Vacaville News

Vacaville resident Christine Franklin smiles and enjoys a home visit from the pink fire shortly before she succumbed to cancer in 2011.

How refreshing it was on Friday to see and hear Mark Miller lead a workshop/review for eighth-graders on Biz Kid$ at Vaca Pea Middle School in Vacaville.

A Vacaville middle school teacher is facing felony charges related to the alleged discovery of illegal drugs and a firearm in his vehicle earlier this month.

The victims of the devastating tornado in Oklahoma may not have ever met anyone from Solano County but soon they will be wrapped in a warm hug sent straight from the hearts of a group of caring local residents.

It's an iconic piece of cowboy narration that means something totally different to California Medical Facility inmates and personnel.

Residents on Clancy Lane in rural north Vacaville watched as fire burned within feet of their home Monday and firefighters knocked down the flames.

The proposed 255-acre Vanden Meadows development will go before the Vacaville Planning Commission on Tuesday so commissioners and residents can see what it entails and voice any concerns they have about the project.

Vacaville fire crews are responding to a six-alarm grass fire at Timm Road and Buena Vista Lane in rural north Vacaville.

What we came to realize was that the taxpayers of Winters, Dixon, Vacaville, Fairfield, Suisun City, Benicia and Vallejo enthusiastically want Solano Community College to excel further in its academic and vocational programs, as well as in the infrastructure that are the means to those ends.

This is not a new problem. Jowel Laguerre, the college's superintendent and president, talks of discussions that date back to 2008 when the notion of contracting for police services was floated as a way to cut costs associated with policing the district's campuses in Fairfield, Vacaville and Vallejo.

It was always a money grab, but one wonders just how much shutting down California's redevelopment agencies is costing the state.

If Fairfield's industrial market had a theme song, it would definitely feature the word "hot." With the first three months of 2013 showing continued absorption of space, Fairfield's industrial market remains quite strong.

The bizarre story about a Vacaville woman allegedly feeding a baby goat beer, then kicking and swinging it by its front legs, brought plenty of reactions this week - including extensive media coverage beyond Solano County.

Lake Berryessa is an attraction for recreational visitors and brings tourism dollars into Solano County.

Vacaville got a taste of Hollywood when character actor Charlie Holliday made a guest appearance at the 12th Annual EYE Light Film Festival at Brenden Theatres.

Unresolved questions about liability and costs of special education postponed the approval of a petition by a Rio Linda-based nonprofit operator of charter schools to have its downtown Vacaville campus, Heritage Peak, fall under the oversight of Vacaville Unified.

Sutter Solano Medical Center and Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center earned "As" in safety in The Leapfrog Group's latest report, according to Leapfrog's website.

Volunteers and medical personnel teamed up on Wednesday as Solano County and Travis Air Force Base prepared for a disaster.

A four-alarm grass fire ripped along a Vacaville hillside Wednesday evening, spurred by breezy conditions and dry vegetation as it charred more than 20 acres before being controlled, officials said.

Gov. Jerry Brown's latest 2013-14 state budget revision likely will be topic No.