SALINAS — After falling in its second game Saturday, the Fairfield-Suisun Bobby Sox 14-and-under all-star team bounced back for a 10-7 win over Vacaville Sunday at The Bobby Sox Nationals in Salinas. Brittany Monk went 2 for 3 at the plate and came around to score twice, while Rubi Hernandez added a two-run single and [...]
The purpose of the Study Our Constitution seminar, hosted by the Tea Party Patriots in Vacaville, was not a one-day, learn-it-all seminar on the U.S. Constitution. Rather, it was an introduction to the history and founding principles of our great country. The hope is that it would spark a desire on the part of attendees to learn more, [...]
SONOMA – There isn’t anything much sweeter than defending the title at a track you won at a year ago. Especially when it’s your first win since. Funny Car Driver Ron Capps held off surprise finalist Tim Wilkerson Sunday by 35-thousandths of a second to claim a victory during the NHRA FRAM Autolite Nationals at Infineon Raceway. Antron Brown, the winner in Sonoma in [...]
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE — Visitors again packed Travis Air Force Base Sunday to watch aerial acrobatic shows, military fly-bys, dozens of vintage and modern aircraft displays and, of course, the high-performance U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds. “It is a beautiful day for you and thanks for coming out,” said Col. David Chandler, vice commander of the [...]
VACAVILLE — A man with several gunshot wounds to his upper body was pronounced dead Saturday night at an apartment complex on the 1500 block of Alamo Drive. Police responded to reports of shots fired about 9:17 p.m. and when they arrived found Quinton Nears, 20, in the parking lot of the apartment complex, according [...]
VACAVILLE — Elizabeth and Katelyn Scully carried an armload of books over to their dad. The 7 and 3-year-old Vacaville sisters spent the better part of 15 minutes looking through the children’s books as their dad, Tim Scully, perused the hundreds of adult books that the Friends of the Vacaville Library offered Sunday during its [...]
Watching the massive fire near my house last week was surreal. I sat transfixed viewing the live television coverage in HD on my TV in the living room and in 3D through the window in my bedroom. Something about the huge, billowing plumes of black smoke really spooked me and it finally hit me: it [...]
FAIRFIELD — The Daily Republic published its last weekly television listings guide, the TV Daily, last week and in doing so cleared the way for a new, streamlined presentation beginning today. In making the move, the DR joined a growing list of daily newspapers across the country that have eliminated the Sunday TV book as [...]
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