VACAVILLE — A shooting Friday on the 400 block of Markham Avenue left one man with a gunshot wound to the forearm. Using his good arm, the shooting victim called 911 around 5:30 p.m. A police officer patrolling in the area drove up to the shooting victim while he was still talking to 911 operators [...]
VALLEJO — It’s what Wilberto Belardo did in the weeks after his arrest for murder that help prove his guilt, prosecutors said before resting their case againt the former Dixon resident. Belardo is accused of fatally shooting Jospeh Zarate during a botched drug heist at Zarate’s trailer in Dixon one night in February 1998. Belardo [...]
FAIRFIELD — Elsa Vonhain is the Fairfield Police Department’s Volunteer In Police Services member of the Month for April. Vonhain has volunteered in Police Department’s Records Division since June 1995, according to a department press release. Her volunteer hours total 22,857 — 1,200 in the last year. She is also known throughout the department as [...]
VALLEJO — Authorities filed a notice Friday afternoon at the Vallejo courthouse of their intent not to prosecute Superior Court Judge Rob Bowers on a felony domestic violence charge pending further investigation into the case. “We expected it,” Bowers’ attorney, Daniel Russo, said. “They’re doing a thorough investigation. When they complete the investigation hopefully that [...]
FAIRFIELD — A 33-year-old father and rap recording artist was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison for raping a 15-year-old girl in Allan Witt Park in 1998. Michael W. Derrick was locked up in Minnesota in 2009 when a sample of his DNA was matched up to DNA obtained from a sexual assault examination [...]
VACAVILLE — Vacaville’s downtown is surrendering itself to the music in May with live performances by local and regional performers every day of the month. The Downtown Vacaville Business Association has aptly tagged the marathon of performances May Music Madness. It all starts Sunday with the rock and blues group Fellas performing at 11 a.m. [...]
FAIRFIELD — Bichphuong “Phuong” Le would have turned 26 Saturday. Instead of celebrating with friends and family, the young woman’s ashes rest in an Oakland church and the family gathered for a low-key celebration without her — near a memorial stone and a cherry tree planted in her honor outside the nursing building at Solano [...]
VACAVILLE — Heritage Peak charter school will host a pair of information meetings Monday. The nonprofit public charter school serves home schooling and independent study Solano County students in kindergarten through high school. It offers such things as individual and small group instruction, field trips, math tutoring and college preparation courses, according to a school [...]
FAIRFIELD — Jelly Belly employees chipped in Friday to help the victims of Japan’s earthquake and tsunami by donating $11,290 to the Salvation Army. “We like the Salvation Army and we like giving back to the community,” Jelly Belly Executive Vice Chairwoman Lisa Roland-Brasher said. Salvation Army Capt. Jonathan Harvey said all the money will [...]
Westfield Group has ownership interests in 55 shopping centers across the United States, including Westfield Solano mall in Fairfield. Westfield Shopping Centers are located in prime trade areas and are anchored by long-term major retail tenants with strong brand recognition by shoppers. While Westfield has been affected by the economy and changes in the retail [...]
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