DIXON — The widespread technology outage that disrupted systems and industries across the globe last week delayed the arrival of some of the German delegates visiting Dixon for its sister cities celebration.

The Dixon Sister Cities Association was scheduled to welcome 25 delegates from Dixon’s sister city of Herzberg/Elster, Germany, on July 19, but the global outage delayed flights for 14 of the delegates.

Steve Caudillo, president of the Dixon Sister Cities Association, said Monday that despite the delay, the visiting delegates’ schedule remained unchanged, with 13 of the delayed delegates arriving in Dixon at 4 p.m. Tuesday, July…