Fairfield News

I tagged along with my parents to Cleo Gordon Elementary School in Fairfield, showed my dad around the classroom while my mom talked to the teacher about my grades, behavior and attitude.

John Dickerson, a retired U.S. Air Force master sergeant and information technology manager, and Riitta De Anda, a Vacaville business owner, will take their seats after the 5:30 p.m. swearing-in ceremony in the school board chambers at 2751 De Ronde Drive in Fairfield.

As technology advances and becomes more affordable, more and more people are turning to electric vehicles to save on gas and try to do something good for the environment.

A Fairfield man who is accused of the 2011 gunshot slaying of a Vallejo police officer appeared in court briefly on Wednesday.

A 48-year-old Fairfield man accused of trying to kill his ex-wife had his jury trial postponed Wednesday.

Fairfield Police officers investigate the scene following reports of an alleged shooting and multi-car accident, Wednesday, along Sunset Avenue and Daniel Street in Fairfield.

Council members in Suisun City moved Tuesday to head off Internet cafes that offer sweepstakes-style gaming coming to town by updating and amending its ordinance to bar those businesses.

A book fair fundraiser for the Armijo Signal high school newspaper will take place Friday and Saturday at the Barnes & Noble Booksellers in Fairfield.

Police captured a 23-year-old San Francisco man wanted in connection with a vehicle theft and injury shooting in Fairfield on Tuesday night.

Mission Solano, a Fairfield emergency shelter, has ramped up to provide a warm place to stay for the homeless as freezing or very cold temperatures are forecast for the next few nights.

A Vacaville man made his first court appearance on Tuesday in Solano County Superior Court where he is facing a felony charge in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of a child nearly a decade ago.

City Council members voted Tuesday to end the landscape contract with low bidder TruGreen LandCare Inc. of Fairfield and award a $190,080 pact to New Image Landscape Company of Fremont.

Two downtown properties the Fairfield Redevelopment Agency bought for $750,000 nearly a decade ago should be sold for $150,000 to a Los Angeles County-based developer, a city panel agreed Tuesday.

Councilwoman Catherine Moy, who underwent surgery May 10 and had for months participated in council meetings by phone, returned to the City Council chambers Tuesday.

A 27-year-old Fairfield man who allegedly went on a brief robbery spree in October was ordered Tuesday to stand trial on several felony charges.

At least $500 worth of diapers that were to be donated to mothers were stolen from a shed at the Alpha Pregnancy Resource Center in Fairfield, the executive director said Tuesday.

He took a step toward that goal Tuesday, getting in line at 3 a.m. to be part of an "America's Next Top Model" casting call in Vacaville.

Area residents in search of gainful employment are invited to take part in free workshops this month to help them achieve their goals of finding work.

Officers responded to the 800 block of East Travis Boulevard around 10:15 p.m. after receiving reports of a shooting that had just occurred, according to a press release from Lt.

Rep. John Garamendi will host a jobs boot camp Friday in Fairfield, followed by a job fair with more than 40 employers as well as representatives from the military, state unemployment, chambers of commerce, labor unions and community colleges.