FAIRFIELD — Even with a new head coach on the sidelines, the Rodriguez High football team will likely not miss a beat this season. The defending Solano County Athletic Conference champion Mustangs finished the 2010 regular season on a 6-0 run after a slow start, something new head coach Jason Ott says his squad can [...]
ROCKVILLE — Solano Community College is set to induct the 2011 class into its Hall of Fame in a little more than a month. All told, six new members will join the ranks of the Falcon immortal. Perhaps most notable among this year’s inductees is recently retired athletic director Bob Myers, who stepped down at [...]
FAIRFIELD — It was a night of surprises in the opening round of the All-City Boys Soccer Tournament at Armijo’s Brownlee Field. The Indians came out strong in the nightcap, shutting out Vanden 6-0 behind a hat trick from Victor Calderon. The Indians led 3-0 at the half, and also got goals from Victor Pacheco, [...]
VACAVILLE — The suspect in a late July homicide in Vacaville was arrested this week in Washington and is being held without bail awaiting extradition to Solano County. Rico Marquez Espitia, 21, of Vacaville is being held in Ocean Shores, Wash., on suspicion of his role in the slaying of 20-year-old Quinten Nears in the [...]
FAIRFIELD — Arraignment for the fifth suspect in the Travis Dairy homicide was delayed until Thursday. The attorney for the 15-year-old suspect was unable to make it to court Wednesday for the boy’s arraignment, which Judge Peter B. Foor postponed. The boy, James E. Williamson, is charged with murder and robbery. His case was in [...]
VACAVILLE — A 52-year-old woman walking in the area of Sunrise Drive and Sungate Court in the Browns Valley area was mugged and stabbed in the neck Wednesday morning by two men. The men snuck up from behind at around 10:20 a.m. and told the woman to give them her purse, according to police. The [...]
FAIRFIELD — Perhaps there’s some irony in the fact Starbound Theatre is gearing up for its production of “The Christmas Grinch.” The city’s youth theater program, for ages 7 through 17, has triumphed over the budget grinch the last few years. However, in the spring, Anna Eaton, who ran Starbound for eight years, did her last [...]
FAIRFIELD — The master plan for a new Catholic church in Fairfield gained approval Wednesday. The Diocese of Sacramento proposes to build on 10.5 acres north of the Business Center Drive stretch of the North Connector. The parish would be Fairfield’s third. The proposal was approved in a lightning-quick zoning administrator hearing at City Hall. The [...]
SUISUN CITY — News that the National Transportation Safety Board found Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to blame for the September 2010 inferno in San Bruno came as no surprise to pipeline safety advocate Anthony Moscarelli. The Suisun City man still awaits the results of a late-spring inspection PG&E made of the natural gas pipelines that run [...]
FAIRFIELD — This advertisement hasn’t appeared yet, but something like it might in the near future: “For Sale: 46 acres of industrial land owned by Fairfield at Chadbourne and Cordelia roads. “Location, location, location. The land is near Interstate 80 and Highway 12, the area’s two major traffic corridors. It’s also near train tracks, allowing [...]
FAIRFIELD — All but two Fairfield-Suisun schools achieved higher Academic Performance Index scores this year compared to last, including some major gains at schools that traditionally score low. “We hit it out of the ballpark,” said Kris Corey, assistant superintendent of education services. “Our schools did extremely well.” Ten of the district’s 17 elementary schools [...]
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