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Kids, adults bounce in for Bunnies and Bonnets Susan Hiland

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VACAVILLE — Children of all ages hopped on down Saturday to Andrews Park for the annual Bunnies and Bonnets Family Fun Day. The city of Vacaville throws one of the biggest Easter Day events around, and for Julia Nichols and family it has become a family tradition. “We go to the Bunny Breakfast first then come over here and enjoy the Easter festivities,” she said. “You can’t go wrong because it is a free event and the kids love it.” The question of the day was where to start the fun? Should it be with a potato-sack run or obstacle course? Maybe some arts and crafts would be the best place to start? “We hadn’t gone because of Covid last year,” she said. After they enjoyed the activities they planned on eating downtown for lunch before heading out for a few haircuts for Easter Sunday. Kristin Milliken, special events and cultural arts coordinator for the city of Vacaville, noted that this year was special because they were able to get a wagon pulled by two horses for visitors to ride in, along with about 10 vendors. “The event brings the community together to celebrate the arrival

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Brother and sister Matias, 8, and Camila Gonzalez, 5, pet a bunny, a goat, and some chickens at the petting zoo for the annual Bunnies and Bonnets Family Fun Day at Andrews Park, Saturday. of spring with plenty of fun outdoor activities,” she said. She noted the egg hunt was just one of the fun activities for people to do; the event also featured a petting zoo, along with arts and crafts. Bliss Urban Arts Center performed at the outdoor stage with about 24 students. Fatena “Fae” Salfiti, owner of the Bliss Urban Arts Center proudly announced that for many of the students this was their first performance. She owns Bliss Urban Arts Center in Vacaville where they help students learn how to dance and express themselves through artists movement. See Bunnies, Page A12

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It was a mad dash for eggs at the 13th Annual The Edge Church Easter Egg, Saturday.

Egg hunt draws hundreds Susan Hiland

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FAIRFIELD — Volunteers at the Edge Church tossed out 17,000 plastic eggs for Saturday’s annual Easter Egg Hunt. As the numbers go, they probably would be considered the winners of the award for most eggs in an Easter egg hunt in Solano County. The 13th annual event drew hundreds of people for a family friendly afternoon. Children dressed in their best Sunday clothes, as well as just plain old jeans, for about a minute of rushing to get the most eggs they could into their baskets. Maria Moreno of Fairfield came with her sister and family to the greens next to old City Hall with a blanket for the grass. “This is the first time we have

been here,” she said. They saw the event online and her sister thought it would be great to come out. Snacking on some popcorn, they waited for egg hunt to begin. “My favorite part of the day is watching them get the eggs,” Moreno said. The Rev. Michael Wurz, senior pastor for the Edge Church, was happy to see a great turnout and enjoy a day without rain. “Each year this is getting bigger,” he said. “We started with 2,500 eggs and ended up with 17,000 this year.” Over the years they have moved from different venues, each time trying to incorporate more people for the event. During Covid they didn’t have the egg hunt for two years.

“Last year it rained, too, so it was smaller,” he said. The event gives the community time to be neighborly, with free hot dogs and icy cones, along with popcorn and a couple of bounce houses. Each year they reevaluate the weekend and come up with new and better ways to make it run as smoothly as possible. For the last four Sundays, volunteers were stuffing eggs with candy and taping them shut for the big day. Since 2010, the church has hosted an Easter Egg hunt for the kids, bringing out upwards of 1,000 people. “The goal is to make sure we can serve the community in the best way possible,” Wurz said. “This is about having a good time.”

Drought-ravaged Colorado River gets relief with season’s snow Long-term water crisis still remains Tribune Content Agency LOS ANGELES — Four months ago, the outlook for the Colorado River was so dire that federal projections showed imminent risks of reservoirs dropping to dangerously low levels. But after this winter’s major storms, the river’s depleted reservoirs are set to rise substantially with runoff from the largest snowpack in the watershed since 1997. The heavy snow blanketing the Rocky Mountains offers some limited relief as water managers representing seven states and the

federal government continue to weigh options for cutting water use. Despite the reprieve, officials are still grappling with how to address the river’s chronic water deficit, which has deepened during 23 years of drought intensified by climate change. “It’s a great snowpack,” said Bill Hasencamp, manager of Colorado River resources for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. “It gives us breathing room. It gives us a little bit of space to negotiate.” The complicated politics surrounding the river grew especially conten-

tious in January, when officials from California and six other states presented two conflicting proposals for water reductions. The tensions now appear to have eased somewhat with the snowy winter. Managers of water agencies throughout the

region have pledged to continue negotiating in an effort to reach a sevenstate consensus, and the wetter conditions will likely give them greater leeway in the talks. The plentiful snow could also alleviate some of the pressure for making large cuts right away as the Biden administration considers alternatives for See River, Page A12

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View of the Colorado River continuing past Hoover Dam, on the border between Nevada and Arizona, Monday.

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