VALLEJO — With more than 100 potential jurors waiting outside, an accused killer made a last-minute decision to skip a jury trial Wednesday and, instead, to put his fate into the hands of a retired judge who will preside over his murder trial. After the abrupt change, Judge James Moelk postponed the murder trial for [...]
FAIRFIELD — An ex-con who wanted to smoke marijuana while on probation to help him control his attention deficit disorder was told no Wednesday by the State Court of Appeals in San Francisco. Thomas Downs Jr., 23, of Vacaville, used his grandfather’s stolen credit card to buy gas one day in January 2009. Downs later [...]
FAIRFIELD — An ex-con who wanted to smoke marijuana while on probation to help him control his attention deficit disorder was told no Wednesday by the State Court of Appeals in San Francisco. Thomas Downs Jr., 23, of Vacaville, used his grandfather’s stolen credit card to buy gas one day in January 2009. Downs later [...]
FAIRFIELD — The city’s bus and commercial fleets passed safety exams conducted by California Highway Patrol inspectors in late March, city officials announced this week. All 49 buses and seven paratransit coaches run by Fairfield and Suisun Transit, the local transit system for Fairfield and Suisun City, met the standards set for the annual inspection, [...]
FAIRFIELD — Clinton Vidal has a disclaimer to share. “This is not my life story,” he said, in reference to the play, “The Nerd.” Vidal is directing the production for the Benicia Old Town Theatre Guild. And, as a member of theater’s planning committee, he had a say in the choice of production. “We all loved [...]
FAIRFIELD — Clinton Vidal has a disclaimer to share. “This is not my life story,” he said, in reference to the play, “The Nerd.” Vidal is directing the production for the Benicia Old Town Theatre Guild. And, as a member of theater’s planning committee, he had a say in the choice of production. “We all loved [...]
FAIRFIELD — A new manufacturing facility and 200 jobs may soon be in Fairfield’s future after the City Council agreed this week to allow the sale of up to $10 million in tax-exempt revenue bonds. UBS Manufacturing Inc. plans to open a production facility this fall in the Fibrebond building on Beck Avenue, located within Solano [...]
FAIRFIELD — Stretches of West and North Texas streets in Fairfield dominated by decades-old strip malls and 150-year-old downtowns in Suisun City, Benicia and Vacaville could be reborn as Solano County growth hot spots during the next quarter century. That vision is part of the draft Plan Bay Area released in March by the Association [...]
FAIRFIELD — The City Council unanimously approved amendments to two separate development agreements Tuesday night with a hopeful eye toward spurring residential and commercial development. One 5-0 vote approved revisions to the plans for the Villages at Fairfield, a large proposed development near Clay Bank Road in northeast Fairfield, reducing the number of housing units [...]
Part of my recent Record Store Day pursuit centered around an unsuccessful bid for a 7-inch vinyl single from a group named Wild Flag. If that name doesn’t ring a bell, you’re probably not alone. The quartet formed last year and is a female rock supergroup, combining former Helium singer Mary Timony, keyboardist Rebecca Cole [...]
FAIRFIELD — Solemn and comedy are words that aren’t usually linked. However, if you chat with Rocky LaPorte and touch the topics or Iraq and Afghanistan, the comic can become quite reflective. He has a son who served one year in Iraq and he’s made two trips there to entertain the troops. The first time was [...]
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