FAIRFIELD — ACI Cork USA in Fairfield has found new ways to go green in and outside of its Fairfield plant. The company provides cork and noncork closures for producers of wine, vinegar and oils and other products. It creates its product to customer specifications in its local plant on Cordelia Road. “This product is [...]
VACAVILLE — Annie Baker and Jennifer Pero both were introduced to gymnastics within the first few years of their birth, with their moms taking them to classes at an early age. “I just fell in love with it and never wanted to leave,” Baker said. Neither woman has. They went on to compete in college [...]
There was an interesting article in the Daily Republic this week about community reaction to plans by George Lucas to significantly expand studio operations in semi-rural Marin County. Typical concerns expressed by nearby residents included traffic congestion, noise and loss of a rural lifestyle. Well, we think this studio sounds like an exciting project, and [...]
RIO VISTA — Larry Brickman took a decent dose of good-natured razzing recently. “You are a fair-weather retailer,” John McGinley joked, saying he couldn’t find Brickman in his usual spot along Highway 12 the day before. “Long Island Larry,” aka “The New York City Hot Dog Guy,” decided it was too windy and cold to [...]
FAIRFIELD — The housing slump continues in Solano County, with home sales edging up, but prices continuing a 15-month slide amid a small inventory. According to information released Thursday by La Jolla-based DataQuick, 508 Solano County homes sold in January, an increase of 13.4 percent over a year ago and the most in January since [...]
VACAVILLE — A free seminar on how to protect yourself against identity theft is offered by Travis Credit Union at 6 p.m. Feb. 28 in the company’s Community Room at One Travis Way. Participants will learn how people make themselves vulnerable to identity theft, find ways to protect their Social Security number from fraud, become [...]
FAIRFIELD — Colliers International’s Fairfield office sees reason for optimism this year in the local industrial space market. The vacancy rate in the fourth quarter of 2011 for Solano and Napa counties was 12.7 percent, up only .01 percent from the previous quarter and 1.4 percent lower than at the end of 2010. The market [...]
As a topic of conversation, investments are like sports. Everyone has an opinion, and the strongest opinions often come from those who spend more time in front of the TV than out on the field. Practitioners, meanwhile, are wary of anything labeled a sure thing. Indeed, it’s one of life’s ironies that the people who [...]
VACAVILLE – The city could allow a mix of residences and stores at some existing shopping centers in an attempt to jolt them to economic life. It’s just one part the city’s General Plan update. The mixed-use proposals for targeted shopping centers have been discussed by a city General Plan Steering Committee and City Council [...]
It’s hard to believe. Greece is influencing the movement of, not billions, but trillions of dollars in various currencies around the world. When it appears that they have an agreement with their lending banks, markets strengthen, but when it looks like the agreement is falling apart, investors head for the exits. If there is an [...]
FAIRFIELD — Mayor Harry Price on Thursday put on protective goggles, grabbed a blue battery-powered saw and cut through a board that was placed in a stand near the entrance to Lowe’s. It took him about five seconds to finish the job. The red board had “Lowe’s Fairfield” written on it in the middle and [...]
FAIRFIELD — Fairfield High School’s Associated Student Body/Leadership group is collecting “gently used” jeans to give to homeless teens. Students in the group are participating in a larger Teens for Jeans national drive being held by Aeropostale, an apparel retailer that has a store at Westfield Solano mall. They have collected more than 780 jeans [...]
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