AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Donald Kohn’s decision to step down at the end of June gives President Barack Obama a chance to put a bigger imprint on the central bank. Kohn, the Fed’s second-highest ranking official, has played a major role in shaping the Fed’s strategy in fighting the worst [...]
FAIRFIELD — More than 30 Northern California middle and high school bands will perform Saturday at Fairfield High School for the annual Pageantry on Parade band review. The event will begin with a drum major competition at 8 a.m. with free admission. At 11 a.m., a color guard and percussion competition will take place inside [...]
Sunday, Feb. 28 12:03 a.m. — TRAFFIC STOP MAMMOTH WY/KLAMATH WY 12:26 a.m. — SECURITY CHECK BOAT RAMP 12:30 a.m. — SECURITY CHECK 2 HARBOR CENTER 1:17 a.m. — SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE-OCCUPIED/UNOCCUPIED BELLA VISTA DR/LANGLEY LN 2:04 a.m. — TRAFFIC STOP HWY 12/PENNSYLVANIA AVE 2:18 a.m. — TRAFFIC STOP 299 MARINA BL 2:54 a.m. — TRAFFIC [...]
Daily Republic RIO VISTA — Tom Myers knows many of his firefighters could make more money elsewhere. There isn’t much Myers, chief of the Rio Vista Fire Department, can do about it. An examination of city spending habits in 2009 shows that employees in small cities such as Rio Vista and Suisun City were generally [...]
Friday, Feb. 26 12:06 a.m. — TRAFFIC STOP 100 Block of E TRAVIS BL 12:06 a.m. — TRAFFIC STOP TEXAS ST/JEFFERSON ST 12:07 a.m. — TRAFFIC STOP N TEXAS ST/OAK ST 12:11 a.m. — TRAFFIC STOP TRAVIS BL/WASHINGTON ST 12:15 a.m. — SUSPICIOUS PERS 1800 Block of N TEXAS ST 12:22 a.m. — TRAFFIC STOP [...]
Saturday, Feb. 27 12:06 a.m. — TRAFFIC STOP 100 Block of E TRAVIS BL 12:06 a.m. — TRAFFIC STOP TEXAS ST/JEFFERSON ST 12:07 a.m. — TRAFFIC STOP N TEXAS ST/OAK ST 12:11 a.m. — TRAFFIC STOP TRAVIS BL/WASHINGTON ST 12:15 a.m. — SUSPICIOUS PERS 1800 Block of N TEXAS ST 12:22 a.m. — TRAFFIC STOP [...]
Sunday, Feb. 28 12:05 a.m. — LOUD NOISE 2300 Block of SILK CT 12:06 a.m. — DISTURBING PEAC 500 Block of SAN MARCO ST 12:08 a.m. — TRAFFIC HAZARD 500 Block of SAN MARCO ST 12:16 a.m. — LOUD PARTY 300 Block of LILY ST 12:24 a.m. — VERBAL FIGHT 2000 Block of SAN LUIS [...]
AP Medical Writer CHICAGO — It’s a situation too agonizing to contemplate — a child dying and in pain. Now a small but provocative study suggests that doctors may be giving fatal morphine doses to a few children dying of cancer, to end their suffering at their parents’ request. A handful of parents told researchers [...]
AP Television Writer NEW YORK — Had “The Good Wife†not succeeded in its first season on CBS, creators Robert and Michelle King would have been happy to let the final scene of their 13th episode stand as the series finale. The episode ended with a knock on the door, as the wayward husband portrayed [...]
AP Drama Critic NEW YORK— The birth of a movement is a perilous thing to put on stage. It can be fraught with sanctimony or awash in details that seem more dry than dramatic. But “The Temperamentals,†Jon Marans’ fascinating look at the fledgling efforts of gay activism, manages to avoid those pitfalls while being [...]
Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES — Tom “T-Bone†Wolk, who performed with scores of musicians but was best known as the longtime bass player for the band led by pop-rock stars Daryl Hall and John Oates, has died. He was 58. Wolk died Sunday in New York, hours after completing a recording session with Hall, [...]
AP Movie Writer LOS ANGELES — Once a corset queen in prim, proper costume dramas, Helena Bonham Carter has spent her time lately playing all manner of foul women. Fanatic Bellatrix Lestrange, a disciple of evil Lord Voldemort in the “Harry Potter†movies. Vile Mrs. Lovett, who grinds murder victims up as meat for pies [...]
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