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Firefighters from neighboring states arrived to help Monday after an "unprecedented" lightning storm sparked more than 800 wildfires, from Big Sur to wine country to Humboldt County.

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CalFire says that approximately 120 area firefighters based in San Diego County are getting ready for deployment to Northern California to fight hundreds of fires.

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Two grassfires were threatening homes in Solano County Saturday evening and had shut down a section of Highway 12, according to the Solano County Sheriff's Office.

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A Solano County Superior Court jury deliberated roughly an hour Friday before ruling that a Fairfield murder defendant was legally sane when he stabbed his mother to death and then stuffed her body into a ...

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A facelift for the rough and tumble terrain of Interstate 80 in most of Solano County will kick into high gear in the coming months, but drivers will pay with lane closures, detours and other delays.

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A 15-month-old Fairfield girl drowned Tuesday at her family's Whitecap Way residence, authorities said.

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The Fairfield Police Department is once again preparing to participate in the state's annual Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement campaign.

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A teen accused of killing a 16-year-old Fairfield boy said Wednesday he wished he had gotten into the car and driven away a year and a half ago, rather than taking and shooting a .22-caliber pistol outside an ...

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Carey Rowan, supervising librarian for the Solano County Law Library at the Hall of Justice in Fairfield, will be leaving soon for a similar job with Contra Costa County.

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'I'll take 2 years in the clink' A 21-year-old American has admitted to using a potent botarmy to wage a relentless campaign of destruction on two volunteer websites as part of a scheme to punish the operators ...

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When Solano County supervisors redirected $43 million in tobacco settlement money toward a pair of county construction projects in January, they did so with a promise that $3 million would be given annually to ...

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Second time's a charm. At least that's what Kennedy Wilson Auctions is hoping as it holds its second auction of 30 Raintree Terrace Condominiums in Fairfield.

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Firefighters have controlled a two-alarm grass fire that broke out just before 11 a.m. Sunday morning in the area of Twin Sisters and Suisun Valley roads in unincorporated Solano County, according to the ...

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Woodland School District Superintendent Jacki L. Cottingim has been selected as the new superintendent of the Fairfield-Suisun district.

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A plume of smoke rises from Ashland Chemical Plant of Ashland Inc. Wednesday June 4, 2008.

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A large three-alarm fire is burning at the Ashland Chemical Plant. Thick black smoke and flames up to 100 feet high were seen coming from the plant, which is at the 2400 block of Crocker Circle .

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Copart Inc., the Fairfield, Calif., provider of vehicle-salvage services to insurers, reported late on Tuesday that fiscal third-quarter earnings rose 20% on 52% higher revenue.

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A small earthquake has struck Solano County, but there are no immediate reports of injuries or damages.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude-3.9 quake hit just before 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. It was centered about 10 miles north-northeast of Vallejo and 35 miles north-northeast of San Francisco.

Some residents near the temblor's epicenter reported pictures falling off the walls from the sharp jolt.

A dispatcher with the Fairfield Police Department about seven miles from where the quake struck says there are no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

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Worry-Free Business Security 5.0 represents a re-branding of Trend's SMB client/server messaging security product line plus upgrades that integrate features such as behavior-based antimalware monitoring and an ...

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May 28, 2008 3:00 AM by Staff , The Examiner 11 hrs ago: S.F. Police Blotter: Neighborhood crime log These are excerpts from the San Francisco Police Department 's daily log of activities.

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