Wednesday, Dec. 30 12:23 a.m. — TRAFFIC STOP BERING CT/BERING WY 12:56 a.m. — BOLS OVER THE AIR 701 CIVIC CENTER BL 1:07 a.m. — PEDESTRIAN STOP 177 MAIN 2:52 a.m. — SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE-OCCUPIED/UNOCCUPIED RIO VERDE LN/MONTEGO CT 2:54 a.m. — SUSPICIOUS PERSON PINTAIL DR/CANARY DR 3:27 a.m. — TRAFFIC STOP HWY 12/PENNSYLVANIA AV 4:40 [...]
Once they were something of a landmark — perhaps even a point of pride — then a curiosity. Now they’re little more than an eyesore. The 74 ships of Benicia’s Mothball Fleet are disintegrating. Their rust and lead-based paint are damaging the ecosystem of the bay. The federal government plans to ship these vessels to [...]
This has nothing to do with religion but everything to do with free press. Our Constitution makes it very clear the role and importance of a free press, a free press that reports accurately on the news important to each and everyone of us, that is factual in combination with a fair and balanced hand. [...]
The beginning of a new year often prompts people to think about the future, what they want to do in the next 12 months, where they want to be in their lives. These days, for someone in my position, the perspective has changed a bit. It will be two years this January since I was [...]
Today we begin a two-part series by Ben Antonius on the fallout from the city of Vallejo’s 2008 bankruptcy. Vallejo’s story should be viewed as a cautionary tale for Fairfield. City officials in Vallejo recently announced that six of the 111 officers now on the force will be laid off, one is scheduled to retire [...]
VALLEJO — A former Fairfield resident, on parole for robbing an Oliver Road gas station back in 2002, was shot by Vallejo police Wednesday afternoon. Cops spotted Dennis J. Merrida in downtown Vallejo a short distance from where an armed robbery had occurred a few minutes earlier, according to a police department press release. As [...]
Daily Republic FAIRFIELD — The cuisine at the Solano County jail has prompted another lawsuit by a disgruntled inmate. The federal lawsuit, filed two weeks ago by Akal C. Allen, is the first lawsuit involving food at the jail since the Sheriff’s Department switched from having jail staff do the cooking to having Aramark Corp. [...]
The Associated Press EL PASO, Texas — The combination of Landry Jones and Ryan Broyles was almost unstoppable for Oklahoma. And while the Sooners’ steely defense couldn’t quite stop Toby Gerhart, yards were hard to come by for the Heisman Trophy runner-up. Broyles set a Sun Bowl record with three touchdown receptions, Jones passed for [...]
Daily Republic FAIRFIELD — Tom Rufini has seen some weird lemons sprout from his tree but the bunny-lemon (or is it a sheep?) with its two ears is probably the most strange. “The shapes are so unusual,†he said. “I’ve had lemons that the bottom part (has) peaks. It looks like other lemons are starting [...]
FAIRFIELD — The Medicare Open Enrollment period begins with the new year and ends March 31. To help recipients maximize their benefits, the Health Insurance Counseling & Advocacy Program will offer a workshop from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Feb. 3 at the Fairfield Senior Center, 1200 Civic Center Drive. HICAP provides seniors and disabled individuals [...]
DAILY REPUBLIC SUISUN CITY — Early in 2009, Suisun City Council members cut up a symbolic credit card that now adorns a wall in the council chambers to tell Sacramento to keep its hands off local revenue. State legislators simply ignored the message and came back last fall to propose taking $6.9 million in city [...]
Daily Republic SUISUN CITY — When 12-year-old Niana Martin of Suisun City accidentally forgets to return books to the library, she doesn’t worry too much about the fines. “You can read for an hour and each 15 minutes is $1 off,†said Martin, referring to the Read Away Fines Program. The two-year-old program is available [...]
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