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Speaking on behalf of the animals

I have a 12-year-old West Highland terrier named Molly and a 3-year old Cairn terrier named Patty. I’m pretty sure they’re the most spoiled dogs in the neighborhood. I also have an 8-year-old black cat named Jack, who seems to think that he owns my garage. My animals are treated as if they are one [...]

Our Music Year No. 142: Dispatch, ‘All Points Bulletin’

Artist: Dispatch Title: “All Points Bulletin” Year: 2004 Format: Digital Grade: C+ I’ve been here before. I began my interest in a jam band from Vermont by first checking out a live record instead of the studio efforts. That band was Phish and the difference between the live and studio settings was astonishing. But Dispatch [...]

Suisun council takes police, fire boosters to task over improprieties

SUISUN CITY — The Suisun Police and Fire Boosters will serve beer this Fourth of July, but only after a grilling by the city council Tuesday night over recent allegations of  misuse of the nonprofit’s funds by one of its members. How the city will go about creating a more formal process for selecting who [...]

Travis Dairy killers back in court

FAIRFIELD — Four teens who stole from and ultimately killed the elderly owner of the Travis Dairy were in court briefly Tuesday for another delay in their cases. James E. Williamson, 16, Osis “O Money” Smith, Dezmon “Young D” Frazier, both 18, and Chelsea Johnson, 19, all previously pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter and burglary [...]

County officials take road trip, examine projects

FAIRFIELD — Solano County supervisors and county officials hit the road Tuesday, all the better to see the various projects planned for the county’s rural road system. They got in a bus and drove the length of the county, from Fairfield to Winters to Vallejo and back to Fairfield. They left the county Government Center  and [...]

Rural Vacaville fire sparked by lawn mower

VACAVILLE — A six-alarm grass fire that burned 15 acres in rural Vacaville Monday was started by a lawn mower, according to Vacaville Fire Protection District officials. Deputy chief Doug Rogers said the riding mower sparked the fire at Buena Vista Lane. One barn was leveled and a travel trailer was destroyed. Reach Heather Ah [...]

Council selects members of Measure P advisory committee

FAIRFIELD — Five members of the public were selected Tuesday to serve on the advisory committee for Measure P. The Fairfield City Council interviewed 10 candidates and selected the five hopefuls who will oversee the collection and spending of the estimated $12.75 million annually from the city’s 1 percent sales tax. The money from the [...]

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