Solano crews stop fast-moving Hay Fire at 800-plus acres, battle gusting winds
A wind-whipped wildland fire burned 869 acres east of Vacaville just after noon on Friday.
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A wind-whipped wildland fire burned 869 acres east of Vacaville just after noon on Friday.
No evacuation orders or warnings have been given at this time.
Red Flag Warning conditions are a concern all day as strong gusts hit Northern California.
A Red Flag Warning is in effect and PG&E has proactively turned off power to some areas on Friday.
PG&E already cut power to up to 2,000 customers in Solano and Yolo counties Thursday night as a precaution to protect from wildfire.
The wind is intensifying across our region and thousands could be in the dark. PG&E is calling for power safety shutoffs in multiple areas across Solano County. is calling for power safety shutoffs including in Solano County.
At least two cities in Solano County are seeing a rapid rise in pedestrian crashes; in Vacaville and Fairfield, five total deaths have been recorded within the past month after pedestrians were hit by vehicles.
The legalization of marijuana has made the method more popular, but with rising food costs and demand for sustainable farming methods, it's also becoming a staple for food production.
On Wednesday, the California Department of Water Resources held a levee breaching ceremony to celebrate a habitat restoration project in Solano County.
A PG&E customer in Vacaville recently discovered he had been paying someone else's bill for what could be nearly two decades.
Dixon could see its city limits expanded and around 6,000 new homes built if a proposed new housing development is approved by city leaders.
The man accused of sexually assaulting a woman and attacking her husband at a Fairfield Amtrak station pleaded not guilty to the charges, prosecutors said.
In its first success story, the sheriff's office announced Wednesday that the project has identified a body they pulled from the Miner Slough in Rio Vista in 2001 as Craig Ott of Sacramento.
Vallejo police said a man was shot and killed on Saturday morning at an intersection where a large sideshow was taking place.
A wildfire in the hills near the Solano County community of Green Valley prompted evacuation warnings and orders on Wednesday.
California stands to gain dozens of new state jobs in November at California Medical Facility (CMF) in Vacaville, but it comes at the cost of cutting those jobs for people with disabilities who currently have them.
A Fairfield man who went on the run for weeks when his girlfriend was first reported missing last year was found guilty of killing her in Solano County court Thursday, July 25.
California Forever is pulling its ballot measure that would have put the plan for a new city up for a vote in Solano County, the group and county announced Monday.
California Forever is pulling back on its ballot measure that would have put the plan for a new city up for a vote in Solano County, the group and county announced Monday.
Two teens were arrested after police chased a stolen vehicle from Yolo County into Solano County overnight, police said.
Power was restored Tuesday to California State Prison, Solano after an outage that occurred over the weekend.
The driver accused of hitting and killing a Vacaville police officer who was initiating a traffic stop last week appeared in court for the first time Monday.
California Rep. John Garamendi announced on Monday that he has been diagnosed with cancer.
Of the 12,000 customers PG&E warned of possible power shutoffs, several hundred impacted homes are in rural Yolo and Solano Counties in the greater Sacramento area.
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) has alerted Yolo County and several other Northern California counties about a potential Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) on Tuesday to help prevent a wildfire.
