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FAIRFIELD — Another day, another win. The Fairfield Expos roughed up Fair Oaks Post 77 5-2 to win their second game in as many days in the Western Amateur Baseball Federation tournament at Yarbrough Field at Laurel Creek Park Thursday. Brian Wilson sparked the Fairfield offense, going 3 for 4 with two RBIs and two [...]
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Two more of what’s a continuing parade of postseason awards came the way of former Rodriguez High softball shortstop Cheyenne Cordes this week. On Tuesday, the California-bound Cordes was named to the Maxpreps.com All-American team. As a formality, Cordes was then selected to the Maxpreps.com Medium Schools All-American squad on Thursday. What are likely to follow [...]
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FAIRFIELD — Solano County’s Superior Court received a $100,000 grant from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women. The court will use the grant to strengthen its responses to domestic violence, according to a press release. In particular, new family law domestic violence restraining order petitions will be placed on the recently established [...]
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FAIRFIELD — Police are looking to identify a possible suspect in the robbery of Travis Dairy who is shown on a surveillance tape obtained from a neighboring business. “We think that it shows a person casing out the business a few minutes before,” said Lt. Greg Hurlbut of the Fairfield Police Department. “We’re trying to [...]
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FAIRFIELD — As a child, Vanessa Monroy was so shy she would hide behind her mom at family functions. She has since come out of her shell. And that’s a good thing, because she will have nowhere to hide Monday. Monroy will be cruising in a convertible in the Fourth of July Parade, waving to [...]
No Comment / June 30, 2011 | Posted in Featured Stories,Local News,Solano 4th of July 2011 | Read More »
It’s exotic, remote to some and altogether different. French Polynesia, in the South Pacific, stirs up dreamy thoughts of beauty, nature and romance. If you enjoy sun, sand and water activities, French Polynesia is the perfect place to de-stress, honeymoon or just escape. French Polynesia lies south of the equator, halfway between Los Angeles and [...]
No Comment / June 30, 2011 | Posted in Local lifestyle columnists,Travel | Read More »

SACRAMENTO — A day after local prosecutors dismissed a pair of felony charges against a Fairfield man accused of possessing a pipe bomb and using another pipe bomb to damage a car on Phoenix Drive, Daniel R. Garcia discovered the severity of his legal trouble. Garcia, 29, pleaded not guilty in federal court Thursday afternoon to [...]
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Air Force Reserve Airman Kasia Byers graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. Byers is the daughter of Dasha Byers and James Evans of Dixon. Air Force Airman Brandon Giracca graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. He is the son of Andrea [...]
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SACRAMENTO — California’s budget for the new fiscal year includes major changes to community redevelopment agencies, which Gov. Jerry Brown and others have criticized as being little more than slush funds for private developers that drain tax money away from schools and public safety. The change will save the state $1.7 billion in the new fiscal [...]
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