We read and hear about random acts of kindness and it makes us feel good. I read about a family that drove up to the Bay Bridge tollbooth, where the toll person informed the family that someone had already paid their toll. Actually, that very same thing happened to me once a long time ago [...]
HERCULES — A poor performance at the free throw line doomed the Rodriguez High boys basketball team Wednesday in a 58-57 loss to Hercules. The Mustangs (7-4) made just 5 of 23 foul shots on the night, compared to 13 of 19 for the Titans. Rae Jackson led Rodriguez with 22 points, including two 3-pointers, and [...]
FAIRFIELD — The Fairfield High Boys basketball team isn’t about to give up its status as the top program in the city. At least not yet. The Falcons proved that Wednesday night when they defeated previously unbeaten Vanden 57-46 in the opening round of the Fairfield Holiday Classic. From the opening tip, the Falcons (8-5) [...]
VACAVILLE — It’s not often that a successful coach will be prompted to re-evaluate everything he does. Even in spite of his success in recent years — four Monticello Empire League titles and one Sac-Joaquin Section championship in his first six years — Mike Papadopoulos did just that after Vacaville High’s 2010 football season ended. [...]
There wasn’t a soul that thought the San Francisco 49ers would be 12-3 with a chance to secure a first-round bye with a victory over the St. Louis Rams this weekend. If somebody says they predicted that, they’re lying. The only person I can recall coming close to that record was 49ers radio analyst Eric [...]
VALLEJO — A two-defendant murder trial that started in November will likely wrap up this week as prosecutors finish their case against two Fairfield men accused of shooting at a group gathered outside a Parkway Gardens townhouse one night in early 2010. Raymon J. Sellers and Robert J. Dixon Jr. both face murder and attempted [...]
VACAVILLE — A 16-year-old boy walking home alone Tuesday evening from the Vacaville Public Library on Ulatis Drive was run down by an out-of-control maroon 2008 Toyota Sequoia. The boy was first spotted lying on the ground near the sidewalk where he had been walking along Harbison Drive. The boy was initially conscious but incoherent, but [...]
FAIRFIELD — Solano Community College will host its 11th annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration Jan. 15. The multicultural celebration, “Living the Dream,” will be from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Solano Community College campus theatre, Building 1200, 4000 Suisun Valley Road. For more information, call Karen McCord of the ethnic studies program at [...]
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