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Solano County continues to show downward virus progress Daily Republic Staff
The seven-day positivity testing rate, however, continued to rise as testing numbers dwindle. The rate Thursday was 11.7%, up from 10.3% the previous day, the county reported. The number of individuals tested was reported at 205,671, up by 378, while the total number of tests administered was at 260,921. Vallejo added 26 new cases to take its total
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FAIRFIELD — Solano County’s novel coronavirus case numbers continue to show promise. The county Public Health Division reported 79 new cases Thursday, taking the total to 29,251. The number of Covidrelated deaths held at 140, hospitalizations fell by one to 80 and the intensive care unit capacity climbed to 33%, the county reported.
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Crews begin the breach of a levee in the Montezuma Wetlands Project area near Collinsville, Oct. 27, 2020.
Waterfowl, and yes, elk, return to newly flooded
Montezuma wetlands
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COLLINSVILLE — It did not take long for nature to reclaim what it took Jim Levine and Montezuma Wetlands LLC more than 30 years to create. Levine told the Solano County supervisors Tuesday that within hours of a levee being breached to flood an area that had been tidal wetlands for thousands of years,
birds and other wildlife moved into the area. “What really surprised us was, literally on that day, Oct. 27, in the afternoon, we had flocks of birds come into the site and a herd of elk moved into our site,” said Levine, the managing partner of Montezuma Wetlands LLC. “They showed up that day.” But they were not the first arrivals. Endangered least terns, Levine
said, have been nesting in the area for nearly a decade. More than 18,000 cubic yards of sand from Georgia Specific in Antioch has been brought in to enhance the terns’ habitat. “And we think we are going to play an important role in the recovery of endangered fish species,” Levine said. The foundational piece of the
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Vacaville High School students study outside the school to demonstrate in favor of getting back to in-school learning, Wednesday.
Solano hopes to vaccinate 4,000 more at 2-day clinic
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Group claims DWR plan will cut off access to Liberty Island recreation Todd R. Hansen
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FAIRFIELD — A $118.86 million habitat restoration and flood management project will breach an existing levee in nine places to create a 3,000-acre fish and wildlife tidal environment in the Cache Slough Complex.
A group, referred to as libertyislandaccess. org, has asked Solano County supervisors to stop the part of the plan that would call for the county to vacate a section of Liberty Island Road, and by doing so, the group claims, deny residents access to recreational activities such as kayak-
ing, fishing and hiking. “Our group is very concerned about DWR’s (the state Department of Water Resources) Lookout Slough project, which is effectively a project to restore tidal wetlands in Solano County as part of a mitigation agreement with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife
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Dr. Bela Matyas, the county public health officer, said that if there are enough slots open, then Thursday afternoon he could open up the clinic to those who are 65 to 74. The county vaccinated about 3,500 residents at last weekend’s clinic. NorthBay Healthcare began vaccinating county residents Wednesday who
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VALLEJO — Solano County will conduct a second two-day mass vaccination clinic at the fairgrounds starting Friday. The county hopes to inoculate 2,000 individuals each day, with the target population still being residents who are 75 or older and other eligible classifications.
Service, etc., for Delta smelt preservation,” the leader of the group told the board Tuesday as part of a call into the teleconference meeting. The man’s proper identity was not clear because the county does require callers to spell their names for the See Island, Page A10
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Impeachment managers wrap up case against Trump Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — House prosecutors wrapped up their case against former President Donald Trump on Thursday, arguing that Trump willfully provoked violence by rioters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, and warning that if he isn’t held accountable, he could try to use a mob to regain power. “Is there any political leader in this room who believes that if he is ever allowed by the Senate to get back into the Oval Office, Donald Trump
would stop inciting violence to get his way?” said Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., the lead House impeachment manager. “Would you bet the lives of more police officers on that? Would you bet the safety of your family on that? Would you bet the future of your democracy on that?” Closing the prosecution’s case, Raskin posed a series of questions he said senators should think about as the former president’s defense begins its presentation Friday: Why did Trump do nothing to stop the attack?
Why did he do nothing to send help to police? Why did he never condemn the violence? His words capped roughly 10 hours of often emotionally wrenching presentations by the impeachment managers, which combined graphic video and audio recordings of the riot with careful legal arguments that won widespread praise from senators of both parties but do not appear to have swayed a significant number See Impeachment, Page A10
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