Vacaville

Unless it leaks or blows off, a roof doesn't get much attention. With the average life expectancy of a residential roof being about 15 to 20 years and the average home selling every five to seven years, it can be ages before owners need to think about...

The stench of manure from a nearby fertilizer factory slips past the razor wire and the sharpshooters manning the watch tower. The smell follows the inmates everywhere, from the grassy courtyard where they read or play ball to the two-woman cells...

William Thomas Oliver, age 72, of Springdale, Ark., passed away on June 8, 2011. Bill was born Dec. 21, 1938, in Gaylord, Mich., to parents Henry C. Oliver and Ina Mae Turner Oliver. Bill and Linda Marie Collier were united in marriage on Nov. 29, 1960,...

H. Florene Gardner, 88, passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 9, 2011, in Camarillo, after a brief illness. Florene was born in Holdenville, Oklahoma, on August 23, 1922, to Homer and Opal Robb.  The family would eventually move to California and...

A former DMV worker and two of his acquaintances will serve jail time for selling California driver’s licenses for $500 to people who had not passed the driving test. The California attorney general’s office accused Vacaville residents Donald McGowan,...

California environmental groups are launching a massive grassroots organizing effort to defeat Proposition 23, the November ballot initiative to suspend the state's 2006 global warming law. On Monday, a conference call to rally opposition drew 23,077...

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL BASKETBALL BOYS Second round, Thursday Division I Long Beach Poly 66, Etiwanda 63 Mater Dei 72, Loyola 70 Taft 65, Carlsbad La Costa Canyon 43 Corona Centennial 68, Westchester 57 Division II San Diego Lincoln 71, Fresno......

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL BASKETBALL BOYS Regional semifinals, Saturday Division I Mater Dei 72, Long Beach Poly 55 Corona Centennial 94, Taft 81 Division II San Diego Lincoln 83, Gahr 52 Summit 79, Peninsula 74 Division III La Canada 60, Inglewood.......

The claim that California corporate taxes are driving away business, often made by the California Chamber of Commerce, always has had the acrid odor of special pleading. California business taxes, taken all together, are actually lower than those of many....

Faced with a shrinking market, California's largest workers' compensation insurance company is scaling back its operations. The $21-billion, quasi-governmental State Compensation Insurance Fund announced Thursday that it was consolidating its statewide...

Police arrested a serial laundry room burglar that was stealing coins from machines. Vacaville Police responded to an apartment complex on Rocky Hill Rd. to investigate a report of suspicious activity inside the apartment complex laundry room on...

Being close to her parents and the close-knit campus community are what Corinna Alander has enjoyed about Northern State University. Alander is majoring in fine art and psychology at Northern. As part of her requirements for graduation, Alander will...