VACAVILLE — In robotics competition, precision is everything. But 12-year-old Sammy Perez prefers when things go wrong. “I kind of hate it when you program it right because you have no challenge,” said Perez, a B. Gale Wilson Middle School student. Perez got his wish Saturday as his team, Los Robos Lobos, competed in the [...]
Some poor guy in New York was trying to get to work, and some Occupy Wall Street people were blocking his way, and one of them explained why. “This society is stopping a lot of people from going to work,” the person told a Los Angeles Times reporter. “It’s OK that we’re stopping people one [...]
Stars Recreation Center Friday Men`s HDCP 11-Vacaville Honda: Robert Richeal 200 Billy Varner 254 Kevin 237, 667 Ken Doizaki 269, 681 Dale Hanson 240 Tony Broome 218 James Seale 226 Sam Thomas 247 Ron Mitchell 224 James P. 204 Mike Bell 202 Wayne S. 230 John Kosar 201, 206 Kip Hartnett 243 Paul Vowels 237, [...]
SAN FRANCISCO — The chancellor of the University of California, Davis, said Saturday that the school was launching an investigation after “chilling” video images surfaced online showing an officer using pepper spray on several protesters as they sit passively with their arms interlocked. “The use of the pepper spray as shown on the video is chilling to us all [...]
It is encouraging news that the Supreme Court has decided to consider the constitutionality of key provisions of Obamacare — the Affordable Care Act. By the end of next summer we’ll know if the federal government can force individuals to buy health insurance and if they can force states to comply with a newly expanded [...]
Cheers to candidates for City Council, school board and other local offices who, along with their supporters, have taken down the vast majority of campaign signs that decorated the city in recent months. Now, let’s get those last few signs taken down. Jeers to news that the housing market in Solano County remains sluggish, with [...]
Today Northern Solano Order Sons of Italy sale 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., 307 Flagstone Circle, Suisun City. Info: 415-310-5314. Annual Scouting For Food and Eyeglasses Drive Scouts will be asking for nonperishable food items in cans or boxes and used eyeglasses by visiting residents door-to-door. Donations will be given by the scouts to Solano Food Bank. [...]
Almost every week there are new developments, new accusations and new court actions surrounding the Catholic Church’s priest sex abuse case. This week there were two, which I shall recount in a moment. But it’s not so much the amassing scandal that is shocking, rather the church’s continued pattern of stonewalling that is so shocking. [...]
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