FAIRFIELD — Locations of 7 Flags Car Wash in Fairfield, Vacaville and Vallejo will offer free car washes to people who donate a toy for the Toys for Tots program. The promotion runs today through Monday. Donated toys should be new, unwrapped and a minimum of $10 value. The drop-off locations are at 2270 N. [...]
DAILY REPUBLIC FAIRFIELD — A 33-home development on 33 acres near Suisun Valley Road is one of several projects being proposed for rural Solano County. Whether any of the projects becomes a reality remains to be seen. First, public comments must be gathered and public hearings held. Woodcreek would be located near Suisun Valley and [...]
VACAVILLE — The Musical Candlelight Christmas is again being offered at the Pena Adobe Park in Lagoon Valley starting at 4 p.m. Saturday. There will be outdoor musical entertainment, Christmas carols, a candlelight La Posadas procession by children from the audience and a Christmas piñata for children to break. People should bring a chair and [...]
DAILY REPUBLIC FAIRFIELD — A higher-than-expected need for holiday assistance has the local Salvation Army asking for help from the community to brighten Christmas for the area’s needy. The Salvation Army’s Fairfield Corps has seen a 65 percent jump in residents applying for holiday assistance this year, prompting fears the nonprofit won’t be able to [...]
It’s time again for the old joke: “Cheer up — things could be worse.†“So I cheered up, and, sure enough, things got worse.†No, Fairfield is not anywhere near the top of the list of American cities in trouble, and the United States is nowhere near the top of the list of countries in [...]
The recent commentary by Ann McFeatters (Nov. 2, 2009), requires a response. Ms. McFeatters states, “. . . there is no doubt that climate change is a documented, human-driven, scientifically proven fact.†Sorry, Ms. McFeatters, the human-driven part is very much in doubt by the scientific community. Although, not so much by certain members of [...]
The Nov. 3 consolidated district election was definitely an exciting election. After the previous election Sept. 1, I could feel the greater sense of urgency for the Nov. 3 election. As a Fairfield resident for nearly my entire lifetime, having gone to elementary, middle, and high school in this city, I haven’t seen this much [...]
With so many in need at home in these United States, with the world so far ahead of us in health care reform, with hope in our hearts, we ask for Congressional support in passing an affordable health care plan for all Americans. We thank Rep. John Garamendi for his historic support in this effort [...]
The action at a recent City Council meeting to affirm Solano Transportation Agency’s authority to conduct eminent domain proceedings to acquire property didn’t deserve to be “jeered†by the Daily Republic. I am no fan of eminent domain. But unless and until it is eliminated from law, it should be regulated and restricted for its [...]
President Barack Obama’s plan to do a one-day drop-by at the U.N. climate-change summit in Copenhagen has the makings of a public-relations gaffe. He will arrive early in the conference and depart for Oslo to pick up his Nobel Prize, but, as of now, there are no plans for him to return for the remainder [...]
North Bay Elite FC U-10 Girls The North Bay Elite U-10 girls Red Devils came home with second place in their division in the NorCal State Cup final. NBEFC 3, Manteca FC Earthquakes 1: The Red Devils controlled the tempo and possesion of the quarterfinal game. Mikeila Martinez and Clarissa Sanchez moved the ball up [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A publicist for the couple that crashed a White House state dinner denies they are “shopping†any interviews or demanding money from television networks to tell their story. In an e-mailed statement Monday, publicist Mahogany Jones said the allegations are false and demanded that “this adverse, inaccurate information cease immediately.†Jones said [...]
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