who ery day. News Service.