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Helen Marie Valentine
Valentine, Helen Marie, 96, of Fairfield, died on Tuesday, July 19, 2011. Private family services will be held. Arrangements are by Fairfield Funeral Home, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave., 425-1041.
William Kenneth Blake
Blake, William Kenneth, 80, of Vacaville, died on Sunday, July 17, 2011. Private family services will be held. Arrangements are by Fairfield Funeral Home, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave., 425-1041.
Irving “Irv” Milton Cross Jr.
Cross Jr., Irving “Irv” Milton, 65, of Vacaville, died on Wednesday, July 20, 2011. Celebration of Life will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, July 27, Nadeau Family Funeral Home. Private family graveside service will be held on Thursday, July 28, at Suisun-Fairfield Cemetery. Arrangements are by Nadeau Funeral Home, 455-7700.
Richard J. Templeton
Templeton, Richard J., died on Wednesday, July 20, 2011. Graveside service will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, July 29, at the Sacramento Valley VA National Cemetery, 5810 Midway Rd., Dixon. Arrangements are by Vaca Hills Chapel Funeral Home, 446-3233.
Chalk up a win for violent video games
On a routine visit to a family member, I ventured into the kid’s room to see my nephew who was so engrossed in a video game that he didn’t even notice that I was standing behind him. As a parent and youth advocate, I was alarmed at what was on the screen: a carjacking in [...]
Not ready to jump, not quite yet
“You haven’t jumped out of any windows yet, I see.” This is the most frequent and most annoying comment people make when the stock market has a few bad days. That comment, I suppose, has been in use since the Great Depression of the 1930s. There is a certain irony that in Greece, and to [...]
Caddy reflects on career
Williams: Wasted 2 years being loyal to Woods WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Steve Williams says he wasted the last two years of his life standing by Tiger Woods through injuries and eruptions in the golfer’s private life. In frank interviews about his dismissal published Friday in his native New Zealand, the 47-year-old caddie said [...]
2 new suspects arrested in Giants fan beating
LOS ANGELES — For weeks, police expressed confidence they arrested the right man in the beating of a San Francisco Giants fan outside Dodger Stadium. But a law enforcement official has now told The Associated Press that two new suspects have been arrested. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was [...]
British realist painter Lucian Freud dies at 88
LONDON — In a time when other artists spilled their paints on the canvas, Lucian Freud carefully wiped his brush after every stroke. He painted intense, disturbing realist portraits even when representational art was deemed passe. He took months or longer to finish a work, but it took critics and collectors years to catch up [...]
Calif. unemployment rate rises slightly in June
SACRAMENTO — California’s economy is staying soft in the summer, the state Employment Development Department reported Friday, with the jobless rate for June rising slightly even as employers added workers. The state added 28,800 payroll jobs last month, with only two sectors of the economy showing job declines. California had an estimated 14.1 million non-farm [...]
Beavis & Butt-head return to MTV feisty as ever
SAN DIEGO — When the ever-adolescent Beavis and Butt-head return to MTV in the fall — nearly two decades after their heyday — even their own network won’t be safe from the trash-talking duo’s mockery. Creator Mike Judge came to San Diego’s Comic-Con on Thursday to talk about the reboot of his beloved animated characters [...]
