Daily Republic Death, deficits and the Rodriguez and Benicia high school volleyball teams annually playing for the Solano County Athletic Conference crown are a few of things you can count on in these parts. Since the conference began play in 2003, the Mustangs and Panthers have finished 1-2 (Fairfield and Rodriguez both were second at [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Wyclef Jean (zhahn’) is working on a memoir. The solo star and former frontman for The Fugees is collaborating with Rolling Stone writer Anthony Bozza on a book — currently untitled — to be published by It Books, an imprint of HarperCollins. Financial terms weren’t disclosed and a release date hasn’t [...]
AP Soccer Writer LONDON — Michael Owen knows how tough it is trying to convince England coach Fabio Capello he’s good enough for the World Cup, especially as it might well be in vain. The former Liverpool, Real Madrid and Newcastle striker has fought back from persistent hamstring injuries, a knee operation and a foot [...]
AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Nobody is trying to sugarcoat the trainwreck that is Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s season. He knows it’s bad. His car owner knows it’s bad. All of NASCAR knows it’s bad. Only nobody knows how to fix it. And as the most prolific pairing in NASCAR history teeters on the [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Is Kanye West getting rid of some of his demons? That seems to be the message of his latest project — an 11-minute short film directed by Spike Jonze (JOHNZ’). The beleaguered rapper debuted the clip on his Web site Monday but later took it down. In it, West is shown [...]
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June 1, 1915 — Oct. 12, 2009 Seconda Constance Garcia passed away at the blessed age of 94. She was preceded in death by her parents, Paolo and Luigia Pizzorno, and brother, Primo Pizzorno. She emigrated from the Acquafredda area of Italy in 1921 and was a resident of Solano County for 89 years. She [...]
July 20, 1949 — Oct. 14, 2009 It is with great sadness that our beloved father, son, brother, uncle, grandfather, and friend, Rudy “Dad” Ortega, left us on Oct. 14, 2009, to join his sister and brother in heaven. Rudy was born on July 20, 1949, in San Bernardino, Calif. After graduating from Armijo High [...]