Councilmember Michael Silva said he believes that although it is just a first step, the new flag policy will help some marginalized people in the city feel more comfortable.
Searching through the archives for 2023 and Vacaville means finding a city in transition. After all, one of the biggest stories of the year was Jan Sramek purchasing hundreds of thousands of acres in Solano County near Travis Air Force Base. How would this massive buy affect Vacaville, Fairfield and other area cities in the […]
A solemn crowd gathered inside Orchard Avenue Baptist Church Thursday night to face the reality of homelessness and the lives it claimed this year. While the church’s interior still bore the tree displays of the holiday season, the atmosphere was undoubtedly tinged with mourning. Beginning at 5:30 p.m., city council members, chief of police and relatives of the deceased joined others to pay their respects to the 11 unhoused persons who died on the streets this year. The Vacaville service takes place a week after the nationally recognized “Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day” on Dec. 21 the longest night of […]
A solemn crowd gathered inside Orchard Avenue Baptist Church Thursday night to face the reality of homelessness and the lives it claimed this year. While the church’s interior still bore the tree displays of the holiday season, the atmosphere was undoubtedly tinged with mourning. Beginning at 5:30 p.m., city council members, chief of police and […]