Solano County News Archives

Crews are making progress on a wildfire in Brisbane that has burned more than 300 acres on San Bruno Mountain.

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Hundreds of firefighters will be on the lines today as they continue to battle a wildfire moving from the Napa County line into the foothills northwest of Fairfield.

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Fire crews battling wildfires across Northern California expect cooler weather to help them gain an upper hand on blazes sparked by lightning over the weekend, a state fire spokesman said on Monday.

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Lightning is the cause of more than 500 fires burning around Northern California Sunday.

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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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More than 500 fires sparked by lightning were burning across Northern California Sunday as firefighters struggled against rough terrain and rising temperatures.

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Following less than five hours of deliberation, a Solano County Superior Court jury on Wednesday found three Fairfield residents guilty of first-degree murder in connection with an apartment complex ambush that ...

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Lightning sparked as many as 400 fires that burned around Northern California on Sunday, as officials farther south were close to containing a blaze that had destroyed more than a dozen homes and forced thousands to evacuate.

The largest was a 3-square-mile blaze burning in grassy woodland about 40 miles southeast of Sacramento, threatening scattered ranch houses. A mandatory evacuation was ordered for some residents, said Nancy Carniglia of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

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A 750-acre wild fire continues to burn in the Twin Sisters area of unincorporated Solano County.

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The cities of Vacaville and Dixon have made it clear they are not happy with some aspects of Solano County's proposed general plan update, and will again air those concerns when they sit down with county staff ...

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The East Bay has lost nearly 12,000 jobs so far in 2008 - including thousands more last month - in an ominous indication that an employment recession has descended on the region's struggling economy.

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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 foster parent awarded custody of three young siblings allegedly forced into sex at swinger parties has been accused of sexually abusing a child in California in 1991.

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The "free fall" phase of the California housing market bust could end soon, as bargain-hunters begin buying homes in parts of the state hardest hit by foreclosures, according to a new economic report.

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A collision involving at least three vehicles on the Benicia-Martinez Bridge Wednesday afternoon has left three lanes blocked, according to the California Highway Patrol .

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After 14 months of difficult contract negotiations, the Fairfield-Suisun Unified Teachers Association reached a tentative agreement with the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District on Monday.

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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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Of the nearly 200,000 people a day that drive through I-80 in Solano County, all of those vehicles are taking a major beating.

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With the day fast approaching for same-sex couples to legally marry, Solano County has had a big increase in the number of couples intending to tie the knot next week at county facilities.

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For the second time in nearly three years, Solano County supervisors Tuesday approved environmental documents for the proposed expansion of the Potrero Hills Landfill in Suisun City.

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The Dixon Fire Department worked Tuesday to extinguish multiple fires around Putah Creek.

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County Supervisors on Tuesday will consider spending $250,000 on a new primary health clinic for low-income residents in Vallejo and another $64,000 to provide health care for those children using the clinic.

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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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Records 31 - 45 of 45 Previous 1 2 Sacramento mayor race appears headed to runoff Matthai Kuruvila, Chronicle Staff Writer Former Cal and professional basketball star Kevin Johnson on Tuesday appeared headed to ...

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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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Under water. Upside down. Negative equity. No matter the terminology to describe the erosion of home equity in the East Bay, the conclusion is inescapable: A local housing sector that once was remarkable for ...

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

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Published 10:41 am PDT Wednesday, June 4, 2008 Mariko Yamada captured both Yolo and Solano counties by razor-thin margins in beating Christopher Cabaldon for the 8th Assembly District's Democratic nomination, ...

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The 3.9 magnitude temblor struck at 7:29 p.m. one mile southwest of Green Valley, near Fairfield.

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FAIRFIELD A small earthquake struck Solano County on Tuesday evening, but there was no word of any injuries or damage.

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Vallejo citizens are invited to a pride picnic Sunday celebrating the 10 years since an informal barbecue among friends started a gay and lesbian community network that includes people from all over Solano ...

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