3+ day, 43+ min ago   (182+ words) FAIRFIELD — Solano County elections will stand alone as its own department. The Board of Supervisors, on Sept. 1, amended an ordinance so that the registrar of voters no longer has to be the chief information officer. The action follows the departure…...

3+ day, 43+ min ago   (355+ words) VACAVILLE — The City Council unanimously approved increasing the ag mitigation fee from $4,687 per acre to $8,800 per acre at Tuesday's meeting. In other words, if a development removes agricultural or habitat acres, the developer must replace the loss. They can buy…...

1+ week, 43+ min ago   (145+ words) dailyrepublic.com A forum for candidates running for Fairfield mayor has been scheduled for 4 p.m Friday in Rawlinson Hall at Paradise Valley Estate, 2600 Estates Drive, in Fairfield The candidates are Pam Bertani, Scott Tonnesen, George Kennedy and Nikila Walker-Gibson....

1+ week, 43+ min ago   (481+ words) VACAVILLE — Council members will consider the 2026 Agricultural and Avian Species Impact Mitigation Fee Study Update, and possibly increasing the mitigation fee from $4,687 per acre to $8,800 per acre. In 2019, the City Council adopted the Agricultural and Avian Species Foraging Habitat Mitigation…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (136+ words) FAIRFIELD — While voters across Solano County prepare to cast their ballots for federal, state, county, city, school and special districts, the Travis Unified trustees have their own board consideration. The board is scheduled to be updated on the Trustee Area…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (444+ words) Cars drive along Interstate 680 along a storm-damaged Lopes Road in Fairfield, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. (Aaron Rosenblatt/Daily Republic) FAIRFIELD — It was a night of consent calendar items before the City Council on Tuesday. And, a fair share of public comments on…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (562+ words) There was a time, not too many years ago, when drafting and enacting California’s budgets was a fairly transparent and straightforward process. It’s difficult to pinpoint exactly when the process became opaque and the budget became a hodgepodge of phantom…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (81+ words) VACAVILLE — The new parking payment machines at Lagoon Valley are operational and the newly approved parking rates are in effect. New parking rates are $5 for a daily pass, $70 for an annual pass and $35 for a senior annual pass. The new…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (155+ words) Daily Republic The Solano County grand jury is an investigative body and part of the judicial branch of government Both the United States and the California constitutions call for grand juries.Unlike a trial jury, which exists only to try…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (388+ words) Children take off from the start line during the Fairfield-Suisun School District 5K at Laurel Creek Elementary School in Fairfield, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018. (Aaron Rosenblatt/Daily Republic) Solano County has many public schools. Public schools throughout Solano County include: 415 E. C St. 355 Pheasant…...