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Documents imply attempt to hide judge-juror relationship
VALLEJO — The Solano County Public Defender’s Office is trying to get a new trial for a convicted child molester by raising potentially tawdry details of the trial judge’s relationship with a juror. The effort surfaced this past week after the Public Defender’s Office tried to take that effort behind closed doors by trying to [...]
Appeals court: Vacaville police strip search of paraplegic ‘repulsive, degrading’
FAIRFIELD — What Vacaville police did to a paraplegic in a parking lot across the street from the Brenden Theatres, a Starbucks and a McDonald’s on the night of Feb. 27, 2010 was “demeaning, dehumanizing, undignified, humiliating, embarrassing, repulsive, degrading and extremely intrusive of one’s personal privacy,” the State Court of Appeals ruled Friday in [...]
‘Tax that man behind the tree’
I suppose I had it coming, because I was feeling sorry for myself for an “injury” I sustained on Memorial Day weekend. After all, we commemorate, initially, the 620,000 men who died in the Civil War, the 50,000 who were killed in World War I, and the 409,000 soldiers who are buried in foreign and [...]
Suisun City budget plan includes $550K in proposed cuts
SUISUN CITY — The city is poised to lop half a million dollars in the coming year from a budget that provides residents with services such as police and recreation. The cuts for the 2011-12 fiscal year, which begins July 1, will mostly be unseen to residents and come from leaving positions vacant, according to [...]
Robbery, shooting in Allan Witt Park barely interrupts fun
FAIRFIELD — A guy walks up to a group of four guys hanging out in Allan Witt Park on Friday afternoon. The guy had a gun and told one of the four guys to hand over his blue bicycle. The guy with the blue bicycle told him no. The guy with the gun started shooting. The [...]
Fairfield police investigate suspected pipe-bomb blast
FAIRFIELD — Police are investigating a possible pipe-bomb explosion that occurred at around 1 a.m. Friday in an apartment complex parking lot on the 1400 block of Phoenix Drive. No injuries were reported. The investigation began after police received a call reporting a vehicle fire. Once officers arrived at the scene, they found that a pipe [...]
Fairfield police swarm to Allan Witt Park after shooting
FAIRFIELD — Fairfield police are swarming to the area surrounding Allan Witt Park after a shooting at the park. Officers with emergency lights flashing and sirens blaring raced to the park from all sides beginning at about 4:40 p.m. One person is down on the ground at the scene. His condition is not yet known. [...]
Government offices shut down for Memorial Day holiday
FAIRFIELD — City halls, schools and other government building will be shut Monday in observance of Memorial Day. City halls in Fairfield, Suisun City, Vacaville and Rio Vista will be closed. Solano County offices are also closed. Police and fire services countywide will not be interrupted. All branches of the Solano County Library will be shut, [...]
