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FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Firefighters respond to a fire near Cordelia Road and Interstate 680 in rural Fairfield, Friday, June 20, 2014. (Aaron Rosenblatt/Daily Republic) Rural fire reorganization proposal ‘merges’ Vaca-Cordelia, adds large Suisun piece FAIRFIELD — A reorganization proposal, if approved, would integrate the Vacaville and Cordelia rural fire districts and cleave a large chunk of the Suisun rural district into the mix. The proposal was presented to the Suisun and Vacaville fire protection district boards of directors this past week. The Vacaville board approved a cont...

Supervisors appoint members to Solano redistricting advisory panel FAIRFIELD — Solano County supervisors on Tuesday appointed 14 of 15 representatives from their five districts to the 2021 Redistricting Advisory Committee. Board Chairman John Vasquez’s appointments were not included in the written material, but he announced Steven Greenberg and Lois Cross will be two of the members. He said he is waiting to hear back from a third person. Vasquez represents the 4th District. Supervisor Erin Hannigan, for the 1st District, appointed Tiffanee Jones, Mary Ann Buggs and Cassandra James. Superv...

Black Lives group calls for oversight commission to review Sheriff’s Office They contend that presence represents a threat to people of color in Solano County. Sheriff Thomas Ferrara has been cited in publications that the “3 Percenters” images on personal social media accounts do not equate to his deputies being part of an anti-government movement. However, through a department spokesman, the sheriff declined a request for an interview by the Daily Republic. A new law gives the Board of Supervisors the authority to appoint the civilian commission. This slideshow requires JavaScript. Bo...

Solano County recognizes Asian, Pacific Islander communities; condemns recent hate crimes FAIRFIELD — The Solano County Board of Supervisors became the latest group Tuesday to condemn the recent hate crime attacks on Asian and Pacific Islander Americans. The action was taken as part of the board’s recognition of May as Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. The hate crime resolution states, “The Solano County Board of Supervisor hereby affirms that our county: “1) Stands united in condemning and denouncing any and all anti-Asian and Pacific Islander sentiment in any form;...

The Commuter: Public health commute just a time to play for me The Commuter: Todd R. Hansen I recently took a virtual commute through the career of a retiring public health nurse – a thorough narrative worthy of one of Supervisor John Vasquez’s memory tours. It even mentioned a fire. Stacey Souza worked as a public health nurse for more than 30 years for Solano County. Incredible. One of her colleagues, who grew up in the profession under Souza’s tutelage, became emotional during her presentation. But her emotion was less about saying so long to Souza, though I am sure that had plenty o...