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CONCORD, CA —The final coronavirus tallies for December are still coming in as test results are pending for the last three days of the month, but it’s safe to declare that the numbers are grim. A total of 67 people died throughout Contra Costa County, while 16,845 people had newly confirmed cases of coronavirus infections,… Keep Reading
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Zothex Flooring, a flooring and tiles marketplace in California, has opened a new location in Vacaville, California. Zothex Flooring is a family-owned business that has been serving residential and commercial properties in the Sacramento and Bay Area for over 12 years. The company also offers services such as in-home shopping and virtual shopping with video… Keep Reading
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It’s a new year and a new opportunity to take in some art at the Solano Town Center Gallery. For its first exhibition of 2021, Fairfield-Suisun City Visual Arts Association (FSVAA) has some simple advice: Do it yourself. The new show “Do it Yourself” is a collection of member artists’ imaginative takes on the DIY… Keep Reading
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By the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the student nutrition department of Vacaville Unified School District had transitioned two of its heat-and-serve kitchens into scratch-cooking hubs, the better to serve its 13,000 students. They had also forged relationships with local farms and started making progress on nutrition goals, such as limiting sugars. While many school… Keep Reading
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Coronavirus cases continued to climb across California as public health officials closed down testing sites and halted reporting for New Year’s Day. Health officials across the state reported 30,711 new coronavirus cases and 179 new deaths for a total of 2,356,569 cases and 26,538 deaths. In the Bay Area, 2,720 new cases were reported and… Keep Reading
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VACAVILLE, Calif. (KGO) — Protestors are calling for Vacaville Police to fire the officer caught on video punching his K-9 partner. (Warning video may be disturbing to some viewers.) Video shows the officer sitting on and punching the police dog. Vacaville Police say the K-9 was not returning a toy and got aggressive — which… Keep Reading
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ORANGE COUNTY, CA — It’s impossible for this editor to reach New Year’s Eve without looking back to see where we’ve been before we look ahead to what’s next. The past 365 days of 2020 were unlike any other: rife with health and safety concerns, discouraging news, and uncertainty in the future. In the midst… Keep Reading
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The Vacaville Planning Commission will revisit the city’s energy conservation strategy at a special meeting Tuesday. According to a staff report by acting Community Development Director Fred Buderi, Senior Planner Christina Love and Traffic Engineer Gwen Owens, the City Council adopted the Environmental Impact Report for the city’s General Plan update as well as Energy… Keep Reading
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BENICIA, CA — The city of Benicia did not fare so well in a recently released report that analyzes the quality of Bay Area roads. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission, which oversees transportation planning and more for the nine-county Bay Area, annually releases its Pavement Condition Index for the region’s jurisdictions, including cities. Last month MTC… Keep Reading
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Working at his Northern California flooring warehouse Monday afternoon, Roberto Palomino heard a strange sound outside. He went to investigate and spotted a police officer pinning down a dog in a nearby Vacaville Fire Department parking lot. “That’s when I saw the officer constantly beating the dog, over and over,” Palomino said, KTVU reported. “I saw… Keep Reading
