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🌱 Highway 12 shut near Rio Vista after deadly semi versus car crash

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  • Highway 12 shut near Rio Vista after deadly semi versus car crash

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Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Considerable cloudiness, with a high of 54 and low of 48 degrees.
  • Wednesday: A brief morning shower or two, temps: high: 56, low: 47.
  • Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 58 and low of 47 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Driver killed in crash that sent semi down embankment along Highway 12 in Sacramento County (kcra.com) — A deadly crash on Highway 12 near Rio Vista has shut the roadway in both directions at Highway 160 after a semi and a Cadillac collided, killing the car’s driver. CHP says the semi went down an embankment and urges motorists to avoid the area while crews respond.
   

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    Wednesday December 17
  • Family Storytime
    Solano County Library - Rio Vista Library, 44 S 2nd St, Rio Vista
    10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Tuesday December 16
  • Holiday Gram Sales
    William B. Bristow Middle Lunch Quad
    8:00 am
  • Delta Networking Partners' Business Networking Meeting
    Brentwood Chamber of Commerce , 234 Oak Street, Ste. A , Brentwood
    8:30 am
  • Sass n' Soul Networking Luncheon
    Skipolini's Oakley , 3070 Main St , Oakley
    11:30 am
  • Youth Arts Connection Workshops
    Antioch Library , 501 West 18Th Street , Antioch
    4:00 pm

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    A friend and I flew to New Jersey for the Hallmark Christmas Convention and woke up to this winter wonderland! (Nextdoor Trilogy)
  • Missing dog, Smokey.
    Lives on Shasta Drive. If you see him his family is missing him. (Nextdoor Trilogy)
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🗞 Nearby News

Oakley

  • Lopez preaches patience as Freedom girls soccer works through early defensive struggles (thepress.net)
  • Earthquake swarm resumes to rattle Northern California city, seismologists say (thepress.net)
  • Where to see the best Bay Area holiday lights (sanluisobispo.com)

Antioch

  • #NYCtech Week in Review: 12/7/25 – 12/13/25 (alleywatch.com)
  • AUSD Staff Gets Raise; Teachers Rallying for Better Deal (ccpulse.org)
  • BART Fares, Parking Rates To Increase Soon (patch.com)

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