Family goat killed by bear
SOLANO COUNTY, California (KOVR) The Flores ranch in rural Solano County was quiet Wednesday afternoon, but they had a rude and ravaging ruckus that happened at around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday night, according to the Solano County Sheriff’s Office.
“I thought it was probably like a cat or something, but I was told it was one of the goats. And well my dad went outside and he said it was a bear. I was like ‘Oh, my God!’ ” Maritza Flores said.
A bear crashed into their backyard, attacking and killing one of their family goats. Some were frightened.
A narrative of two American slaves
A narrative of two American slaves
May 27, 2021
Truth – I had difficulty finding images of Douglass created by Black people! I was excited to find striking photos of bronze sculptures of Frederick Douglass, only to find none were sculpted by Black people – we’re even locked out of our own creative expression of ourselves! But I persisted and found young Michael Aghahowa, who is now attending graduate school at Mass Art in Massachusetts and says: “Frederick Douglass is a real bad-ass and I like to imagine that the most photographed man of the 1800s got fly when he could. That’s why I painted him in this blue suit inspired by Django. When I look at this painting, I feel like I’m being told history as it is, not fabricated, because that’s what Frederick Douglass did. As I unlearn some history and gain knowledge on the real stories of people who helped shape this country, I find myself being reminded that I can do anything I put my min
VALLEJO It’s been five years since Pearl Pinson was taken from an overpass in Vallejo while on her way to school.
About 20 people gathered Tuesday to release balloons and remember Pearl, who was 15 at the time.
Her suspected kidnapper was killed the next day in a shootout with police in Sout
FAIRFIELD More than 12,000 lightning strikes were recorded around the state – mostly in Northern California – from Aug. 15-19.
Two thousand of those strikes occurred Aug. 16 and Aug. 17 in the Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit of the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Those 2,000 strikes result
Sheriff’s Office reports mountain lion attacks
FAIRFIELD The Solano County Sheriff’s Office reported over the weekend an increase in calls about mountain lion attacks in the region.
Livestock and pets have been killed by the wild animals, who are out looking for food and prey. The department put out a public service announcement about the incidents.
“We wanted to put out a PSA that in the last several weeks there has been an increase in attacks,” said Lt. Jackson Harris, the public information officer for the Sheriff’s Office. “It’s been all over the county, in the Vacaville hills and in the Green Valley area, on the mountainsides west of the county.”