Vacaville News

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.

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.