FAIRFIELD — Three teens were arrested at about 1 a.m. Sunday in connection with a Saturday evening robbery near Dover and East Pacific avenues. Deontaleonard Jones, 19, of Vacaville, was booked into Solano County Jail and two male Fairfield teens, ages 14 and 16, were booked into the Solano Juvenile Hall, according to a Fairfield [...]
FAIRFIELD — A 16-year-old boy was air lifted to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek with major injuries Saturday evening after being hit by a car. According to a Fairfield Police Department press release, he was hit while crossing Sunset Avenue with another minor. As of Sunday evening, the teen was listed in critical [...]
Daily Republic VALLEJO — Lady Gaga’s music isn’t what you’d expect to hear in a synagogue, but the sound of her voice filled the air during a Purim party Sunday afternoon at Congregation B’nai Israel. Purim is a Jewish holiday based on the Book of Esther, said Rabbi David White. The story goes that a [...]
Daily Republic VACAVILLE — Fairfield resident Patricia Clayton, 62, ate kettle corn and watched as her husband took information from a home painter Sunday afternoon at the Solano County Home & Garden Show. “My husband is always in search of new gadgets,†she said. The vendors at the show ranged from painters to solar panel [...]
SACRAMENTO — Tyreke Evans scored 22 points to help the Sacramento Kings beat the Los Angeles Clippers 97-92 on Sunday night. The Kings took the lead midway through the first quarter and never trailed again in winning their second straight. Sacramento hadn’t won consecutive home games since mid-December. The points allowed was a season low [...]
Associated Press Writer HONOLULU — The warning was ominous, its predictions dire: Oceanographers issued a bulletin telling Hawaii and other Pacific islands that a killer wave was heading their way with terrifying force and that “urgent action should be taken to protect lives and property.†But the devastating tidal surge predicted after Chile’s magnitude 8.8-earthquake [...]
AP Auto Racing Writer LAS VEGAS — Jimmie Johnson needed luck to win a week ago in California. In Las Vegas, a city of chance, he didn’t need any help at all. Johnson reeled in teammate Jeff Gordon, who had dominated Sunday’s race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, to win for the second consecutive week. [...]
DAVIS — Mark Payne scored 19 points to help UC Davis beat UC Riverside 66-43 on Sunday. Dominic Calegari had 18 points, including five 3-pointers, for the Aggies (12-16, 7-7), who clinched a bid in the Big West tournament. “It was good to clinch,†Calegari said. “Everybody knew they had to step up because it [...]
AP National Writer VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The U.S. got the medals. Canada got the gold. In a remarkable show of depth and talent by the North American neighbors, the United States won the overall medals race at the Vancouver Olympics with 37 — the most ever by any country at the Winter Games. Canada, [...]
AP Sports Writer VANCOUVER, British Columbia — This was the best possible way to end the Olympics for Canada. Sidney Crosby, shut down most of the tournament, wristed a shot past Ryan Miller 7:40 into overtime after the United States tied it with 24.4 seconds left in regulation, and Canada survived a tense, taut game [...]
WHISTLER, British Columbia — Petter Northug saw the back of a familiar rival ahead of him, and knew this race would have a familiar ending. The Norwegian blew past Germany’s Axel Teichmann near the finish line for the second time at these Olympics, using his trademark sprint to win the 50-kilometer classical cross-country race for [...]
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Matt Cain has built a pretty good resume working in the shadow of two-time Cy Young winner Tim Lincecum. In 2009, a breakout season for Cain, he was 14-8 with a 2.89 ERA and eight complete games. It was his third straight season off logging at least 200 innings — in ’06 [...]
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