DIXON, CA (MPG) - Just when all the downtown restaurants evolved into outdoor dining places due to COVID restrictions, the nearby LMU Fires filled the air with dangerous smoke and most patrons could not sit outside. The smoke lasted for days not only robbing evacuees from meal options as they struggled with potentially coming back to disintegrated homes, but also continued to hurt our local economy. The situation worsened this past week when one entire side of North First Street was blocked by orange cones and a large sign posted "Road Work Ahead." That work was on a PG&E project requiring Advantage Asphalt to repair a 5 x 6-foot chunk of the sidewalk in front of Bangkok Garden Thai Cuisine and Sushi Bar, in between Rosemary's Farm to Fork and Dawson's Grill. Pictured here is safety worker Jaime Kimbell. Photo by Debra Dingman