Solano County News

Two young Vacaville men and a teenager were arrested Friday in connection with an armed home-invasion robbery that had occurred just hours before.

Even if the world seems to turn on a digital Twitter, people always can depend on the traditional Americana found only at a county fair.

Solano County advocates have targeted Vallejo as "ground zero" to push for tobacco licensing control.

Action on a court injunction aimed at curtailing the activities of the Norteo street gang in Fairfield was postponed Thursday after an attorney successfully moved to disqualify a Superior Court judge.

Prompting somber speeches and tears from one Solano County supervisor, an $845 million budget was adopted Wednesday night that includes 73 employee layoffs.

Three teens setting off fireworks apparently started a 5-acre grass fire in Vacaville late Wednesday night, police said.

A Solano County Superior Court judge has rejected a defense request to split up some of the felony charges in the 57-count complaint that was filed against suspected serial rapist Victor Lamar Davis two years ago.

The U.S. Geological Survey reported that an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 2.5 struck Tuesday morning in Solano County.

County agricultural officials announced Monday that two light brown apple months were detected Friday in separate areas of Fairfield.

The special election to replace former Rep. Ellen Tauscher in the 10th Congressional District will cost Solano County an estimated $333,000 with little prospect of reimbursement because of the state's fiscal woes.

The city of Vallejo was poised to approve a new budget Tuesday night that includes pink slips for an additional 16 police officers.

Solano County's top education official has announced she will not seek re-election at the end of her term, while at the same time endorsing a longtime county educator for the job.

A congresswoman's career path is costing county workers more lay offs in Solano County.

A Solano County man suffering from swine flu has become the latest California resident to succumb to the virus.

A Solano County man suffering from swine flu has died. County public health officials said Thursday the 53-year-old had no other major health conditions.

The first biofuels station has opened today in Solano County, CA. The Plaza Oliver Valero at 1009 Oliver Road in Fairfield is now carrying E85 and biodiesel.

Convicted of repeatedly raping three young girls over a period of several years, a Vacaville man on Wednesday received a 40-years-to-life prison sentence in Solano County Superior Court.

Napa County Sheriff's Detective Chris Carlisle discusses the facts of the case surrounding an unidentified woman whose body was found dumped alongside the road on Highway 128 near the Napa and Solano county borders on May 9. Under a smattering of brush on a lonely stretch of Highway 128 near Markley Cove in Napa County on Mother's Day, the bones of ...

Solano County's Board of Supervisors approved a state-mandated identification card program for medical marijuana patients Tuesday.

Could the Vallejo police department be on its way out? Officials in the bankrupt city are about to talk about a money-saving overhaul that would merge the Vallejo Police Department with the Solano County Sheriff's Department.