Fairfield News

Fairfield Fire Battalion Chief Bob Ftoffel said the grass fire was less than an acre when it spread to the Motel 6 at 4376 Central Place in Suisun Valley.

Jurors began deliberating the question of whether a Fairfield man was insane on the night of June 14, 2010, when he stabbed and killed a neighbor after they spent the evening drinking heavily.

Kappel & Kappel Realty and Gateway Realty have merged and purchased a Coldwell Banking franchise, creating a realty powerhouse in Solano County.

A requirement that Solano County's upcoming Level II trauma center provide labor and delivery service has become an issue, though how big an issue remains to be seen.

An alcohol compliance sweep by Fairfield police on Saturday netted two people suspected of buying alcohol for minors, authorities reported.

Home-improvement retail chain Orchard Supply Hardware, which has six North Bay stores, today filed for Bankruptcy Court reorganization protection and has inked a $205 million tentative deal with Lowe's Home Improvement, which has four North Bay stores, to acquire many of the OSH stores.

A report of a grass fire on the 1300 block of Woolner Avenue came in about 12:20 p.m. A first-alarm was called, which brought three more engines to the scene.

Nina Newton, of Fairfield, stops to take a video of a grass fire near the corner of Woolner and Pennsylvania avenues, Monday.

On the floor of the House of Representative last week, Congressman John Garamendi, D-Solano, lauded EDF Renewable Engery who started a program at Rio Vista High School to promote job training in green industry.

Fairfield police and the California Highway Patrol closed down Lyon Road Monday morning to search the nearby fields and hills for four Hispanic men who ran from their Acura Integra after it hit a Buick Lucerne on westbound Interstate 80. More than a dozen Fairfield police, backed up by a CHP aircraft, fanned out through the area around the ... (more)

Susan DeMichelle founded DeMichelle Deposition Reporters in 1975 in Napa. She moved the main office to Fairfield about 15 years ago, keeping the Napa office.

For the past several weeks, we have celebrated our successful high school graduates in Solano County.

Do you have craft items that others are always saying you should sell? If so, Fairfield officials say you may want to consider participating in the annual Home and Garden Craft Fair at the Fairfield Senior Center.

It's not that he was afraid of the live ones, crawling around the bottom just a few inches from his fingers, he was simply doing a good deed.

Police brought out the city's armored vehicle Sunday afternoon after a report of shots fired on the 1000 block of Scott Street.

A teenager was gunned down Saturday night at a party for a child in what police say is Vallejo's 11th homicide of 2013.

Trial after trial, the skill, dedication and sacrifice that one Solano County prosecutor brings to the courtroom has led her to be recognized as the leading prosecutor in the state by the California District Attorneys Association.

That's the loose theme of this nuggets column, a compilation of things I found interesting Saturday and decided to share with the rest of you.

Chad Hansen and Cryshandda Morales sit down for lunch outside Evelyn's Big Italian Pizzeria in downtown Fairfield, Friday.

While Fairfield police remain tightlipped on the identity of a man shot and killed outside an apartment complex Wednesday, new details emerged about what investigators call a "robbery gone bad."