Lists of seven worldwide wonders date back to antiquity. Sticking closer to home, the Daily Republic over the course of a week will present seven natural and engineering wonders of Solano County. Agree or disagree with our choices, these are local landmarks everyone should see. RIO VISTA — Summer of 2011 should once again bring [...]
Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela — From mangrove swamps in Venezuela to lowland forests in Indonesia, entire communities of plants and animals are under threat. Now scientists are figuring out how to catalog and map the world’s most threatened ecosystems — just like their familiar list of endangered species. Some experts say drawing up a global [...]
Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia — Law enforcement officials from police to prison wardens routinely torture Indonesian suspects and convicts to extract confessions or obtain information, a new report asserted Friday. Beatings, intimidation, burnings and rape are so commonplace that they are considered the norm, with few victims ever bothering to lodge complaints, said Restaria Hutabarat [...]
HONG KONG — China Eastern Airlines says it is buying 50 new Airbus A320 jets to meet rising demand for its domestic and international air services. The Shanghai-based airline says that while the total deal is worth $3.2 billion according to 2005 list prices, it is getting “significant price concessions†from Toulouse, France-based Airbus that [...]
NEW YORK — Time Warner Cable Inc. said Thursday that its customers will still be able to view major programming from ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox even if it can’t reach a deal with broadcaster Sinclair before their contract expires Friday at midnight. About four million Time Warner Cable customers from Portland, Maine, to Pensacola, [...]
DAILY REPUBLIC Lists of seven worldwide wonders date back to antiquity. Sticking closer to home, the Daily Republic over the course of a week will present seven natural and engineering wonders of Solano County. Agree or disagree with our choices, these are local landmarks everyone should see. RIO VISTA — Summer of 2011 should once [...]
FAIRFIELD — A man who sued Fairfield Toyota, its owners and some of its management over the acronym “HNIC†had his 2007 lawsuit thrown out of court again this week. Homer Ratcliff sued the car dealer in 2007, claiming he had been slandered and suffered emotional distress because the acronym was used by a dealer [...]
FAIRFIELD — Lynda Rose McMahan has exhausted all her unemployment benefits, gone through her savings, 401(k) and IRA. She has also mailed out several hundred resumes for a variety of jobs and has been interviewed for fewer than a dozen. She’s traveled up to Sacramento and through the Bay Area to meet with prospective employers. [...]
FAIRFIELD — An solo vehicle accident on northbound Interstate 680 south of Marshview Road at 12:30 p.m. Thursday claimed the life of a passenger. Richard Sanchez, 68, of Hayward, was driving his Ford Explorer at about 70 mph. Witnesses said he tried to change lanes and lost control. The Ford went into the gravel median. [...]
FAIRFIELD — Ten gaily wrapped Christmas gift boxes in Connecticut replete with bows and full of 100 pounds of marijuana prompted not-guilty pleas Thursday from three of four people arrested earlier this month in a cross-country transportation scheme that started in Dixon. Ethan E. Locks, 44, first came to the attention of Vacaville drug detectives [...]
FAIRFIELD — A Vacaville man who allegedly stole more than $15,000 worth of jewelry from his girlfriend’s mother pleaded not guilty earlier this week to felony charges. Jakob K. Zindell claims he burglarized his girlfriend’s home on Fry Road because he was being blackmailed by a drug dealer who threatened to hurt his family if [...]
Daily Republic FAIRFIELD — When David Paulson woke up this morning, it was without an alarm clock. And it was without the typical public persona target that followed him everywhere after voters elected him to the district attorney’s post several times. Paulson, the private citizen and Fairfield resident, began a new chapter in his life [...]
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