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Celia Castaneda Cruz

Nov. 2, 1934 — May 7, 2010 Celia Cruz, 75, passed away on Friday, May 7, 2010, at North Bay Medical Center, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on Nov. 2, 1934, in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Celia married Alejo S. Cruz, and throughout their marriage, they enjoyed going to the casinos, traveling and [...]

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Nation has high college remedial education rate

Associated Press Writer DAVIE, Fla. — Professor Derron Bowen teaches high school math to college students, patiently chalking equations on the board on basic arithmetic topics such as the speed of a driver on a a 20-hour trip. Bowen’s class at Broward College in South Florida is for students who didn’t score high enough on [...]

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District digs in for composting workshop

VACAVILLE — The Solano Resource Conservation District will have a workshop on backyard composting from 10 a.m. to noon May 22 at 6390 Lewis Road in Vacaville. The workshop is designed to help residents learn about landscaping and gardening practices that will improve the ecological health of our watershed. The workshop will discuss how to [...]

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Moth-munching bird finds perch at Twins ballpark

The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — There is more than one way to catch flies at the Minnesota Twins’ new ballpark. During a game at Target Field last week, a bird of prey was spotted sitting atop the right field fowl — er, foul — pole. With a steady rain falling and the Twins being shut [...]

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Fairfield police log

Monday, May 10 12:03 a.m. — SECURITY CHECK BUSINESS CENTER 12:07 a.m. — OCCP SUSP VEH END OF BUSN CNTR 12:13 a.m. — FOLLOW UP END OF BUSN CNTR 12:19 a.m. — SECURITY CHECK SAFEWAY /COSTCO 12:24 a.m. — MEDICAL EMERGEN 2600 Block of SUNRISE DR 12:33 a.m. — FIRE ALARM/SMOK 700 Block of PARISIO [...]

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Will women’s military memorial stay open?

Associated Press Writer ARLINGTON, Va. — Garage sales and quilt raffles helped a determined group of female World War II veterans raise money to transform a rundown wall at Arlington National Cemetery into a grand stone memorial to women who served their country. But those women are dying off, even as the memorial runs short [...]

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Leighton steps in Game 5 and Flyers stay alive

BOSTON — When Michael Leighton saw Brian Boucher toss his blocker aside, he knew it was time to start getting ready. The Flyers backup, a former starter who hadn’t played in two months since an injury of his own, began stretching on the ice while the training staff attended to Boucher. A few minutes later [...]

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Canadiens beat Penguins, force Game 7

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens’ improbable playoff run has reached a decisive seventh game for a second series in a row. Michael Cammalleri scored his second goal of the game midway through the second period and Jaroslav Spacek netted the go-ahead tally 2:30 later for the Canadiens, who forced a Game 7 in the Eastern [...]

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Tiger’s swing coach resigns

ORLANDO, Fla. — Tiger Woods’ longtime swing coach resigned Monday night, leaving the world’s No. 1 player without one of his top advisers as he tries to rebuild his game. Hank Haney said in a statement to the Golf Channel that he enjoyed working with Woods but he thinks it’s time for him to step [...]

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Lakers complete sweep over Jazz

SALT LAKE CITY — The Los Angeles Lakers played more like they were trying to avoid a sweep rather than complete one. The Lakers stormed out to a 22-point lead in the first half, then withstood a brief surge by Utah in the third quarter before regaining control in the fourth and winning 111-96 on [...]

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Pacquiao and Mayweather have reasons to be happy

AP Sports Columnist Manny Pacquiao was counting votes early Tuesday, and seemed happy. Floyd Mayweather Jr. was counting money, and had to be equally happy. “There’s a reason they call him Money Mayweather,” Mayweather’s manager, Leonard Ellerbe, said. “He’s winding up making $40 million for his night’s work.” Indeed, Mayweather’s mood was brightened by the [...]

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Perata’s 76 lifts Armijo boys golf team to SJS Masters berth

DAVIS — A little wind, rain and hail didn’t keep the Armijo High boys golf team from doing what it needed to do. Led by Jake Perata’s 76, the Indians shot a 417 as a team to finish third in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I tournament at blustery El Macero Country Club on Monday. By [...]

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