When B. Cayenne Bird's son landed himself in prison - beyond the pain and suffering - it opened Bird's eyes.
"I had no idea how terrible it was in there," Bird said.
Four of five Solano County supervisors have received contributions during the last several years from companies associated with the Potrero Hills Landfill, which is being pushed for a major expansion at its location east of Suisun City.
In the future, the California Medical Facility could become a part of an integrated prison system in California aimed at reducing costs, keeping parolees from re-entering prison and curbing cases of inmate abuse.
While their classmates contemplated textbooks and chalkboards, a class of Will C. Wood High School students spent Thursday wandering among thousands of tons of steel at Genentech's expanding Vacaville facility.
Trial has again been postponed in Solano County Superior Court for a Fairfield man facing murder charges in connection with a fatal screwdriver attack in rural Vacaville nearly six years ago.
Judge R.
Opportunity House, Vacaville's homeless assistance center, is looking to boost its ranks of volunteers.
Orientation sessions are held the first and third Saturday of every month. Call 446-7156 to register or to obtain more information.
Preschoolers and their parents are invited to spend the evening together at the new Vacaville Public Library Town Square branch.
The library offers stories, songs and crafts every Tuesday at 7 p.m. and children are invited to bring their favorite blanket.
The American Legion Auxiliary will host a chicken dinner fund-raiser on Saturday, April 30, at the Vacaville Veterans Hall.
Proceeds will help to send three teenagers to Girls State, an American citizenship program. The cost of the dinner is $13 with a no-host cocktail hour starting at 6 p.m.
The Dixon Police Department recently began extending its front counter and front office business hours.
The new hours are 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
More than 8,000 food items were collected by Neighborhood Christian School students and their families during the school's 15th annual Food-A-Thon.
Dixon residents generously filled the grocery bags that were left on doorsteps throughout the community on April 1.
A busy burglary suspect was nabbed by Suisun City police after at least three homes were hit there Friday.
Arrested on suspicion on burglary and possessing stolen property was Kenzell Easley, 18, of Fairfield.
Suisun City police Sgt. Bob Szmurlo said Easley was taken into custody about 10:30 a.m.
A new preliminary hearing date has been scheduled in Solano County Superior Court for a San Francisco police inspector facing multiple rape charges in connection with reported attacks in Vacaville.
Solano County Superior Court Judge Ramona Garrett on Thursday set 9 a.m.
Davis police arrested a 26-year-old Davis resident and a 17-year-old Vacaville male Thursday on suspicion of attempted murder following a vicious attack on a 26-year-old Davis man early Tuesday.
