Cheers to organizers of the Home Away From Home get-together Christmas Day at Travis Air Force Base. The event’s purpose is to bring a piece of home to airmen who spent the holiday away from friends and family. Participating airmen watched sports games, played poker and blackjack and were treated to a holiday dinner at [...]
Q: Four years ago, against my wife’s best advice, I loaned $40,000 to my best friend to help him and his wife buy their first house. He and I have been friends since high school (20 years ago) and when he asked, I was happy to help him. Because he was such a good friend [...]
This column will be about the love story of Sam and Miki Rothenbaum. Several weeks ago I tried to give you a little insight into some of the changes that take place when serious illness presents itself to a couple who have shared most of their lives with each other, such as my wife and [...]
FAIRFIELD — The Fairfield High boys basketball team fell to Bethel 68-57 in the third-place game Friday of the Fairfield Holiday Classic. “Too many turnovers,” Falcons coach Tony Bryant said. “We didn’t handle their pressure. Hopefully we’re battle-tested and ready (when league starts). We’ll take it day-by-day. We have to play for four quarters.” Jamarae [...]
CUPERTINO — The Solano Community College women’s basketball team fell to Merced College 75-70 Friday in the consolation championship of the Mike Gervasoni Memorial Tournament at De Anza College. “We dug ourselves a big hole at the start (31-12),” Falcons coach Matt Borchert said. “We clawed back, outscoring them 58-48 from that, but it wasn’t [...]
VACAVILLE — The moment when things looked as bleak as they possibly could for the Vacaville High football team also happened to be the moment that Bulldogs showed what they were: The truest definition of a team. Trailing defending state champion Folsom 28-20 at the midway point of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II championship game [...]
FAIRFIELD — Former Solano County Assessor-Recorder Skip Thomson will challenge Supervisor Mike Reagan for his seat on June 5, 2012, a rematch of a narrow 2008 contest between the two men. Thomson, a former supervisor himself, will make a formal announcement next month, but told the Daily Republic of his plans in a phone interview [...]
FAIRFIELD — Islanders and non-islanders alike will have one last chance to enjoy their local gridiron stars today as the third annual Polynesian Bowl kicks off at 1 p.m. today at Rodriguez High. All-Star teams composed of players of Polynesian descent from the Bay Area and the North Bay/Sacramento Valley will again square off in [...]
FAIRFIELD — This year, Christmas for Chad D. Masters began in the back of a California Highway Patrol car. Masters, 24, was stopped near Highway 12 and Beck Avenue. He was one of a dozen people booked into the Solano County jail during the recent holiday weekend for driving under the influence. The New Year’s holiday [...]
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