FAIRFIELD — Struggling at the plate while learning to play a new position for the University of California has made it a tough 2011 season for former Fairfield High softball standout Jordan Wallace. On Sunday, she took out her frustrations and helped put Cal in the Women’s College World Series. Wallace ripped a pair of [...]
SUISUN CITY —The City Council left staff proposals to cut $550,000 from the proposed 2011-12 budget largely intact at its Tuesday night 2011-12 budget study session but also recommended a hiring freeze. City Manager Suzanne Bragdon called creating the proposed budget challenging, but managed to make the cuts without significant losses in city services and [...]
FAIRFIELD — Police are seeking leads into the disappearance and death last year of Bichphuong “Phuong” Le of Suisun City. Le, 24, a nursing student at Solano Community College, was last seen near the Barnes and Noble Booksellers in Fairfield the night of April 25, 2010. Her body was found May 7, 2010 in a [...]
FAIRFIELD — Clerks at two of 35 businesses in Fairfield that were subject to alcohol sales checks in May reportedly broke the law and sold booze to minors. Police used volunteers who were under the age of 21 during the compliance checks, which were conducted using California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control protocols. When investigating [...]
I haven’t tried to make the events that have changed me chronological. And, this series of articles may seem to be one big ego trip for me. It’s not. It could be about anybody. The idea is to show you what happened to one person (me) that could happen to you. For the most part [...]
RIO VISTA — An amendment to the garbage contract between the city and Rio Vista Sanitation Services, Inc. that could potentially allow citizens to opt out of garbage pick up and invoke future rate increases is coming back to the Rio Vista City Council for consideration. Self-hauling first came before the City Council during the [...]
FAIRFIELD — The wife of the Richard R. Calkins, accused of shooting and killing two men in his apartment last year before shooting and seriously injuring a third person, pleaded no contest Tuesday to a felony drug charge. Calkins’ wife, Nicole Ozment, 19, took a plea deal on a charge of possessing concentrated cannabis. Ozment faced [...]
FAIRFIELD — A 22-year-old transient who molested a 6-year-old girl in an alleyway near her Vacaville home in July 2009 was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in prison. Judge Donna Stashyn gave Mohammad Kattan, 22, the maximum possible punishment for the sex charge. Veteran prosecutor Terry Ray labeled the attack on the girl as one [...]
FAIRFIELD — A California Highway Patrol officer pleaded not guilty Tuesday to four felony commercial burglary charges. Shawn Hammonds, a five-year veteran officer, made his first court appearance since his arrest May 9. Hammonds, who is free on $30,000 bail, was ordered back to court July 12 for the scheduling of a probable cause hearing. [...]
FAIRFIELD — The 2010-11 grand jury wants citizens to judge whether county leaders and employees are being paid the correct amounts. Its new report gives salary and benefit information for selected county jobs, but makes no recommendations. Rather, the “Solano County Employee Salary and Cost Survey” is simply that — a survey. The county has [...]
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