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FAIRFIELD — A three-day jury trial with some odd twists for an accused drunken driver ended Wednesday with the judge slamming the defendant. Halfway through the trial the defendant, James M. Yurkis, 39, disappeared. Judge Alesia Jones decided to go on with the trial without Yurkis, whose attorney, Denis Honeychurch, stuck around until the end. [...]
I would like to comment on the garage sale signs that are going up all over town now with summer coming. Isn’t there something somewhere that says these signs should be taken down after the sale time? In our neighborhood, they put boxes on the corners or tie signs on the street name poles. Addresses [...]
FAIRFIELD — Truant students and their parents or guardians are invited to speak Thursday with representatives from the school district and the police. They will meet at 5 p.m. in the Fairfield-Suisun School District’s office at 2490 Hilborn Road in Fairfield. All those rounded up in a sweep in May were sent a letter inviting [...]
FAIRFIELD — Students who already hold a bachelor’s degree may be eligible for an experimental program at Solano Community College that’s approved by the U.S. Department of Education. The program, which begins this fall, gives people with a bachelor’s an opportunity to return to school for another degree or to retrain for a different career [...]
FAIRFIELD — Assemblyman Dan Logue, R-Marysville, spent Wednesday traveling the 3rd Congressional District to announce his plans to challenge Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, in the next election. First on that stop was the Solano County Government Center, where a group of supporters gathered to hear his plans to bring jobs to residents and keep [...]
FAIRFIELD — Lynch Canyon open space in the hills between Fairfield and Vallejo could soon be open year-round. Solano County operates the open space owned by the Solano Land Trust as a park. People can hike there on Saturdays and Sundays for 30 weeks a year, in the spring and summer. The county’s proposed 2013-14 budget [...]
FAIRFIELD — Solano County will open hearings Monday to discuss a proposed $817 million budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year, which begins in July. That figure includes state and federal funds that must go to specific programs, such as health and social services. The focus will likely be on the $209 million general fund that [...]
FAIRFIELD — Jaden Dumdumaya doesn’t play golf like he’s 7 years old. Jaden, who just turned celebrated his seventh birthday earlier this month, has been playing golf since he could stand upright, paving the way for his success in youth tournaments. “I think ever since he could walk, he had plastic golf clubs,” said Stan [...]
SAN DIEGO — Immigrant rights advocates recently marked the one-year anniversary of the government program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. So it’s time to do three things: understand what DACA is and isn’t; evaluate the illegal immigrants whom it was meant to help, i.e., the estimated 1.5 million DREAMers brought to [...]
FAIRFIELD — Crawdads. Crayfish. Crawfish. Whatever you call them, the Daily Republic would like to talk to you if you enjoy hunting and catching crawdads in the Delta area. Whether you do it for fun or a business, if you do it on a fairly regular basis, we’d like to include you in an upcoming [...]
Aug. 13, 1939 – June 17, 2013 “Amazing Grace” went home this week to finally be with a truly loving Heavenly Father. Her pain is now spent, her heart is now renewed and her life of service is rewarded. Grace was born in San Francisco. She dedicated many years of her life to service in [...]
Artist: Fiona Apple Title: “The Idler Wheel is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do” Year: 2012 Format: Vinyl (Spotify) Grade: A With a penchant for unbearably long album titles and what read as unnecessary, youthful self-confidence, many wrote off Fiona Apple as [...]
UNIVERSAL CITY — Danielle Bradbery has “The Voice” – and the microphone-holding trophy to match. The 16-year-old country singer said she was “overwhelmed with emotion” when she was crowned the winner of the NBC singing competition Tuesday. “I mean confetti and fireworks in the background and being handed this really heavy trophy. It was all [...]
MILAN — A Milan court on Wednesday convicted the designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana of tax evasion. They were found guilty of failing to declare $268 million through a Luxembourg company to authorities and given a one year and eight months suspended jail sentence. They were ordered to pay a penalty of about $670,000 to tax [...]
BROOKLYN, Mich. — Greg Biffle was thrilled after his victory last weekend in Michigan. Teammate Carl Edwards was a little bit miffed. Biffle’s Sprint Cup victory gave Ford Motor Co. 1,000 wins across NASCAR’s three national series — Cup, Nationwide and Truck. It took place just down the road from company headquarters, but not every [...]
