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Maria Quaintance, left, gets some wine poured for her during Passport Sunday at Wooden Valley Winery, Sunday.
Suisun Valley opens up for Passport Sunday port Sunday event for Wooden Valley Winery’s newly refurbished SUISUN VALLEY — tasting room. Passport Sunday returned The participating to Suisun Valley after the locations were Back2020 event was canceled due Road Vines at Village to the Covid-19 pandemic. 360, Jelly Belly Candy But the pandemic still Company, Mangels held sway: This year’s Vineyards, Suisun event was rescheduled from Creek Winery, Suisun its usual time in April to Valley Filling Station, August and was scaled back Suisun Valley Wine with public health conCo-op, Tenbrink VineCliff Howard, right, and Lisa Howard, center, pour their cerns in mind. yards and Tolenas The event Sunday sold Tolenas Winery wine at the Passport Sunday event at Winery, and Wooden out at 600 tickets and Tenbrink Vineyards & Tolenas Winery, Sunday. Valley Winery. was intentionally pared Linda Tenbrink, down from previous years where tination from the SuisunValley. owner of Tenbrink Vineyards com website. 1,100 to 1,200 tickets would have & Winery, made note of the fact The idea was to have people been sold, said Alicia Nutile, who that this first pandemic-era Passwas working the tasting room at spread out over the eight locations port Sunday was smaller, and so it wouldn’t get too backed up at that the staff of the event wore Wooden Valley Winery. Participants signed up online one site, Nutile said. and got to pick their starting desSee Sunday, Page A7 This was the first Pass-
The Dixie Fire that has forced thousands from their homes in Northern California and destroyed a historic town grew into the secondlargest blaze in state history on Sunday, officials said, as the wildfire mushroomed to more than 463,000 acres. The fire razed most of Greenville late Wednesday and continues to threaten nearly 14,000 buildings, firefighters said, underscoring the danger of climate change-fueled disasters. Most of California’s biggest wildfires on record have erupted
in the past year, as dry conditions and high temperatures lead to destruction, mass evacuations and smoke disrupting life in the West. On Sunday, authorities said they were trying to keep Dixie’s flames from reaching homes in the tiny community of Crescent Mills, just a few miles south of Greenville. As evacuation orders expand, they have been warning of unusually fast-spreading flames and “historically” low moisture levels leaving land primed to burn. “We’re seeing fire See Dixie, Page A7
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Poll: Masks, comfortable clothes likely to linger after pandemic The Washington Post Two-thirds of Americans say that once the coronavirus pandemic ends, they plan to put on masks when sick and wear comfortable clothes more often than before, according to a Washington Post-Schar School poll that points to enduring cultural shifts the public health crisis may bring about. The nationwide survey finds that more than 4 in 10 adults intend to wear
masks in crowded places after the pandemic. That includes more than half of women, compared with 1 in 3 men. And nearly three-fourths of Americans say they expect to spend more time outdoors after the pandemic. Among adults of all ages, majorities expect to be outdoors more often – especially younger adults. Among those under 40, more than 8 in 10 say See Masks, Page A7
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A home burns on Highway 89 south of Greenville, near Forgay Road, during the Dixie fire, Thursday.
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