April 24, 1927 — Jan. 28, 2011 Haydee Aviles , 83 of Fairfield died peacefully in her home on Friday, January 28, 2011, surrounded by family and close friends after a valiant struggle with pancreatic cancer. A native of Nicaragua, Haydee married her soul mate Robert in Managua Nicaragua on November 21, 1946. While living [...]
Daily Republic FAIRFIELD — Standing in front of a memorial for her son’s best friend, Peggie Wright picked up a maroon piece of what was left of her son’s car and clutched it in her hands. Tears slipped down her face as she looked at the memorial filled with flowers, candles, balloons, a cross and [...]
TOKYO — A revived Japanese volcano has erupted with its biggest explosion yet, sending a huge plume of gas, rocks and ash into the sky and breaking windows 5 miles (8 kilometers) away. Officials widened the danger zone to keep residents away. The eruption early Tuesday was the biggest since the Shinmoedake volcano burst to [...]
SINGAPORE — Oil prices hovered near $92 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as a chaotic power struggle in Egypt threatened the key crude Suez Canal choke point. Benchmark crude for March delivery was down 24 cents at $91.95 a barrel at midday Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract [...]
DETROIT — Hours before his arrest outside a popular Detroit-area mosque, a 63-year-old California man held court at a nearby sports bar, telling an employee that he was a Vietnam veteran-turned Muslim holy warrior, that he planned to set off a “big explosion,†and that he was “going to be part of making history,†the [...]
WILMINGTON, Del. — The family of a slain ex-Pentagon official whose body was found in a Delaware landfill still doesn’t know what happened to him, and their attempts to get more information from law enforcement have been rebuffed, their attorney said Monday. Colm Connolly, an attorney for John Wheeler III’s family, said he has asked [...]
OAKLAND— Police swarmed an Oakland elementary school for several hours Monday after receiving an anonymous tip about a reported gunman, but found no evidence of any criminal activity, officials said. Authorities gave the all-clear around 4:30 p.m. after safely evacuating all of the students, faculty and staff at La Escuelita Elementary School, said Oakland Unified [...]
SACRAMENTO — In the first State of the State speech of his new administration, Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday urged lawmakers to let voters decide the direction of the state as leaders cope with a gaping budget deficit, saying it would be “unconscionable†for them to block his request for a special election. In a [...]
Daily Republic FAIRFIELD — Local politicians reacted positively tonight to Gov. Jerry Brown’s State of the State address. Brown’s 15-minute speech reiterated the need for severe budget cuts to get the state back on track along with the need for Democrats and Republicans to work together to solve the state’s deficit. “I’ve never been one [...]
Daily Republic FAIRFIELD — After listening for hours to anguished family members describe their pain, loss and sorrow, an American Canyon man who killed a Rio Vista girl and badly injured her boyfriend in a 2008 car crash was sentenced to seven years in prison. Ponciano Pomares, 47, sat stonily silent during much of todays [...]
FLETCHER, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say a dispute over leadership at a church in western North Carolina turned from angry words to fist fights. About 30 police officers from five agencies were called to break up fights Sunday at Greater New Zion Baptist Church in Fletcher, about 94 miles west of Charlotte. Henderson County Sheriff’s [...]
AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK — The Anthony Hopkins horror film “The Rite†topped the box office on a weekend notable for the bump many Oscar-nominated films received, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Warner Bros. flick earned $15 million from just under 3,000 theaters. The PG-13, “Exorcistâ€-influenced movie drew most of its audience from [...]
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