Vacaville News

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.

Mikaela Lynch update: It's May 15, 2013 and the fourth day of the child's disappearance.

The next Vaca Valley Tea Party is from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Pietro's No. 2, 679 Merchant St.

News Item: Two Vacaville teachers were arrested: one on suspicion of molesting a minor, the other on suspicion of bringing guns and drugs onto a school campus.

Sentencing has been delayed a fifth time for a Fairfield man convicted of second-degree murder for interrupting a pre-arranged fistfight in 2010 by shooting one of the men once in the face.

A rattlesnake bite hospitalized a Vacaville man Monday evening after he was bitten on the foot while walking on his English Hills property, officials said.

A Vacaville man was arrested Monday night on suspicion of driving under the influence after striking another vehicle with his SUV before plowing through a retaining wall and into the front of a Vacaville home, police said.

Since the early 1990s, American educators have recognized the importance of instilling in students an ethic of service and an appreciation for giving back to the community.

A Sunday morning crash in Vacaville hospitalized a Davis man with serious injuries and landed a local man suspected of driving under the influence behind bars, police said.

A jury needed just a few hours Friday afternoon to find a Vacaville man guilty of repeatedly sexually assaulting a 8-year-old girl in 2011.

A woman was arrested Saturday on suspicion of abusing a newborn goat and feeding it beer near a Vacaville bar.

A baby goat was allegedly swung by its legs, dropped, kicked and had beer poured down its throat by a woman in Vacaville Saturday, according to local police.

Garamedi will be in Rio Vista in the afternoon and will be at Vacaville's McBride Senior Center, 91 Town Square Place, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. tonight.

By Kathy Keatley Garvey It proved to be a swine time at the Dixon May Fair when the 11th annual hogcalling contest drew veteran and first-time hogcallers alike, each trying to coax the hogs hamward bound or into four-squeal drive.

Walmart is now hiring to fill 95 full- and part-time positions at its Neighborhood Market on Alamo Drive in Vacaville, slated for a summer opening.