SUISUN CITY — Free Saturday night movies will return to the Harbor Plaza on the Suisun City waterfront for an eight-week run that starts July 13. This year’s series was made possible by the Suisun City Community Services Foundation with financial support from Pacific Gas & Electric Co. The series kicks off July 13 with [...]
UNION CITY — A pit bull mix that bit and killed a six-year-old boy in Northern California has been euthanized. The San Jose Mercury News reports the dog was put down Tuesday. Police said the dog bit Nephi Selu of Dixon on top of his head Monday morning at his grandparents’ home in Union City. [...]
SONOMA — Sonoma Raceway is gearing up for the 25th Toyota/Save Mart 350 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series weekend, June 21-23 and has put together an unforgettable pre-race show featuring everything from jets to giant shopping carts to live music entertainment. There will be plenty of on-track action to enjoy throughout the day, but be sure to [...]
NEW YORK — Los Angeles’ school system, the second largest in the United States, is ordering iPads for all its students, handing Apple a major success in its quest to make the tablet computer a replacement for textbooks. The Los Angeles Board of Education on Tuesday approved the purchase of $30 million worth of [...]
SACRAMENTO — Attorneys who represent California inmates asked a federal judge Wednesday to expand the court’s oversight of prison mental health care to include the Department of State Hospitals. The department is responsible for treatment at some of California’s 33 adult prisons, including one in Soledad that is at the center of the current [...]
SANTA ROSA — Authorities in Sonoma County have turned down a bid to charge for parking at state beaches. The San Francisco Chronicle says county supervisors on Tuesday denied an appeal by the California Department of Parks and Recreation. A county zoning board earlier rejected a plan to charge $7 to park at 14 beaches. However, [...]
PALO ALTO — Tesla is recalling as many as 1,228 of its Model S vehicles, citing a problem with a rear seat latch in the electric sports sedan. The company says no injuries or customer complaints have been reported. Chairman and CEO Elon Musk said in a blog entry Wednesday that the strength of a [...]
SACRAMENTO — A 14-year-old Northern California girl has told a jury that she was burned, brutalized and tortured by her father’s fiancee while he was in prison. The Sacramento Bee says the girl testified Tuesday in the Sacramento trial of 37-year-old Duewa Lee, who’s charged with a dozen felony counts. Her father, Wade Carter, was arrested [...]
DAVIS — A 16-year-old Northern California boy once praised as a hero for saving his dad’s life has been charged with stabbing a couple to death at their home, a newspaper reported. Daniel William Marsh was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday in a Yolo County courtroom on two first-degree murder charges, The Sacramento Bee reported. [...]
OAKLAND — The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit police chief said Wednesday he’s asked the department’s former auditor to review progress in meeting reforms instituted after the controversial fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by a white transit officer. Chief Kenton Rainey said Patrick Oliver of the Ohio-based National Organization of Black Law [...]
NEW YORK — Men’s Wearhouse doesn’t like the way its founder looks anymore. The men’s clothier said Wednesday that it has fired the face of the company and its executive chairman, George Zimmer, 64, who appeared in many of its TV commercials with the slogan “You’re going to like the way you look. I [...]
Galvan, Jose Luis, 35, of Fairfield, died Thursday, June 13, 2013. Funeral service, 12:30 p.m. Friday, June 21, 2013, Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 1050 Texas St., Fairfield. Arrangements under the care of Fairfield Funeral Home, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave., Fairfield, 425-1041.
Thursday Aquatic Fitness 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 5:30 to 8 p.m., Aquatics Complex, Allan Witt Park, 1741 W. Texas St., Fairfield. Open to all. Info: millemoe@fairfield.ca.gov. Brain Boosters 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Fairfield Senior Center, 1200 Civic Center Drive. For those wanting to strengthen their memory. Enrollment required. Info: 428-7654. Crochet Lessons 10 a.m. to noon, [...]
SUISUN CITY — Suisun City police will pay special attention to motorcyclists Saturday when they conduct a motorcycle safety enforcement operation as part of the department’s effort to lower the number of deaths and injuries caused by accidents that involve motorcycles. Extra officers will patrol areas frequented by motorcyclists and where motorcycle crashes occur. They [...]
