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Stranded passengers have been left to sleep on beds laid out on the airport floor and others are warned not to travel as an air traffic control glitch has caused hundreds of flights to be cancelled.

Dozens more flights have been grounded today on top of 1,200 cancellations yesterday after National Air Traffic Services (Nats) suffered a technical issue.

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA A cartoon that former Fairfielder Terry N. Lanham drew in 1969 after cutting apricots that summer in the Suisun Valley. (Courtesy photo) Back in the Day: Cutting fruit during summers in Suisun Valley a rite of passage A rite of passage for many Solano County residents growing up was cutting fruit in the summers for different ranches in the Suisun Valley. They included German and Sons, Cal Yee’s, Piazza’s, Lum’s, the Fong ranch, Glashoff’s and more. It was a ...

Back in the Day: Lee Bell, the man and the park Lee Dale Bell was born in 1896 and married Armijo High Class of 1933 grad Doris Lambrecht in 1943. The Bells and Lambrechts are well-known old-school Fairfield names, as is the married name of Doris’ sister, Carol Falati. Near-lifelong Fairfielder Gary Falati, who was mayor of Fairfield for a record 16 years, is Lee Bell’s nephew. “My Uncle Lee was firm, but always fair. He was always about business. He was a buyer for the California Packing...