Vacaville News

Oh sure, there's a passing mention of Vacaville's semi-revived Nut Tree complex in the newly released 2013 edition of California Road Trips , the visitor bureau's compendium of "12 exclusive itineraries to perfect family-fun vacations." But the annual guide, which will appear in 600,000 copies of the June issue of Sunset as well as in digital form, ... (more)

Viva Fiesta! Once again, volunteers with the Vacaville Fiesta Days have put together a fun, community-minded event to celebrate the city's Western and Hispanic heritage.

Monday marks Memorial Day, when we pause to remember the men and women who died while serving in the military.

A Vacaville man charged with the 2010 gunshot slayings of two friends and the serious wounding of a third appeared briefly in Solano County Superior Court on Friday.

This is the last in a series of stories about Vacaville Unified classified employees, who this week celebrated Classified School Employee Week, which ends today.

Fairfield Fire Battalion Chief Matt Luckenbach said a vehicle was driving on a hill frequently used by groups without permission of the landowner.

After Adessa Jiminez read her winning essay, "What the National Anthem Means to Me," audience members at the Vacaville Elks Lodge showed what her essay meant to them by giving her a standing ovation.

Zachary Delchiaro, 4, of Suisun searches for the winning duck in the Duck Pond game along the midway during openign day of the Fiesta Days carnival in Andrews Park on Thursday.

There was no mistaking the pride on Janeth Antonio's face as she stood among hundreds of other Solano Community College graduates Thursday, each dressed in a cap and gown and excited about crossing the stage to receive their diplomas.

Two people were arrested Thursday in a narcotics raid in the 400 block of Benicia Road in unincorporated Vallejo, authorities said.

Gone but not forgotten is the message that friends of DeAnna Lynn Johnson wish to send with purple ribbons placed around Vacaville and a prominent billboard on what would have been her 45th birthday.

The fire burned about 10 acres off Leisure Town Road North. The site was Vacaville's old water treatment area, close to the Pacific Gas and Electric plant alongside Interstate 80.

Mary Smith, is the cafeteria manager at Padan Elementary School and is one many classified employees in the Vacaville Unified School District marking Classified Employee Week.

About 100 people were gathered as "Christine," a pink fire truck belonging to the Solano Chapter of the Guardians of the Ribbon/Pink Heals was christened.

Browns Valley Elementary School kindergartner, Ethan Preciado, third from left, 6, of Vacaville, checks out fellow classmate, Talan May, 6, as May gives 100-year old former Browns Valley Elementary School teacher Leona Bonovich a big birthday hug during a lunchtime party on Wednesday.

In a profession where cool heads prevail in the midst of chaos, Solano has joined the rest of the country as it observes National Emergency Medical Services Week and is recognizing the county's own first responders who have made their mark through unfailing commitment in the face of emergency.

Solano County prosecutors have filed additional felony charges against a former Vacaville real estate developer in connection with a failed land deal that cost two private investors large sums of money.

The public is invited to the Vacaville Performing Arts Theatre on Saturday, June 15 to celebrate the building's 20th anniversary in the community.

The announcement by Vacaville Firefighter/Paramedic David Beene was accompanied by the first of three jolts running from a Lifepak 12 monitor to the pads positioned at the upper right and lower left portions of the "patient's" chest.

Vacaville is no different, and for more years than I can remember, the Vacaville veterans have made a commitment to bring to our community a remembrance tribute worthy of those we honor.