Great Scavenger Hunt to benefit Optimist Club

Originally Published in The Reporter on August 31, 2017 By Jessica Rogness Vacaville will once again be challenged to race around town solving clues and finding items in October. Christina Baird’s Great Scavenger Hunt is from 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 14 at businesses and other locations around Vacaville. Proceeds…

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Vacaville program shelters the homeless from the storms

Originally published in The Vacaville Reporter on January 18, 2017 By Kimberly K Fu. The season of heavy rains and frosty temperatures may be upon us but at least in Vacaville, those seeking refuge from the storms have found it. It’s been nearly three weeks since the Vacaville winter homeless…

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The Mask You Live In

What is wrong with our boys today? Compared to girls, boys are two times more likely to flunk or drop out or school, boys are two times more likely to receive special education, and boys are four times more likely to be expelled. What’s even more worrisome is that the…

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Vicky Corral and the Vicky C. Hope Foundation

I Met Tina Pansini, sister of the late Vicky Corral at the Tomato Festival a few weeks ago. Tina contacted me shortly after, sharing with me her family’s mission for their non-profit, the Vicky C. Hope Foundation in honor of her sister. Tina invited me to honor her sister at…

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