Fairfield News

Citizens interested in running for the school board can attend a Monday informational meeting at the Fairfield-Suisun School District central office, where topics may include "collective governance" as well as the relationship between board members and the superintendent.

BENICIA >> The Benicia City Council unanimously voted Tuesday night to proceed with both a 1-cent sales tax increase ballot measure and a drought surcharge.

A Vacaville man who failed to show up in court Tuesday for arraignment on a charge of carrying a loaded firearm in public was re-arrested on Wednesday.

The embattled pastor of a Vacaville Baptist church pleaded not guilty to charges of arson and stalking and will head to trial on the allegations in September.

Clerks, judicial assistants and court attorneys represented by Service Employees International Union, Local 1021, rally outside the Vallejo courthouse to protest the announced closure of the family law and civil divisions because of lack of funding.

A Vallejo man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to fatally shooting a woman and attempting to kill three other people in Vallejo earlier this month.

Appointed last year to the Vacaville Unified governing board, Michele Dally on Tuesday declared her intention to run for one of four trustees seats up for grabs on Nov. 4. The longtime educator and former Markham Elementary principal filed candidacy papers at the Solano County Registrar of Voters office in Fairfield.

A court system that's too lenient, the lack of compassion in some youth and the role of churches in a community were some of the topics discussed Tuesday as members of the Mayor's Commission on Crime heard from residents at its first, and most likely only, community meeting.

Dally, who was appointed to the board last fall, filed candidacy papers Tuesday at the Solano County Registrar's Office in Fairfield.

Amy Maginnis-Honey joined the staff of the Daily Republic in 1980. She'll tell you she was only 3 at the time.

A measure that prohibits paid, unauthorized lessons at Fairfield's two golf courses - while not affecting informal volunteer instruction - won City Council approval Tuesday.

Amara Alcayde, 15 of Fairfield cuts up garlic to be used in pasta sauce for the dinner she and other interns with the Vacaville Boys and Girls Club were preparing and serving the residents of the Opportunity House.

The Northern California Human Resources Association is hosting a Four Steps to Conflict Resolution: HR Business Leader Series from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. on Aug. 7 at NorthBay Healthcare, 4500 Business Center Drive, Fairfield.

One of the teens who killed the owner of Travis Dairy in Fairfield during a 2011 robbery is set to be in court Tuesday to be arraigned on a felony gun possession charge.

A man who was found dead next to a burned shed at a Vacaville grapevine nursery nearly two weeks ago was a Fairfield resident.

New concrete safety barriers near Fairfield will mean motorists won't be able to turn left onto Red Top Road from westbound Highway 12, at least for a while, California Department of Transportation officials announced.

Perry Polk, a former City Council member who is now a Fairfield-Suisun School District trustee, is the first to file for Fairfield City Council.

A training center for union carpenters and union contractors is expanding amid hopes that the region's construction industry is making a post-recession comeback.

Robinson has worked as a staff photographer for the Daily Republic since July 2010.

Prosecutors announced on Friday that they will seek to retry a Vacaville man who last month was convicted by a Solano County Superior Court jury of second degree murder and attempted murder, but a had a mistrial declared on an additional murder allegation.