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Christmas tree auction and fundraiser set Saturday
SUISUN CITY — Twenty decorated Christmas trees will go up for silent auction Saturday afternoon as part of the Christmas at the Waterfront celebration. Proceeds from the auctions will go to the nonprofit organizations that decorated the trees, according to the event’s organizers, the Suisun City Historic Waterfront Business Improvement District. The trees will be [...]
Law enforcement community mourns for one of its own
VALLEJO — Hundreds of men and women in the Bay Area who took the oath to serve and protect their community went to work the morning of Nov. 17. One never returned home. Thousands of law enforcement officers came to Corbus Field in Vallejo on Wednesday to honor and remember Jim Capoot, badge number 497, [...]
Countywide bike plan sees update; $17M in projects listed
FAIRFIELD — Solano County’s biking future could include such things as a new Ulatis Creek trail segment in Vacaville, a Church Road bike route in Rio Vista and a new Linear Park segment in Fairfield. The Solano Transportation Authority is updating its Countywide Bicycle Plan. A proposed version lists projects in the county’s rural areas [...]
Bryan-Braker plans candlelight remembrance ceremony
FAIRFIELD — Bryan-Braker Funeral Home will host its annual Tree of Memories Remembrance service at 6 p.m. Dec. 15. The service provides an opportunity for those who have lost a loved one to share their experiences with others who are also grieving during the holidays. Vitas Innovative Hospice Care and the families they have helped [...]
Organizers reach wreath goal for Sacramento Valley National Cemetery
FAIRFIELD — The organizers of this year’s memorial wreath laying at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery have again raised enough funds to buy a wreath to put at every grave in the veterans’ cemetery just west of Dixon. “We have 100 percent and the ceremony will go on, rain or shine,” said Curtis Stocking, one [...]
Despite injuries, Raiders tame the Bears
When I heard that Bears starting quarterback Jay Cutler would miss the game against the Raiders because of a broken thumb, my reaction was “uh oh.” The Raiders have been in a position before of having a star player be out with an injury and then have some unknown sub play like a Hall of [...]
Last chance to snap up a Maybach
Depressions and recessions are the enemies of luxury-car marques. The U.S. auto industry lost, among other fine machines, the Peerless with the crash of the stock market, and, as the Great Depression progressed, the Marmon, the Auburn, the Cord, the Duesenberg and the Pierce Arrow. The problem, of course, was that few people had any [...]
Vacaville veterans call for volunteers, donations for Christmas dinner
VACAVILLE — Fresh off a successful community Thanksgiving dinner, Vacaville veterans organizations are putting out the call for volunteers and donations so they can make the upcoming Christmas Eve community dinner a similar success. The veterans plan to serve ham, turkey and all the fixings from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 24 at the [...]
