Father reports children missing since Friday
Daily Republic ROCKVILLE — Authorities are searching for two young children who have been missing since Friday night, according to the Solano County Sheriff’s Office. An 8 a.m. call Saturday morning...
View ArticleFairfield-Suisun School District to discuss charter school plan
FAIRFIELD — The city’s first public charter school could open as early as September if a plan to establish one in the Fairfield-Suisun School District receives support. The district is pursuing...
View ArticleFairfield Councilman Timm to run for reelection
FAIRFIELD — Councilman Chuck Timm, who serves as the city’s vice-mayor, has confirmed he will seek reelection this November. “We’ve made great strides in making Fairfield safer, more attractive to...
View ArticleFairfield Cordelia Library celebrates jazz music
Daily Republic FAIRFIELD — In recognition of Jazz Appreciation Month, the Fairfield Cordelia Library hosted a live jazz performance and discussion Saturday afternoon. Local musician Dalt Williams...
View ArticleFather reports children missing since Friday
ROCKVILLE — Authorities are searching for two young children who have been missing since Friday night, according to the Solano County Sheriff’s Office. An 8 a.m. call Saturday morning from the...
View ArticleA’s snap out of offensive funk to beat Twins 5-3
AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS — Hideki Matsui homered to help the Athletics break out of a season-long offensive slump and Brandon McCarthy pitched into the eighth inning in Oakland’s 5-3 victory over...
View ArticleBaffert has strong hand for chaotic Kentucky Derby
AP Racing Writer ARCADIA — Bob Baffert is headed toward the Kentucky Derby with three contenders, giving the Hall of Fame trainer one of his strongest hands in years. Yet with four weeks to go, he...
View ArticleKenseth starting to feel like Cup contender again
AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas — Matt Kenseth finally has that contending feeling again courtesy of a long-awaited return to Victory Lane. “You keep working as hard as you can at it. And you...
View ArticleNo. 1 Wozniacki takes Family Circle Cup
AP Sports Writer CHARLESTON, S.C. — Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki defeated Elena Vesnina 6-2, 6-3 to take the Family Circle Cup on Sunday, capturing her third title this season. Wozniacki finished...
View ArticleVettel wins Malaysian GP to extend perfect start
AP Auto Racing Writer SEPANG, Malaysia — Sebastian Vettel extended his perfect start to the Formula One season by winning the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday, earning his second straight victory to...
View ArticlePower leads IndyCar race wire-to-wire at Alabama
AP Sports Writer BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Will Power started up front and never relinquished his spot to win the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. The Australian extended his lead in the final laps and finished...
View ArticlePolice: Man tried to take bus at knifepoint
REDDING — Police in the Northern California city of Redding say a man threatened an Amtrak bus driver with a knife and tried to take over the vehicle. It’s not clear whether any passengers were on...
View ArticleCitrus pest discovered in Ventura County
VENTURA — Ventura County officials say a citrus pest that can carry a disease that kills trees has been discovered in Camarillo. County Agricultural Commissioner Henry Gonzales announced that an...
View Article2 hit by gunfire while driving on LA freeway
SAN DIEGO — Police say two men were hit by bullets when someone in another vehicle fired on their car on a Los Angeles freeway. Police Sgt. Daniel Gonzales says the shooting occurred early Sunday on...
View ArticleGulf bloc calls on Yemen’s ruler to step down
SANAA, Yemen — A regional bloc of oil-rich Arab nations along the Gulf, including powerful Saudi Arabia, called on Yemen’s president Sunday to step down as part of a deal with the protest movement...
View ArticleMilitary man dominates Peru presidential vote
LIMA, Peru — An anti-establishment military man who promises to redistribute Peru’s mineral was well ahead in presidential elections Sunday, exit polls showed, but a runoff was all but certain with...
View ArticleMissing children found safe in front of Travis
FAIRFIELD — Two Fairfield children allegedly taken by their mother were found safe at the front of Travis Air Force Base Saturday night, Solano County Sheriff’s officials said. The Sheriff’s...
View ArticleSchwartzel wins the Masters after a wild day
AP National Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. — Charl Schwartzel won the Masters by two strokes over Adam Scott and Jason Day after a wild final day at Augusta National. Eight players held at least a share of the...
View ArticleCardinals avoid sweep with 6-1 win over Giants
AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO — Kyle Lohse and David Freese provided just the kind of performance the struggling St. Louis Cardinals needed to get out of their early-season rut. Lohse allowed one...
View ArticleProsecutor’s close in Bonds trial swings momentum
Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Prosecutors were down to their last chance, and possibly losing the case. Several apparent setbacks, culminating with the disastrous testimony of one of their main...
View ArticleArmijo soccer team ties Vaca
FAIRFIELD — The Armijo High girls soccer team scored in its first shot of the game, and spent the next 64 minutes battling visiting Vacaville to a 1-1 draw in Monticello Empire League play at...
View ArticleRodriguez tops Vanden on diamond
Daily Republic FAIRFIELD — The Rodriguez High baseball team didn’t get a base runner until the third inning and couldn’t manage a hit off Vanden’s Elway Santistevan until the fifth. Then came the...
View ArticleArmijo baseball team tops Fairfield
DAILY REPUBLIC FAIRFIELD — Casey Towner collected three hits, Nick Spini crushed a two-run home run and the Armijo High baseball team edged cross-town rival Fairfield 5-3 at Eddie Muzzio Field Friday...
View Article2011 Prep Track Update
Daily Republic FAIRFIELD — Another prep track season is in full swing with times, distances and heights becoming more important as the league meets are approaching fast. The Fairfield boys and girls...
View ArticleIt’s time to repair my washer — and your system!
Add a washing machine to the list of things you don’t appreciate until they’re gone. I didn’t enjoy spending $15 — $15! — to do a week’s laundry for my family at a Laundromat. But even worse was...
