Fairfield News

A new trial date has been set for a Suisun City murder defendant whose mental competency has repeatedly been challenged and evaluated since his 2008 arrest in connection with the throat-slashing death of his estranged wife.

With Chopin's "Death March" filling the campus quad, protesting Solano Community College students staged a mock funeral Thursday, saying farewell to programs, staff and services.

The city of Fairfield has a message for would-be holiday shoplifters: we'll be watching you.

After more than a decade of planning and fundraising, construction is complete on the $11.2 million Bridge to Life Center, a homeless shelter at 310 Beck Ave.. The public is invited to a dedication of the center from noon to 2 p.m. Thursday.

The Solano County coroner's office has been called to the scene of a crash tonight on westbound Interstate Highway 80 in Fairfield, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Four new physicians have joined the NorthBay Center for Primary Care in Vacaville and Fairfield.

Fairfield police said only one business establishment was caught selling alcohol to minors during a decoy operation this month.

Trial dates remain in limbo for two men facing murder charges stemming from the Labor Day 2008 shooting death of 22-year-old Fairfield City Councilman Matt Garcia.

Fairfield police are searching for four men who held a man at gunpoint Wednesday during a home-invasion robbery.

A group of recovering brown pelicans sit on the edge of a wading pool in the aviary at the International Bird Rescue Research Center January 26, 2009 in Fairfield, California.

With several questions and critiques raised, county supervisors Tuesday approved a draft of what may become a Joint Powers Agreement with seven cities on an emergency communication network.

There didn't appear to be anything different about Friday morning for Robert Connelly.

Almost 19 years ago in Vacaville, a 6-year-old girl in foster care was kidnapped from her new home, bound and gagged with duct tape, raped and then abandoned in freezing temperatures in a rural field.

The Fairfield Police Activities League at the Matt Garcia Youth Center is teaming up with IHOP restaurant to sweeten the center's homework program.

The new carpool lane on eastbound Interstate Highway 80 in Fairfield will open ahead of schedule Thursday afternoon, transportation officials said.

Solano and Napa students can meet representatives from nearly 30 colleges and institutions at the second annual fall college fair sponsored by Fairfield, Suisun City, Vacaville, Benicia, and Napa.

A Fairfield man was arrested Wednesday in connection to a shooting that occurred in Vacaville last month.

Fairfield voters spoke loud and clear Tuesday, re-electing Mayor Harry Price for yet another term.

A Winters police officer was arrested early Tuesday on child molestation charges, authorities said.

Election Day is Tuesday and things are heating up as the races come down to the wire.