Richard Bammer

A Vacaville woman, arrested earlier this week on suspicion of a stabbing and attempted robbery, was arraigned Wednesday in Solano County Superior Court and pleaded not guilty to several charges.

The headline of a recent column by conservative-leaning Washington Post writer George F. Will grabbed my attention because it was both believable and questionable: “Why politicians perpetuate the ‘war on poverty'.”

A man linked to the discovery of human remains in March in Fairfield will face further arraignment on murder charges in the coming days in Solano County Superior Court.

Bluegrass is a grass native to England, but the namesake musical idiom is definitely all-American.

The board's action comes as the current Superintendent-President Celia Espositio-Noy plans to retire on June 30.

Anna Dinh Eaton showed off black-and-white photos of her late father, Manh Dinh, then in his early 30s, in his South Vietnamese Navy uniform, smiling in the vigorous prime of his life.

A 34-year-old Fairfield man charged with attempted murder of a woman in May 2023 pleaded no contest Monday and faces as much as seven years in state prison when sentenced in the coming weeks in Solano County Superior Court.

A 16-year-old girl testifying in the felony child sex assault trial of a former Vacaville attorney frequently said she remembered “inappropriate touching” — but not all details of physical abuse.

If convicted at trial, besides the possibility of two life sentences, James G. Haskell, 42, a former attorney with Reynolds Law in Vacaville, will be required to register as a sex offender.

Vacaville-based singer and pianist Ramalna Vieira specializes in fado, the traditional Portuguese folk music likened to American blues, but lately she and her backing quartet expanded their song list in surprising ways.