Bernyce Marie (”Bee”) Raymos Feb. 28, 1917 — Aug. 28, 2010 Bee Raymos died peacefully with family by her side on Saturday, August 28th, 2010, at the age of 93 1/2 years. Bee was born in Vallejo on February 28, 1917, to Manuel and Edna Monez. She graduated from Armijo High School in 1935, and [...]
Jan. 26, 1925 — Aug. 27, 2010 George Solomon Sr., a resident of Fairfield, Calif. has gone to be with our Lord Jesus Christ on August 27, 2010, at the age of 85. Mr. Solomon Sr. was born in Macon, Ga. to Gabe and Delia Solomon. He came to Suisun City, Calif. in 2005 to [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Lindsay Lohan wants your respect. In the upcoming issue of Vanity Fair, the 24-year-old actress acknowledges making mistakes in the past and “dabbling in certain things.†But in a July interview with the magazine before she served 14 days in jail followed by 23 days of inpatient rehab, she defended her [...]
Associated Press Writer Disturbed, “Asylum†(Reprise Records) Disturbed is back with their fifth studio album, “Asylum,†and the band shows it is a metal band with a conscience. The first single off Asylum is “Another Way to Die,†featuring front man David Draiman’s signature mix of hard, scratchy vocals and smooth melodic crooning reminiscent of [...]
Associated Press Writer DETROIT — Despite all of Detroit’s woes, the city has always been able to boast about one thing: its nationally recognized orchestra. But even the Detroit Symphony Orchestra is now in turmoil, with musicians and management battling over a tight budget and the union authorizing a strike to try to avoid steep [...]
Associated Press Writer HUNTSVILLE, Texas — For about 140 people over the past six years, the soft Texas drawl of Charles Thomas O’Reilly was the last voice they heard before they died. O’Reilly — who retired Monday from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Huntsville Unit, where he presided over more lethal injections than any [...]
Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON — The FBI probe of two men arrested in Amsterdam after suspicious items turned up in one of the men’s luggage is finding they were probably not on a test run for a future terror attack, a U.S. official said today, casting doubt on earlier suggestions even as Dutch authorities held [...]
Daily Republic FAIRFIELD — The ex-con who shot and killed Fairfield City Councilman Matt Garcia in September 2008 was sentenced today to 50-years-to-life in prison. The sentencing was preceded by an unsuccessful bid by Henry D. Williams’ attorney to garner a new trial. The attorney, John Mendenhall, repeated two main themes he invoked during the [...]
NEW YORK — The chairwoman of the community board that voted for an Islamic center and mosque near ground zero said she believes adding an interfaith dimension would help unite people, saying a nondenominational chapel built at the Pentagon as part of a Sept. 11 memorial did just that. Julie Menin, of Manhattan Community Board [...]
Daily Republic VALLEJO — Matt Garcia’s killer has been wrapped up in the criminal justice system and leading a criminal lifestyle for most of his life, according to court records made public today after Henry D. Williams received his 50-years-to-life prison sentence. Juvenile court records reflect Williams began his life of crime at age 13 [...]
SACRAMENTO — A panel established by California’s campaign watchdog agency began the task Monday of reviewing the state’s law governing political donations and lobbying activity. The 25-member task force’s job: to update and simplify the 36-year-old Political Reform Act. “It’s become clear the act is in need of an overhaul,†Dan Schnur, chairman of the [...]
SACRAMENTO — The California Senate has rejected a bill that would have made it illegal to carry unloaded guns in public, but lawmakers will give the vote one more try. Monday’s 20-16 vote fell one short of the majority needed, but the Senate will reconsider the measure Tuesday. The bill, AB1934, was introduced after a [...]
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