Fairfield News

Trained to care for others, nurses have a tough go of it themselves at times, and Touro University wants to lend them a helping hand.

Pay $7,000 or release the 1999 Dodge Ram police had towed to a crime lab, says a legal filing against Fairfield police by a man convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend.

She is one of approximately 6,000 centenarians who call California home, and in a group that jumped 66 percent between 1980 and 2010.

The North Bay Regional Water Treatment Plant has received the Directors Award of Recognition from the Partnership for Safe Water, a program developed by the Environmental Protection Agency, American Water Works Association and other organizations to guide water suppliers toward improving water quality by optimizing system operations.

A United States Army major who served in Iraq was stationed at a Kentucky military base when her Fairfield home was illegally rented after a company filed fraudulent real estate documents, changed locks and hired a property manager to rent the residence, a lawsuit contends.

A near-quarter-century tradition of springtime fun returns to Fairfield on Saturday with the Cordelia Rotary Club's Spring Extravaganza.

NorthBay Healthcare will begin major construction projects at its two hospitals and invest nearly $200 million in the local economy before the end of the decade, president and CEO Gary Passama told local officials Tuesday.

D rivers who travel Interstate 80 through Solano County are accustomed to dodging all sorts of hazards, but a falling tree probably wasn't on anyone's list -- until Sunday afternoon.

A fight between a group of Fairfield teens Tuesday afternoon landed three high school-age boys in the hospital for treatment of stab wounds and a what police called a superficial head injury, officials said.

Neighbors called emergency crews at 9:59 p.m. to report hearing a loud bang before seeing the fire, said Matt Luckenbach, battalion chief with the Fairfield Fire Department.

Police arrested a 17-year-old on suspicion of discharging a firearm and other charges related to narcotics, weapons and resisting arrest in connection with a Feb. 20 incident near the intersection of East Alaska Avenue and Santa Rosa Street, when a subject in a black, four-door Lexus was reported to fire at least seven shots in the air.

The man accused of shooting at Fairfield police while he was trying to flee earlyFriday pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of attempted murder of a police officer, drug possession for sale, being a felon in possession of a firearm and criminal conspiracy.

A public hearing about school-support employees' salaries, an update of the district's Local Control Accountability Plan , and ratification of a teacher salary negotiations "reopeners," among other things, are on the agenda when Travis Unified leaders meet tonight in Fairfield.

A Fairfield man was hospitalized Monday afternoon after police say he shot himself in the leg outside a Suisun City apartment complex.

A veteran prosecutor challenging incumbent District Attorney Donald A. du Bain formally announced her candidacy on the courthouse steps on Monday.

Matthews is legally blind, the result of Leber hereditary optic neuropathy. The last time she saw the faces of her children they were 6 and 11. Blurring and clouding of vision are usually the first symptoms of the condition.

Three of the four suspects in the Feb. 15 shooting death of 16-year-old Naomy Rojas pleaded not guilty Monday to conspiracy and murder charges.

The California Highway Patrol says it is still investigating the death of an Oakland woman who was killed when a tree came crashing down on her car as she was driving on Interstate 80 Sunday afternoon.

By Bay City News Police in Fairfield made four arrests for an attempted home burglary on Friday.

Applications are being taken for the Miss Teen Vacaville, Miss Vacaville and Mrs. Vacaville competitions that will take place May 10 at the Vacaville Ulatis Performing Arts Theater.