Daily Republic FAIRFIELD — Holiday toy reviews come out en masse this time of year and it seems to be a mixed bag as to who pays attention to them and what they glean from the reviews. But whether they read them or not, they all gave the various reviews a thumb’s up especially when [...]
Daily Republic FAIRFIELD — What started out as a movement in Peru has now spread to the U.S., finding a home in Dixon. Pro Ecclesia Sancta of California, which is part of St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Dixon, has dreams of building a pastoral center in the town. The order has only 20 priests worldwide [...]
It’s more nerve-wracking than the first date. More sweat-inducing than the first kiss. It’s . . . (drum roll, please) meeting the parents. The day before I review the cast members with my boyfriend. We will spend three days and three nights in a rented cabin with his mom, dad, older sister and her spouse. [...]
Daily Republic FAIRFIELD — John Hansen pushed. But Vacaville’s Miguel Camarena pushed just a little bit harder. Hansen, 31, tried to keep the lead but just as the two neared the end of the first Thanksgiving morning Turkey Trot hosted at Solano Community College, Camarena’s burst of speed propelled him across the finish line first [...]
Daily Republic FAIRFIELD — A feast fit for the best graced the gym at the former Bransford Elementary School on Thanksgiving Day. Mission Solano hosted the city’s only community dinner and those who came were treated to everything Thanksgiving: turkey, ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, yams, salad, rolls and various desserts. Not a thing was [...]
Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON — The divorce rate in the armed forces increased slightly again in the past year as military marriages continued to bear the stress of the nation’s ninth year at war. In the 2009 fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, there were an estimated 27,312 divorces among the nearly 765,000 married members [...]
AP Television Writer NEW YORK — An audience member at “The Jay Leno Show†is especially grateful this Thanksgiving. He won a new car. Air Force Capt. Tung Ngo (TUNG’ noh) was in the audience filled with men and women of the U.S. military when Leno called his name during Thursday’s special holiday program. It [...]
Associated Press Writer NEW ORLEANS — “U Is for Undertow†(A Marian Wood Book/Putnam, 403 pages, $27.95) by Sue Grafton: Can it really be 27 years since Kinsey Millhone sifted through clues in “A Is for Alibi?†And can Sue Grafton really be approaching the end of the alphabet? The answers are yes, and yes, [...]
Associated Press Writer GENEVA— Roman Polanski will remain in a jail outside Zurich for at least three more days until he meets the security conditions of his bail, a Swiss official said Friday. Polanski wouldn’t be placed under house arrest in Switzerland before Monday, because he has yet to fulfill all the requirements to ensure [...]
AP Retail Writer The nation’s retailers are ushering in the traditional start of the holiday shopping season with expanded hours and deep discounts on everything from toys to TVs to lure crowds of shoppers. A number of stores, including Walmart and many Old Navy locations, opened on Thanksgiving, hoping to make the most of the [...]
Is Fairfield a Mecca for Bay Area art buyers and collectors? According to a recent San Francisco Chronicle article (Oct. 11) by columnist Sally Socolich, Fairfield is worth a trip for regional “Bargain Hunters.†Two Fairfield companies hidden away in Cordelia Industrial Park were featured in Ms. Socolich’ Home & Garden “The Bargain Hunter†column. [...]
Friday was going to be such a “nothing†trading day that the market, as usual, was due to close at 10 a.m. instead of 1 p.m. OK with me, because my wife Clare, a state employee, had the entire day off. No such break for us poor slobs in the private sector, who still live [...]
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