Rio Vista News

One of the unique attributes of Solano County is the wealth of diversity we have in our people, places and attractions.

The district is expecting smog-prone weather. It is asking people to help keep the air clean by driving less and using less energy.

Air Force Airman Joshua K. Patterson graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in San Antonio.

Prepare yourselves: The foundation for a countywide transportation tax is being laid, most recently in a report from the Solano Transportation Authority on the state of the county's roads.

City leaders are collaborating with other agencies to take first steps to improve the safety of a dangerous intersection along Highway 12 that is prone to rear-end collisions.

Rio Vista wants to see an improved intersection at Highway 12 and Church Road and the Solano Transportation Authority will help out with an initial step.

Solano Napa Commuter Information will open a small office at the Suisun-Fairfield train station to answer mass-transit questions, sell transit passes and hand out transit information.

In the wake of a four-alarm brush fire that swept through Collinsville on Friday, leaving eight homes in ruins and damaging three more, area volunteers and emergency personnel quickly sprang into action to tend to the community's needs.

Hawk Baldetta and his mother Ruth Baldetta both would like to rebuild their home, which was one of eight destroyed in Collinsville on the Fourth of July.

The museum also hosts authentically restored historic railcars, 5848 State Highway 12, Rio Vista.

What started as a brush fire Friday afternoon, quickly turned into much more, ripping through eight homes in the unincorporated area of Collinsville on Friday.

Air Force Airman Kyle C. Biggs graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in San Antonio.

A four-alarm fire that damaged eight homes in the Bird's Landing area of Solano County on Friday is estimated to have caused millions of dollars in damage, according to fire officials.

For the next few days and nights, fireworks, fuel and wind will be firefighters' most dangerous enemies in the East Bay city of Pittsburg.

Presiding Judge E. Bradley Nelson of the Solano County Superior Court conducted the annual Solano County Grand Jury Impanelment Ceremony this week at the Hall of Justice.

Two council seats will be up for grabs in November, with Tim Kubli and Constance Boulware seeing their terms end.