By the next day, Vidmar — a former Vacaville resident and Vacaville High School graduate — returned to South Minneapolis after learning that an ICU nurse observing the protests, Alex Pretti, had been killed. “Faith leaders there had been calling for people to come this week to be in solidarity and witness what is happening to their city. He has worked as an educator here and abroad after graduating from Vacaville High School in 1979. He said his experience growing up in Vacaville still has an impact on his worldview. “My Vacaville second grade teacher at Alamo Elementary School asked me to tutor my classmate who just immigrated from Latin America.