One of the sad truths of our faltering economy is that there are thousands of people here in Solano County who need housing assistance, and the program designed to help them is overburdened. We’re talking about Section 8 housing, run locally but administered through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. There are more [...]
Daily Republic FAIRFIELD — A Fairfield man who allegedly stabbed two Costco employees while trying to rob the Business Center Drive site of hundreds of dollars in electronics was ordered Friday to stand trial on four felony charges. Jeremy D. Salyer, 32, triggered an emergency exit door alarm when he allegedly barreled out of the [...]
The only trouble with Mitch Daniels is that he is one of those who should consider running for president but probably won’t for the right reasons. As the soft spoken Indiana governor put it the other day in an early-morning meeting with reporters, one can cite a 100 reasons why anyone who is sane wouldn’t [...]
Daily Republic FAIRFIELD — The tale of a sickly horse named Crystal may be part of the legacy of Solano County Public Defender Jeffrey Thoma, who abruptly announced two weeks ago, with no explanation, that he was quitting his job in April. Details of Crystal the horse and her owner were included in court records [...]
Van Jones is back, reconstructed and rehabilitated. Jones, recall, departed from his White House job as “green jobs czar†after publicity about his association with a “9/11 truther†organization that alleges complicity of the Bush administration with the 9/11 attack. He was already a lightning rod, having characterized President Bush as a “crackhead,†using profanity [...]
Sacramento-area voters voted in 1923 to divorce themselves from Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and create a publicly owned electric utility, but it took 23 more years before the Sacramento Municipal Utility District began serving customers. Why so long? PG&E fought a rear-guard action to delay the SMUD takeover, before finally losing in a landmark [...]
During bad times, the blame game is the biggest game in Washington. Wall Street “greed†or “predatory†lenders seem to be favorite targets to blame for our current economic woes. When government policy is mentioned at all in handing out blame, it is usually blamed for not imposing enough regulation on the private sector. But [...]
The focal point of opposition to health care reform is that it would lead to socialized medicine. It’s screamed about as if socialized medicine were the end of civilization. This public clamor is paid for almost entirely by the health care insurance industry that are in the pockets of most of the vocal political opponents [...]
Associated Press Writer SAN FRANCISCO — California has no current plans to spray chemicals from the air to eradicate the light brown apple moth, the state’s top pest control official said today. The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s acting director of pest prevention, Robert Leavitt, said the department is looking at other means to [...]
Daily Republic VACAVILLE — In a fiery voice pierced with lots of intensity and some humor, the pastor brought his message home. “It’s not a time for evangelism . . . not a time for a prayer meeting,†said David Isom, pastor of St. Stephen CME church in Fairfield. Isom was drilling home to his [...]
Daily Republic FAIRFIELD — Vic Jenkins, as a minister, has always had an interest in helping those in domestic violence situations. When his daughter was killed a year ago, allegedly by her fiancé, his fight against domestic violence took a personal turn. After grieving, Jenkins embarked on a journey visiting churches to talk about domestic [...]
DAILY REPUBLIC FAIRFIELD — It all started about eight years ago when Nick Campbell and his wife Dana bought each other home brewing kits as a joke. Now, he is the brewmaster at the Blue Frog Grog & Grill in Fairfield’s Gateway, crafting the brewpub’s regular beers and happily working out what new seasonal beer [...]
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