Dixon News

Levels of mercury in marsh wren eggs, taken from nests like the one shown, differed from those in the blood and feathers of marsh wrens living in the same area.

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.

Thousands of Dixon residents descended upon the Dixon May Fair this weekend to take in the state's oldest fair.

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.

Remember when you first heard the word staycation? Most likely it was way back in the early years of the 21st century, when gas prices spiked tremendously.

The Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District is inviting local students to submit artwork to its annual Clean Air Calendar Contest.

Because, by all accounts, the annual Dixon May Fair Parade, the oldest ongoing event of its kind in California, pleases those who are in it, walking, marching or riding, and certainly pleases those who stand along the streets to stare at each passing decorated float, bounce to uptempo Hispanic brass bands, wave back at waving politicians, cover ... (more)

"I wondered how many others were in the same position and wanted to get out but were maybe hesitant," said the Fairfield resident.

If it's Mother's Day weekend, it must be time for the Dixon May Fair, and sure enough the 138th edition of that event opened Thursday.

Using online sales for the first time and offering a bargain for the first day's admission shot attendance numbers up on the first day of the Dixon May Fair.

The Solano County 4-H Program will celebrate its centennial year in California by hosting a barbecue jubilee on Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. in Hall Park , in Dixon.

Wyatt Currie of Dixon, 11, left, pets Mr. Tom as John Eldridge helps him show his turkey during the Youth Poultry Show on Thursday at the Dixon May Fair.

Here's how the Dixon Police Department will approach drunk driving during the Dixon May Fair: [They] will deploy special roving DUI patrols in the City of Dixon looking to stop and arrest impaired drivers.

Selling district property, eliminating some services and a public review a new teachers contract are on the agenda tonight when Dixon Unified leaders meet in open session.

Leisure Town resident Paul Boykin was there when the first houses in the Vacaville senior community went up.

A child fell Wednesday from a second-story window of a home on La Esperanza Drive, and the 3-year-old was flown by helicopter to UC Davis Medical Center, police and fire officials said.

Some eastbound and westbound lanes on Interstate 80 between Vacaville and Dixon will be closed overnight in the coming week as Caltrans starts lane repair work.

The 138th edition of the Dixon May Fair, California's oldest fair, opens at 4 p.m. Thursday and runs through 11 p.m. Sunday.

The Solano County Taxpayers Association will meet from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the IHOP Restaurant, 1435 Ary Lane, Dixon, to discuss Solano Community College's $348 million bond that voters authorized in 2012.

Visitors to the Solano County Wine Pavilion at the 138th annual Dixon May Fair, set Thursday through Sunday, will see more flair, wine education, wine varietals and premium wine offerings.