Daily Republic BENICIA — Rodriguez High claimed at least a piece of the Solano County Athletic Conference crown with Friday’s 33-21 victory against host Benicia. With the win, Rodriguez improved to 5-4 on the year and 4-0 against SCAC opponents, putting them firmly in the postseason picture. Benicia, meanwhile, fell to 6-3 overall and 2-2 [...]
SANTA ROSA — Officials are investigating the shooting of a suspected gang member by Sonoma County sheriff’s deputies and a California Highway Patrol officer. Authorities received a call around 10 p.m. Friday that the suspect was at a home in unincorporated Santa Rosa in violation of a restraining order. Sheriff’s Capt. Matt McCaffrey says deputies [...]
Daily Republic VALLEJO — Vanden High football coach LeVon Haynes is sorry to see Hogan High closing, but is happy his Vikings won’t be seeing the spunky Spartans again this season. Playing its final home game ever, Hogan scored first and had the ball inside the Vanden 5-yard-line in the fourth quarter before the Vikings [...]
DAILY REPUBLIC FAIRFIELD — It was all Tra’Mayne Bondurant for the Fairfield High football team Friday night, but unfortunately for the Falcons, their star quarterback wasn’t nearly enough to prevent a brutal 64-21 homecoming loss to Napa. The defeat essentially eliminated Fairfield (5-4, 2-2 MEL) from postseason contention after making the Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs the [...]
Daily Republic VACAVILLE — Tom Zunino Stadium turned out to be a house of horrors for the Armijo High football team as it lost for the second straight week on the campus of Vacaville High, this time to Will C. Wood, 41-0, in Monticello Empire League action Friday night. Wood (6-3) set the tone early [...]
VACAVILLE — The Vanden High girls tennis doubles team of Emily Lewis and Dani Ponce rallied to win the Solano County Athletic Conference doubles title Friday at Millennium Sports Club. The duo, seeded second, followed a first-round bye with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Bethel’s Rachel Corpus and Sarah Rico. They then got past Benicia’s [...]
Associated Press WASHINGTON — The discovery of two explosive-laden packages from Yemen bound for U.S. destinations appears to represent a new twist in the terror threat emanating from the violence-wracked Mideast country. If the explosive devices shipped in cargo planes from Yemen are conclusively linked by investigators to the al-Qaida faction in Yemen, it could [...]
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE — Officials say the 700-acre Bear Creek wildfire burning at the southern end of Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County is 50 percent contained. Base Operations Division Chief Dan Ardoin said Friday afternoon the blaze is expected to be close to full containment later in the day. No buildings [...]
DAILY REPUBLIC FAIRFIELD — Jeremiah Beshears was standing at the Pepperbellys bar Wednesday night, tinkering with his phone. In walked Myles Weber. “Do you want to open for me?†he asked a surprised Beshears, who quickly replied, “Yes.†Details were exchanged and the weekly open mic night at the downtown club had again become a [...]
SACRAMENTO — Sacramento police say they shot and killed a man suspected of assaulting a teenager and stabbing an Oroville man this week. Sgt. Norm Leong said officers stopped 42-year-old Zachary J. Ragan in North Natomas Thursday because he matched the description of a man suspected of holding a knife to the throat of a [...]
SAN JOSE — Jurors acquitted a woman of resisting arrest but convicted her husband of attacking a San Jose policeman during a violent confrontation with the officer who shocked the woman twice with a stun gun and shot her husband in the face. Cindy Zuniga was accused of throwing water on Officer Joseph Paolini during [...]
SAN MATEO — A man charged with sexually assaulting a Daly City woman then forcing her to shower in an attempt to destroy genetic evidence has been sentenced to 38 years in prison. Burgess Raymond Crosby Jr. pleaded no contest Thursday to charges related to the August 2007 assault to settle his case before trial [...]
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