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Solano reports 25 new cases Mass vaccination site at fairgrounds administers 100,000th dose Daily Republic Staff
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Chantel Martino is recognized during the Highest Honors Ceremony at the Fairfield-Suisun Adult School in
Fairfield, Wednesday. The ceremony honors graduating seniors in the Fairfield-Suisun School District.
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FAIRFIELD — Armijo High School senior Elmer Sosa had no idea what to expect when he pulled up to the Fairfield-Suisun Adult School Wednesday night to pick up his packet as one of the top students in the Fairfield-Suisun School District. “Honestly, it’s bigger than I thought it would be,” said Sosa, who pulled up and got out of his own car. “I thought I was just picking up my packet and driving off. I’m happy to get the recognition.” Sosa participated in the Highest Honors ceremony, recognizing those high school students in the district who were able to carry a GPA of 4.0 or higher. School administrators, board trustees, teachers and others created a drive-thru See Honors, Page A9
Hailey Mendelsohn is recognized during the Highest Honors Ceremony at the Fairfield-Suisun Adult School in Fairfield, Wednesday. Mendelsohn is a fourth-generation graduate of Armijo High School.
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Damage inside the neighboring houses of the bombing, after heavy Israeli shelling in North Gaza City, Thursday.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel and the Hamas militant organization agreed Thursday to a cease-fire, officials on both sides said, aimed at stopping 11 days of cross-border fighting that has killed scores of people, the vast majority Palestinians, and threatened to destabilize the volatile region. The truce, which Hamas said was to start at 2 a.m. Friday local time, followed mounting pressure from the U.S., Egypt and other international brokers to halt the violence. A statement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said his top security officials, after an intense day of consultations, “unanimously” approved
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FAIRFIELD — Seven new cases in Vacaville, six in Fairfield and five in Vallejo pushed the Solano County coronavirus cases total Thursday to 33,111. That was 25 more cases than reported which Wednesday, included 60 mostly from cases not reported from January and February. The seven-day positivity rate dropped to 5.6% Thursday after jumping to 6.4% Wednesday. It was at 5.8% the two previous days. Fairfield’s case total is now 9,011, while Vallejo’s new cases push its count to 9,814. Vacaville is at 8,639. Suisun City added three cases to take its total to 2,273, while Dixon (1,910) added one case; Benicia (986) added two cases; and Rio Vista (373) added one case.
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Nurse Allison Kalas administers Solano C o u n t y ’s 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 t h Covid-19 vaccine dose to Jasmine Griffeth at the Solano Fairgrounds in Vallejo, Thursday. There were no new cases reported in the unincorporated area of the county, which has 103 cases. There were four new deaths reported linked See Cases, Page A9
Report: Weekly unemployment claims nearly 71% lower than in 2020 Daily Republic Staff
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FAIRFIELD — California is struggling to recover from new unemployment claims, with last week’s claims higher than at the start of 2020, according to WalletHub’s updated rankings for the States Whose Unemployment Claims Are Recovering the Quickest. Weekly unemployment claims in California increased by 89.6% compared to the same week in 2019, according to the study. This was the 13th smallest increase in the
U.S. Weekly unemployment claims in California increased by 93.26% compared to the start of 2020. This was the 18th biggest increase in the U.S. Weekly unemployment claims in California decreased by 70.97% compared to the same week last year. This was the 17th smallest decrease in the U.S. There are 9.8 million Americans unemployed due to the Covid-19, according to the report. There were 444,000 new unemployment claims See Claims, Page A9
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