View ArticleDowd: Dylan cashes in his soul
Bob Dylan may have done the impossible: broken creative new ground in selling out. The idea that the raspy troubadour of ’60s freedom anthems would go to a dictatorship and not sing those anthems is a...
View ArticleRunners, walkers embrace Run for Good fundraiser
Daily Republic FAIRFIELD — A supportive crowd cheered the Run for Good 5K participants Saturday through downtown Fairfield, from the practiced racers who sped through the course in about 15 minutes...
View ArticleMcIlroy leads Masters, staying cool on hot day
AP National Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. — On a sweltering day at Augusta National, the kid stayed cool. And now, Rory McIlroy has a comfortable lead heading into the final round of a major. The 21-year-old...
View ArticleLuck dominates Stanford’s spring game
AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO — All those wondering what might change after Stanford’s offseason coaching shakeup were given an emphatic answer Saturday. Apparently, not much. Andrew Luck threw for...
View ArticleWorld Series champion Giants receive rings
AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO — Bruce Bochy pulled a prank on a few of his players late in spring training, bringing them into his Scottsdale Stadium office and showing them an inexpensive ring...
View ArticleVacaville set to consider $125K RDA grant to biotech firm
Daily Republic VACAVILLE — The Vacaville City Council is voting Tuesday whether to give the firm RF Biocidics Inc. up to $125,000 in redevelopment assistance to help it expand. RF Biocidics, a small...
View ArticleFairfield girl wins lottery to attend White House Easter egg roll
Daily Republic FAIRFIELD — Jalyn Robinson hopes to get closer to President Barack Obama than she did last fall in San Francisco when she had to stand across the street from where he was speaking. The...
View ArticleMan missing off Ocean Beach after boat capsizes
SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for one of two men who were in sailboat that capsized off San Francisco’s Ocean Beach. Coast Guard Lt. Andrew Kennedy says the two men were sailing...
View ArticleSolano hospitals mark ‘gift of life’ month with info tables
FAIRFIELD — A pair of hospitals, one in Fairfield and the other in Vacaville, are sponsoring an information table Monday in honor of National Donate Life month. Anyone interested in becoming an organ...
View ArticleJury deadlocks in sanity phase of San Mateo bombing case
REDWOOD CITY — A judge has declared a mistrial in the sanity phase of the trial of a Northern California teenager accused of setting off two pipe bombs at his former high school. Jurors told the...
View ArticleBrown appoints new California National Guard head
LOS ALAMITOS — Gov. Jerry Brown appointed a new head of the California National Guard on Saturday amid allegations of financial fraud by the unit. Brown swore in Col. David Baldwin in front of...
View ArticleMinn Duluth tops Michigan in OT for NCAA title
AP Sports Writer ST. PAUL, Minn. — Kyle Schmidt scored 3:22 into overtime to lift Minnesota Duluth to a 3-2 victory over Michigan in the NCAA championship game Saturday night, the first national...
View ArticleGonzalez, Fuentes pitch A’s past Twins 1-0
AP Baseball Writer MINNEAPOLIS — Gio Gonzalez pitched six sharp innings and the Athletics’ offense was just a little less futile than Minnesota’s in Oakland’s 1-0 victory over the Twins on Saturday...
View ArticleJubilee a sold-out smash
Daily Republic VACAVILLE — The large tent visible from Interstate 80 at the Nut Tree shopping center was not intended for your average camping trip. The 340-foot tent structure held thousands of...
View ArticleCHP office to offer child seat inspections
FAIRFIELD — Starting May 2, the California Highway Patrol office in Fairfield will offer free professional inspections of child safety seats. A National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...
View ArticleTroops launch new search for Japan tsunami dead
Associated Press TOKYO — The Japanese and U.S. militaries launched another all-out search for the bodies of earthquake and tsunami victims Sunday along Japan’s ravaged northeast coast. About 22,000...
View ArticleMortars hit Israel, no injuries
JERUSALEM — The military says Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip have fired three mortars at southern Israel, carrying a new and worrisome round of violence into yet another day. No injuries...
View ArticlePlane crashes into Ventura County storage facility
CAMARILLO — Authorities say a small plane carrying four people has crashed into a storage facility in Ventura County. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer says the Beechcraft...
View ArticleMassive W. Texas fire spreads up to 125 sq. miles
Associated Press DALLAS — A massive range fire burned as much as 125 sq. miles Saturday in West Texas, and firefighters were bracing for the possibility the situation could worsen because of dry,...
View ArticleTribes protest opening party for L.A. museum
Associated Press LOS ANGELES — A long-awaited museum recognizing Mexican-Americans’ contribution to Southern California culture held its first official event Saturday night under clouds of...
View ArticleSearch goes on for mass graves in northern Mexico
MEXICO CITY — Investigators in the state of Tamaulipas across the border from Texas searched for more mass graves on Saturday after authorities looking for abducted bus passengers uncovered 10 pits...
View ArticleSharks clinch 2nd seed with 3-1 win over Coyotes
AP Sports Writer SAN JOSE — Joe Pavelski scored his 20th goal of the season and Antti Niemi made 35 saves as the San Jose Sharks wrapped up the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference playoffs with a...
View ArticleGiants rally again, beat Cards 3-2 on Tejada’s hit
AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO — Miguel Tejada hit a two-run double that glanced off the glove of center fielder Colby Rasmus with two outs in the ninth inning and the San Francisco Giants rallied...
View ArticleRodriguez wins Spring Smash Tournament
DAILY REPUBLIC FAIRFIELD — It was a team effort from top to bottom, especially the worn out pitching staff, but in the end, the Rodriguez High baseball team walked off champions of the inaugural FEBA...
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